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The Stonewall Reader
2024 || Paperback || Jason Baumann || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
For the fiftieth anniversary of the Stonewall uprising, an anthology chronicling the tumultuous fight for LGBTQ rights in the 1960s and the activists who spearheaded it, with a foreword by Edmund White.
Finalist for the Randy Shilts Award for Gay Nonfiction, presented by The Publishing Triangle
Tor.com, Best Books of 2019 (So Far)
Harper's Bazaar, The 20 Best LGBTQ Books of 2019
The Advocate, The Best Queer(ish) Non-Fiction Tomes We Read in 2019
June 28, 2019 m...
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Notes on Camp
2024 || Paperback || Susan Sontag || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
'The ultimate Camp statement: it's good because it's awful.'
These two classic essays were the first works of criticism to break down the boundaries between 'high' and 'low' culture, and made Susan Sontag a literary sensation.
Penguin Modern: fifty new books celebrating the pioneering spirit of the iconic Penguin Modern Classics series, with each one offering a concentrated hit of its contemporary, international flavour. Here are authors ranging from Kathy Acker to James Bal...
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Capitalism and Slavery
2024 || Paperback || Eric Williams || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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Make Break Remix
The Rise of K-Style
2024 || Paperback || Fiona Bae || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A bold, stylish look at the global rise of Korean culture and style in the words and images of those shaping and living it.
K-pop, K-fashion, K-drama, K-beauty: over the last decade, K-style has exploded onto the global scene. What is behind this phenomenon? Where does K-Style go from here? Make, Break, Remix: The Rise of K-Style makes no attempt to define or categorize, instead celebrating the eclectic, multi-faceted nature of K-Style and its home city of Seoul.
Through...
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Down and Out in Paris and London
The classic reimagined with cover art by Shepard Fairey
2024 || Paperback || George Orwell || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
To be poor and destitute in 1920s Paris and London was to experience life at its lowest ebb. George Orwell, penniless and with nowhere to go, found himself experiencing just this as he wandered the streets of both capitals in search of a job. This book gives an account of the streets and those who have no choice but to live on them.
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What Dementia Teaches Us About Love
2024 || Paperback || Nicci Gerrard || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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Ways of Curating
2024 || Paperback || Hans Ulrich Obrist || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Moving from meetings with artists to the creation of the first public museums in the 18th century, recounting the practice of inspirational figures such as Diaghilev, skipping between exhibitions, continents and centuries, the author argues that curation is far from a static practice.
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Think Like a Freak
The Authors of Freakonomics Offer to Retrain Your Brain
2024 || Paperback || Steven D. Levitt e.a. || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The New York Times bestselling Freakonomics changed the way we see the world, exposing the hidden side of just about everything.Now, with Think Like a Freak, Steven D. Levitt and Stephen J. Dubner have written their most revolutionary book yet. With their trademark blend of captivating storytelling and unconventional analysis, they take us inside their thought process and offer a blueprint for an entirely new way to solve problems. The topics range from business to philanthropy to sports to p...
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Down Girl
The Logic of Misogyny
2024 || Paperback || Kate Manne || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Kate Manne is an assistant professor of philosophy at Cornell University, having previously been a junior fellow at the Harvard Society of Fellows. She works in moral, social, and feminist philosophy and her articles have appeared in the New York Times, the Times Literary Supplement and the Huffington Post.
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Principles of Archaeology
2024 || Paperback || T. Douglas Price e.a. || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
The definitive introduction to the understanding and practice of archaeology, now in its second edition.