The Invention of Amsterdam John Walsh When an obsessive passion for

When an obsessive passion for her high school teacher consumes a small-town seventeen-year-old

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Diving deep into this extraordinary world and putting himself forward as a guinea-pig

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The Invention of Amsterdam John Walsh When an obsessive passion forAn essential guide to one of the world's most remarkable, and often misunderstood, cities by the author of Why the Dutch Are Different. When Ben Coates injures his leg and needs to rebuild his strength by walking, he finds himself presented with an exciting opportunity to rediscover the city he has been working in for over a decade, at a slower pace. He devised ten walks, each demonstrating a different chapter of Amsterdam's history, from its humble