A Short History of the World in 50 Books
By: Daniel Smith
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The book has a unique status as an emblem of human culture and civilization. It is a vessel for sha…
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1. Our Man in Havana
By: Graham Greene
3.00
Format: 50 pages, Paperback
Mr. Wormold, a vacuum cleaner salesman in a city of powercuts, becomes a spy to earn extra income. read more
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2. The Battle for the Falklands
By: Max Hastings , Simon Jenkins
4.08
Format: 176 pages, Paperback
"Must be read by all our military people and anyone who wants to find out what really happened on t… read more
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3. El héroe discreto
By: Mario Vargas Llosa
4.00
Format: None pages, Paperback
La novela cuenta la historia paralela de dos personajes: el ordenado y entranable Felicito Yanaque,… read more
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4. Guitar Zero: The New Musician and the Science of Learning
By: Gary F. Marcus
3.75
Format: 166 pages,
On the eve of his 40th birthday, Gary Marcus, a renowned scientist with no discernible musical tale… read more
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6. Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
By: Katherine Rundell
4.18
Format: 352 pages, Hardcover
From standout scholar Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite presents a sparkling and very modern biogra… read more
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- history
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"To adore and to devour and to be devoured is its own kind of focus: a gasp of a different kind of oxygen."-Katherine Rundell, Super-Infinite: The Transformations of John Donne
7. Knowing What We Know: The Transmission of Knowledge: From Ancient Wisdom to Modern Magic
By: Simon Winchester
3.84
Format: 432 pages, Hardcover
From the creation of the first encyclopedia to Wikipedia, from ancient museums to modern kindergart… read more
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8. De Bourgondiërs: aartsvaders van de Lage Landen
By: Bart Van Loo
4.31
Format: 607 pages, Hardcover
Meesterverteller Bart Van Loo neemt de lezer op sleeptouw langs duizend jaar Europese geschiedenis.… read more
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9. Ik kom hier nog op terug
By: Rob van Essen
3.78
Format: 398 pages, Paperback
Wanneer hij de mogelijkheid krijgt een fout uit het verleden te herstellen grijpt Rob Hollander dit… read more
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"Was het grote falen van mijn leven eigenlijk niet dat ik zo weinig had gefaald, omdat ik zo weinig had gedaan, omdat ik me zo weinig had verbonden, aan mensen, aan dingen? Ik had mezelf geen kans geg…"-Rob van Essen, Ik kom hier nog op terug
10. De onzichtbaren
By: Frank Nellen
3.88
Format: 234 pages, Kindle Edition
Kiev, eind jaren tachtig. Het eens zo machtige Sovjetimperium wankelt. Tijdens een roerige debatavo… read more
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11. All the Dead Shall Weep (Gunnie Rose, #5)
By: Charlaine Harris
4.08
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Sisters Lizbeth Rose and Felicia as well as brother Eli and Peter, are reunited in Texoma only to b… read more
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12. Our Moon: How Earth's Celestial Companion Transformed the Planet, Guided Evolution, and Made Us Who We Are
By: Rebecca Boyle
3.95
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
An intimate look at the Moon and its relationship to life on Earth--from the primordial soup to the… read more
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13. Wij waren, ik ben. Weg uit Ruinerwold
By: Israel van Dorsten
4.00
Format: 296 pages, Paperback
Op zondag 13 oktober 2019 verliet ik de boerderij waar ik jarenlang vastzat en stapte een café in R… read more
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"Je bent het waard om jezelf te zijn. Want jij - jij bent het mooiste, het beste, jij bent het meest waardevol als jij jezelf bent."-Israel van Dorsten, Wij waren, ik ben. Weg uit Ruinerwold
14. Limitarianism
By: Ingrid Robeyns
3.99
Format: 319 pages, Hardcover
‘The best case I've read for putting an upper limit on the accumulation of wealth’ Richard Wilkinso… read more
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15. A Year in the Life of Ancient Greece: The Real Lives of the People Who Lived There
By: Philip Matyszak
4.04
Format: 273 pages, Kindle Edition
Experience a remarkable year among the real people of ancient Greece, as they prepare for the most … read more
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16. Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City
By: Ben Wilson
4.04
Format: 304 pages, Hardcover
In this exhilarating look at cities, past and future, Ben Wilson proposes that, in our world of ris… read more
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"Deep underground, microbes turn half a century's worth of city waste into methane. The gases and leachate are extracted through an extensive network of subterranean pipes and then used to power 22,00…"-Ben Wilson, Urban Jungle: The History and Future of Nature in the City
17. Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings
By: Valerie Trouet
4.10
Format: 256 pages, Hardcover
Children around the world know that to tell how old a tree is, you count its rings. Few people, how… read more
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"happy to share our hard-earned tree-ring data with one another and with the broader science community on the International Tree-Ring Data Bank,* a publicly accessible internet database hosted by the …"-Valerie Trouet, Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings
"Of en hoe een samenleving op de onmiddellijke dreiging van een catastrofe reageert, is afhankelijk van haar culturele waarden en hoe deze tot uiting komen in haar sociaal-economische structuur – denk…"-Valerie Trouet, Tree Story: The History of the World Written in Rings
18. Koersen op geluk
By: Thomas Dekker
2.99
Format: 199 pages, Kindle Edition
Na zijn turbulente wielercarrière begint het leven van Thomas Dekker in 2015 opnieuw. Hij schrijft … read more
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19. Nexus: A Brief History of Information Networks from the Stone Age to AI
By: Yuval Noah Harari
4.11
Format: 528 pages, Hardcover
For the last 100,000 years, we Sapiens have accumulated enormous power. But despite all our discove… read more
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20. A Short History of the World in 50 Books
By: Daniel Smith
3.78
Format: 288 pages, Hardcover
The book has a unique status as an emblem of human culture and civilization. It is a vessel for sha… read more
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21. China en de barbaren
By: Henk Schulte Nordholt
3.86
Format: 410 pages, Kindle Edition
Eeuwenlang was China de onbetwiste grootmacht van Oost-Azië. De invloed van het Rijk van het Midden… read more
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