Veltman Distributie Import Books (76)

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Pirate Enlightenment, or the Real Libertalia

Buccaneers, Women Traders and Mock Kingdoms in Eighteenth Century Madagascar

2023 || Hardcover || David Graeber || Veltman Distributie Import Books

'A characteristically radical re-reading of history that places the social and political experiments of pirates at the heart of the European Enlightenment. A brilliant companion volume to the best-selling Dawn of Everything' Amitav Ghosh

The Enlightenment did not begin in Europe. Its true origins lie thousands of miles away on the island of Madagascar, in the late seventeenth century, when it was home to several thousand pirates. This was the Golden Age of Piracy, a period of violent buccanee...

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The Racial Code

Tales of Resistance and Survival

2022 || Hardcover || Nicola Rollock || Veltman Distributie Import Books

'A powerful, salient and gracefully written study of the corrosive dynamics of race in Britain from a trusted voice on the subject. We can all benefit from reading it' Diana Evans

In this transformative book, Nicola Rollock, one of our pre-eminent experts on racial justice, offers a vital exploration of the lived experience of racism

Miles, a successful lawyer, is mistaken for the waiter at a networking event. Femi is on the verge of breakdown having been consistently overlooked for promotion...

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The New Leviathans

Thoughts After Liberalism

2023 || Hardcover || John Gray || Veltman Distributie Import Books

'One of the most important thinkers alive' The Times

Ever since its publication in 1651, Thomas Hobbes' Leviathan has unsettled and challenged how we understand the world. Condemned and vilified by each new generation, Hobbes' cold political vision continues to see through any number of political and ethical vanities.

In his wonderfully stimulating book The New Leviathans, John Gray allows us to understand the world of the 2020s with all its contradictions, moral horrors and disappointments t...

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A Pipeline Runs Through It

The Story of Oil from Ancient Times to the First World War

2022 || Hardcover || Keith Fisher || Veltman Distributie Import Books

Petroleum has always been used by humans: as an adhesive by Neanderthals, as a waterproofing agent in Noah's Ark and as a weapon during the Crusades. Its eventual extraction from the earth in vast quantities transformed light, heat and power. A Pipeline Runs Through It is a fresh, comprehensive in-depth look at the social, economic, political and geopolitical forces involved in our transition to the modern oil age. It tells an extraordinary origin story, from the pre-industrial history of pet...

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Bibliotherapy

The Healing Power of Reading

2023 || Hardcover || Bijal Shah || Veltman Distributie Import Books

In Bibliotherapy, bibliotherapist and counsellor Bijal Shah draws on her personal experience, work with clients and research to explore the healing power of reading.

From the history of how therapeutic reading evolved - and the important role played by great writers such as the Stoics, Montaigne, Eliot and Wordsworth in its popularisation - to first-hand stories from clients who have struggled with grief, relationships and illness, this book explores just how comforting and life-changing read...

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Landlines

2022 || Hardcover || Raynor Winn || Veltman Distributie Import Books

FROM THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF THE SALT PATH AND THE WILD SILENCE

The latest book from global bestselling author Raynor Winn, and follow her journey across Great Britain exploring our relationship to the land, and to each other

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Some people live to walk. Raynor and Moth walk to live . . .

Raynor Winn knows that her husband Moth's health is declining, getting worse by the day. She knows of only one cure. It worked once before. But will he - can he? - set out with ...

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To Infinity and Beyond

A Journey of Cosmic Discovery

2023 || Hardcover || Neil deGrasse Tyson e.a. || Veltman Distributie Import Books

Linked to a special mini season of the award-winning StarTalk podcast, this enlightening illustrated narrative by the world’s most celebrated astrophysicist explains the universe from the solar system to the farthest reaches of space with authority and humor.

No one can make the mysteries of the universe more comprehensible and fun than Neil deGrasse Tyson. Drawing on mythology, history, and literature—alongside his trademark wit and charm—Tyson and StarTalk senior producer Lindsey Nyx ...

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The Book You Want Everyone You Love* To Read *(and maybe a few you don't)

Sane and sage advice to help you navigate all of your most important relationships

2023 || Hardcover || Philippa Perry || Veltman Distributie Import Books

** Get closer the people who matter the most with the help of the nation's favourite therapist, PHILIPPA PERRY **

'I LOVE Philippa Perry and think she’s wise and brilliant'

BELLA MACKIE

'Philippa Perry is one of the wisest, most sane and secure people I’ve ever met'

Decca Aitkenhead, SUNDAY TIMES

'Philippa Perry is a superwoman'

CHRIS EVANS

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Life is all about relationships and the quality of those connec...

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Blood on the Snow

The Russian Revolution 1914-1924

2023 || Hardcover || Robert Service || Veltman Distributie Import Books

The great historian of twentieth- and twenty-first-century Russia returns with an enthralling revisionist history of the Russian Revolution.

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Airborne to Arnhem Volume 3

Personal reminiscences of the Battle of Arnhem, Operation MARKET, 17th-26th September 1944

2024 || Hardcover || Grant R. Newell || Veltman Distributie Import Books

Airborne to Arnhem Volume 3 is the final volume of reminiscences of the Battle of Arnhem, Operation MARKET, 17th- 26th September 1944 published by Helion and Company. The three volumes contain over 150 personal accounts received from veterans of the 1st Airborne Division alongside those from RAF aircrew and XXX Corps.

The study is the culmination of over forty years of research concentrating on the British 1st Airborne Division's role in the capture of the north end of the Arnhem bridge and t...