In Jared Diamond's follow-up to the Pulitzer-Prize winning Guns, Germs and Steel, the author explores how climate change, the population explosion and political discord create the conditions for the collapse of civilization. Diamond is also the author of Upheaval: Turning Points for Nations in Crisis

Environmental damage, climate change, globalization, rapid population growth, and unwise political choices were all factors in the demise of societies around the world, but some found solutions a...

FLAME LILIES

from Deventer to Rhodesia

- autobiography -

Lia Zwanikken-van Noesel was born in Deventer (The Netherlands) in 1937.

She met her husband Paul Zwanikken in 1956 and together they went to

Africa to what was then called Southern Rhodesia.

There they lived over 40 years and raised a family of three,

two daughters and a son.

She went to school in Deventer to Het Geert Groote College (1956).

In Africa she studied for a Bachelor of Arts Degree with the University

of South Africa by corresponden...

If you are a parent or if you have young children or teenagers who are considering a career as a fashion model or if they want to work in the entertainment industry, read this book and keep your children as far away from the fashion industry, Hollywood and other entertainment industries as possible.

In this book Nathalie tells her story as a fashion model who has been celebrated for her striking physical beauty. She did shootings for many prestigious magazines and photographers, and she has b...