Western Europe category: 1822 books
Bohemian Paris
Picasso, Modigliani, Matisse, and the Birth of Modern Art
Language: English
Release Date: December 1, 2007
“[An] epic account of life and loves among artists and writers in Paris from belle époque to world slump.” —William Feaver, The Spectator**
A legendary capital of the arts, Paris hosted some of the most legendary developments in world culture—particularly at the beginning of the twentieth...
Camille Pissarro
Drawings
Language: English
Release Date: May 13, 2013
"Blessed are they who see beautiful things in humble places where other people see nothing." Camille Pissarro
Camille Pissarro was French artist, the only painter to show in all eight of the Impressionist exhibitions between 1874 and 1886, and he is frequently...
by Simone van der Vlugt
Language: Dutch
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Language: Dutch
Release Date: January 18, 2012
Historische roman tegen de achtergrond van de Tachtigjarige Oorlog Het is 1552, de vooravond van de Tachtigjarige Oorlog. Lideweij Feelinck krijgt een relatie met de jonge arts Andries Griffioen, aanhanger van het protestantisme. Om met hem te kunnen trouwen trotseert ze de wil van haar vader, die...
by Simone van der Vlugt
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 5, 2010
Language: Dutch
Release Date: November 5, 2010
In deze historische roman kruipt Simone van der Vlugt op overtuigende wijze in de huid van Jacoba van Beieren (1401-1436). Jacoba was haar tijd ver vooruit, stak haar feministische ideeën niet onder stoelen of banken en koos ook in de liefde niet altijd voor de makkelijkste weg. Het lot was Jacoba...
by Marcus Aurelius
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2014
“You have power over your mind - not outside events. Realize this, and you will find strength. The happiness of your life depends upon the quality of your thoughts.”
Meditations is a series of personal reflections by Marcus Aurelius, Roman Emperor 161–180 CE, written over a series of...
London’s Notorious Covent Garden Revisited
The Cultural Heart of London
Language: English
Release Date: April 30, 2019
Covent Garden, the cultural heart of London, is notorious for its history, ghosts, and the Old Market. Discover the special places unique to this area. It would be interesting to read about the latest fashionable shops, popular pubs and hotels that existed in Covent Garden a hundred years ago but...
The Great Degeneration
How Institutions Decay and Economies Die
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2013
From the bestselling author of The Ascent of Money and The Square and the Tower, a searching and provocative examination of the widespread institutional rot that threatens our collective future
What causes rich countries to lose their way? Symptoms of decline are all around us today: slowing...
1066 and Before All That
The Battle of Hastings, Anglo-Saxon and Norman England
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2017
A riveting account of the most consequential year in English history—with a touch of classic British humor.
1066 is the most famous date in history, and with good reason, since no battle in medieval history had such a devastating effect on its losers as the Battle of Hastings—which altered...
Industry in the Wilderness
The People, the Buildings, the Machines — Heritage in Northwestern Ontario
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 1983
Filled with photographs, both historic and contemporary, this engaging book looks at the industrial pioneers of northwestern Ontario, and the activities which brought them to the wilderness: surveying, railroading, lumber, gold, bush piloting, transportation, and hydro power. Rasky lets the pioneers...
Living with Conflict
A Challenge to a Peace Church
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
In Living with Conflict: A Challenge to a Peace Church, Susan Robson explores the discomforts and denials that can arise when an organization committed to doing good suspects that it is not living up to its declared aims. This case study of Quakers in the United Kingdom closely examines the challenge...
Moresnet
opkomst en ondergang van een vergeten buurlandje
Language: Dutch
Release Date: February 18, 2016
'Zoals in zijn eerdere boek De schaduw van Tambora, bedrijft Dröge ook hier weer historische schakelvertelkunst van het hoogste niveau. Hij sleept op overtuigende wijze randgebeurtenissen naar het centrum van zijn belangstelling. *****' NRC Handelsblad
Van 1816 tot 1918 lag Moresnet aan de...
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Language: German
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Language: German
Release Date: July 4, 2017
Die interdisziplinäre Studie zu den (Wieder-)Aufbauprojekten des Berliner und Posener Schlosses verdeutlicht die unterschiedlichen Intentionen von Erinnerungsimplantaten. Die Autoren untersuchen die historische und kunstgeschichtliche Bedeutung der Schlösser mit Blick auf den Verlauf der Entscheidungsprozesse...
Dunkirk
The History Behind the Major Motion Picture
Language: English
Release Date: June 27, 2017
New York Times Bestseller
The epic true story of Dunkirk—now a major motion picture, written and directed by Christopher Nolan, and starring Kenneth Branagh, Tom Hardy, and Mark Rylance
In 1940, the Allies had been beaten back by the Nazis across France to the northern port of Dunkirk....
The Viceroy's Daughters
The Lives of the Curzon Sisters
Language: English
Release Date: September 16, 2014
Based on unpublished letters and diaries, The Viceroy's Daughters is a riveting portrait of three spirited and wilful women who were born at the height of British upper-class wealth and privilege.
The oldest, Irene, never married but pursued her passion for foxes, alcohol, and married men....