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De Balie Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.

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Book Cover for: The Silk Roads: A New History of the World, Peter Frankopan

The Silk Roads: A New History of the World

Peter Frankopan
De BalieDe Balie

We are excited for the opening of Forum on European Culture today with @peterfrankopan, author of international bestseller The Silk Roads (2015). In his highly anticipated new book The Earth Transformed (2023) Peter Frankopan revolutionizes how environments have shaped the… https://t.co/4vz0gCybn9 https://t.co/8vRbapvp52

Paperback, 2017

$23.00$11.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Earth Transformed: An Untold History, Peter Frankopan

The Earth Transformed: An Untold History

Peter Frankopan
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We are excited for the opening of Forum on European Culture today with @peterfrankopan, author of international bestseller The Silk Roads (2015). In his highly anticipated new book The Earth Transformed (2023) Peter Frankopan revolutionizes how environments have shaped the… https://t.co/4vz0gCybn9 https://t.co/8vRbapvp52

Hardcover, 2023

$40.00$20.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Utopia, Thomas More

Utopia

Thomas More
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Should literature alert us, congratulate us, or inspire us with hope? Today 20:00 in De Balie, some tickets left. Europe has a long tradition of utopian and dystopical novelists. ‘Utopia’ from the sixteenth century by Thomas More or ‘Brave New World’ from the twentieth century… https://t.co/IUYzZQIcqE https://t.co/0N17QkBMIo

Paperback, 2003

$12.00$6.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Silk Roads: The Extraordinary History That Created Your World - Illustrated Edition, Peter Frankopan

The Silk Roads: The Extraordinary History That Created Your World - Illustrated Edition

Peter Frankopan
De BalieDe Balie

We are excited for the opening of Forum on European Culture today with @peterfrankopan, author of international bestseller The Silk Roads (2015). In his highly anticipated new book The Earth Transformed (2023) Peter Frankopan revolutionizes how environments have shaped the… https://t.co/4vz0gCybn9 https://t.co/8vRbapvp52

Hardcover, 2018

$26.99$13.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East, Kim Ghattas

Black Wave: Saudi Arabia, Iran, and the Forty-Year Rivalry That Unraveled Culture, Religion, and Collective Memory in the Middle East

Kim Ghattas
De BalieDe Balie

Journalist @KimGhattas' new book Black Wave has been included in multiple book of the year lists! @thetimes @Telegraph @FinancialTimes What does her book say on the renewed unrest in the Middle East? She joins us this Friday via videocall. Final tickets https://debalie.nl/programma/arab-uprisings-10-years-later-with-a-o-kim-ghattas-04-12-2020/ https://t.co/xOH98IOXgl

Paperback, 2021

$19.99$9.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Nights of Plague, Orhan Pamuk

Nights of Plague

Orhan Pamuk
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@Childfreelife2 Hey, wat jammer dat je er niet bij kunt zijn. We hebben nog wel een aanrader: Nights of Plague van Orhan Pamuk. 😊

Paperback, 2023

$19.00$9.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Utopia, Thomas More

Utopia

Thomas More
De BalieDe Balie

Should literature alert us, congratulate us, or inspire us with hope? Today 20:00 in De Balie, some tickets left. Europe has a long tradition of utopian and dystopical novelists. ‘Utopia’ from the sixteenth century by Thomas More or ‘Brave New World’ from the twentieth century… https://t.co/IUYzZQIcqE https://t.co/0N17QkBMIo

Paperback, 2011

$7.47$3.73 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Adscam, Bob Hoffman

Adscam

Bob Hoffman
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How does online advertising threaten our democracy? Join us for an evening of discussion on Bob Hoffman's book, ADSCAM, and the power of online tracking in today's world. https://t.co/o3nZxywHt3

Paperback, 2022

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees, Matthieu Aikins

The Naked Don't Fear the Water: An Underground Journey with Afghan Refugees

Matthieu Aikins
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This is @mattaikins, journalist and author of 'The Naked Don't Fear the Water' in an earlier programme about Afghan refugees. Next week, 27 sept, he'll join us in a conversation about the current (and ongoing) Afghan Crises. Don't miss out, get your tickets at debalie .nl https://t.co/NWTLvgAHyF

Paperback, 2023

$18.99$9.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir, Margo Jefferson

Constructing a Nervous System: A Memoir

Margo Jefferson
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Rather than writing a straight forward memoir, Jefferson uses her newest book, Constructing a Nervous System to bring alive a cast of characters. Like Ike Turner, Ella Fitzgerald, and Jay-Z. Jefferson talks perspective and identity, 23th of May⬇️ https://t.co/NyKIdXLV8t

Paperback, 2023

$16.00$8.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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