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Author
Publisher
Avalon Travel, Hachette Book Group
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"After 40+ years of exploring Europe, Rick considers this travel skills handbook his life's work, and with his expert introductions to the top destinations in Europe, choosing your next trip will be easy and stress-free. Using the travel skills in this book, you'll experience the culture like a local, spend less money, and have more fun"--
2) August blue
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A novel by the author of The Man Who Saw Everything about wayward selves, femininities, sexualities, avatars, alter egos, and the twin poles of compassion and cruelty that exist within all of us"--
At the height of her career, piano virtuoso Elsa M. Anderson walks off the stage in Vienna, mid-performance. Now she is in Athens, watching a woman purchase a pair of mechanical dancing horses in at flea market. Elsa wants the horses, too, but there are...
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Central Europe has long been infamous as a region beset by war, a place where, historically, empires clashed and sieges from the east toppled kingdoms and enslaved peoples. Many view the region-comprising present-day Germany, Poland, Hungary, Austria, Slovenia, and Romania, among other countries-as united only by the shared experience of invasions launched by foreign powers, from the Huns of the fourth century, to the Swedes of the seventeenth, to...
4) Ireland
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Welcome to Ireland! In this title, leveled text and colorful photographs will guide readers through an introduction to the Emerald Isle. Readers will also encounter special features that highlight Ireland's landscape, wildlife, language, and more."--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A travel narrative following three ancient roads and looking at more than two thousand years of history of Ancient Rome through the modern eye. In 66 B.C., young, ambitious Julius Caesar, seeking recognition and authority, became the curator of the Via Appia. He borrowed significant sums to restore the ancient highway. It was a way to curry favor from Roman citizens in villages along the route, built from Rome to Brindisi between 312-191 B.C. He...
Author
Publisher
PublicAffairs
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
From modern to ancient and every time in between, this entertaining companion to the popular podcast brilliantly distills major moments in human history, offering readers a fun new wide-ranging tour of humanity’s essential—and essentially weird—moments.
Author
Publisher
Melville House
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"With the current rise of antisemitism, this important book looks at how one Jewish family--the Rothschilds--became a lightning rod for the conspiracy theories of the last two centuries, and how those theories are still very much alive today"--
Author
Publisher
Zibby Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An intoxicating escape into the cutthroat world of wine and the complicated terrain of women's friendship. What happens when two ambitious young women, opposite in every way, join forces in a competitive male-dominated industry? Wren and Thessaly collide when they land coveted jobs at a glamorous New York City boutique wine importer. Hardworking, by-the-book Wren comes from a modest background and has everything to prove while Thessaly hails from...
Author
Publisher
Hardie Grant Australia
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
Tava is a collection of cake, bake and dessert recipes from Romania and Eastern Europe. 'Tava' is the Romanian word for a baking sheet or tray on which Romanians serve cakes, desserts and coffee, or anything that they like to look special. From doughnuts and tray bakes, through to dumplings and fritters, to flatbreads and rich layer cakes, this book will bring the desserts of Romania and its neighbouring countries, Hungary, Serbia and Bulgaria, into...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"The people who made, saved, and sometimes destroyed medieval manuscripts, over a thousand years of history, from the acclaimed author of Meetings with Remarkable Manuscripts The Manuscripts Club tells of twelve men and women, from the eleventh century to the twentieth, who all share an overwhelming obsession with illuminated manuscripts. The saint, the patron, the bookseller, the artist, the antiquary, the collector, the rabbi, the savant, the librarian,...
13) The Night Raven
Author
Series
Moonwind mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Amazon Crossing Kids
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"It's 1880, and in the frigid city of Stockholm, death lurks around every corner. Twelve-year-old Mika knows that everyone in her orphanage will struggle to survive this winter. But at least the notorious serial killer the Night Raven is finally off the streets . . . or is he?"--OCLC.
Author
Publisher
First Second
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A middle grade graphic memoir based on bestselling author and Caldecott Medalist Dan Santat's awkward middle school years and the trip to Europe that changed his life. Dan's always been a good kid. The kind of kid who listens to his teachers, helps his mom with grocery shopping, and stays out of trouble. But being a good kid doesn't stop him from being bullied and feeling like he's invisible, which is why Dan has low expectations when his parents...
15) The postcard
Author
Publisher
Europa Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Anne Berest's The Postcard is among the most acclaimed and beloved French novels of recent years. Luminous and gripping to the very last page, it is an enthralling investigation into family secrets, a poignant tale of mothers and daughters, and a vivid portrait of twentieth-century Parisian intellectual and artistic life. January, 2003. Together with the usual holiday cards, an anonymous postcard is delivered to the Berest family home. On the front,...
16) Napoleon's spy
Author
Publisher
Orion
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
NAPOLEON: emperor of France, master of Europe. The epic new standalone from Sunday Times bestselling author, Ben Kane.
Author
Publisher
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Courage to Dream plunges readers into the darkest time of human history--the Holocaust. This graphic novel explores one of the greatest atrocities in modern memory, delving into the core of what it means to face the extinction of everything and everyone you hold dear. Woven from Jewish folklore and cultural history, five interlocking narratives explore one common story--the tradition of resistance and uplift.
18) Italy
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Italy. Intended for students in kindergarten through third grade"--
19) The blood years
Author
Publisher
Balzer + Bray
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
From Michael L. Printz honoree & National Book Award finalist Elana K. Arnold comes the harrowing story of a young girl's struggle to survive the Holocaust in Romania. Frederieke Teitler and her older sister, Astra, live in a house, in a city, in a world divided. Their father ran out on them when Rieke was only six, leaving their mother a wreck and their grandfather as their only stable family. He's done his best to provide for them and shield them...
20) Russia
Author
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Relevant images match informative text in this introduction to Russia. Intended for students in Kindergarten through third grade"--Provided by publisher.
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