'Patrick' in E-books en luisterboeken

Katinka logeert in de vakantie bij haar opa. Daar zijn twee buurkinderen die ze graag wil leren kennen. Morgen gaan ze samen spelen. Misschien kunnen ze vrienden worden? Katinka's verwachtingen zijn hooggespannen. Ze besluit niet alles over zichzelf te...

Patrick Martens over Vandaag voel ik me goed: Ik weet zeker dat ik niet de enige ben die worstelt met zelfacceptatie. Het is zon groot en allesomvattend thema waar veel mensen van alle leeftijden en met allerlei achtergronden dagelijks mee struggelen. I...

Tijdens de oorlog werkte de Engelse schrijver en avonturier Patrick Leigh Fermor voor een geheime legereenheid op Kreta. Hij zette er in 1944 de ontvoering op touw van de Duitse generaal Heinrich Kreipe. Een spectaculaire operatie, die hem wereldberoemd...

Hidden in the lush vegetation of the Central American rainforest lie the remnants of the Mayan civilisation. These ruins bear witness to a thriving society that flourished for almost four millennia. Here, rulers presided over communities with millions o...

For six years, Britain and Nazi Germany fought a bitter battle for control of the Atlantic. Allied offensives against Hitler's armies on the continent were conditioned by their bases on the British Isles, which made air strikes and landings possible. Bu...

Historians have extensively studied the Old and New Testaments and used the scriptures to trace the rise of one of the world's earliest civilisations. Although it's difficult to confirm the stories in the Bible from a historical perspective, it's possib...

For more than 200 years, Egypt's ancient monuments have fascinated researchers and curiosity seekers worldwide. From small children's mummies to colossal pyramids, every archaeological find has been scrutinised to unravel the mysteries of one of the wor...

As World War II raged across the Russian steppes, in Africa and especially in the skies over Europe, elite German and Soviet forces fought a bitter battle in an isolated northern corner of Europe. Here, the battle was for control of the ice-free port of...

Britain’s finest hour In the summer of 1940, darkness was falling over Europe. The Soviet Union had formed an unholy alliance with Nazi Germany. Norway was all but occupied. And France would soon be overrun by Germans. In July, only Great Britain remain...

By 1943, Adolf Hitler had realised that the German Army was no longer capable of fighting an offensive war. The army was short of men, guns and tanks, and the Luftwaffe could not afford to lose more aircraft. Consequently, when Hitler flew to his forwar...