Het roerige verleden van vestingstad Venlo is een naslagwerk over de vestingstad Venlo, en bestrijkt een geschiedenis van ruim vijf eeuwen.

Het boekwerk beschrijft de ontwikkeling van de Maasstad in militair-strategisch opzicht over een periode van meer dan 500 jaar, vanaf de stadsverheffing in 1343 - en de periode daaraan voorafgaand - tot aan de slechting van de vestingwerken in 1867 en een stukje ontwikkeling in de jaren daarna.

Het boek is rijk geïllustreerd in kleur, en bevat tevens nog...

De moord op de Armeniërs en de Turkse onafhankelijkheidsoorlog trokken altijd grote belangstelling in Duitsland. Dat was, zoals de historicus Stefan Ihrig stelt, ook het geval tijdens de Republiek van Weimar. Vooral de rechterzijde van het politieke spectrum was gefascineerd door de ontwikkelingen in Turkije en de rol van Atatürk. Deze laatste werd steeds meer het voorbeeld van succesvol politiek revisionisme, autoritair bewind en seculiere modernisering. Christopher Clark van de Universit...

A miracle of still-plentiful hair, raw sex-appeal, and strutting talent . The frontman of one of the most influential and controversial groups of all time. A musical genius with a career spanning over four decades. He is a testament to British glamour, the ultimate architect and demi-god of rock.

The international bestseller available in English for the first time: E. H. Gombrich’s world history for the curious of all ages

A deeply engaging new history of how European settlements in the post-Colombian Americas shaped the world, from the bestselling author of 1491.

Presenting the latest research by biologists, anthropologists, archaeologists, and historians, Mann shows how the post-Columbian network of ecological and economic exchange fostered the rise of Europe, devastated imperial China, convulsed Africa, and for two centuries made Mexico City-where Asia, Europe, and the new frontier of the Americas dynamical...

Murakami tells the true story behind an act of terrorism that turned an average Monday morning into a national disaster. In spite of the perpetrators' intentions, the Tokyo gas attack left only twelve people dead, but thousands were injured and many suffered serious after-effects.

WINNER OF THE PULITZER PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2012Almost six hundred years ago, a short, genial man took a very old manuscript off a library shelf.

This is a book about why medieval manuscripts matter. Coming face to face with an important illuminated manuscript in the original is like meeting a very famous person. We may all pretend that a well-known celebrity is no different from anyone else, and yet there is an undeniable thrill in actually meeting and talking to a person of world stature.

The idea for the book, which is entirely new, is to invite the reader into intimate conversations with twelve of the most famous manuscrip...

Offers a study of 16th and 17th century Europe and the fundamental changes which led to the collapse of Christendom and established the geographical and political frameworks of Western Europe as we know it. This book features a rich tapestry that fosters a deeper understanding of Europe's identity.

From the internationally acclaimed author comes his bestselling account of India's experience of British colonialism.