Using nuns and monks as human shields does sound like a tactic of Johnny Depp's swashbuckler Captain Jack Sparrow. In De Americaensche Zee- Roovers, author Alexandre Olivier Exquemelin accused English pirate Henry Morgan of using nuns and monks as human shields. Above: The book; right, its depiction of Morgan Johnny Depp seen as Captain Jack Sparrow in the Pirates of …
The poet laureate of football, Uruguay’s Eduardo Galeano, put up this sign on his door every four years: ‘Closed for Soccer’. Simon Kuper — who has written some of the best — once said books about football ranked “even below self-help books sold in airports.” The 1990s changed that. Professional soccer condemns all that is useless, and useless means not …
Raoul de Jong was 28 when he first received word from his long estranged father. The reunion with his father, which occurred six months after the arrival of the letter, marks the start of de Jong’s adventure novel ‘Jaguarman: My father, his father and other Surinamese heroes’. Despite his father admonishing him to forget the Jaguarman, warning of its terrible …
This article showcases the diverse landscape of the Netherlands through various books and gifts. It features a unique book called NLXL, a book that captures the intricate patterns of the Netherlands' countryside, a book about Dutch culture and language, and a bamboo wall clock. Additionally, five packs of tulip bulbs are given away as a consolation prize.
