Download or read book Carefree on the European Canals written by Michael Walsh and published by . This book was released on 2014-01-01 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The book is profusely illustrated with over 950 photographs and maps, which add depth and clarity to the narrative and give the readers a better understanding of the day-to-day life while cruising the rivers and canals of Europe. This book contains historical background on the European canals, an overview of the geography, an examination of rental boats, hotel barges and river cruise ships, advice for searching to buy a canal boat, and an inside look at what is is like cruising on a broad variety of inland waterways.
Download or read book Cruising the Inland Waterways of Europe written by Jarrett Kroll and published by HarperCollins Publishers. This book was released on 1979 with total page 310 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Ecologies and Economies in Medieval and Early Modern Europe written by Scott G. Bruce and published by BRILL. This book was released on 2010 with total page 258 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book presents essays on current research in medieval and early modern environmental history by historians and social scientists in honor of Richard C. Hoffmann.
Download or read book European Investment in Greece in the Nineteenth Century written by Korinna Schönhärl and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2020-09-23 with total page 466 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Banking historiography often does not sufficiently take into account bankers’ deliberations of their decision making, but rather limits investigation to considerations of profit maximisation. This book shows that the decision-making processes of nineteenth-century bankers contemplating high-risk financial markets like Greece are just as complex as present-day investment decisions. The book, now published in English after a first German edition, offers in-depth studies of decision making in concrete historical situations, considering political and economic circumstances and also the individual background of the actors concerned, including a reflection on the influence of cultural movements such as Philhellenism. Employing methodological inspirations from the field of behavioural finance, the book analyses a broad range of published and unpublished English, French, Greek, German and Swiss sources on European investment in Greece between 1821 and the Balkan wars. Additionally, rich insights into Greek economic history, the economic integration of the country into Europe and long-lasting European stereotypes of Southern Europe and Greece are provided; this furthers understanding of the historical background of the Greek financial crisis after 2009. In combining the perspectives of financial, economic, political and cultural history, this book is primarily significant for students of various fields of historiography. Due to its strong awareness of methodological questions, it is also of great interest to academic historians. In addition, the strong public interest in the Greek financial crisis after 2009 and its consequences for Europe will, thirdly, attract the interest of a broader public.
Download or read book Forbidden Desire in Early Modern Europe written by Noel Malcolm and published by Oxford University Press. This book was released on 2023-12-26 with total page 601 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Until quite recently, the history of male-male sexual relations was a taboo topic. But when historians eventually explored the archives of Florence, Venice and elsewhere, they brought to light an extraordinary world of early modern sexual activity, extending from city streets and gardens to taverns, monasteries and Mediterranean galleys. Typically, the sodomites (as they were called) were adult men seeking sex with teenage boys. This was something intriguingly different from modern homosexuality: the boys ceased to be desired when they became fully masculine. And the desire for them was seen as natural; no special sexual orientation was assumed. The rich evidence from Southern Europe in the Renaissance period was not matched in the Northern lands; historians struggled to apply this new knowledge to countries such as England or its North American colonies. And when good Northern evidence did appear, from after 1700, it presented a very different picture. So the theory was formed - and it has dominated most standard accounts until now - that the 'emergence of modern homosexuality' happened suddenly, but inexplicably, at the beginning of the eighteenth century. Noel Malcolm's masterly study solves this and many other problems, by doing something which no previous scholar has attempted: giving a truly pan-European account of the whole phenomenon of male-male sexual relations in the early modern period. It includes the Ottoman Empire, as well as the European colonies in the Americas and Asia; it describes the religious and legal norms, both Christian and Muslim; it discusses the literary representations in both Western Europe and the Ottoman world; and it presents a mass of individual human stories, from New England to North Africa, from Scandinavia to Peru. Original, critical, lucidly written and deeply researched, this work will change the way we think about the history of homosexuality in early modern Europe.
Download or read book The Hidden Europe written by Francis Tapon and published by SonicTrek, Inc.. This book was released on 2012 with total page 738 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: For many Westerners, Eastern Europe is about as appealing as a deodorant-free French armpit. That didn't scare Francis Tapon because not only did he learn how to rough it by walking across America four times, but he is also half French, so he kind of smells too. Francis spent nearly 3 years travelling and backpacking in 25 Eastern European countries. It started with a 5-month trip in 2004. He returned in 2008 to spend 3 years exploring all the countries again. The Hidden Europe is Book Two of the WanderLearn Series.
