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Veltman Distributie Import Books (10)
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Empireworld
How British Imperialism Has Shaped the Globe
2024 || Hardcover || Sathnam Sanghera || Veltman Distributie Import Books
'Beautifully written, and not just a welcome corrective but a book for our times. This is essential reading' Peter Frankopan
From the award-winning author of Empireland – the book that started a national conversation about how we talk about race and imperial history in Britain – a ground-breaking exploration of how British empire has shaped the world we live in today.
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Empireland examined imperialism's lasting impact on Britain. Empirew...
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...
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We Are Free to Change the World
Hannah Arendt's Lessons in Love and Disobedience
2024 || Hardcover || Lyndsey Stonebridge || Veltman Distributie Import Books
This bold new take on the life and ideas of political philosopher Hannah Arendt explores her lessons for living in an age of uncertainty
'Exhilarating, brilliant and utterly original'
PHILIPPE SANDS, author of East West Street
'Beautifully written... Biography at its best'
EDDIE GLAUDE, author of Begin Again
The violent unease of today's world would have been all too familiar to Hannah Arendt. Tyranny, occupation, disenchantment, post-truth politics, conspiracy theories, racism, mass migratio...
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Cold Crematorium
Reporting from the Land of Auschwitz
2024 || Hardcover || Jozsef Debreczeni || Veltman Distributie Import Books
A rediscovered classic of Holocaust literature translated for the first time - from journalist, poet and survivor József Debreczeni
'A timely reminder of man's inhumanity to man'
JUNG CHANG, author of Wild Swans
'Immensely powerful and deeply humane'
KARL OVE KNAUSGAARD, author of My Struggle
'It should be required reading'
JONATHAN SAFRAN FOER, author Everything Is Illuminated
When József Debreczeni arrived in Auschwitz in 1944, had he been selected to go 'left', his life expectancy would ...
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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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Kluftinger ermittelt | Klufti isch bäck!
2024 || Hardcover || Volker Klüpfel e.a. || Veltman Distributie Import Books
Es ist ein großer Tag für Interims-Polizeipräsident Kluftinger, der einen Einsatz in den Bergen leitet. Der Einsatz läuft völlig aus dem Ruder, ein Polizist kommt ums Leben. Ist Kluftingers chaotische Planung schuld am Tod des Kollegen? Eigentlich kann er schlechte Schlagzeilen überhaupt nicht gebrauchen, denn er kandidiert für den Gemeinderat - zunächst nur als Lückenbüßer, um die Liste zu füllen. Aber als er erfährt, dass sein Intimfeind Doktor Langhammer gegen ihn antritt, is...
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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.
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...
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The Collaboration Book
41 Ideas for Working Better Together
2024 || Hardcover || Mikael Krogerus e.a. || Veltman Distributie Import Books
The best teamwork advice brought together by the bestselling team behind The Decision Book