STORIES ABOUT HOW

THE WORLD EXPOS OF 1855–1937

SHAPED PARIS,

FROM ITS ARCHITECTURE TO CULINARY INVENTIONS,

AND WHERE TO FIND THE TRACES

A Paris travel guide and history book about how the World Expos of 1855-1937 shaped the city, from its architecture to its (culinary) customs

Paris is the physical memory of seven World Expos that took place in the city from 1855 to 1937. These Expos left behind monuments like the Eiffel Tower, the Musée d'Orsay, the Grand and Petit Palais... But many tra...

Een heldere en filmische geschiedenis van de slag om Nederland

Op een vroege vrijdagochtend in 1940 stak het Duitse leger de Nederlandse grens over en werd ons land meegesleurd in de Tweede Wereldoorlog. In vijf dagen was de Vesting Holland door de Duitsers onder de voet gelopen, dagen waarin er hevig gevochten werd rond Den Haag en op de Grebbeberg, met als afschuwelijke apotheose het bombardement op Rotterdam. Welke strategie zat er achter de aanval? En hoe verdedigde Nederland zich?

Rein B...

Why was Saul tormented by three unopened letters from Stockholm? What made Thelma spend her whole life raking over a long-past love affair? How did Carlos' macho fantasies help him deal with terminal cancer? This title gives the affecting accounts of the author's work with these and seven other patients.

Tells the story of the making of the H-bomb and reveals how it created a nuclear stalemate that lasted forty years.