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The Collaborators
Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II
2023 || Hardcover || Ian Buruma || Veltman Distributie Import Books
In this spellbinding account of three World War Two collaborators, prize-winning historian Ian Buruma examines questions of truth as he investigates their complex and tangled lives.
Sapiens A Graphic History, Volume 3
2024 || Hardcover || Yuval Noah Harari || Fern Press
The power of tradition
Hardcover || L. Bosman || Verloren b.v., uitgeverij
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Voyage of Discovery
exploring the collections of the Asian Library of Leiden University
Hardcover || Alexander Reeuwijk || Leiden Publications
The Asian Library of Leiden University houses the world renowned and extensive Asian collections. This includes the largest collection on Indonesia worldwide and some of the foremost collections on South and Southeast Asia, China, Japan and Korea.
"Voyage of Discovery" contains more than twenty essays of academics, curators and authors on various aspects on their experience with the Leiden collections.
Richly illustrated and showcasing twenty-five treasures from the Asian Library, such as uni...
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Weed of Wonder
Explore the World of Cannabis Through the Collection of Ben Dronkers and the Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum
2021 || Hardcover || Jules Marshall e.a. || Vrije Uitgevers, De || met inkijkexemplaar
The collection of the Hash Marihuana & Hemp Museum comprises over 9,000 items. Together, they illustrate the relationship between humankind and Cannabis over the course of thousands of years. It’s an enlightening and fascinating journey. In Weed of Wonder, you can experience this journey as never before. Hundreds of high-quality, full-colour photographs accompanied by lively, informative text take you through the highs and lows of Cannabis history to the present day. Seasoned Cannabis champ...
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Age of Revolutions
Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
2024 || Hardcover || Fareed Zakaria || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The international best-selling author explores the revolutions―past and present―that define the chaotic, polarized and unstable age in which we live
Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, geopolitical dangers and an international system studded with catastrophic risk ― the early decades of the 21st century may be one of the most revolutionary periods in modern history. But they are not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one grea...
The Most Interesting Book in the World
2024 || Hardcover || Edward Brooke-Hitching || Simon & Schuster UK
A miscellany of things too strange to be true, yet somehow are. Â
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The march of the libertines
Spinozists and the Dutch Reformed Church (1660-1750)
2017 || Hardcover || M. Wielema || Verloren b.v., uitgeverij
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The women are more beautiful than any I have ever seen
Heinrich Schliemann’s travels through Spain in 1859
2019 || Hardcover || Wout Arentzen e.a. || Sidestone Press
In the fourth part of The Schliemann Diaries we follow Heinrich Schliemann, the famous 19th century trader, traveller and archaeologist, on his travels through Spain in 1859. The original diary was written mainly in Spanish with a small portion in Arabic. This publication contains an introduction, an English translation and a transcription of the diary.
During his third journey to the Orient (1858-1859), Schliemann fell in love with a Canadian girl. Since he was already married, this love was ...
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Never again. Gardens of Peace
A landscape and architectural history of war cemeteries
2020 || Hardcover || Michel Racine || Exhibitions International || met inkijkexemplaar
Hundreds of cemeteries and memorials from the First and Second World Wars are featured-locations throughout Europe with particular emphasis on sites in England, France, Belgium, and Germany.
The essays delve in to the landscape and architectural history of these hallowed spaces, which were designed by architects such as Charles Henry Holden, Edward Luytens, John Russell Pope, and Robert Tischler, among others.
This beautifully illustrated volume explores the histories and present-day states ...