An authoritative, original and exciting history of the French nation, from the Sunday Times bestselling author of The Discovery of France and Parisians.

A vibrant and evocative account of how the great scientific ideas of the ancient world were lost and found.

During a day we meet 24 ancient Athenians from all levels of society and get to know what the real Athens was like by spending an hour in their company.

A fascinating and entertaining alternative history of the world told through fifty of the greatest failures, catastrophes and missed opportunities ever to occur.

Before long, with the enterprising nuns working tirelessly as typesetters, the Ripoli Press began printing a series of books and pamphlets that triggered an explosion of ideas in politics, philosophy and religion.

Read this specially designed new edition of Jared Diamond’s Pulitzer-prize winning exploration of what makes us human. Why has human history unfolded so differently across the globe?

Opvolger van Vroeger was alles anders en De golden sixties, waarvan samen meer dan 30.000 exemplaren werden verkocht.

In de jaren 70, 80 en 90 veranderde het dagelijks leven in België op vele vlakken. De computer en het internet deden hun intrede, net als de gsm en de sms, de fax, de videorecorder, teletekst, cassette- en cdspelers en de microgolfoven. Er kwamen geldautomaten in het straatbeeld en betaalkaarten in onze portefeuille. We zagen discountsupermarkten, fastfoodketens en Zweeds...