Cultural Region/Western Europe
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Villette
$25.00 Add to cartIn time for the 200th anniversary of her birth, a Penguin Hardcover Classics edition of the book many believe to be Charlotte Bront?’s crowning achievement
With neither friends nor family, Lucy Snowe- Series: Penguin Clothbound Classics
- Author: Bront?, Charlotte
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 672
- Publish Date: June 07 2016
- ISBN10: 0241198968
- Language: English
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The Diary Keepers: World War II in the Netherlands, as Written by the People Who Lived Through It
$32.50 Read moreA riveting look at the story of World War II and the Holocaust through the diaries of Dutch citizens, firsthand accounts of ordinary people living through extraordinary times
Based on select writings
- Author: Siegal, Nina
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: February 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 0063070650
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Norway
$26.99 Add to cartLonely Planet’s local travel experts reveal all you need to know to plan the trip of a lifetime to Norway.
Discover popular and off the beaten track experiences from watching walruses lolling and hunti
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Graham, Gemma
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 360
- Publish Date: April 16, 2024
- ISBN10: 1838698531
- Language: English
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A Fine Romance: Falling in Love with the English Countryside
$28.95 Add to cartA thrilling ocean voyage on the Queen Mary 2 from New York City to Southampton culminating in a two-month ramble through the charming backroads and small villages of the pastoral English countryside i… [more below]
- Author: Branch, Susan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: June 30 2017
- ISBN10: 0996044043
- Language: English
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The Race That Changed Running: The Inside Story of Utmb
$24.99 Add to cart- Author: Mayer, Doug
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 13, 2023
- ISBN10: 3039640143
- Language: English
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The Fabric of Civilization: How Textiles Made the World
$19.99 Add to cartFrom Neanderthal string to 3D knitting, an “expansive” global history that highlights “how textiles truly changed the world” (Wall Street Journal)
The story of humanity is the story of textiles–as o- Author: Postrel, Virginia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: December 07, 2021
- ISBN10: 1541617622
- Language: English
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The Sisters of Auschwitz: The True Story of Two Jewish Sisters’ Resistance in the Heart of Nazi Territory
$17.99 Read moreA New York Times bestseller
The unforgettable story of two unsung heroes of World War II: sisters Janny and Lien Brilleslijper who joined the Dutch Resistance, helped save dozen of lives, were captured
- Author: Van Iperen, Roxane
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 31 2021
- ISBN10: 0063097621
- Language: English
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Happening
$14.95 Add to cartWINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE
“Happening recounts what it was like to be a young woman whose life changed — and world ominously narrowed — in 1963 with an unwanted pregnancy. . . . It- Author: Ernaux, Annie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 96
- Publish Date: May 14 2019
- ISBN10: 1609809483
- Language: English
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Rick Steves Best of Scotland
$21.99 Add to cartHit Scotland’s can’t-miss sights, bites, and history in two weeks or less with Rick Steves Best of Scotland!
- Expert advice from Rick Steves on what’s worth your time and money
- One- to three-day itinera
- Series: Rick Steves Travel Guide
- Author: Steves, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: January 30, 2024
- ISBN10: 1641715790
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Paris
$24.99 Add to cartLonely Planet’s Paris is our most comprehensive guide that extensively covers all the city has to offer, with recommendations for both popular and lesser-known experiences. Admire masterpieces in the
- Series: Travel Guide
- Author: Planet, Lonely
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 328
- Publish Date: March 19, 2024
- ISBN10: 1838691987
- Language: English
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The Other Victims: First-Person Stories of Non-Jews Persecuted by the Nazis
$14.95 Add to cartA series of personal stories from some of the non-Jews, including gypsies, political and religious activists, the physically challenged, and other “undesirables,” who were persecuted but escaped the f
- Author: Friedman, Ina R.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 214
- Publish Date: August 31, 2011
- ISBN10: 0395745152
- Language: English
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D-Day: June 6, 1944: The Climactic Battle of World War II
$23.99 Add to cartStephen E. Ambrose’s D-Day is the definitive history of World War II’s most pivotal battle, a day that changed the course of history.
D-Day is the epic story of men at the most demanding moment of the- Author: Ambrose, Stephen E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 656
- Publish Date: June 1, 1995
- ISBN10: 068480137X
- Language: English
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Night Train to Lisbon
$18.00 Add to cartRaimund Gregorius teaches classical languages at a Swiss lyc e, and lives a life governed by routine. One day, a chance encounter with a Portuguese woman inspires him to question his life–and leads h… [more below]
- Author: Mercier, Pascal
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: October 15, 2008
- ISBN10: 0802143970
- Language: English
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Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits
$17.99 Add to cart“A dream of a debut, by turns troubling and glorious, angry and wise.” –Junot Diaz
Hope and Other Dangerous Pursuits, the debut of Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award finalist Laila Lalami- Author: Lalami, Laila
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: November 28, 2017
- ISBN10: 1616207507
- Language: English
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A Moveable Feast
$18.99 Add to cart“There is never any ending to Paris and the memory of each person who has lived in it differs from that of any other.” –Ernest Hemingway, A Moveable FeastErnest Hemingway’s classic memoir of Paris in… [more below]
- Author: Hemingway, Ernest
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: May 29 1996
- ISBN10: 068482499X
- Language: English
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Band of Brothers: E Company, 506th Regiment, 101st Airborne from Normandy to Hitler’s Eagle’s Nest
$32.00 Add to cartStephen E. Ambrose’s iconic New York Times bestseller about the ordinary men who became the World War II’s most extraordinary soldiers: Easy Company, 506th Parachute Infantry Regiment, 101st Airborne … [more below]
- Author: Ambrose, Stephen E.
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: June 06 2001
- ISBN10: 0743216385
- Language: English
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Joan of Arc
$19.95 Add to cartVery few people know that Mark Twain (Samuel Clemens) wrote a major work on Joan of Arc. Still fewer know that he considered it not only his most important but also his best work. He spent twelve year… [more below]
- Author: Twain, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 455
- Publish Date: October 04 1989
- ISBN10: 0898702682
- Language: English
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The Shortest History of Europe: How Conquest, Culture, and Religion Forged a Continent – A Retelling for Our Times
$16.95 Add to cartCelebrated historian John Hirst draws from his own lectures to deliver this ultra-accessible master class on the making of modern Europe, from Ancient Greece through World War II. With over 600,000 co… [more below]
- Series: Shortest History
- Author: Hirst, James
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: November 08 2022
- ISBN10: 1615199144
- Language: English
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Frommer’s Portugal
$25.95 Add to cartYou’ll never fall into tourist traps when you travel with Frommer’s. Doing so is like having a trusted friend show you around, taking you to the places locals like best. That’s because our guidebooks,… [more below]
- Series: Complete Guide
- Author: Ames, Paul
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 602
- Publish Date: 26-Sep-23
- ISBN10: 1628875712
- Language: English
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Homage to Catalonia
$19.99 Add to cartA National Review Top Ten Best Nonfiction Books of the Century
“One of Orwell’s very best books and perhaps the best book that exists on the Spanish Civil War.”–The New Yorker
In 1936, originally i
- Author: Orwell, George
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: 19-May-15
- ISBN10: 0544382048
- Language: English
