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  • Regime change

    Het tweede presidentschap van Donald Trump van binnenuit

    par Maggie Haberman, Jonathan Swan ...
    Donald Trump domineert het nieuws, meer nog dan in zijn eerste periode als president van de Verenigde Staten. In 'Regime change' doen New York Times-journalisten Maggie Haberman en Jonathan Swan nauwgezet verslag van wat er deze tweede termijn van Trump gedaan en gezegd wordt. Ze geven een realtime reportage vanuit de Situation Room, het Oval Office, benefietavonden en van achter gesloten deuren – ... En savoir plus

    14,99 €

  • Schurken

    Waargebeurde verhalen over moordenaars, oplichters, dwarsliggers en vrijbuiters

    par Patrick Radden Keefe ...
    Traduit par Hans E. van Riemsdijk, Marijke Gheeraert ...
    'Schurken is journalistieke topklasse van een onverschrokken verteller.' ***** De Telegraaf'Onderzoeksjournalistiek op zijn best.' **** NRC Handelsblad'De verhalen van Patrick Radden Keefe spoken nog lang door je hoofd.' Trouw'Een van de beste non-fictie auteurs van zijn generatie.' Toronto Star**'Een geweldig boek.' Wall Street Journal</... ... En savoir plus

    14,99 €

  • Truman

    par David McCullough ...
    The Pulitzer Prize–winning biography of Harry S. Truman, whose presidency included momentous events from the atomic bombing of Japan to the outbreak of the Cold War and the Korean War, told by America’s beloved and distinguished historian.The life of Harry S. Truman is one of the greatest of American stories, filled with vivid characters—Roosevelt, Churchill, Stalin, Eleanor Roosevelt, Bess ... En savoir plus

    16,76 €

  • Schetsen uit Peru

    par Paul Marcoy ...
    Ontdek de verborgen schatten van Peru door de ogen van een meesterverteller!In "Schetsen uit Peru" neemt Paul Marcoy je mee op een onvergetelijke reis door het hart van Zuid-Amerika. Laat je meevoeren door de levendige beschrijvingen van adembenemende landschappen, kleurrijke culturen en fascinerende ontmoetingen. Zonder iets te verklappen, biedt dit boek een diepgaande blik op de rijke ... En savoir plus

    9,99 €

  • Canadian History For Dummies

    par Will Ferguson ...
    A wild ride through Canadian history, fully revised and updated!This new edition of Canadian History For Dummies takes readers on a thrilling ride through Canadian history, from indigenous native cultures and early French and British settlements through Paul Martin's shaky minority government. This timely update features all the latest, up-to-the-minute findings in historical and archeological ... En savoir plus

    16,99 €

  • This Land is Your Land

    A Road Trip Through U.S. History

    par Beverly Gage ...
    Pulitzer Prize–winning author of G-Man and acclaimed historian Beverly Gage takes the ultimate road trip into the American past.Ride along with Pulitzer Prize–winning historian Beverly Gage as she travels the country to see the museums, historic sites, roadside attractions, reenactments, and souvenir shops where Americans learn—and fight—about our history. From the birth of the nation in ... En savoir plus

    16,76 €

  • De verscheurde staten van Amerika

    De Amerikaanse Burgeroorlog, de rol van België en het gevaar voor een nieuwe burgeroorlog

    par Johan Op de Beeck ...
    De bestorming van het Capitool in Washington op 6 januari 2021 is een wake-upcall. Een burgeroorlog in de Verenigde Staten leek te absurd om te overwegen, maar vandaag wordt hij gevreesd. Tijdens de Civil War (1861-1865) tussen de Noordelijke en Zuidelijke Staten vielen bijna een miljoen doden. Aanleiding voor het conflict was de slavernij. Inzet van de interne broedertwist was de democratie. En ... En savoir plus

    19,99 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Gerontocracy in America

    How the Old Are Hoarding Power and Wealth—and What to Do About It

    par Samuel Moyn ...
    A leading social critic identifies our least-discussed major crisis, and sets out to solve it.As Americans debate President Biden’s infirmities and President Trump’s erratic behavior, we’ve neglected the bigger problem before us: a massive transfer of power and wealth to the oldest among us, and the curtailment of the prospects of the young. In Gerontocracy in America, the historian and social ... En savoir plus

