Collected here for the first time are some of the numerous essays & lectures by Norman Davies, author of the bestselling & critically acclaimed Europe, The Isles & Rising '44. Spanning more than fifteen years of his remarkable career, this highly accessible collection addresses many of the issues that continue to dominate the political & cultural climate of Europe today. From the classical origins of the idea of Europe to the division between East & West during the Cold War; from the Jewish & Islamic strands in European history to the expansion of Europe to other continents; from the misunderstood Allied victory in 1945 to Britain's place in Europe; from reflections on the use & abuse of history to personal recollections on learning languages
- this companion volume to the bestselling Europe looks at European history from a variety of unusual & entertaining angles in an equally stimulating & accessible way.
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Double-sided, political road map encomapssing a large area. One side depicts Eastern Europe from the Crimea to Karelia, & from Gdansk in Poland to Nisjnij Novgorod in Russia. South-west Finland is excluded, but there is an inset at 1:3, 000, 000 showing the Kola Peninsula region. The reverse side reaches further into Russia, extending from Moscow & Rostov-na-Donu to the Urals, & from the Caucasus region to Syktyvkar in the north. The Caucasus region is portrayed in an inset. Main roads & railways are clearly drawn, & intermediate driving distances are marked on the map. Administrative districts & border checkpoints are marked, & different symbols are used to classify towns according to population size. Territories with undefined political status are highlighted, eg. Nagorno Karabakh. Hill shading gives an impression of the relief. Latitude & longitude lines are drawn at 2degree intervals. Place names are in Roman alphabet only & the map legend

Includes:: English, but there is no index.

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Eastern Europe at 1:2, 000, 000 from Freytag & Berndt, with a separate 72-page booklet with an extensive index listing locations with postcodes plus providing street plans of central areas in the region’s 12 capital cities. The map shows road & rail networks at the level appropriate to its scale, clearly indicating on main routes their road numbers, including where appropriate the E-numbers. Also marked are ferry connections, local airports, & within larger countries internal administrative boundaries. Within the countries using the Cyrillic & in Greece names of larger town are given in both Latin & local alphabet. Latitude/longitude grid is drawn at intervals of 1º. Map legend

Includes:: English. The index, arranged by country & showing locations with their postcodes, is in a separate booklet attached to the map cover. The booklet also

Includes:: street plans of city centres in 12 capitals: Athens, Belgrade, Budapest, Bucharest, Kiev, Minsk, Moscow, Riga, Sofia, Tallinn, Vilnius & Warsaw. All street names are is Latin alphabet.



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Wall map of wine producing regions of western, central & southern Europe from Editions Benoit. A different colour is used for each country to highlight its wine growing regions & a table gives overall production figures. Information is provided only for the regions up the eastern border of Germany & the northern borders of the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary & Romania. Areas outside that line, e.g. the vineyards of southern Ukraine are not included.A base with shading for mountain chains & main towns is overprinted with colours highlighting wine growing areas. Principal wine producing regions are named, although the degree of detail varies from country to country; more, inevitably, in France where regions such as Bordeaux or Burgundy are divided into sectors (Médoc, Graves, Côte de Nuits, Maconnais, etc.), whilst in Italy only names of administrative regions are given, i.e. Tuscany but not Chianti (no colouring within England although Sussex & Essex are designated as wine growing regions). Also included is a table showing various wine production figures both for the counties covered by the map & for the remaining European wine producers. All information is in French. ...

The Atlas of True Names reveals the etymological roots, or original meanings, of the familiar terms on today`s map of Europe. For instance, where you would normally expect to see London indicated, the ‘ Atlas’ gives you ” Hillfort. The ` True Names` of 1500 cities, countries, rivers, oceans & mountain ranges are displayed on this fascinating map, which

Includes:: a comprehensive index of derivations. Etymology is the study of the origin & history of words. For the first time, the Atlas of True Names uses etymology to give us an unusual insight into familiar geographical names
- with intriguing results...... Many geographical names are clearly rooted in Man’s observation of his natural environment; the physical location of a settlement: “ At the Foot of the Mountain”
- Piedmont, the character of an important water course: “ The Gentle One”
- The Seine or even just the local vegetation: “ Under the Oaks”
- Potsdam. Unsurprisingly, countries & landscapes often derive their names from the characteristics of the people who lived there: “ Great Land of the Tattooed”
- Great Britain, whilst local mythology & regional rulers also frequently leave their legacy: “ Isle of the Monster’s Eye”
- Peleponnese or “ Illustrious Emperor”
- Zaragoza. The Atlas of True Names restores an element of enchantment to the world we all think we know so well. It takes the reader on a journey into the unknown
- a unique exploration of uncharted territory in that familiar place we all know as ‘home’. Take a look at the world through fresh eyes!









