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Amsterdam, Luxembourg & Brussels
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/LO11912. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 3 items are available
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Eyewitness Guide The Netherlands
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 480 PAGES
Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of Holland, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. With hundreds of color photographs and illustrations.
(NTH71, $26.00) |
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The Undutchables
• Colin White
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
2010 •
PAPER
• 308 PAGES
A laugh-out-loud, irreverent guide to Dutch character and habits, including how to drink coffee and why you shouldn't even think about haggling over prices.
(NTH12, $16.00) |
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Benelux Map
• Michelin Travel Publications
2010 •
MAP
An easy-to-handle, self-folding map covering the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg at a scale of 1:400,000. With an index on the reverse. It includes plans of Luxembourg, Amsterdam and Brussels. Two Sides. 52x39 inches.
(NTH03, $12.95) |
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Also Recommended
Amsterdam Map
• Borch Maps
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A laminated, folded map of the city center, at a scale of 1:11,000.
(NTH36, $8.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Amsterdam
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A wonderful guide to Amsterdam, filled with detailed drawings, photographs and thumbnail sketches. Slim and attractive, it also includes detailed maps and cutaway drawings of landmarks. Includes The Hague, Rotterdam and Delft.
(NTH01, $25.00)
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Eyewitness Guide Brussels, Bruges, Ghent & Antwerp
• Rebecca Miles
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superbly illustrated guide features color photos and maps of city neighborhoods, with information on history, culture and sightseeing.
(BLG16, $20.00)
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Daily Life in Rembrandt's Holland
• Paul Zumthor
• HISTORY
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First published in 1959, this richly detailed portrait of Dutch society during the golden age looks at material life of the average citizen including food, housing, holidays, industry, relations between the sexes -- and even toilet habits.
(NTH19, $28.95)
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King Leopold's Ghost, A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
• Adam Hochschild
• HISTORY
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An enthralling narrative of the 19th-century colonization of the Belgian Congo, written by an award-winning journalist. The focus of the book is Belgian King Leopold, who oversaw the colonization.
(CAF08, $16.95)
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The Autumn of the Middle Ages
• Johan Huizinga
• HISTORY
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A pioneering work of social and cultural history, this well-translated classic is a richly detailed portrait of life, thought and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands.
(EUR17, $30.00)
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The Embarrassment of Riches
• Simon Schama
• HISTORY
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An engaging cultural history and much more, this book is a study of the Dutch in the 17th century and their surprising challenge to Spanish rule.
(NTH04, $25.00)
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The Tulip
• Anna Pavord
• HISTORY
• COMING IN
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In Holland, the tulip is not just another flower; it's a national obsession. Pavord traces the history of the magnificent flower through the last few centuries, with stories about how much it was treasured and her own reflections on its beauty.
(NTH21, $14.95)
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Rembrandt, Master of the Portrait
• Pascal Bonafoux
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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With over 200 illustrations, this pocket-size encyclopedia traces the life and career of Rembrandt. It offers insight into his influence on the art of the portrait -- an illuminating companion for any visit to Amsterdam and its museums.
(NTH11, $12.95)
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The Diary of a Young Girl, The Definitive Edition
• Anne Frank
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The classic story of an adolescent Jewish girl's life and thoughts while in hiding with her family in Nazi-occupied Holland. A new edition with added material.
(NTH05, $13.00)
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Amsterdam, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• Manfred Wolf
• ANTHOLOGY
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Organized by district, these 17 contemporary short stories by modern Dutch writers, including Cees Nooteboom and Geert Mak, are set among the canals, cafes and neighborhoods of Amsterdam.
(NTH33, $13.95)
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Girl in Hyacinth Blue
• Susan Vreeland
• LITERATURE
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This finely-crafted novel tells the story of the girl in an imagined, undiscovered portrait by Vermeer. Created in the 17th century, the painting passes through a number of people's hands, and following its path provides a series of tales that reflect the history and character of Holland and Europe through the years.
(NTH23, $14.00)
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Girl With a Pearl Earring
• Tracy Chevalier
• LITERATURE
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Chevalier's richly drawn novel imagines the story behind Vermeer's mysterious portrait of a turbaned girl with a pearl earring.
(NTH25, $15.00)
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Niccolo Rising
• Dorothy Dunnett
• LITERATURE
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From the reigning queen of historical fiction comes this fast-paced, thoroughly-researched novel of ambition and worldly goods in 15th-century Bruges. This is the first volume in her House of Niccolo series.
(BLG13, $15.95)
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