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A daring, category-confounding and ruthlessly funny novel from Edmund White, exploring polyamory and bisexuality, ageing and love. Sicilian aristocra

"Thoughtful, suggestive and highly readable."-New York Times Book Review

Winner of the Sunday Times Top Ten Bestseller, this book is about a journey undertaken by the author that begins in the dusty city of Jingdezhen in Ch

I know your street rather well. Count Moise de Camondo lived a few doors away from Edmund de Waal's forebears, the Ephrussi, first encountered in h

**THE NUMBER ONE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER** **WINNER OF THE 2010 COSTA BIOGRAPHY AWARD** 264 wood and ivory carvings, none of them bigger than a match

Tegen het einde van de negentiende eeuw koopt Charles Ephrussi, een schatrijke graanhandelaar en kunstliefhebber, een verzameling netsukes: traditione

In De witte weg vertelt Edmund de Waal de geschiedenis van het materiaal dat hem als keramist al zijn hele leven fascineert. Door te reizen naar de pl

A middle-aged American works out in a Paris gym - an ordinary day, except that he catches the eye of a stranger, Julien, a young French architect with

______________ 'An epic novel' - Telegraph 'A worldly wise delight' - Observer 'Another brilliant accomplishment from one of the country's most ind

Diepgaande analyse van de zingevingscrisis van de westerse wereld, door de grondlegger van de fenomenologie. Verhelderend en onverminderd actueel.

Eeuwenlang was Alexandrië onder de Bergen een kruispunt tussen Oost en West. Totdat de stad spoorloos verdween. In 1833 werd de stad teruggevonden doo

In his Enquiry Edmund Burke overturned the Platonic tradition in aesthetics and replaced metaphysics with psychology. His revolutions in method and se

Every so often a novel comes along that is so ambitious in its intention and so confident of its voice that it reminds us what a singular and potent t

A compelling history of liberalism from the nineteenth century to todayDespite playing a decisive role in shaping the past two hundred years of Americ

Explore a fascinating and evocative collection of postcards depicting Scotland's capital city of Edinburgh.

'This is a jewel of a book' - SUNDAY TIMES 'One of the great stories of archaeology, exploration and espionage' - William Dalrymple 'Immensely enjoy

For centuries the city of Alexandria Beneath the Mountains was a meeting point of East and West. Then it vanished. In 1833 it was discovered in Afghan

De joodse bankiersfamilie Camondo vestigde zich in de jaren 1870 in Parijs. Ze betrokken een spectaculair stadspaleis aan het Parc Monceau, enkele deu

Explores the rich and fascinating history of Aberdeen through an examination of some of its greatest architectural treasures.