Geert Mak spent the year 1999 criss-crossing the continent, tracing the history of Europe from Verdun to Berlin, St Petersburg to Auschwitz, Kiev to Srebrenica. He set off in search of evidence and witnesses, looking to define the condition of Europe at the verge of a new millennium. The result is m[...]

In this book Geert Mak returns to the small Frisian village of his childhood, Jorwert (pop. 330 and falling). It's a typical European village where the shops are closing down, the few children left will escape to a less arduous life in the city and it's becoming increasingly isolated. Jowert has mor[...]

In 1960 John Steinbeck and his dog Charley set out in their green pickup truck to rediscover the soul of America, visiting small towns and cities from New York to New Orleans. As Steinbeck said to a friend: 'I must see how the country looks and smells and sounds.' The trip became Travels With Charle[...]

A magnet for trade and travellers from all over the world, cosmopolitan Amsterdam is a city not only of dreams and nightmares, of grand civic architecture and legendary beauty, but also of civil wars, bloody religious purges, and the tragedy of Anne Frank. This title - part history and part travel g[...]

Den 23. september, 1960, la den sagnomsuste forfatteren John Steinbeck og hans puddel Charley ut på en ekspedisjon som skulle ta for seg hele det amerikanske kontinentet. Forfatterens mål var å gjenoppdage sitt land og sine landsmenn.

På timen, femti år senere, forlot Geert Mak Stein[...]

En brændende aktuel bog om Europa i krise - af forfatteren til bogen og tv-serien Europa.

Den krise, vi for tiden oplever, bevæger sig nu fra finansiel krise til politisk katastrofe. Det vi befinder os midt i nu er ikke en almindelig krise. Det er en overgang, en overgang til en ny [...]

Et helt år rejser Geert Mak på kryds og tværs af Europa for at skrive denne bog. For hver måned tager rejsen ham et årti videre ind i det 20. århundrede. I januar besøger han Paris, hvor århundredet tager sin optimistiske begyndelse med den store verdensudstilling. I december befinder vi os [...]