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Singel Uitgeverijen. Singel Uitgeverijen is a Dutch publishing group, headquartered in Amsterdam. Its subsidiaries are Nijgh & Van Ditmar, Querido Verlag, De Arbeiderspers, Athenaeum, Polak & Van Gennep, De Geus, and Volt. Books are also published directly by Singel Uitgeverijen.
Uitgeverij De Harmonie. De Harmonie is a Dutch publishing company best known today as the publisher of the Harry Potter series of books since the 1990s, though their largest success didn't come until the 2000s and since 14 February 2008 they are located on Herengracht in Amsterdam. The company was founded in 1972 by Jaco Groot and his wife ...
Jan Christiaan Sepp. Image from Nederlandsche Vogelen by Nozeman and Sepp. His son, Jan Christiaan Sepp (November 11, 1739 – November 29, 1811), [2] joined his father's business. He married in 1768 the 14-year older S. Focking, the daughter of a Dantzig paperseller. After she died in 1773 he remarried.
The company was founded in 1981 by the family Werck and the company published its first children's book in 1984. [1] [2]The company has published many books by Dutch and Flemish authors and illustrators, including Guido Van Genechten, [3] Iny Driessen, [4] Bart Demyttenaere, Ed Franck, [5] Liesbet Slegers, Kolet Janssen, [6] Anneriek van Heugten, Stefaan Van Laere, Gerard van Gemert, Patrick ...
The book's 100 chapters each cover one of the 100 things that the author suggests successful people do in a couple of pages. A reviewer writes: "the book, subtitled Little Exercises For Successful Living, is easily digestible (perhaps even as a tip a day), with each spread over two pages – the first explaining the concept and the second featuring practical exercises and activities to apply ...
A number of Latin translations of modern literature have been made to bolster interest in the language. The perceived dryness of classical literature is sometimes a major obstacle for achieving fluency in reading Latin, as it discourages students from reading large quantities of text (extensive reading).
Emanuel Querido (6 August 1871 – 23 July 1943) was a successful Dutch publisher as the founder and owner of N.V. Em. Querido Uitgeversmaatschappij, which published Dutch titles, and of Querido Verlag [de], which published titles of German writers in exile from Nazi Germany. Although he and his wife were murdered by the Nazis in 1943, his ...
The name is derived from one of Lubberhuizen's aliases, "Bas." After he had signed a note, "Bas (busy)," an English-speaking friend joked, "Bas, busy as a bee can be," which led to the current name. [4] [5] In 1997, De Bezige Bij became part of the Weekbladpersgroep, though it was to keep its editorial independence and its cooperative structure.