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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Fodor's Amsterdam's 25 Best
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
2007
PAPER
128 PAGES
A shirt-pocket guide to Amsterdam, this slim book includes a separate excellent map of the center of the city and a 96-page shirt-pocket guide with essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing.
(NTH16, $11.95) |
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Fodor's Paris' 25 Best
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
2007
PAPER
128 PAGES
This slim guide to Paris includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing.
(FRN41, $11.95) |
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Fodor's London's 25 Best
Fodor's
GUIDEBOOK
2007
PAPER
128 PAGES
This slim guide to London includes a separate map of the city's center and a 96-page pocket book with essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing.
(GBR08, $11.95) |
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The Story of England
Christopher Hibbert
HISTORY
1992
PAPER
224 PAGES
Beautifully illustrated with color pictures, chronological charts, royal genealogies, and maps, this popular history of English politics, economics, and culture from the Neolithic to the 1990s is an excellent traveler's companion. Hibbert, a masterful storyteller, relates anecdotes that bring history to life in this concise, highly readable introduction to England's past.
(GBR02, $14.95) |
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Monet, the Ultimate Impressionist
Sylvie Patin
ART & ARCHITECTURE
1993
PAPER
175 PAGES
A pocket-size biography of Monet, this volume in the acclaimed "Discoveries" series traces a revolution in painting brought about by Monet and the other impressionists. It features over 250 illustrations and a full account of Monet in Paris and Giverny. With excerpts from the artist's letters and other writings.
(FRN35, $12.95) |
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Amsterdam, A Traveler's Literary Companion
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 all set among the canals, cafes and neighborhoods of Amsterdam.
(NTH33, $13.95) |
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Eyewitness Guide Amsterdam
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A wonderful guide to Amsterdam, filled with detailed drawings, photographs and thumbnail sketches. The highly visual format covers a wide range of information and is very well indexed. Slim and attractive, it also includes detailed maps and cutaway drawings of landmarks.
(NTH01, $23.00) |
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Eyewitness Guide London
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
This superb guide to London features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(GBR34, $25.00) |
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Eyewitness Guide Paris
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
Gorgeous, well illustrated and filled with maps, this compact book provides an excellent overview of the City of Light, its history, traditions, cultures and sights.
(FRN02, $25.00) |
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A Propos De Paris
Henri Cartier-Bresson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
This handsomely produced coffee table book features 131 duotone images of Paris selected by Cartier-Bresson in honor of his 90th birthday. It's a splendid tribute to the people and life of the City of Light.
(FRN132, $35.00) |
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A Traveller's History of London
Richard Tames
HISTORY
The story of London, from the Romans to Tony Blair, tailored to the traveler.
(GBR232, $14.95) |
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French or Foe? Getting the Most Out of Visiting, Living and Working in France
Polly Platt
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
With humor, directness and great insight, this compact book is an expert and entertaining guide to the French and how to get along with them. The expanded third edition addresses France's romance with cell phones and includes a short chapter of recent vignettes.
(FRN54, $16.95) |
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London Perceived
Evelyn Hofer
V. S. Pritchett
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A classic, lyrical celebration of the palaces, parks, people and everyday experience of London. Pritchett's eloquent riffs on the character of the city are accompanied by evocative black-and-white photographs by the superb Evelyn Hofer.
(GBR310, $19.95) |
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The Undutchables, An Observation of the Netherlands, Its Culture and Inhabitants
Colin White
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
A laugh-out-loud, irreverent guide to understanding Dutch character and habits, covering topics such as home, money, children and politics.
(NTH12, $15.00) |
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Tulipomania
Mike Dash
HISTORY
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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A Worldly Art, The Dutch Republic 1585-1718
Mariet Westermann
ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
ART & ARCHITECTURE
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages featuring hundreds of drawings and color illustrations and a brief chronology.
(MED07, $12.95) |
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Rembrandt, Master of the Portrait
Pascal Bonafoux
ART & ARCHITECTURE
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) |
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Vincent Van Gogh, The Passionate Eye
Pascal Bonafoux
ART & ARCHITECTURE
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) |
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A Corner in the Marais, Memoir of a Paris Neighborhood
Alex Karmel
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A loving portrait, guide and history of Paris and, especially, of the old houses and byways of Marias. The book -- an excellent traveler's companion -- evokes the character and long history of the City of Light.
(FRN351, $16.95) |
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A Moveable Feast
Ernest Hemingway
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A treasure for anyone interested in Parisian cafe society and its luminaries circa 1925. Hemingway includes sharp portraits of Gertrude Stein, Ezra Pound, F. Scott Fitzgerald, Ford Maddox Ford and others who idled on their way to greatness.
(FRN26, $15.00) |
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Between Meals, An Appetite for Paris
A.J. Liebling
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
FAVORITE
Liebling captues with stylish prose his coming-of-age in Paris in this elegant memoir, which is also a tribute to French cuisine.
(FRN32, $14.00) |
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In Search of London
H.V. Morton
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
An enduring portrait of the city and especially of its history, originally published a half-century ago. As in all of his travel books, Morton charmingly mixes a deep appreciation of the art, culture and, especially, the history of a place with his own keen observations.
(GBR269, $18.50) |
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Into a Paris Quartier, Reine Margot's Chapel and other Haunts of St. Germain
Diane Johnson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Novelist Diane Johnson (Le Divorce) writes with insight, verve and wit in this affectionate, personal portrait of St Germain-des-Prés, her neighborhood on the Left Bank.
(FRN491, $10.95) |
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Paris to the Moon
Adam Gopnik
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Gopnik writes with candor and humor about Paris and Parisian ways in these charming reflections on adapting to life abroad.
(FRN208, $15.00) |
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The Diary of a Young Girl, The Definitive Edition
Anne Frank
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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, $12.95) |
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Travelers' Tales Paris
James O'Reilly
ANTHOLOGY
This diverse collection of well chosen, mostly modern tales by mostly foreign writers, includes short excerpts by Edmund White, Jan Morris, Mort Rosenblum, Ina Caro and Julian Green.
(FRN25, $18.95) |
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A Tale of Two Cities
Charles Dickens
LITERATURE
Dickens' famous tale of love and intrigue, set against the backdrop of the French Revolution.
(GBR100, $8.00) |
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Down and Out in Paris and London
George Orwell
LITERATURE
Orwell's first published work, this novel -- based, in part, on true experiences -- is a tale of the underclass in 1930's Paris and London.
(GBR99, $14.00) |
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Girl in Hyacinth Blue
Susan Vreeland
LITERATURE
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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