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    Bolivar

    Bolivar

    Engels. Halflinnen gebonden, met licht beschadigde omslag, in goede staat

    A sweeping narrative worthy of a Hollywood epic, this is the authoritative biography of the warrior-statesman who was the greatest figure in Latin American history.

    It is astonishing that Simón Bolívar, the great Liberator of South America, is not better known in the United States. He freed six countries from Spanish rule, traveled more than 75,000 miles on horseback to do so, and became the greatest figure in Latin American history. His life is epic, heroic, straight out of Hollywood: he fought battle after battle in punishing terrain, forged uncertain coalitions of competing forces and races, lost his beautiful wife soon after they married and never remarried (although he did have a succession of mistresses, including one who held up the revolution and another who saved his life), and he died relatively young, uncertain whether his achievements would endure.

    Drawing on a wealth of primary documents, novelist and journalist Marie Arana brilliantly captures early nineteenth-century South America and the explosive tensions that helped revolutionize Bolívar. In 1813 he launched a campaign for the independence of Colombia and Venezuela, commencing a dazzling career that would take him across the rugged terrain of South America, from Amazon jungles to the Andes mountains. From his battlefield victories to his ill-fated marriage and legendary love affairs, Bolívar emerges as a man of many facets: fearless general, brilliant strategist, consummate diplomat, passionate abolitionist, gifted writer, and flawed politician. A major work of history, Bolívar colorfully portrays a dramatic life even as it explains the rivalries and complications that bedeviled Bolívar’s tragic last days. It is also a stirring declaration of what it means to be a South American.

    Marie Arana ;

    € 20,00

    Ai Weiwei's Blog

    Ai Weiwei's Blog

    Engels. Paperback, in zeer goede staat

    Manifestos and immodest proposals from China's most famous artist and activist, culled from his popular blog, shut down by Chinese authorities in 2009.

    In 2006, even though he could barely type, China's most famous artist started blogging. For more than three years, Ai Weiwei turned out a steady stream of scathing social commentary, criticism of government policy, thoughts on art and architecture, and autobiographical writings. He wrote about the Sichuan earthquake (and posted a list of the schoolchildren who died because of the government's “tofu-dregs engineering”), reminisced about Andy Warhol and the East Village art scene, described the irony of being investigated for “fraud” by the Ministry of Public Security, made a modest proposal for tax collection. Then, on June 1, 2009, Chinese authorities shut down the blog. This book offers a collection of Ai's notorious online writings translated into English—the most complete, public documentation of the original Chinese blog available in any language.

    The New York Times called Ai “a figure of Warholian celebrity.” He is a leading figure on the international art scene, a regular in museums and biennials, but in China he is a manifold and controversial presence: artist, architect, curator, social critic, justice-seeker. He was a consultant on the design of the famous “Bird's Nest” stadium but called for an Olympic boycott; he received a Chinese Contemporary Art “lifetime achievement award” in 2008 but was beaten by the police in connection with his “citizen investigation” of earthquake casualties in 2009. Ai Weiwei's Blog documents Ai's passion, his genius, his hubris, his righteous anger, and his vision for China.

    Ai Weiwei ;

    € 18,50

    Adolf Hitler. De...

    Adolf Hitler. De beeldbiografie

    Hardcover 30 x 25 cm, al nieuw

    Adolf Hitler. De beeldbiografie' geeft een fascinerend en indringend beeld van de opkomst en ondergang van de dictator en de prominente rol van foto's bij het creëren van de Führermythe. Het naziregime maakte op geraffineerde wijze gebruik van beeldmateriaal om Hitlers populariteit te vergroten. Een stortvloed aan propagandafoto's versterkte zijn zorgvuldig opgebouwde imago. Niet alleen professionele fotografen zetten de toon, maar ook amateurfotografen legden de charismatische Führer vast.0De foto's in dit boek laten zien hoe Hitler van een onbeholpen, maar fanatieke nationaalsocialist transformeerde in een nietsontziende en oorlogszuchtige alleenheerser en uiteindelijk uitgebluste oorlogsleider aan het einde van de Tweede Wereldoorlog. Van het zorgvuldig gecreëerde Führerbeeld bleef ten slotte niets over.0Historici Erik Somers en René Kok deden uitvoerig onderzoek in Duitse en internationale fotoarchieven en -collecties. Niet eerder verscheen een zo veelomvattend fotoboek over Hitlers leven en werk gebaseerd op diepgaand foto-historisch onderzoek. Ruim 450 foto's voorzien van uitvoerige bijschriften, plaatsen het fenomeen Hitler in historische context. Op elke afbeelding staat hij centraal of is er een direct verband met zijn persoon. Pers- en propagandafoto's worden afgewisseld door privé- en niet voor publicatie bestemde opnames die - al dan niet bewust - de mens achter de Führer in beeld brengen.

    Erik Somers René Kok ;

    € 15,00
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