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The Vertigo Years

Change And Culture In The West, 1900-1914

door Philipp Blom ...

A panorama of Europe, 1900-1914, describing the cultural, economic and political life before the First World War.Europe, early in the twentieth century: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. But did this era vanish in the trenches of the Somme, of Ypres, and of Passchendaele? Look closer and the more this world seems like ours: feminism, democratisation, commercial ... Meer lezen

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A panorama of Europe, 1900-1914, describing the cultural, economic and political life before the First World War.Europe, early in the twentieth century: a world adrift, a pulsating era of creativity and contradictions. But did this era vanish in the trenches of the Somme, of Ypres, and of Passchendaele? Look closer and the more this world seems like ours: feminism, democratisation, commercial
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Eindstation Auschwitz

Mijn verhaal vanuit het kamp (1943 - 1945)

door Eddy de Wind ...

Met voorwoord van Adriaan van DisGeïllustreerd met beeldmateriaal uit het archief van de familie De Wind, waaronder twee niet eerder gepubliceerde foto’s van vlak na de bevrijding van AuschwitzEen belangrijk en uniek historisch document dat op aangrijpende wijze het lot van gevangenen in de vernietigingskampen in beeld brengt.De Joodse arts Eddy de Wind ging in 1942 als vrijwilliger werken in het ... Meer lezen

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Met voorwoord van Adriaan van DisGeïllustreerd met beeldmateriaal uit het archief van de familie De Wind, waaronder twee niet eerder gepubliceerde foto’s van vlak na de bevrijding van AuschwitzEen belangrijk en uniek historisch document dat op aangrijpende wijze het lot van gevangenen in de vernietigingskampen in beeld brengt.De Joodse arts Eddy de Wind ging in 1942 als vrijwilliger werken in het
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A World Undone

door G. J. Meyer ...

**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Drawing on exhaustive research, this “masterful narrative history” (Booklist) details how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of our modern world.“Thundering, magnificent . . . [A World Undone] is a book of true greatness that prompts moments of sheer joy and pleasure. . . . It will earn ... Meer lezen

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**NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • Drawing on exhaustive research, this “masterful narrative history” (Booklist) details how World War I reduced Europe’s mightiest empires to rubble, killed twenty million people, and cracked the foundations of our modern world.“Thundering, magnificent . . . [A World Undone] is a book of true greatness that prompts moments of sheer joy and pleasure. . . . It will earn
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Vietnam

An Epic Tragedy, 1945-1975

door Max Hastings ...

An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War.Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on ... Meer lezen

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An absorbing and definitive modern history of the Vietnam War from the acclaimed New York Times bestselling author of The Secret War.Vietnam became the Western world’s most divisive modern conflict, precipitating a battlefield humiliation for France in 1954, then a vastly greater one for the United States in 1975. Max Hastings has spent the past three years interviewing scores of participants on
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Revolusi

door David Van Reybrouck ...

Vijf jaar lang werkte David Van Reybrouck aan zijn monumentale Revolusi. Hij interviewde bijna tweehonderd mensen, de laatste nog levende getuigen van de onafhankelijkheidsstrijd, in Indonesische rusthuizen, Japanse miljoenensteden en op verafgelegen eilanden. Ook in Nederland bracht zijn onderzoek tal van nieuwe verhalen aan het licht. De veelheid aan perspectieven en herinneringen weeft Van ... Meer lezen

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Vijf jaar lang werkte David Van Reybrouck aan zijn monumentale Revolusi. Hij interviewde bijna tweehonderd mensen, de laatste nog levende getuigen van de onafhankelijkheidsstrijd, in Indonesische rusthuizen, Japanse miljoenensteden en op verafgelegen eilanden. Ook in Nederland bracht zijn onderzoek tal van nieuwe verhalen aan het licht. De veelheid aan perspectieven en herinneringen weeft Van
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When Men Fell from the Sky

Civilians and Downed Airmen in Second World War Europe

door Claire Andrieu ...

Serie series Studies in the Social and Cultural History of Modern Warfare
Between 1940 and 1945, more than 100,000 airmen were shot down over Europe, a few thousand of whom survived and avoided being arrested. When Men Fell from the Sky is a comparative history of the treatment of these airmen by civilians in France, Germany and Britain. By studying the situation on the ground, Claire Andrieu shows how these encounters reshaped societies at a local level. She reveals ... Meer lezen

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Between 1940 and 1945, more than 100,000 airmen were shot down over Europe, a few thousand of whom survived and avoided being arrested. When Men Fell from the Sky is a comparative history of the treatment of these airmen by civilians in France, Germany and Britain. By studying the situation on the ground, Claire Andrieu shows how these encounters reshaped societies at a local level. She reveals
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Life After Life

The global bestseller, now a major BBC series

door Kate Atkinson ...

