Geschiedenis

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Dit boek beschrijft de totstandkoming van het Apollo-programma en de succesvolle maanlanding van Apollo 11.
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Lombok is een Indonesisch eiland ten oosten van Bali, met een eigen karakter dat zich onderscheidt van zijn bekendere buur.
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Dit boek biedt een feitelijk overzicht van de geschiedenis van de menselijke zeevaartkunde, van vroege vlotten tot moderne cruiseschepen.
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De Mount Fuji is een stratovulkaan in het midden van Japan en met 3.776 meter de hoogste berg van het land.
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Machu Picchu is een vijftiende-eeuwse Inca-nederzetting hoog in de Peruaanse Andes, en een van de best bewaard gebleven archeologische complexen van Zuid-Amerika.
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Dit boek biedt een toegankelijke inleiding in de luchtvaartgeschiedenis, van de gebroeders Wright tot het moderne luchtruim.
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Dit boek belicht de cruciale rol van de stoomlocomotief in de negentiende-eeuwse industrialisatie en de wereldwijde transformatie door het spoor.
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Mont Saint-Michel is een rotseiland voor de kust van Normandië dat al meer dan duizend jaar mensen aantrekt als bedevaartsoord, vesting en kloostergemeenschap.
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De Alhambra in Granada is een paleis- en vestingcomplex dat in de dertiende en veertiende eeuw werd gebouwd door de Nasridische heersers van het Moorse koninkrijk Granada.
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Dubrovnik is een middeleeuwse havenstad aan de Dalmatische kust die eeuwenlang heeft gefunctioneerd als een onafhankelijke stadsstaat.
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De piramides van Gizeh, gebouwd als grafmonumenten voor de farao's van het Oude Rijk, staan al meer dan vierduizend jaar in de Egyptische woestijn.
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Curaçao ligt in de zuidelijke Caraïben, vlak voor de kust van Venezuela, en kent een geschiedenis die wordt gekenmerkt door handel, kolonialisme en culturele vermenging.
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Dit boek legt stap voor stap uit hoe vliegtuigen de tactiek en strategie in gewapende conflicten hebben veranderd.
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De Tower of London is een middeleeuws kasteel in het hart van Londen, opgericht in de elfde eeuw door Willem de Veroveraar.
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Dit boek biedt een informatief overzicht van de geschiedenis van de passagiersvaart, van stoomschepen tot de moderne cruisecultuur.
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Dit boek biedt een compleet overzicht van de ontwikkeling van snelle treinen, van de negentiende eeuw tot nu.
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ELLE WERNERS
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Mohamedou Ould Slahi, Larry Siems
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C.P. Briët
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Stephen E. Ambrose
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Stephen E. Ambrose
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James Barr
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Sophie De Schaepdrijver
Heroïsche geschiedenis van een Belgische spionne van WOI
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Jürgen G. H. Hoppmann
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Luc Panhuysen
Luc Panhuysen beschrijft de veelbewogen levens van de gebroeders de Witt op meesterlijke wijze. Een aangrijpende verhaal over twee bevlogen staatslieden
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Koen Aerts, Dirk Luyten, Bart Willems, Paul Drossens, Pieter Lagrou
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Maaike Charante
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Jo Ritzen
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Marco Visser
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Cliff Bos
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Wijnand Van Teyl
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Mj Van Hagen
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Ineke Mok, Dineke Stam
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Mathieu Fannee
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Mathieu Fannee
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Krzysztof Kowalkowski
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Krzysztof Kowalkowski
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Ida B. Wells-Barnett
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Lincoln Steffens
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Ine Legerstee
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Mary Wollstonecraft
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Johan Huizinga
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Nico Hofmeyr
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Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
