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Naturalists in Paradise
Wallace, Bates and Spruce in the Amazon
2024 || Hardcover || John Hemming || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Alfred Russel Wallace, Henry Walter Bates and Richard Spruce were English naturalists who went to Amazonia 150 years ago. This book combines all three young mens experiences of the Amazon, drawing heavily on their own letters and books.
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Pilgrimage
Journeys of Meaning
2024 || Hardcover || Peter Stanford || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A thought-provoking reflection on pilgrimage past and present, and a compelling exploration of its relevance today.
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Age of Revolutions
Progress and Backlash from 1600 to the Present
2024 || Hardcover || Fareed Zakaria || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Populist rage, ideological fracture, economic and technological shocks, war, and an international system studded with catastrophic risk-the early decades of the twenty-first century may be the most revolutionary period in modern history. But it is not the first. Humans have lived, and thrived, through more than one great realignment. What are these revolutions, and how can they help us to understand our fraught world?
In this major work, Fareed Zakaria masterfully investigates the eras and mo...
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Spinoza, Life and Legacy
2024 || Hardcover || Princeton) Institute for Advanced Study School of Historical Studies Professor Emeritus Prof Jonathan I. (Professor Emeritus Israel || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A biography of the boldest and most unsettling of the early modern philosophers, Spinoza, examining the man's life, relationships, career, and writings, while forcing us to rethink how we previously understood his reception in the fields of philosophy, religion, ethics, and political theory in his own time and in the years following his death.
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Iron and Blood
A Military History of the German-speaking Peoples Since 1500
2024 || Hardcover || Peter H. Wilson || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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The Muse of History
The Ancient Greeks from the Enlightenment to the Present
2024 || Hardcover || Oswyn Murray || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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Treasures of Ukraine
A Nation’s Cultural Heritage
2024 || Hardcover || Andrey Kurkov || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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Ancient Magic in Greece and Rome
A Hands-on Guide
2024 || Hardcover || Philip Matyszak || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
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Greece in the Ancient World
2024 || Hardcover || Jeremy McInerney || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
Balancing textual and archaeological evidence, this brand-new, single-voiced narrative paints a vivid picture of Ancient Greece from the Bronze Age to the Roman conquest.
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Murder Maps
Crime Scenes Revisited; Phrenology to Fingerprint 1811–1911
2024 || Hardcover || Drew Gray || Van Ditmar Boeken B.V.
A cartographic exposition of the 19th century's most dramatic and intriguing murders from the world's most crime-ridden cities and regions.