Russell Shorto: 9 books

Russell Shorto Amsterdam Amsterdam is wereldberoemd. Iedereen kent de grachten en de Wallen, de musea en de coffeeshops, de fietsers en de trams, en natuurlijk de tolerantie die al eeuwenlang een voorbeeld is voor de hele westerse wereld. Schrijver en journalist Russell Shorto verbleef enkele jaren...

Russell Shorto meticulously investigates Christian history and the Bible’s New Testament to reveal the true, historical Jesus Christ. For roughly two thousand years, the world has known only the biblical depiction of Jesus: the virgin birth, miraculous life, and resurrection. Recently, scholars...

In ‘Lied der Revolutie’ toont Russell Shorto op prachtige wijze waarom de vrijheid vandaag de dag nog steeds moet worden bevochten en dat de idealen van de Amerikaanse Revolutie dat waard zijn. Eerder verschenen van Russell Shorto in vertaling ‘Nieuw-Amsterdam’ en ‘De botten van Descartes’....

**In a riveting, groundbreaking narrative, Russell Shorto tells the story of New Netherland, the Dutch colony which pre-dated the Pilgrims and established ideals of tolerance and individual rights that shaped American history. "Astonishing . . . A book that will permanently alter the way we...

In Nieuw Amsterdam toont Russell Shorto aan hoe groot de invloed van die jaren ‘Nieuw Amsterdam’ waren voor het huidige New York. Russell Shorto is schrijver en journalist voor The New York Times Magazine. Eerder verscheen van hem in vertaling De botten van Descartes. In 2013 verscheen Amsterdam....

“An engaging piece of historical detective work and narrative craft.” —Chicago Tribune At a time when America’s founding principles are being debated as never before, Russell Shorto looks back to the era in which those principles were forged. In Revolution Song, Shorto weaves the lives...

From the New York Times–bestselling author: “Each chapter . . . offers a window on a different intersection of psychiatry and spirituality” (New Age). In Saints and Madmen, bestselling author Russell Shorto explains how modern science is beginning to reconcile centuries of religious experiences...

An endlessly entertaining portrait of the city of Amsterdam and the ideas that make it unique, by the author of the acclaimed Island at the Center of the World Tourists know Amsterdam as a picturesque city of low-slung brick houses lining tidy canals; student travelers know it for its legal...

Sixteen years after René Descartes' death in Stockholm in 1650, a pious French ambassador exhumed the remains of the controversial philosopher to transport them back to Paris. Thus began a 350-year saga that saw Descartes' bones traverse a continent, passing between kings, philosophers, poets, and...