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All Along the Rhine: Recipes, Wine and Lore from Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Holland
• Kay Shaw Nelson
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A tribute to the Rhine Valley, its history, culture and especially its food in 130 authentic recipes.
(GER111, $14.95)
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Anne Frank Remembered
• Miep Gies
• Allison Leslie Gold
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• YOUNG ADULTS
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A memoir of Anne, the Frank family and occupied Amsterdam by Miep Gies, who with her husband and colleagues hid and protected the Franks through much of World War II. Ages 12 to adult.
(NTH59, $14.00)
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Art Book Van Gogh: A Profound and Tormented Genius - His Life in Paintings
• Anna Torterolo
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A colorful survey of the life and work of Vincent Van Gogh.
(NTH51, $12.95)
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The Art of Describing, Dutch Art of the Seventeenth-Century
• Svetlana Alpers
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An original and controversial study that challenges the current en-vogue scholarship on Dutch art.
(NTH69, $28.00)
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Baedeker's Netherlands
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact and colorful guide to the country, featuring photographs and a useful pull-out map.
(NTH38, $25.00)
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Battle of the Bulge, Hitler's Ardennes Offensive, 1944-1945
• Danny S. Parker
• HISTORY
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A focused, fact-heavy survey of the events surrounding the Battle of the Bulge.
(WAR25, $24.95)
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Belgium/Luxembourg Map
• HEMA Maps
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A colorful map of Belgium and Luxembourg at a scale of 1:250,000.
(BLG15, $11.95)
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The Bitter Woods
• John S.D. Eisenhower
• Stephen Ambrose
• HISTORY
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An enthralling narrative history of the Battle of the Bulge.
(WAR24, $22.95)
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A Blood-Dimmed Tide, The Battle of the Bulge by the Men Who Fought It
• Gerald Astor
• HISTORY
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A harrowing account of the Battle of the Bulge.
(WAR88, $7.50)
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Blue Guide Amsterdam
• Charles Ford
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide in the well known series, this book provides detailed coverage of the history, art and architecture of Amsterdam. Serious-minded travelers will not want to be without it.
(NTH15, $19.95)
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Blue Guide Belgium
• Bernard McDonagh
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, no-nonsense overview of Belgium and Luxembourg, covering in detail the art, history and architecture of the region.
(NTH14, $24.95)
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Blue Guide the Netherlands
• Rachel Esner
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to Holland, heavily focused on art and architecture.
(NTH54, $24.95)
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Bradt Guide Luxembourg
• Tim Skelton
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide in the growing series by Bradt, noteworthy for its focus on culture, nature and responsible travel. The author includes sights and activities throughout the country.
(NTH108, $21.99)
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A Bridge Too Far
• Cornelius Ryan
• HISTORY
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War historian Cornelius Ryan chronicles in detailed, readable prose the battle of Arnhem, one of the most important -- and bloodiest -- campaigns in World War II.
(WAR21, $18.00)
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Bruegel
• Walter S. Gibson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated biography of Bruegel the Elder in the "World of Art" series.
(NTH41, $14.95)
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Brussels Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A detailed city map of Brussels at a scale of 1:10,000.
(BLG28, $9.95)
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Brussels Pocket Guide
• Berlitz Pocket Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This compact guide will provide the traveler with useful information on where to go and what to do in Brussels, the capital city of Belgium.
(BLG06, $8.95)
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Citizen Soldiers
• Stephen Ambrose
• HISTORY
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Ambrose's account of the battles fought in the year between D-Day and the German surrender, from the U.S. Army's perspective.
(WAR19, $18.00)
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Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe
• Glynis Ridley
• HISTORY
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The entertaining history of an Indian rhinoceros named Clara, who was brought to Europe in 1741 by a Dutch sea captain and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of several heads of state.
(FRN536, $12.00)
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The Complete Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
• Vincent Van Gogh
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A handsome three volume set containing all the available letters written by Vincent Van Gogh.
(NTH35, $100.00)
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The Corpse on the Dike
• Janwillem van de Wettering
• MYSTERY
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A volume in the long-running and immensely popular "Amsterdam Cops" series, this book focuses on two police detectives' investigations of the seamy side of Amsterdam.
(NTH66, $13.00)
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Dear Theo, The Autobiography of Vincent Van Gogh
• Irving Stone
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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This collection of letters from the legendary artist to his brother offers an insightful gaze into Van Gogh's deep-rooted passion for art, as well as a revealing glimpse at his dramatic personal struggles.
