Varga, Bernadett
Summary: Belgium has somehow acquired the reputation of being Europe's most boring country--a reputation that is entirely undeserved. But perhaps this bland image is a smokescreen, the conventional exterior hiding a subversive sense of humor, a surreal imagination, and a deep-rooted disdain for authority. Or perhaps it is a camouflage, a way in which Belgium, still overrun--however peacefully--by...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Kuperard 2022
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: For the 200th anniversary of Waterloo, Lord of the Rings actor Sean Bean tells the story of one of history's bloodiest battles through the eyes of the soldiers who fought it.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV SEAGroom, Winston
Summary: An analysis of a pivotal battle of World War I revisits the four-year-long Battle of Ypres, an engagement that cost hundreds of thousands of lives and forever changed the way war would be waged.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.4144 GROZuckerman, Larry.
Summary: Publisher description: In August 1914, the German Army invaded the neutral nation of Belgium, violating a treaty that the German chancellor dismissed as a "scrap of paper." The invaders terrorized the Belgians, shooting thousands of civilians and looting and burning scores of towns, including Louvain, which housed the country's preeminent university. The Rape of Belgium recalls the bloodshed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: New York University Press 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.3493 ZUCSelby, Scott Andrew.
Summary: The authors uncover how a group of thieves stole over $108 million dollars worth of diamonds from an allegedly airtight vault in the international diamond capital of Antwerp.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Union Square Press 2010
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 364.16 SELFagan, Cary
Summary: "On May 10, 1940, the Nazi Army invaded Belgium, setting into motion the refugee story of Cary Fagan's father, Maurice. Maurice was only 12 at the time, and he and his family had no idea they would never again return to Brussels, the city of his birth. Instead, they would travel through France, Spain, and Portugal, running from war. Every time they thought they might be safe, Maurice would try...
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Publisher / Publication Date: OwlKids Books Inc. 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 FAGChandler, Matt
Summary: "The true story of Lt. Robert Grimes running for his life as he evades being captured by Nazi soldiers. Robert Grimes escapes danger with help from the Comet Line, a resistance group that rescued Allied soldiers during WWII"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Capstone Press, a capstone imprint 2017
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 940.54 CHASummary: A look at Martin Margiela, the fashion world's answer to Banksy, an elusive and enigmatic designer whose revolutionary creations changed the face of fashion while remaining completely anonymous.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Documentary DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY DOC MAREisner, Peter.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. Morrow 2004
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.5337 EISEvens, Brecht
Summary: "As night falls in the City of Belgium, three strangers in their late twenties-a most dangerous age-arrive at a popular restaurant. Jona is about to move away; he calls his wife, who's already settled in Berlin, before trying to make plans with friends for one last night on the town. No one bites-they're all busy or maybe they just don't want to party-but he's determined to make this night...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Drawn & Quarterly 2021
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1 available in Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 EVEBarron, Leo.
Summary: Published to coincide with the seventieth anniversary of the Battle of the Bulge, an Army veteran and historian explores one of the most famous yet little understood clashes of the war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: NAL Caliber 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 BARRoberts, Mary Louise
Summary: "This is an unflinching history of the Western Front in World War II told through the physical misery of the soldiers who fought there. Roberts describes the experiences not only of American and British troops, but of French and German soldiers, too. Though she ranges across the Western Front, her primary cases are the winter campaigns of 43-44 in Italy and 44-45 in Belgium, both crucial to the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The University of Chicago Press 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.54 ROBWalker, Ida.
Summary: Explores the history, government, economy, and culture of Belgium, and briefly discusses some of the major issues facing the country today, including environmental concerns and discrimination against Muslims.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mason Crest Publishers 2012
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Place a hold to request this item.Wolff, Leon.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Greenwood Press 1984
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.433 WOLChevalier, Tracy.
Summary: Bewitching art experts and enthusiasts alike for centuries, the Lady and the Unicorn tapestries hang today in the Cluny Museum in Paris. In each, an elegant lady and a unicorn stand or sit on an island of grass surrounded by a rich background of animals and flowers. Little is known about them except that they were woven toward the end of the fifteenth century and bear the coat of arms of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2004
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CHECornwell, Bernard
Summary: An illustrated account chronicles in detail events ranging from Napoleon's escape from Elba through Waterloo's three major battlefield events.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 940.2 CORBontinck, Dimitri
Summary: Dimitri Bontinck lived every parent's worst nightmare. His teenage son, introduced to Islam by his girlfriend, fell into the clutches of a radical mosque. Dimitri watched helplessly as his son, Jay, transformed from a gentle boy to a soldier in training, wearing traditional robes and following a strict diet. Completely brainwashed, Jay snuck out of the house and traveled to Syria, all but...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2017
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 BONTINCK, DIMITRI BONGoddin, Philippe.
Contents: v. 1. 1907-1937 -- v. 2. 1937-1948 -- v. 3. 1948-1983.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Last Gasp 2008
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1 available in Oversize, Call number: OVS 741.5092 GODSummary: Katy Haswell visits Belgium and Luxembourg, two European countries small in stature but large in attractions, such as Antwerp, Bruges, Brussels, and the site of the battle of Waterloo, then Luxembourg in time to take part in the National Day festivities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Pilot Productions 2005
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 914.93 BELRoberts, Andrew
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Publisher / Publication Date: HarperCollins 2005