London, 1870. Pressed by two friends who are fans of true if harsh stories, Marie-Louise de la Ramée, better known by her pen name Ouida, gives a detailed description of a recent trip to Antwerp. The trip has affected her deeply as conditions in the rural world there are particularly difficult.

Far from the British levity of her fellow writer Charles Dickens, her story of the misadventures of young Nello and his dog Patrasche is brutally real. Her storytelling style takes no prisoners.

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Covering fifty years of photography over 4 continents, Visions provides a retrospective of the work of the internationally renowned Belgian photographer, Jean-Dominique Burton.

From the banks of the River Ganges to the Vodou priests in Benin, not forgetting his own native Belgium, Jean-Dominique Burton has dedicated his life to revealing the beauty and the wealth of often ancient, ancestral cultures in his pictures, through which he encourages a form of transmission. As an award-winning portr...

This book offers a practical guide for policy advisors and their managers, grounded in the author's extensive experience as a senior policy practitioner in New Zealand's Westminster-style system of government. A key message is that effective policy advising is less about cycles, stages and steps, and more about relationships, integrity and communication. Policy making is incremental social problem solving.

Policy advising is mostly learned on the job, like an apprenticeship. It starts with ca...

This handsome volume reproduces a wide selection of her intensely colourful images, with an introduction by the art critic Duncan Macmillan, Emeritus Professor of the History of Scottish Art at the University of Edinburgh, and accompanying photographs, maps and historical information.

An illustrated guide to Dungeons & Dragons’ beloved fifth edition told through interviews, artwork, and visual ephemera from the designers, storytellers, and artists who bring it to life.

When the reimagined fifth edition of Dungeons & Dragons debuted in the summer of 2014, tabletop roleplaying games were on the brink of obsolescence. But within a few short years, D&D found greater success than it had ever enjoyed before, even surpassing its 1980s golden age. How did an analog game nearly a...

Anouk Masson Krantz takes a dive into the private world of Wagonhound in Wyoming, one of America's largest working ranches, where she offers a rare window into the cowboy ranching culture of the American West.

This book takes you back to exciting times, back when travelling meant discovering the world in a stylish and sometimes adventurous fashion. Ride the Orient Express to the Far East, cross the Atlantic on huge ocean liners, travel Route 66 through the United States, and break the sound barrier aboard the Concorde. Text in English and German.

A visually stunning declaration of love by the young, award-winning Ukrainian photographer Yevhen Samuchenko to his homeland in dark times. Text in English, German and Ukrainian.

Voor het eerst verschijnt een overzicht waarin een selectie van het werk van het kruim van de Belgische street artists en graffiti artists gepresenteerd wordt.

Vijftig zorgvuldig geselecteerde namen waarvan een groot aantal reeds wereldwijd wordt opgepikt: Roa, Djoels, Dzia, Jaune, Mata One, 2 Dirty, Bué The Warrior, Joachim, Zenith…

Een aantal van onze beste artiesten zijn trouwens heel vaak in het buitenland aan het werk; enkelen worden door prestigieuze buitenlandse galerijen vertegenw...