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eBooks in de categorie 20ste eeuw

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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

    7,99 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus

  • Wild Swans

    Three Daughters of China

    door Jung Chang ...
    OVER 13M COPIES SOLD – THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING PHENOMENON – NUMBER 8 ON SUNDAY TIMES BEST OF THE BESTSELLER LISTFew books have had such an impact as Wild Swans: a popular bestseller which has sold more than 13 million copies and a critically acclaimed history of China; a tragic tale of nightmarish cruelty and an uplifting story of bravery and survival.Through the story of three generations ... Meer lezen

    0,99 €

  • Britain's War Machine

    Weapons, Resources and Experts in the Second World War

    door David Edgerton ...
    GUARDIAN BOOKS OF THE YEARThe familiar image of the British in the Second World War is that of the plucky underdog taking on German might. David Edgerton's bold, compelling new history shows the conflict in a new light, with Britain as a very wealthy country, formidable in arms, ruthless in pursuit of its interests and sitting at the heart of a global production system.The British, indeed ... Meer lezen

    11,99 €

  • The Necessary War, Volume 1

    door Tim Cook ...
    Serie Boek 3 - Canadians Fighting
    Co-winner of the 2014-2015 Charles P. Stacey AwardTim Cook, Canada’s leading war historian, ventures deep into World War Two in this epic two-volume story of heroism and horror, of loss and longing, sacrifice and endurance.Written in Cook’s compelling narrative style, this book shows in impressive detail how soldiers, airmen, and sailors fought—the evolving tactics, weapons of war, logistics, and ... Meer lezen

    17,69 €

  • La bascule. Allemagne 1933

    door Johann Chapoutot ...
    Le 30 janvier 1933, l’Allemagne bascule dans l’inconnu. Nul ne sait comment les nazis — installés au pouvoir alors qu’ils ne l’espéraient plus — vont gouverner et nul n’a anticipé le carnage institutionnel qu’ils provoqueront. La droite, obnubilée par la montée en puissance des communistes, veut protéger les intérêts économiques, fiscaux et sociaux des élites patrimoniales et mettre fin à la ... Meer lezen

    16,99 €

  • Sunday Best

    Travels through the day of rest

    door Daniel Gray ...
    An evocative celebration of the seventh day in all its rich varietyClosed shops and roast dinners. Bulky newspapers and the hum of lawnmowers. Strolls to nowhere in particular and visiting snoozing grandparents. Television theme tunes cueing bath time and a sudden dread of the looming week ahead…Through an assortment of rituals and activities, Sundays came to be the unique day in our week – ... Meer lezen

    6,99 €

  • 1967 – The World of Brian Epstein and The Beatles

    The address book that defined an era

    door Gary Kemp, Simon Halfon ...
    'A little peep behind the net curtain of swinging London. Meet the people that made the 60s tick.' Noel Gallagher'This is granular Beatles. 1967 the year mop-topperies optimism gave way to long-hairdoms disaffection…and the people who gave birth to both. Fabulous.' Bob Geldof1967 – The World of Brian Epstein and the Beatles is a remarkable fusion of biography and detective story, offering a vivid ... Meer lezen

    17,49 €

  • De 21e eeuw, die in 1979 begon

    door Maarten van Rossem ...
    Wat zijn de meest kardinale gebeurtenissen van de eerste twee decennia van de 21e eeuw? Ongetwijfeld de opkomst van China en de dominantie van het neoliberale discours, dat de kredietcrisis ten gevolge had. Het is evident dat de oorzaken van deze gebeurtenissen in de decennia voor het begin van de nieuwe eeuw gezocht moeten worden. Zo wordt de blik van de historicus onvermijdelijk naar de op het ... Meer lezen

    9,99 €

  • 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

    40,82 €

  • Weimar Germany

    Death of a Democracy

    door Victor Sebestyen ...
    'Sebestyen reminds us once again why he is one of the best historians writing today' ANDREW ROBERTS, author of Churchill: Walking with DestinyIn the years after the First World War, Berlin was - as Vladimir Nabokov described it - a place 'of dangerous glamour and worldliness, of tawdry cynicism, where art and riot flourished side by side.'The Weimar Republic was Ge... ... Meer lezen

