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Indonesian Cuisine
Selamat Makan
Food and its preparation are an integral part of the lives of the Indonesian people. Cooking is a time of community and celebration, and recipes, techniques and traditions are hand...
USD 18.95 / CAD 24.95
Let's Go Dutch
Taste the legendary flavours of Dutch chocolate, pudding and pastry. Delight in the wonderful stories and recipes surrounding the Feast of Saint Nicholas, Christmas and New Year’s ...
USD 18.95 / CAD 22.95
Four Years till Tomorrow
Despair and Hope in Wartime Dutch East Indies
The surrender of the Japanese in South East Asia on August 15th, 1945 was for Dutch civilian camp internees only the beginning of yet another period of upheaval, hostilities and pe...
USD 18.95 / CAD 22.95
Star Children
The Holocaust may never be forgotten for its horrible stain on the history of mankind. This book is about a WWII episode which is unique in itself: a small group of Jewish prisoner...
USD 15.95 / CAD 19.95
When Canada Was Home
The Story of Dutch Princess Margriet
What is the story behind all those tulip bulbs Princess Juliana gave to Ottawa, way back in the Fall of 1945? That's the annual gift that blossomed into full bloom as the enormousl...
USD 11.95 / CAD 14.95
A Friend Among Enemies
The Incredible Story of Arie Van Mansum in the Holocaust
When the Nazis who had invaded the Netherlands in 1940, started deporting Dutch Jews eastwards in the Summer of 1942, Arie van Mansum, realizing these fellow citizens were in great...
USD 16.95 / CAD 19.95
Freedom's Clothesline
Dutch citizens during World War II
The author who lived in the southern Dutch province of Limburg tells of her family’s struggles during the war years, interweaving it with stories of friends who offered at great ri...
USD 11.95 / CAD 14.95
We Became Canadians
In the immediate aftermath of World War II, a significant number of Canadian soldiers returned home to Canada to be followed by their brides, among whom were over a thousand Dutch ...
USD 9.95 / CAD 12.95
Becoming Canadian
Memoirs of an Invisible Immigrant
Thousands of Western European immigrants streamed into Canada after the Second World War, seeking refuge from the economic devastation of their homelands. Many wanted to assimilate...
USD 14.95 / CAD 19.95
Dissonant Worlds
Roger Vandersteene Among the CreeAmong the Cree
When “Steentje” arrived in the wilderness of northern Canada in 1946 as a Flemish missionary, he found an aboriginal spirituality that inspired his own poetic and artistic nature a...
USD 34.95 / CAD 27.95
Write Back Soon
Letters from Immigrants in America
This book attempts to provide some essential background for the correspondence by immigrants from the Netherlands, while allowing them to speak for themselves. Brinks was able to f...
USD 10.95 / CAD 13.95
American Travels of a Dutch Hobo
In 1923, Dutch seaman Gerard Leeflang fell in love with America and soon was an illegal alien. He had become entranced with what he had seen of New York City. He jumped ship and ab...
USD 10.95 / CAD 14.95
100 Years Ago
Dutch Immigration to Manitoba in 1893
A party of 68 men, women and children may be seen as the vanguard of subsequent Dutch emigration waves to Canada. Who were they and where did they go? This book gives many answers ...
USD 9.95 / CAD 12.95
My 38 Years in America
Winnipeg became the first home in Canada to the DeVries brothers, Klaas and Reindert, who arrived in Canada from Jubbega-Schurega in 1892. Their lengthy letter home prompted the fi...
USD 15.95 / CAD 19.95
New Dutch Swing
One of the best book-length critical investigations of creative music, this engaging survey of a vital contemporary jazz scene presents an American music critic’s insightful accoun...
USD 9.95 / CAD 14.95
Of Dutch Ways
This popular book is an excellent introduction to the Netherlands, its history, culture, and contemporary life, written by a Dutch-born journalist, who also served as a tour guide ...
USD 16.95 / CAD 23.95
Hans Brinker Teacher Guide
A Guide for Teachers and Students
Interact with some of the greatest American children’s literature ever written. Intelligent, thought-provoking questions and creative activities will enable students to experience ...
USD 6.95 / CAD 8.95
Sporen van verplaatsing
Honderd jaar nieuwkomers in Overijssel
Trodden paths of migration, these can be traced in landscapes, in lives of people, in society. The author searched the archives of Overijssel for such traces and discovered materia...
USD 12.95 / CAD 14.95
A Trimaran Sails the Seven Seas
A former radio-officer in the Dutch Merchant Navy, the author studied celestial navigation in Canada before becoming a Commander with an Ontario Sail Squadron. The Master Mariner b...
USD 14.95 / CAD 19.95
Groote Beer
Dutch Heritage Ceramic Wall Plaque
NOW SOLD OUT - This exclusive Delft blue-style wall plaque makes a great gift, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. The Groote Beer, the Wate...
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Volendam I
Dutch Heritage Ceramic Wall Plaque
SOLD OUT! This exclusive Delft blue-style ceramic wall plaque makes a great commemorative gift, especially for anniversaries of an immigration date, immigration reunions and family...
