Study Dutch

May 10, 1940. The Netherlands was swarming with Third Reich troops. In seven days it's entirely occupied by Nazi Germany. Joining a small resistance cell in the Dutch city of Haarlem were three teenage girls: Hannie Schaft, and sisters Truus and Freddie Oversteegen, who would soon band together to form a singular female underground squad.

Harlem is perhaps the most famous, iconic neighborhood in the United States. A bastion of freedom and the capital of black America, Harlem's 20th-century renaissance changed our arts, culture, and politics forever. But this is only one of the many chapters in a wonderfully rich and varied history. In Harlem, historian Jonathan Gill presents the first complete chronicle of this remarkable place.

The Dutch, through the directors of the West India Company, purchased Manhattan Island in 1625. They had come to the New World as traders, not expecting to assume responsibility as the sovereign possessor of a conquered New Netherland. They did not intend to make war on the native peoples around Manhattan Island, but they did; they did not intend to help destroy native cultures, but they did; they intended to be overseas the tolerant, pluralistic, and antimilitaristic people they thought themselves to be - and in so many respects were - at home, but they were not.

This audio study guide for The Dutch House by Ann Patchett includes detailed summary and analysis of each chapter and an in-depth exploration of the novel’s multiple symbols, motifs, and themes, such as wealth and happiness and the power of the stories we tell ourselves. Featured content also includes commentary on major characters, 25 important quotes, essay questions, and discussion topics.

Life can get hectic, as we continuously hop from one thing to another. Days are often filled with too much noise, anxiety, and confusion. What do you do when the life you created isn’t what you expected it to be? What can you do to slow it all down? Author Mirjam van der Vegt encourages each of us to focus on stillness and literal silence, creating space for moments of peace in our crazed everyday lives.

Creativiteit is een krachtige drijvende kracht achter vooruitgang, of het nu gaat om kunst, wetenschap, technologie of simpelweg het dagelijks leven. In deze reis zullen we niet alleen de definitie van creativiteit verkennen, maar ook de intrigerende verbindingen tussen het creatieve proces en de complexe werking van het menselijk brein. We beginnen met het verkennen van de neurologische en psychologische aspecten van het creatieve brein, waarbij we de structuren en neurotransmitters identificeren die betrokken zijn bij de unieke dans van ideeën in onze geest.

What lies behind the crisis in education? Are some teachers just not good at imparting knowledge? The proposed solutions are as varied as the problems, but many are based on labeling students as unable to learn, instead of identifying the real failure. In researching the field of education over three decades, L. Ron Hubbard examined the entire learning process, very much including the ability to apply what has been taught. He made what amounts to an historic and broad sweeping breakthrough, isolating the single common denominator to the diverse problems besetting all education.