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Antwerp
The Glory Years
2022 || Paperback || Michael Pye || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Even before Amsterdam there was a dazzling North Sea port at the hub of the known world: the city of Antwerp.
Antwerp was sensational like nineteenth-century Paris or twentieth-century New York, somewhere anything could happen or at least be believed: killer bankers, easy kisses, a market in secrets and every kind of heresy. For half the sixteenth century, it was the place for breaking rules - religious, sexual, intellectual.
In Antwerp, things changed. One man cornered all the money in the c...
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The Survivor
2023 || Paperback || Josef Lewkowicz e.a. || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The extraordinary true story of the Holocaust survivor who endured six death camps before joining the hunt for the Nazis and bringing his tormentors to justice. One of the last great untold stories of the Holocaust, The Survivor is an astonishing account of one man's unbreakable spirit, unshakeable faith, and extraordinary courage in the face of evil. At only 16 years old, Josef Lewkowicz became a number, prisoner 85314. Following the Nazi invasion of Poland, he and his father were separated ...
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The Dawn of Everything
A New History of Humanity
2022 || Paperback || David Graeber e.a. || Veltman Distributie Import Books
THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER AND SUNDAY TIMES, OBSERVER AND BBC HISTORY BOOK OF THE YEAR
FINALIST FOR THE ORWELL PRIZE FOR POLITICAL WRITING 2022
'Pacey and potentially revolutionary' Sunday Times
'Iconoclastic and irreverent ... an exhilarating read' The Guardian
For generations, our remote ancestors have been cast as primitive and childlike - either free and equal, or thuggish and warlike. Civilization, we are told, could be achieved only by sacrificing those original freedoms or, alternat...
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Knowing What We Know
The History of Knowledge and the Threat to Wisdom
2023 || Paperback || Simon Winchester || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From internationally bestselling author Simon Winchester, a vibrant history of the collection and dissemination of knowledge.
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To the City
2023 || Paperback || Alexander Christie-Miller || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Walking along the crumbling defensive walls of Istanbul and talking to those he passes, Alexander Christie-Miller finds a distillation of the country's history, a mirror of its present, and a shadow of its future.