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The Undutchables

by 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)

A Worldly Art

by Mariet Westermann

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2005
• PAPER
• 208 PAGES

This appreciative analysis of Dutch art in its Golden Age (1585-1718) features 100 exemplary illustrations by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch, Frans Hals and other masters. (NTH46, $25.00)

Eyewitness Guide The Netherlands

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 480 PAGES

Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book covers Holland, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. With hundreds of color photographs and illustrations. (NTH71, $26.00)

Eyewitness Guide Brussels, Bruges, Ghent & Antwerp

by Rebecca Miles

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2012
• PAPER
• 210 PAGES

This superbly illustrated guide features color photos and maps of city neighborhoods, with information on history, culture and sightseeing. (BLG16, $20.00)

Benelux Map

by Michelin Travel Publications

• 2010
• MAP

Covering the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg at a scale of 1:400,000. (NTH03, $12.95)

 

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Fodor's Amsterdam's 25 Best

by Fodor's

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 128 PAGES
• BEST SELLER

This slim guide to essential highlights includes an excellent map of the city center and can easily be slipped in your pocket. (NTH16, $11.99)

The Embarrassment of Riches

by Simon Schama

• HISTORY
• 1997
• PAPER
• 698 PAGES

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)

Tulipomania

by Mike Dash

• HISTORY
• 2001
• PAPER
• 288 PAGES

The story of the world's most coveted flower and the extraordinary passion it aroused, this vivid history traces the story of the tulip from its origins on the Turkish steppes to an absurdly coveted object in Europe and its key role in the financial follies of 17th-century Holland. (NTH30, $13.95)

Dutch Painting (World of Art)

by Rudolf Herman Fuchs

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 1985
• PAPER
• OUT OF PRINT

Starting with Van Eyck and his 15th-century contemporaries, this volume in the "World of Art" series surveys nearly 500 years of painting in the Netherlands, ending with a discussion of late 20th-century artists. Featuring almost 200 illustrations. (NTH72, $14.95)

Rembrandt, Master of the Portrait

by Pascal Bonafoux

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 1992
• PAPER
• 175 PAGES

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)

Vincent Van Gogh, The Passionate Eye

by Pascal Bonafoux

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 1992
• PAPER
• 175 PAGES
• FAVORITE

From Paris to Asnieres, Amsterdam and Provence, this jewel of a book traces the life and art of Vincent Van Gogh, the spirited, self-destructive painter who celebrated the south of France. Engaging, compact and illustrated with hundreds of photographs. (FRN29, $12.95)

A Tall Man in a Low Land

by Harry Pearson

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2000
• PAPER
• 246 PAGES
• OUT OF PRINT

Pearson, a British travel writer, journalist and comic is an entertaining guide to Belgium and its traditions, culture, beer and chocolate. (BLG19, $16.95)

Dear Theo, The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh

by Irving Stone

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1995
• PAPER
• 480 PAGES

This collection of letters from the troubled artist to his brother offers an illuminating gaze into Van Gogh's passion for art, as well as a revealing his dramatic personal struggles. (NTH88, $17.00)

The Diary of a Young Girl, The Definitive Edition

by Anne Frank

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1995
• PAPER
• 340 PAGES

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)

Amsterdam, A Traveler's Literary Companion

by Manfred Wolf

• ANTHOLOGY
• 2001
• PAPER
• 238 PAGES

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)

Girl in Hyacinth Blue

by Susan Vreeland

• LITERATURE
• 2000
• PAPER
• 150 PAGES

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)

Girl With a Pearl Earring

by Tracy Chevalier

• LITERATURE
• 2001
• PAPER
• 233 PAGES

Chevalier's richly drawn novel imagines the story behind Vermeer's mysterious portrait of a turbaned girl with a pearl earring. (NTH25, $15.00)

Headlong, A Novel

by Michael Frayn

• LITERATURE
• 2000
• PAPER
• 344 PAGES

A Bruegel canvas claims a central role in Frayn's hilarious tale of an art heist gone awry. Frayn weaves detailed research about the Old Master with a philosopher's foiled plot to appropriate the valuable masterpiece from a boor he feels is unworthy of it. (NTH68, $17.00)

Niccolo Rising

by Dorothy Dunnett

• LITERATURE
• 1999
• PAPER
• 470 PAGES

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)

The Professor

by Charlotte Bronte

• LITERATURE
• 1989
• PAPER
• 316 PAGES

Bronte's first novel, published posthumously, based on her experiences with Emily as a language student in Brussels in 1842. (BLG27, $12.00)

Tulip Fever

by Deborah Moggach

• LITERATURE
• 2001
• PAPER
• 281 PAGES

A surprise bestseller, set in 1630s Amsterdam; in this gripping novel, a man contracts the talented painter Jan Van Loos to paint a portrait of him and his beautiful wife, Sophia. A vivid drama unfolds as a mutual attraction develops between Van Loos and Sophia. (NTH31, $15.00)

The Naming of Names, The Search for Order in the World of Plants

by Anna Pavord

• SCIENCE
• 2005
• HARD COVER
• 384 PAGES

An enthusiastic and terrifically illustrated history of botany and botanical nomenclature by the author of The Tulip. (NAT91, $45.00)

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