(NTH88, $15.95)
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The Doughboys, America and the First World War
• Gary Mead
• HISTORY
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World War I through the eyes of the American veterans who fought in its trenches.
(WAR75, $19.95)
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Dutch Painting 1600-1800
• Seymour Slive
• Jakob Rosenberg
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A generously illustrated, scholarly history of 200 years of Dutch art.
(NTH48, $40.00)
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The Dutch Republic: Its Rise, Greatness, and Fall 1477-1806
• Jonathan Israel
• HISTORY
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Impressive in scope (and daunting in size), we heartily recommend this massively well-researched, genuinely readable and authoritative history for travelers with a healthy appetite for history.
(NTH76, $65.00)
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Dutch-English/English-Dutch Standard Dictionary
• Arseen Rijckaert
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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With 35,000 entries, each with pronunciation.
(NTH100, $24.95)
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Flemish Art and Architecture 1585-1700
• Hans Vlieghe
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A lavishly illustrated overview of the art of the southern Netherlands from 1585-1700.
(BLG07, $85.00)
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Flemish Cities Explored
• Derek Blyth
• GUIDEBOOK
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A walking guide to well-known towns in Belgium, covering the history and culture of Antwerp, Bruges and Ghent as well as Leuven, Mechelen and Ostend.
(BLG05, $24.95)
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Fodor's Amsterdam's 25 Best
• Fodor's
• GUIDEBOOK
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This slim guide includes an excellent map of the city center and can easily be slipped in your pocket.
(NTH16, $11.95)
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Frommer's Belgium, Holland & Luxembourg
• George McDonald
• GUIDEBOOK
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With maps, photographs and good annotated recommendations for excursions, dining and accommodations thoughout the Low Countries.
(BLG31, $21.99)
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Frommer's Brussels and Bruges Day by Day
• Mary Anne Evans
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit.
(BLG33, $12.99)
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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
• Robert A. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs.
(EUR190, $17.95)
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Headlong, A Novel
• Michael Frayn
• LITERATURE
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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, $15.00)
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Here Is Where We Meet
• John Berger
• LITERATURE
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This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow.
(EUR189, $14.00)
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Insight Compact Guide Holland
• Insight Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A pocket guide
(NTH20, $8.95)
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Knopf Guide Amsterdam
• Knopf Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A slender, attractive guide to Amsterdam with background and some practical information.
(NTH17, $25.00)
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Letters of Vincent Van Gogh
• Vincent Van Gogh
• Mark Roskill
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A collection of letters by Vincent Van Gogh.
(NTH22, $14.00)
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The Letters of Vincent Van Gogh (Penguin Classics)
• Vincent Van Gogh
• Ronald De Leeuw
• Arnold Pomerans
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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There are many versions of Van Gogh's letters, but this one is as good as any, a thorough selection of writing that highlights the artist's love for his art and family.
(NTH52, $16.00)
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Lonely Planet Brussels, Bruges, Antwerp & Ghent Encounter
• Catherine Le Nevez
• GUIDEBOOK
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This lively shirt pocket guide to the city, jammed with personal recommendations and photographs, also includes a pull-out map.
(NTH109, $11.99)
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Lonely Planet Netherlands
• Ryan Ver Berkmoes
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical, comprehensive travel guide.
(NTH50, $21.99)
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Lust for Life
• Irving Stone
• LITERATURE
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Emotionally charged, controversial and utterly readable, this well known, fictionalized biography probes the life of Van Gogh from his auspicious beginnings as a London art dealer to his death at 37.
(NTH18, $17.00)
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Making of the Middle Ages
• Richard W. Southern
• HISTORY
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A classic history of 10th to 13th century Europe, covering culture, politics and major personalites.
(EUR105, $21.00)
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Mammals of Europe
• Priscilla Barrett
• David W. MacDonald
• FIELD GUIDE
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Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals.
(FG61, $34.95)
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Michelin Green Guide Belgium
• Michelin Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide to Belgium.
(BLG29, $21.95)
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Michelin Green Guide Holland
• Michelin Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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A thorough introduction to Holland in the classic Michelin style, featuring brief descriptions of all the major attractions.
(NTH49, $20.00)
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Michelin Green Guide Netherlands
• Michelin Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handy, practical guide to the region.
(NTH90, $21.95)
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The Music Lesson
• Katherine Weber
• LITERATURE
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17th-century Dutch painting and modern Irish politics collide in this artistic novel.
(NTH67, $13.00)
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National Geographic Traveler Amsterdam
• National Geographic
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact guide featuring National Geographic's usual attention to maps and color photography.
