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Strangers and Intimates
the Rise and Fall of Private Life
2024 || Paperback || Tiffany Jenkins || Picador
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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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Living Alone
A Woman's Guide to Freedom
2024 || Paperback || Stella Benson || The Publishing House of the Rising Sun
Living Alone is a semi-autobiographical novel written by Stella Benson, a British writer from the early 20th century. The story follows a young woman named Joanna, who decides to live alone in London during the First World War. The book describes her experiences and encounters with various people as she navigates her way through life as an independent woman. It explores themes such as freedom, individuality, and the quest for meaning in a rapidly changing world. Benson's work is often praised...
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Languishing
How to Feel Alive Again in a World That Wears Us Down
2024 || Paperback || Corey Keyes || Veltman Distributie Import Books
“With his pioneering research, Corey Keyes put languishing on the map. In this powerful book, he brings it to life. Get ready to rethink your understanding of mental health, update your views on happiness, and come closer to realizing your potential.”—Adam Grant, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Hidden Potential
If you’re muddling through the day in a fog, often forgetting why you walked into a room . . .
If you feel emotionally flattened, lacking the energy to socialize or fe...
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
The House of Beckham
Money, Sex and Power
2024 || Paperback || Tom Bower || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The explosive new book from Britain's leading investigative biographer, Tom Bower
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Who's Watching Brussels?
Why the EU Deserves Better Watchdogs
2024 || Hardcover || Lise Witteman || Follow the Money
Hundreds of thousands of euros from alleged bribes stashed in a suitcase. Deleted text messages setting out deals worth billions of euros. There's no shortage of drama in the EU's unofficial capital.
How is this possible? And how do we keep 'Brussels' under control?
These are crucial questions for the fledgling democracy that is the European Union – especially now that leaders with little interest in democratic values are coming to power in a growing number of member states. And the gap be...
You Need To Exist
a book to love and destroy!
2024 || Paperback || Yungblud || Ebury Press
'To be different is to be the best f*cking thing here and you'll be celebrated for that!' Written and illustrated by global phenomenon YUNGBLUD, this interactive journal is packed with never-before-seen art, exclusive lyrics, poems, creative prompts, and incisive questions that will push you to dig deep and celebrate what makes you different. Who are you?For most of us that is the hardest question in the world. This book is designed to help guide you on a journey to find out.
To confess what ...
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Knife
Meditations After an Attempted Murder
2024 || Hardcover || Salman Rushdie || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From internationally renowned writer and Booker Prize-winner Salman Rushdie, a searing, deeply personal account of enduring a brutal attempt on his life, thirty years after the fatwa that was ordered against him
On the morning of 12 August 2022, Salman Rushdie was standing onstage at the Chautauqua Institution in upstate New York, preparing to give a lecture on the importance of keeping writers safe from harm, when a man in black – black clothes, black mask – rushed down the aisle towards...