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Love, Pamela
2023 || Paperback || Pamela Anderson || Veltman Distributie Import Books
TO LIVE
AND DREAM
IS A WICKED DANCE.
MY DREAMS OFTEN COME TRUE-
A CURSE,
AND A BLESSING.
PAMELA ANDERSON's blond bombshell image was ubiquitous in the 1990s. Discovered in the stands during a Canadian football game, she was quickly launched into superstardom, becoming Playboy's favourite cover girl and an emblem of Hollywood glamour and sex appeal. Yet the Pamela Anderson we think we know was created through happenstance rather than careful cultivation. Love, Pamela brings forth her true stor...
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Starborn
How the Stars Made Us - and Who We Would Be Without Them
2023 || Paperback || Roberto Trotta || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A sweeping inquiry into how the night sky has shaped what it means to be human.
For tens of thousands of years, the stars were our constant companions. One of our species' most enduring and universal relationships has been with the night sky itself, yet in the glow of today's artificial lighting, we have forgotten this intimacy with the cosmos.
Stargazing has shaped the entire course of human civilization. The rhythm of our ancestors' lives revolved around the stars, from cycles of agricultur...
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Our Final Invention
Artificial Intelligence and the End of the Human Era
2023 || Paperback || James Barrat || Veltman Distributie Import Books
An urgent study of the history, science and existential dangers of Artificial Intelligence, named by Elon Musk as one of the five books everyone should read about the future.
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Uncertain
How to Turn Your Biggest Fear into Your Greatest Power
2023 || Paperback || Arie Kruglanski || Veltman Distributie Import Books
TO ACHIEVE THE EXTRAORDINARY, FIRST EMBRACE THE UNKNOWN . . .
Discover the definitive guide to our fear of uncertainty, and how we can stop it from holding us back
'Groundbreaking' MARTIN SELIGMAN
'One of my very favorite psychologists in the world' ANGELA DUCKWORTH
'This is the book we've been waiting for' CAROL DWECK, bestselling author of Mindset: The New Psychology of Success
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Do you fear uncertainty?
Why is the unknown so paralysing?
And how can we use doubt to our advantage?
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The Secret Lives of Numbers
A History of Mathematics & its Unsung Trailblazers
2023 || Paperback || Kate Kitagawa e.a. || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A revisionist, completely accessible and radically inclusive history of maths
Mathematics shapes almost everything we do. But despite its reputation as the study of fundamental truths, the stories we have been told about it are wrong. In The Secret Lives of Numbers, historian Kate Kitagawa and journalist Timothy Revell introduce readers to the mathematical boundary-smashers who have been erased by history because of their race, gender or nationality.
From the brilliant Arabic scholars of the ...
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Bloodbath Nation
'One of the most anticipated books of 2023.' TIME magazine
2023 || Hardcover || Paul Auster e.a. || Veltman Distributie Import Books
BLOODBATH NATION is about the Epidemic that is tearing apart the fabric of American society. An Epidemic caused - not by Covid - but by Guns. Among its victims are men, women, teenagers, children, and even babies.
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The Gardening Book
2023 || Hardcover || Monty Don || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A fresh approach to gardening by bestselling author and the nation's favourite gardener Monty Don.
'Think of your garden like a meal. When you select a recipe, you're choosing it based on inclination, experience and circumstance. Making a garden, big or small, uses exactly the same process.'
If you are new to gardening, it can seem daunting - with Latin names, various soil types and seasonal requirements, it feels like a lot to learn. But with Monty Don's new book as a guide you will discover...