(NTH53, $22.95)
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Netherlands Map
• Hallwag
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A detailed map of the Netherlands at a very nice scale of 1:200,000.
(NTH24, $12.95)
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Painting and the Market in Early Modern Antwerp
• Elizabeth Honig
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An insightful, illustrated study of the transformation of Flemish society.
(BLG14, $55.00)
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Patton and the Battle of the Bulge
• Michael Green
• Gladys Green
• HISTORY
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A short history of the Allied victory at the Battle of the Bulge.
(WAR87, $19.95)
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Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Dorp
• Desiderius Erasmus
• LITERATURE
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The classic 1509 satire of false piety and clerical greed.
(NTH44, $13.00)
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The Professor
• Charlotte Bronte
• LITERATURE
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Bronte's first novel, published posthumously, based on her experiences with Emily as a language student in Brussels in 1842.
(BLG27, $11.00)
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Rembrandt
• Mariet Westermann
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A study of Rembrandt van Rijn's life and art in the context of his times. It's a volume in Phaidon's "Art and Ideas" series, which seeks to chronicle how philosophical and historical trends gain outward expression as art. Illustrated in full color.
(NTH47, $22.95)
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Rick Steves' French, Italian & German Phrase Book & Dictionary
• Rick Steves
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary.
(EUR142, $9.95)
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Rough Guide The Netherlands
• Martin Dunford
• GUIDEBOOK
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This comprehensive guide includes an excellent historical and cultural overview of Holland.
(NTH39, $19.99)
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Rubens
• Kristin Lohse Belkin
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Belkin chronicles the 17th century artist Peter Paul Rubens from his early family life to his influential interactions with the Italian Renaissance masters and finally to Antwerp, where he rose to fame as a renowned painter and diplomat to the royal courts of Europe.
(NTH42, $19.95)
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The Scramble for Africa
• Thomas Pakenham
• HISTORY
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A well-written, meticulously researched history of the Victorian land grab in Africa. The book includes excellent portraits of the egomaniacal personalities that overran the continent.
(AFR26, $23.95)
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The Sun over Breda
• Arturo Perez-Reverte
• Margaret Sayers Peden
• LITERATURE
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The third in the Captain Alastriste series, now in center of the bloody 10-month siege of the fortified rebel city of Breda in the Netherlands.
(SPN296, $15.00)
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The Thirty Years' War
• Geoffrey Parker
• HISTORY
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A scholarly history of the major European conflict of the 17th century. Among the outcomes were the annexation of Alsace by France, the annexation of Pomerania by Sweden and the legalization of Calvinism in Germany.
(EUR115, $39.95)
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A Time for Trumpets, The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge
• Charles B. MacDonald
• HISTORY
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A massive, authoritative history of the Battle of the Bulge.
(WAR23, $19.95)
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A Time of Gifts
• Patrick Leigh Fermor
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Fermor effortlessly interweaves anecdote, history and culture in this exuberant account of a walk from Holland, up the Rhine and down the Danube in 1933, through Germany, Prague and Austria. The now-accomplished author reflects on adventures 40 years past with perspective and a sweet nostalgia. The adventure continues in Between the Woods and Water (CEU31).
(CEU30, $16.95)
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Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe
• Marybeth Bond
• Mary Morris
• ANTHOLOGY
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Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris.
(EUR160, $17.95)
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Tulip Fever
• Deborah Moggach
• LITERATURE
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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, $14.00)
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Tulipomania
• Mike Dash
• HISTORY
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In this witty tale, historian Mike Dash traces the story of the tulip from its origins on the Turkish steppes to its important role as the subject of financial folly in 17th-century Holland.
(NTH30, $13.95)
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The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi
• Arthur Japin
• Ina Rilke
• LITERATURE
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An acclaimed debut novel by a young Dutch writer, concerning the tragic fortunes of two Dutch-educated West African princes circa 1830, whose schooling renders them neither Dutch nor Ashanti.
(NTH45, $14.00)
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Vincent Van Gogh, The Passionate Eye
• Pascal Bonafoux
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• FAVORITE
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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)
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Western Europe Map
• Freytag & Berndt
• COMING IN JUNE
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A colorful physical relief map of Western Europe, at a scale of 1:2,000,000.
(EUR13, $11.95)
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A Worldly Art, The Dutch Republic 1585-1718
• Mariet Westermann
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A slim, illustrated analysis of Dutch art in its golden age, arranged by genre. Artists of the era included the masters Rembrandt, Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch and Frans Hals. Features 100 color illustrations.
(NTH46, $25.00)
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