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The Silmarillion
2024 || Hardcover || J. R. R. Tolkien || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Special unjacketed hardback edition of the prelude to J.R.R. Tolkien's epic masterpiece, The Lord of the Rings. This edition of The Silmarillion features the complete work with a unique cover design and black and red endpaper maps.
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3 Shades of Blue
Miles Davis, John Coltrane, Bill Evans & The Lost Empire of Cool
2024 || Hardcover || James Kaplan || Veltman Distributie Import Books
From the New York Times bestseller, the story of jazz, told through the journeys of three towering artists
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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...
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Break the Cycle
A Guide to Healing Intergenerational Trauma
2024 || Paperback || Dr Mariel Buque || Veltman Distributie Import Books
How to pass on strength not pain to those you love.
When a physical wound is left unhealed, it continues to cause pain and can infect the whole body. When emotions are left unhealed, they similarly cause harm that spreads to other parts of our lives, hurting our family, friends and colleagues. Eventually, this hurt spreads further, affecting entire communities and families across generations.
This is intergenerational trauma. It can lead us to become people-pleasers, co-dependent in relations...
Food for Life
Your Guide to the New Science of Eating Well
2024 || Paperback || Tim Spector || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'Life-changing' DAVINA McCALL
'A must-read' DR RUPY AUJLA
'Fascinating' NIGELLA LAWSON
'Empowering' LIZ EARLE
**AS HEARD ON THE DIARY OF A CEO PODCAST**
Empowering and practical, Food for Life is nothing less than a new approach to how to eat - for our health and the health of the planet.
Food is our greatest ally for good health, but the question of what to eat in the age of ultra-processed food has never seemed so complicated.
Drawing on cutting-edge research and personal insights, Professo...
The Six Disciplines of Strategic Thinking
Leading Your Organization Into the Future
2024 || Paperback || Michael Watkins || Veltman Distributie Import Books
How did John F. Kennedy put a man on the moon in just under ten years?What can chess teach us about actionable insights?And why should you shake up a business at a time of great success?All of these questions have their answer in strategic thinking. But what is strategic thinking exactly? Are we born with it, or can we nurture it?As a distinct and important capability in leaders, strategic thinking is a remarkably poorly defined, little understood concept, confined to management courses and b...
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Emotional Ignorance
Misadventures in the Science of Emotion
2024 || Paperback || Dean Burnett || Veltman Distributie Import Books
After losing his dad, a neuroscientist goes on a journey of discovery into where our emotions come from, what purpose they serve, and why they make us feel the way they do.
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Die Geschichten in uns
Vom Schreiben und vom Leben
2024 || Hardcover || Benedict Wells || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Ein Buch wie eine persönliche Begegnung. Benedict Wells erzählt von der Faszination des Schreibens und gibt einen tiefen Einblick in sein Leben, von seiner Kindheit bis zu seinen ersten Veröffentlichungen. Anhand eigener und anderer Werke zeigt er anschaulich, wie ein Roman entsteht, was fesselnde Geschichten ausmacht und wie man mit Rückschlägen umgeht. Ein berührendes, lebenskluges und humorvolles Buch - für alle, die Literatur lieben oder selbst schreiben wollen.
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Timeboxing
The Power of Doing One Thing at a Time
2024 || Paperback || Marc Zao-Sanders || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'A masterclass in intentional living.'– Nir Eyal, the author of “Indistractable”
'It really works. If my Stanford students could read only one book this year, that would be Timeboxing.' – BJ Fogg, the bestselling author of “Tiny Habits”
'Timeboxing can help you get things done, but more importantly, it can help you do more of what you love.' – Kim Scott, the bestselling author of “Radical Candor”
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Do you feel like you're always busy, but never truly p...
Who's Afraid of Gender?
2024 || Hardcover || Judith Butler || Veltman Distributie Import Books
ONE OF THE MOST ANTICIPATED BOOKS OF 2024 ACCORDING TO THE TIMES, GUARDIAN, FINANCIAL TIMES, NEW STATESMAN, THE INDEPENDENT, THE GLOBE AND MAIL, AND TIME
Shouldn't we know what we're arguing about?
From one of the most influential thinkers of our time, an enlightening, essential account of how gender is understood today
Judith Butler, the ground-breaking philosopher whose work has redefined how we think about gender and sexuality, confronts the attacks on gender that have become central to ri...