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The Battle for Arnhem 1944-1945
Rare Photographs from Wartime Archives
2022 || Paperback || Anthony Tucker-Jones || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Photographic history of one of the most famous airborne assaults of the Second World War .
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Life Is Hard
How Philosophy Can Help Us Find Our Way
2022 || Hardcover || Kieran Setiya || Veltman Distributie Import Books
"Life Is Hard is a humane consolation for challenging times. Reading it is like speaking with a thoughtful friend who never tells you to cheer up, but, by offering gentle companionship and a change of perspective, makes you feel better anyway" The New York Times Book Review
'An eloquent, moving, witty and above all useful demonstration of philosophy's power to help us weather the storms of being human' Oliver Burkeman, author of FOUR THOUSAND WEEKS
Pain, Loneliness, Grief, Injustice ... Hope?
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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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The Power of Regret
How Looking Backward Moves Us Forward
2023 || Paperback || Daniel H. Pink || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From the internationally bestselling author of When, Drive and To Sell is Human, a new book about the transforming power of that crucial and misunderstood emotion: regret
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The Daily Laws
366 Meditations on Power, Seduction, Mastery, Strategy and Human Nature
2023 || Paperback || Robert Greene || Veltman Distributie Import Books
THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE 48 LAWS OF POWER BRINGS YOU 365 MORE
Over the last 25 years, Robert Greene has provided insights into every aspect of being human: whether that be getting what you want, understanding others' motivations, mastering your impulses, or recognising strengths and weaknesses. The Daily Laws distills that wisdom into easy-to-digest daily entries whose content spans power, seduction, war, strategy, politics, productivity, psychology, leadership, and adver...
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The Home Edit Stay Organized
The Home Edit's Guide to Making Systems Stick
2023 || Hardcover || Clea Shearer e.a. || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The much-anticipated new book from the stars of Netflix's hit series, The Home Edit, answer their most commonly asked question: how to stay organized after getting organized?
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Divine Felines: The Cat in Japanese Art
with over 200 illustrations
2023 || Hardcover || Rhiannon Paget || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From Hello Kitty to Maneki Neko--Japan is the epicentre of global cat culture!
Whether lurking in corners or taking center stage, cats are a ubiquitous presence in Japanese art. Depending on the situation, they may invite good fortune, prompt the viewer to meditate on a tale or provide evidence of an unseen world of magic and supernatural happenings.
In 200 charming woodblock prints, paintings, screens and figurines spanning three centuries, Japanese art expert Rhiannon Paget celebrates the r...
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The Diary Keepers
Ordinary People, Extraordinary Times
2023 || Paperback || Nina Siegal || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Based on select writings from an exceptional Amsterdam archive containing more than two thousand Dutch diaries from World War II, The Diary Keepers illuminates a part of history we haven't seen in quite this way before.
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Burning Questions
Essays and Occasional Pieces, 2004 to 2021
2022 || Hardcover || Margaret Atwood || Veltman Distributie Import Books
In this brilliant selection of essays, the award-winning, best-selling author of The Handmaid's Tale and The Testaments offers her funny, erudite, endlessly curious, and uncannily prescient take on everything from debt and tech to the climate crisis and freedom and the importance of how to define granola—and seeks answers to Burning Questions such as...
• Why do people everywhere, in all cultures, tell stories?
• How much of yourself can you give away without evaporating?
• How can we...
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The Second Mountain
The Quest for a Moral Life
2024 || Paperback || David Brooks || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Are you on your first or second mountain?
Is life about you - or others?
About success - or something deeper?
The world tells us that we should pursue our self-interest: career wins, high status, nice things. These are the goals of our first mountain. But at some point in our lives we might find that we're not interested in what other people tell us to want. We want the things that are truly worth wanting.
This is the second mountain.
What does it mean to look beyond yourself and find a moral...