1415 was a year of religious persecution, personal suffering and one horrendous battle Agincourt. This is the story of that year, as seen over the shoulder of its most cold-hearted, most ambitious and most celebrated hero Henry V. The dramatic event of 1415 are recorded here on a day-to-day basis.Bodley Head, 2009; 640 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 16,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 52 %
This is the complete history of the rpm record from the birth of the recording industry through the format's invention, development, marketing, and current standing. Stories of legendary records and artists, upstart labels, music-industry personalities. Backbeat Books, 2003; 176 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; pbVan/List Price € 19,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 55 %
Melissa Duke Mooney andcelebrated poster artists Print Mafia have created an alphbet of original pieces -from AC-DC to ZZ Top- showcasing bands that have moved and inspired fans for more than 40 years. Tricycle Press, 2010; 27 pp.; EN; ills. col; hbVan/List Price € 17,99 Voor/Our Price € 7,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 56 %
Met dit schitterende boek toont Eddy Van Gestel de schoonheid en het potentieel van Afrika. De portretten en de foto's van landschappen en dieren tonen op een haast emotionele wijze de kwetsbare schoonheid van een Afrika dat snel verandert. Bronzen Huis, 2011; 176 pp.; NL / FR / EN; ills. b/w & col; L; hbVan/List Price € 59,95 Voor/Our Price € 19,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
Italian architect Aldo Rossi gained international renown for his imaginative and starkly beautiful designs. With 262 photographs, sketches, drawings, watercolours, and collages, this book focuses on his drawings, which both informed his work and explained his concepts.Skira, 2008; 302 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 75,00 Voor/Our Price € 29,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
This book proposes a new interpretation of Alexis de Tocqeville that views him first and foremost as a social scientist rather than as a political theorist. Elster proposes a novel reading of Democracy in America offers a reading of Ancien Regime and the Revolution. Elster argues that Tocqueville's main claim to our attention today rests on the large number of exportable causal mechanisms to be found in his work, many of which are still worthy of further exploration.Cambridge, 2009; 202 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 23,99 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 63 %
Jan Blokker loopt naar Rome. Een droom achterna van jaren geleden. Wat hem te wachten staat weet hij niet. Hij loopt gewoon en dat is genoeg. Contact, 2009; 222 pp.; NL; pbVan/List Price € 17,95 Voor/Our Price € 6,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
In this remarkable book, travel writer Michael Jacobs journeys across 7 countries , from the balmy Caribbean to the inhospitable islands of the Tierra del Fuego, through the relics of ancient civilizations and the remnants of colonial rule, retracing the footsteps of previous travellers.Granta, 2010; 580 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 32,50 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 62 %
On a memorable day in human history, February 12, 1809, 2 babies were born an ocean apart -Abraham Lincoln and Charles Darwin. Searching for the men behind the icons of emancipation and evolution, Adam Gopnik shows us, in this captivating double life, Lincoln and Darwin as they really were -family men and social climbers, ambitious manipulators and courageous adventurers.Knopf, 2009; 211 pp.; EN; hbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
The love affair between Antony and Cleopatra is one of the most famous stories from the ancient world. As one of the 3 men in control of the Roman Empire, Antony was perhaps the most powerful man of his day, while Cleopatra, who had already been Julius Caesar's lover, was the beautiful queen of Egypt, Rome's most important province. In this history, based on ancient sources and archeological evidence, Goldsworthy gives us the facts behind this famous couple.Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 2010; 470 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w & col; hbVan/List Price € 39,50 Voor/Our Price € 17,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 55 %
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