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Author
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
"Nowa Ruda is a small town in Silesia, an area that has been a part of Poland, Germany, and the former Czechoslovakia in the past. When the narrator moves into the area, she and discovers everyone--and everything--has its own story. With the help of Marta, her enigmatic neighbor, the narrator accumulates these stories, tracing the history of Nowa Ruda from the founding of the town to the lives of its saints, from the caller who wins the radio quiz...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Twenty years ago, Bill Bryson went on a trip around Britain to discover and celebrate that green and pleasant land. The result was Notes from a Small Island, a true classic and one of the bestselling travel books ever written. Now he has traveled about Britain again, by bus and train and rental car and on foot, to see what has changed--and what hasn't. Following a route he dubs the Bryson Line, from Bognor Regis in the south to Cape Wrath in the...
Author
Publisher
Shadow Mountain
Pub. Date
[2011], ©2011
Language
English
Description
Examine seven important "tipping points" in history that were instrumental in the rise of freedom in the United States and the world. From the defeat of the Assyrians to the Battle of Britain, the journey to freedom has been thousands of years long.
65) Renaissance
Author
Series
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
1999
Language
English
Description
An overview of the philosophy, inventions, art, government, religion, and daily life of the Renaissance.
67) Transit 17
Publisher
Vision Films
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
After a virus infected France, Belgium and the Netherlands a team of resistance soldiers fight to save a young girl who seems to be their last hope for a cure.
Author
Series
Publisher
Runestone Press
Pub. Date
c2001
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Description
Takes readers on a journey back in time in order to experience life in Europe during the Renaissance, describing clothing, accommodations, foods, local customs, transportation, a few notable personalities, and more.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
In this panoramic history of Islamic culture in early Europe, a Pulitzer Prize winning historian re-examines what we thought we knew. Lewis reveals how cosmopolitan, Muslim al-Andalus flourished--a beacon of cooperation and tolerance between Islam, Judaism, and Christianity--while proto-Europe made virtues out of hereditary aristocracy, religious intolerance, perpetual war, and slavery.--From publisher description.
76) The keep
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Two cousins, irreversibly damaged by a childhood prank whose devastating consequences changed both their lives, reunite twenty years later to renovate a medieval castle in Eastern Europe, a castle steeped in blood lore and family pride. Built over a secret system of caves and tunnels, the castle and its violent history invoke and subvert all the elements of a gothic past: twins, a pool, an old baroness, a fearsome tower. In an environment of extreme...
Author
Publisher
White Star
Pub. Date
©2003
Language
English
Description
This illustrated book presents the history of the relationships between Europe and the Celestial Empire of classical antiquity, from the time when the caravans began to bring a divine fabric known as silk to the shores of the Mediterranean up to the fall of the Manchu dynasty in 1911.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Stone Barrington is no stranger to schemes and deceptions of all stripes; as an attorney for the premier white-shoe law firm Woodman & Weld, he has seen more than his share. But when he travels to Europe under highly unusual circumstances, Stone finds himself at the center of a mystery that is, even by his standards, most peculiar. While investigating a high-profile murder, he uncovers a puzzling conspiracy involving the European elite and the deadly...
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