The PRIZE-WINNING BESTSELLER, now a major BBC1 DRAMA SERIES starring Thomasin McKenzie, Sian Clifford and James McArdle*,* directed by BAFTA award-winning John Crowley.'Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound... one of the best novels I've read this century' Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of GONE GIRL'A box of delights ... it grips the reader's imagination on the first page and ... Meer lezen

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The PRIZE-WINNING BESTSELLER, now a major BBC1 DRAMA SERIES starring Thomasin McKenzie, Sian Clifford and James McArdle*,* directed by BAFTA award-winning John Crowley.'Dazzling, witty, moving, joyful, mournful, profound... one of the best novels I've read this century' Gillian Flynn, bestselling author of GONE GIRL'A box of delights ... it grips the reader's imagination on the first page and
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Homelands

A Personal History of Europe

door Timothy Garton Ash ...

**Winner of the Lionel Gelber Prize 2024****A Financial Times Best Book of 2023**'A moving love letter to Europe' Lea Ypi, author of FreeDrawing from the people who lived it, Homelands explores how Europe slowly recovered and rebuilt from World War Two. And then faltered.Timothy Garton Ash, our greatest writer about Europe, has spent a lifetime studying Europe and t... ... Meer lezen

14,99 €

**Winner of the Lionel Gelber Prize 2024****A Financial Times Best Book of 2023**'A moving love letter to Europe' Lea Ypi, author of FreeDrawing from the people who lived it, Homelands explores how Europe slowly recovered and rebuilt from World War Two. And then faltered.Timothy Garton Ash, our greatest writer about Europe, has spent a lifetime studying Europe and t...
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The Gulag Archipelago

door Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn ...

Solzhenitsyn spent eleven years in labour camps and in exile.This book is his masterwork, based on his own experiences as well as the testimony of some 200 survivors. A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators but also of everyday heroism, it chronicles the story of those who dared to oppose Stalin, and for whom the key to survival ... Meer lezen

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Solzhenitsyn spent eleven years in labour camps and in exile.This book is his masterwork, based on his own experiences as well as the testimony of some 200 survivors. A vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators but also of everyday heroism, it chronicles the story of those who dared to oppose Stalin, and for whom the key to survival
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King Leopold's Ghost

A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa

door Adam Hochschild ...

The 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver"An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel." — Christian Science Monitor“As Hochschild’s brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread.” — Los Angeles Times Book ReviewA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist * A New Y... ... Meer lezen

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The 25th Anniversary Edition, with a foreword by Barbara Kingsolver"An enthralling story . . . A work of history that reads like a novel." — Christian Science Monitor“As Hochschild’s brilliant book demonstrates, the great Congo scandal prefigured our own times . . . This book must be read and reread.” — Los Angeles Times Book ReviewA National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist * A New Y...
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Civil War in Central Europe, 1918-1921

The Reconstruction of Poland

door Jochen Böhler ...

Serie series The Greater War
The First World War did not end in Central Europe in November 1918. The armistices marked the creation of the Second Polish Republic and the first shot of the Central European Civil War which raged from 1918 to 1921. The fallen German, Russian, and Austrian Empires left in their wake lands with peoples of mixed nationalities and ethnicities. These lands soon became battle grounds and the ethno ... Meer lezen

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The First World War did not end in Central Europe in November 1918. The armistices marked the creation of the Second Polish Republic and the first shot of the Central European Civil War which raged from 1918 to 1921. The fallen German, Russian, and Austrian Empires left in their wake lands with peoples of mixed nationalities and ethnicities. These lands soon became battle grounds and the ethno
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Rise and Kill First

The Secret History of Israel's Targeted Assassinations

door Ronen Bergman ...

AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'A gripping investigation of Israel's assassination policy' Sunday Times'Remarkable' Observer'Riveting' Daily Mail'Compelling' John le CarréWinner of 2018 National Jewish Book AwardRise and Kill First is the definitive book to read on Israel's military histo... ... Meer lezen

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AN ECONOMIST BOOK OF THE YEAR'A gripping investigation of Israel's assassination policy' Sunday Times'Remarkable' Observer'Riveting' Daily Mail'Compelling' John le CarréWinner of 2018 National Jewish Book AwardRise and Kill First is the definitive book to read on Israel's military histo...
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Understand Nazi Germany: Teach Yourself

door Michael Lynch ...

