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Hello Europe (Our Amazing Continents)
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April Pulley Sayre |
An introduction to the continent of Europe, focusing on its geography. |
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Siberian Education
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Nicolai Lilin |
By the age of six, Nicolai Lilin had been given his first 'pike knife' by an uncle, and by the age of twelve, he had been convicted of attempted murder . . . Nicolai Lilin gained his 'education' as a… |
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Sex with the queen
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Eleanor Herman |
Explores the sexual lives of some of the most beloved and infamous female rulers, including Catherine the Great, Marie Antoinette, and the bastion of virtue, Queen Victoria. |
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The axe and the oath
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Robert Fossier |
In The Axe and the Oath, one of the world's leading medieval historians presents a compelling picture of daily life in the Middle Ages as it was experienced by ordinary people. Writing for general re… |
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Pagan Goddesses in the Early Germanic World
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Philip A. Shaw |
This book considers evidence for Germanic goddesses in England and on the Continent, and argues, on the basis of linguistic and onomastic evidence, that modern scholarship has tended to focus too hea… |
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I stand corrected
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Eden Collinsworth |
"A fascinating fusion of memoir, manners, and cultural history from a successful businesswoman well-versed in the unique challenges of working in contemporary China. During the course of her long and… |
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Religious pluralism in South Asia and Europe
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Jamal Malik,Helmut Reifeld |
Contributed articles. |
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The Vikings
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John D. Clare |
Describes the daily life and customs of the Vikings and examines their many roles as farmers, traders, explorers. raiders, colonizers, and mercenaries. |
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Casanova
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Thomas S. Michie,Frederick Ilchman,Dickerson, C. D. III,Esther Bell |
In 18th-century Europe, while the old order reveled in the luxurious excesses of the Rococo style and the Enlightenment sowed the seeds of revolution, the shapeshifting libertine Giacomo Casanova sed… |
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Dress in eighteenth-century Europe, 1715-1789
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Aileen Ribeiro |
"In this book, Aileen Ribeiro surveys the clothing worn by the middle and upper classes throughout Europe in the eighteenth century and discusses what this meant in terms of social definition and ide… |
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The year of living Danishly
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Helen Russell |
When she was suddenly given the opportunity of a new life in rural Jutland, journalist and archetypal Londoner Helen Russell discovered a startling statistic: the happiest place on earth isn't Disney… |
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Ostende
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Volker Weidermann |
In 1936 brengt een groep Duitse schrijvers onder wie Stefan Zweig en Joseph Roth, die op de vlucht zijn voor nazi-Duitsland, de zomer door in Oostende. |
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Rick Steves' European Easter
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Rick Steves |
Rick Steves, America's expert on Europe, explores the rich traditions, celebrations, and history behind some of Europe's most colorful and charming Easter celebrations. Discover Carnevale in Venice, … |
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Business ethics
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Andrew Crane,Dirk Matten |
This second edition introduces business ethics concepts, tools, and theories, and then applies them to the corporation's key stakeholder groups. It takes a European approach in a market dominated by … |
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Dissimulation and the culture of secrecy in early modern Europe
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Jon R. Snyder |
xxiii, 280 p. : 24 cm |
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Life in the Middle Ages. The Castle
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Kathryn Hinds |
Describes daily life in the castles of Europe from the years 500 to 1500. |
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Schnitzler's century
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Peter Gay |
Schnitzler's Century reassesses nineteenth-century history and traces the dramatic rise of the middle class. We have always believed that corseted Queen Victoria defined the mores of the nineteenth c… |
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European Journal
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Waswo X. Waswo |
The back cover blurb says: "Writer and photographer Waswo X. Waswo started sending a weekly journal to a select group of friends during his stay in Florence and Venice over the winter of the Millenni… |
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