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NORTHERN EUROPE
Baltic States
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Eyewitness Travel Guide Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2013
PAPER
432 PAGES
This compact, profusely illustrated travel guide features bright color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a region-by-region synopsis. With a 50-page section on where to stay and eat.
(BLT35, $28.00) |
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The Baltic
Alan Palmer
HISTORY
2007
PAPER
448 PAGES
The prolific British historian covers the history of the region from the Viking era to modern day in this vivid, sweeping chronicle, which also includes some entertaining anecdotes.
(BLT22, $19.95) |
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A Woman in Amber
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, $16.00) |
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Baltic States Map
Freytag & Berndt
MAP
A double-sided detailed map of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, at a scale of 1:400,000. Two Sides. 48x34 inches.
(BLT06, $14.95) |
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Tallinn Map
ITMB
A city map of historic Tallinn at a walking scale of 1:8,000.
(BLT23, $11.95) |
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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) |
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Bradt Guide Baltic Cities
Neil Taylor
GUIDEBOOK
This second, expanded edition includes Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Kaliningrad as well as Tartu, Liepaja, Kaunas and Klaipeda.
(BLT12, $25.99) |
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Culture Smart! Estonia
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) |
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Culture Smart! Lithuania
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) |
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Lonely Planet Baltic Phrasebook
Paul Jokubaitis
Jana Teteris
Lisa Trei
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
Learn the basics of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian with this handy guide.
(BLT10, $8.99) |
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Rough Guide Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania
Rough Guide
GUIDEBOOK
This comprehensive travel guide to the Baltic States includes region-by-region descriptions of attractions and a good overview of history and culture.
(BLT17, $24.99) |
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A History of the Baltic States
Andres Kasekamp
HISTORY
Kasecamp masterfully traces the development of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania, from the northern crusades against Europe's last pagans, and Lithuania's rise to become one of medieval Europe's largest states, to their incorporation into the Russian Empire and the creation of their modern national identities.
(BLT48, $28.00) |
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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) |
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The Baltic Revolution
Anatol Lieven
HISTORY
A Latvian correspondent for the London Times, Lieven weaves history, interviews and analysis into a vivid cultural portrait of post-Glasnost Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania.
(BLT02, $47.00) |
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The Northern Crusades
Eric Christiansen
HISTORY
The wilder-than-fiction 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 centuries.
(BLT14, $17.00) |
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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, $76.33) |
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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, $21.95) |
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Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages
Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
ART & ARCHITECTURE
This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology.
(MED07, $15.95) |
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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 complexities of Russian identity in this lyrical book.
(RUS106, $14.00) |
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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) |
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Set Sail for Murder
Carolyn Hart
MYSTERY
Retired newspaper reporter Henrietta O' Dwyer Collins, Henrie O to her friends, joins her dear old friend Jimmy Lennox on a Baltic cruise in this seventh installment in the cozy series.
(BLT42, $6.99) |
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The Christening
Denise Neuhaus
LITERATURE
This accomplished novel, set against a backdrop of the last days of the Soviet Union, follows three Estonian women in Tallinn and Stockholm.
(BLT25, $16.95) |
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The Dogs of Riga
Henning Mankell
MYSTERY
Swedish detective Kurt Wallander travels from Ystad to Latvia on the shadowy trail of a grisly murder in this second book, steeped in Baltic ambiance.
(BLT24, $15.00) |
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