    13,56 €

  • Modern Peru

    A New History

    Modifié par Alberto Vergara, Paulo Drinot, PhD ...
    Modern Peru: A New History offers a sweeping account of Peru’s history from the wars of independence to the present day. Delving into a past characterized by instability and a series of interrupted national projects, the contributors examine the legacies of Tupac Amaru’s 1780s rebellion and the intense ideological debates between conservatives and liberals about the newly independent nation. They ... En savoir plus

    18,65 €

  • The Republic Of Pirates

    Being the True and Surprising Story of the Caribbean Pirates and the Man Who Brought Them Down

    par Colin Woodard ...
    An entrancing tale of piracy colored with gold, treachery and double-dealing (Portland Press Herald), Pulitzer Prize-finalist Colin Woodward's The Republic of Pirates is the historical biography of the exploits of infamous Caribbean buccaneers.In the early eighteenth century, the Pirate Republic was home to some of the great pirate captains, including Edward "Blackbeard" Teach, "Black Sam" Bellamy ... En savoir plus

    8,01 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Band of brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler's Eagle's Nest

    par Stephen E. Ambrose ...
    Band of Brothers tells the extraordinary true story of Easy Company, a unit of the 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne Division, U.S. Army, who fought their way across Europe in World War II. From their grueling training in Georgia in 1942 to the final victory at Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest in 1945, these men—ordinary citizens transformed into elite paratroopers—faced some of the war’s ... En savoir plus

    8,91 €

  • De Japanse minnaar

    par Isabel Allende ...
    Traduit par Henk van den Heuvel ...
    ‘Een familiesaga in de beste Zuid-Amerikaanse traditie. ****’ ElsevierDe bejaarde Alma en de jonge Irina ontmoeten elkaar in het verzorgingstehuis waar Alma haar laatste dagen slijt. Beiden dragen een groot geheim met zich mee: Alma haar liefde voor Ishimei, een jongen die tijdens de Tweede Wereldoorlog in een concentratiekamp in de Amerikaanse woestijn werd opgesloten vanwege zijn Japanse wortels ... En savoir plus

    7,99 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Hell Week and Beyond

    The Making of a Navy SEAL

    par Scott McEwen ...
    Follow America's elite warriors through the military's most grueling training and learn how they survive real special operations.Of the 18 months required to become a Navy SEAL, one week will cause over half of the trainees to quit ("ring the bell"). Only the toughest make it through. In Hell Week and Beyond, Scott McEwen takes the readers to the sands of Coronado Beach in San Diego, where Navy ... En savoir plus

    9,49 €

  • Opechancanough and His Descendants

    par Jay D. Lewis ...
    Opechancanough was born in the 1540s, as was his brother, Wahunsenacawh, better known as Powhatan, the Indian King and father of Pocahontas. Opechancanough lived near the location of the English settlement of Jamestown when John Smith and company built a fort there in 1607. In English history, he is most famous for planning and executing the first large scale attacks on the English in America. In ... En savoir plus

    5,34 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Challenger

    A True Story of Heroism and Disaster on the Edge of Space

    par Adam Higginbotham ...
    'Gripping' ED CAESAR • 'Masterly' GEOFF DYER • 'Incredible' TIM HARFORD • 'A universal story that transcends time' NEW YORK TIMES • 'Superb' DAILY TELEGRAPH • 'We know what’s going to happen, but feel the suspense nonetheless' THE TIMES** THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER **** WINNER OF THE NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD 2024 **** WINNER OF THE KIRKUS BOOK PRIZE FOR NON-FICTION 2024 **<stron... ... En savoir plus

    14,99 €

  • The History of the Conquest of Mexico

    par Prescott, William ...
    William H. Prescott published his History of the Conquest of Mexico in 1843 and The New York Times stated that it “has remained surprisingly unsurpassed since its publication.” Prescott was one of the most eminent historians of the 19th century. The Aztec Empire was one of the most remarkable civilizations to have ever existed. The Spanish conquest of the Aztec Empire was one of the most ... En savoir plus

