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    Papi, Silvio Berlusconi

    Papi, Silvio Berlusconi

    Dikke paperback, zo goed als nieuw. Mooi ex. 

    Biografie van de Italiaanse minister-president met speciale aandacht voor de verstrengeling van zijn politieke en zakelijke belangen.

    Peter Gomez, Marco Lillo en Marco Travaglio, allen gelauwerde en gelouterde Italiaanse journalisten die voor verschillende kranten verslag doen van grote corruptieschandalen, omkopingen en maffi apraktijken, schetsen in Papi een gedetailleerd en ontluisterend beeld van de handelswijze van minister-president Berlusconi (leider van de politieke partij Popolo della Liberta, eigenaar van het Italiaans media-imperium Mediaset en een van de eigenaren van de voetbalclub AC Milan) en zijn entourage. En dan vooral van de wijze waarop zij over de rug van het Italiaanse electoraat samenzweren en de boel belazeren, waarbij niet alleen actrices en escorts zijn betrokken...

    Aan de hand van afgetapte telefoongesprekken, opgenomen door Italiaanse aanklagers en politieofficieren en interviews en artikelen uit kranten en tijdschriften, tonen de auteurs aan hoe Berlusconi Kamerleden, officieren van justitie en mediaspecialisten probeerde om te kopen en hen in allerlei compromitterende situaties trachtte te brengen. Papi gaat ook uitgebreid over Berlusconi en de vrouwen. Veel van de jongedames die in allerlei schandalen rondom Berlusconi verwikkeld raakten, zetelen nu in het Europees Parlement, als dank voor hun aanwezigheid in Berlusconi`s buitenhuis in Sardinie of bij feesten in Rome. Ook wordt dieper ingegaan op de zaak-Noemi Letizia. Berlusconi nam de toen zeventienjarige in november 2008 mee naar een officieel diner in een Romeinse villa met ministers en captains of industry....

    Peter Gomez ;

    € 7,50 € 6,00

    The Mirror and the...

    The Mirror and the Palette. Rebellion, Revolution and Resilience

    Paperback in goede staat. Naam op titelpagina. 2 Fotokaternen. Engelstalig

    Her story weaves in and out of time and place. She's Frida Kahlo, Lois Mailou Jones and Amrita Sher-Gil en route to Mexico City, Paris or Bombay. She's Suzanne Valadon and Gwen John, craving city lights, the sea and solitude; she's Artemisia Gentileschi striding through the streets of Naples and Paula Modersohn-Becker in Worpswede. She's haunting museums in her paint-stained dress, scrutinising how El Greco or Titian or Van Dyck or Cezanne solved the problems that she too is facing. She's railing against her corsets, her chaperones, her husband and her brothers; she's hammering on doors, dreaming in her bedroom, working day and night in her studio. Despite the immense hurdles that have been placed in her way, she sits at her easel, picks up a mirror and paints a self-portrait because, as a subject, she is always available. Until the twentieth century, art history was, in the main, written by white men who tended to write about other white men. The idea that women in the West have always made art was rarely cited as a possibility. Yet they have - and, of course, continue to do so - often against tremendous odds, from laws and religion to the pressures of family and public disapproval. In THE MIRROR AND THE PALETTE, Jennifer Higgie introduces us to a cross-section of women artists who embody the fact that there is more than one way to understand our planet, more than one way to live in it and more than one way to make art about it. Spanning 500 years, biography and cultural history intertwine in a narrative packed with tales of rebellion, adventure, revolution, travel and tragedy enacted by women who turned their back on convention and lived lives of great resilience, creativity and bravery. This is a dazzlingly original and ambitious book by one of the most well-respected art critics at work today.

    Jennifer Higgie;

    € 15,00

    The Great Escape

    The Great Escape

    Engelstalige paperback, in zeer goede staat. Nobelprijswinnaar. 

