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Eyewitness Travel Guide Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Eyewitness Travel Guide Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

Take along this compact, profusely illustrated travel guide featuring bright color photography, dozens of maps and a region-by-region synopsis. With a 50-page section on where to stay and eat. (BLT35, $28.00)

The Baltic

The Baltic

by Alan Palmer

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

Palmer chronicles the Baltic region from the Viking era and Byzantine Empire through wars, uprisings and other political conflicts of the twentieth century, and on to modern times, where he finds a group of nations and peoples poised to emerge as some of Europe's most vital democracies. In addition to the prolific British historian's considerable learning, he provides some rather entertaining anecdotes. (BLT22, $19.95)

A Woman in Amber

A Woman in Amber

by Agate Nesaule

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

In this American Book Award-winning memoir, Nesaule recounts the horrors she witnessed and experienced as a young girl during World War II in Latvia. A gripping testimony of survival. (RUS30, $16.00)

Baltic States Map

Baltic States Map

by Freytag & Berndt

  • MAP

A double-sided detailed map of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania at a scale of 1:400,000. (BLT06, $14.95)

 
Baltic States Map

Baltic States Map


by Globetrotter

  • 2009
  • MAP

This regional overview (1:770,000) includes city maps of Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius, on the reverse. (BLT37, $8.95)

Tallinn Map

Tallinn Map


by ITMB

  • 2006
  • MAP

A city map of historic Tallinn at a walking scale of 1:8,000. (BLT23, $11.95)

Bradt City Guide Riga

Bradt City Guide Riga


by Stephen Baister

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A small guide to the history, culture and attractions of the Latvian city in the authoritative Bradt series. (BLK111, $13.99)

Bradt Guide Baltic Cities

Bradt Guide Baltic Cities


by Neil Taylor

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 298 PAGES

This second, expanded edition includes Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Kaliningrad as well as Tartu, Liepaja, Kaunas and Klaipeda. (BLT12, $25.99)

Culture Smart! Estonia

Culture Smart! Estonia


by Clare Thomson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 168 PAGES

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

Culture Smart! Lithuania


by Lara Belonogoff

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 168 PAGES

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

Lonely Planet Baltic Phrasebook


by Paul Jokubaitis | Jana Teteris | Lisa Trei

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 284 PAGES

Learn the basics of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian with this handy guide. (BLT10, $8.99)

Rough Guide The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania

Rough Guide The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania


by Rough Guide

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 504 PAGES

This comprehensive travel guide to the Baltic States includes 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

Crusader Castles of the Teutonic Knights, The Stone Castles of Latvia and Estonia


by Stephen Turnbull

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 64 PAGES

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, $18.95)

Estonia and the Estonians

Estonia and the Estonians


by Toivo U. Raun

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 366 PAGES

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 Revolution

The Baltic Revolution


by Anatol Lieven

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 454 PAGES

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)

The Northern Crusades

The Northern Crusades


by Eric Christiansen

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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)

The Northern Wars: War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe, 1558-1721

The Northern Wars: War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe, 1558-1721


by Robert I. Frost

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 401 PAGES

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, $69.33)

The Singing Revolution

The Singing Revolution


by James & Maureen Tusty

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • DVD

Alive with images of Estonia's beauty, history and interviews, this powerful film focuses on the role of song in Estonia's independence. (BLT36, $26.95)

Baroque and Rococo Art

Baroque and Rococo Art


by Germain Bazin

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

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)

Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages

Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages


by Alain Erlande-Brandenburg

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES

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)

Among the Russians

Among the Russians


by Colin Thubron

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

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)

The Avengers, A Jewish War Story

The Avengers, A Jewish War Story


by Rich Cohen

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 262 PAGES

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)

Beginning With My Streets

Beginning With My Streets


by Madeline G. Levine | Czeslaw Milosz

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

The great Polish writer celebrates Vilinius, city of his youth, using a street map as a backdrop for his essays and recollections of the people, places and rich cultural heritage of the city. (BLT45, $18.00)

Buddenbrooks, the Decline of a Family

Buddenbrooks, the Decline of a Family


by Thomas Mann

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • HARD COVER
  • 784 PAGES

Mann's masterpiece about the decline of a German family at the end of the 19th century. (GER22, $26.00)

Coup de Grace


by Marguerite Yourcenar

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 151 PAGES

A novel set against the backdrop of the Latvian War of Independence in the aftermath of WWI. (BLT26, $16.00)

Set Sail for Murder

Set Sail for Murder


by Carolyn Hart

  • MYSTERY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 311 PAGES

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)

The Christening

The Christening


by Denise Neuhaus

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 296 PAGES

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)

The Dogs of Riga

The Dogs of Riga


by Henning Mankell

  • MYSTERY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

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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