Nisaburo Ito was born in Kyoto, with conflicting reports stating his birth year as 1910 per Helen Me... more

Kotozuka Eiichi 琴塚 英一 (1906-1979), born in Osaka, graduated from the Kyoto Kaiga Semmon Gakko (Techn... more

Ohara Koson (also Ohara Hōson, Ohara Shōson) (Kanazawa 1877 - Tokyo 1945) was a Japanese painter and... more

The Russo-Japanese War (8 February 1904 - 5 September 1905) was a conflict between the Russian Empir... more

collection of timeless fairy tales and short stories by Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen. This carefully curated selection presents a rich...... more

Journey to a land of enchantment with "East O’ the Sun and West O’ the Moon, as retold by Gudrun Thorne-Thomsen," a...... more

The First Sino-Japanese War (25 July 1894 - 17 April 1895), or the First China-Japan War, was a conf... more

Emanuel Aage Petersen (born Aage Emanuel Petersen on February 18, 1894 in Copenhagen; died December ... more

Tōshi Yoshida (吉田 遠志, Yoshida Tōshi, July 25, 1911 - July 1, 1995) was a Japanese printmaking artist... more

Helicopters are a lifeline in Greenland. Of up to 70 inhabited towns and settlements only 13 have ru... more

The Los Angeles Fire Department has recently been incredibly challenged by the Palisades Wildfires w... more

Los Angeles Fire Department has recently been confronted with enormous challenges and it is natural ... more

Sigüenza is celebrating 900 years since the Reconquista from the Muslims 12-14 July 2024. The town i... more

Tsuchiya Kōitsu ( 土屋光逸, (September 23, 1870 - November 13, 1949)) was a Japanese artist in the Shin-... more

Takahashi Shōtei (高橋松亭), born Hiroaki (1871 - 11 February 1945) was a 20th-century Japanese woodbloc... more

Joaquín Sorolla (born in Valencia 1863 - died in Cercedilla 1923) is one of the most successful Span... more

The official title for this work is "The Fifty-three Stations of the Tōkaidō Road" - Tōkaidō gojūsan... more

The 8 Views is a Chinese artistic and literary theme developed already in the 10th century and then ... more

Shunsen Natori (名取春仙, February 7, 1886 - March 30, 1960) was a Japanese woodblock printer, considere... more

No, it is not a spelling error. It is not "Dear" friends but "Deer" friends...as in Roe deer - Buck,... more

Tomikichiro Tokuriki 徳力富吉郎, was born on March 22, 1902 and died in 1999 in Kyoto, Japan. Young Tomik... more

Takeji Asano (1900-1999) was a prominent figure in the realm of Japanese art. He completed his educa... more

The Salzburger Christkindlmarket has 100 stalls with a wide selection of quality products, incl food... more

Christkindelsmärik is the Alsatian dialect name of the Christmas market in Strasbourg, held annually... more

The Trier Christmas Market is one of the loveliest in Germany. It is set in a wonderful Roman and ea... more

Let us visit the Christmas market in one of the smallest countries of the world - The Grand-Duchy of... more

Europe has many wonderful old traditions, and one of them is the Christmas market. Salzburg in Austr... more

The largest and oldest Christmas market in Munich was first documented as a Nikolaimarkt (Nikolausma... more

The Nuremberg Christkindlesmarkt is one of the oldest Christmas markets in Germany. The pre-Christma... more

Montreux is a city on the shore of Lake Geneva (Lac Léman) with abt 25,000 inhabitants. It is part o... more

One of the wonderful traditions of Christmas is the Nativity. But you don’t have to be Christian or ... more

The Malaga Christmas Market is a completely different experience from the Christmas Markets in the G... more

Hiroshi Yoshida was born 19 September, 1876 in Kurume, Fukuoka. He died 5 April, 1950 (aged 73) in h... more

There is a companion volume for adults, also called Birds of Play. If you like animals and want to g... more

Eleanor of Aquitaine is considered one of the most fascinating and accomplished rulers in world hist... more

Come with a small boy and see all the construction vehicles that are so exiting. The trip is mainly ... more

The wonderful cakes from Andalucia are pure luxury. Many of them were developed in rich towns where ... more

Eleanor of Aquitaine is considered one of the most fascinating and accomplished rulers in world hist... more

Vasily Vereshchagin (1842-1904) was a Russian soldier, painter and traveller. He was born to a lesse... more

This version of the title is censored on the demands of self-publishing platform BOD.es in Spain, wh... more

Shinsui Ito was born 4 February 1898 in the Fukagawa district of Tokyo and died 8 May 1972. Shinsui ... more

Shinsui Ito was born 4 February 1898 in the Fukagawa district of Tokyo and died 8 May 1972. Shinsui ... more

Albert Rieger was born in Triest on 6. May 1834 and died in 1905 in Vienna. He also used the pseudon... more

Napoleon Bonaparte s campaign in Russia in from 24 June to abt 5 December 1812 remains one of the gr... more

A basket case is of course someone who is whackoo or looney. We use the term in a slightly different... more

Napoleon Bonaparte (1769-1821) continues to fascinate even today, more than 200 years after his deat... more

Hokusai s 53 Stations of the Tokaido 1802 is something completely different from his first square se... more

The Scenic Places of the Tōkaidō (Tōkaidō Meisho no Uchi) by 17 artists is based on the list of prin... more

Joaquín Sorolla (born in Valencia 1863 - died in Cercedilla 1923) is one of the most successful Span... more

Viewing Osaka through the series 100 Views of Naniwa (Osaka) is an amazing experience. It is a well ... more

A "propulsive and wildly engrossing" (Brad Stone, author of The Everything Store) account of how the... more

) sure to be the Seattle area’s shivery early-spring weather. Edited by Jim Thomsen, who grew up on an island near Seattle...... more

Mountain search and rescue is one of the most demanding rescue activities of them all. It take place... more

Mexican police cars are very colorful and much loved by children. Law enforcement services in Mexico... more

Police cars are usually very visible in our society, advertising the important role of police and mu... more

The Feuerwehr (German: fire defence) is a number of German fire departments. The responsible bodies ... more

Fire fighting engines are brightly colored, red or yellow and shiny chrome. Their sirens ask people ... more

In our family we have an ardent railfan or rail enthusiast. This has led to the present book. Rail e... more