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Eyewitness Guide Brussels, Bruges, Ghent & Antwerp
Rebecca Miles
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 207 PAGES
A superb guide to Brussels and the surrounding towns of Bruges, Ghent and Antwerp. Features color photography and maps of city neighborhoods and town layouts. Describes the area's attractions and provides plenty of background information on Belgian culture and history.
(BLG16, $20.00)
Flemish Cities Explored
Derek Blyth
GUIDEBOOK 2001 PAPER 320 PAGES
A classic 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. Fourth edition.
(BLG05, $24.95)
A Tall Man in a Low Land, Some Time Among the Belgians
Harry Pearson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE 2000 PAPER 246 PAGES
CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE
A light-hearted, informative portrait of contemporary Belgium and its history, culture, beer, chocolate and traditions. Pearson, a British travel writer, journalist -- and comic -- is a sports columnist for the Guardian. A Thomas CookTravel Book of the Year.
(BLG19, $16.95)
Belgium/Luxembourg Map
HEMA Maps
MAP
A colorful map of Belgium and Luxembourg, at a scale of 1:250,000.
(BLG15, $11.95)
Benelux Map
Michelin Travel Publications
A self-folding map covering the Netherlands, Belgium and Luxembourg at a scale of 1:400,000.
(NTH03, $11.95)
Brussels Map
Freytag & Berndt
A detailed city map of Brussels at a scale of 1:10,000.
(BLG28, $9.95)
Blue Guide Belgium
Bernard McDonagh
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive, no-nonsense overview of Belgium and Luxembourg, covering in detail the art, history and architecture of the region.
(NTH14, $24.95)
Brussels For Pleasure
Derek Blyth
GUIDEBOOK
A favorite guide to exploring Brussels on foot, organized into 13 walks. Blyth is a personable, wonderfully informative guide, and he brings to life the various grand museums, hotels and villas of Brussels.
(BLG12, $29.95)
Culture Smart! Belgium
Mandy Macdonald
GUIDEBOOK
A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture.
(BLG26, $9.95)
Fodor's Belgium
Fodors
GUIDEBOOK
Lively, fully illustrated and comprehensive, this practical guidebook encapsulates the attractions of Belgium for the visitor. With good introductory chapters, maps and region-by-region highlights.
(BLG21, $18.95)
Insight Guide Belgium
Insight Guides
GUIDEBOOK
This beautiful guide features wonderful photographs and essays prepared by experts on Belgium. The emphasis here is on providing an understanding of the country and its culture.
(BLG01, $23.95)
Insight Compact Guide Belgium
Insight Guides
Margarete Graf
HISTORY
A practical, portable guide to Belgium. Organized geographically, this compact guide features color photographs, maps, concise essays on history and culture, and a brief overview of attractions.
(BLG11, $8.95)
King Leopold's Ghost, A Story of Greed, Terror, and Heroism in Colonial Africa
Adam Hochschild
HISTORY
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)
The Autumn of the Middle Ages
Johan Huizinga
HISTORY
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, $25.00)
Niccolo Rising
Dorothy Dunnett
LITERATURE
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)
Resistance
Anita Shreve
LITERATURE
Shreve adeptly explores the themes of love and loss in her WWII story of a married Belgian woman that falls in love with the British pilot she is sheltering as part of the underground resistance movement.
(NTH93, $13.99)
The Lady and The Unicorn
Tracy Chevalier
LITERATURE
In this rich historical novel, Chevalier (Girl With A Pearl Earring) imagines the wealthy patrons, social milieu, intrigue and incident behind the 15th-century tapestries now hanging in the Cluny in Paris.
(BLG24, $14.00)
The Professor
Charlotte Bronte
LITERATURE
Bronte's first novel, published posthumously, based on her experiences with Emily as a language student in Brussels in 1842.
(BLG27, $11.00)
Villette
Charlotte Bronte
LITERATURE
Bronte's last published work, also known as the Brussels novel, is an emotionally complex, somber tale that draws on the author's schoolteacher days. Villette is also a realistic portrait of the cosmopolitan city.
(BLG17, $11.00)
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