marklammers98
Dutch. 28 y/o On a quest to read a book from every country in the world, suggestions welcome!
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Het water komt
Rutger Bregman
Als er nu één verhaal verteld moet worden, dan is dat het verhaal van Johan van Veen. Ingenieur. Vader van het Deltaplan. Een van de grootste Nederlanders aller tijden. Maar vrijwel niemand die hem kent.
Het verhaal van Johan is het verhaal van Nederland. Een verhaal dat sinds de Watersnoodramp van 1953 in de vergetelheid is geraakt, maar door de stijgende zeespiegel relevanter is dan ooit.
En dat laat zien: we kunnen de strijd tegen het water opnieuw winnen.
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Het water komt
Rutger Bregman
Als er nu één verhaal verteld moet worden, dan is dat het verhaal van Johan van Veen. Ingenieur. Vader van het Deltaplan. Een van de grootste Nederlanders aller tijden. Maar vrijwel niemand die hem kent.
Het verhaal van Johan is het verhaal van Nederland. Een verhaal dat sinds de Watersnoodramp van 1953 in de vergetelheid is geraakt, maar door de stijgende zeespiegel relevanter is dan ooit.
En dat laat zien: we kunnen de strijd tegen het water opnieuw winnen.
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Greek Myth Retellings 🏛️🏺🧿
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Modern retellings of iconic, ancient tales
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Games & Trials 🏅🎯🏁
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Competitions for power, notoriety, love, or maybe even your life.
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British & Irish Classic Literature 🇬🇧🇮🇪🫖
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Timeless works of literature written in Modern & Early Modern English that have shaped the literary heritages of Britain & Ireland. (This quest will not include children’s classics).
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Dark Academia 💀📜🍷
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The Martian
Andy Weir
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.
Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.
After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.
Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error” are much more likely to kill him first.
But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills — and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit — he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?
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Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
In 2024, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.
Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.
When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.
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Parable of the Sower
Octavia E. Butler
In 2024, with the world descending into madness and anarchy, one woman begins a fateful journey toward a better future.
Lauren Olamina and her family live in one of the only safe neighborhoods remaining on the outskirts of Los Angeles. Behind the walls of their defended enclave, Lauren’s father, a preacher, and a handful of other citizens try to salvage what remains of a culture that has been destroyed by drugs, disease, war, and chronic water shortages. While her father tries to lead people on the righteous path, Lauren struggles with hyperempathy, a condition that makes her extraordinarily sensitive to the pain of others.
When fire destroys their compound, Lauren’s family is killed and she is forced out into a world that is fraught with danger. With a handful of other refugees, Lauren must make her way north to safety, along the way conceiving a revolutionary idea that may mean salvation for all mankind.
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De bermudadriehoek van talent
Simon van Teutem
Als aan het eind van een lange werkdag de haren van Morgan Stanley-stagiair Simon van Teutem op zijn toetsenbord vallen, vraagt hij zich af: wat dóé ik hier?
Net als veel andere ambitieuze studenten wil hij de wereld veranderen. En toch zit hij tot diep in de nacht te zwoegen voor een bank.
Geen wereldvrede, kweekvlees en klimaatdoorbraken, maar Excelsheets, conferencecalls en businessclassvluchten. Hoe is hij hier beland?
In gesprek met tientallen medestudenten, bankiers, advocaten en consultants reconstrueert Simon van Teutem hoe idealistische jongeren in de fuik van het grootkapitaal zwemmen.
Het resultaat is een openhartig inkijkje in de wereld van het grote geld, een spiegel voor iedereen die op zoek is naar betekenis in werk, en een dringende oproep aan het onderwijs, ngo’s en de overheid om de verspilling van talent tegen te gaan.
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The Martian
Andy Weir
Six days ago, astronaut Mark Watney became one of the first people to walk on Mars.
Now, he’s sure he’ll be the first person to die there.
After a dust storm nearly kills him and forces his crew to evacuate while thinking him dead, Mark finds himself stranded and completely alone with no way to even signal Earth that he’s alive—and even if he could get word out, his supplies would be gone long before a rescue could arrive.
Chances are, though, he won’t have time to starve to death. The damaged machinery, unforgiving environment, or plain-old “human error” are much more likely to kill him first.
But Mark isn’t ready to give up yet. Drawing on his ingenuity, his engineering skills — and a relentless, dogged refusal to quit — he steadfastly confronts one seemingly insurmountable obstacle after the next. Will his resourcefulness be enough to overcome the impossible odds against him?
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