Europe category: 12800 books
Seeking Sicily
A Cultural Journey Through Myth and Reality in the Heart of the Mediterranean
Language: English
Release Date: November 8, 2011
"Keahey's exploration of this misunderstood island offers a much-needed look at a much-maligned land."—Paul Paolicelli, author of Under the Southern Sun
Sicily is the Mediterranean's largest and most mysterious island. Its people, for three thousand years under the thumb of one...
Dutch Armies of the 80 Years’ War 1568–1648 (2)
Cavalry, Artillery & Engineers
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2017
Throughout the 16th Century, the Spanish had an aura of invincibility. They controlled a vast colonial empire that stretched across the Americas and the Pacific, and held considerable territories in Europe, centring on the so-called 'Spanish Road'. The Dutch War of Independence (also known as the...
An Unproclaimed Empire: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania
From the Viewpoint of Comparative Historical Sociology of Empires
Language: English
Release Date: July 28, 2017
An Unproclaimed Empire: The Grand Duchy of Lithuania is an interdisciplinary study of the Grand Duchy of Lithuania (GDL) that is historical in subject but social scientific in approach. It is also the first study to apply this comparative and social scientific method to the GDL.
In this book,...
Critique of Cosmopolitan Reason
Timing and Spacing the Concept of World Citizenship
Language: English
Release Date: July 7, 2014
Since the Enlightenment, the definition of terms such as humanity, citizenship and rights has fluctuated and these ideas continue to have relevance for contemporary discussions of globalization from a «cosmopolitan» perspective. This volume goes back to the conception of cosmopolitanism in Greek...
Liverpool & Manchester Travel Guide
Attractions, Eating, Drinking, Shopping & Places To Stay
Language: English
Release Date: August 25, 2015
From humble beginnings Liverpool has become one of the United Kingdom’s most vibrant cities. Liverpool has changed for the better over the past decade. With new, state-of-the-art, city-centre shopping malls and flashy tourist attractions in Albert Dock, Liverpool is attractive and modern. The city...
The Little Black Book of London, 2014 edition
The Quintessential Guide to the Royal Capital
Language: English
Release Date: October 21, 2013
2014 Edition. With insider recommendations and full-color neighborhood maps that pinpoint landmarks, museums, entertainment, pubs, clubs, and hotels, this fab little city guide walks you through the best of the Royal Capital, with excursions outside London as well.
Color-coded, numbered...
A History of Ukraine
The Land and Its Peoples, Second Edition
Language: English
Release Date: June 18, 2010
First published in 1996, A History of Ukraine quickly became the authoritative account of the evolution of Europe's second largest country. In this fully revised and expanded second edition, Paul Robert Magocsi examines recent developments in the country's history and uses new scholarship in order...
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Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 17, 2014
The usual wide range of approaches to garments and fabrics appears in this tenth volume. Three chapters focus on practical matters: a description of the medieval vestments surviving at Castel Sant'Elia in Italy; a survey of the spread of silk cultivation to Europe before 1300; and a documentation...
by Frances Vidakovic
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 21, 2017
“I should start this book by stating that while I am Croatian, I am by no means a princess in the conventional sense of the word. But that was the tag pinned on me and all foreigners when I moved overseas and planted myself on the island of Korcula.”
CROATIAN PRINCESS is a compilation of...
by Alan Farmer
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: March 28, 2016
Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJEC
Level: A-level
Subject: History
First Teaching: September 2015
First Exam: June 2016
Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and accessibility. Access to History...
by John Ruler, Emma Thomson
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: December 6, 2017
Published to coincide with the centenary of the end of World War I, this new, thoroughly revised edition of Bradt's World War I Battlefields is the only compact practical travel guide to cover both French and Belgian battlefield sites. Produced in a lightweight and portable format, the guide features...
Catholic Modern
The Challenge of Totalitarianism and the Remaking of the Church
Language: English
Release Date: February 23, 2018
In 1900 the Catholic Church stood staunchly against human rights, religious freedom, and the secular state. According to the Catholic view, modern concepts like these, unleashed by the French Revolution, had been a disaster. Yet by the 1960s, those positions were reversed. How did this happen? Why,...
Barricades and Banners
The Revolution of 1905 and the Transformation of Warsaw Jewry
Language: English
Release Date: August 8, 2012
This book examines the intersection of urban society and modern politics among Jews in turn of the century Warsaw, Europe's largest Jewish center at the time. By focusing on the tumultuous events surrounding the Revolution of 1905, Barricades and Banners argues that the metropolitanization of Jewish...
Indecent Secrets
The Infamous Murri Murder Affair
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2006
On a hot summer day in Italy in 1902, the brutally stabbed body of Count Francesco Bonmartini was discovered, by means of its decomposing stench, inside his locked apartment. He was a typical Italian provincial aristocrat in all but one way: he had married into a prominent but deeply troubled family....