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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $55, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXBLG11)		  
Eyewitness Guide Brussels, Bruges, Ghent & Antwerp  •  Rebecca Miles
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 210 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)		   Eyewitness Guide Brussels, Bruges, Ghent & Antwerp
Culture Smart! Belgium  •  Mandy Macdonald
GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 168 PAGES
A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (BLG26, $9.95)		  
A Tall Man in a Low Land  •  Harry Pearson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 246 PAGES
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)		   A Tall Man in a Low Land
Belgium/Luxembourg Map  •  HEMA Maps
MAP
A colorful map of Belgium and Luxembourg, at a scale of 1:250,000. Two Sides. 39x56 inches. (BLG15, $10.95)		   Belgium/Luxembourg Map



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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)
 		  
Eyewitness Guide Belgium and Luxembourg  •  Inc. Dorling Kindersley   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Another gem in the Eyewitness series, this superb guide is handsome, convenient and up-to-date; it's the guide to carry. Featuring color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. (BLG41, $25.00)
 		  
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, $17.95)
 		  
Good Beer Guide Belgium  •  Tim Webb   • GUIDEBOOK  •  The sixth edition of Webb's invaluable guide to breweries, beers and bars. (BLG40, $23.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Time Out Brussels, Antwerp, Ghent and Bruges  •  Time Out   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine. (BLG43, $19.95)
 		  
Xenophobe's Guide to the Belgians  •  Antony Mason   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This irreverent pocket guide to cultural awareness is both insightful -- and entertaining. (BLG48, $7.95)
 		  
A Bridge Too Far  •  Cornelius Ryan   • HISTORY  •  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, $19.99)
 		  
A Time for Trumpets, The Untold Story of the Battle of the Bulge  •  Charles B. MacDonald   • HISTORY  •  A massive, authoritative history of the Battle of the Bulge. (WAR23, $19.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
Making of the Middle Ages  •  Richard W. Southern   • HISTORY  •  A classic history of 10th to 13th century Europe, covering culture, politics and major personalites. (EUR105, $21.00)
 		  
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, $30.00)
 		  
Flemish Art and Architecture 1585-1700  •  Hans Vlieghe   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  A lavishly illustrated overview of the art of the southern Netherlands from 1585-1700. (BLG07, $52.00)
 		  
Painting and the Market in Early Modern Antwerp  •  Elizabeth Honig   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An insightful, illustrated study of the transformation of Flemish society. (BLG14, $60.00)
 		  
A Time of Gifts  •  Patrick Leigh Fermor   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • BEST SELLER  •  Fermor effortlessly interweaves anecdote, history and culture in this exuberant account of a walk from Holland, up the Rhine and down the Danube, through Germany, Prague and Austria in 1933. Written not in the moment, but 40 years later, the accumulation of time and experience give the book particular poignancy. (CEU30, $16.95)
 		  
Master of Shadows, The Secret Diplomatic Career of the Painter Peter Paul Rubens  •  Mark Lamster   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Ranging from his home in Antwerp to London, Madrid, Paris and Rome, Lamster uncovers the gripping tale of the world's most famous painter and his double life as a secret agent, diplomat and political operative in 17th century Europe. (BLG44, $17.00)
 		  
Austerlitz  •  Anthea Bell  •  Winfried Georg Sebald   • LITERATURE  •  Seabald's haunting book, evocative of WWII Europe, travels from the magnificent railway station in Antwerp to London, Paris and the streets in Prague where the narrator Austerlitz was born and fled during the Nazi devastation. (GER282, $16.00)
 		  
In Bruges  •  Martin McDonagh   • MYSTERY  •  Filed on location in Belgium, two hitmen (Colin Farrell and Brendan Gleeson) and hiding out in the city of Bruges run up against a crime boss played by Ralph Fiennes in this black comedy by playwright McDonagh. (BLG45, $14.98)
 		  
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, $16.00)
 		  
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, $12.00)
 		  
Mammals of Europe  •  Priscilla Barrett  •  David W. MacDonald   • FIELD GUIDE  •  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, $38.50)
 		  
 
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