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Fodor's Vienna's 25 Best
Fodors
GUIDEBOOK 2008 PAPER 128 PAGES
A compact guide to the city with an excellent pull-out map, featuring helpful recommendations for restaurants, bars, sights and attractions in Vienna.
(AST27, $11.95)
Prague, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Paul Wilson
ANTHOLOGY 1996 PAPER 256 PAGES
COMING IN OCTOBER
Designed with the traveler in mind, this anthology of 24 vivid stories by Prague writers, contemporary and well known, brings the city of Prague to life. The stories and essays -- covering cultural life, society and love -- are organized geographically by district. With a helpful map of Prague, this book is an unusual literary guide to the city.
(CZH08, $14.95)
Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
ART & ARCHITECTURE 1995 PAPER 175 PAGES
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A slim encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages. This volume in the acclaimed "Discoveries" series features hundreds of drawings and color illustrations, a brief chronology and more information than you would imagine between its slim covers. Take it along to gain a better appreciation of the Middle Ages and its legacy in Europe.
(MED07, $12.95)
Czech and Slovak Republics Map
Freytag & Berndt
2006 MAP
A detailed, fully indexed map to the Czech and Slovak Republics at a scale of 1:400,000. It is also the most detailed map available of the route of the Danube between Regensburg and Budapest. Published in Austria.
(EUR35, $12.95)
Vienna Map
Borch Maps
A handy laminated map of the city center.
(AST31, $7.95)
Eyewitness Guide Prague
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent 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, $23.00)
Eyewitness Guide Vienna
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
This superb guide features color photography and excellent neighborhood maps.
(AST01, $23.00)
Lonely Planet Czech Phrasebook
Lonely Planet
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
A palm-sized guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary.
(CZH50, $8.99)
Rough Guide Czech & Slovak Republics
Rob Humphreys
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive, practical guide for the traveler to the sites and attractions throughout the Czech and Slovak republics. With helpful local maps, and a good survey of the region's culture and history.
(CZH25, $21.99)
The Mountains of Romania
James Roberts
GUIDEBOOK
This practical guide, with 40 color maps and photographs, includes the Carpathians, Bucegi Massif and monasteries of Bucovina.
(EUR274, $24.95)
A Nervous Splendor, Vienna 1888-1889
Frederic Morton
HISTORY
A portrait of Vienna at the end of the 19th century, this book focuses on Crown Prince Rudolph, his devastating suicide and the rich texture of gossip and daily life at the Habsburg Court. It captures the political ferment, intellectual creativity, gaiety and despair of fin-de-siecle Austria.
(AST16, $16.00)
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, folk traditions, and examines their influential but complex relationship with Eastern Europe.
(EUR09, $14.95)
Open Letters, Selected Writings: 1965 - 1990
Vaclav Havel
Paul Wilson
HISTORY
This inspired anthology of writings by the Czech poet-president Vaclav Havel collects 25 essays, letters and speeches written between 1965 and 1990, including those that directly influenced the Polish Solidarity movement.
(CZH06, $15.95)
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)
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, $29.95)
The Habsburgs, Embodying Empire
Andrew Wheatcroft
HISTORY
The Habsburgs ruled over more diverse peoples and cultures than any other European dynasty since the Roman period. With skillful scholarship and engaging style, Wheatcroft reveals the history of this family of eccentric monarchs.
(AST11, $17.00)
Baroque and Rococo Art
Germain Bazin
ART & ARCHITECTURE
An excellent illustrated survey of Baroque and Rococo art and architecture, this volume in the acclaimed "World of Art" series is a good companion to the golden age of Middle Europe.
(EUR53, $16.95)
Mozart
Peter Gay
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
This concise, entertaining portrait delves into Mozart's complex relationship with his father, his daunting role as a child prodigy and his exploration of new musical territory.
(AST43, $13.00)
Beyond the Chestnut Trees
Maria Bauer
LITERATURE
Bauer interweaves recollections of her youth in Prague with an account of a return visit 40 years later in this affectionate, classic memoir.
(CZH53, $19.95)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
Milan Kundera
LITERATURE
Kundera strings together loosely related short stories to form an original and entertaining look at Czech culture.
(CZH17, $13.95)
The Complete Stories
Franz Kafka
LITERATURE
All of Kafka's stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and In The Penal Colony.
(CZH47, $15.00)
The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War
Jaroslav Hasek
Cecil Parrott
LITERATURE
The deeply funny story of a hapless Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army, dismissed for incompetence only to be pressed into service by the Russians in World War I, then captured by his own troops.
(CZH11, $16.00)
The Third Man and the Fallen Idol
Graham Greene
LITERATURE
A haunting tale and penetrating portrait of Vienna after World War II, "The Third Man" is the result of Greene's collaboration with Carol Reed on the classic movie. "The Fallen Idol" is a separate tale of intrigue set in Britain.
(AST30, $13.00)
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.
(CZH16, $13.95)
Birds of Europe
Killian Mullarney
Lars Svensson
Dan Zetterstrom
Peter J. Grant
FIELD GUIDE
FAVORITE
A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent.
(FG47, $29.95)
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