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Fodor's Exploring Germany  •  John Ardagh
GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
Lively, fully illustrated and comprehensive, this practical guidebook, by well regarded author John Ardagh, encapsulates the attractions of Germany for the visitor. With good introductory chapters, maps and region-by-region highlights. (GER05, $22.00)
  Fodor's Exploring Germany
Eyewitness Guide Poland  •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES
A compact, visual guide to the history, culture and attractions of Poland featuring hundreds of color photographs, maps and diagrams. (PLD21, $25.00)
  Eyewitness Guide Poland
Kingdom of Auschwitz  •  Otto Friedrich
HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES
Otto Friedrich's slim book is an intensely personal account of the infamous Auschwitz death camp. The entire history of Auschwitz, from its impractical site in a Polish swamp through its construction and terrible purpose, is covered in short chapters punctuated with eyewitness accounts and testimonies. Black-and-white maps show the layout of the camp along with its relation to other nearby camps and transfer points. A must for the visitor wanting a deeper understanding of one of humankind's darkest creations. (PLD04, $11.00)
  Kingdom of Auschwitz
The Berlin Diaries  •  Marie Vassiltchikov
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1988 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES • FAVORITE
The compulsively readable wartime diary of an emigre Russian princess who was secretary to Adam Von Trott, mastermind of the failed 20th of July Plot to assassinate Hitler. Idealistic, vivacious and observant, Missie was a diarist of the first order, and her book is both an absorbing portrait of 1940's Berlin and a gripping account of political conspiracy. William Maxwell called it "one long astonishment" in his "New Yorker" review. (GER104, $15.95)
  The Berlin Diaries
Germany Map  •   HEMA Maps
MAP
A sturdy map of Germany (including the region east to Prague) at a scale of 1:800,000 with good topographic relief, roads, waterways and index. Two Sides. 56x39 inches. (GER07, $12.95)
  Germany Map
Poland Map  •   Michelin Travel Publications
2005 •  MAP
A self-folding full color map of Poland at a scale of 1:700,000, updated annually. One Side. 39x60 inches. (PLD20, $12.95)
  Poland Map
 

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Dresden Map  •   Borch Maps    •  A colorful, folded, laminated map of Dresden. (GER77, $7.95)
 
 
Krakow Map  •   ITMB    •  A folded city map of Krakow with an inset map of the city center at 1:10,000, along with a metropolitan area and regional map. (PLD42, $10.95)
 
 
Warsaw Map  •   Insight Maps    •  A laminated, full-color map of the city center of Warsaw at a scale of 1:23,500. With regional maps and travel information. (PLD41, $7.95)
 
 
Eyewitness Guide Warsaw  •   Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive visual guide featuring great neighborhood maps, architectural diagrams, photographs and an overview of the culture and history of the city. (PLD08, $20.00)
 
 
Fodor's Berlin's 25 Best  •   Fodor's   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A shirt-pocket guide with a map and brief overview of Berlin's many museums, grand buildings and other not-to-be-missed cultural attractions. (GER16, $11.95)
 
 
A Concise History of Germany  •  Mary Fulbrook   • HISTORY  •  This essential short history of Germany -- a whirlwind survey in less than 300 pages -- explores the relationships between social, political and cultural factors in this land located in the center of Europe. (GER13, $26.99)
 
 
Before the Deluge, A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920's  •  Otto Friedrich   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A fascinating portrait of Berlin in the 1920s, this book features illuminating essays and an extraordinary collection of contemporary images of the city before the devastation of WWII. (GER11, $17.99)
 
 
Cracow, An Illustrated History  •  Zdzislaw Zygulski   • HISTORY  •  A slender history of the Polish city, from its founding to the present day, with 50 black-and-white illustrations. The author is a curator at the National Museum of Cracow. (PLD33, $12.95)
 
 
Dresden: Tuesday, February 13, 1945  •  Frederick Taylor   • HISTORY  •  A re-evaluation of the Allied firebombing of Dresden, one of the most destructive, and still controversial, air campaigns of WWII. (GER145, $15.95)
 
 
Heart of Europe, The Past in Poland's Present  •  Norman Davies   • HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  A history of Poland in reverse chronology from the Solidarity Movement to early civilization, condensed from the author's definitive three-volume history. (PLD06, $25.99)
 
 
Resistance, the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising  •  Israel Gutman   • HISTORY  •  An account of the Warsaw ghetto under Nazi control, gleaned from the author's first-hand experience. He also places the ghetto experience in the context of Jewish history in general. (PLD17, $16.95)
 
 
The German Way  •  Hyde Flippo   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN APRIL  •  A slim volume on the German-speaking world's cultural psyche, this is a great resource for anyone seeking insight into why the Germans do what they do. (GER12, $15.95)
 
 
The Germans  •  Gordon A. Craig   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A gifted historian, Craig explores the complex paradoxes of German identity in this masterly portrait of German life, past and present, with chapters on religion, money, Jews, women, literature and society, Berlin and language. (GER10, $18.00)
 
 
I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1933-1941, Vol. 1  •  Victor Klemperer   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The diaries of a Jewish professor of Romance languages in Dresden who lost his position under the Nazis but managed to survive the war. This is the first volume in a two-volume series. (GER88, $18.00)
 
 
I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1941-1945, Vol. 2  •  Victor Klemperer   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The diaries of a Dresden professor of Roman languages who, being Jewish, lost his position under the Nazis but managed to survive the war in Dresden. This is the second volume in a two-volume series. (GER89, $17.00)
 
 
My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi Berlin  •  Peter Gay   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Looking back at his youth, the historian and author attempts to explain what it was like to be a German and a Jew as the Nazis came to power in 1930s Berlin. (GER38, $17.00)
 
 
Poland  •  James Michener   • LITERATURE  •  In his epic style, Michener presents the sweep of Polish history from the earliest days to 1983 in this massively researched novel. An excellent choice for the airplane. (PLD02, $7.99)
 
 
The Berlin Stories  •  Christopher Isherwood   • LITERATURE  •  "The Last of Mr. Norris" and "Goodbye to Berlin" find Sally Bowles, Fräulein Schroeder and the doomed Landauers caught up in the nightlife, danger and mystique of 1931 Berlin. (GER19, $15.95)
 
 
The Blue Flower  •  Penelope Fitzgerald   • LITERATURE  •  Set in the Age of Goethe, this exquisitely written short novel is a fictional account of the life of the Romantic poet Novalis. It paints a vivid picture of German intellectual and mercantile life in the late 1700s. (GER21, $13.00)
 
 
The Tin Drum  •  Gunter Grass   • LITERATURE  •  Probably the best German novel written since the end of World War II, this is the surreal story of a mute dwarf named Oskar who lives through Nazi Germany and finds himself in a mental institution. (GER33, $15.95)
 
 
To Begin Where I Am, The Selected Prose of Czeslaw Milosz  •  Czeslaw Milosz  •  Madeline G. Levine  •  Bogdana Carpenter   • LITERATURE  •  Culled from a lifetime's worth of publications, these essays by the Lithuanian-born Polish poet and Nobel laureate Milosz address the Polish experience at home and abroad in the 20th century. (PLD25, $16.00)
 
 


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