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The Penguin Book of Spiritual Verse
110 Poets on the Divine
2022 || Hardcover || Kaveh Akbar || Veltman Distributie Import Books
oets have always looked to the skies for inspiration, and have written as a way of getting closer to the power and beauty they sense in nature, in each other and in the cosmos. This anthology serves as a truly holistic and global survey to a lyric conversation about the divine that has been going on for millenia.
Beginning with the earliest attributable author in all of human literature, the twenty-third century BC Sumerian High Priestess Enheduanna, and taking in a constellation of voices - ...
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Dickens and Prince
A Particular Kind of Genius
2022 || Hardcover || Nick Hornby || Veltman Distributie Import Books
In Nick Hornby's completely joyous and original new book two great figures share the stage. Charles Dickens and Prince. Two wildly different artists who caught fire and lit up the world in ways no others could. Where did their magic come from? How did they work so hard and produce so much? How did they manage or give in to the restlessness and intensity of their creativity? How did they use it, and did it kill them?
With wit, curiosity and deep admiration Nick Hornby traces their extraordinar...
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On Women
A new collection of feminist essays from the influential writer, activist and critic, Susan Sontag
2022 || Hardcover || Susan Sontag || Veltman Distributie Import Books
On Women brings together Susan Sontag's most fearless and incisive writing on women, a crucial aspect of her work that has not until now received the attention it deserves.
For the most part written in the 1970s during the height of second-wave feminism, Sontag's essays are strikingly relevant to our contemporary conversations. At times powerfully in sync and at others powerfully at odds with them, they are always characteristically original in their examinations of the 'biological division o...
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The Owl
A Biography
2023 || Hardcover || Stephen Moss || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From the renowned naturalist Stephen Moss, bestselling author of The Robin, The Wren and The Swan comes a new instalment in his beloved bird biography series.
Uncover the secret life of owls through this beautiful guide to these secretive and charismatic birds.
Owls are among the most mysterious birds in the world. Their hauntingly beautiful calls and mostly nocturnal habits have long captured our collective imagination, inspiring more superstitions, folktales and myths than any other group o...
The Bookshop Woman
2024 || Hardcover || Nanako Hanada || Brazen
A heartwarming true story of how one woman in crisis turned her life around by meeting people off a dating website and giving them personalised book recommendations.
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Energy Follows Thought
The Stories Behind My Songs
2023 || Hardcover || Willie Nelson e.a. || Veltman Distributie Import Books
For the first time ever, and to help celebrate his 90th birthday in 2023, American icon Willie Nelson provides the stories behind the lyrics of 160 of his favorite songs, along with a dynamic assortment of never-before-seen photos and ephemera.
From his earliest work in the 1950s to today, Willie looks back at the songs that have defined his career, from his days of earning $50 each to his biggest hits, from his less well-known songs (but incredibly meaningful to him) to his concept albums. A...
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Manifesto
A rallying cry to never give up from the Booker prize-winning author of Girl, Woman, Other
Hardcover || Bernardine Evaristo || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The powerful, urgent manifesto on never giving up from Booker prize-winning trailblazer, Bernardine Evaristo
Bernardine Evaristo's 2019 Booker win - the first by a Black woman - was a revolutionary moment both for British culture and for her. After three decades as a trailblazing writer, teacher and activist, she moved from the margins to centre stage, taking her place in the spotlight at last. Her journey was a long one, but she made it, and she made history.
MANIFESTO is Bernardine Evaristo...
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Book of Days
2022 || Hardcover || Patti Smith || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A deeply moving and brilliantly idiosyncratic visual book of days by the National Book Award–winning author of Just Kids and M Train, featuring more than 365 images and reflections that chart Smith’s singular aesthetic—inspired by her wildly popular Instagram.
In 2018, without any plan or agenda for what might happen next, Patti Smith posted her first Instagram photo: her hand with the simple message “Hello Everybody!” Known for shooting with her beloved Land Camera 250, Smith start...
Neverland
the pleasures and perils of fandom
2024 || Hardcover || Vanessa Kisuule || Canongate Books
The debut work of non-fiction by slam poet Vanessa Kisuule, this is a love letter to the musicians we adore and an unflinching look at the costs of hero worship
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3 Shades of Blue
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans & The Lost Empire of Cool
2024 || Hardcover || James Kaplan || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From the New York Times bestseller, the story of jazz, told through the journeys of three towering artists