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Eyewitness Guide Vienna

Eyewitness Guide Vienna

by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 288 PAGES

Take along this handy, compact guide featuring history, culture, color photography and excellent neighborhood maps. (AST01, $23.00)

Mozart

Mozart

by Peter Gay

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 177 PAGES

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, $14.00)

A Nervous Splendor, Vienna 1888-1889

A Nervous Splendor, Vienna 1888-1889

by Frederic Morton

  • HISTORY
  • 1980
  • PAPER
  • 340 PAGES

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)

Vienna, A Traveler's Literary Companion

Vienna, A Traveler's Literary Companion

by Donald Daviau

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Organized by neighborhood, these 15 alluring tales introduce both the city and its writers, including Arthur Schnitzler, Robert Musil, Stefan Zweig and even Franz Kafka, who had a long and complicated association with the city. (AST94, $14.95)

Vienna Map

Vienna Map

by Borch Maps

  • 2008
  • MAP

A handy laminated map of the city center. (AST31, $8.95)

 

Austria & Hungary Map


by Kummerly & Frey Maps

  • MAP

A colorful map of both Austria and Hungary at a scale of 1:800,000 published in Austria. (AST19, $15.95)

Austria Map

Austria Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • MAP

A home-grown map of Austria at a scale of 1:300,000. (AST28, $14.95)

Frommer's Vienna Day by Day

Frommer's Vienna Day by Day


by Teresa Fisher

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 180 PAGES

With hand-picked recommendations and highlights, this compact guide offers the "must see" attractions of Vienna for a shorter visit. (AST102, $13.99)

Xenophobe's Guide to the Austrians

Xenophobe's Guide to the Austrians


by Louis James

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 92 PAGES

This irreverent pocket guide to cultural awareness is both insightful -- and entertaining. (AST114, $7.95)

Civilization and Its Discontents


by Sigmund Freud | Peter Gay

  • HISTORY
  • 1989
  • PAPER

The standard edition. (AST50, $12.95)

Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture

Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture


by Carl E. Schorske

  • HISTORY
  • 1981
  • PAPER
  • 378 PAGES

A landmark study of turn-of-the century Vienna -- one of the key chapters in modern intellectual history. Among its luminaries were Freud, Klimt, Kokoshka and Schoenberg. (AST04, $24.00)

Schubert's Vienna

Schubert's Vienna


by Raymond Erickson

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 304 PAGES

A scholarly view of Vienna at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th with essays by a variety of contributors on Viennese politics, social issues, culture, and, of course, music. With 160 well integrated illustrations. (AST18, $45.00)

The Austrians, A Thousand-Year Odyssey

The Austrians, A Thousand-Year Odyssey


by Gordon Brook-Shepherd

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

Detailed, impressively researched and readable, this book is a wide-ranging narrative history of the last 1,000 years of Austria and the Austrian character. (AST10, $23.00)

The Habsburgs, Embodying Empire

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)

Beethoven and the Construction of Genius: Musical Politics in Vienna, 1792-1803


by Tia DeNora

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 232 PAGES

Both a probing biographical account of Beethoven's life and an insightful sociological study of "artistic genius," this engaging book also examines the musical world of 18th-century Vienna. (AST25, $26.95)

Egon Schiele


by Frank Whitford

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 207 PAGES

The life and work of an intriguing artist, who died at the young age of 27. The author delves into Schiele's troubled personal life and the surrounding atmosphere of his home in Vienna, creating a unique portrait of a man. (GER57, $14.95)

Mozart, A Life

Mozart, A Life


by Maynard Solomon

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 640 PAGES

Solomon here tears down the myth of Mozart as the "eternal child," while adding great depth to the psychological and artistic development of the musical genius. The book also illustrates life in 18th-century Salzburg. (AST06, $22.95)

The Empty Mirror

The Empty Mirror


by J. Sydney Jones

  • MYSTERY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

The artist Gustav Klimit (whose model is murdered), sexologist Krafft-Ebing and the visiting Mark Twain all play a role in this mystery marvelously set in fin-de-siecle Vienna. (AST96, $14.99)

The Radetzky March

The Radetzky March


by Joseph Roth | Joachim Neugroschel

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 331 PAGES

Magnificently set against the backdrop of the twilight of the Habsburg empire, Roth's family saga takes in the sweep of history and empire in Central Europe. The richly textured novel opens at the battle of Solferino, when young Lieutenant Trotta saves the life of the Emperor. (AST17, $16.95)

The Road into the Open


by Arthur Schnitzler | Roger Byers | Russell A. Berman

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 314 PAGES

Set in fin-de-siecle Vienna, this novel, about the death of Austrian liberal society in an atmosphere of nationalism and anti-Semitism, features a handsome composer's encounters with intellectuals and artists. (AST02, $27.95)

The Third Man and the Fallen Idol

The Third Man and the Fallen Idol


by Graham Greene

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 157 PAGES

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, $14.00)

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