Biography - van de Wetering, Janwillem (1931-): An ...
 Author: Gale Reference Team Binding: Digital Format: HTML Number Of Pages: 6 Publication Date: 2005-01-01 Release Date: 2007-12-16 [... more]
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Hollow-Eyed Angel (Amsterdam Cops)
Amazon.com Review: "To sin or not to have sinned, that is the question" raised by the head of Amsterdam's Murder Brigade in this 13th installment of the series by Janwillem van de Wetering. A Buddhist mystic, the Murder Brigades leader is off [... more]
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The Hollow-Eyed Angel
Amazon.com Review: "To sin or not to have sinned, that is the question" raised by the head of Amsterdam's Murder Brigade in this 13th installment of the series by Janwillem van de Wetering. A Buddhist mystic, the Murder Brigades leader is off [... more]
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The Japanese Corpse (Soho crime)
other reviewer must be a fan of Dr Seuss: It shocks and dismays me that the previous reviewer does not have the ability to analyze abstract novels. This is not a Tom Clancy book. Van de Wetering has practiced Zen Buddhism, been a cop in Amsterdam, and [... more]
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The Corpse on the Dike (Amsterdam Cops)
Believable and quirky cops solve the crime!: I ran into this author by accident, browsing in the mystery category, and I am delighted that I did. This is the second book I've read from the Amsterdam Cops series, and I plan to read them all! The [... more]
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The Mind-Murders (Grijpstra De Grier Series)
We live in patterns: It was a Friday night in the summertime. Grijpstra and DeGier were faced with a stuck window. They had overstayed their shift and the weekend had really started. Police constables may have thrown a handicapped man into a canal. The [... more]
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The Streetbird (Amsterdam Cops)
A strange proposition . . .: I must agree with my friend from Forest Hills, New York. The ending does make you scratch your head a piece. However, I have read The Butterfly Hunter and The Japanese Corpse, and this is the man's style for sure. However, I [... more]
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The Empty Mirror: Experiences in a Japanese Zen Monastery
A humorous, grouchy, true story: In the summer of 1958 Janwillem van de Wetering showed up at the door of a Zen monastery in Kyoto Japan, knowing pretty much no one, not speaking the language, and without a really good idea what he was doing there. This [... more]
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Murder by Remote Control
Author: Janwillem van de Wetering Author: Paul Kirchner Binding: Paperback Dewey Decimal Number: 741.5973 EAN: 9780345332691 Edition: 1st ISBN: 0345332695 Number Of Pages: 100 Publication Date: 1986-04-12 Release Date: 1986-04-12 [... more]
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The Perfidious Parrot (Amsterdam Cops)
Amazon.com Review: In a shabby bar on Aruba, a retired Dutch police commissioner eats stewed pears, talks about Gabriel García Márquez with a cab driver and a prostitute, and listens to a four-man percussion band play what he recognizes as & [... more]
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Afterzen: Experiences of a Zen Student Out on His Ear
Abandoning Zen = embracing its true intention ?: Van De Wetering's previous books on Zen "The Empty Mirror" and "A Glimpse of Nothingness" weren't advocating Zen as a "solution" or a "path" for anynone, rather they [... more]
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Robert Van Gulik: His Life His Work
One interesting character writing about another one: Van de Wetering (a Dutch) is a very interesting author of quite unique "mysteries", set in a very everyday Amsterdam and also writes interestingly about his experiences with Zen Bhuddism. Van [... more]
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