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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/AF10531. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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Eyewitness Guide Istanbul
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
272 PAGES
This superb guide to Istanbul features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(TKY86, $25.00) |
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Eyewitness Guide Prague
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
272 PAGES
This superb guide to Prague features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the celebrated city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(CZH01, $25.00) |
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Prague, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Paul Wilson
ANTHOLOGY
1996
PAPER
256 PAGES
Twenty-four stories and essays -- covering the cultural life, society and allur eof Prague -- are organized geographically by district. Walk the streets of Prague with Franz Kafka and Jaroslav Hasek, eavesdrop on intimate conversations in restaurants and lively beer halls with Karel Capek and Bohumil Hrabal, listen to jazz in stylish nightclubs with Josef Skvorecky. The stories in this volume will take you on a literary odyssey through the city's stormy past to its dynamic present. For the traveler who wishes to experience something of its essence, Prague illuminates the heart and soul of a great city.
(CZH08, $14.95) |
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Budapest 1900
John Lukacs
HISTORY
1990
PAPER
255 PAGES
Written by a distinguished historian and native son, this excellent book is a richly detailed cultural portrait of the city at its zenith. Divided thematically, this popular history presents the geographic setting of the city, its people, economy and cultural and intellectual life. With maps and archival photographs.
(HGR01, $16.95) |
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On Foot to the Golden Horn
Jason Goodwin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2003
PAPER
278 PAGES
An outstanding travel writer and journalist, Goodwin interweaves history, incident and reflection in this excellent portrait of Central Europe. With chapters on Cracow, Slovakia, Budapest, Transylvania, Brasov and Bulgaria.
(EUR81, $17.00) |
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Balkans South-East Europe Map
Freytag & Berndt
2008
MAP
A nicely detailed travelers map of Southeast Europe from Prague east to Odessa and south to Italy, Greece and western Turkey, including the Danube, Romania, Bulgaria and the Black Sea from Odessa to Istanbul. At a scale of 1:2,000,000. One Side. 40x35 inches.
(EUR147, $14.95) |
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Also Recommended
Fodor's Prague's 25 Best
Fodor's Guides
GUIDEBOOK
COMING IN MARCH
This pocket-size booklet includes an outstanding map of the city as well as a brief overview of its museums, grand buildings and other attractions. We also carry Fodor's Budapest's 25 Best. (Item HGR61, $11.95)
(CZH02, $11.99) |
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Visible Cities Budapest
Annabel Barber
Emma Roper-Evans
GUIDEBOOK
A detailed, personable guide to the city, featuring a good overview of history, cultural background, suggested walking tours, a map of the city center and practical advice on where to go and what to do.
(HGR43, $27.95) |
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1453, The Holy War For Constantinople and the Clash of Islam and the West
Roger Crowley
HISTORY
In this well-paced history, Crowley recounts with drama the events surrounding the fall of Constantinople to the Ottoman Turks.
(TKY114, $15.99) |
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A Concise History of Hungary
Miklos Molnar
Anna Magyar
HISTORY
The author, a Hungarian historian, narrates the history of Hungary from little-known origins to 1988, encompassing the Magyars, the Austro-Hungarian empire and the Soviet era.
(HGR30, $30.99) |
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Bury Me Standing
Isabel Fonseca
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
This marvelous portrait of the Roma, also known as the Gypsies, offers insight into their music, foods, religions and folk traditions, and also examines their influential but complex relationship with Eastern Europe.
(EUR09, $14.95) |
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Harem, The World Behind the Veil
Alev Lytle Croutier
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
COMING IN
A fascinating illustrated look at the culture of the Harem -- particularly the well-known quarters at Topkapi Palace in Istanbul. The author combines interviews, history and a wonderful selection of art in this intriguing book.
(ARB23, $25.00) |
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Prague in Black and Gold, Scenes from Life in a European City
Peter Demetz
HISTORY
Both a history and accessible guide to the neighborhoods and architecture of the city.
(CZH09, $17.95) |
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The Coasts of Bohemia, A Czech History
Derek Sayer
HISTORY
A political and cultural history of the Czech people, this intriguing book places the historically important Bohemia and Moravia regions at the center of European events. The author draws on literature, the arts, culture and politics to evoke Czech history, society and identity.
(CZH10, $37.50) |
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The Magic Lantern, The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague
Timothy Garton Ash
HISTORY
With a chapter each on Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague, this eyewitness account by an astute journalist and historian shows these vibrant cities during a time of great change.
(GER36, $15.00) |
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A Time of Gifts
Patrick Leigh Fermor
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
BEST SELLER
Fermor effortlessly interweaves anecdote, history and culture in this exuberant account of a walk from Holland, up the Rhine and down the Danube, through Germany, Prague and Austria in 1933. Written not in the moment, but 40 years later, the accumulation of time and experience give the book particular poignancy.
(CEU30, $16.95) |
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Between the Woods and the Water
Patrick Leigh Fermor
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Fermor continues with youthful adventures in Hungary and Romania, culminating with his arrival at the Iron Gates on the Danube.
(CEU31, $15.95) |
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Istanbul, Memories and the City
Orhan Pamuk
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Nobel Prize-winner Pamuk writes with quiet grace of the city of his birth, celebrated in his many novels: a magical place of crumbling mansions and Ottoman riches, mingling Asian, Islamic, secular and European influences.
(TKY99, $16.95) |
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Prague
Arthur Phillips
LITERATURE
Don't be fooled by the title -- this engaging novel is set in Budapest. Five young American expats have settled themselves in what they consider the "second-best" eastern European city, where chance encounters and interactions determine how their lives will -- or won't -- be changed.
(HGR29, $15.00) |
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The Bridge at Andau
James Michener
LITERATURE
The true story of a bridge that became a means of escape to the west during the Hungarian revolt in 1956. It's classic Michener: gripping and action-packed.
(HGR17, $7.99) |
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
Milan Kundera
LITERATURE
Kundera's intriguing novel, praised for its meditations on the nature of men and women, and on the fearful emptiness of life in Prague under Communist rule. We also carry Kundera's collection of short stories The Book of Laughter and Forgetting.
(CZH16, $14.99) |
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Travelers' Tales Prague and the Czech Republic, True Stories
David Farley
Jessie Sholl
ANTHOLOGY
A well-chosen selection of mostly modern tales of intrigue, adventure and fun. With contributions by Myla Goldberg, Helen Epstein, Jan Morris, and Francine Prose.
(CZH60, $17.95) |
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