Simon Vestdijk

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12 Novels Considered the “Greatest Book Ever Written”

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9 Obscure Literary Terms

10 Captivating Contemporary Novels Set in the British Isles

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In this aerial photo, structures are damaged and destroyed October 15, 2005 in Balakot, Pakistan. It is estimated that 90% of the city of Balakot was leveled by the earthquake. The death toll in the 7.6 magnitude earthquake that struck northern Pakistan on October 8, 2005 is believed to be 38,000 with at least 1,300 more dead in Indian Kashmir. SEE CONTENT NOTES.

6 of the World’s Deadliest Natural Disasters

The Lost Colony of Roanoke

Small, white rat (genus Rattus) on a glass table. (rodent, laboratory, experiment)

Cruel and Unusual Punishments: 15 Types of Torture

Horses. Equus caballus. Horse stable. A brown horse looks out from his stall through the window.

Horsing Around: 7 of the Weirdest Racehorse Names in History

earthquake. Heavily damaged school in the town of Yingxiu after a major earthquake struck China's Sichuan Province on May 12, 2008.

The 6 Deadliest Earthquakes Since 1950

Ice Sledge Hockey, Hockey Canada Cup, USA (left) vs Canada, 2009. UBC Thunderbird Arena, Vancouver, BC, competition site for Olympic ice hockey and Paralympic ice sledge hockey. Vancouver 2010 Olympic and Paralympic Winter Games, Vancouver Olympics

10 Best Hockey Players of All Time

Vietnam War. U.S. President Lyndon B. Johnson awards the Distinguished Service Cross to First Lieutenant Marty A. Hammer, during a visit to military personnel, Cam Ranh Bay, South Vietnam, October 26, 1966. President Johnson

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Born	October 17, 1898 • Harlingen • Netherlands
Died	March 23, 1971 (aged 72) • Utrecht • Netherlands
Notable Works	“Meneer Vissers hellevaart” • “Terug tot Ina Damman”

Harry Mulisch

Dutch author

Gerard Reve

Dutch author

Cees Nooteboom

Dutch author

Betje Wolff

Dutch author

Agatha Deken, detail of an engraving by L. Portman after a drawing by A. Teerlink after a painting by P. Groenia

Aagje Deken

Dutch author

Multatuli

Dutch author

Frederik Willem van Eeden

Dutch author and physician

Jo van Ammers-Küller

Dutch author

Willem Frederik Hermans

Dutch author

Maria Dermoût

Dutch author

Edgar du Perron

Dutch writer and critic

Couperus, engraving by T. Kerstel after a portrait by H.J. Haverman

Louis Marie Anne Couperus

Dutch author

Aernout Drost

Dutch author

Schendel, detail of an oil painting by Jan Toorop, 1912

Arthur van Schendel

Dutch writer

Heijermans, crayon drawing by Jan Toorop, 1914

Herman Heijermans

Dutch author

Jan de Hartog

Dutch-American author

Van Lennep, detail of an oil painting by Johan Georg Schwartze; in a private collection

Jacob van Lennep

Dutch writer

Lodewijk van Deyssel

Dutch author

Israël Querido

Dutch author

Van Looy, drawing by Jan Pieter Veth, 1896; in the Teylers Museum, Haarlem, Neth.

Jacobus van Looy

Dutch author and artist

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