Memories of Pith
Publisher: Austin Macauley
Published: May 2018
Autobiographical, Memoir
Following his love for travelling, the author offered his services as an expert in the field of physical and institutional rural development in 23 countries into the age of 70.
From Africa, back to Europe and then on to the Caribbean. Back and forth from Europe to countries in Africa, Asia, the Caribbean as far as South America, this is an extensive account of the places and cultures he experienced, combined with important family events that marked his life.
Memories of Pith by Pith Schure is the author’s memoirs of his travels and developmental work for countries in need.
The Great History of the Manor Bouchove Part 1:
Small Village in the Big World
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Published: January 2019
We live in a house in the centre of a small village. With its stately façades and turret, the villagers sweetly call it châtelet. Before us, French noblesse stayed in it, gentry with impressive estates in France. During numerous holiday trips, we located and documented all of it. But that didn’t give an answer to the question: How to present it in a digestible…no, into a captivating manner?
How to abridge the centuries and how to connect the turbulent history of Europe with everyday life in the village?
For that purpose, I introduced a family of estate stewards employed by the Masters of Bouchove. After all, ‘masters come and go, but stewards stay’. Besides clerks, marketers and a villain.
Thus, I got a storyline and could start processing the numerous bits and pieces of information into three volumes that give the rich history of Bouchove.
The Great History of the Manor Bouchove Part 2:
The Pearl on the River Meuse
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Published: March 2019
We live in a house in the centre of a small village. With its stately façades and turret, the villagers sweetly call it châtelet. Before us, French noblesse have stayed in it, gentry with impressive estates in France. During dozens of holiday trips, we have located and documented all of it. But that didn’t give any answer to the question: How to present it in a digestible… no, in a captivating manner?
How to abridge the centuries and how to connect the turbulent history of Europe with everyday life in the village?
For that purpose, I introduced a family of estate stewards employed by the Masters of Bouchove. After all, masters come and go, but stewards stay. Besides clerks, marketers and a villain.
Thus I got a story line and could start processing the numerous bits and pieces of information into three volumes that describe the rich history of Bouchove.
The Great History of the Manor Bouchove Part 3:
La Licorne and the Labyrinth
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Published: May 2019
Having lived in a house the villagers of Bouchove sweetly call châtelet, I realised I have enjoyed a privileged life. This is also true for the place of my birth, Maastricht—the most beautiful town of the world, I shamelessly claim. I have grown up there in a good family with ten children. Eighteen years old, I started my study on Rural Development in Wageningen, which is the smallest university town of the Netherlands.
There, I had the luck to find my lifetime wife, who followed me to all the places in the world my ambitions reached for. She gave birth to our two daughters and a son—three children we raised together and who developed along different lines into worthy individuals.
Looking back on all this, I praise my luck and thank the Lord for it.
World War II
Publisher: Austin Macauley Publishers
Published: May 2019
Inspired by my father’s memories and those of my own, I undertook to assemble the stories of several persons on World War II. I happened to be connected in one way or the other to those people. This war has and still does impress upon me because of the madness of its initiators, the unreserved support by the mass of the German population, the collaboration of traitors and the resistance by the right ones.
About the Author
Born in splendid Maastricht, Pith Schure has a vivid memory of WW2. As a student he lived up his freedom and undertook to travel to -then- Yugoslavia. That didn’t take away that he managed to graduate within a reasonable time at Wageningen University. He married his one-time love Mieke who gave him three children.
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