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Publication Date
c2013
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 3 hr., 40 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Travel with acclaimed filmmaker Marlin Darrah, as he visits Europe's most beloved cities and regions. Darrah captures the cultures, histories, and architectures of the world's most traveled continent.
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Publication Date
2022.
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1243 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 20 cm
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"Lonely Planet's Europe is your passport to the most relevant, up-to-date advice on what to see and skip, and what hidden discoveries await you. Marvel at Norway's fjords, discover Granada's Alhambra in Spain, and explore Moscow's Red Square; all with your trusted travel companion. Get to the heart of Europe and begin your journey now!"--Publisher's description
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Publication Date
2020.
Physical Desc
vii, 399 pages : color illustrations, color maps ; 22 cm
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Join Rick as he's swept away by a fado singer in Lisbon, learns the dangers of falling in love with a gondolier in Venice, and savors a cheese course in the Loire Valley. Contemplate the mysteries of centuries-old stone circles in England, dangle from a cliff in the Swiss Alps, and hear a French farmer's defense of foie gras. With a brand-new, original introduction from Rick reflecting on his decades of travel, For the Love of Europe features 100...
Publication Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (56 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
From Northern Europe to the Mediterranean, this samples a variety of cultures like no guidebook could portray. From the air, viewers see the architecture of Vienna, the coastline of the Cote d'Azur, the monuments of Rome, and a foggy view of London. Ground footage brings audiences a view of Amsterdam's bicycle culture and winding canals and Prague's Old Town Square.
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"In 1784, travel wrenched Thomas Jefferson out of the darkest period of his life. He sailed to France a broken man, but on the road, he rediscovered a world of hidden beauty and penned a guide he called "Hints for Americans Traveling in Europe." During a crisis of his own, Derek Baxter dares himself to follow Jefferson's route. On a series of journeys (piloting a Dutch canal boat, hiking the French Alps, and fishing in the Atlantic), Baxter follows...
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Publication Date
2016.
Physical Desc
313 pages ; 24 cm
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Timothy Gandy has kept his lifetime's ambition secret for forty years. Now, suddenly (if tragically) released from the hen-pecked tedium of his ordinary existence, he is unexpectedly free to realize his dreams. He will embark on a Grand Tour of Europe, following in the footsteps of the aristocrats of the eighteenth century. He anticipates high art, culture and pleasant weather. He never expected to encounter new friendships - and possibly even love...
14) Fioretta
Publication Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (127 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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DVD-R. History-obsessed Randy Schoenberg, and his teenage son Joey, journey through Europe and the centuries to reclaim 500 years of family history.
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Publication Date
2010
Physical Desc
xvi, 364 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
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Early in 1815, Louisa Catherine Adams and her young son left St. Petersburg in a Russian carriage and set out to meet her husband, John Quincy Adams, in Paris. She traveled through the snows of eastern Europe, across the battlefields of Germany, and into a France then experiencing Napoleon's return from Elba. Along the way, she learned what Napoleon's wars had done to Europe, what her old friends in the royal court in Berlin had experienced during...
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