Air Force Combat Units of World War II
Author : Maurer Maurer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 13,64 MB
Release : 1961
Category : United States
ISBN : 1428915850
Author : Maurer Maurer
Publisher : DIANE Publishing
Page : 520 pages
File Size : 13,64 MB
Release : 1961
Category : United States
ISBN : 1428915850
Author : Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff
Publisher : Fodor's
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 36,10 MB
Release : 1999
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780679000600
Experienced and first-time travelers alike rely on Fodor's Gold Guides for rich, reliable coverage the world over. Smart travel tips and important contact info make planning your trip a breeze, and detailed coverage of sights, accommodations, and restaurants give you the info you need to make your experience enriching and hassle-free. If you only have room for one guide, this is the one for you. The best guide to The Netherlands, Belgium, and Luxembourg, packed with essentials Great walks in Amsterdam, Brussels, and Antwerp Holland's tulip heartland, Belgium's chateau country, the storybook towns of Flanders, and the Moselle vineyards Flower shows, flea markets, historic festivals Van Eyck to Van Gogh -- the great painters at home The best buys and bargains, from diamonds to Delftware Where to stay and eat, no matter what your budget Cozy inns, castle manors, and top-value city hotels Lavish restaurants, neighborhood cafes, basic brasseries, and best bets for frites, herring, and local beers Fresh, thorough, practical -- off and on the beaten path Costs, hours, descriptions, and tips by the thousands All reviews based on visits by savvy writer-residents 32 pages of maps, 12 vacation Itineraries, and more Important contacts, smart travel tips Fodor's Choice What's Where Pleasures & Pastimes Festivals Helpful vocabularies Complete index
Author : David Freedberg
Publisher : Getty Publications
Page : 458 pages
File Size : 26,95 MB
Release : 1996-07-11
Category : Art
ISBN : 0892362014
Historians and art historians provide a critique of existing methodologies and an interdisciplinary inquiry into seventeenth-century Dutch art and culture.
Author : Jaap Verheul
Publisher : Amsterdam University Press
Page : 354 pages
File Size : 33,35 MB
Release : 2014-11-19
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 9048526094
What are the most salient and sparking facts about the Netherlands? This updated edition of 'Discovering the Dutch' tackles the heart of the question of Dutch identity through a number of essential themes that span the culture, history and society of the Netherlands. Running the gamut from the Randstad to the Dutch Golden Age, from William of Orange to Anne Frank, this volume uses a series of vignettes written by academic experts in their fields to address historical and contemporary topics such as immigration, tolerance, and the struggle against water, as well as issues of culture - painting, literature, architecture, and design among them. All chapters are written by academic experts in their fields who have extensive experience in explaining the many features of "Dutchness" to a foreign audience. Each chapter comes to life in vignettes that illustrate characteristic historical figures or essential aspects in Dutch culture and society from William of Orange and Anne Frank to Dutch cheese and the inevitable coffeeshop.
Author : ROGER. WHITE
Publisher :
Page : pages
File Size : 35,99 MB
Release : 2021
Category :
ISBN : 9780957169548
Author : Jeffrey M. Black
Publisher : Bloomsbury Publishing
Page : 296 pages
File Size : 50,26 MB
Release : 2014-12-18
Category : Nature
ISBN : 1472919726
The Barnacle Goose, a distinctive, handsome black-and-white bird, gets its name from a mediaeval myth that the birds hatched from barnacles – how else to explain their sudden appearance each autumn in northern Britain? We now know, of course, that the birds migrate from Arctic Russia, Norway and Svalbard to winter throughout northern Europe. This book represents a culmination of more than 25 years of Barnacle Goose research. It represents the story of one of Europe's most celebrated long-term behavioral studies, detailing the lives of these social and sociable birds. Chapters include sections on pair formation and bonding, family and population dynamics, brood parasitism, food and feeding, size and shape in different populations, life cycle, survivorship, dispersal, migration, and conservation, with particular regard to climate change. It is a rigorous and thorough examination of the lives of these birds, in fine Poyser tradition.
Author : Antony Beevor
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 726 pages
File Size : 16,41 MB
Release : 2018-05-17
Category : History
ISBN : 0141941294
THE SUNDAY TIMES #1 BESTSELLER The great airborne battle for the bridges in 1944 by Britain's Number One bestselling historian and author of the classic Stalingrad 'Our greatest chronicler of the Second World War' - Robert Fox, Evening Standard ______________ On 17 September 1944, General Kurt Student, the founder of Nazi Germany's parachute forces, heard the growing roar of aeroplane engines. He went out on to his balcony above the flat landscape of southern Holland to watch the air armada of Dakotas and gliders carrying the British 1st Airborne and the American 101st and 82nd Airborne divisions. He gazed up in envy at this massive demonstration of paratroop power. Operation Market Garden, the plan to end the war by capturing the bridges leading to the Lower Rhine and beyond, was a bold concept: the Americans thought it unusually bold for Field Marshal Montgomery. But could it ever have worked? The cost of failure was horrendous, above all for the Dutch, who risked everything to help. German reprisals were pitiless and cruel, and lasted until the end of the war. The British fascination with heroic failure has clouded the story of Arnhem in myths. Antony Beevor, using often overlooked sources from Dutch, British, American, Polish and German archives, has reconstructed the terrible reality of the fighting, which General Student himself called 'The Last German Victory'. Yet this book, written in Beevor's inimitable and gripping narrative style, is about much more than a single, dramatic battle. It looks into the very heart of war. ______________ 'In Beevor's hands, Arnhem becomes a study of national character' - Ben Macintyre, The Times 'Superb book, tirelessly researched and beautifully written' - Saul David, Daily Telegraph 'Complete mastery of both the story and the sources' - Keith Lowe, Literary Review
Author : Fodor's Travel Publications, Inc. Staff
Publisher : Fodor's
Page : 390 pages
File Size : 27,54 MB
Release : 1997
Category : Travel
ISBN : 9780679032601
This guide covers: the city of Amsterdam; the small, picturesque towns of Holland and northern Netherlands; Brussels; the Flemish art towns of Bruges and Ghent; Antwerp, a financial centre; the towns of the coast and southern Belgium; and mountainous, scenic Luxembourg.
Author : Roland Huntford
Publisher : Lane, Allen
Page : 364 pages
File Size : 45,54 MB
Release : 1975
Category : Political Science
ISBN :
A portrait of the Social Democratic government of Sweden.
Author : Alistair Horne
Publisher : Penguin UK
Page : 1243 pages
File Size : 11,11 MB
Release : 2007-06-28
Category : History
ISBN : 0141937726
In 1940, the German army fought and won an extraordinary battle with France in six weeks of lightning warfare. With the subtlety and compulsion of a novel, Horne’s narrative shifts from minor battlefield incidents to high military and political decisions, stepping far beyond the confines of military history to form a major contribution to our understanding of the crises of the Franco-German rivalry. To Lose a Battle is the third part of the trilogy beginning with The Fall of Paris and continuing with The Price of Glory (already available in Penguin).