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In ‘Elizabeth Finch’ van Julian Barnes is Neil op een kruispunt in zijn leven aanbeland wanneer hij besluit opnieuw plaats te nemen in de collegebanke

We'd like to introduce you to Elizabeth Finch.We invite you to take her course in Culture and Civilisation.She will change the way you see the world.

The harrowing, survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly wrong, with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the e

Gorgeously illustrated and with a classic feel, this is a brilliantly funny story of a rabbit and a bear ... and how to defeat an icebear who wants to

Acclaimed ITN journalist Julian Manyon digs down into Argentina's 'Dirty War' and its effect on the Falklands conflict.

In ‘Een geschiedenis van de wereld in 10,5 hoofdstuk’ schetst Julian Barnes het verhaal van een verstekeling aan boord van de ark van Noach die versla

Law in Common draws on a large body of unpublished archival material from local archives and libraries across the country, to show how ordinary people

In May 1937, a man in his early thirties waits by the lift of a Leningrad apartment block. He waits all through the night, expecting to be taken away

In augustus 1897 begon de jonge Belgische commandant Adrien de Gerlache aan een driejarige expeditie aan boord van het robuuste schip de Belgica, in d

In ‘Flauberts papegaai’ van Julian Barnes raakt Geoffrey Braithwaite, een ouder wordende arts wiens vrouw is overleden, gefascineerd door het leven en

A timely selection of thought-provoking, witty essays on manners from the fabulous women's magazine The Gentlewoman

In an era of high-tech and climate extremes, we are drowning in information while starving for wisdom. Enter Lo-TEK, a design movement building on ind

The surviving works of the Roman Emperor Julian "the Apostate" (331 or 332-363 CE) include eight Orations; Misopogon (Beard-hater), assailing the mora

Ever felt as though life would be simpler if it came with an instruction manual? LIFE: A USER’S MANUAL is a therapeutic guide of how to live, using

A guide to developing the art of finding serenity by understanding the sources of our anxiety and frustrations.

This book shows how the foundational economy - public services, infrastructure, education and health care - was built up between 1880 and 1980 so that

Onze schooltijd voelt waarschijnlijk aan als een heel erg lange periode. We maakten ons huiswerk en leerden ongetwijfeld fascinerende dingen over form

A reassuring guide on how to overcome failure, teaching us that we can learn to fail well.

Grote denkers is de canon van The School of Life en bevat een selectie van zestig belangrijke filosofen, politieke denkers, sociologen, kunstenaars en