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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $80, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXNTH38)		  
Eyewitness Guide The Netherlands  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 480 PAGES
Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of Holland, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. With hundreds of color photographs and illustrations. (NTH71, $26.00)		   Eyewitness Guide The Netherlands
The Undutchables  •  Colin White
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2010 •  PAPER  • 308 PAGES
A laugh-out-loud, irreverent guide to Dutch character and habits, including how to drink coffee and why you shouldn't even think about haggling over prices. (NTH12, $16.00)		   The Undutchables
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)		   Amsterdam, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Tulipomania  •  Mike Dash
HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
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)		   Tulipomania
Netherlands Map  •  Hallwag
MAP
A detailed map of the Netherlands at a very nice scale of 1:200,000. Two Sides. 39x50 inches. (NTH24, $15.95)		   Netherlands Map



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Amsterdam Map  •  Borch Maps    •  A laminated, folded map of the city center, at a scale of 1:11,000. (NTH36, $8.95)
 		  
Eyewitness Guide Amsterdam  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A wonderful guide to Amsterdam, filled with detailed drawings, photographs and thumbnail sketches. Slim and attractive, it also includes detailed maps and cutaway drawings of landmarks. Includes The Hague, Rotterdam and Delft. (NTH01, $25.00)
 		  
Fodor's Amsterdam's 25 Best  •  Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This slim guide to essential highlights includes an excellent map of the city center and can easily be slipped in your pocket. (NTH16, $11.99)
 		  
Walking  •  Henry David Thoreau   • REFERENCE  •  Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration. (WLK04, $9.99)
 		  
Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Soccer  •  David Winner   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A British journalist, Winner interviews football stars -- along with architects, political scientists and novelists -- in this insightful, humorous look at the transformation of Dutch society since the 1970s. (NTH56, $15.95)
 		  
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, $30.00)
 		  
The Embarrassment of Riches  •  Simon Schama   • HISTORY  •  An engaging cultural history and much more, this book is a study of the Dutch in the 17th century and their surprising challenge to Spanish rule. (NTH04, $25.00)
 		  
A Worldly Art  •  Mariet Westermann   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This appreciative analysis of Dutch art in its Golden Age (1585-1718) features 100 exemplary illustrations by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch, Frans Hals and other masters. (NTH46, $25.00)
 		  
Dutch Painting (World of Art)  •  Rudolf Herman Fuchs   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Starting with Van Eyck and his 15th-century contemporaries, this volume in the "World of Art" series surveys nearly 500 years of painting in the Netherlands, ending with a discussion of late 20th-century artists. Featuring almost 200 illustrations. (NTH72, $14.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Vermeer, Rembrandt and the Golden Age of Dutch Art  •  Rudd Priam   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This handsome book reproduces highlights from the astounding collection of 17th-century masterpieces at the Rijksmuseum. (NTH127, $39.95)
 		  
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, $13.00)
 		  
Girl With a Pearl Earring  •  Tracy Chevalier   • LITERATURE  •  Chevalier's richly drawn novel imagines the story behind Vermeer's mysterious portrait of a turbaned girl with a pearl earring. (NTH25, $15.00)
 		  
Headlong, A Novel  •  Michael Frayn   • LITERATURE  •  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, $16.00)
 		  
Murder in Amsterdam, Liberal Europe, Islam, and the Limits of Tolerance  •  Ian Buruma   • MYSTERY  •  Buruma, a Dutch expat who spent years in Japan, turns crime reporter as he travels back to Holland to examine the murder of filmmaker Theo Van Gogh by an Islamic extremist. (NTH91, $16.00)
 		  
The Twin  •  Gerbrand Bakker   • LITERATURE  •  Bakker's spare, tender ode evokes life on a rural farm in the Dutch countryside. (NTH130, $16.00)
 		  
The Two Hearts of Kwasi Boachi  •  Arthur Japin  •  Ina Rilke   • LITERATURE  •  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, $16.00)
 		  
Tulip Fever  •  Deborah Moggach   • LITERATURE  •  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, $15.00)
 		  
Birds of Europe  •  Lars Svensson   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)
 		  
 
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