Western Europe category: 1822 books

Varied and colorful, lively and vibrant, the city has to offer something for everyone. The famous red-light district and streets with dozens of coffee shops, beauty perched channel and surrounding restaurants, hordes of bicyclists and bicycle highways, the house of Anne Frank and the wonderful museums. Get now the Ultimate Travel Guide to Amsterdam and enjoy a great holiday with it.

Innsbruck is the provincial capital of Tyrol and the fifth largest city in Austria. Three times the village is hosting the Winter Olympics. Located close to both Munich and to Northern Italy, this is a must place to visit if you enjoy winter sports. Get now the Ultimate Travel Guide to Innsbruck and enjoy a great holiday with it.

The Costa Dorada (Costa Daurada) is a Spanish Catalan area of many contrasts, from the scenic views of the Sierra de Mont Sant to the fantastic Tarragona carnival. The varied coastline has fantastic beaches, areas of outstanding natural beauty and beautiful seaside towns.

Het moge waar zijn, dat het Eiland Marken, bij velen in ons Vaderland bekend zij, zoo wel door de natuurlijke gesteldheid van dit stukje gronds, als door de eigenaardige, of liever, verouderde gewoonten van zijne bewoners;—niet minder waar is het, dat dit Eiland, bij nog meerdere onzer Landgenooten,...

An easy-to-use phrasebook, vocabulary and dictionary reference for anyone interested in learning Dutch or just getting down the basics in a wide array of situations: Problems, Numbers, Emergencies, Time, Days, Months, Color, Getting Around, Eating, Drinking, Shopping, Accommodation, and even more. Perfect for beginners. Ideal for travelers.

Ainsi que le dit Brantôme : « Je crois qu’il ne fut jamais quatre plus grands ducs les uns après les autres, comme furent ces quatre ducs de Bourgogne ». Le premier, Philippe-le-Hardi, commença à établir la puissance bourguignonne et gouverna la France durant plus de vingt ans. Le second,...

A Primer in Theatre History covers productions, personalities, theories, innovations, and plays from ancient Greece to the Spanish Golden Age. Grange discusses theatre from 534 BC in Athens to 1681 AD in Madrid. The book contains highly informative chapters on theatre culture in the ancient classical...

With Germany being pushed back across Europe the Allied forces looked to press their advantage with Operation Market-Garden, a massive airborne assault that, if successful, could have shortened the war in the west considerably. The ground advance consisted of an armoured thrust by the British XXX...

The Middle Ages! They seem so far away; intellectually so preposterous, spiritually so strange. Bits of them may touch our sympathy, please our taste; their window-glass, their sculpture, certain of their stories, their romances,—as if those straitened ages really were the time of romance, which...

(approx. 160 pages) Our illustrated travel guide features of the best information from an experienced traveler as well as other local resources. It's just what you need to help you to plan your trip in advance and to accompany you on-the-ground. Finding Internet...

Towering above printers of his time and their successors for many years afterward was the figure of Robert Estienne, the great French lexicographer of the sixteenth century, whose contribution to knowledge and its dissemination is the subject of this authoritative book. The span of Robert Estienne's...

William Lloyd Garrison and Giuseppe Mazzini, two of the foremost radicals of the nineteenth century, lived during a time of profound economic, social, and political transformation in America and Europe. Both born in 1805, but into dissimilar family backgrounds, the American Garrison and Italian Mazzini...

In 1815, the deposed emperor Napoleon returned to France and threatened the already devastated and exhausted continent with yet another war. Near the small Belgian municipality of Waterloo, two large, hastily mobilized armies faced each other to decide the future of Europe-Napoleon's forces on one...

In the twilight of the Renaissance, the grand duke of Tuscany-a scion of the fabled Medici family of bankers-invited foreign merchants, artisans, and ship captains to settle in his port city of Livorno. The town quickly became one of the most bustling port cities in the Mediterranean, presenting a...