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Down and Out in Paris and London
The classic reimagined with cover art by Shepard Fairey
2024 || Paperback || George Orwell || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
To be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was to experience life at its lowest ebb. George Orwell, penniless and with nowhere to go, found himself experiencing just this as he wandered the streets of both capitals in search of a job. This book gives an account of the streets and those who have no choice but to live on them.
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Ways of Curating
2024 || Paperback || Hans Ulrich Obrist || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Moving from meetings with artists to the creation of the first public museums in the 18th century, recounting the practice of inspirational figures such as Diaghilev, skipping between exhibitions, continents and centuries, the author argues that curation is far from a static practice.
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What Dementia Teaches Us About Love
2024 || Paperback || Nicci Gerrard || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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The Aristocracy of Talent
How Meritocracy Made the Modern World
2024 || Paperback || Adrian Wooldridge || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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Hello Human: A History of Visual Communication
A history of visual communication
2024 || Hardcover || Michael Horsham || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A kaleidoscopic journey tracing the methods and means of visual communication from the cave paintings of the earliest humans to the ?photograph' of a black hole in deep space.
Since the beginning of our time as humans, we have never stopped making images and inventing channels for visual communication. From the cave dweller creating paintings on a wall at the dawn of civilized time to Instagram influencers today, technology may keep changing, but our need to reach one another, to m...
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Kids of Cosplay
2024 || Hardcover || Thurstan Redding e.a. || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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The Complete Pompeii
2024 || Paperback || Joanne Berry || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The drama of Pompeii's end has been handed down by Roman writers, its paintings and mosaics have astonished visitors since their discovery and its houses and public buildings still present a vivid picture of life, disaster and death in a Roman town. This book includes a comprehensive account of its rise, splendour and fall.
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Down Girl
The Logic of Misogyny
2024 || Paperback || Kate Manne || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Kate Manne is an assistant professor of philosophy at Cornell University, having previously been a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. She works in moral, social, and feminist philosophy and her articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement and the Huffington Post.
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Think Like a Freak
The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
2024 || Paperback || Steven D. Levitt e.a. || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems. The topics range from business to philanthropy to sports to p...
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Invitation to a Banquet
The Story of Chinese Food
2024 || Hardcover || Fuchsia Dunlop || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.