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Indonesian Cuisine
Selamat Makan
Food and its preparation are an integral part of the lives of the Indonesian people. Cooking is a time of community and celebration, and recipes, techniques and traditions are hand...
USD 22.95 / CAD 24.95
Let's Go Dutch
Taste the legendary flavours of Dutch chocolate, pudding and pastry. Delight in the wonderful stories and recipes surrounding the Feast of Saint Nicholas, Christmas and New Year’s ...
USD 19.95 / CAD 21.95
The Sensible Cook
Dutch Foodways in the Old and the New World
With this book, Dutch-American authoress Peter Rose creates a window on Dutch colonial cooking as well as on the foodways in the 17th century Lowlands. In addition to historic reci...
USD 19.95 / CAD 22.95
American Travels of a Dutch Hobo
In 1923, Dutch seaman Gerard Leeflang fell in love with America and soon was an illegal alien. He had become entranced with what he had seen of New York City. He jumped ship and ab...
USD 14.95 / CAD 17.25
Of Dutch Ways
This popular book is an excellent introduction to the Netherlands, its history, culture, and contemporary life. Recommended reading for anyone visiting the Netherlands for the firs...
USD 15.75 / CAD 16.95
Hans Brinker or The Silver Skates
This is the story of a poor brother and sister in long-ago Holland. Here Hans and his sister Gretel experience championship skating, hunger and family hardship, and countless adven...
USD 9.95 / CAD 11.50
Hans Brinker Teacher Guide
A Guide for Teachers and Students
Interact with some of the greatest American children’s literature ever written. Intelligent, thought-provoking questions and creative activities will enable students to experience ...
USD 6.95 / CAD 7.95
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The Sensible Cook (Hardcover)
Dutch Foodways in the Old and the New World
A window on Dutch colonial cooking as well as on the foodways in the 17th century Lowlands. In addition to historic recipes from the 300-year-old book ‘de Verstandige Kock’, it pro...
USD 34.95 / CAD 40.25
A Short History of Amsterdam
A city of paradoxes, and since the late 1500s the epicentre of the Netherlands. During much of the 17th century the city played a dominant role in world affairs as well. Long a glo...
USD 40.50 / CAD 43.95
Tourist Map of The Netherlands
Great for travelling or as a gift for someone travelling to the Netherlands. • Completely updated to include roads under construction or projected to be built. • Detailed legend ...
USD 10.95 / CAD 11.95
A Trimaran Sails the Seven Seas
A former radio-officer in the Dutch Merchant Navy, the author studied celestial navigation in Canada before becoming a Commander with an Ontario Sail Squadron. The Master Mariner b...
USD 16.75 / CAD 17.95
Groote Beer
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. The Groote Beer, the Waterman and he Zuiderkruis are the three ...
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
Volendam I
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. Launched on July 6, 1922 and made her maiden voyage from Rotter...
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
Waterman
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. Originally a freighter, the Waterman was converted to a passeng...
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
Zuiderkruis
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. Built in 1944 as a freighter it was later converted to a passen...
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
Maasdam IV
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. A sister ship of the Ryndam, both ships were the first two-clas...
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
Ryndam II
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. The Ryndam made its maiden voyage from Rotterdam to New York on...
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
DC4
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. First trip from Schiphol to Montreal in 1946....
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
Constellation
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. First flight from Schiphol to Montreal in 1947....
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
Super Constellation
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. First flight from Schiphol to Montreal in 1955....
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
DC7
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. First flight from Schiphol to Montreal in 1958....
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
DC8
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. First flight from Schiphol to Montreal in 1960....
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
Boeing 747
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. First flight from Schiphol to Montreal in 1971....
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
DC10
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. First flight from Schiphol to Montreal in 1994....
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
Boeing 767
Ceramic Wall Plaque
Delft blue-style tiles make great gifts, specifically for immigration anniversaries, reunions and family gatherings. First flight from Schiphol to Montreal in 1995....
USD 14.95 / CAD 14.95
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Across The Atlantic (DVD)
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Between 1928 and 1971, 3.8 million people worldwide immigrated to Canada. The majority of European immigrants landed at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Among them were many from t...