    Was 16,99 € Nu 0,99 €

  • A Little History of the United States

    door James West Davidson ...
    Serie series Little Histories
    **A fast-paced, character-filled history that brings the unique American saga to life for readers of all ages“This is a little history with a big heart, meant to be savored more than studied, read out loud like poetry, or perhaps sung like a hymn.”—Joseph J. Ellis, author of Founding Brothers**“Davidson has written a work that should lead readers to reflect anew on America’s past and present. . . ... Meer lezen

    9,85 €

  • Midnight in Chernobyl

    The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

    door Adam Higginbotham ...
    THE PHENOMENAL GLOBAL BESTSELLER.'Superb, enthralling and necessarily terrifying . . . every step feels spring-loaded with tension... extraordinary.'THE NEW YORK TIMES-The story of Chernobyl is more complex, more human, and more terrifying than the Soviet myth. Adam Higginbotham has written a harrowing and compelling narrative which brings the 1986 disaster to life through the eyes of the men and ... Meer lezen

    10,99 €

  • 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

    21,83 €

  • Many Subtle Channels

    In Praise of Potential Literature

    door Daniel Levin Becker ...
    What sort of society could bind together Jacques Roubaud, Italo Calvino, Marcel Duchamp, and Raymond Queneau—and Daniel Levin Becker, a young American obsessed with language play? Only the Oulipo, the Paris-based experimental collective founded in 1960 and fated to become one of literature’s quirkiest movements.An international organization of writers, artists, and scientists who embrace formal ... Meer lezen

    29,78 €

  • Say Nothing

    A True Story Of Murder and Memory In Northern Ireland

    door Patrick Radden Keefe ...
    THE INTERNATIONAL BESTSELLERA NEW YORK TIMES BEST BOOK OF THE 21ST CENTURYNow an FX TV series streaming on DISNEY+'Unquestionably one of the greatest literary achievements of the 21st century' Nick HornbyFrom the author of London Falling – a stunning, intricate narrative about a notorious killing in Northern Ireland and its devastating repercussions... ... Meer lezen

    12,01 €

  • The Right Stuff

    door Tom Wolfe ...
    A wonderful novel and perfect book club choice, The Right Stuff is a wildly vivid and entertaining chronicle of America's early space programme.WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY US ASTRONAUT SCOTT KELLY'What is it,' asks Tom Wolfe, 'that makes a man willing to sit on top of an enormous Roman Candle...and wait for someone to light the fuse?' Arrogance? Stupidity? Courage? Or, simply, that quality we call ... Meer lezen

    8,99 €

  • 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

    3,99 €

  • 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

    24,26 €

  • 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

    17,58 €

  • Plunder and Survival

    Stories of Theft, Loss, Recovery, and Migration of Nazi Uprooted Art

    door Suzanne Loebl, Abigail Wilentz ...
    Written by a Holocaust survivor whose family collected art, Plunder and Survival tells the stories of principal figures, events, and artworks that contribute to the intricate story of the ruthless Nazi attack on modern art and the art world's subsequent repositioning in America.Each chapter focuses on a selection of artworks, the individuals who owned or acquired them, and those who decided their ... Meer lezen

    23,48 €

  • 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 €

  • The Storm of War

    A New History of the Second World War

    door Andrew Roberts ...
    On 2 August 1944, in the wake of the complete destruction of the German Army Group Centre in Belorussia, Winston Churchill mocked Adolf Hitler in the House of Commons by the rank he had reached in the First World War. 'Russian success has been somewhat aided by the strategy of Herr Hitler, of Corporal Hitler,' Churchill jibed. 'Even military idiots find it difficult not to see some faults in his ... Meer lezen

    10,99 €

  • 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 €

  • The Long 1968

    Revisions and New Perspectives

    Bewerkt door Daniel J. Sherman, Ruud van Dijk, Jasmine Alinder, A. Aneesh ...
    Delving into a tumultuous year's impact on art, culture, and politics, this book "illuminates the often-overlooked histories of 1968" ( The Journal of American History).From the mid-1960s to the early 1970s, revolutions in theory, politics, and cultural experimentation swept around the world. These changes had as great a transformative impact on the right as on the left.A touchstone for activists, ... Meer lezen

    Was 12,29 € Nu 10,80 € of Gratis met Kobo Plus