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Rick Steves Audio Europe
Rick's free app for iPhone and Android can be a great teaching tool in Europe
Europe 101: History & Art for the Traveler
$24.95 retail $12.50 for educators — save 50%!
- Order one for yourself — or enough for your entire class!
- By Rick Steves & Gene Openshaw, 526 pages
- History and art come alive with this book
Written in a breezy style and illustrated in full color, Europe 101 is Rick Steves' fat-free introduction to Europe's rich art and history, from the Pyramids to Picasso. It's also a handy reference book (what exactly was Baroque, anyway?), with 40 pages on art and music appreciation, and a six-page timeline digest of the past 32 millennia.
- Best for: high school classroom; high school and university study abroad prep
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Table of Contents
See the Europe 101 contents page.
Slideshow Previews
Eleven slideshows give you a preview of the topics and tone of Europe 101.