USD 27.75 / CAD 29.95
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Across the Atlantic (VHS)
Between 1928 and 1971, 3.8 million people worldwide immigrated to Canada. The majority of European immigrants landed at Pier 21 in Halifax, Nova Scotia. Among them were many from t...
USD 9.95 / CAD 9.95
Exotic Tastes of Sri Lanka
Sri Lanka lies in the Indian Ocean is separated from southeastern India by a mere 30-mile chain of shoals. This proximity has had an inevitable effect on Sri Lanka's cuisine, as di...
USD 24.95 / CAD 28.75
Railways in the Netherlands
A Brief History, 1834-1994
Europe’s Lowlands is a country of windmills, canals and ... a very extensive railway system which in addition to freight is a significant people mover. Just like the waterways did ...
USD 49.95 / CAD 57.50
Storms, Ice, and Whales
The Antarctic Adventures of a Dutch Artist on a Norwegian Whaler
During the heroic age of Antarctic exploration in 1923, Dutch artist Willem van der Does talked his way aboard a Norwegian whaler and made a daring, often dangerous voyage to Antar...
USD 28.95 / CAD 33.40
Indonesia
A country of incredible beauty and stupefying extremes, Indonesia sprawls across one-eighth of the globe, stretching between Malaysia and Australia. This is the most complex single...
USD 14.75 / CAD 15.95
Holland
Many people want to satisfy their curiosity by briefly traveling foreign countries in the comfort of their armchair. Others may need a pictorial appetizer for the country of their ...
USD 21.25 / CAD 22.95
Holland Guidebook
A pictorial appetizer of the Netherlands with text summaries in four languages, English, German, French and Russian on every page. Everything from beautiful aerial photographs to c...
USD 9.25 / CAD 9.95
Holland,
Land of water, dykes and polders
How do the Dutch keep their feet dry in the low-lying Delta? A legitimate question because without their extensive public works systems – dikes, dams and polders – the country defi...
USD 9.25 / CAD 9.95
Wooden Shoes of Holland
Everything you need to know about this icon of Dutch footwear. You can match your knowledge with the information by text and image this compact book brings to the table. Included i...
USD 9.25 / CAD 9.95
Windmills of Holland
The Dutch can amaze others endlessly. Case in point, of all the landmarks dotting the country, windmills have their own (sign)language and even secret codes. Still, windmills are n...
USD 9.25 / CAD 9.95
Tulipmania
Money, Honor, and Knowledge in the Dutch Golden Age
The meteoric rise and subsequent crash of the Dutch tulip trade in the 1600s, popularly known as Tulipmania, continues to be used in newspaper articles and financial newsletters th...
USD 31.95 / CAD 36.80
Dutch Jewry during the Emancipation Period
Gothic Turrets on a Corinthian Building
By the end of the eighteenth century, Dutch Jews enjoyed complete freedom of religion, but economic discrimination left the majority of them penniless. Moreover, a bitter conflict ...
USD 24.95 / CAD 28.75
Indonesian Dictionary & Phrase Book
This handy, 3,000-essential Indonesian words reference book can open the door to communicating with the 200 million people who live in the South Pacific archipelago country of Indo...
USD 13.95 / CAD 16.25
Cookies, Coleslaw, and Stoops
The Influence of Dutch on the North American Languages
From Santa Claus (after the Dutch folklore saint Sinterklaas) and his sleigh (the pronunciation of the Dutch slee is almost identical) to a dumbhead (domkop) talking poppycock, the...
USD 32.95 / CAD 38.95
Let's Go Dutch Again
Many people have been looking for recipes for these (and other) very traditional Dutch specialties. The cookbook provides those recipes along with one for Grunneger Kruidkoek and m...
USD 18.50 / CAD 19.95
Holland and the Hollanders
Nature and Nostalgia
Exquisite nature scenery, architecture and daily life photographs, all full colour, that reveal the stunning landscapes and cultural variety of the Netherlands. The photographer wh...
USD 55.25 / CAD 59.95