Only three months after the succesful launch of his debut book The Amsterdam Confessions of a Shallow Man, Simon Woolcot releases his second book, The Shallow Man Guide to Dating the Dutch. He continues where his first book stopped: dating. Simon reached out to his more than 9000 Facebook followers and asked them to share their dating experiences in the Netherlands.

This must read book on the Dutch dating scene provides advice on how to hook up with this world s most spoiled men, and accordi...

An unthinkable nightmare: an innocent man in prison.

This is the true story of Joseph Oubelkas, who in late 2004, at the age of 24, embarked on a business trip to Morocco. There, without evidence or investigation, he was sentenced to ten years in prison for a crime he didn't commit.

Despite obvious errors in the verdict, and the conclusion of the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs that no evidence pointed to his involvement; Joseph was still sentenced to prison.

Enduring a harsh and unjust life ...

Born into a family of business people, I started the Dutch publishing

company Film Agenda, then became a successful entrepreneur

in real estate development. Later, facing rough times

from a divorce and almost going bankrupt, I began to understand

there is more to life than what money can buy. I realized

that, particularly in a crisis, a connection with people who love

and care is essential. In this fresh new mindset, I wrote my first

novel, Cats of Amsterdam, based on my life. I have tried to...

Here, I defend women whose reputation is tainted by the poisonous tongues of people. I defend those who are completely unaware that a lie is being propagated about them while they are going about their business. This lie becomes two lies when it reaches the third person. At the end, that lie has turned into ten lies. Without realizing, people have created a certain perception of her, all because of the lies that got birthed out of the single lie that someone made up. This book is a combinatio...

Hans visits Vietnam as part of a trip around the world for the first time in the early 90th. In 'Culture Clash'' you are taken on a journey through this colourful country. At his second visit and later as a tour leader working in Vietnam, he will introduce you carefully to the 'invisible' characteristics of this country. Not only the seemingly warm but also the dark side of the colonial-, Vietnam War time and the current government influence in daily life.When meeting Linh in Saigon and dec...

After selling the Lighthouse business Linh advices Hans to leave Vietnam because cultural differences are too difficult to bridge. Still Hans doesn't want to give up and the couple start to build a new house which is the first solar powered house in the region.Hans is getting active with his environmental enterprise and Linh starts to orientate about her future activities.Unfortunate after a few years Hans takes the decision - now by himself - to leave Vietnam and Linh. The cultural collision...

After three years of economic crisis, 2011 marked the start of popular resistance. Inspired by the Arab Spring, the citizens of Spain took the streets on May 15 to demand `Real Democracy Now!

What would have been a one day only protest, exploded into the largest popular movement since the outbreak of the Spanish Civil War in 1936. It was directed against the unhealthy influence of the financial world on politics. It was aimed at a radical change of society, into one that is founded on human ...

‘Can you sue President Barack Obama for me?’ After being targeted by a coordi-nated campaign of threats and media harassment, Ewurabena was forced to flee Ghana with her young family. But the last thing she expected was for President Obama to endorse the journalist behind it all.

In this captivating memoir, the first instalment of Hague Girls, Ewurabena sets out her side of the story. She charts the early course of her career as a human rights lawyer, from her student days in Minnesota to...