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Complete Maus
2003 || Paperback || Art Spiegelman || Penguin
The Complete Maus by Art Spiegelman - the Pulitzer prize-winning Holocaust survivor story'The most affecting and successful narrative ever done about the Holocaust' Wall Street Journal'The first masterpiece in comic book history' The New YorkerThe Pulitzer Prize-winning Maus tells the story of Vladek Spiegelman, a Jewish survivor of Hitler's Europe, and his son, a cartoonist coming to terms with his father's story. Maus approaches the unspeakable through the diminutive. Its form, the cartoon ...
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Over tirannie
Twintig lessen uit de twintigste eeuw
2024 || Paperback || Timothy Snyder || Balans
De grote verkiezingswinst van Geert Wilders, de groei van extreemrechts in andere Europese landen, de mogelijke terugkeer van Donald Trump: personen en partijen die het niet zo nauw nemen met de rechtsstaat hebben de wind in de zeilen. Onze democratie wordt in toenemende mate bedreigd, wat herinneringen oproept aan de vorige eeuw. Want nog niet eens zo heel lang geleden zagen onze voorouders hun regeringen zwichten voor fascisme, nazisme en communisme. Ook zij vertrouwden erop dat de rechtsta...
American Nations
A History of the Eleven Rival Regional Cultures of North America
2023 || Paperback || Colin Woodard || Penguin
• A New Republic Best Book of the Year • The Globalist Top Books of the Year • Winner of the Maine Literary Award for Non-fiction •
Particularly relevant in understanding who voted for who in this presidential election year, this is an endlessly fascinating look at American regionalism and the eleven "nations" that continue to shape North America
According to award-winning journalist and historian Colin Woodard, North America is made up of eleven distinct nations, ea...