A collection of lively, user-friendly travel guides provides accurate, up-to-date information and expert, opinionated advice on a wide range of travel destinations, landmarks, accommodations, and eateries, furnishing convenient full-color maps, quick-reference pointers, worksheets and checklists, and icons indicating child-friendly facts, travel tips and warnings, special bargains, and more.
This is the story of Europe's rich history rolled into one thrilling account in plain English.
Starting with World War One and going backwards and forwards in time, "The History of Eastern Europe For Beginners" gives a fast-moving, easy-to-follow guided tour through several thousand years of...
You want to experience your first backpacking adventure in Europe - but are unsure what to expect? Then this book will address your uncertainties and answer all your questions.
From the coronation of Charlemagne in 800 to the signing of the Treaty of Lisbon in 2007, an accessible history of the people, ideas, institutions, and events that have shaped Europe during the last 1,200 years This fascinating history for ...
to the northern front in France. The pope, seething, was left a small enclave in Rome, the residence of popes thereafter. Paris was surrounded by the Prussians. As a final peace was being negotiated, France's capital city would be the scene of uprisings and horrific civil war, to be described in Chapter 8. Further. Reading. Benedict Anderson's Imagined Communities: Reflections on the Origin and Spread of ...
Take it all in with this handy guide to your perfect Teutonic adventure: Complete coverage of the big cities and small towns, from Berlin and Munich to the spa town of Baden-Baden The best castles and palaces, including the fairy-tale-style ...
Enjoy gourmet French cuisine or a picnic in the park. Savor a café au lait or a glass of Beaujolais. Go power shopping or bargain hunting. With this guide, you're ready for your exciting trip. Bon voyage!
One of them was Étienne Clary, brother to the two women. Napoleon's brother, Joseph,was instrumental in gettingClary released, which led to Joseph's being a regular visitortothe Clary residence. The head ofthe household, François Clary, ...
This book, by leading businessman and entrepreneur Nicholas Wallwork, will arm you with everything you need to negotiate the post-Brexit landscape and end up just where you need to be.
John Pinder and Simon Usherwood explain the EU in plain readable English. They show how and why it has developed, how the institutions work, and what it does - from the single market to the euro, and from agriculture to the environment.