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A lively and magisterial popular history that refutes common misperceptions of the European Middle Ages, showing the beauty and communion that flourished alongside the dark brutality--a brilliant reflection of humanity itself. The word "medieval" conjures images of the "Dark Ages"--centuries of ignorance, superstition, stasis, savagery, and poor hygiene. But the myth of darkness obscures the truth; this was a remarkable period in human history. The...
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Earth's children volume 1
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English
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This novel of awesome beauty and power is a moving saga about people, relationships, and the boundaries of love.
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
Through Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who...
Nominated as one of America’s best-loved novels by PBS’s The Great American Read
Through Jean M. Auel’s magnificent storytelling we are taken back to the dawn of modern humans, and with a girl named Ayla we are swept up in the harsh and beautiful Ice Age world they shared with the ones who...
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Earth's children volume 3
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English
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Set in the challenging terrain of Ice Age Europe that millions of Jean Auel’s readers have come to treasure, The Mammoth Hunters is an epic novel of love, knowledge, jealousy, and hard choices—a novel certain to garner Jean Auel even greater acclaim as a master storyteller of the dawn of humanity.
Ayla, the independent heroine of The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of Horses, sets out from...
Ayla, the independent heroine of The Clan of the Cave Bear and The Valley of Horses, sets out from...
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A frank and fascinating history of forty of Europe's most loony, deluded, and downright dangerous monarchs.
In “Mad Kings & Queens” co-authors Alison Rattle and Allison Vale reveal a legion of kings and queens who have abused the pedestal of power in spectacular style. The respectability of the royal position is well and truly tossed aside by the whimsy and wanton depravity of these mad European monarchs, including:
• The queen who murdered...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 17
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Hoping to travel to Germany to ask for help enrolling in medical school, Felicity has no money for the trip until a mysterious woman offers to travel with her and pay her way, which ends up entangling Felicity in a perilous quest across Europe.
A year after a whirlwind grand tour with her brother Monty, Felicity Montague has returned to England with two goals in mind: avoid the marriage proposal of a lovestruck suitor from Edinburgh and enroll in...
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Cut through the online clutter! No one wants to click through hundreds of pages of Web reviews, wondering which one to trust. Let Arthur Frommer himself, and his personally selected team of experts, guide you. They know every corner of Europe and they're not afraid to tell the truth about where to eat, stay, and play. That's what's made Frommer's America's favorite travel source for 60 years. It's all within these pages. Our authors have personally...
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Rediscover the thrills of this classic romantic suspense from New York Times bestselling author Tess Gerritsen!
Newlywed Sarah Fontaine has just received the news that every wife fears: her husband of two months has died abroad in a hotel fire. Yet convinced he's still alive, Sarah forges an alliance with Nick O'Hara from the U.S. State Department that has the two of them crisscrossing Europe on a desperate search for signs of life. As Sarah and...
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"Unlike World War I, when the horrors of battle were largely confined to the front, World War II reached into the lives of ordinary people in an unprecedented way. Entire countries were occupied, millions were mobilized for the war effort, and in the end, the vast majority of the war's dead were non-combatant men, women, and children. Inhabitants of German-occupied Europe--the war's deadliest killing ground--experienced forced labor, deportation,...
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Avalon Travel
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
Third edition.
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1,010 pages : illustrations, maps (some color) ; 21 cm
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English
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Who else but Rick Steves can you trust to show you the best of Europe? Focus on the top sights, explore the most characteristic neighborhoods, dine on the best local cuisine, and stay in good-value hotels. Use Rick's tips to beat the crowds, skip lines, and avoid tourist traps. The Best of Europe means experiencing its Old World romance and new World excitement for yourself. -- Adapted from back cover.
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Let's Go
Pub. Date
[2020]
Edition
60th anniversay edition.
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672 pages : color illustrations, color map ; 20 cm
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English
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"Let's Go publishes the world's oldest budget travel guides, written by the world's youngest travel writers -- all Harvard students on their summer break. Armed with pens, notebooks, and dangerously few changes of underwear stuffed in their backpacks, our intrepid researchers go across continents, through time zones, and above expectations to seek out priceless travel experiences at less of a price. Let's Go has grown a lot in the 60 years since our...
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Lonely Planet Global
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
9th edition.
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894 pages : colour illustrations, colour maps ; 20 cm.
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English
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Lonely Planet: The world's leading travel guide publisher Lonely Planet Europe on a shoestring is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, what hidden discoveries await you, and how to optimise your budget. Tour French chateaux, take boat trips to Greek beaches, hike past Bulgarian monasteries and glug Spanish wine; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Europe and begin your journey now!
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, approximately 28 minutes) : digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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Begin your course with a geographic overview of Eastern Europe, a region that begins at the Baltic Sea in the north and spans 20 countries to the Black Sea in the south. Here, Professor Liulevicius introduces you to the key themes of this course: Eastern Europe's remarkable diversity, it shifting borders, and its separateness from-and connections with-the West.
15) Just one day
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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"Sparks fly when American good girl Allyson encounters laid-back Dutch actor Willem, so she follows him on a whirlwind trip to Paris, upending her life in just one day and prompting a year of self-discovery and the search for true love."--
18) Angel of death
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Sean Dillon thrillers volume 4
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c1995.
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311 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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English
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"The New York Times bestselling author of the "heart-stopping tale of survival and heroism" (People) The Book of Lost Names returns with an evocative coming-of-age World War II story about a young woman who uses her knowledge of the wilderness to help Jewish refugees escape the Nazis--until a secret from her past threatens everything"--
1941. Stolen from her wealthy German parents and raised in the unforgiving wilderness of eastern Europe, Yona finds...
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