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Infidel
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
In this profoundly affecting memoir from the internationally renowned author of "The Caged Virgin," Ayaan Hirsi Ali tells her life story, from her traditional Muslim childhood in Somalia to her intellectual awakening in the Netherlands to her life under armed guard in the West.
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Rick Steves' Amsterdam, Bruges & Brussels
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Who but Rick Steves can tell travellers the best ways to meander around Amsterdam's Van Gogh museum, explore its maze of canals, and find the tastiest breweries and restaurants? With "Rick Steves' Amsterdam, Bruges and Brussels", travellers can experience everything Amsterdam, Bruges, and Brussels have to offer - economically and hassle-free ...
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Diary of a Young Girl
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Anne Frank
One of the most valuable and informative artifacts of the holocaust, THE DIARY OF A YOUNG GIRL is the actual diary of Anne Frank, a German-Jewish girl living in Amsterdam during World War II. The Diary begins on June 14, 1942, shortly after Anne's 13th birthday. While initial entries focus on Anne's life at school and her relationships with her ...
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The Coffee Trader
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David Liss
This historical novel begins in 1659 in Amsterdam, where a Portuguese Jewish merchant named Miguel Lienzo has just lost all his money thanks to the fluctuating sugar markets. When he meets a beautiful woman who is willing to let him in on the brand new trade in coffee, he takes the chance gratefully--only to find his life plunged into chaos and ...
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Girl with a Pearl Earring
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Tracy Chevalier
This historical novel about the painter Vermeer is deeply immersed in he world of 17th century Holland. It concentrates on the triangular relationship between the Vermeer, his young model who is also a serving-maid in his household, and his jealous wife, Catharina.
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Anne Frank Remembered: The Story of the Woman Who Helped to Hide the Frank Family
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Miep Gies, Alison Leslie Gold
For the millions moved by Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl, here is Miep Gies's own astonishing story. For more than two years, Miep and her husband helped hide the Franks from the Nazis. Like thousands of unsung heroes of the Holocaust, they risked their lives every day to bring food, news, and emotional support to its victims. From her ...
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Anne Frank: The Diary of a Young Girl
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Anne Frank
The classic text of the diary Anne Frank kept during the two years she and her family hid from the Nazis in an Amsterdam attic is a powerful reminder of the horrors of war and an eloquent testament to the human spirit.
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Confessions of an Ugly Stepsister
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Gregory Maguire
A version of the Cinderella story from the point of view of one of the ugly stepsisters, in this case young Iris, who blossoms into an interesting person in her own right, even as the beautiful Clara wins the hand of the prince.
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The Man Who Made Vermeers: Unvarnishing the Legend of Master Forger Han Van Meegeren
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Jonathan Lopez
It's a story that made Dutch painter Han van Meegeren famous worldwide when it broke at the end of World War II: A lifetime of disappointment drove him to forge Vermeers, one of which he sold to Hermann Goering, making a mockery of the Nazis. And it's a story that's been believed ever since. Too bad it isn't true. Jonathan Lopez has drawn on ...
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In My Father's House: The Years Before the Hiding Place
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Corrie Ten Boom
Corrie Ten Boom is known for her book "The Hiding Place", which tells how her family protected Jews during the Nazi occupation of Holland. This book tells the story of the years before this, of Corrie's family home, the people who shaped her early years and how God prepared them for what lay ahead.
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The Embarrassment of Riches: An Interpretation of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age
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Simon Schama
The book that first made Simon Schama's reputation when first published in 1987. This historical masterpiece is an epic account of Dutch Culture in the Golden Age of Rembrandt and van Diemen. 'This is history in the same spirit as Braudel, Ginzburg, Ladurie and Le Goff. It seems to me that Schama is one of the few historians writing in English ...
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Hiding Place
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Corrie Ten Boom
As the Nazis swept through Holland, Corrie ten Boom and her family risked everything for the sake of others, and for the love of God. This is Corrie's story of how her family offered shelter to persecuted Jews, how the family was betrayed and imprisoned, and yet they retained their faith.