    A Nobel Prize–winning economist tells the remarkable story of how the world has grown healthier, wealthier, but also more unequal over the past two and half centuries

    The world is a better place than it used to be. People are healthier, wealthier, and live longer. Yet the escapes from destitution by so many has left gaping inequalities between people and nations. In The Great Escape, Nobel Prize–winning economist Angus Deaton—one of the foremost experts on economic development and on poverty—tells the remarkable story of how, beginning 250 years ago, some parts of the world experienced sustained progress, opening up gaps and setting the stage for today's disproportionately unequal world. Deaton takes an in-depth look at the historical and ongoing patterns behind the health and wealth of nations, and addresses what needs to be done to help those left behind.

    Deaton describes vast innovations and wrenching setbacks: the successes of antibiotics, pest control, vaccinations, and clean water on the one hand, and disastrous famines and the HIV/AIDS epidemic on the other. He examines the United States, a nation that has prospered but is today experiencing slower growth and increasing inequality. He also considers how economic growth in India and China has improved the lives of more than a billion people. Deaton argues that international aid has been ineffective and even harmful. He suggests alternative efforts—including reforming incentives to drug companies and lifting trade restrictions—that will allow the developing world to bring about its own Great Escape.

    Demonstrating how changes in health and living standards have transformed our lives, The Great Escape is a powerful guide to addressing the well-being of all nations.

    Angus Deaton ;

    € 9,50

    China, Hong Kong,...

    China, Hong Kong, Taiwan, Inc.

    Engelstalige pocket, in very good condition, like new. Text in English. Translated from the Dutch by Diana Webb.

    On the eve of June 30, Hong Kong was officially passed back to China. This event will mark what Willem van Kemenade sees as the start of an increasingly problematic -- and even dangerous -- reintegration of the old Chinese empire into a new world superpower. Since the early 1980s, investment money has been pouring into China from Hong Kong and trade has escalated at a rocket's pace. A few years later, the same pattern began between China and Taiwan. The combination of Hong Kong/Taiwan management, financial and export know-how with China's inexhaustible pool of cheap labor and land has enabled China in one decade to leap from an impoverished revolutionary state to a major international trading power. This economic boom, in conjunction with the violation of intellectual property rights, systematic tax fraud, and the corruption of the police force, has helped shape the "socialist market economy," China's third way -- and a new mix of old-fashioned Soviet Communism and East Asian capitalism.

    The formal addition of Hong Kong will add to this mixture the democratic structures set in place by the British. And, as China moves to reclaim Taiwan (the process has already begun), it will be incorporating a rival Chinese sub-nation with a fully election-based political system and a powerful independence movement. Can such a reunified China resist the "spiritual pollution" of democratic values, human rights, and political freedom? Will it become the first depoliticized "corporatist superpower"? What are the prospects that reunification will be peaceful?

    Van Kemenade's portrait of the true internal power structures of the three Chinas provides our clearest look yet at the fastest-rising new empire in the world today.

    Willem Van Kemenade ;

    € 9,50

    The Dictionary of...

    The Dictionary of Jewish Biography

    Dikke hardback met stofomslag in goede staat. Aantekening op schutblad. Rug stofomslag licht verkleurd. Verder netjes. Engelstalig.

    From Abraham to Saul Bellow, from Moses Maimonides to Woody Allen, from the Baal Shem Tov to Albert Einstein, this comprehensive dictionary of Jewish biographies provides a first point of entry into the fascinating richness of the Jewish heritage. Compiled with the assistance of a distinguished group of scholars, theDictionary of Jewish Biographyprovides a rapid reference to the biographies of almost 4000 Jewish men and women who, over the past four millennia, have contributed to the life, history, and study of Judaism in all its facets. Those profiled represent every walk of life and every area of accomplishment. Included are rabbinic scholars, key religious figures, spiritual leaders, founders of modern movements, major writers, Enlightenment figures, novelists, journalists, scientists, mystics, Israeli politicians, musicians, actors and actresses, film stars, famous rabbis, distinguished cantors, biblical figures, economists, architects, athletes, and radicals and heretics. Each entry is followed by a short bibliography. The book includes an extended Introduction, which explains the criteria for inclusion, and outlines the history of Israel and the Jewish diaspora. This dictionary will prove essential for general readers interested in the evolution of Judaism from ancient times to the present day, a perfect study aid for students and teachers. This panoramic bibliographic survey provides a unique guide to the leading figures of the past and present.

    Dan Cohn-Sherbok;

    € 6,50
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