On the Bright Side: The New Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 85 Years Old, Groen Hendrik

Автор: Groen, Hendrik
Название: The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen, 83 1/4 Years Old
ISBN: 1405924004 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781405924009
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Meet Hendrik Groen. An octogenarian in a care home who has no intention of doing what he`s told. To that end, he creates the Old-But-Not-Dead Club and with his fellow members sets about living his final years with careless abandon. Such anarchism infuriates the care home director but pleases Eefje, the woman who makes Hendrik`s heart palpitate.

Автор: Groen, Hendrik
Название: On the Bright Side
ISBN: 1405930306 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781405930307
Издательство: Random House - Penguin
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Описание: Eighty-five-year-old Hendrik Groen is fed up to his false teeth with coffee mornings and bingo. __________ Along with fellow members of the Old-But-Not-Dead Club, he embarks on a wild spree of octogenarian anarchy. But the home's director will not stand for any more drunken bar crawls, illicit fireworks or geriatric romance.

The good name of the care home will not be disgraced. But when Hendrik learns of a plan to close the home down he realises life outside it could be much worse. He and the gang must stop the closure before it's too late.

Or drop dead trying . . .

__________ 'A joy to read. An entertaining and uplifting story of a man in the winter of his days' John Boyne, Irish Times 'Highly entertaining, utterly convincing. A delightful and touching saga of one man's way of coping with old age'Daily Express 'Terrific.

This geriatric Adrian Mole made me laugh' Fanny Blake, Woman and Home'A funny but also touching diary praised for its wit and realism' BBC Radio 4 Front Row

Автор: Groen Hendrik
Название: The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen
ISBN: 1455542156 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781455542154
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
Цена: 17460.00 T
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Описание: A #1 international bestseller in the vein of Fredrik Bachman's A Man Called Ove an irresistible, funny, charming, and tender-hearted tale about friendship, love, and an old man who is young at heart.
"FUNNY AND FRANK...A STORY WITH A GREAT DEAL OF HEART."--Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of THE ROSIE PROJECT
Technically speaking, Hendrik Groen is....elderly. But at age 83 1/4, this feisty, indomitable curmudgeon has no plans to go out quietly. Bored of weak tea and potted geraniums, exasperated by the indignities of aging, Hendrik has decided to rebel--on his own terms. He begins writing an expos' secretly recording the antics of day-to-day life in his retirement home, where he refuses to take himself, or his fellow "inmates," too seriously.
With an eccentric group of friends he founds the wickedly anarchic Old-But-Not-Dead Club--"Rule #3: No Whining Allowed"--and he and his best friend, Evert, gleefully stir up trouble, enraging the home's humorless director and turning themselves into unlikely heroes. And when a sweet and sassy widow moves in next door, he polishes his shoes, grooms what's left of his hair, and determines to savor every ounce of joy in the time he has left, with hilarious and tender consequences.
A bestselling phenomenon that has captured imaginations around the world, The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen is inspiring, charming, and laugh-out-loud funny with a deep and poignant core: a page-turning delight for readers of any age.

Автор: Groen Hendrik
Название: The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen
ISBN: 1455542172 ISBN-13(EAN): 9781455542178
Издательство: Hachette Book Group
Цена: 20900.00 T
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Описание: A #1 international bestseller in the vein of Fredrik Bachman's A Man Called Ove an irresistible, funny, charming, and tender-hearted tale about friendship, love, and an old man who is young at heart.
"FUNNY AND FRANK...A STORY WITH A GREAT DEAL OF HEART."--Graeme Simsion, New York Times bestselling author of THE ROSIE PROJECT
Technically speaking, Hendrik Groen is....elderly. But at age 83 1/4, this feisty, indomitable curmudgeon has no plans to go out quietly. Bored of weak tea and potted geraniums, exasperated by the indignities of aging, Hendrik has decided to rebel--on his own terms. He begins writing an expos secretly recording the antics of day-to-day life in his retirement home, where he refuses to take himself, or his fellow "inmates," too seriously.
With an eccentric group of friends he founds the wickedly anarchic Old-But-Not-Dead Club--"Rule #3: No Whining Allowed"--and he and his best friend, Evert, gleefully stir up trouble, enraging the home's humorless director and turning themselves into unlikely heroes. And when a sweet and sassy widow moves in next door, he polishes his shoes, grooms what's left of his hair, and determines to savor every ounce of joy in the time he has left, with hilarious and tender consequences.
A bestselling phenomenon that has captured imaginations around the world, The Secret Diary of Hendrik Groen is inspiring, charming, and laugh-out-loud funny with a deep and poignant core: a page-turning delight for readers of any age.

Автор: Janny Groen, Annieke Kranenberg
Название: Women Warriors for Allah: An Islamist Network in the Netherlands
ISBN: 0812222334 ISBN-13(EAN): 9780812222333
Издательство: Wiley EDC
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Описание:

Where are the women of jihad? Though there have been female terrorists since the advent of nonstate terrorism, women appear to be all but absent from today's global Islamist terrorist movement. In most accounts of al Qaeda and its affiliated networks, Muslim women are cast either as pacifist nurturers who steer their husbands, sons, and brothers away from violence or as passive bystanders who play a mere supporting role in networks run by radical men.

In Women Warriors for Allah, Dutch investigative journalists Janny Groen and Annieke Kranenberg offer an indispensable corrective to these conventional views. Their study is based on two years of extensive interviews with young Muslim women associated with the so-called Hofstad network, the jihadist group responsible for the shocking murder of filmmaker Theo van Gogh in November 2004. Far from being nonviolent nurturers or passive supporters, the Hofstad network's female members were confident, well-educated women who played an active part in the group's activities—and, the authors find, often held more radical views than their male counterparts.

Women Warriors for Allah gives voice to these women and provides a unique window onto the complex nature of their involvement with the Hoftstad group. In addition to deepening our understanding of the ways gender shapes Islamist terrorism, Groen and Kranenberg's ground-level narrative offers insight into the social dynamics of the terrorist network, explains the processes through which young Muslims in one of Europe's most tolerant societies became radicalized, and traces the network's evolution following the arrest and imprisonment of its key members.

Автор: Peter van der Sijde, Gary Cook, Ingrid Wakkee, Wim Durung, Ard Groen
Название: High Technology Entrepreneurship: A Festschrift for Ray Oakey
ISBN: 9086596460 ISBN-13(EAN): 9789086596461
Издательство: Gazelle Book Services
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Описание: Small high technology firms are a central element in technological innovation and economic growth. As such, they have attracted a lot of attention of scholars and practitioners. In the last 20 years Ray Oakey has become an undisputed authority in this field. This volume contains diverse contributions in terms of both the methodology applied, as well as the fields and countries investigated and the theoretical frameworks applied, reflecting the broad scope of Ray Oakeys thinking and writing.