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All of the Marvels: A Journey to the Ends of the Biggest Story Ever Told
2023 || Paperback || Douglas Wolk || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Winner of the 2022 Eisner Award for Best Comics-Related Book
The first-ever full reckoning with Marvel Comics’ interconnected, half-million-page story, a revelatory guide to the “epic of epics”—and to the past sixty years of American culture—from a beloved authority on the subject who read all 27,000+ Marvel superhero comics and lived to tell the tale
“Brilliant, eccentric, moving and wholly wonderful. . . . Wolk proves to be the perfect guide for this type of adventure: nimble, l...
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His Name Is George Floyd
One man's life and the struggle for racial justice
2023 || Paperback || Robert Samuels e.a. || Veltman Distributie Import Books
*WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE IN NON-FICTION*
*Finalist for the National Book Award for Non-fiction*
'His Name Is George Floyd is essential for our times.' Ibram X. Kendi, author of How to Be an Antiracist
'An intimate, unvarnished and scrupulous account of his life...brilliantly revealing.' NEW YORK TIMES
You know how he died. This is how he lived.
Who was George Floyd? What did he hope for? What was life like for him? And why has his death been the catalyst for such a powerful global response?
The murder of George Floyd sparked a summer of activism and unrest all over the world in 2020, from Shetland to São Paolo, as people marched under the Black Lives Matter banner, demanding an end to racial injustice. But behind a face that would be graffitied onto countless murals, and a name that has become synonymous with civil rights, there is the reality of one man's stolen li...
The Lasting Harm
2023 || Paperback || Lucia Osborne-Crowley || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The explosive, behind-the-scenes account of the criminal trial of the century.
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How Migration Really Works
A Factful Guide to the Most Divisive Issue in Politics
2023 || Paperback || Hein de Haas || Veltman Distributie Import Books
An authoritative analysis that busts 22 deep-rooted myths about migration - and sets out a new way to think about it
Global migration is not at an all-time high.
Climate change will not lead to mass migration.
Immigration mainly benefits the wealthy, not workers.
Border restrictions have paradoxically produced more migration.
These statements might sound counter-intuitive or just outright wrong - but the facts behind the headlines reveal a completely different story to the ones we're told abo...
An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory
2023 || Paperback || Andrew Bennett e.a. || Taylor & Francis
Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at The Beginning and concluding with The End, chapters range from the familiar, such as Character, Narrative and The Author, to the more unusual, such as Secrets, Pleasure and Ghosts. Now in its sixth edition, Bennett and Royles classic textbook successfully illuminates complex ideas by engaging directly with literary works, so that a reading of Jane E...
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Technofeudalism
What Killed Capitalism
2023 || Paperback || Yanis Varoufakis || Veltman Distributie Import Books
*A GUARDIAN BEST FORTHCOMING BOOK OF 2023*
The #1 bestselling economist opens our eyes to the new power that is reshaping our lives and the world.
No one noticed when capitalism was ... replaced.
Perhaps we were too distracted by the pandemic, or the endless financial crises, or all those cute cats on TikTok. But under cover of them all, a new and more exploitative system has been taking hold: technofeudalism.
Drawing on stories from Greek Myth and pop culture, from Homer to Mad Men, world-fa...
Trask's Historical Linguistics / 4th edition
2023 || Paperback || Robert McColl Millar e.a. || Taylor & Francis
An approachable and engaging introduction to Historical Linguistics with up-to-date pedagogy including exercises, further reading and online support material.
Historical Linguistics is a core part of most linguistics programmes. With the more experienced linguistics student in mind, this book covers many subjects in considerable depth while not sacrificing an appreciation of the whole.
Includes examples and datasets from a wide variety of languages and language families, whereas most historic...
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Straight from the Heart
BONNIE TYLER'S LONG-AWAITED AUTOBIOGRAPHY
2023 || Paperback || Bonnie Tyler || Veltman Distributie Import Books
You know the name and you can't mistake the voice. Now you can read the incredible story of how a shy, music-loving teenager called Gaynor Hopkins morphed into legendary international superstar Bonnie Tyler and carved out an extraordinary career that is still going strong to this day.
After five decades in the business - during which time she has recorded some of the most iconic songs of all time, travelled the world and performed for royalty and the Pope - Bonnie is sharing her fascinating j...
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I Want to Die but I Want to Eat Tteokbokki
the bestselling South Korean therapy memoir
2023 || Paperback || Baek Sehee || Veltman Distributie Import Books
THE PHENOMENAL KOREAN BESTSELLER, OVER 100,000 COPIES SOLD IN HARDBACK
TRANSLATED BY INTERNATIONAL BOOKER SHORTLISTEE ANTON HUR
'Will strike a chord with anyone who feels that their public life is at odds with how they really feel inside.' Red
PSYCHIATRIST: So how can I help you?
ME: I don't know, I'm - what's the word - depressed? Do I have to go into detail?
Baek Sehee is a successful young social media director at a publishing house when she begins seeing a psychiatrist about her - what ...
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Unstoppable
The Ultimate Biography of Max Verstappen
2023 || Paperback || Mark Hughes || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A definitive and intriguing biography of Max Verstappen, Formula 1's superstar, Lewis Hamilton's great rival, and the winner of the 2021 and 2022 World Drivers' Championships.