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 %
This volume of Cecil Beaton's unexpurgated diaries, 1965-1969, catches this prolific photographer, artist, writer and designer at the height of his powers and at the centre of everything. Here is Beaton around the world, always in the hot spots of the moment - photographing the Queen in London, doing fashion shoots for British Vogue, having lunch with Noel Coward, in Morocco with the Rolling Stones, in Monaco to see Princess Grace, invited for tea with Jacqueline Onassis a.o.Knopf, 2003; 522 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 13,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
This revised edition of a classic book looks in detail at the life of the poet Catullus in the Rome of Julius Caesar, providing the reader with a fascinating and coherent picture of the life and work of Catullus whilst illuminating the unrest, violence that surrounded ancient Rome. Includes a selection of poems.Amberley, 2010; 235 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 8,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
Blake Bailey offers this portrait of Cheever, 1912-1982, as a man who spent much of his career impersonating a perfect suburban gentleman. Bailey's biography reveals the troubled but strangely lovable man behind the disguises, an artist who delighted in the everyday radiance of the world while yearning, above all, to be illustrious.Knopf, 2009; 770 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 35,00 Voor/Our Price € 12,50Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 64 %
For British historian Paul Johnson, the oft-biographied Winston Churchill remained both a fascinatingly complex subject and an enigma in need of unraveling. His life of Churchill is a concise, lively portrait full of anecdotes and is a pleasure to read. Viking, 2009; 181 pp.; EN; index; ills. col; hbVan/List Price € 24,95 Voor/Our Price € 9,99Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
Frits Bernard Hotz was begiftigd met drie grote talenten - hij kon goed tekenen, was zeer muzikaal en hij had schrijfstalent. Met de publicatie van De Tramrace begon zijn schrijversloopbaan van twintig jaar, die uiteindelijk bekroond werd met de P.C. Hooftprijs in 1998.Arbeiderspers, 2011; 662 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w; hbhb € 39,95
Idealized by her fans, denounced by her political opponents, and forever shadowed by controversy and scandal, novelist and philosopher Ayn Rand was a powerful thinker whose views on government and markets shaped the conservative movement from its earliest days. With unprecedented access to Rand's private papers and unedited journals, Jennifer Burns offers this reassessment of Rand, examining her life, her ideas, and her impact on conservative political thought.Oxford, 2009; 369 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 27,95 Voor/Our Price € 10,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 61 %
Over the course of his 60 years, English American author, essayist and journalist Christopher Hitchens was both a socialist opposed to the war in Vietnam and a supporter of the US war against Islamic extremism in Iraq. He was both a a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous places and a legendary bob vivant. In other words, Hitchens contains multitudes. He sees all sides of an argument, and he believed the personal is political.Twelve, 2010; 435 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; hbVan/List Price € 26,99 Voor/Our Price € 10,90Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 60 %
A century has passed since Kropotkin, 1842-1921, wrote In Russian and French Prisons, yet his criticisms of the penal system have lost none of their relevance. Prisons, far from reforming the offender, or deterring crime, are, in themselves schools of crime. Although he makes extensive use of the memoirs of former prisoners and the works of contemporary penologists, it is his own experience in prison -both in France and in Russia, that gives this book its power.Black Rose Books; 387 pp.; EN; index; hbVan/List Price € 45,00 Voor/Our Price € 14,95Uw prijsvoordeel/You save: 67 %
Hoe het leven van Nederlands meest excentrieke en uitgesproken politicus eindigde, weten we. Pim Fortuyn werd op 6 mei 2002 vermoord. De man die bewondering, afschuw en verwarring wekte, werd op die dag in een klap een een politiek martelaar. In De jonge Fortuyn gaat Leonard Ornstein terug naar de wortels van Pim Fortuyn. Deze biografie bevat vele ingredienten die de kiem legden voor de latere politicus Pim Fortuyn, die theater en humor bracht in de politiek.Bezige Bij, 2012; 207 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w & col; hbhb € 17,50
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