Understand Nazi Germany is an accessible introduction to one of the most controversial and debated periods of history. The years 1933-45 witnessed the take-over of Germany by a man and a movement whose racial and political policies are now regarded with universal abhorrence, but which at the time were genuinely popular. This gripping study explains not only the key events, but their causes and ... Meer lezen

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Understand Nazi Germany is an accessible introduction to one of the most controversial and debated periods of history. The years 1933-45 witnessed the take-over of Germany by a man and a movement whose racial and political policies are now regarded with universal abhorrence, but which at the time were genuinely popular. This gripping study explains not only the key events, but their causes and
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Policing and decolonisation

Bewerkt door David Anderson, David Killingray ...

Serie Boek 20 - Studies in Imperialism
As imperial political authority was increasingly challenged, sometimes with violence, locally recruited police forces became the front-line guardians of alien law and order. This book presents a study that looks at the problems facing the imperial police forces during the acute political dislocations following decolonization in the British Empire. It examines the role and functions of the colonial ... Meer lezen

23,73 €

As imperial political authority was increasingly challenged, sometimes with violence, locally recruited police forces became the front-line guardians of alien law and order. This book presents a study that looks at the problems facing the imperial police forces during the acute political dislocations following decolonization in the British Empire. It examines the role and functions of the colonial
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The Rings of Saturn

door W. G. Sebald ...

Vertaald door Michael Hulse ...

Shortlisted for the 1998 Los Angeles Times Book Award in Fiction: "Stunning and strange . . . Sebald has done what every writer dreams of doing. . . . The book is like a dream you want to last forever. . . . It glows with the radiance and resilience of the human spirit."—Roberta Silman, The New York Times Book Review"Ostensibly a record of a journey on foot through coastal East Anglia," as Robert ... Meer lezen

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Shortlisted for the 1998 Los Angeles Times Book Award in Fiction: "Stunning and strange . . . Sebald has done what every writer dreams of doing. . . . The book is like a dream you want to last forever. . . . It glows with the radiance and resilience of the human spirit."—Roberta Silman, The New York Times Book Review"Ostensibly a record of a journey on foot through coastal East Anglia," as Robert
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Blood and Ruins

The Great Imperial War, 1931-1945

door Richard Overy ...

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORYSHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY'A masterpiece. It puts all previous single-volume works of the conflict in the shade' Saul David, The TimesA bold new approach to the Second World War from one of Britain's foremost military historiansRichard Overy sets ou... ... Meer lezen

12,99 €

A NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLERWINNER OF THE DUKE OF WELLINGTON MEDAL FOR MILITARY HISTORYSHORTLISTED FOR THE GILDER LEHRMAN PRIZE FOR MILITARY HISTORY'A masterpiece. It puts all previous single-volume works of the conflict in the shade' Saul David, The TimesA bold new approach to the Second World War from one of Britain's foremost military historiansRichard Overy sets ou...
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Cosima Wagner: The Lady of Bayreuth

door Oliver Hilmes, Stewart Spencer ...

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Het laatste gouden jaar

Meer over 1913

door Florian Illies ...

Vertaald door Ralph Aarnout ...

Vol humor en elegantie beschrijft Florian Illies in Het laatste gouden jaar verhalen uit het jaar 1913. Na het succes van de bestseller 1913 was Illies nog niet uitverteld. Er was simpelweg te veel bronnenmateriaal. Opnieuw dook hij in de geschiedenis en verzamelde nieuwe verrassende, vermakelijke en opmerkelijke momenten uit dit sleuteljaar: Marcel Proust wordt verliefd op zijn chauffeur, Ernest ... Meer lezen

9,99 €

Vol humor en elegantie beschrijft Florian Illies in Het laatste gouden jaar verhalen uit het jaar 1913. Na het succes van de bestseller 1913 was Illies nog niet uitverteld. Er was simpelweg te veel bronnenmateriaal. Opnieuw dook hij in de geschiedenis en verzamelde nieuwe verrassende, vermakelijke en opmerkelijke momenten uit dit sleuteljaar: Marcel Proust wordt verliefd op zijn chauffeur, Ernest
... Meer lezen
Su-25 'Frogfoot' Units In Combat

door Alexander Mladenov ...

Serie Boek 109 - Combat Aircraft
This volume details the technical features and operational performance of the Soviet Su-25 'Frogfoot', which proved itself as a durable and versatile attack aircraft in a variety of theatres such as Afghanistan, Georgia and Ossetia.Today it is widely accepted as the true successor to the types of specialised ground-attack aircraft that emerged during World War II. This book illuminates the service ... Meer lezen

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This volume details the technical features and operational performance of the Soviet Su-25 'Frogfoot', which proved itself as a durable and versatile attack aircraft in a variety of theatres such as Afghanistan, Georgia and Ossetia.Today it is widely accepted as the true successor to the types of specialised ground-attack aircraft that emerged during World War II. This book illuminates the service
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The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

door Maj Sjöwall, Per Wahlöö ...

