Literaire non-fictie algemeen (41)
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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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Rental Person Who Does Nothing
A Memoir
2023 || Paperback || Shoji Morimoto || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The true life adventures of Shoji Morimoto, who launched a business in which he rents himself out to do nothing in Japan.
Surrender
Bono Autobiography: 40 Songs, One Story
2023 || Paperback || Bono || Veltman Distributie Import Books
One of the greatest rock memoirs ever written and a Sunday Times bestseller now out in paperback - the honest, irreverent and powerfully entertaining life story of the U2 front-man. Bono - artist, activist and the lead singer of Irish rock band U2 - has written his autobiography- honest and irreverent, intimate and profound, Surrender is the story of the remarkable life he's lived, the challenges he's faced and the friends and family who have shaped and sustained him - now out in paperback. '...
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Madonna
A Rebel Life - The Biography
2023 || Paperback || Mary Gabriel || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'A whopping biography of the pop phenomenon and queen of reinvention. Life is a mystery - hers oughtn't to be after reading this.' THE TIMES, ' biggest books for autumn'
'A fascinating take on one of music's greatest icons' BELFAST TELEGRAPH
In this exceptional biography, Pulitzer Prize finalist Mary Gabriel chronicles the meteoric rise and enduring influence of the greatest female pop icon of the modern era: Madonna.
'Daring to write a biography of a woman with whom the entire world is on a ...
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Warhol After Warhol
Power and Money in the Modern Art World
2023 || Paperback || Richard Dorment || Veltman Distributie Import Books
By the long-time art critic of &i>The Daily Telegraph&/i>, &i>Warhol After Warhol &/i>tells the David-and-Goliath story of collector Joe Simon and his struggles with the [Andy] Warhol Authentication Board, a tale of power, corruption and lies, a &i>Bad Blood&/i> for the art world.
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FUTURE OF GEOGRAPHY
2023 || Paperback || MARSHALL TIM || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Space: the biggest geopolitical story of the coming century – new from the multi-million-copy international bestselling author of Prisoners of Geography
Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries’ GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years.
This isn’t science fiction. It’s astropolitics.
Humans are heading up and out, and we’re taking our power struggles with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much the mountains, rivers ...
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Stolen Focus
The Surprising Reason You Can't Pay Attention
2023 || Paperback || Johann Hari || Veltman Distributie Import Books
THE SUNDAY TIMES AND NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER
A SPECTATOR AND FINANCIAL TIMES BEST BOOK OF 2022
'If you read just one book about how the modern world is driving us crazy, read this one' TELEGRAPH
'This book is exactly what the world needs right now' OPRAH WINFREY
'A beautifully researched and argued exploration of the breakdown of humankind's ability to pay attention' STEPHEN FRY
'A really important book . . . Everyone should read it' PHILIPPA PERRY
Why have we lost our ability to focus? Wha...
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That Little Voice In Your Head
Adjust the Code that Runs Your Brain
2023 || Paperback || Mo Gawdat || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Achieve happiness through compassion and generosity towards the world and people around you.
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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.
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A Therapeutic Journey
Lessons from the School of Life
2023 || Paperback || Alain de Botton || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The essential guide to mental health from the bestselling author of The School of Life
This is a book about getting unwell. About losing direction and hope. About imagining that we have let ourselves and everyone down.
But it is also a book about getting better. About regaining the thread, rediscovering meaning and finding a way back to connection and joy.
Here, Alain de Botton follows the arc of a mental health journey, from crisis to recuperation; the moments we realize we cannot cope; the ...