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Ararat by Frank Westerman
Category: Travel
"Ararat" is a breathtaking journey along the fault-line between religion and science, a pilgrimage by a non-believer that takes Frank Westerman to Mount Ararat where, as biblical tradition has it, Noah's Ark ran aground and God made his covenant with mankind. Mount Ararat is now a geographical, politica ...Show more
Ararat by Frank Westerman
Category: Travel Writing
Mount Ararat in Turkey is where, as biblical tradition has it, Noah's Ark ran aground and God made his covenant with mankind. Now it stands astride the fault-line between religion and science, a geographical, political and cultural crossroads, bound up with the centuries-old history of warfare between d ...Show more
Brother Mendel's Perfect Horse: Man and Beast in an Age of Human Warfare by Frank Westerman
Category: Popular History
'When you touch a Lipizzaner,' Frank Westerman was told as a child, 'you are touching history.' In "Brother Mendel's Perfect Horse" he explores the history of these unique creatures, an extraordinary troop of pedigree horses first bred as personal mounts for the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. Following the ...Show more
Engineers of the Soul by Frank Westerman
Category: History
"Engineers of the Soul" draws the reader into the wild euphoria of the Russian Revolution, as art and reality are bent to radically new purposes. Writers of renown, described by Stalin as 'engineers of the soul', were encouraged to sing the praises of construction. But the initial enthusiasm of Soviet w ...Show more
Engineers of the Soul by Frank Westerman
Category: History
"Engineers of the Soul" is the riveting story of two journeys - one literal, one imaginary - through contemporary Russia and through Soviet-era literature. Travelling through present and past, Frank Westerman draws the reader into the wild euphoria of the Russian Revolution, as art and reality are bent ...Show more
We, Hominids: An anthropological detective story by Frank Westerman
Category: Philosophy and Religion
A roving philosophical journey into what makes us human. In We, Hominids, one of Holland's greatest non-fiction writers hunts down answers to humanity's most fundamental questions- Who are we? What makes us different from animals? With an ancient skull as his starting point, he travels the globe, traci ...Show more
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