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The Fight Is Here
Volodymyr Zelensky and the War in Ukraine
2023 || Paperback || Simon Shuster || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Time correspondent Simon Shuster delivers the unmissable account of the Russian invasion of Ukraine, written and reported from inside the presidential compound in Kyiv, based on Shuster's unparalleled access to President Zelensky and his top aides.
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Rental Person Who Does Nothing
A Memoir
2023 || Paperback || Shoji Morimoto || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The true life adventures of Shoji Morimoto, who launched a business in which he rents himself out to do nothing in Japan.
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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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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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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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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Landlines (Heruitgave)
The No 1 Sunday Times bestseller about a thousand-mile journey across Britain from the author of The Salt Path
2023 || Paperback || Raynor Winn || Penguin
FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SALT PATH AND THE WILD SILENCE
Pre-order the latest memoir from global bestselling author Raynor Winn
Unflinching... There is a luminous conviction to the prose - Observer
Heartening and comforting... The nature writing is beautiful and it is a thrill to read. You feel the world is a better place because Raynor and Moth are in it - The Times
Some people live to walk. Raynor and Moth walk to live . . .
Raynor Winn knows that her husband Moth's he...
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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.