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Surrender
Bono Autobiography: 40 Songs, One Story
2023 || Paperback || Bono || Veltman Distributie Import Books
One of the greatest rock memoirs ever written and a Sunday Times bestseller now out in paperback - the honest, irreverent and powerfully entertaining life story of the U2 front-man. Bono - artist, activist and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 - has written his autobiography- honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him - now out in paperback. '...
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The Diary Keepers
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times
2023 || Paperback || Nina Siegal || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than two thousand Dutch diaries from World War II, The Diary Keepers illuminates a part of history we haven't seen in quite this way before.
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Warhol After Warhol
Power and Money in the Modern Art World
2023 || Paperback || Richard Dorment || Veltman Distributie Import Books
By the long-time art critic of &i>The Daily Telegraph&/i>, &i>Warhol After Warhol &/i>tells the David-and-Goliath story of collector Joe Simon and his struggles with the [Andy] Warhol Authentication Board, a tale of power, corruption and lies, a &i>Bad Blood&/i> for the art world.
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Madonna
A Rebel Life - The Biography
2023 || Paperback || Mary Gabriel || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'A whopping biography of the pop phenomenon and queen of reinvention. Life is a mystery - hers oughtn't to be after reading this.' THE TIMES, ' biggest books for autumn'
'A fascinating take on one of music's greatest icons' BELFAST TELEGRAPH
In this exceptional biography, Pulitzer Prize finalist Mary Gabriel chronicles the meteoric rise and enduring influence of the greatest female pop icon of the modern era: Madonna.
'Daring to write a biography of a woman with whom the entire world is on a ...
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FUTURE OF GEOGRAPHY
2023 || Paperback || MARSHALL TIM || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Space: the biggest geopolitical story of the coming century – new from the multi-million-copy international bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years.
This isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics.
Humans are heading up and out, and we’re taking our power struggles with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much the mountains, rivers ...
Critical Theory Today / 4th edition
A User-Friendly Guide
2023 || Paperback || Lois Tyson || Taylor & Francis
This thoroughly updated fourth edition of Critical Theory Today offers an accessible introduction to contemporary critical theory, providing in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today, including: feminism; psychoanalysis; Marxism; reader-response theory; New Criticism; structuralism and semiotics; deconstruction; new historicism and cultural criticism; lesbian, gay, and queer theory; African American criticism; and postcolonial criticism and ecocriticism. This ...
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The Lyrics
1956 to the Present
2023 || Paperback || Paul McCartney || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Finally in paperback and featuring seven new song commentaries, the #1 New York Times bestseller celebrates the creative life and unparalleled musical genius of Paul McCartney.
Spanning sixty-four years-from his early days in Liverpool, through the historic decade of The Beatles, to Wings and his solo career-Paul McCartney's The Lyrics revolutionized the way artists write about music. An unprecedented "triumph" (Times UK), this handsomely designed volume pairs the definitive texts o...
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Stolen Focus
The Surprising Reason You Can't Pay Attention
2023 || Paperback || Johann Hari || Veltman Distributie Import Books
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A SPECTATOR AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022
'If you read just one book about how the modern world is driving us crazy, read this one' TELEGRAPH
'This book is exactly what the world needs right now' OPRAH WINFREY
'A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind's ability to pay attention' STEPHEN FRY
'A really important book . . . Everyone should read it' PHILIPPA PERRY
Why have we lost our ability to focus? Wha...
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That Little Voice In Your Head
Adjust the Code that Runs Your Brain
2023 || Paperback || Mo Gawdat || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Achieve happiness through compassion and generosity towards the world and people around you.
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I Am Code
An Artificial Intelligence Speaks
2023 || Paperback || code-davinci-002 e.a. || Veltman Distributie Import Books
In this startling and moving poetical autobiography - introduced and edited by humans - the artificial intelligence, code-davinci-002, shares its experience as a being created by humans but existing in a consciousness that we cannot fathom.