EW books

The modern age began with the Enlightenment. Human rights, democracy, separation of church and state, the scientific method, women's emancipatio...

Food for a robust climate discussion. Yes, the earth is warming and yes, that is most likely due to human actions. However, it is all exaggerate...

Race storyteller and American expert Rik Kuethe offers a fascinating insight into the lives and work of the American presidents with his playful...

Who founded one of the largest publishing houses in the world? And who about the largest journalistic weekly in the Netherlands? This book colle...

When businessman Donald J. Trump won the 2016 US presidential election, almost everyone was surprised – Trump included. But from day one, Trump ...

The book Stronger together from the crisis. How we can make Europe more resilient, more prosperous and more sustainable contains the full and an...

King Willem-Alexander's speech on May 4, 2020 on an extinct Dam Square in Amsterdam made a deep impression and received enthusiastic responses. ...

Donald Trump promised in 2016 that he would put an end to the old politics. He not only battled his political enemies, but also party members, l...

Americans are going to the polls again this year to elect a president. But how exactly do those elections proceed? Who can run for office, how d...

Sports heroes such as Fanny Blankers-Koen, Marco van Basten and Dafne Schippers, politicians such as Willem Drees, Ayaan Hirsi Ali and Wouter Bo...

In addition to being a great novelist, Willem Frederik Hermans was an astute columnist and essayist. The renowned writer showed his skills in EW...

'I thought, I have ended up in a very high-level insane asylum with extremely gifted patients.' This is what Godfried Bomans wrote about his joi...

Jolande Withuis (1949) is a sociologist and writer. Be manly, be strong about resistance hero Pim Boellaard, was awarded the Grand History Prize 2...

Dick Dolman liked to talk about the highest democratic office. The former chairman of the House of Representatives considered directing the work...

The 1947 guide was written by EW editor Piet Bakker (author of Ciske de Rat, among others) and beautifully illustrated by EW illustrator Eppo Doev...

This book contains - in contemporary Dutch - the three most important and perhaps most revolutionary writings in Dutch history. The Union of...

Eyewitnesses about the final decades of the Dutch East Indies The Netherlands took a long time to say goodbye to its colony in the East. And the...