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Historische biografieën (5)

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Windswept & Interesting

2021 || Paperback || Billy Connolly || Veltman Distributie Import Books

In his first full-length autobiography, comedy legend and national treasure Billy Connolly reveals the truth behind his windswept and interesting life.

Born in a tenement flat in Glasgow in 1942, orphaned by the age of 4, and a survivor of appalling abuse at the hands of his own family, Billy's life is a remarkable story of success against all the odds.

Billy found his escape first as an apprentice welder in the shipyards of the River Clyde. Later he became a folk musician - a 'rambling man' ...

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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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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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Dutch Light

Christiaan Huygens and the Making of Science in Europe

2021 || Paperback || Hugh Aldersey-Williams || Veltman Distributie Import Books

Hugh Aldersey-Williams transports us to the Dutch Golden Age - a time of immense scientific and artistic innovation - in this histo-biography of Christiaan Huygens, one of Europe's leading, yet unsung, thinkers.

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A Dutiful Boy

A memoir of secrets, lies and family love (Winner of the LAMBDA 2021 Literary Award for Best Gay Memoir/Biography)

2021 || Paperback || Mohsin Zaidi || Veltman Distributie Import Books

A Guardian Best Book of the Year A GQ Best Book of the Year A New Statesman Best Book of the YearGrowing up in a devout shia Muslim household, it felt impossible for Mohsin to be gay.