Draws the reader into the wild euphoria of the Russian Revolution, as art and reality are bent to radically new purposes. This title takes the reader along to the dramatic final confrontation between writers and engineers that signalled the end of the Soviet empire.[...]
""When you touch a Lipizzaner, you're touching history," Westerman was once told. His elegant book offers fascinating proof". (Financial Times). Frank Westerman explores the history of Lipizzaners, an extraordinary troop of pedigree horses bred as personal mounts for the Emperor of Austria-Hungary. [...]
Mount Ararat in Turkey is where, as biblical tradition has it, Noah's Ark ran aground and God made his covenant with mankind. This title takes you on a pilgrimage from the mountain's foot to its highest slopes, introducing along the way geologists, priests and an expedition in search of the Ark's re[...]
"Själens ingenjörer" var Stalins benämning på den sovjetiska författarkåren, som på 1930-talet fick i uppdrag att ideologiskt bereda marken för Sovjetunionens omvandling till industriland. Den holländske journalisten Frank Westerman, med ett förflutet som agronom, har skrivit en bok om[...]