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Ultra-Processed People
Why Do We All Eat Stuff That Isn’t Food … and Why Can’t We Stop?
2024 || Paperback || Chris van Tulleken || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Chosen by the SUNDAY TIMES, GUARDIAN, FT and DAILY MAIL as one of their BEST SUMMER BOOKS OF 2023
'If you only read one diet or nutrition book in your life, make it this one' Bee Wilson
'A devastating, witty and scholarly destruction of the shit food we eat and why' Adam Rutherford
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An eye-opening investigation into the science, economics, history and production of ultra-processed food.
It's not you, it's the food.
We have entered a new 'age of eating' where most of our calories come from ...
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Stolen Focus
The Surprising Reason You Can't Pay Attention
2023 || Paperback || Johann Hari || Veltman Distributie Import Books
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A SPECTATOR AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022
'If you read just one book about how the modern world is driving us crazy, read this one' TELEGRAPH
'This book is exactly what the world needs right now' OPRAH WINFREY
'A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind's ability to pay attention' STEPHEN FRY
'A really important book . . . Everyone should read it' PHILIPPA PERRY
Why have we lost our ability to focus? Wha...
Food for Life
Your Guide to the New Science of Eating Well
2024 || Paperback || Tim Spector || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'Life-changing' DAVINA McCALL
'A must-read' DR RUPY AUJLA
'Fascinating' NIGELLA LAWSON
'Empowering' LIZ EARLE
**AS HEARD ON THE DIARY OF A CEO PODCAST**
Empowering and practical, Food for Life is nothing less than a new approach to how to eat - for our health and the health of the planet.
Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat in the age of ultra-processed food has never seemed so complicated.
Drawing on cutting-edge research and personal insights, Professo...
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The Creative Act
A Way of Being
2023 || Hardcover || Rick Rubin || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From the legendary music producer, a master at helping people connect with the wellsprings of their creativity, comes a beautifully crafted book many years in the making that offers that same deep wisdom to all of us
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Surrounded by Setbacks
Or, How to Succeed When Everything's Gone Bad
2021 || Paperback || Thomas Erikson || Veltman Distributie Import Books
So how do you handle everything life throws your way when you'd really prefer to tell everyone to get stuffed?Thomas Erikson will help you turn adversity into success with the help of the behavioural model made famous in Surrounded by Idiots.
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Entanglement
The Secret Lives of Hair
2017 || Paperback || Emma Tarlo || Veltman Distributie Import Books
See the world in a strand of hair...
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Entangled Life
How Fungi Make Our Worlds, Change Our Minds and Shape Our Futures - The Illustrated Edition
2023 || Hardcover || Merlin Sheldrake || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The smash-hit Sunday Times bestseller now illustrated with over 100 spectacular full-colour images, showcasing this wondrous and wildly various lifeform as never before
'Astonishing ... it seems somehow to tip the natural world upside down' Observer
'Completely mind-blowing ... reads like an adventure story' Sunday Times
*WINNER OF THE ROYAL SOCIETY BOOK PRIZE 2021*
*WINNER OF THE WAINWRIGHT PRIZE FOR CONSERVATION WRTITING 2021*
*SHORTLISTED FOR THE RATHBONES FOLIO PRIZE 2021*
*SHORTLISTED FO...
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Personality and Power
Builders and Destroyers of Modern Europe
2023 || Paperback || Ian Kershaw || Veltman Distributie Import Books
One of the great historians of our age asks: how far can a single leader alter the course of history?
The modern era saw the emergence of individuals who had command over a terrifying array of instruments of control, persuasion and death. Whole societies were re-shaped and wars fought, often with a merciless contempt for the most basic norms. At the summit of these societies were leaders whose personalities had somehow given them the ability to do whatever they wished.
Ian Kershaw's new book ...
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How the World Really Works
A Scientist's Guide to Our Past, Present and Future
2022 || Paperback || Vaclav Smil || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'Another masterpiece from one of my favorite authors . . . If you want a brief but thorough education in numeric thinking about many of the fundamental forces that shape human life, this is the book to read. It's a tour de force' BILL GATES
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We have never had so much information at our fingertips and yet most of us don't know how the world really works. This book explains seven of the most fundamental realities governing our survival and prosperity. From energy and food production, ...
Who's Afraid of Gender?
2024 || Hardcover || Judith Butler || Veltman Distributie Import Books
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2024 ACCORDING TO THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, AND TIME
Shouldn't we know what we're arguing about?
From one of the most influential thinkers of our time, an enlightening, essential account of how gender is understood today
Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on gender that have become central to ri...