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How Civil Wars Start
And How to Stop Them
2022 || Paperback || Barbara F. Walter || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Sunday Times Smart Thinking Book of the Year 2022 • New York Times Bestseller
• WINNER OF THE GLOBAL POLICY INSTITUTE AWARD • BOOKS OF THE YEAR: Financial Times, The Times, Esquire, Prospect
'When one of the world's leading scholars of civil war tells us that a country is on the brink of violent conflict, we should pay attention. This is an important book' Steven Levitsky and Daniel Ziblatt, authors of How Democracies Die
Civil wars are the biggest danger to world peace today - this boo...
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The Storyteller
Tales of Life and Music
2022 || Paperback || Dave Grohl || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The long-awaited autobiography of the legendary Nirvana and Foo Fighters rock star, Dave Grohl
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The Dream of Europe (Heruitgave)
travels in the Twenty-First Century
2022 || Paperback || Geert Mak || Vintage Publishing
'Mak is the history teacher everyone should have had' Financial Times
How did the great European dream turn sour? And where do we go from here?
From the author of the internationally acclaimed In Europe, a stunning history of our present, examining the first two decades of this most fragile and fraught new millennium.
The great European project was built out of a common desire for peace, prosperity and freedom; a wish for a united Europe striving towards a common goal. The EU was to set an ex...
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Creativity
A Short and Cheerful Guide
2022 || Paperback || John Cleese || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Creativity is usually regarded as a mysterious, rare gift that only a few possess. John Cleese begs to differ, and in this short, immensely practical and often very amusing guide he shows it's a skill that anyone can acquire. Drawing on his lifelong experience as a writer, he shares his insights into the nature of the creative process, and offers advice on how to get your own inventive juices flowing.
'Humorous and practical ... Whether you're hoping to write a novel or paint a masterpiece, y...
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Break Through Banking / Druk 2
A thrilling how-to-manual for successfully challenging the status quo
2022 || Paperback || Siebe Huizinga || Ronde Tafel, SU De
In a derelict, abandoned office in the outskirts of Amsterdam, a small group of visionaries gathers to charge an antiquated but powerful finance industry. Their dream: a fully mobile, truly independent bank focused on people, not money.
Firing off one game-changing innovation after the other, bunq quickly becomes a technological and ideological trailblazer that takes the world by storm.
How did bunq do it?
Defiance, courage, endurance and profound euphoria color the epic journey that gave us...
The Presentation of Self in Everyday Life
2022 || Paperback || Erving Goffman || Penguin
One of the defining works of twentieth-century sociology: a revelatory analysis of how we present ourselves to others'The self, then, as a performed character, is not an organic thing ... it is a dramatic effect'How do we communicate who we are to other people? This landmark work by one of the twentieth century's most influential sociologists argues that our behaviour in social situations is defined by how we wish to be perceived - resulting in displays startlingly similar to those of actors ...
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Lost & Found
A Memoir
2022 || Paperback || Kathryn Schulz || Veltman Distributie Import Books
An extraordinary gift of a book, a tender, searching meditation on love and loss and what it means to be human. I wept at it, laughed with it, was entirely fascinated by it. I emerged feeling a little as if the world around me had been made anew.”—Helen Macdonald, author of H Is for Hawk and Vesper Flights
An enduring account of joy and sorrow from one of the great writers of our time, The New Yorker’s Kathryn Schulz, winner of the Pulitzer Prize
“Our lives do indeed deserve and rewar...
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How to avoid a climate disaster
2022 || Paperback || bill gates || Veltman Distributie Import Books
In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical--and accessible--plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.
#1 NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER • In this urgent, authoritative book, Bill Gates sets out a wide-ranging, practical—and accessible—plan for how the world can get to zero greenhouse gas emissions in time to avoid a climate catastrophe.
Bill Gates has spent a decade investigating the causes ...
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Remi
In search of the most famous Dutch foundling of WW II
2022 || Paperback || Frank van Kolfschooten || Uitgeverij De Kring
Two brothers, two tragedies, one heartbreaking story ***** On 16 October 1942, a family in German-occupied Bloemendaal in Holland finds a baby on their doorstep. They call him Remi, after Nobody’s Boy. They cannot save the baby. The Nazis take the foundling to the Jewish nursery in Amsterdam, opposite the Hollandsche Schouwburg (The Dutch Theater), from where the deportations to transit camp Westerbork are carried out. Remi stays there for six months and becomes the darling of both the nurs...
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The Sister
The extraordinary story of Kim Yo Jong, the most powerful woman in North Korea
2022 || Paperback || Sung-Yoon Lee || Veltman Distributie Import Books
This first book on Kim Jong Uns powerful sister, tipped to be his successor, is a readable, jaw-dropping insight into a secretive and murderous dynasty.