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Bart Boom
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Anton Kom
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Jeroen Visbeek
De geschiedenis van de luchtvaart verteld met de dierenriemtekens.
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Johan Rudolph Thorbecke
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Jan Naeije
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Hessel Adema
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Gerbrand Adriaensz. Bredero
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Hessel Adema
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Donald Haks
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Geerten Waling
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Paola Bringmann
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Alaa Dusky
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Anton Kom
schokkend boek over de slavernij
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Peter Lamberts
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Nizaar Makdoembaks
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Rosine Dijn
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Marc Reynebeau
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Wiel Hoekstra
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Chan E.S. Choenni, Kanta Sh. Adhin
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Michelle Visser
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Philip Baker
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Martina Westdorp
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Alex Christofi
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Enes Ulusoy
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Bill Guarnere, Edward Heffron
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Enes Ulusoy
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Piet Rooy
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Rudi Vranckx
Zoektocht naar het nieuwe leven in het oude Europa
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Luc Vanhixe
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Marcel Kramer
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Sinan Can, Ara Halici
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Jaap den Hollander
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Anja Meulenbelt
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Pieter Serrien
De terreur van de V-bommen op België (1944-1945).
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Jan Mast
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Kathleen Brandt-Carey
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Boyd Dijk
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Eduard Jacob Rosen Jacobson
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Pieter Serrien, Louis Boeckmans
Een adembenemende getuigenis
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Ari Shavit
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Pieter Serrien, Eva Fastag
Hoe ik de Dossinkazerne en de holocaust overleefde
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Harm Timmerman
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Adam Hochschild
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Fan Jeremy Zhang, Jay Xu, I–fen Huang, Lai Guolong
This stunning exhibition unveils the remarkable art and historical legacy of two mysterious kingdoms of ancient China. Phoenix Kingdoms brings to life the distinctive Bronze Age cultures that flourished along the middle course of the Yangzi River in South Central China about 2,500 years ago. With over 150 objects on loan from five major Chinese museums, Phoenix Kingdoms explores the artistic and spiritual landscape of the southern borderland of the Zhou dynasty, featuring remarkable archaeological finds unearthed from aristocratic tombs of the phoenix-worshipping Zeng and Chu kingdoms. By revealing the splendid material cultures of these legendary states, whose history has only recently been recovered, Phoenix Kingdoms highlights the importance of this region in forming a southern style that influenced centuries of Chinese art. This exhibition catalogue includes six essays that contextualize the stylistically rich material—mythical creatures, elaborate patterns, and elegant forms—and introduces readers to the technologically and artistically sophisticated cultures that thrived before China’s first empire. Lavishly illustrated with over 240 images, Phoenix Kingdoms showcases works from the exhibition across six categories—jades, bronze ritual vessels, musical instruments and weapons, lacquerware for luxury and ceremony, funerary bronze and wood objects, and textiles and unique objects featuring distinctive designs—many of which are considered national treasures. Published in association with the Asian Art Museum of San Francisco.
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Robin Ruiter
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Robert M. Pirsig
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Tanja Wassenberg
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Rachel Carson
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Enes Ulusoy
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Gabriel Zuchtriegel

