Cultural Region/Western Europe
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Same-Sex Unions in Premodern Europe
$20.00 Add to cartBoth highly praised and intensely controversial, this brilliant book produces dramatic evidence that at one time the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox churches not only sanctioned unions between partners … [more below]
- Author: Boswell, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 464
- Publish Date: May 30 1995
- ISBN10: 679751645
- Language: English
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Conservative Parties and the Birth of Democracy
$35.00 Add to cartHow do democracies form and what makes them die? Daniel Ziblatt revisits this timely and classic question in a wide-ranging historical narrative that traces the evolution of modern political democracy… [more below]
- Series: Cambridge Studies in Comparative Politics
- Author: Ziblatt, Daniel
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: April 18 2017
- ISBN10: 0521172993
- Language: English
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Great Tales from English History: A Treasury of True Stories about the Extraordinary People–Knights and Knaves, Rebels and Heroes, Queens and Commone
$22.99 Add to cartWith insight, humor and fascinating detail, Lacey brings brilliantly to life the stories that made England — from Ethelred the Unready to Richard the Lionheart, the Venerable Bede to Piers the Plough… [more below]
- Author: Lacey, Robert
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: November 12 2007
- ISBN10: 0316067571
- Language: English
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Rome and a Villa
$19.99 Add to cart“These essays gather up Rome and hold it before us, bristling and dense and dreamlike, with every scene drenched in the sound of fountains, of leaping and falling water.” — The New Yorker
“Perhaps the
- Series: P.S. (Paperback)
- Author: Clark, Eleanor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 10 2015
- ISBN10: 0062363409
- Language: English
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Snow and Steel: The Battle of the Bulge, 1944-45
$40.99 Add to cartBetween December 16, 1944 and January 15, 1945, American forces found themselves entrenched in the heavily forested Ardennes region of Belgium, France, and Luxembourg defending against an advancing Ge… [more below]
- Author: Caddick-Adams, Peter
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 928
- Publish Date: November 28 2014
- ISBN10: 0199335141
- Language: English
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The Holy Roman Empire: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartVoltaire’s description of the Holy Roman Empire as “neither holy, nor Roman, nor an empire” is often cited to underline its worthlessness. German historians traditionally despised it because it had al… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Whaley, Joachim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 2018
- ISBN10: 0198748760
- Language: English
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The Pursuit of Glory: The Five Revolutions That Made Modern Europe: 1648-1815
$25.00 Add to cart“History writing at its glorious best.”–The New York Times
“A triumphant success. [Blanning] brings knowledge, expertise, sound judgment and a colorful narrative style.”–The Economist The New York T- Series: Penguin History of Europe (Viking)
- Author: Blanning, Tim
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 752
- Publish Date: June 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0143113895
- Language: English
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An Angel at My Table: The Complete Autobiography
$21.95 Add to cartThe autobiography of New Zealand’s most significant writer
New Zealand’s preeminent writer Janet Frame brings the skill of an extraordinary novelist and poet to these vivid and haunting recollections,- Author: Frame, Janet
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: January 17 2017
- ISBN10: 1619027887
- Language: English
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The European Union: A Very Short Introduction
$12.99 Add to cartThe European Union (EU) stands out as a fascinatingly unique political organization. On the one hand, it has shown the potential for developing deep and wide-ranging cooperation between member states,… [more below]
- Series: Very Short Introductions
- Author: Pinder, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 152
- Publish Date: March 30 2018
- ISBN10: 0198808852
- Language: English
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The G.I. Collector’s Guide: U.S. Army Service Forces Catalog, European Theater of Operations: Volume 2
$69.95 Read moreIn World War II, the U.S. Army not only supplied its soldiers with the most modern equipment and uniforms, suitable for any combat situation, but went as far as providing them with their favorite drin… [more below]
- Series: G.I. Collector’s Guide
- Author: Enjames, Henri-Paul
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: September 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1636242030
- Language: English
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Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth
$31.99 Add to cartThe story of the Vikings in North America as both fact and fiction, from the westward expansion of the Norse across the North Atlantic in the tenth and eleventh centuries to the myths and fabrications… [more below]
- Author: Campbell, Gordon
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 01 2021
- ISBN10: 0198861559
- Language: English
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How Christianity Saved Civilization: …and Must Do So Again
$18.95 Add to cartAncient Rome’s brutal culture exploited the weak and considered human life expendable. Women were used as property; unwanted children were left on the streets to die.
