Deze trilogie geeft een breed overzicht van de geschiedenis, land, cultuur, natuur, de politieke situatie en de slavernij van de volken in Nieuw-Guinea, thans Papua-Indonesië. Veel aandacht ook voor de koloniale geschiedenis van Nederlands-Indië en de verbondenheid met Nieuw-Guinea. Duizenden jaren lang leefden er op Nieuw-Guinea, na Groenland het grootste eiland ter wereld, vele Papua-volken, gescheiden van elkaar door bijna ondoordringbaar oerwoud, hoge bergen en uitgestrekte moerassen. ...

De Grote Oorlog Kroniek 1914-1918 is dé serie in Nederland en Vlaanderen met als onderwerp de geschiedschrijving van en reflectie over de Eerste Wereldoorlog. De delen van deze serie verschijnen met grote regelmaat, in principe elk halfjaar. Dat wordt mogelijk gemaakt door de samenwerking tussen Uitgeverij Aspekt en de Stichting Studiecentrum Eerste Wereldoorlog (SSEW).

In deze Kroniek treft u elf essays aan. Ze bestrijken een breed spectrum van onderwerpen.

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The little-known story of Margaret of Parma, governor, art lover and Italian society figure

Daughter of Charles V, Governor of the Netherlands, a society figure in Italy and a passionate art lover and patron: Margaret of Parma (1522–1586) is a fascinating figure who for a long time was neglected by historians. This richly illustrated publication rehabilitates a woman who played a key role in the Habsburg Netherlands and the turbulent sixteenth century.

Who was Margaret of Parma, as a person...

Peoples who spoke Germanic languages told us in their own words, symbols and artefacts how they experienced people, animals, plants and the world in which they lived. They did this in the form of sagas and legends about gods, elves, giants, dwarfs and other mythological creatures, and in stories about legendary events that made a deep impression on them. Since the Migration Period (c. 300 – 600 AD), these stories have been written down in several Germanic languages, including Old Norse, Old...

A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings ‘the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis’ Daily Telegraph

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The true story of one family, caught between America's two biggest policy disasters: the war on terror and the response to Hurricane Katrina.

Abdulrahman and Kathy Zeitoun run a house-painting business in New Orleans. In August of 2005, as Hurricane Katrina approaches, Kathy evacuates with their four young children, leaving Zeitoun to watch over the business. In the days following the storm he travels the city by canoe, feeding abandoned animals and hel...

An intelligent, comprehensive and authoritate history of the Holocaust from one of our finest historians.

A brilliant new account of the world's very first clash of civilisations between the Persians and the Greeks in 480BC.

Under Hitler and Stalin the Nazi and Soviet regimes murdered fourteen million people in the bloodlands between Berlin and Moscow. The killing fields extended from central Polads to western Russia.

SHORTLISTED FOR THE BAILLIE GIFFORD PRIZESELECTED AS A BOOK OF THE YEAR 2017 BY THE DAILY TELEGRAPH, MAIL ON SUNDAY AND OBSERVERBelonging is a magnificent cultural history abundantly alive with energy, character and colour.