Download or read book Country Life written by and published by . This book was released on 1928 with total page 672 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book A Beachcomber in the Orient written by Harry L. Foster and published by Pickle Partners Publishing. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 450 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Journalist, storyteller, and ragtime piano player Harry L. Foster is back! From a mugging in a Vietnamese opium den to hopping a freight train down the Malay Peninsula to a waterfront bar in Singapore to a sing-song theater in China, Foster never fails to show the squalid side of life in a glorious adventure to the wild countries of Southeast Asia during the Roaring 1920s.
Download or read book Party Earth Europe written by Party Earth LLC and published by Party Earth LLC. This book was released on 2010-05 with total page 692 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Party Earth - Europe is the ultimate guide to the hottest social venues in thirteen of the most popular cities across Europe: London, Paris, Amsterdam, Berlin, Munich, Florence, Venice, Rome, French Riviera, Pampolona, Ibiza, Barcelona, Madrid. With hundreds of reviews covering a wide range of bars, clubs, festivals, beaches, plazas, and other locales and activities, we have identified the best places to party to suit your personality. Our goal is simple: we're here to ensure that you find the coolest ways to spend your days and the hottest spots to end your nights.
Download or read book American Monthly Review of Reviews written by Albert Shaw and published by . This book was released on 1927 with total page 1328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Ella in Europe written by Michael Konik and published by Delta. This book was released on 2006 with total page 322 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In a heartwarming travelogue, the author of In Search of Burningbush chronicles his odyssey throughout some of Europe's most beautiful and dog friendly cities, including Amsterdam, Prague, Rome, Paris, Venice, and Vienna, with his canine companion Ella, as together they take in the sites, enjoy four-star cuisine, and more. Reprint. 20,000 first printing.
Download or read book Live Laugh and Travel Europe written by Rohit Gupta and published by Notion Press. This book was released on 2018-11-22 with total page 80 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When life gives you a chance to get on a trip to live your dreams, grab it with both hands that’s what Medha says. She receives the offer from her husband for Europe trip, and after taking some thoughts, she accepts it. She got a chance to live her DDLJ dreams, but the only thing she was scared of was their infant kid. However, her dream won, and they flew to Europe on a two-week long trip. Medha chooses the locations, and her husband books all flights and hotels. Medha includes all flavours in this trip while selecting locations- The heaven on earth (Zurich), The city of romance (Paris), Island with white beaches (Ibiza), The city of heritage and culture (Barcelona) and the city with artistic heritage, museums and canals (Amsterdam). They enjoy Lake Cruise tour, canal boat tour, visit old architecture places, the world-famous Eiffel Tower, beaches, shopping areas, the different type of museums and many world heritage sites. Enjoy food of different cuisines and different countries. Best hotels and some typical European rooms. Different weather at all places. Met some awesome people, and one of them becomes a friend for life. They also become a part of the independence movement of Catalonia in Spain. This is a perfect trip write-up, mixed with emotions, problems and fun times!
Download or read book Alexis de Tocqueville Democracy in America LOA 147 written by Alexis de Tocqueville and published by Library of America. This book was released on 2004-02-09 with total page 960 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An exclusive new translation of the most perceptive and influential book ever written about American politics and society—“the bible on democracy” (The Texas Observer) This Library of America volume presents de Tocqueville’s masterpiece in an entirely new translation—the first to fully capture his style and provide a rigorous, faithful rendering of his profound ideas and observations Alexis de Tocqueville, a young aristocratic French lawyer, came to the United States in 1831 to study its penitentiary systems. His nine-month visit and subsequent reading and reflection resulted in this landmark masterpiece of political observation and analysis. In Democracy in America, Tocqueville vividly describes the unprecedented social equality he found in America and explores its implications for European society in the emerging modern era. His book provides enduring insight into the political consequences of widespread property ownership, the potential dangers to liberty inherent in majority rule, the vital role of religion in American life, and the importance of civil institutions in an individualistic culture dominated by the pursuit of material self-interest. He also probes the deep differences between the free and slave states, writing prophetically of racism, bigotry, and prejudice in the United States. Brought to life by Arthur Goldhammer’s clear, fluid, and vigorous translation, this volume of Democracy in America is the first to fully capture Tocqueville’s achievements both as an accomplished literary stylist and as a profound political thinker.
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