Dutch / Nederlands

Books from my private collection

Photograph and picture books

• A Tree, A Blade of Grass, Shinzou Maeda.
• Oku Mikawa, Shinzo Maeda.
• Die Japanischen Alpen, Shinzo Maeda.
• Nature's Chaos, James Gleick & Eliot Porter.
• Zwervend licht, Jan Scholten.
• Literary Landscapes, photography by Michael J. Stead.
• Picture Windows, John Pfahl.
• Alte Bekannte - Neue Gesichter, Helmut Hartwig.
• Piet Mondriaan, catalog of an exhibition.
• Mond, Anselm Spring. (A birthday gift from Li-Xia)
• Catalogue raisonné / The triumph of Impressionism by Daniel Wildenstein. Taschen, Koln 1996.
• Landscapes of the spirit, William Neill.
• Van Gogh Portfolio
• Monet, Vanessa Potts.
• Foley.
• Maastricht 148, Kim Zwarts.

  It may be clear that Shinzou Maeda is my favourite photographer and Monet my favourite painter.

Some books about fractals, which also contain a lot of text:

• The Beauty of Fractals, by Pietgen & Richter.
• The Science of Fractal Images, Pietgen & Saupe editors.

  Note that the book Nature's Chaos is about fractal patterns found in nature.

Some other books about nature (which are not `perfect') are:

• Natuurlijk Nederland, Fred Hazelhoff.
• Watching the Weather, Martin Kers.

• Mysterious Forbidden City, selection of Li Kai's oil paintings.
• Imperial Palace.
• Beijing: Glimpses of History.
• Scenic Spots in Beijing.
• Insight Guides: Beijing.

• Een dag in het leven van de Sovjet Unie.
• China - de lange mars, Anthony Laurence.
• Over China, Kevin Sinclair.
  I got it for my birthday in 1992. The day on which, Li-Xia (my wife to be, but unknown to me at that time) met my parents for the first time. After our honeymoon, we found out that it contains many pictures from Xinjiang, where Li-Xia is born.
• Above Hong Kong (Calendar for 1994).
  We bought it in Hong Kong on our honeymoon.
• Sateliet beeldende kunst, Robas productions.
• The Gate of the Present.
  Containing pictures of 25 models of building made by Lego bricks
• De ramp van Enschede.
  Bought by Li-Xia on August 31, 2000
• Bamboo Baskets. Photographs by Mark Seelen, text by Maggie Oster.
  On sale for € 1

Collected books

• Spelen met Puzzles, Pieter van Delft & Jack Botermans.
  A book full with puzzles. The only puzzle I made from this book is the 'van der Poel' puzzle. Bought on April 3, 1978 from Karssen.
• Finite Mathematics, Seymour Lipschutz, in Schaum's outline series.
  I got this book on September 19, 1978 as a present for my work on SOCPAC.
• Century of the Typewriter, Wilfred A. Beeching.
  Bought on January 26, 1979 for fl 16.90 (half price) from Karssen. I do have a small collection of old typewriters.
• Getriebe-Atlas für vertellbare Schwing-Dreh-Bewegungen, Kurt Hain.
  A book about four-rod mechanisms. 90% of the book are figures with funny lines. Bought from De Slegte.
• Mechanica 2: Kinematica, Dr. G.R. Veldman.
  Gives equation related to four-rod mechanisms. Bought from De Slegte.
• Nineteen Eighty-Four: The Facsimile of the Extant Manuscript, George Orwell.
  Quite a big book. Bought from De Slegte.
• Laguerre Entire Functions, Ljubomir Iliev.
  I barely understand the first page of this mathematics book. Bought from De Slegte.
• Catalogue of fine Chemicals 97/98 by Acros Organics.
  Found somewhere at employer

Language related books

• Tekst-Wetenschap: een interdisplinaire inleiding, Teun A. van Dijk.
  The first book I bought (on December 8, 1979 between 16:00 and 17:00) about the use of language.
• Taalwetenschap, the reader of the course: Language Science, which I followed at the university.
• Language Universals and Linguistic Typology, Bernard Comrie. ISBN 0-631-12971-5/0-631-12618-X.
• Psycholinguistiek, Prof. Dr. Bernard Th. Tervoort e.a..
• Methodologie en Taalwetenschap, M.C. van den Toorn.
• Logica, taal en betekenis (part 2), L.T.F. Gamut.
• Generatieve fonologie van het Nederlands, G.E. Booij.

• The Klingon Dictionary, Marc Okrand.
  (See also: The Klingon Language Institute)
• Sjilhe, Cristien de Waard. (A language spoken in Northern Marocco.)
• Deense spraakkunst voor iedereen, Alis Maling. (Danish)
• Teach Yourself Yoruba, E.C. Rowlands.
• Teach Yourself New Testament Greek, D.F. Hudson.
• Esperanto snel assimileren, Dr. W.M.A. de Smet.
• Turks voor berginners, H. Schuurkes & G. Germeyan.
• Teach Yourself Turkish, G.L. Lewis.
• Teach Yourself Chinese, Elisabeth Scurfield.
• Frans: Taalgids & Woordenlijst, from Berlitz. (French).

