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Germany's Rhine & Mosel Valleysby Henrik Bekker
Hunter Publishing 2010; US$ 7.99The author, a travel journalist, was born and lives in Germany. This guide focuses on the Rhine & Mosel Valleys, including Mainz, Cologne, Bonn, Trier, Worms, Speyer and more - with the kind of inside detail that only a resident can provide. The Rhine valley is one of Germanys prime tourist attractions. The most interesting part of the valley is between Speyer, with the largest Romanesque cathedral in Germany, and Cologne (Köln), with the largest Gothic cathedral in the world. In between is the Rhine of legend with a castle or castle ruins every mile. The equally beautiful Mosel River is a meandering stream in a steep, narrow valley. Trier has the largest collection of Roman monuments in Germany. Hundreds of small towns are barely... more...
Rise of Brandenburg-Prussia, 1618-1740by Margaret Shennan
Routledge 1995; US$ 23.95Incorporating international and domestic relations and economic and cultural influences, Shennan surveys the rise of Prussia from the early 17th century to 1740, highlighting and evaluating the role of its rulers and their idiosyncracies. more...
Enlightened Nationalismby Matthew Levinger
Oxford University Press 2000; US$ 55.00Perhaps no medical breakthrough in the twentieth century is more spectacular, more hope-giving, or more fraught with ethical questions than organ transplantation. Each year some 25,000 Americans are pulled back from the brink of death by receiving vital new organs. Another 5,000 die while waiting for them. And what distinguishes these two groups has become the source of one of our thorniest ethical questions. In Raising the Dead, Ronald Munson offers a vivid, often wrenchingly dramatic account of how transplants are performed, how we decide who receives them, and how we engage the entire range of tough issues that arise because of them. Each chapter begins with a detailed account of a specific case--Mickey Mantle's controversial liver transplant,... more...
Adventure Guide to Germanyby Henk Bekker
Hunter Publishing 2005; US$ 15.00How to get special discounts (some 20 for train and bus travel alone), with tips for saving on gas, on hotels, on museums ? insights only an insider would know. The best shopping, the foods and wines ? what to look for and where to find it. All the places to stay described in detail, from guesthouses and hostels to the most luxurious hotels. Germany has the world?s largest Gothic church at Cologne and more medieval castles than any country in the world. Hundreds of small towns are barely changed from the Middle Ages. The author guides us through all of the best castles, churches, museums and other historic sites. Rhine cruises, wine tours, concerts, theater, town and country walks, canoeing and kayaking, cycling ? it?s all here. more...
The Sanctity of Rural Lifeby Shelley Baranowski
Oxford University Press 1995; US$ 145.00This is a study of rural social relationships in the eastern Prussian provinces during the Weimar Republic. Using the province of Pomerania as its primary example, it assesses the contributions of rural elites, particularly Junker landlords and Protestant clergymen. more...
Adventure Guide Grenada, St Vincent & Grenadinesby Alan Moore; Cindy Kilgore Brown
Hunter Publishing 2007; US$ 18.99A 364-page travel guide with color photos and maps throughout more...
Biographisches Handbuch der preußischen Verwaltungs- und Justizbeamten 1740-1806/15by Rolf Straubel
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2009; US$ 280.00This biographical handbook contains 3650 short biographies of administration and justice officials working in Prussian provincial and central public authorities between 1740 and 1806/15. Apart from dates of birth and death, the entries contain pertinent details of the subjects' social and regional origins, their school and university attendance and their professional careers. Most of the officials listed cannot be found in other biographical dictionaries. Data evaluated include files relating to their appointment and examination. Each article concludes with a brief index of literature and sources. more...
Two Boston Brahmins in Goethe's Germanyby Thomas Adam; Gisela Mettele
Rowman & Littlefield Publishing Group, Inc. 2009; US$ 34.99This volume presents the travel journals of George and Anna Ticknor, a prominent American couple, from their German tours in the first third of the nineteenth century. The parallel yet independent writing of these travel journals by husband and wife give these journals a unique character. more...
Das 17. und 18. Jahrhundert und Große Themen der Geschichte Preußensby Wolfgang Neugebauer; Frank Kleinehagenbrock
Walter de Gruyter, Inc. 2009; US$ 310.00This volume completes the series of three volumes comprising the Handbook of Prussian History. The chronological emphasis is on the Early Modern Period (16th-18th cent.). State and politics are presented in a chronological review, while a historiographical introduction presents the development of Brandenburg-Prussia as a research topic. The Handbook draws a critical balance and provides new impulses for scholarly work in the field. more...
Der Siebenjährige Krieg (1756 - 1763) in Oberfrankenby Andreas Leipold
Diplomica Verlag 2009; US$ 35.39Der Siebenjährige Krieg wird im Allgemeinen mit den Schlachten Friedrich des Großen in Schlesien und Böhmen verbunden. Die übrigen Kriegsschauplätze in Norddeutschland, im Rheinland und in Franken werden zumeist vergessen und als minder bedeutend angesehen. Für die Bevölkerung dieser Gebiete stellten die Ereignisse hingegen große Probleme dar. Dieses Buch soll die Kriegsereignisse in Oberfranken aufzeigen, wobei der Schwerpunkt auf die katholischen Gebiete im Hochstift Bamberg liegt. Die Studie soll in einem ersten Kapitel versuchen, die große Politik rund um den Krieg zu erklären. Im Folgenden werden Gründe für die preußischen Einfälle nach Franken aufgezeigt. Es werden Abwehrkonzepte und der preußische Vormarsch nach Bamberg in den Jahren... more...









