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A Memoir of My Former Self (Heruitgave)
a Life in Writing
2024 || Paperback || Hilary Mantel || John Murray
Mornings With My Cat Mii
2024 || Hardcover || Mayumi Inaba || Harvill Secker
The perfect gift for cat lovers: a beloved Japanese modern classic that chronicles the author's twenty-year bond with her cat, meditating on solitude, independence, companionship, the writing life, and how cats can change our lives.
For the last 20 years, Japanese readers have been falling in love with the late poet and prizewinning author Mayumi Inaba's story of life with her cat Mii, after she rescued her as a newborn kitten from a riverbank in Tokyo.
The book follows their everyday joys th...
Exit Wounds
a Story of Life, Love and Occasional Wars
2024 || Hardcover || Peter Godwin || Canongate Books
Climbing Days
2024 || Paperback || Dorothy Pilley || Canongate Books
A forgotten classic of 1920s mountaineering literature; Dorothy Pilley broke new ground for women in a sport dominated by men with her true account of adventure, endurance and daring
Raising Hare
2024 || Hardcover || Chloe Dalton || Canongate Books
Imagine you could hold a baby hare and bottle-feed it. Imagine that it lived under your roof and lolloped around your bedroom at night, drumming on the duvet cover when it wanted your attention. Imagine that, over two years later, it still ran in from the fields when you called it and snoozed in your house for hours on end. This happened to me.
When lockdown led busy professional Chloe to leave the city and return to the countryside of her childhood, she never expected to find herself custodi...
Full-time Adventurer
A fascinating story about leaving everything behind and the search for ultimate freedom
2024 || Paperback || Tamar Valkenier || Kosmos Uitgevers
Op haar achtentwintigste besloot sterrenchef en recherchepsycholoog Tamar Valkenier afstand te doen van al haar bezittingen en haar veilige leven. Ze koos voor het avontuur. Twee jaar lang fietste ze de wereld rond. Eerst in het 'veilige' Europa en daarna almaar verder. Ze reisde vier maanden door Mongoliƫ met haar paard, kameel en hond en liep 600 kilometer door Jordaniƫ.
Met Miriam Lancewood, bekend van 'Mijn leven in de wildernis' doorkruiste Tamar het hooggebergte van Nieuw-Zeeland, ter...
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The Short End of the Sonnenallee
2024 || Paperback || Thomas Brussig || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'A kind of miracle ... Not only made me laugh (again and again) but brought tears to my eyes' Jonathan Franzen 'One of the most brilliant satirical novels about life in East Berlin' New York Times
Friends, Lovers and the Big Terrible Thing
'Funny, fascinating and compelling' The Times
2024 || Paperback || Matthew Perry || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'There's never been a more honest or raw memoir ... and it may just save lives' Daily Mail
'Funny, fascinating, compelling ... also a wonderful read for fans of Friends' The Times
The beloved star of Friends takes us behind the scenes of the hit sitcom and his struggles with addiction in this candid, funny, and revelatory memoir that delivers a powerful message of hope and persistence.
This is the riveting story of acclaimed actor Matthew Perry, who takes us along on his journey from childhoo...
Let's Make Things Better
2024 || Paperback || Gidon Lev || Macmillan
A deeply moving story of Holocaust survival and the joy, hope and tolerance that can still blossom from within