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The Collaborators
Three Stories of Deception and Survival in World War II
2023 || Hardcover || Ian Buruma || Veltman Distributie Import Books
In this spellbinding account of three World War Two collaborators, prize-winning historian Ian Buruma examines questions of truth as he investigates their complex and tangled lives.
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In Love
2022 || Hardcover || Amy Bloom || Veltman Distributie Import Books
This powerful memoir by New York Times bestselling author Amy Bloom is an illuminating story of two people whose love and shared life experiences led them to find a courageous way to part—and of a woman’s struggle to go forward in the face of loss.
“What a book this is—full of everything that matters . . . gripping, moving, and beautifully told.”—Meg Wolitzer, author of The Female Persuasion
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2022—Oprah Daily, BookPage
Amy Bloom began to notic...
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Broken
in the Best Possible Way
2022 || Paperback || Jenny Lawson || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Hilarious, heart-warming and honest, Broken is about living, surviving and thriving with anxiety. A must-have for fans of Tina Fey, Amy Poehler and David Sedaris.
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The Young Man
2023 || Paperback || Annie Ernaux || Veltman Distributie Import Books
WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
Annie Ernaux's most recent book, dazzling and breathtaking, published in France in 2022, is about her affair with a man 30 years her junior.
“A sublime book.” —Olivia de Lamberterie, Elle
“Once again the work of the writer Annie Ernaux appears as both a rigorous study of life and an experiment. These fragments of living, however evanescent, are precious, irreplaceable, like a skin that never fades.” —Caroline Montpetit in Le Devoir
The ...
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Beyond the Wand
The Magic and Mayhem of Growing Up a Wizard
2023 || Paperback || Tom Felton || Veltman Distributie Import Books
They called for a break, and Gambon magicked up a cigarette from out of his beard. He and I were often to be found outside the stage that housed the Astronomy Tower, having 'a breath of fresh air' as we referred to it. There would be painters and plasterers and chippies and sparks, and among them all would be me and Dumbledore having a crafty cigarette.
From Borrower to wizard, Tom Felton's childhood was anything but ordinary. His early rise to fame saw him catapulted into the limelight aged ...
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A Memoir
2020 || Paperback || Chelsea Manning || Veltman Distributie Import Books
An extraordinarily brave and moving memoir from one of the world's most famous whistle-blowers, activists and trans women.
In 2010, Chelsea Manning, working as an intelligence analyst in the United States Army in Iraq, disclosed classified military documents that she had smuggled out via the memory card of her digital camera. The army sentenced Manning to thirty-five years in military prison, charging her with twenty-two counts relating to the unauthorized possession and distribution of class...
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General Boy: The Life of Leiutenant General Sir Frederick Browning
The Life of Lieutenant General Sir Frederick Browning
2017 || Paperback || Richard Mead || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The first biography of this distinguished WW2 general who was a pioneer of airborne forces and commander of the 1st Airborne Corps.
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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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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.