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The Complete Roman Legions
2024 || Paperback || Nigel Pollard e.a. || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Focusing on the legions as the core of the Roman army, and chronicling their individual histories in detail, this volume builds on the thematic account of the Roman military force given by its companion The Complete Roman Army. It is suitable for anyone who has enjoyed that book.
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Ancient Rome on Five Denarii a Day
2024 || Paperback || Philip Matyszak || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A unique combination of travel guide and popular history that takes the reader on a vivid journey to the Rome of the Caesars.
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Laughter in Ancient Rome
On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up
2024 || Paperback || Mary Beard || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? How did Romans make sense of laughter? What role did it play in the world of the law courts, the imperial palace, or the spectacles of the arena? This book explores one of the most intriguing, but also trickiest, of historical subjects.
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1421
The Year China Discovered The World
2024 || Paperback || Gavin Menzies || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
In 1421, the largest fleet the world had ever seen set sail from China under the command of Emperor Zhu Di's loyal eunuch admirals. But by the time they returned home, Zhu Di had lost control and China was turning inwards, leaving the records of their discoveries to be forgotten for centuries.
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The Holocaust Codes
The Untold Story of Decrypting the Final Solution
2024 || Paperback || Christian Jennings || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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Abyss
World on the Brink, the Cuban Missile Crisis 1962
2024 || Paperback || Max Hastings || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings ‘the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis’ Daily Telegraph
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Zeitoun
2024 || Paperback || Dave Eggers || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
National Bestseller
The true story of one family, caught between America's two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina.
Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and hel...
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Final Solution
The Fate of the Jews 1933-1949
2024 || Paperback || David Cesarani || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
An intelligent, comprehensive and authoritate history of the Holocaust from one of our finest historians.
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Persian Fire
The First World Empire, Battle for the West - 'Magisterial' Books of the Year, Independent
2024 || Paperback || Tom Holland || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A brilliant new account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC.