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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXBLT16)
 
Eyewitness Guide St. Petersburg  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES
An outstanding guide to St. Petersburg, its culture, history and attractions. This compact travel guide features excellent local maps and site plans, hundreds of color photographs and a good selection of writing on St. Petersburg over the ages. (RUS87, $23.00)
  Eyewitness Guide St. Petersburg
The Baltic Revolution, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence  •  Anatol Lieven
HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 454 PAGES
Lieven explores the culture and personality of the Baltic peoples, their religious and national differences and relations with Russia and the West. Written by a London Times correspondent who interweaves interviews, observations and history to reveal post-Glasnost Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (BLT02, $32.50)
  The Baltic Revolution, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence
A History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland  •  T.K Derry
HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 447 PAGES
This comprehensive volume gives a historical overview of Scandinavia from prehistory to the present day, with chapters on the Viking and Lutheran kingdoms, medieval times, monarchies, the World Wars and modern period through the 1970s (with a short chapter addressing the 1990s). It emphasizes the common cultural, political and social background of the five modern states. (SCN03, $23.50)
  A History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland
Northern Europe Map  •  Freytag & Berndt
MAP
A colorful shaded relief map of Scandinavia and the Baltic States at a scale of 1:2,000,000. It shows the entire Baltic Sea region. (EUR19, $11.95)
  Northern Europe Map



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Tallinn Map  •  ITMB    •  A city map of historic Tallinn at a walking scale of 1:8,000. (BLT23, $10.95)
 
 
Bradt Guide Baltic Capitals  •  Neil Taylor   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, practical guide to exploring Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Kaliningrad and surrounding regions. (BLT12, $21.95)
 
 
Footprint Tallinn  •  Clare Thomson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Nuts-and-bolts information, plus an overview of history and culture, geared for the independent traveler. (BLT27, $12.95)
 
 
Insight Guide Scandinavia  •  Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An illustrated, compact overview of the culture, history, nature and attractions of the region, featuring outstanding color maps and hundreds of photographs. (SCN22, $23.95)
 
 
Rough Guide Copenhagen  •  Lone Mouritsen  •  Andrew Spooner   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A pocket guide to Copenhagen, its history, culture and attractions. (DMK15, $16.99)
 
 
Stockholm Pocket Guide  •  Berlitz Pocket Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  As advertised, this brief, illustrated guide to the city fits easily into a shirt pocket. It's a brief guide covering what to see and do in Stockholm -- with a convenient map of the city center. (SWE01, $13.50)
 
 
Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights, The Stone Castles of Latvia and Estonia  •  Stephen Turnbull   • HISTORY  •  A heavily illustrated history of the medieval crusader castles of the Livonian Order (1185-1560) of Teutonic Knights in present-day Estonia and Latvia. With contemporary photos. (BLT19, $16.95)
 
 
Land of the Firebird, The Beauty of Old Russia  •  Suzanne Massie   • HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  Massie traces both miniscule details and larger movements in pre-Revolutionary Russian art, literature and daily life in this affectionate overview of 19th-century palaces, courts and culture. (RUS21, $35.00)
 
 
Lenin's Tomb  •  David Remnick   • HISTORY  •  A gripping eyewitness tale of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Remnick, the Washington Post reporter on the scene, combines fine historical scholarship with great storytelling. (RUS07, $16.95)
 
 
Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia  •  W. Bruce Lincoln   • HISTORY  •  A wonderfully written, informative portrait of St. Petersburg, focusing on the city's development in the 18th and 19th centuries as Russia's "window on the West." Highly recommended for travelers with an interest in the character and significance of the city and its monuments. (RUS128, $19.95)
 
 
The Baltic, A New History of the Region and its People  •  Alan Palmer   • HISTORY  •  The prolific British historian covers the history of the region from the Viking era to modern day. A vivid, sweeping chronicle with its share of entertaining anecdote. (BLT22, $19.95)
 
 
The Northern Crusades  •  Eric Christiansen   • HISTORY  •  The story of the conquest and conversion of the pagan tribes of the Baltic Coasts by the crusading knights of the Teutonic Order from the 13th to the 15th centuries. (BLT14, $16.00)
 
 
The Vikings, Lords of the Seas  •  Yves Cohat   • HISTORY  •  An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket, this slim volume, part of the "Discoveries" series, is packed with maps, archival photographs and illustrations. It tells of the Norse homeland, discoveries and settlements, and features a useful chronology and excerpts from the Viking Sagas. (VIK01, $12.95)
 
 
Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages  •  Alain Erlande-Brandenburg   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages featuring hundreds of drawings and color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $12.95)
 
 
St. Petersburg, Architecture of the Tsars  •  Dmitri Shvidkovsky  •  Alexander Orloff   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This definitive book presents Baroque masterpieces of Peter the Great, Neoclassic confections of Catherine the Great and Art Nouveau glitter of Nicholas II in splendid color photographs. (RUS152, $95.00)
 
 
Helsinki, A Cultural and Literary History  •  Neil Kent   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A literary guide to Helsinki, its history and culture, organized into three sections: city of architects and engineers; city of music and arts; and city of hospitality. With maps and black-and-white illustrations. (SCN33, $15.00)
 
 
Peter the Great, His Life and World  •  Robert Massie   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Massie portrays the giant of history who transformed Russia from backwater tsardom into a major empire. (RUS48, $19.95)
 
 
The Struggle and the Triumph, An Autobiography  •  Lech Walesa   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The inside story of the Solidarity movement by the man who made it happen. Walesa draws a detailed portrait of his rise from the Gdansk shipyards to become the first freely elected president of Poland. (PLD05, $20.99)
 
 
Stockholm, City of My Dreams  •  Pers Anders Fogelstrom   • LITERATURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  Young Henning Nilsson arrives in Stockholm on the eve of the industrial revolution, eager for success, love and a fully experienced life, in this Swedish classic of historical realist fiction, happily now available in an English translation. (SWE22, $18.95)
 
 
The Dogs of Riga  •  Henning Mankell   • MYSTERY  •  In this installment of Mankell's Kurt Wallender crime series, the Swedish detective travels to Latvia on the shadowy trail of a grisly murder. A gripping read, steeped in Baltic ambiance. (BLT24, $13.95)
 
 
The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen  •  Hans Christian Andersen  •  Diana Crone Frank  •  Jeffrey Frank   • LITERATURE • FAMILY  •  A newly refurbished collection of twenty-two tales, adroitly retranslated by Diana and Jeffrey Frank and with the original illustrations. (DMK27, $21.95)
 
 

 
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