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Bradt Guide Baltic Capitals
Neil Taylor
GUIDEBOOK 2006 PAPER 256 PAGES
A compact, practical guide to exploring Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Kaliningrad and surrounding regions. With excursions, walking tours and suggestions for where to eat and sleep.
(BLT12, $21.95)
The Baltic Revolution, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence
Anatol Lieven
HISTORY 1994 PAPER 454 PAGES
Lieven explores the culture and personality of the Baltic peoples, their religious and national differences and relations with Russia and the West. Written by a London Times correspondent who interweaves interviews, observations and history to reveal post-Glasnost Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
(BLT02, $32.50)
A Woman in Amber, Healing the Trauma of War and Exile
Agate Nesaule
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR 1997 PAPER 280 PAGES
The author, who fled rural Latvia on the heels of the Russian advance at the age of seven, chronicles the terrible dislocations of World War II. In this American Book Award-winning memoir, she tells the powerful story of what she witnessed and experienced as a young girl during the war. Ultimately a testimony to survival, this book brings to light a terrible knowledge of rape, torture and execution.
(RUS30, $15.00)
Baltic States Map
Freytag & Berndt
MAP
A colorful map of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, at a scale of 1:600,000 with travel information and inset maps of Riga, Tallin and Vilnius on the reverse. The map extends south and east to Kaliningrad and Minsk.
(BLT06, $12.95)
Tallinn Map
ITMB
A city map of historic Tallinn at a walking scale of 1:8,000.
(BLT23, $10.95)
Bradt City Guide Riga
Stephen Baister
GUIDEBOOK
A small guide to the history, culture and attractions of the Latvian city in the authoritative Bradt series.
(BLK111, $13.99)
Bradt City Guide Tallinn
Neil Taylor
GUIDEBOOK
This pocket guide in the authoritative series includes annotated suggestions for where to eat, sleep and shop, and what to see.
(BLT18, $12.99)
Culture Smart! Estonia, A Quick Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Clare Thomson
GUIDEBOOK
A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice.
(BLT30, $9.95)
Culture Smart! Lithuania, A Quick Guide to Customs and Etiquette
Lara Belonogoff
GUIDEBOOK
A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice.
(BLT31, $9.95)
Lonely Planet Baltic Phrasebook
Paul Jokubaitis
Jana Teteris
Lisa Trei
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
A handy phrasebook for the basics of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian.
(BLT10, $8.99)
Rough Guide The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania
Rough Guide
GUIDEBOOK
A no-nonsense, comprehensive travel guide to the Baltic States with region-by-region descriptions of attractions and a good overview of history and culture.
(BLT17, $21.99)
Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights, The Stone Castles of Latvia and Estonia
Stephen Turnbull
HISTORY
A heavily illustrated history of the medieval crusader castles of the Livonian Order (1185-1560) of Teutonic Knights in present day Estonia and Latvia. With contemporary photos.
(BLT19, $16.95)
Estonia and the Estonians
Toivo U. Raun
HISTORY
A scholarly, comprehensive history of Estonia from prehistory to the 1990s in the Hoover Institution's "Studies of Nationalities" series.
(BLT07, $24.95)
The Baltic, A New History of the Region and its People
Alan Palmer
HISTORY
A vivid, sweeping chronicle of the people and history of the Baltic by the prolific British historian.
(BLT22, $19.95)
The Latvians, A Short History
Andrejs Plakans
HISTORY
A scholarly history of Latvia beginning in medieval times, which concentrates on the growth of Latvian nationalism in the 19th and 20th centuries.
(BLT08, $24.95)
The Northern Crusades
Eric Christiansen
HISTORY
The story of the conquest and conversion of the pagan tribes of the Baltic Coasts by the crusading knights of the Teutonic Order from the 13th to the 15th century.
(BLT14, $16.00)
The Northern Wars: War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe, 1558-1721
Robert I. Frost
HISTORY
A scholarly, detailed history of the struggle over Estonia, Livonia and control of the Nordic-Baltic region during the 16th-18th centuries, a highly militarized period in the region's history.
(BLT15, $51.60)
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)
Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
ART & ARCHITECTURE
HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages. It features hundreds of drawings and color illustrations, a brief chronology and plenty more information.
(MED07, $12.95)
Among the Russians
Colin Thubron
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
The marvelous account of a 10,000-mile journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia in 1981. A gifted writer and intrepid traveler, Thubron grapples with the complex Russian identity in this lyrical book.
(RUS106, $14.00)
The Avengers, A Jewish War Story
Rich Cohen
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
The riveting tale of three kids from the Jewish ghetto, who went from the streets of Vilna to fighting the Germans and eventually wound up in a Kibbutz north of Tel Aviv.
(BLT16, $14.95)
Buddenbrooks, the Decline of a Family
Thomas Mann
LITERATURE
Mann's masterpiece about the decline of a German family at the end of the 19th century.
(GER22, $22.00)
Coup de Grace
Marguerite Yourcenar
LITERATURE
A novel set against the backdrop of the Latvian War of Independence in the aftermath of WWI.
(BLT26, $16.00)
The Christening
Denise Neuhaus
LITERATURE
This accomplished novel, set against a backdrop of the last says of the Soviet Union, follows three Estonian women in Tallinn and Stockholm.
(BLT25, $16.95)
The Dogs of Riga
Henning Mankell
MYSTERY
In this installment of the Mankell's Kurt Wallender crime series, the Swedish detective travels to Latvia on the shadowy trail of a grisly murder. It's a gripping, suspenseful tale, steeped in Baltic ambiance.
(BLT24, $13.95)
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