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Memories of Anne Frank: Reflections of a Childhood Friend
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Alison Leslie Gold
Reflections of Hannah Goslar, a Holocaust survivor who was a childhood friend of Anne Frank. This memoir covers the girls' close friendship before Anne and her family went into hiding, and their last tearful reunion at the concentration camp Bergen-Belsen, where Anne died at the age of 15. Illustrated with b&w photographs.
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Rick Steves' France
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Rick Steves
Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers what they really need to know when traveling in Paris, Normandy, the Loire Valley, Burgundy, Alsace, Dordogne, the Alps, the Languedoc, and Provence? With "Rick Steves' France 2006", travelers can experience Rick's favorite destinations in France, from silky sand beaches on the French Riviera to Parisian ...
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The Caged Virgin: An Emancipation Proclamation for Women and Islam
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali
A world-renowned activist and feminist pulls no punches in her efforts to reform Islam in this international bestseller, available for the first time in English.
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The assault
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Harry Mulisch
A boy's parents are killed in the Nazi occupation of the Netherlands; this novel examines how this event affects the boy's life as he grows into adulthood.
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The Autumn of the Middle Ages
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Johan Huizinga, Rodney J Payton (Translator), Ulrich Mammitzsch (Translator)
Huizinga's brilliant portrait of life, thought, and art in 14th- and 15th-century France and the Netherlands. For Huizinga, this period marked not the birth of a dramatically new era in history--the Renaissance--but the fullest, ripest phase of medieval life and thought. This is the first translation of the complete text of this classic work into ...
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Paradise for Two
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Betty Neels
Escorting her grandmother to Holland, Prudence Makepeace finds the country and Dutch people charming--except for the overbearing Dr. Haso ter Brons Huizinga. Sparks fly whenever they meet, but Haso is about to be married, although the plans are not yet finalized. There is also the small matter of his intended bride. (July)
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Bridge Too Far: The Classic History of the Greatest Airborne Battle of World War
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Cornelius Ryan
The dramatic final volume in Ryan's superb World War II trilogy focuses on the battle for Arnhem. Ryan draws from a vast cast of characters--from Dutch civilians to British and American strategists to common soldiers and commanders--to bring to life this daring military operation. Photos.
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Hannah
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Betty Neels
Famous for her trademark warmth as well as her internationally set stories featuring strong-willed Dutch doctors and spunky heroines, Betty Neels continues to capture readers hearts. Now four more of her classic romances are available once again. Reissue.
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Infidel
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Ayaan Hirsi Ali (Narrator)
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Four Perfect Pebbles: A Holocaust Story
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Lila And Marion Blumenthal Lazan Perl
A woman shares her childhood memories of living in Nazi Germany. In this true story, the author relates how the life of her family changed when Hitler came into power and they were forced to live in refugee, transit, and prison camps. Illustrated with b&w photographs.
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Diary of Anne Frank
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Anne Frank
This special educational edition of Anne Frank's unique diary, describing her family's plight during the Nazi persecution, is accompanied by substantial background material and photographs to help students to contextualise this teenager's account.
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The Hiding Place
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Elizabeth Sherrill, Corrie Ten Boom, John L Sherrill
This is the remarkable story of Corrie Ten Boom and her family who, at risk of their lives, followed the mandate of their Christian understanding by providing refuge to Jews marked for death by Nazi forces occupying the Netherlands during World War II.
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Brilliant Orange: The Neurotic Genius of Dutch Football
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David Winner
The Netherlands has been one of the world's most distinctive and sophisticated football cultures. From the birth of Total Football in the sixties, through two decades of World Cup near misses to the exiles who remade clubs like AC Milan, Barcelona, Arsenal and Chelsea in their own image, the Dutch have often been dazzlingly original and ...
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