Serie Boek 2 - The Martin Beck series
The second book in the hugely acclaimed Martin Beck series: the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime fiction and influenced writers from Stieg Larrson to Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell and Lars Kepplar.A Swedish journalist has vanished without a trace in Budapest. When Detective Inspector Martin Beck arrives in the city to investigate, he is drawn to an Eastern European underworld in ... Meer lezen

8,70 €

The second book in the hugely acclaimed Martin Beck series: the novels that shaped the future of Scandinavian crime fiction and influenced writers from Stieg Larrson to Jo Nesbo, Henning Mankell and Lars Kepplar.A Swedish journalist has vanished without a trace in Budapest. When Detective Inspector Martin Beck arrives in the city to investigate, he is drawn to an Eastern European underworld in
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Mussolini and Hitler

The Forging of the Fascist Alliance

door Christian Goeschel ...

This fresh treatment of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany reveals how the close relationship between Mussolini and Hitler influenced both men.From 1934 until 1944 Mussolini met Hitler numerous times, and the two developed a relationship that deeply affected both countries. While Germany is generally regarded as the senior power, Christian Goeschel demonstrates just how much history has ... Meer lezen

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This fresh treatment of Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany reveals how the close relationship between Mussolini and Hitler influenced both men.From 1934 until 1944 Mussolini met Hitler numerous times, and the two developed a relationship that deeply affected both countries. While Germany is generally regarded as the senior power, Christian Goeschel demonstrates just how much history has
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The British Way of War in Northwest Europe, 1944-5

A Study of Two Infantry Divisions

door L. P. Devine ...

This bookexamines the experience of two British Infantry Divisions, the 43rd (Wessex) and 53rd (Welsh), during the Overlord campaign in Northwest Europe. To understand the way the British fought during Operation Overlord, the book considers the political and military factors between 1918 and 1943 before addressing the major battles and many of the minor engagements and day-to-day experiences of ... Meer lezen

45,24 €

This bookexamines the experience of two British Infantry Divisions, the 43rd (Wessex) and 53rd (Welsh), during the Overlord campaign in Northwest Europe. To understand the way the British fought during Operation Overlord, the book considers the political and military factors between 1918 and 1943 before addressing the major battles and many of the minor engagements and day-to-day experiences of
... Meer lezen
The Investigation

A dramatic re-construction of the Frankfurt War Crimes trials

door Peter Weiss ...

The Investigation is a dramatic reconstruction of the Frankfurt War Crimes trials, based on the actual evidence given. This testimony, concerning Auschwitz and the atrocities which were enacted there, has been edited and extracted by Peter Weiss into a dramatic document that relies solely and completely on the facts for its effectiveness. There is no artistic license, no manipulation of facts and ... Meer lezen

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The Investigation is a dramatic reconstruction of the Frankfurt War Crimes trials, based on the actual evidence given. This testimony, concerning Auschwitz and the atrocities which were enacted there, has been edited and extracted by Peter Weiss into a dramatic document that relies solely and completely on the facts for its effectiveness. There is no artistic license, no manipulation of facts and
... Meer lezen
Rereading East Germany

The Literature and Film of the GDR

Bewerkt door Karen Leeder ...

This volume is the first to address the culture of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as a historical entity, but also to trace the afterlife of East Germany in the decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall. An international team of outstanding scholars offers essential and thought-provoking essays, combining a chronological and genre-based overview from the beginning of the GDR in 1949 to the ... Meer lezen

42,06 €

This volume is the first to address the culture of the German Democratic Republic (GDR) as a historical entity, but also to trace the afterlife of East Germany in the decades since the fall of the Berlin Wall. An international team of outstanding scholars offers essential and thought-provoking essays, combining a chronological and genre-based overview from the beginning of the GDR in 1949 to the
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eBooks in de categorie 20ste eeuw

The Vertigo Years

Eindstation Auschwitz

A World Undone

Vietnam

Revolusi

When Men Fell from the Sky

Life After Life

Homelands

The Gulag Archipelago

King Leopold's Ghost

Civil War in Central Europe, 1918-1921

Rise and Kill First

Understand Nazi Germany: Teach Yourself

Policing and decolonisation

The Rings of Saturn

Blood and Ruins

Cosima Wagner: The Lady of Bayreuth

Het laatste gouden jaar

Su-25 'Frogfoot' Units In Combat

The Man Who Went Up in Smoke

Mussolini and Hitler

The British Way of War in Northwest Europe, 1944-5

The Investigation

Rereading East Germany