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January 2025 | Newsletter
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Please find our latest news below.
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Don't forget; on our website you are able to use translate function on top of the website, for example to read our blogs.
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Ende August erscheint bei Donkey Books der lang erwartete zweite Band der wissenschaftlichen Reihe Quellen zur Frühen Geschichte des Artlandes: Bauerschaft Klein-Mimmelage 1236–1700.Während Band 1 das Fundament legte, indem er die Entstehungsgeschichte des ursprünglichen Mimmelages bis zur historischen Aufteilung der Bauerschaft im Jahr 1236 entschlüsselte, knüpft Band 2 direkt an diese entscheidende Zäsur an. Auf 325 Seiten und reich illustriert …
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Win One of Three Copies of 'Gravity Goat'! Our latest release, the psychological horror novel Gravity Goat by Heemskerk-based author Emilia Voortman, has officially been published! The story follows Dawn, a young woman who confronts a serial killer in a desperate bid to free the souls of his victims. How far would you go to keep a deadly promise?In collaboration …
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Geschichten mit Fundament: Vortmes – die historische Erweiterung von Donkey Books Bei Donkey Books lieben wir Bücher, die fesseln, die Fantasie anregen und Geschichte greifbar machen. Doch hinter jeder guten historischen Erzählung steckt eine Welt intensiver Quellenforschung. Um diesen historischen Fundamenten den Raum zu geben, den sie verdienen, arbeiten wir eng mit unserer spezialisierten Erweiterung zusammen: Vortmes.Wo Donkey Books die …
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How to publish a book This final blog in the series will go over the process from finishing writing a book to the book being published. A process that is often glossed over, as people think it is something quick and simple compared to writing the book.And though I do find this part of the publication process to be a …
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Die Veröffentlichung von Band 1: Bauerschaft Mimmelage (bis 1236) markiert einen Wendepunkt in der Historiographie des Artlandes. Während wir in Band A die Methodik und die theoretischen Rahmenbedingungen (die vier Pfeiler und sieben Filter) festgelegt haben, sehen wir in diesem Band die explosiven Ergebnisse ihrer Anwendung. Die „Artland-Aggregations-Matrix“ hat Muster freigelegt, die jahrhundertelang unter einer Decke von Verallgemeinerungen verborgen blieben.Im …
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Upcoming announcement
On February 1st we will reach a new milestone with Donkey Books.
Keep an eye on social media!
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Missing piece…
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A lot of research preceded the book ‘Uitgevlogen Ziel’ about the rye bread baker Hendrik Baalman. Various archive documents from the Westfries Archief in Hoorn were consulted. Sometimes on a hunch, sometimes very specifically.
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One of the archive documents mentions that Hendrik’s household effects were sold publicly. Copies of this were searched for a long time, but they have not (yet) been found. That is a great pity, because we would have liked to know what Hendrik and his wife Neeltje had in their home.
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Activities
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Wednesday afternoon, March 26, 2025
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Location: IJmond-Noord library, Cultuurhuis Heemskerk.
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Ronald will give a lecture about the making of his book 'Uitgevlogen Ziel'
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More details will follow soon on Social Media.
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Social Media
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