books about: belgian     books:       Gold Seeker: Adventures of a Belgian Argonaut during the Gold Rush Years (Yale Western Americana Series)3 reviews Jean-Nicolas Perlot Yale University Press, 1985 Great Great Grandpa did us proud Excellent review of my Great Great Grandfather's 20 years in America after leaving first Belgium and then Paris to seek his fortune with a company that upon arrival in Monterey, California was bankrupt. Being a self starter and not one to give up easily; he headed off to the gold fields on his own gathering other people as he went along. He gives an excellent account of the hardships and ...             Everybody Eats Well in Belgium Cookbook24 reviews Ruth Van Waerebeek, Maria Robbins Workman Publishing Company, 1996 Authentic I am a Belgian living in the US and I bought this book in 1996. I vouched for it being authentic and still representative of how people cook today. Even busy families know that sitting together at the table at the end of the day is a great way to unwind and to strengthen the body and mind. They value the time to listen to each other while eating slowly (no tv or other distractions). My friends ...             King Leopold's Soliloquy4 reviews Mark Twain International Publishers, 1991 REMARKABLE AND WELL DOCUMENTED mark twain's accounts of king leopold's rule in the congo and the colonization of it by the belguims speak of a known but least talked about african holocaust in the congo. over ten million people murdered. congolese people enslaved, mutilated, whipped, tortured, and ect. all under the orders of leopold and belguim. it shows how imperialism in the congo raped the region of its vast resources such ...             Agent for the Resistance: A Belgian Saboteur in World War II (Texas a & M University Military History Series)3 reviews Herman Bodson Texas A&M University Press, 1994 A fascinating and vivid account of the WWII underground. I borrowed the book from a family friend and could not put it down! I hung on every suspenseful turn. Mr. Bodson's account was brutally honest and extremely informative. I learned a great deal about the true face of the war and many detailed events I never would have imagined. I recommend this book to anyone with an interest in underground tactics or a love of war stories. An incredible ...             Falcons' Flight4 reviews Linda Linton Trafford Publishing, 2001 Wow! What Strong People! This book is a wonderful true story of two people whose love and persistence endured the separation and atrocities of World War II. It travels full-circle from their experiences and their final destination of freedom in Bermuda, to meeting in Bermuda 50 years later to tell the story to their children. I was unable to put this book down. The heart-wrenching story, documented with such clarity and ...             A Century of Belgian Horses in America4 reviews Maurice Telleen M.B. Telleen, 1991 A CENTURY OF BELGIAN HORSES IN AMERICA A very informative volume packed with hard to find information and photos. Detailed histories of the horses, their breeders and their exhibitors is included. As a member of a family once deeply involved with these fine work horses this book provided me with information and photos that I was unable to find anywhere else. With the principal people involved with the establishment of this breed ...             Brew Like a Monk: Trappist, Abbey, and Strong Belgian Ales and How to Brew Them16 reviews Stan Hieronymus Brewers Publications, 2005 A Conversation around the Fire Imagine that you-an experienced homebrewer-got to gather around a fire with some folks who had years of experience brewing versions of your favorite beer style. It would be hard to have a bad time, harder still not to come away a better brewer for it. This friendly, if somewhat disorderly book is just that conversation. I love the complexity and depth of belgian strong beers. Occasionally, by ...             Belgo Cookbook4 reviews Denis Blaise, Andre Plisnier Three Rivers Press, 2000 Ironically, London's best restaurant is Belgian. Namely, Denis and Andre's Belgo in Covent Garden. Unfortunately, I've found nothing like it back home. Fortunately, there's Belgo the cookbook. Equal parts moules, frites and beer, I've been able to bring Belgo home. Their book explains all: where mussels come from, which to pick, which to avoid and of course how to cook and eat them (with a discarded shell). And while the recipes are quick, ...             Culture Shock! Belgium: A Guide to Customs & Etiquette4 reviews Mark Elliot Graphic Arts Center Publishing Company, 2002 True to life! When reading this book I was really surprised by its accuracy and liveliness. The author succeeds in putting everything I would like to tell my non-Belgian friends in an extremely readable book (I finished it in one night). The point of view of the author is unique in the sense that he is a foreigner (British) but is married to a Belgian and has been living there long enough to know the small ...             What to Wear to See the Pope3 reviews Christine Lehner Harvest Books, 2005 This is a terrific book. In a voice that's distinctive and marvelously quirky, the author tells tales of domestic life that dance on the edge of the absurd but resonate with essential truth. The voice is so quirky that it would be easy for it to go over the top, or become cloying, but it never does. Lehner delights not just in chasing absurdities to comic lengths, but in playing with the language -- and while it can be ...             