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Europe Eyewitness travel guide from Dorling Kindersley is a lavishly illustrated book concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to Europe's key sightseeing destinations & a broad cultural introduction to each country. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view ...

Europe Eyewitness travel guide from Dorling Kindersley is a lavishly illustrated book concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to Europe's key sightseeing destinations & a broad cultural introduction to each country. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view ...

Europe Eyewitness travel guide from Dorling Kindersley is a lavishly illustrated book concerned with providing the visitor with detailed background information to Europe`s key sightseeing destinations & a broad cultural introduction to each country. Popular historical buildings & museums are often described with cutaway diagrams allowing you to view “inside” your destination, sites are shown with bird’s eye plans & small, more conventional maps contextualise regions & pinpoint places of interest. The guide is grouped into regions of The British Isles, France & the Low Countries, Iberian Peninsula, Italy & Greece, Germany, Austria & Switzerl&, Scandinavia, Central & Eastern Europe. A selection of places to stay & places to eat have been given for each nation, often divided into venues within popular city destinations of each country. Practical travel information is provided in the introduction & a simple plan of Europe`s rail network is shown inside the back cover. ...

Compact Road Atlas of Europe from Freytag & Berndt in an A4 paperback format, with coverage at 1:1, 500, 000 for route planning extending east beyond Moscow & to include the Aegean coast of Turkey. Plus town centre street plans of most capital cities within the coverage area. The atlas presents the network of main & selected secondary & local roads on a base with relief shading & colouring for forested regions. Driving distances are marked on main routes. Place names, particularly of main towns, are in larger size print that found in most mapping at this scale, but this unfortunately obscures the road network & other information within areas such as the Ruhr, the Netherlands, Paris or London conurbations, etc. Outside these densely populated areas the mapping is much clearer. Within Greece & countries using the Cyrillic alphabet names of larger towns are in the local & Latin alphabets. The maps have latitude & longitude lines at 1° intervals. The index, which

Includes:: postcodes, is arranged by country. The atlas also

Includes:: 34 one- or two-page city centre street plans of European capitals plus Istanbul (no plans of Sofia, Tirana, Skopje, Podgorica, Pristina & Chisinau). Map legend

Includes:: English.





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Europe’s three main pilgrimage routes: the Way of St. James to Santiago de Compostela, routes to Rome, & Virgin Mary trails in Central Europe, presented on an overview map at 1:3, 500, 000, with on the reverse Central Europe with Italy & most of France shown in greater detail at 1:2, 000, 000. On one side the main map at 1:3, 500, 000

Includes:: southern Scandinavia & extends to Moscow & the Crimea. The base map has a very effective relief shading to indicate mountain ranges & shows the network of main & selected secondary roads. Colour overprint highlights the network of three principal pilgrimage themes: the Way of St. James towards Santiago de Compostela, trails to Rome including the Via Francigena from Canterbury, & routes associated with the Virgin Mary within Central Europe. For each theme the overprint indicates the main route & its secondary variants, with section numbers cross-referenced to the accompanying booklet. On the reverse an enlargement at 1:2, 000, 000 presents the main part of the Continent in greater detail & clarity, extending from southern Sweden & Denmark to Sicily, & from London & Barcelona to Poland’s eastern border & Belgrade. Map legend is in German & English. Accompanying 54-page booklet, available in German only, lists the routes divided into sections & grouped into continental zones, e.g. the Way of St. James in Central Europe, in Eastern Europe, etc, The booklet also provides brief descriptions of other trans-European trails not marked on the map, plus gives contact addresses for various related organizations.

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