I was in the Dick Bruna house in Utrect a month or two ago. Aimed at children, but also fun for adult Miffy fans. And now I have Miffy oven gloves and tea towel.
La Place de la Concorde Suisse is a very good book. I bought it a few months ago. It also has an interesting assessment of how the language divides across the country are reflected in the military -- in spite of the national service aspect, most of the senior Swiss Army officer corps is from the German-speaking areas, with only a bare handful from the French- and Italian-speaking regions. Which I suppose is understandable, considering the general linguistic distribution of the population, but it does highlight the whole Röstigraben concept.
Hee! I admit that it did give me about a dozen plot bunnies. But the writing style is very clear and thoughtful, and even if it's a little dated now (since it was written in the 1980s, and the end of the Cold War has indeed led to a number of installations being decommissioned) it's an interesting look at the otherwise secretive Swiss military culture.
Thanks for linking that article on ebooks and cover art! Very interesting (esp since I grew up dreaming of designing LP and book covers and then they all went awaaaaay... D: )
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Oh, album covers! I loved (and still do) the Roger Dean ones.
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(A friend send me a PM this morning pointing out that you and I seem to be doing a lot of rocking all the things on this recs page \m/)
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