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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $72, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXBLT34)		  
Baltic Cruising  •  Thomas Cook Publishers
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 175 PAGES • BEST SELLER
This handy pocket guide covers history, politics, culture and highlights of the region from Denmark and Sweden to Russia. (BLT40, $16.95)		   Baltic Cruising
The Baltic  •  Alan Palmer
HISTORY •  2007 •  PAPER  • 448 PAGES
The prolific British historian covers the history of the region from the Viking era to modern day in this vivid, sweeping chronicle, which also includes some entertaining anecdotes. (BLT22, $19.95)		   The Baltic
Eyewitness Guide St. Petersburg  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 264 PAGES • BEST SELLER
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, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide St. Petersburg
Baltic Sea States Map  •  Freytag & Berndt
2008 •  MAP • BEST SELLER
This large map covers the entire Baltic region from Copenhagen across to Gdansk, the Baltic States, St. Petersburg, Oslo and Stockholm at a scale of 1:800,000. With an index and city maps of Copenhagen, Hamburg, Helsinki, Oslo, Riga, St. Petersburg, Stockholm, and Tallinn. Two Sides. 30 x 39 inches. (BLT38, $14.95)		   Baltic Sea States Map



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Northern Europe Scandinavia Map  •  Freytag & Berndt    •  A colorful shaded relief map showing the Baltic region from Copenhagen to St. Petersburg and Hammerfest at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (EUR19, $14.95)
 		  
Stockholm Map  •  ITMB    •  A convenient, detailed map of Stockholm and surroundings at a scale of 1:12,000. (SWUE33, $8.95)
 		  
Bradt City Guide Helsinki  •  Nigel Wallis   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This convenient pocket guide features an overview of the history and culture of Helsinki along with a few color photographs and maps. (SCN47, $13.99)
 		  
Bradt Guide Baltic Cities  •  Neil Taylor   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This second, expanded edition includes Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Kaliningrad as well as Tartu, Liepaja, Kaunas and Klaipeda. (BLT12, $25.99)
 		  
Culture Smart! Estonia  •  Clare Thomson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice. (BLT30, $9.95)
 		  
Culture Smart! Lithuania  •  Lara Belonogoff   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice. (BLT31, $9.95)
 		  
Eyewitness Travel Guide Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Take along this compact, profusely illustrated travel guide featuring bright color photography, dozens of maps and a region-by-region synopsis. With a 50-page section on where to stay and eat. (BLT35, $28.00)
 		  
Frommer's Copenhagen Day by Day  •  Sasha Heseltine   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. With a separate foldout map. (DMK43, $12.99)
 		  
Frommer's Stockholm Day by Day  •  Mary Anne Evans   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring remarkably good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. With a separate foldout map. (SWE56, $13.99)
 		  
Northern Europe by Cruise Ship  •  Anne Vipond   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This excellent guide to cruises and ports from Scandinavia and the Baltic to the British Isles, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin includes city maps, excursions, color photographs and a pull-out map of Northern Europe. (EUR364, $21.95)
 		  
A History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland  •  T.K Derry   • HISTORY  •  Scandinavia from prehistory to the present with chapters on the Viking and Lutheran kingdoms, medieval times, monarchies, the World Wars and modern period, emphasizing the common cultural, political and social backgrounds. (SCN03, $25.00)
 		  
Forgotten Land, Journeys Among the Ghosts of East Prussia  •  Max Egremont   • HISTORY  •  Egremont seeks out old landowning families, politicians and others for this vivid portrait of a land which was once easternmost Germany. (GER288, $28.00)
 		  
Helsinki, A Cultural and Literary History  •  Neil Kent   • HISTORY  •  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)
 		  
Land of the Firebird, The Beauty of Old Russia  •  Suzanne Massie   • HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  Massie traces both minuscule 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, $17.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Teutonic Knight  •  David Nicolle   • HISTORY  •  This slim history of the Teutonic Knights (1190-1561) includes an excellent overview of towers, castles and settlements from this period scattered throughout the Baltic. With paintings of the knights and their daily life in the region. (BLT39, $18.95)
 		  
The Baltic Revolution  •  Anatol Lieven   • HISTORY  •  A Latvian correspondent for the London Times, Lieven weaves history, interviews and analysis into a vivid cultural portrait of post-Glasnost Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (BLT02, $47.00)
 		  
The Northern Crusades  •  Eric Christiansen   • HISTORY  •  The wilder-than-fiction 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, $17.00)
 		  
The Singing Revolution  •  James & Maureen Tusty   • HISTORY  •  Alive with images of Estonia's beauty, history and interviews, this powerful film focuses on the role of song in Estonia's independence. (BLT36, $26.95)
 		  
The Vikings, Lords of the Seas  •  Yves Cohat   • HISTORY  •  An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket, this slim volume 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. Part of the "Discoveries" series. (VIK01, $15.95)
 		  
Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages  •  Alain Erlande-Brandenburg   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $15.95)
 		  
Neither Here Nor There, Travels in Europe  •  Bill Bryson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Bryson deploys his famously cranky humor in this romp through European capitals. He's great fun to read and insightful on quirks of character. (EUR25, $14.99)
 		  
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, $21.00)
 		  
Racundra's First Cruise  •  Arthur Ransome   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A new edition of Ransome's delightful 1923 account the eventful maiden voyage of his 30-foot ketch, Racundra, built for the Baltic, with the original maps, photographs and annotations. (BLT41, $32.95)
 		  
D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths  •  Edgar D'Aulaire  •  Ingri D'Aulaire   • LITERATURE • FAMILY  •  The D'Aulaireses vividly recreate the characters and Norse landscapes of Odin the All-father, Thor the Thunder-god, Loki, Bragi and the Valkyries in this beautifully illustrated volume. For the whole family. (SCN35, $24.95)
 		  
Russian Short Stories  •  Robert Chandler   • LITERATURE  •  This fine collection of tales captures the sweep and soul of Russian literature, including works by Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Chekhov and Tolstoy along with lesser-known greats. (RUS288, $18.00)
 		  
Set Sail for Murder  •  Carolyn Hart   • MYSTERY  •  Retired newspaper reporter Henrietta O' Dwyer Collins, Henrie O to her friends, joins her dear old friend Jimmy Lennox on a Baltic cruise in this seventh installment in the cozy series. (BLT42, $6.99)
 		  
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 Christening  •  Denise Neuhaus   • LITERATURE  •  This accomplished novel, set against a backdrop of the last days of the Soviet Union, follows three Estonian women in Tallinn and Stockholm. (BLT25, $16.95)
 		  
The Dogs of Riga  •  Henning Mankell   • MYSTERY  •  Swedish detective Kurt Wallander travels from Ystad to Latvia on the shadowy trail of a grisly murder in this second book, steeped in Baltic ambiance. (BLT24, $15.00)
 		  
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  •  Stieg Larsson   • MYSTERY  •  Larsson combines murder mystery, family saga, love story and financial intrigue into a complex and atmospheric novel set in Stockholm and the snowy landscapes of northern Sweden. (SWE54, $15.95)
 		  
The Letter of Marque  •  Patrick O'Brian   • LITERATURE  •  The 12th (and perhaps the most satisfying) of O'Brian's series combines the personal and geopolitical as Aubrey comes to Maturin's rescue in the Baltics. (ATL20, $14.95)
 		  
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