A Tall Man in a Low Land |
 Harry Pearson
ISBN: 0349112061
Some Time Among the Belgians. It is normal for British travel writers to head south for a destination that is hot, exotic, dangerous, or all three. The author of this book chose a country which is damp, safe and of legendary banality: Belgium. But can...(read more) |
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A Throne in Brussels |
 Paul Belien
ISBN: 1845400658
In 1817 the great powers installed Leopold of Saxe-Coburg as king of Belgium - a new, artificial state inhabited by Catholic Dutch in the North, and French- speaking Walloons in the South. Belgium is often compared to multilingual Switzerland, but...(read more) |
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Belgian Fashion Design |
 San Van De Veire, Flanders Fashion Institute
ISBN: 9055442445
Dirk Bikkembergs, Ann Demeulemeester, Martin Margiela and Dries Van Noten are success stories in the fashion world. Together with a number of other designers, they helped to give Belgian fashion an international presence from the early Eighties onwards....(read more) |
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Brussels Bureaucrats? |
 Anne Stevens, Handley Stevens
ISBN: 0333604903
The Administration of the European Union. Is "Brussels" the remote and insensitive bureaucracy of popular mythology? The "civil service" of the European Union is little known. This book provides an accessible account of its...(read more) |
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Brussels Style |
 Christiane Reiter
ISBN: 3822823848
This work moves from Art Nouveau to modern minimalism. One cannot visit Brussels without being struck by its impressive architecture, from the ornate traditional buildings on the Grand Place to the plethora of Art Nouveau townhouses scattered throughout...(read more) |
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Brussels: A Cultural and Literary Companion |
 Andre de Vries
ISBN: 1902669479
From its humble beginnings as a few huts in a forbidding swamp, Brussels took more than a thousand years to become the capital of the Duchy of Brabant, of Burgundy, and from 1830 the capital city of the new kingdom of Belgium. Today its name popularly...(read more) |
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Guide to Belgian Chocolate |
 Bernard Dubrulle
ISBN: 2746903695
This manual will guide the reader on their quest for the most delicious and authentic Belgian chocolate. It begins with a history of chocolate, a look at the cocoa plant and the early days of production, and an explanation of the most recent methods of...(read more) |
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In the Belgian Chateau |
Renee C. Fox
ISBN: 1566637120
Spirit and Culture of a European Society in an Age of Change. The 'house' of Belgium and its many 'houses' institutional and personal, literal and metaphoric captured in a blend of social and cultural analysis offers a microcosm of European society...(read more) |
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Low Countries as a Crossroads of Religious Beliefs |
 Arie-Jan Gelderblom
ISBN: 9004122885
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The Cinema of the Low Countries |
 Ernest Mathijs
ISBN: 1904764002
The Cinema of the Low Countries is a volume in the new 24 Frames series of studies of national and regional cinema. In taking an explicitly text-centered approach, the books in this series offer a unique way of considering the particular concerns,...(read more) |
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The Xenophobe's Guide to the Belgians |
 Antony Mason
ISBN: 1902825195
The Xenophobe's Guides Series. |
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