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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $101, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXBLT16)		  
Eyewitness Guide St. Petersburg  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 264 PAGES • BEST SELLER
An outstanding guide to St. Petersburg, its culture, history and attractions. This compact travel guide features excellent local maps and site plans, hundreds of color photographs and a good selection of writing on St. Petersburg over the ages. (RUS87, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide St. Petersburg
The Baltic Revolution  •  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, $47.00)		   The Baltic Revolution
A History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland  •  T.K Derry
HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 447 PAGES
This comprehensive volume gives a historical overview of Scandinavia from prehistory to the present day, with chapters on the Viking and Lutheran kingdoms, medieval times, monarchies, the World Wars and modern period through the 1970s (with a short chapter addressing the 1990s). It emphasizes the common cultural, political and social backgrounds of the five modern states. (SCN03, $25.00)		   A History of Scandinavia: Norway, Sweden, Denmark, Finland and Iceland
Northern Europe Scandinavia Map  •  Freytag & Berndt
2007 •  MAP
A colorful shaded relief map of Scandinavia and the Baltic States at a scale of 1:2,000,000. It shows the entire Baltic Sea region, also covered by the Baltic Sea States map (BLT38) in the same series. One Side. 42x34 inches. (EUR19, $14.95)		   Northern Europe Scandinavia Map



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Baltic Cruising  •  Thomas Cook Publishers   • GUIDEBOOK • BEST SELLER  •  This handy pocket guide covers history, politics, culture and highlights of the region from Denmark and Sweden to Russia. (BLT40, $16.95)
 		  
Bradt City Guide Helsinki  •  Nigel Wallis   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This convenient pocket guide features an overview of the history and culture of Helsinki along with a few color photographs and maps. (SCN47, $13.99)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
Frommer's Copenhagen Day by Day  •  Sasha Heseltine   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. With a separate foldout map. (DMK43, $12.99)
 		  
Frommer's Stockholm Day by Day  •  Mary Anne Evans   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact shirt pocket guide, ideal for a short visit, featuring remarkably good suggestions for everything from food, hotels and neighborhoods to shopping. With a separate foldout map. (SWE56, $13.99)
 		  
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, $18.95)
 		  
Helsinki, A Cultural and Literary History  •  Neil Kent   • HISTORY  •  A literary guide to Helsinki, its history and culture, organized into three sections: city of architects and engineers; city of music and arts; and city of hospitality. With maps and black-and-white illustrations. (SCN33, $15.00)
 		  
Land of the Firebird, The Beauty of Old Russia  •  Suzanne Massie   • HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  Massie traces both minuscule details and larger movements in pre-revolutionary Russian art, literature and daily life in this affectionate overview of 19th-century palaces, courts and culture. (RUS21, $35.00)
 		  
Lenin's Tomb  •  David Remnick   • HISTORY  •  A gripping eyewitness tale of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Remnick, the Washington Post reporter on the scene, combines fine historical scholarship with great storytelling. (RUS07, $17.00)
 		  
Stockholm, A Cultural History  •  Tony Griffiths   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A literary, cultural guide to the art, architecture, traditions and history of Stockholm. (SWE57, $16.95)
 		  
Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia  •  W. Bruce Lincoln   • HISTORY  •  A wonderfully written, informative portrait of St. Petersburg, focusing on the city's development in the 18th and 19th centuries as Russia's "window on the West." Highly recommended for travelers with an interest in the character and significance of the city and its monuments. (RUS128, $19.95)
 		  
The Singing Revolution  •  James & Maureen Tusty   • HISTORY  •  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)
 		  
The Vikings, Lords of the Seas  •  Yves Cohat   • HISTORY  •  An indispensable reference that fits in your pocket, this slim volume is packed with maps, archival photographs and illustrations. It tells of the Norse homeland, discoveries and settlements, and features a useful chronology and excerpts from the Viking Sagas. Part of the "Discoveries" series. (VIK01, $15.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
The Hermitage, Masterpieces  •  Scala Masterpieces   • ART & ARCHITECTURE • COMING IN  •  This slim book, featuring color illustrations of hundreds of important works, is an excellent guide to European paintings at the Hermitage. (RUS90, $29.95)
 		  
Neither Here Nor There, Travels in Europe  •  Bill Bryson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Bryson deploys his famously cranky humor in this romp through European capitals. He's great fun to read and insightful on quirks of character. (EUR25, $14.99)
 		  
Peter the Great, His Life and World  •  Robert Massie   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  In this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Massie portrays the giant of history who transformed Russia from backwater tsardom into a major empire. (RUS48, $21.00)
 		  
Racundra's First Cruise  •  Arthur Ransome   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A new edition of Ransome's delightful 1923 account the eventful maiden voyage of his 30-foot ketch, Racundra, built for the Baltic, with the original maps, photographs and annotations. (BLT41, $32.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
Stockholm, City of My Dreams  •  Pers Anders Fogelstrom   • LITERATURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  Young Henning Nilsson arrives in Stockholm on the eve of the Industrial Revolution, eager for success, love and a fully experienced life, in this Swedish classic of historical realist fiction, happily now available in an English translation. (SWE22, $18.95)
 		  
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)
 		  
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)
 		  
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo  •  Stieg Larsson   • MYSTERY  •  Larsson combines murder mystery, family saga, love story and financial intrigue into a complex and atmospheric novel set in Stockholm and the snowy landscapes of northern Sweden. (SWE54, $15.95)
 		  
The Letter of Marque  •  Patrick O'Brian   • LITERATURE  •  The 12th (and perhaps the most satisfying) of O'Brian's series combines the personal and geopolitical as Aubrey comes to Maturin's rescue in the Baltics. (ATL20, $14.95)
 		  
The Stories of Hans Christian Andersen  •  Hans Christian Andersen  •  Diana Crone Frank  •  Jeffrey Frank   • LITERATURE • FAMILY  •  A newly refurbished collection of twenty-two tales, adroitly retranslated by Diana and Jeffrey Frank and with the original illustrations. (DMK27, $23.95)
 		  
 
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