Four centuries later, even ordinar
- Author: Aquilina, Mike
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 270
- Publish Date: January 11 2019
- ISBN10: 1622827198
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Electric Vehicle Road Trips – Europe
$35.00 Read moreHit the road with this ultimate guide to exploring Europe by electric car and discover 60 sublime touring routes with detailed itineraries, maps and charging station locations. Drive into the heights
- Series: Road Trips Guide
- Author: Planet, Lonely
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 23, 2023
- ISBN10: 1838699945
- Language: English
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Altazor
$19.95 Add to cartRevised edition of a Latin American classic in a tour-de-force translation.
Often compared with Apollinaire as the first and liveliest avant-garde poet in his language, Vicente Huidobro was a one-man m
- Series: Wesleyan Poetry
- Author: Huidobro, Vicente
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: January 02 2004
- ISBN10: 0819566780
- Language: English
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Ap(r) European History Crash Course, Book + Online: Get a Higher Score in Less Time
$14.95 Add to cartAP(R) European History Crash Course(R) – updated for today’s exam
A Higher Score in Less Time At REA, we invented the quick-review study guide for AP(R) exams. A decade later, REA’s Crash Course(R)- Series: Advanced Placement (AP) Crash Course
- Author: Krieger, Larry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: March 03 2020
- ISBN10: 0738612707
- Language: English
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A Time to Keep Silence
$15.95 Add to cartWhile still a teenager, Patrick Leigh Fermor made his way across Europe, as recounted in his classic memoirs, A Time of Gifts and Between the Woods and the Water. During World War II, he fought with l… [more below]
- Series: New York Review Books Classics
- Author: Leigh Fermor, Patrick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: October 30 2007
- ISBN10: 1590172442
- Language: English
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National Geographic Complete National Parks of Europe: 460 Parks, Including Flora and Fauna, Historic Sites, Scenic Hiking Trails, and More
$35.00 Read moreDiscover European wilderness–from Croatia’s coastline to Scotland’s highlands–in this comprehensive guide to pristine parks and wild spaces, full of photos, maps, and tips.
In these rich and informa- Author: National Geographic
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 536
- Publish Date: February 25 2020
- ISBN10: 1426220960
- Language: English
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Christmas
$20.00 Add to cartA critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author explores the Christmas holiday, from the original festival through present day traditions.
Christmas has always been a magical time. Or has i- Author: Flanders, Judith
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: October 22 2019
- ISBN10: 1250190797
- Language: English
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Trekking the Swiss Via Alpina: 19 Stages East to West Across Switzerland, Plus Parts of the Alpine Pass Route
$29.95 Add to cartGuidebook to the Swiss Via Alpina, a 400km (250 mile) trek east-to-west across Switzerland, from Sargans to Montreux on Lac L?an (Lake Geneva). This fully waymarked Swiss national trail involves near
- Author: Williams, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: January 31 2024
- ISBN10: 1786311607
- Language: English
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Fodor’s Amsterdam: With the Best of the Netherlands
$20.99 Add to cartWhether you want to cruise the canals, tour the Van Gogh Museum, or bike along Amsterdam’s scenic streets, the local Fodor’s travel experts in Amsterdam are here to help! Fodor’s Amsterdam guidebook
- Series: Full-Color Travel Guide
- Author: Fodor’s Travel Guides
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: July 02 2024
- ISBN10: 1640976841
- Language: English
