books about: europe     books:     Europe      One Minute to Midnight: Kennedy, Khrushchev, and Castro on the Brink of Nuclear War Michael Dobbs Knopf, 2008 The DEFINITIVE history of the Cuban Missile Crisis I can't add much to the praise heaped upon this book by other reviewers. Needless to say that it makes many of the other histories look like the "Cliff" notes versions. I had the privilege to serve on one of the ships involved in the blockade, two years after the ...             The Forger's Spell: A True Story of Vermeer, Nazis, and the Greatest Art Hoax of the Twentieth Century Edward Dolnick Harper, 2008 A Question of Attribution and Identity Han Van Meegeren was a mediocre artist with an enormous ego. Convinced that his talents were being maliciously ignored by the Dutch artistic community, he used considerable patience and ingenuity to develop a way of forging paintings by some of the greatest artists of ...             The Invention of Hugo Cabret Brian Selznick Scholastic Press, 2007 Bravo! There was a frequent segue phrase used on Monty Python's Flying Circus: "And now, for something completely different . . .," and I feel like that this book fits that perfectly. On one level, this is basically a mystery story about a twelve-year-old orphan boy, Hugo ...             Rick Steves' Italy 2008 (Rick Steves) Rick Steves Avalon Travel Publishing, 2007 This will save you time and Money!!! Dude, get the book. It saved us a ton of time in picking up our tix at the Palatine hills rather than at the Coliseum. It also got us to St. Peter's at 1pm with a 30 min wait, rather than do what everyone else does which is to arrive at 9am and have a 3 hour wait. ...             Empires of the Sea: The Siege of Malta, the Battle of Lepanto, and the Contest for the Center of the World Roger Crowley Random House, 2008 A very entertaining and educational read AS the published author of several books about Islamic terrorism I find this book hypnotic in its content, but sadly I had read it in two sittings, I could have read on and on. The history crammed into 300 pages is truly rivetting, and a sad reflection of the struggles ...             Infidel Ayaan Hirsi Ali Free Press, 2008 I learned of a whole new world It was the first half of Ayaan Hirsi Ali's memoir that gave me new insight. So many times I have seen the news about the terrible strife in Africa with one group slaughtering another - and it was inexplicable, completely beyond my understanding. How were these people ...             Churchill, Hitler, and "The Unnecessary War": How Britain Lost Its Empire and the West Lost the World Patrick J. Buchanan Crown, 2008 It Makes You Think Most of the other positive reviews here regarding Mr. Buchanan's use of reputable secondary sources are accurate. This book doesn't claim to be a work of groundbreaking new research. It is a book that takes already published material and forms it into a controversial ...             America Alone: The End of the World As We Know It Mark Steyn Regnery Publishing, 2008 A Must Read if you care about your future Mark Steyn tells it like it is. Western Europe is in decline; Canada is in decline; America is on the brink. There is nothing politically correct about Mark's discourse. It's a frank discussion about how the Islamist/Muslim world is in its ascendancy while we (the ...             The Suspicions of Mr. Whicher: A Shocking Murder and the Undoing of a Great Victorian Detective Kate Summerscale Walker & Company, 2008 The Origin of the Species If you enjoy detective novels and also have an interest in sociology and literary history, this is the book for you. It is very well-written, with neither sensationalism, nor clumsy appeals to popular cliches about either the very wealthy, the working-classes, or the ...             Conquistador: Hernan Cortes, King Montezuma, and the Last Stand of the Aztecs Buddy Levy Bantam, 2008 Diseases of the heart In a letter quoted by Buddy Levy in his magnificent Conquistador, Hernan Cortes confesses that he and his men suffer from a particular "disease of the heart": a lust for gold and power. The tale of the unhappy outcome of that disease, the destruction of one of the ...             Streetwise Paris Map - Laminated City Street Map of Paris, France - with integrated metro map including lines ... Michael Brown Streetwise Maps, 2008 Best Map Ever This Streetwise map is the best map ever - no matter what city you need. I just returned from London and Paris and took one of each. As I checked with directions at the hotel desk, they both looked at my map and said it was the best one they had every seen! I agree! ...             The Zookeeper's Wife: A War Story Diane Ackerman W. W. Norton, 2007 Lest we forget... I really enjoyed this book and the photos; I learned a lot. (It should be required reading.) It's well-researched, with notes, a bibliography, and an index. Not only did it flesh out the history, the characters were interesting--the people and the animals. (I loved ...             The Sweet Far Thing (The Gemma Doyle Trilogy) Libba Bray Delacorte Books for Young Readers, 2007 For The Girls Who Want To Know It All I loved all of Libba Bray's books in the Gemma Doyle Trilogy. This one is my true favorite by far. It was long, and to some reviewers that was bad but for me it was good, as it means more pages for me to read! Yay! Anyway, it did drag at parts and I did skip over ...             Rick Steves' Paris 2008 (Rick Steves) Rick Steves, Steve Smith, ... Avalon Travel Publishing, 2007 This is the guide you BRING Spending thousands of dollars and having it ruined by being unprepared is simply inexcusable. Rick Steves brilliant guidebooks ensure that this will never happen. There are many brilliant guidebook series...lonlely planet, rough guides, michelin...but none moreso ...             The Children of Henry VIII Alison Weir Ballantine Books, 1997 The first of many more! This was my first voluntary non fiction historical read. I am impressed! This story was very easy reading. I don't think I really had any idea what was going on back then, the English "subjects" must have been completely at a loss as to what religion to practice. I ...          products you might be interested in search for books conquistador, integrated, khrushchev, streetwise, suspicions, unnecessary      toavi.com    web randomly chosen pc & video games: F.E.A.R. Gold (Windows)