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The Wild Silence
The Sunday Times Bestseller from the Million-Copy Bestselling Author of The Salt Path
2021 || Paperback || Raynor Winn || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The incredible Sunday Times No. 1 bestseller from the million-copy bestselling author of the phenomenon and 80-week Sunday Times bestselling The Salt Path
'Beautiful, a thrill to read . . . you feel the world is a better place because Raynor and Moth are in it' The Times
'Winn's writing transforms her surroundings and her spirits, her joy coming across clearly in her shimmering prose' i
'A beautiful, luminous and magical piece of writing' Rachel Joyce, author of The Unlikely Pilgrimage of H...
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Charles III
The Inside Story of the New King's Reign
2023 || Paperback || Robert Hardman || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Acclaimed royal biographer Robert Hardman draws on unrivalled access to the Royal Family, friends of the King and Queen, key officials and courtiers plus unpublished royal papers to produce this brilliant account of a tumultuous period in British history. This is a book full of intriguing insider detail and the real stories behind the sadness, the dazzling pomp, the challenges and the triumphs as Charles III sets out to make his mark.
How would – or could – he fill the shoes of the record...
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Brief Answers to the Big Questions
the final book from Stephen Hawking
2020 || Paperback || Stephen Hawking || John Murray
The world-famous cosmologist and #1 bestselling author of A Brief History of Time leaves us with his final thoughts on the universe's biggest questions in this brilliant posthumous work.
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a tale of two families in the dutch east indies
from tempoe doeloe to crisis and war
|| Paperback || Marlies ter Borg-Neervoort || Mijnbestseller.nl || met inkijkexemplaar
My Dutch grandparents met in an orphanage, married 'with the glove' and left for 'Indië' with rising expectations. How did they cope with Depression, Japanese Camps, Bersiap and the Dutch Indonesian War?
Bart Neervoort, successful business man in construction; and André Spoor, colonial administrator, were relatives and close friends. Their wives and daughters spent years together in Japanese camps, whilst their sons were students in the Netherlands under Nazi rule.For years communication w...
Persepolis
The Story of a Childhood
2021 || Paperback || Marjane Satrapi || Pantheon Books
A New York Times Notable Book
A Time Magazine "Best Comix of the Year"
A San Francisco Chronicle and Los Angeles Times Best-seller
Wise, funny, and heartbreaking, Persepolis is Marjane Satrapi's graphic memoir of growing up in Iran during the Islamic Revolution.
In powerful black-and-white comic strip images, Satrapi tells the story of her life in Tehran from ages six to fourteen, years that saw the overthrow of the Shah's regime, the triumph of the Islami...
Tender Buttons
2003 || Paperback || Gertrude Stein || Dover Publications Inc.
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The Powerful and the Damned
Private Diaries in Turbulent Times
2021 || Paperback || Lionel Barber || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'Extraordinary' TONY BLAIR
'Riveting' - PHILIPPE SANDS
'Brutal, brilliant and scurrilously funny' - MISHA GLENNY
The real scoop isn't on the front page
'As FT editor, I was a privileged interlocutor to people in power around the world, each offering unique insights into high-level decision-making and political calculation, often in moments of crisis. These diaries offer snapshots of leadership in an age of upheaval...'
Lionel Barber was Editor of the Financial Times for the tech boom, the glo...
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Boy Friends
'Astonishingly compelling' STEPHEN FRY
2022 || Hardcover || Michael Pedersen || Veltman Distributie Import Books
An intimate and original memoir of grief and male friendship by one of Scotland's brightest young talents. 'With a dazzling and inventive use of language .
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African American Psychology
From Africa to America
2021 || Paperback || Faye Zollicoffer Belgrave e.a. || SAGE
This new edition reflects notable advances and important developments in the field over the last several years, and includes evidence-based practices for improving the overall well-being of African American communities.
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My Name is Barbra
2023 || Hardcover || Barbra Streisand || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Barbra Streisand is by any account a living legend, a woman who in a career spanning six decades has excelled in every area of entertainment. She is among the handful of EGOT winners (Emmy, Grammy, Oscar, and Tony) and has one of the greatest and most recognizable voices in popular music. She has been nominated for a Grammy 46 times, and with Yentl she became the first woman to write, produce, direct, and star in a major motion picture. In My Name Is Barbra, she tells her own story about her ...