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Eyewitness Guide Germany

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2012
• PAPER
• 608 PAGES

Featuring color photography, excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. (GER133, $30.00)

The German Way

by Hyde Flippo

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 1997
• PAPER
• 138 PAGES
• BEST SELLER

This clever A-to-Z guide to quirks, attitudes, behavior and customs is a terrific resource for travelers seeking insight into why the Germans, Austrians and Swiss do what they do. (GER12, $18.00)

The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Medieval World

by Andrew Jotischky

• HISTORY
• 2005
• PAPER
• 144 PAGES

Richly illustrated with photographs, illustrations and full-color maps, this compact atlas explores the empires, people, cultures and religions of the Middle Ages, providing an excellent introduction to European history. (EUR384, $22.00)

Southern Germany Map

by ITMB

• MAP

A detailed color map of southern Germany from Bavaria to the Rheinland. (GER29, $11.95)

 

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Eyewitness Guide Munich & the Bavarian Alps

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2012
• PAPER
• 328 PAGES

This comprehensive, illustrated guide is filled with excellent maps, hundreds of photographs and succinct overviews of history, culture and sightseeing. (GER119, $25.00)

Fodor's Amsterdam's 25 Best

by Fodor's

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 128 PAGES
• BEST SELLER

This slim guide to essential highlights includes an excellent map of the city center and can easily be slipped in your pocket. (NTH16, $11.99)

Prost! The Story of German Beer

by Horst D. Dornbusch

• FOOD
• 1997
• PAPER
• 160 PAGES
• FAVORITE

The Munich-based aficionado weaves history and culture with the marvels and mysteries of German beer in this brief, authoritative guide. (GER99, $14.95)

A Concise History of Germany

by Mary Fulbrook

• HISTORY
• 2004
• PAPER
• 277 PAGES

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, $29.99)

All Along the Rhine: Recipes, Wine and Lore from Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Holland

by Kay Shaw Nelson

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2003
• PAPER
• 211 PAGES

A tribute to the Rhine Valley, its history, culture and especially its food in 130 authentic recipes. (GER111, $14.95)

The Burgermeister's Daughter, Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town

by Steven Ozment

• HISTORY
• 1997
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

Meticulously researched and absorbing, this narrative by a Harvard historian traces the legal battle of the daughter of a well-to-do family who was thrown out of her home and disinherited in 1525. (GER25, $13.99)

The Germans

by Gordon A. Craig

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 1991
• PAPER
• 361 PAGES

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)

The Habsburgs, Embodying Empire

by Andrew Wheatcroft

• HISTORY
• 1995
• PAPER
• 384 PAGES

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)

The Rhine, Culture and Landscape at the Heart of Europe

by Roland Recht

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2001
• HARD COVER
• 360 PAGES

This beautifully illustrated, oversized survey of the history, geography and culture of the Rhine shows cities, villages and sights along the river from its source in the Alps to the North Sea. (GER120, $75.00)

The Rhine: An Eco-Biography, 1815-2000

by Mark Cioc | William Cronon

• HISTORY
• 2002
• PAPER
• 263 PAGES

A scholarly, well-researched environmental history of the Rhine, particularly its role in European economic and national history over the last 200 years. (GER130, $24.95)

Tulipomania

by Mike Dash

• HISTORY
• 2001
• PAPER
• 288 PAGES

The story of the world's most coveted flower and the extraordinary passion it aroused, this vivid history traces the story of the tulip from its origins on the Turkish steppes to an absurdly coveted object in Europe and its key role in the financial follies of 17th-century Holland. (NTH30, $13.95)

Why Switzerland?

by Jonathan Steinberg

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 1996
• PAPER
• 300 PAGES

A masterly overview of the idiosyncrasies of Switzerland, its history, language, politics and identity as a naysayer at the center of Europe. (SWZ04, $39.99)

A Worldly Art

by Mariet Westermann

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2005
• PAPER
• 208 PAGES

This appreciative analysis of Dutch art in its Golden Age (1585-1718) features 100 exemplary illustrations by Rembrandt, Vermeer, Pieter de Hooch, Frans Hals and other masters. (NTH46, $25.00)

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral

by Robert A. Scott

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2005
• PAPER
• 294 PAGES

An enthusiast, Scott delves into the history, design, architecture and wonder of Europe's medieval cathedrals and great Abbey churches. (EUR190, $24.95)

A Time of Gifts

by Patrick Leigh Fermor

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2005
• PAPER
• 384 PAGES

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)

A Tramp Abroad

by Mark Twain | David Eggers | Kerry Driscoll

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2003
• PAPER
• 400 PAGES

Written 11 years after Innocents Abroad, this is Twain's second foray into European travel. Filled with his characteristic wit and humorous observations, it documents his journeys through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. Now with an introduction by Dave Eggers. (EUR78, $14.95)

The Improbable Voyage

by Tristan Jones

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1998
• PAPER
• 332 PAGES

Jones, an inveterate Welsh sailor, adventurer and storyteller, channels Eastern Europe circa 1985 in his tale of a tough voyage along the Rhine and Danube to the Black Sea. (EUR156, $16.50)

Great Norse, Celtic and Teutonic Legends

by Wilhelm Wagner

• LITERATURE
• 2004
• PAPER
• 272 PAGES

A collection of epic tales from the Teutonic Middle Ages, originally published in 1907. It includes the Rhine legend of Lohengrin. (EUR225, $10.95)

Headlong, A Novel

by Michael Frayn

• LITERATURE
• 2000
• PAPER
• 344 PAGES

A Bruegel canvas claims a central role in Frayn's hilarious tale of an art heist gone awry. Frayn weaves detailed research about the Old Master with a philosopher's foiled plot to appropriate the valuable masterpiece from a boor he feels is unworthy of it. (NTH68, $17.00)

In a German Pension

by Katherine Mansfield

• LITERATURE
• 2003
• PAPER
• 116 PAGES

Mansfield's first published work, which pierces the bourgeoisie at a Bavarian spa town in 13 interconnected stories. Frau Fischer, the narrator, is wonderful -- and entertaining. (GER134, $13.95)

The Blue Flower

by Penelope Fitzgerald

• LITERATURE
• 1995
• PAPER
• 225 PAGES

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, $13.95)

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