Europe — Markus Wiener Publishers

Subject: Europe

The Lure of Antiquity and the Cult of the Machine: The Kunstkammer and the Evolution of Nature, Art and Technology
	Bredekamp, Horst (introduction by Anthony T. Grafton; translated by Allison Brown) Subject: Europe	Translated into six languages The Kunstkammer was a programmatic display of art and oddities amassed by wealthy Europeans during the sixteenth to the eighteenth centuries. These nascent museums reflected the ambitions of such thinkers as Descartes, Locke, and Kepler … More Information

The Ottoman Balkans, 1750–1830
	Anscombe, Frederick F. Subject: Europe, Middle East	“The decades after 1750 saw the Ottoman Empire undergo tremendous stresses that culminated in the first stirrings of nationalism among Christian subjects and an irrevocable commitment to reform by the Muslim state. By 1830, Serbs and Greeks had fought successfully … More Information

The Ottoman Empire: A Short History
	Faroqhi, Suraiya (translated by Shelley Frisch) Subject: Middle East	In a concise and colorful style, Suraiya Faroqhi lays out the history of one of the most powerful empires of the Late Middle Ages and the Early Modern era. At its height, the Ottoman Empire spread over three continents and … More Information

The Rabbi of Bacherach and Other Stories
	Heine, Heinrich (illustrated by Max Liebermann; edited by Elizabeth Petuchowski) Subject: Religion. Jewish Studies, European Studies Literature	The book includes two stories by Heinrich Heine, “The Rabbi of Bacherach” and “Shylock,” as well as the poem “Hebrew Melodies.” This beautiful edition is illustrated with the lithographs of Max Liebermann, one of of the most prominent turn-of-the-century European … More Information

The Siege of Magdala: The British Empire Against the Emperor of Ethiopia
	Matthies, Volker (foreword by Richard Pankhurst; translated by Steven Rendall) Subject: Africa, Europe, World History	In 1867-68, a petty diplomatic dispute between Ethiopian emperor Tewodros II and Queen Victoria led to one of the strangest and most dramatic military campaigns in history. The British Indian Army, with 60,000 men, 30,000 elephants, mules and horses, and … More Information

The Turning Point: The Autobiography of Klaus Mann
	Mann, Klaus (introduction by Shelley Frisch) Subject: Europe, World Literature	Klaus Mann, writer of Mephisto and the oldest son of Nobel Prize winner Thomas Mann, describes the life of intellectuals in Europe before the Nazi seizure of power, then moves on to depict the restless existence of the often bohemian … More Information