'The best book on Pompeii I've ever read' STEPHEN FRY
'Brilliant' TOM HOLLAND

A vast area of Pompeii is being excavated for the first time, revealing astonishing insights into how people really lived. In this revelatory new history, Director of Pompeii Gabriel Zuchtriegel shares the untold stories that are at last emerging.

Pompeii is a world frozen in time. There are unmade beds, dishes left drying, tools abandoned by workmen, bodies embracing with love and fear. And alongside the remnants of everyday life, there are captivating works of art: lifelike portraits, exquisite frescos and mosaics, and the extraordinary sculpture of a sleeping boy, curled up under a blanket that's too small.

The Buried City reconstructs the catastrophe that destroyed Pompeii on 24 August 79 CE, and offers a behind-the-scenes tour of the city as it was before: who lived here, what mattered to them, and what happened in their final hours. It gives us a vivid sense of Pompeii's continuing relevance, and proves that ancient history is much closer to us than we think.

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Meine Henk Klijnsma
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Riane Eisler
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A comprehensive look at the work of the groundbreaking photographer, foregrounding her importance as a surrealist artist.

Lee Miller (1907–77) assumed many roles over the course of her remarkable life – from avant-gardist to commercial photographer to war correspondent and photojournalist – and to each of these roles she brought her unique artistic sensibility. Though she was intimately connected with many of the leading figures associated with surrealism, including Man Ray, Pablo Picasso, and Max Ernst, and participated in major exhibitions of her time, Miller was also at times marginalised in the art world as a woman and as a photographer in an era when photography’s status as an art form was not widely accepted. Her genre-bending work incorporated portraiture, fashion, still life, landscape, reportage, and advertising: fearless, poetic and surreal, it reveals a world of uncanny beauty and sensual ambiguity – often with a humorous edge.

Drawing on new primary research, Lee Miller features essays exploring every aspect of Miller’s career, from her early years in Paris, New York and Cairo to her wartime journalism and late portraits. Additionally, the British novelist, playwright, and poet Deborah Levy offers a personal reflection on Miller and her art. Beautifully illustrated with hundreds of images, the book provides a comprehensive exploration of Lee Miller, revealing her as one of the most urgent creative voices of the twentieth century.

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Jill Lepore

THE INSTANT NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER

A THE ECONOMIST, HISTORY TODAY, NEW YORK TIMES, NEW YORKER AND WASHINGTON POST BOOK OF THE YEAR

ONE OF BARACK OBAMA'S FAVORITE BOOKS OF 2025


LONGLISTED FOR THE 2025 ANDREW CARNEGIE MEDAL FOR EXCELLENCE IN NONFICTION

On the 250th anniversary of America's founding - a landmark history of the US Constitution for a troubling new era.

The US Constitution is among the oldest constitutions in the world - and one of the most difficult to amend. Although nearly twelve thousand amendments have been proposed since 1789, only twenty-seven have ever been ratified. Tellingly, the Constitution has not been meaningfully amended since 1971. Without amendment, the risk of political violence rises. So does the risk of constitutional change by presidential power.

Leading Harvard historian Jill Lepore captures the stories of generations of ordinary people who have attempted everything from abolishing the Electoral College to guaranteeing environmental rights, hoping to mend their nation. Recounting the history of America through centuries of efforts to realize the promise of the Constitution, we witness how nearly all those bids have failed.

We the People is the sweeping account of a struggle, arguing that the Constitution was never intended to be preserved, but was expected to be gradually altered. At a time when the risk of political violence is all too real, it hints at the prospects for a better, amended America.

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Daron Acemoglu, James Robinson
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Radjinder Bhagwanbali
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Hugo De Spaan
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Johnathan Djabarouti
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Plutarchus
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Marja Visscher
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Alan Moss
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Kees Gerritsen
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Bruno Klappe
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Jj Kramer
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Thaddeus Hale
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Thomas Mann
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Edmund Vale
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Rocco Leplae
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Bruno Klappe
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Johan Snel
Dit portret beschrijft zeven van Kuypers kleurrijke levens. Elk hoofdstuk is gebaseerd op nieuwe bronnen, telkens met biografische verrassingen.
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Henk Schulte Nordholt
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Henk Messchendorp
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Luc Vanhixe
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Sam Maasbommel
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Jonathan Trigg
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HAKAN YILMAZ ÇEBİ - ÖNDER DEMİR - ALİ FUAT ÖZDOĞRU
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Robin Ruiter
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Elias Montrose
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John Zubrzycki
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Önder Demir
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Don Watson
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Gerard Leerkes
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Ellen Adams

<b>In ‘De Minoërs’ ontrafelt hoogleraar Ellen Adams de mysteries rondom deze Kretenzische bronstijdbeschaving.</b>

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Ontdek de fascinerende geschiedenis van Rio de Janeiro, van koloniale wortels tot het hedendaagse culturele middelpunt van Brazilië.
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Robin De Ruiter'S Authors' collective
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Robin Ruiter
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Ontdek de bewogen geschiedenis en levendige cultuur van São Paulo, de bruisende wereldmetropool van Zuid-Amerika. Dit boek onthult de stad laag voor laag.
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Katja Hoyer
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Ontdek de koloniale pracht en de bewogen geschiedenis van Cartagena de Indias. Deze stad aan de Caribische kust draagt een heel continent in zich.
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Robin Ruiter