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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $72, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXAST43)		  
Eyewitness Guide Vienna  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 288 PAGES
This superb guide to Vienna features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. An extensive timeline of Viennese history, suggested walks in the city, a chapter on day trips in the region, and helpful listings of accommodations, restaurants and shops are also included. (AST01, $23.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Vienna
Mozart  •  Peter Gay
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2006 •  PAPER  • 177 PAGES
In this compact book, historian and biographer Peter Gay paints a portrait of the musical genius based on factual details rather than long-established myths. He delves into Mozart's complex relationship with his father, the daunting role of being born a child prodigy, and his exploration of new musical territory, particularly opera. A volume in the excellent "Penguin Lives" series. (AST43, $14.00)		   Mozart
A Nervous Splendor, Vienna 1888-1889  •  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)		   A Nervous Splendor, Vienna 1888-1889
Vienna, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  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. In the same series is Amsterdam (NTH33) and Prague (CZH08). (AST94, $14.95)		   Vienna, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Vienna Map  •  Borch Maps
2008 •  MAP
A handy laminated map of the city center at a scale of 1:11,000. Eight edition. Two Sides. 20 X 26 inches. (AST31, $8.95)		   Vienna Map



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Austria & Hungary Map  •  Kummerly & Frey Maps    •  A colorful map of both Austria and Hungary at a scale of 1:800,000 published in Austria. (AST19, $15.95)
 		  
Austria Map  •  Freytag & Berndt    •  A home-grown map of Austria at a scale of 1:300,000. (AST28, $14.95)
 		  
Frommer's Vienna Day by Day  •  Teresa Fisher   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With hand-picked recommendations and highlights, this compact guide offers the "must see" attractions of Vienna for a shorter visit. (AST102, $12.99)
 		  
Civilization and Its Discontents  •  Sigmund Freud  •  Peter Gay   • HISTORY  •  The standard edition. (AST50, $12.95)
 		  
Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture  •  Carl E. Schorske   • HISTORY  •  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  •  Raymond Erickson   • HISTORY  •  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  •  Gordon Brook-Shepherd   • HISTORY  •  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  •  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)
 		  
Beethoven and the Construction of Genius: Musical Politics in Vienna, 1792-1803  •  Tia DeNora   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  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  •  Frank Whitford   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  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  •  Maynard Solomon   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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  •  J. Sydney Jones   • MYSTERY  •  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  •  Joseph Roth  •  Joachim Neugroschel   • LITERATURE  •  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  •  Arthur Schnitzler  •  Roger Byers  •  Russell A. Berman   • LITERATURE  •  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  •  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, $14.00)
 		  
 
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