• Verklarend Handwoordenboek der Nederlands Taal, M.J. Koenen & J. Endepols, H.D. Tjeenk Willink B.V., Groningen, 1974.
• A English-Chinese Dictionary, March 1979.
• A Chinese-English Dictionary, 1982.
• English-Chinese Computer Dictionary, December 1982, Yinghan Jisuanji Cidian.
• Webster's Compact Dictionary of Synonyms, Merriam-Webster Inc., Springfield Massaachusetts. 1987.
• Concise English Dictionary, Tophi Books, London, 1990.
• In one bound Roget's Thesaurus of Synonyms and Antonyms, 1972, and Standard English Dictionary, 1988, Tophi Books, London.
  (Bought from De Slegte for 9 DFL.)
• A English-Chinese Dictionary, 1990, ISBN 7-5600-0781-3
• Xihua Zidian (Chinese dictionary), August 1992, ISBN 7-100-00042-4.
• The New Lexicon Webster's Dictionary of the English Language, 1991 Edition, Lexicon Publications, Inc, New York.
  (Bought on February 2, 1994, from De Slegte for 25 DFL.)
• Hedendaags Nederlands-Chinees Woordenboek, Kong Quan, from Ming Ya Books, Amsterdam
• Van Dale handwoordenboek Nederlands/Engels, M. Hannay, from Van Dale.
  (Bought on December 10, 2000 at 13:56.)
• Pocket Dictionary Latin, from Langenscheidt.
  (Bought on December 13, 2002 at 15:52.)
• van Dale, Groot Woordenboek der Nederlandse Taal, from Van Dale.
  (Bought on September 30, 2006 at 14:24:04.)
• Duoboek by Wim Daniëls.
  (Bought on July 6, 2008.)
• Oxford Essential Dictionary of Foreign Terms in English
  (Bought on July 15, 2008.)
• Trouw schrijfboek, Part 3 and 4.
  (Bought on November 13, 2008 at 19:09 from De Slegte.)
• Prisma miniwoordenboek / Drop je lyrics 2, teen slang.
  (Bought on February 14, 2009.)
• Tu wen shuang jie xiao xue sheng zi ci dian (Chinese childrens dictionary.)
  (Bought on March 1, 2009.)

• Yahoo - Social Science:Linguistics and Human Languages
• Ethnologue Database

The human mind

• Extraordinary people: Understanding savant syndrome by Darold A. Treffert about the Savant syndrome.
• Als ik met je praten kon... (If I could just talk with you...), by Dietmar Zöller.
• De man met een kogel in zijn hoofd (The man with a bullet in his head), by A.R. Lurija.
• De man zonder woorden (A man without words), by Susan Schaller.

• Duin (Dune), Heritices of Dune and Chapterhouse: Dune, by Frank Herbert.
• Lord of the Rings, by J.R.R. Tolkien
  I read this for the first time while staying in Watford near London during the summer of 1979
• Prophet, by Frank E. Peretti.
• Zen and the Art of Motercycle Maintenance, by Robert Pirsig

• Information, a Scientific American Book with reprints from the 1966 issue. ISBN 0-7167-0966-X.
• A Comparative study of Programming Languages, by Bryan Higman (1967).
  Received by mail on June 13, 1978 (Dutch) from Henk Koppelaar
• Mathematics Handbook (in Chinese), December 1977, Beijing.
• LISP 1.5 Programmer's Manual, by John McCarthy, et. al.
  I bought this book on July 21, 1978 at Dillons in London.
• PASCAL, User Manual and Report, by Kathleen Jensen, and Niklaus Wirth.
  Given to me as a present for my birtday on Saturday, November 1, 1979.
• The C Computer Language by Brian W. Kernighan and Dennis M. Ritchie. (contents)
  Ordered this on January 16, 1981 (Dutch) from Broese. My brother collected it on January 24, 1981 (Dutch). I have lost it.
• Atomic Theory and Practice, by David Johnson-Davies.
  Came with an Acorn Atom home computer
• Graph Theory, An Introductiory Course, by Bèla Bollobàs.
• Code Complete: A Practical Handbook of Software Construction, by Steve McConnell.
• Refractoring: improving the design of existing code, by Martin Fowler.
• Exterme Programming: Embrace change, by Kent Beck.
• Principles of Software Engineering Management by Tom Gilb.
  Received this on May 15, 2001.
• .NET Framework Gids by Thuan Thai and Hoang Q. Lam. (Dutch translation).
  Bought this on June 15, 2002 at 12:49:35 from Broekhuis
• Agile Software Development Ecosystems by Jim Highsmith.
  Bought this on July 30, 2002 at 11:47 from Broese in Utrecht.
• Facts and Fallacies of Software Engineering by Robert L. Glass.
  Bought throught bol.nl. Arrived on October 9, 2004
• Rapid Development by Steve McConnell.
  Bought on October 21, 2004 at 19:50 from Broekhuis

Scientifical books

• Quantitative X-ray Spectrometery by Ron Jenkins, R.W. Gould, and Dale Gecke. ISBN 0-8247-9554-7.
  Received this as part of a X-ray spectrometry course.

Christian books

• Till We Have Faces; A Myth Retold, by C.S. Lewis.
• The Holy Bible in the King James Version.
• The Pursuit of God, by A.W. Tozer.
• The Knowledge of the Holy, by A.W. Tozer.
• Knowing God, by J.I. Parker.
• Introduction to Philosopy, by Norman L. Geisler and Paul D. Feinberg.
• Christian Apologetics, by Norman L. Geisler.