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This new study of the Austro-Hungarian dual monarchy takes a modern look at the period, analysing the body, soul and the spirit of the Empire, as well as exploring the daily lives of its citizens, problems of territory and nationality, and the heritage it left behind.

New Holland Publ., 2009; 240 pp.; EN; index; hb

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In dit kookboek zijn 600 van Berthe Meijers onmisbare recepten, waaronder een aantal bijzondere vegetarische, bijeengebracht. De recepten zijn eigentijds en verfijnd en varieren van simpel tot tamelijk ingewikkeld. Met menusuggesties, tips, seizoensrecepten, recepten voor alleenstaanden, voor 2 tot 6 personen, feestelijke etentjes en voor elke dag.

Bert Bakker; 576 pp.; NL; index; ills. col; hb

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Agincourt of 1415 is one of the epic battles of history. Fought by 2 badly matched armies in atrocious conditions. Cornwell's novel Azincourt makes you feel that you are one of those longbowmen in the army of Henry V. His archer is Nicholas Hook, a man frequently in trouble back home, but who finds his true place in the company of archers.

Harper, 2009; 445 pp.; EN; pb

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Bach's sublime solo violin works have long been central to the baroque music repertoire. Jaap Schroder, a leading international soloist, here provides a detailed but informal guide to Bach's Sonatas and Partitas for unaccompanied violin.

Yale, 2007; 192 pp.; EN; hb

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Bai Juyi is een van de grootste dichters van de wereldliteratuur. Zijn openhartige en heldere poezie bezorgde hem al bij zijn leven een ongekende populariteit in china, Korea en Japan. Dit boek is een bloemlezing van prachtige poezie en krachtig proza en ook een meeslepende autobiografie.

Atlas, 2007; 551 pp.; NL; pb

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In this account of the 1944 post-Normandy battles, Neillands tells us what really happened in the costly struggle for the Rhine. Covers the campaign at Nijmegen, Arnhem, River Scheldt a.o., and the conflict between Eisenhouwer and Montgomery.

Cassell, 2006; 335 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pb

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The operatic festival Richard Wagner founded in 1876 is the oldest and most famous in the world. It is also the most controversial, for it became showcase of the Third Reich.

Yale; 334 pp.; EN; index; ills. b/w; pb

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While enthusiasts of straw bale house construction praise the exceptional energy efficiency of bale buildings, and the use of an agricultural byproduct as an affordable contruction material, another reason why bale homes have excited people is because they are often extraordinarily beautiful and inviting. The authors have built many different bale buildings. Here too are larger-scale institutional buildings.

Chelsea Green, 2000; 113 pp.; EN; ills. col; pb

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What effect did the two world wars have on the relations between women and men. Drawing on a broad comparative material -from government policy to popular media, fiction and letters- this book examines the redefinition of gender that occurred in many Western countries during both world wars.

Yale; 310 pp.; EN; pb

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Death came early and often to the people of Tokugawa Japan. Yet the Japanese reaction to death struck foreign observers as particularly subdued. Bolitho translates and analyzes 3 accounts about the death of a loved one.

Yale, 2003; 226 pp.; EN; index; hb

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De verhalen van Bernard Malamud spelen zich meestal af in het milieu van kleine joodse lieden in New York. Op allerlei manieren trachten zij het hoofd boven water te houden en zelfs als ze dat met list en bedrog doen, is het klein list en bedrog.

Meulenhoff; 714 pp.; NL; hb

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In 1672, German philosopher and mathematician Gottfried Wilhelm Leibnitz arrived in Paris. He struck up friendsghips with France's two great philosopher-theologians Antoine Arnaud and Nicholas Malebranche. They shared a single, passionate concern, how to resolve the problem of evil. This is the story of a clash between radically different worldviews. Nadler brings to life 3 remarkable philosophers and their intellectual world.

Farrar, Straus, Giroux, 2008; 300 pp.; EN; index; hb

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Driven mad by 3 years of endless mail, reporters and snoopers in the wake of his hugely successful novel On the Road, Kerouac needs peace, quiet and sobriety. A cabin in Big Sur is the retreat to which Jack Duluoz, Kerouac's autobiographical hero, withdraws.

Harper Perennial, 2006; 218 pp.; EN; pb

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For centuries philosophers have disputed whether the sky really is blue or whether this blueness is only in the eye of the beholder. Carnie introduces a radical new way on the way our senses operate.

Marion Boyars, 2007; 320 pp.; EN; pb

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This volume explores the creative transformation which shook the foundations of European culture during the 4 decades of the 20th century in order to discuss the tradition of exploiting the printed medium that helped to define avant-garde culture.

British Library, 2008; 176 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb

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Was Pieter Bruegel de Oude een humanist, een realist, een spotvogel of een moralist. Geen enkele schilder wordt zo tegenstrijdig onthaald als Bruegel. Van de Perre brengt een aanvullende, vernieuwende visie met antwoorden op hoe loste hij vormproblemen op, waartoe leidt een vergelijking tussen de kunst van Bruegel en die van schilders uit andere tijden en nog veel meer.

Davidsfonds; 242 pp.; NL; ills. b/w & col; hb

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Three principle mantras of Buddha are presented here -an homage to the jewel in the lotus, an homage to Tara, and om gate pa ra gate pa ra sam gate bodhi swaha -gone, gone, into the beyond, may it be so-. Designed to stand at the centre of a small shrine or offer a simple, portable shrine wherever you are, this laminated, three-panel altarpiece is imprinted with devotional mantras and features the lush watercolours of Kim Waters.

Mandala; ills. col; hb

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The members of the Bugatti family were graced with a combination of artistic talent and engineering genius. The artistic streak first manifested itself with Giovanni Bugatti, an architect and sculptor. His son Carlo earned international acclaim with his furniture designs made of exotic materials. His two sons were automobile engineer Ettore and sculptor Rembrandt. This book is a biography of the Bugatti family and the various works of each member. French Text.

Galerie Beaubourg; FR; ills. b/w & col; pb

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Het Franse platteland veranderd ingrijpend -verbindingswegen worden geasfalteerd, het autoverkeer en het toerisme nemen toe, steeds meer dorpshotels sluiten. Wat blijft is een langzaam verwilderde ruimte rond de in verval rakende dorpen en boerderijen, waarin alleen nog oude mensen wonen.

Van Oorschot; 349 pp.; NL; pb

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This volume brings together articles by internationally known historians on the role of Germany's economic elites under Hitler. A brief but focused introduction to the role of German businesses and industries in the crimes of the Third Reich.

Berghahn Books, 2004; 240 pp.; EN; ills. b/w & col; hb

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Dit is de eerste grote biografie van Conrad Busken Huet, 1826-1886, de invloedrijkste criticus die Nederland heeft gekend. Hij was een wegbereider van de Tachtigers en heeft de Nederlandse literatuurgeschiedenis ingrijpend veranderd.

Sun; 943 pp.; NL; index; ills. b/w & col; pb

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Here in one mouthwatering tour is a trip around the world's most exciting and inspirational private homes. From East to West, from North to South, see inside 61 exotic and sophisticated houses, apartments, and villas.

Thames and Hudson, 2008; 468 pp.; EN; ills. col; hb

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