Curaçao and Aruba

Most of our Curaçao and Aruba-titles are in the Dutch language. If you are interested in these titles please visit the NL-catalogue. In the English section of the catalogue only the English-language titles on Curaçao and Aruba are presented.

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Gids slavernijverleden Curaçao / Slavery Heritage Guide Curaçao

€20,00

Voor veel toeristen die naar Curaçao op vakantie gaan is het slavernijverleden volkomen onbekend. Ook de lokale bevolking is zich hier niet altijd van bewust, ondanks het feit dat de Curaçaoënaars nog steeds de gevolgen van slavernij en kolonialisme ervaren. Voor wie goed kijkt, is deze erfenis overal zichtbaar: in gebouwen, tradities en gebruiken, muziek en eten. De gids voert langs ongeveer 75 locaties.

For many tourists who go on holiday to Curaçao, the history of slavery is completely unknown. The local population is not always aware of this either, despite the fact that Curaçaoans are still experiencing the consequences of slavery and colonialism. If you look closely, this legacy is visible everywhere: in buildings, traditions and customs, music and food. The guide takes you past about 75 locations.

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Modern Architecture of Curaçao

€37,50

This book focuses on 25 buildings on the island of Curaçao, constructed between the 1930s and the 1960s, whose designs were influenced by two distinct yet interrelated international architectural styles that emerged in the early 20th century: the Modern Movement and Art Deco.

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The Art of Padu Lampe

€19,50

At the occasion of the Padú Lampe Centennial celebration on April 26, 2020, this book is dedicated to his exceptional visual arts career which lasted 8 decades, from his teen years until his 90th year.

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Maternity

€19,50

The book Maternity is the reflection of an inner journey through the emotions in the life of a pregnant woman. The paintings and poems represent the moments and changes a woman experiences, as well as the interaction between nature and the individual.

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Plantation Houses of Curaçao

€47,50

Plantation Houses of Curaçao offers a comprehensive overview, in words and in images, of all the plantation houses that have been preserved as jewels from the past.

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Three Caribbean Artists

€29,50

A rare glimpse is offered into the lives of three well-known Caribbean artists, their upbringing, work and how they became established and well-known artists.

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Eddy Wegman

€19,50

Eddy Wegman (17 February 1918 – 12 May 1998) was born in Doetinchem, the Netherlands. He left for Curaçao in September 1945, where he had been offered a job at Shell. In Curaçao he devoted the little free time he had largely to his new passion: photography.

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Dolf Henkes and Curaçao

€19,50

At the end of 1945, at the invitation of the doctor and artist Chris Engels, the Rotterdam-born artist Dolf Henkes boarded a boat to Curaçao. He took fifty paintings with him and made two important murals on the island, in the terminal building of Hato Airport and in the chapel of the Sint Elisabeth Hospital. In the summer of 1947 he travelled on to Mexico and New York.

Caribbean Crossroads
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Caribbean Crossroads

€19,50

Caribbean Crossroads is the journey of a young boy named Chen and how his humble life became one filled with action, conflict, pain, mythical mysteries and finally love. A Caribbean novel.

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A Sense of Belonging

€19,50

This book, ‘Multiple Narratives of English speaking Arubans; Migration, Identification and Representation’, facilitates a discourse articulating a sense of belonging on Aruba.

Run Janina Run
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Run Janina Run!

€19,50

“When I say so, you must crawl under the alley door and run away as fast as you can. And then you must hide so they can’t find you. Do you understand? You must save yourself.” “But, mama…,” Janina started. “No, Janina, do as I say, promise me to run.”

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Bird Wildlife of Aruba

€24,95

Birds are fascinating creatures. They are descendants of dinosaurs and connect us to the far gone past. Like bees and bats, birds play a significant role in nature’s evolutionary clockwork. They pollinate flowers and spread seeds. They help keep insect populations in balance. The state of affairs of our birds is an indicator for the state of affairs of nature as a whole and so they also connect us to our future.

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A Shtetl under the Sun

€29,50

Over the years, many Ashkenazic Jews left Curaçao. Today only a little more than a hundred Ashkenazim are left on the island. But all of them remember the shtetl atmosphere during the second half of the 20th century, which Jeannette van Ditzhuijzen has chronicled on these pages.