    0,88 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • Trail of the Lost

    The Relentless Search to Bring Home the Missing Hikers of the Pacific Crest Trail

    par Andrea Lankford ...
    From an award-winning former law enforcement park ranger and investigator, this female-driven true crime adventure follows the author’s quest to find missing hikers along the Pacific Crest Trail by pairing up with an eclectic group of unlikely allies.As a park ranger with the National Park Service's law enforcement team, Andrea Lankford led search and rescue missions in some of the most beautiful ... En savoir plus

    Avant 14,99 € Après 12,99 €

  • Why Nothing Works

    Who Killed Progress—and How to Bring It Back

    par Marc J. Dunkelman ...
    **A provocative exploration of the forces that keep us from getting things done, and how we can restore confidence in government“Dunkelman summarizes the history perfectly.” —David Brooks, The New York TimesNamed a Best Book of the Year by Financial Times • The Economist**America was once a country that did big things. But today, even while facing a host of pressing challenges—a housing shortage, ... En savoir plus

    Avant 15,99 € Après 12,99 €

  • Pennsylvania

    par Thomas C. Cochran ...
    Who would have guessed, three centuries ago, that William Penn's "greene" province and "countrie towne" on the Delaware would become the keystone of American industrialization and the source of some of the nation's most important business institutions?Penn's colony was a haven of toleration for people of many origins and beliefs; later, the state of Pennsylvania was a place where human talents and ... En savoir plus

    13,77 €

  • Mr. Lincoln's Army

    par Bruce Catton ...
    Collection Livre 1 - Army of the Potomac Trilogy
    A vivid account of the early battles, first in the Pulitzer Prize–winning trilogy: "One of America's foremost Civil War authorities" ( Kirkus Reviews ).The first book in New York Times–bestselling author Bruce Catton's Pulitzer Prize–winning Army of the Potomac Trilogy, Mr. Lincoln's Army is a riveting history of the early years of the Civil War, when a fledgling Union Army took its stumbling ... En savoir plus

    12,29 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • The American Senate

    An Insider's History

    par Neil MacNeil, Richard A. Baker ...
    Winner of the Society for History in the Federal Government's George Pendleton Prize for 2013 The United States Senate has fallen on hard times. Once known as the greatest deliberative body in the world, it now has a reputation as a partisan, dysfunctional chamber. What happened to the house that forged American history's great compromises? In this groundbreaking work, a distinguished journalist ... En savoir plus

    15,16 €

  • The Battle of Fort Sumter

    The First Shots of the American Civil War

    par Wesley Moody ...
    Collection series Critical Moments in American History
    On April 12, 1861, the long-simmering tensions between the American North and South exploded as Southern troops in the seceding state of South Carolina fired on the Federal forces at Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor. The battle of Fort Sumter marked the outbreak of Civil War in the United States. The attack provoked outrage in the North, consolidated support for the newly inaugurated President ... En savoir plus

    51,13 €

  • George B. McClellan

    The Young Napoleon

    par Stephen W. Sears ...
    "Sears has finally unraveled the mystique of this complex, brilliant Civil War general . . . A fascinating story" (James M. McPherson, author of Battle Cry of Freedom)."Commander of the Northern army in the Civil War, Gen. George McClellan saw himself as God's chosen instrument for saving the Union. Self-aggrandizing, with a streak of arrogant stubbornness, he set himself above President Lincoln, ... En savoir plus

    12,29 € ou Gratuit avec Kobo Plus

  • A Pickpocket's Tale

    The Underworld of Nineteenth-Century New York

    par Timothy J. Gilfoyle ...
    "A true story more incredible than fiction." —Kevin Baker, author of Striver's RowIn George Appo's world, child pickpockets swarmed the crowded streets, addicts drifted in furtive opium dens, and expert swindlers worked the lucrative green-goods game. On a good night Appo made as much as a skilled laborer made in a year. Bad nights left him with more than a dozen scars and over a decade in prisons ... En savoir plus

    20,87 €