Europe category: 12800 books
by Joseph Wechsberg
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: April 26, 2013
Homecoming by Joseph Wechsberg (24,000 words, 24 illustrations)
Published by Knopf in 1946 as an expanded version of a two-part New Yorker article.
Joseph Wechsberg and his wife left Czechoslovakia for America in 1938. Sent with the US Army to liberate Europe from the Nazis, Wechsberg...
Last Nazis
SS Werewolf Guerrilla Resistance in Europe 1944-1947
Language: English
Release Date: June 30, 2004
Founded by Heinrich Himmler in 1944 when it became clear Germany would be invaded, the Werewolf guerrilla movement was given the task of slowing down the Allied advance to allow time for the success of negotiations, or "wonder weapons." Staying behind in territory occupied by the Allies,...
The Formation of Turkey
The Seljukid Sultanate of Rum: Eleventh to Fourteenth Century
Language: English
Release Date: June 11, 2014
From Byzantium to the Mongols to the Sultans of Rum, this acclaimed book offers an important insight into the evocative history of Turkey before the coming of Ottoman power.
Turkey forms a historical bridge between Europe and Asia and as such has played a pivotal role throughout history. The...
In Wartime
Stories from Ukraine
Language: English
Release Date: October 11, 2016
From one of the finest journalists of our time comes a definitive, boots-on-the-ground dispatch from the front lines of the conflict in Ukraine.
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Ever since Ukraine’s violent 2014 revolution, followed by Russia’s annexation of Crimea, the country has been at war. Misinformation reigns, more...
Market Dreams
Gender, Class, and Capitalism in the Czech Republic
Language: English
Release Date: February 11, 2010
Drawing on a rich trove of focus group data, interviews, and textual sources, Elaine Weiner's Market Dreams powerfully captures the varied responses of female managers and factory workers in the Czech Republic to their country's transition from socialism to capitalism. Her work, rooted in sociology...
The Vatican «Ostpolitik» 1958-1978
Responsibility and Witness during John XXIII and Paul VI
Language: English
Release Date: April 6, 2017
The appraisal of the political dialogue and negotiations with the communist regimes of East Central Europe commenced by the Holy See in the 1960s did not provoke only lively debates among contemporaries, but remains to the present day one of the most debated questions of the twentieth-century history:...
by James Dargan
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: July 4, 2014
Against the all-conquering Grand Duchy of Muscovy, can the city-state of Novgorod save itself from total annihilation and bring the land of the Rus towards the West?
Medieval Russia, 1470: With Muscovy gaining hegemony in the Russian lands, Novgorod is fearful. Having miraculously defeated...
Dream Seeking
On Nisyros a Small Greek Island
Language: English
Release Date: February 8, 2007
Lin and Richard, like so many people, dreamed of a life in the sun, away from the pace and problems of their stressed lives as teachers.
Summer holidays in Europe were always over too quickly, and they began to feel the attraction of life in Greece.
After an 'accidental' holiday on the...
by Not For Tourists
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: November 7, 2017
Whether you’ve called London your home for decades or just arrived last night, there’s information in the Not For Tourists Guide to London that you need to know. This map-based, neighborhood-by-neighborhood guide will help you master this amazing city like an expert. Packed with more than 150...
by David Le Vay
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: April 2, 2012
"With a glint in his eye, Rob turns and asks me if I want to ‘touch his furry puma’. We are only hours into the trip and things have already taken a sinister turn. Thankfully, it turns out he is referring to the little embossed logo on his new shirt. "
Fuelled by a degree of midlife...
by Vesna Neskow
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: August 26, 2011
2012 Edition. This sleek guide to the City of Light and beyond will help you locate landmarks, arts and entertainment venues, restaurants, cafés, hotels, chic shops, and after-dark stops, with extra coverage of Top Picks attractions. Numbered entries in the text are keyed to area maps in each chapter....
by Paul Herbert
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2015
One can’t help but be intoxicated by Paris. Maybe it’s the steps you climb to the top of the Montmartre, the aroma of a freshly baked pain au chocolat from the patisserie on the corner, or the omnipresent chic of Parisians strolling down the Champs-Elysees. There is something special that makes...
by Brendan Kavanagh
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Bordeaux evokes rich sensations with many. At the heart of the region is Bordeaux, the city that wine built. It’s a place that reflects its elegant inheritance through its art, architecture and love of the good things in life. The fine wines of Bordeaux have exerted an important influence...
Ghent, Belgium Travel Guide
Sightseeing, Hotel, Restaurant & Shopping Highlights
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2015
Located in the Flemish region of Belgium, Ghent is the capital of the region as well as being the largest city. Tourists who stop in Ghent will be pleasantly surprised by this beautiful city with its notable art and culture. Ghent’s three béguinages (female monastic communities and their...