A Tall Man in a Low Land: Some Time Among the Belgians2 reviews Harry Pearson Little, Brown Book Group, 1999 Taking Belgium Seriously Through Humour Briton Harry Pearson's long travels to virtually every nook and cranny of Belgium provide a nuanced and enjoyable portrait of a little known culture. Longstanding ethnic and linguistic differences between Wallonia and Flanders are carefully explained, as are major episodes of the country's history, from colonialism in Africa under King Leopold II to the new status of Brussels as the bureacratic ...             Horsepower: The Wonder of Draft Horses2 reviews Cris Peterson Boyds Mills Press, 1997 They've done it again! Cris Peterson and Alvis Upitis have done it again!! This book combines well-written text with gorgeous pictures. It shows the importance of draft horses in the early 20th century in agriculture in the United States. This should be in every primary classroom to show kids how far we have come in 100 years. Mrs. Peterson writes clearly and in simple language for children to understand tough ...             Above the War Fronts: The British Two-Seater Bomber Pilot and Observer Aces, the British Two-Seater Fighter ...1 review Norman L. R. Franks, Russell Guest, ... Grub Street, 1997 A fitting end to a magnificent series of original histories With "Above the War Fronts," Norman Franks and his associates conclude a magnificent series of WW I aviation histories. The books contain virtually everything the serious researcher will ever need on the ever-popular subject of the first fighter aces, and ATWF rounds out the set with British gunner aces as well as all aces of Belgium, Italy, Russia, and Austria-Hungary. I published the first ...             Searching for Flemish (Belgian) Ancestors2 reviews Jozef J. Goethals Clearfield, 2007 Publisher's note: Mr. Goethals and Fr. Denys have prepared the first English-language guidebook for tracing Flemish ancestors from Belgium. A primary goal of Searching for Flemish Ancestors is to inform researchers about the Flemish sources that are accessible in the U.S. and how to interpret them. The book begins with a very informative historical introduction. Readers will learn, for example, that (1) Belgium ...             Pawa: A Memoir from the Belgian Congo - 1945-492 reviews Frank L. Lambrecht Frank Lambrecht, 1994 PAWA: A Memoir from the Blegian Congo How can I review something that I haven't even read or browsed?             Chelsea: The Story of a Signal Dog2 reviews Paul Ogden Little, Brown and Company, 1992 Touching, warm, educational If you love dogs and the help they give humans, you will love this book. It speaks of independence gained living with a trained canine, the dedication of the trainers of these dogs and humans, and has some humor. It speaks of the importance of recognizing these dogs as working dogs and not pets, and of allowing them the access they are legally entitled to. I couldn't put it down and wanted ...             Belgians : From Start to Finished2 reviews Sallyann Comstock Beyond Graphics, 1997 The most complete book on Belgians you will find !! This book IS the best book on Belgians that I've found. With information on raising, training, showing, grooming, and breeding. Great pictures and information on all four "varieties" Sheepdog, Malinois, Tervuren and Laekenois. Don't miss out on this excellent book!             Graphic Witness: Four Wordless Graphic Novels by Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, Giacomo Patri and Laurence Hyde2 reviews Frans Masereel, Lynd Ward, ... Firefly Books, 2007 What relief These four graphic novels cover a range of relief printmaking techniques: woodcut, linocut, and wood engraving. They cover a range of styles, as well: Masereel's Expressionism, Ward's delicate linework on bold figures, Patri's crisp realism, Hyde's detailed primitivism. And, although they cover very different eras and stories, they all end in pessimism about people's treatement of people. ...             Child at War: The True Story of a Young Belgian Resistance Fighter2 reviews Mark Bles Mercury House, 1991 Best book ever Comming from someone who has read extensively on resistance movements during WWII this is by far the best account. It is inspiring as well as informative. The text comes alive, and the reader is transported to war torn Belgium. Someday this book will be recognized by scholars as the difinitive account of the Belgian Resistance.             Death on the Nile: A Hercule Poirot Mystery (Hercule Poirot Mysteries)2 reviews Agatha Christie Black Dog & Leventhal Publishers, 2007 Classic Mystery This was my first Hercule Poirot novel and I found it to be quite a good read. The story follows a wealthy American heiress on her honeymoon. It seems she stole her husband from a good friend of hers and that friend is now stalking the two of them as they travel through Egypt. Before too long, the heiress is murdered and Hercule Poirot is called upon to find the culprit. 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