Europe category: 12800 books
A Bermondsey Street Tour
Great Food, Beautiful Architecture, Quirky Boutiques, and Interesting History
Language: English
Release Date: May 28, 2014
"If you're curious, London's an amazing place"
And where better than the London gem that is Bermondsey Street.
Rich in history, packed with delicious restaurants and trendy bar, and just a fabulous place to spend a day. Visiting London? THIS is the place to be if you want...
Empowering Revolution
America, Poland, and the End of the Cold War
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2014
*As the most populous country in Eastern Europe as well as the birthplace of the largest anticommunist dissident movement, Poland is crucial in understanding the end of the Cold War. During the 1980s, both the United States and the Soviet Union vied for influence over Poland's politically tumultuous...
Shanghai Sanctuary
Chinese and Japanese Policy toward European Jewish Refugees during World War II
Language: English
Release Date: January 29, 2013
When the world closed its borders to desperate Jews fleeing Europe during World War II, Shanghai became an unexpected last haven for the refugees. An open port that could be entered without visas, this unique city under Western and Japanese control sheltered tens of thousands of Jews. Shanghai Sanctuary...
The Dark Heart of Italy
An Incisive Portrait of Europe's Most Beautiful, Most Disconcerting Country
Language: English
Release Date: May 19, 2005
In 1999 Tobias Jones immigrated to Italy, expecting to discover the pastoral bliss described by centuries of foreign visitors. Instead, he found a very different country: one besieged by unfathomable terrorism and deep-seated paranoia. The Dark Heart of Italy is Jones's account of his four-year voyage...
New Perspectives on Yugoslavia
Key Issues and Controversies
Language: English
Release Date: October 4, 2010
Nearly twenty years after it ceased to exist as a multinational federation, Yugoslavia still has the power to provoke controversy and debate. Bringing together contributions from twelve of the leading scholars of modern and contemporary South East Europe, this volume explores the history of Yugoslavia...
De-Centering Cold War History
Local and Global Change
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2013
De-Centering Cold War History challenges the Cold War master narratives that focus on super-power politics by shifting our analytical perspective to include local-level experiences and regional initiatives that were crucial to the making of a Cold War world. Cold War histories are often told as stories...
by Neal Ascherson
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
What has happened in Poland? Poland has erupted four times in the last twenty five years, but only the events of 1980 have had comprehensive media coverage. As a result, many questions have been raised in the minds of Western observers. How were such changes possible? What forces lay behind them?...
by Progressive Management
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 29, 2014
These two unique guides produced by the Department of Defense provide comprehensive information about all aspects of life in Bosnia and Herzegovina, with a special emphasis on geography, history, the economy, society, security and military matters, religion, traditions, urban and rural life, ethnic...
Dancing on the off Beat
Travels in Greece
Language: English
Release Date: March 21, 2005
The Greece of fun-loving waiters, sun-drenched beaches, the breaking of plates, and big fat weddings only scratches the surface of the real Greece. In this account of a woman traveling solo throughout the Greek mainland, Joan Carol Friedberg uncovers a glimpse into the tragic history of modern Greece...
by Steve Morrison
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 16, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will introduce you to the idyllic and sunny island of Malta. It's a perfect all-season holiday/vacation destination and one of the only places in Europe for guaranteed winter sun. Malta is internationally renowned as a tourist destination, with numerous recreational...
by Francis Xavier Aloisio
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 25, 2017
Malta’s history starts most likely before the Great Flood about twelve thousand years ago. Malta lies between Europe to the north and Libya and Africa to the south, and midway between the Suez Canal and the Straits of Gibraltar.Malta is a small island nation in the centre of the Mediterranean Sea...
A Mosque in Munich
Nazis, the CIA, and the Rise of the Muslim Brotherhood in the West
Language: English
Release Date: May 4, 2010
In the wake of the news that the 9/11 hijackers had lived in Europe, journalist Ian Johnson wondered how such a radical group could sink roots into Western soil. Most accounts reached back twenty years, to U.S. support of Islamist fighters in Afghanistan. But Johnson dug deeper, to the start of the...
Litva: The Rise and Fall of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania
A Selection from Vanished Kingdoms (Penguin Tracks)
Language: English
Release Date: February 19, 2013
The fascinating history of a Baltic empire’s dominance and decline—excerpted from internationally bestselling author Norman Davies’s Vanished Kingdoms
Vanished Kingdoms introduces readers to once-powerful European empires that have left scant traces on the modern map. In this excerpt...
Lost Kingdom
The Quest for Empire and the Making of the Russian Nation
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2017
From a preeminent scholar of Eastern Europe, a new history of Russian imperialism
In 2014, Russia annexed the Crimea and attempted to seize a portion of Ukraine. While the world watched in outrage, this blatant violation of national sovereignty was only the latest iteration of a centuries-long...