Western Europe category: 1822 books
Brand Luther
How an Unheralded Monk Turned His Small Town into a Center of Publishing, Made Himself the Most Famous Man in Europe--and Started the Protestant Reformation
Language: English
Release Date: October 27, 2015
A revolutionary look at Martin Luther, the Reformation, and the birth of publishing, on the eve of the Reformation’s 500th anniversary
When Martin Luther posted his “theses” on the door of the Wittenberg church in 1517, protesting corrupt practices, he was virtually unknown. Within months,...
Traveling Paris
A Complete Travel Guide to the Finest Vacation Getaway in Europe’s 2nd Largest City
Language: English
Release Date: October 15, 2012
Paris – the city is well-known for historic monuments, remarkable museums, world-class restaurants, trendy fashions and the famous metropolitan panorama.
Superb French food, big-name fashion brands for shopping, monuments, hotels, churches, fountains, bridges and canals that light up Paris...
Rescue Board
The Untold Story of America's Efforts to Save the Jews of Europe
Language: English
Release Date: April 10, 2018
WINNER OF THE NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD
For more than a decade, a harsh Congressional immigration policy kept most Jewish refugees out of America, even as Hitler and the Nazis closed in. In 1944, the United States finally acted. That year, Franklin D. Roosevelt created the War Refugee Board,...
by Michael Pye
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: April 15, 2015
*A New York Times Notable Book*
An epic adventure ranging from the terror of the Vikings to the golden age of cities: Michael Pye tells the amazing story of how modernity emerged on the shores of the North Sea.
Saints and spies, pirates and philosophers, artists and intellectuals:...
Dreamland
Europeans and Jews in the Aftermath of the Great War
Language: English
Release Date: December 18, 2007
By the end of World War I, in November 1918, Europe’s old authoritarian empires had fallen, and new and seemingly democratic governments were rising from the debris. As successor states found their place on the map, many hoped that a more liberal Europe would emerge. But this post-war idealism all...
by Francois Louis, Peter N Miller
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: June 13, 2012
This book is a project in comparative history, but along two distinct axes, one historical and the other historiographical. Its purpose is to constructively juxtapose the early modern European and Chinese approaches to historical study that have been called "antiquarian." As an exercise...
Here is Berlin
With an Introduction by Tim Mohr
Language: English
Release Date: September 28, 2012
“The definitive essay about the world's most buzzed about city. JM Stim vividly describes exactly what makes Berlin such a beacon for young artists from all over the world, examines how the city's unique qualities developed, and debunks some myths – all in a deeply personal, but simultaneously...
by Mary Titcomb, A H Guernsey, H M Alden
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 25, 2012
Three short pieces take us on a tour of mid nineteenth century Europe in a solo sail. The Cruise of the Rob Roy takes us around Europe in a one man canoe. Macgregor visits France, Germany, Switzerland along canals, rivers and lakes. The Rob Roy in the Baltic is another of MacGregor's canoe trips....
The Triumph of the Dark
European International History 1933-1939
Language: English
Release Date: March 31, 2011
In this magisterial narrative, Zara Steiner traces the twisted road to war that began with Hitler's assumption of power in Germany. Covering a wide geographical canvas, from America to the Far East, Steiner provides an indispensable reassessment of the most disputed events of these tumultuous years....
In War's Wake
Europe's Displaced Persons in the Postwar Order
Language: English
Release Date: October 28, 2011
After WWII, Europe was awash in refugees. Never in modern times had so many been so destitute and displaced. No longer subjects of a single nation-state, this motley group of enemies and victims consisted of Jewish survivors of the Holocaust, ex-Soviet POWs, ex-forced laborers in the Third Reich,...
The Mountains of Montenegro
A Walker's and Trekker's Guide
Language: English
Release Date: May 11, 2015
This guidebook to Montenegro includes day-walks and multi-day treks throughout the Dinaric Alps, ranging from 1 hour to 5 days, with a selection of circular and linear routes, with variants and extensions. The 17 walks and trekking routes take in Montenegro's five national parks as well as other areas...
Vienna, 1814
How the Conquerors of Napoleon Made Love, War, and Peace at the Congress of Vienna
Language: English
Release Date: March 11, 2008
“Reads like a novel. A fast-paced page-turner, it has everything: sex, wit, humor, and adventures. But it is an impressively researched and important story.”
—David Fromkin, author of Europe’s Last Summer
Vienna, 1814 is an evocative and brilliantly researched account of the most audacious...
Women and Work in Premodern Europe
Experiences, Relationships and Cultural Representation, c. 1100-1800
Language: English
Release Date: May 20, 2018
This book re-evaluates and extends understandings about how work was conceived and what it could entail for women in the premodern period in Europe from c. 1100 to c. 1800. It does this by building on the impressive growth in literature on women’s working experiences, and by adopting new interpretive...
by Frederick Schiller
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2009
The first volume of the classic account by the dramatist Schiller of the war that shaped the modern history of Europe. According to Wikipedia: "he Thirty Years' War was a religious war fought over a thirty-year time period from 1618 to 1648, involving most of the major European powers.[2][3] It mainly...