Historische biografieën (28)
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The Trading Game
A Confession
2024 || Paperback || Gary Stevenson || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'Compelling, intensely readable, unsettling. An unforgettable story of greed, financial madness and moral decay' Rory Stewart
'An incredibly important and timely book, very much of its era. The Wolf of Wall Street with a moral compass' Irvine Welsh
'Astonishing, enraging, extremely funny and exquisitely sad - a magnificent exposé of the 'masters of the universe' whose greed imperils us all. I cannot recommend this book highly enough' The Secret Barrister
*An outrageous, white-knuckle journey...
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The Powerful and the Damned
Private Diaries in Turbulent Times
Paperback || Lionel Barber || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'Extraordinary' TONY BLAIR
'Riveting' - PHILIPPE SANDS
'Brutal, brilliant and scurrilously funny' - MISHA GLENNY
The real scoop isn't on the front page
'As FT editor, I was a privileged interlocutor to people in power around the world, each offering unique insights into high-level decision-making and political calculation, often in moments of crisis. These diaries offer snapshots of leadership in an age of upheaval...'
Lionel Barber was Editor of the Financial Times for the tech boom, the glo...
The Criminal Mind
2024 || Paperback || Duncan Harding || Veltman Distributie Import Books
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The Chain
2024 || Paperback || Chimene Suleyman || Veltman Distributie Import Books
In January 2017, Chimene Suleyman was on her way to an abortion clinic in Queens, New York with her boyfriend, the father of her nascent child. It was the last day they would spend together. In an extraordinary sequence of events, Chimene was to discover the truth of her boyfriend's life: that she and many other women had been subtly, poisonously and patiently betrayed.
In this remarkable memoir, she explores how women are duped every day by individuals, but also how society itself a...
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Friendaholic
Confessions of a Friendship Addict
2024 || Paperback || Elizabeth Day || Veltman Distributie Import Books
THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
‘Bravely revealing’ BERNADINE EVARISTO
‘Funny, moving, helpful and true, Friendaholic deserves a massive audience’ SATHNAM SANGHERA
‘This book is brilliant’ JO ELVIN
‘Essential reading… admirably candid and well-crafted’ GUARDIAN
As a society, there is a tendency to elevate romantic love. But what about friendships? Aren't they just as – if not more – important? So why is it hard to find the right words to express what these uniquely comp...
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Broken
in the Best Possible Way
2022 || Paperback || Jenny Lawson || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Hilarious, heart-warming and honest, Broken is about living, surviving and thriving with anxiety. A must-have for fans of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and David Sedaris.
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Wild
A Journey from Lost to Found
2023 || Paperback || Cheryl Strayed || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'One of the best books I've read in the last five or ten years... Wild is angry, brave, sad, self-knowing, redemptive, raw, compelling, and brilliantly written, and I think it's destined to be loved by a lot of people, men and women, for a very long time.' Nick Hornby
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The Young Man
2023 || Paperback || Annie Ernaux || Veltman Distributie Import Books
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breathtaking, published in France in 2022, is about her affair with a man 30 years her junior.
“A sublime book.” —Olivia de Lamberterie, Elle
“Once again the work of the writer Annie Ernaux appears as both a rigorous study of life and an experiment. These fragments of living, however evanescent, are precious, irreplaceable, like a skin that never fades.” —Caroline Montpetit in Le Devoir
The ...
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Beyond the Wand
The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
2023 || Paperback || Tom Felton || Veltman Distributie Import Books
They called for a break, and Gambon magicked up a cigarette from out of his beard. He and I were often to be found outside the stage that housed the Astronomy Tower, having 'a breath of fresh air' as we referred to it. There would be painters and plasterers and chippies and sparks, and among them all would be me and Dumbledore having a crafty cigarette.
From Borrower to wizard, Tom Felton's childhood was anything but ordinary. His early rise to fame saw him catapulted into the limelight aged ...
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Scattershot
Life, Music, Elton and Me
2023 || Paperback || Bernie Taupin || Veltman Distributie Import Books
"I loved writing, I loved chronicling life and every moment I was cogent, sober, or blitzed, I was forever feeding off my surroundings, making copious notes as ammunition for future compositions. . . . The thing is good, bad or indifferent I never stopped writing, it was as addictive as any drug."
This is the memoir music fans have been waiting for. Half of one of the greatest creative partnerships in popular music, Bernie Taupin is the man who wrote the lyrics for Elton John, who co...