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Figures in a Landscape
People and Places
2024 || Paperback || Paul Theroux || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The author of "Deep South" and "The Great Railway Bazaar"'s body of work is mined for its best bits, brought together here, with profiles of famous people such as Oliver Sacks and Robin Williams, reflections from Theroux's own reading, and extracts from the iconic travel writing.
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Essays One
2024 || Hardcover || Lydia Davis || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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The Life of Leonardo da Vinci
2024 || Hardcover || Giorgio Vasari || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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The Diary of a Young Girl
The Definitive Edition of the World’s Most Famous Diary
2024 || Paperback || Anne Frank || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Aged thirteen when Anne Frank went into the secret annexe, Anne kept a diary in which she confided her innermost thoughts and feelings, movingly revealing how the eight people living under these extraordinary conditions coped with the daily threat of discovery and death, petty misunderstandings and the unbearable strain of living like prisoners.
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Seduction and Betrayal
2024 || Paperback || Elizabeth Hardwick || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
ONE OF THE WHITE REVIEW'S BEST BOOKS OF 2019Elizabeth Hardwick's iconic essay collection Seduction and Betrayal is a radical portrait of women and literature, reissued with a new introduction by Deborah Levy. 'Hardwick's sentences are burned in my brain.' - Susan SontagSidelined.
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Ever Yours
The Essential Letters
2024 || Hardcover || Vincent van Gogh || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
"There is scarcely one letter by Van Gogh which I, who am certainly no expert, do not find fascinating." --W. H. Auden
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A Guest at the Feast
2024 || Hardcover || Colm Toibin || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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Essential Bukowski
Poetry
2024 || Paperback || Charles Bukowski || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The definitive collection of poems from a writer whose transgressive legacy and raw, funny, acutely observant writing have left a vivid markIlluminated by a resonant voice and conjuring the desperation and absurdity of being human, the perceptive poetry of Charles Bukowski transcends its particular moment to speak to us as forcefully today as when it was written. Taking on a wide range of subjects?from love to death to sex to writing?Bukowski's unvarnished poetry touches on enduring concerns ...
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The Rebel
2024 || Paperback || Albert Camus || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
An essay on the nature of human revolt, this book makes a critique of communism, how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, and the resulting totalitarian regimes. It also questions two events held sacred by the left wing, the French Revolution of 1789 and the Russian Revolution of 1917.
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Nothing . . . Except My Genius: The Wit and Wisdom of Oscar Wilde
2024 || Paperback || Oscar Wilde || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Offers a collection of wit and wisdom that demonstrates the author's vision and his style.