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Waterman
Dutch Heritage Ceramic Wall Plaque
SOLD OUT - This exclusive Delft blue-style plaque make a great gift, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. Originally a freighter, the Waterma...
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Zuiderkruis
Dutch Heritage Ceramic Wall Plaque
NOW SOLD OUT - This exclusive Delft blue-style wall plaque makes a great gift, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. Built in 1944 as a WWII c...
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Maasdam IV
Dutch Heritage Ceramic Wall Plaque
SOLD OUT - Ceramic wall plaque Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. A sister ship of the Ryndam, bot...
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Across the Atlantic (VHS)
Between 1928 and 1971, 3.8 million people worldwide immigrated to Canada. The majority of European immigrants landed at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Among them were many from t...
USD 7.95 / CAD 9.95
Batavia's Graveyard
The True Story of the Mad Heretic Who Led History's Bloodiest Mutiny
In 1628 the Dutch East India Company loaded the Batavia, the flagship of its fleet, with a king’s ransom in gold, silver, and gems for her maiden voyage to Java. The ship itself wa...
USD 16.95 / CAD 21.95
American Railroads in the Nineteenth Century
Railroads in the U.S. were the Internet of the 19th century. The whole country opened up. Industry exploded. Numerous fortunes were made, lost, and sometimes made again, and includ...
USD 57.95 / CAD 69.95
Slow Train to Paradise
How Dutch Investment Helped Build American Railroads
Railroad historians have long been aware of Dutch investment in the building of American railroads, but until this book it has not been known how massive this investment was. This ...
USD 34.95 / CAD 42.95
Railways in the Netherlands
A Brief History, 1834-1994
Europe’s Lowlands is a country of windmills, canals and ... a very extensive railway system which in addition to freight is a significant people mover. Just like the waterways did ...
USD 64.95 / CAD 79.95
Storms, Ice, and Whales
The Antarctic Adventures of a Dutch Artist on a Norwegian Whaler
During the heroic age of Antarctic exploration in 1923, Dutch artist Willem van der Does talked his way aboard a Norwegian whaler and made a daring, often dangerous voyage to Antar...
USD 16.95 / CAD 19.95
Holland
Many people want to satisfy their curiosity by briefly traveling foreign countries in the comfort of their armchair. Others may need a pictorial appetizer for the country of their ...
USD 14.95 / CAD 19.95
Tulipmania
Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age
The meteoric rise and subsequent crash of the Dutch tulip trade in the 1600s, popularly known as Tulipmania, continues to be used in newspaper articles and financial newsletters th...
USD 21.95 / CAD 29.95
Dutch Jewry during the Emancipation Period
Gothic Turrets on a Corinthian Building
By the end of the eighteenth century, Dutch Jews enjoyed complete freedom of religion, but economic discrimination left the majority of them penniless. Moreover, a bitter conflict ...
USD 21.95 / CAD 29.95
Dutch-English---English-Dutch Standard Dictionary
Over 35,000 entries are included in this useful dictionary. Pronunciation is provided for each entry, as well as a basic pronunciation chart for the Dutch language. A list of abbre...
USD 24.95 / CAD 29.95
In een Japanse stroomversnelling
Berichten van Nederlandse watermannen (1872-1903)
The export of skills and expertise of the Dutch has old coinage and exotic destinations. In the 1870s, seven Dutch hydraulic engineers and four bricklayers/wickerworkers laboured a...
USD 32.95 / CAD 39.95
Rondje IJsselmeer
Tochtjes voor doeners en thuisblijvers
Acquaint yourself with more of the 'hidden' treasures of the Netherlands which are actually on full display. Picturesque and historic harbour towns, centuries-old sea dikes, expans...
USD 14.95 / CAD 19.95
Rotterdam
Guidebook: English edition
Over 150 photographs cover all facets of the Rotterdam experience, the second largest city in the Netherlands and the largest port of all of Europe. Situated on the banks of the Ni...
USD 13.95 / CAD 17.95
Amsterdam
Guidebook: English edition
I Love Amsterdam! This pictorial book offers a representative impression of the city people, but especially young people it seems, love to visit. For many people abroad Amsterdam i...
USD 15.95 / CAD 19.95
Lest We Forget
A Dutch-Jewish family’s thriller-true story of Nazi persecution and survival in the Netherlands during WWII. Mandy and her younger sister lived with various Dutch families in the c...
USD 24.95 / CAD 29.95
Leaving Home Forever
Were they the reconnaissance men sent to ‘spy’ out Canada for the settlement of Dutch labourers? Klaas and Reindert de Vries, two young bachelor brothers from poverty stricken Jubb...
USD 11.95 / CAD 14.95
Prisma Nederlands-Engels
Contains 39,000 keywords, offers 48,000 meanings and about 19,000 sample sentences. Widely used in the Dutch school system....
USD 19.95 / CAD 24.95
Holland and the Hollanders
Nature and Nostalgia
Exquisite nature scenery, architecture and daily life photographs, all full colour, that reveal the stunning landscapes and cultural variety of the Netherlands. The photographer wh...
USD 37.95 / CAD 44.95