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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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Benelux Map
• Michelin Travel Publications
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A self-folding map covering the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg at a scale of 1:400,000.
(NTH03, $11.95)
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The Black Tulip
• Alexandre Dumas
• LITERATURE
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A gripping classic about love and adventure and tulips. In 17th-century Holland, Cornelius von Baerle is falsely accused and jailed. He fights for his freedom with the aid of his jailer's beautiful daughter.
(NTH84, $13.00)
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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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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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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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Culture Smart! Netherlands, A Quick Guide to Customs And Etiquette
• Sheryl Buckland
• GUIDEBOOK
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A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice.
(NTH99, $9.95)
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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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Diary of Anne Frank
• George Stevens
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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The 1959 film based on the true story of Anne Frank, a young Jewish girl that lived in hiding with her family for two years during the Nazi occupation.
(NTH92, $14.98)
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The Discovery of Heaven
• Harry Mulisch
• Paul Vincent
• LITERATURE
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A novel of love, science and spirituality from the celebrated Dutch author.
(NTH78, $20.00)
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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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Eyewitness Amsterdam Pocket Map & Guide
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superb guide to Amsterdam features color photography, easy-to-use foldout maps and top attractions. Convenient and up-to-date with an unbeatable price, this is the guide to carry.
(NTH87, $6.99)
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Eyewitness Guide The Netherlands
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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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, $25.00)
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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
• Inc. Fodor's Travel Publications
• GUIDEBOOK
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The up-to-date Fodor's guide features invaluable recommendations on where to stay and eat and what to do throughout Amsterdam. Compact and portable, it's ideal for either a weekend trip or an extended visit.
(NTH105, $19.95)
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Fodor's Holland
• Emmanue Alspaugh
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series, saturated with valuable information on accommodation, shopping, sights, and dining.
(NTH104, $20.00)
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Frommer's Amsterdam
• George McDonald
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN FEBRUARY
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A detailed practical travel guide (with pull-out map), featuring excellent annotated listings of attractions, activities, restaurants, and accomodations. With maps, color photos and suggested excursions.
(NTH111, $17.99)
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Frommer's Amsterdam Day by Day
• Haas Mroue
• GUIDEBOOK
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This shirt pocket guide and map, ideal for a short visit, features remarkably good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping.
(NTH85, $12.99)
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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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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, $13.00)
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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, $14.00)
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Girl With a Pearl Earring
• Peter Webber
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A historical drama set in 17th century Holland, about a girl working as a servant and model to the painter Johannes Vermeer.
(NTH75, $26.98)
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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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Gun Before Butter
• Nicolas Freeling
• MYSTERY
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The third Van der Valk mystery set in Amsterdam.
(NTH102, $14.95)
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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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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 Amsterdam Encounter
• Zora O'Neill
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN JANUARY
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This lively shirt pocket guide to the city, jammed with personal recommendations and photographs, also includes a pull-out map.
(NTH110, $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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Matters of Exchange, Commerce, Medicine, and Science in the Dutch Golden Age
• Harold John Cook
• HISTORY
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Cook argues in this wide-ranging history that it wasn't religion but commerce -- with its focus on quantitative information and description -- that led to the rise of science in 16th and 17th century Europe.
(NTH96, $35.00)
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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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The Northern Renaissance
• Jeffrey Chipps Smith
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A volume in the excellent, illustrated Art & Ideas series by Phaidon.
(EUR229, $24.95)
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Open Road's Amsterdam Made Easy
• Andy Herbach
• GUIDEBOOK
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An illustrated pocket guide to the city with a focus on walking tours, off-the-beaten-track neighborhoods, and day trips.
(NTH80, $9.95)
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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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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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Rembrandt by Himself
• Rembrandt HarmenszoonVan Rijn
• Christopher White
• Quentin Buvelot
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This exhibition catalog focuses on Rembrandt's self-portraiture, featuring beautiful reproductions of 86 recently restored paintings, drawings and etchings.
(NTH82, $60.00)
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Rembrandt Creates Rembrandt, Art and Ambition in Leiden, 1629-1631
• Alan Chong
• Arthur K. Wheelock
• Hilliard T. Goldfarb
• Michael Zell
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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This study of Rembrandt's work, edited by four art historians and Rembrandt scholars, centers around the years 1629-1631, when Rembrandt moved from the small Dutch town of Leiden to the more metropolitan Amsterdam.
(NTH81, $50.00)
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Rembrandt, The Master and his Workshop
• Christopher Leslie Brown
• Jan Kelch
• Peter van Thiel
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A comprehensive and scholarly overview of Rembrandt's work, with an emphasis on what was produced in his workshop. Featuring hundreds of black-and-white and color illustrations.
(NTH83, $39.95)
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Rick Steves' Amsterdam, Bruges & Brussels
• Rick Steves
• GUIDEBOOK
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A personal and informative practical guide by the well-regarded travel writer and publisher. Includes suggested day plans and information on where to eat and sleep, as well as plenty of background and historical information.
(NTH107, $17.95)
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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 Taste of Conquest, The Rise and Fall of the Three Great Cities of Spice
• Michael Krondl
• HISTORY
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A history of the world when pepper, cinnamon and cloves were as valuable as gold, and Venice, Lisbon and Amsterdam all jockeyed for control of the global market.
(EUR279, $16.00)
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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 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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Time Out Amsterdam
• Time Out
• GUIDEBOOK
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Compact and up-to-date, this is an outstanding guide for where to go and what to do in Amsterdam. With maps and introductory chapters on culture and history.
(NTH79, $19.95)
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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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Van Gogh's Van Goghs, Masterpieces from the Van Gogh Museum, Amsterdam
• Richard Kendall
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The catalog of the 1998-1999 exhibition of 70 paintings from the Van Gogh Museum, many appearing for the first time outside Holland.
(NTH77, $37.50)
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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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Where Amsterdam Cityguide
• Where Magazine
• GUIDEBOOK
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A sturdy pocket guide to top city sights, helpfully keyed to overview maps and featuring a detailed downtown PopOut map.
(NTH98, $9.95)
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