Welcome!

Enrich Your Travels with Longitude

We've got the classic, new and hard-to-find books and maps to help you get the most out of your adventures.

SIGN UP FOR

Longitude News

Get our monthly e-mail update

GET A

Catalog

In the Kitchen

Gran Cocina Latina, The Food of Latin America

Maricel E. Presilla

SEE ALL >

Antarctica

Endurance, Shackleton's Incredible Voyage

Alfred Lansing

SEE ALL >

Our Favorites

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

SEE ALL >

Tuscany

Every Day in Tuscany, Seasons of an Italian Life

Frances Mayes

SEE ALL >

NORTHERN EUROPE

Latvia

READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

  • E-MAIL
  • PRINT

Get the featured set of Essential Reading, our top picks of what to read, and get free shipping on anything else you order.

Essential Reading

Item EXBLT49. Buy these 4 items as a set for $66 including shipping, 15% off the retail price.
With free shipping on anything else you order.

ADD SET
TO BOOKBAG
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)

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)

Bradt Guide Latvia

Bradt Guide Latvia

by Chris Baister | Chris Patrick

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A comprehensive guide for the traveler from the popular and informative British series. (BLT20, $23.99)

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)

 
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)

Eyewitness Travel Guide Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Eyewitness Travel Guide Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2013
  • 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)

Lonely Planet Baltic Phrasebook

Lonely Planet Baltic Phrasebook


by Paul Jokubaitis | Jana Teteris | Lisa Trei

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 284 PAGES

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

Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe

Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe


by Henri Pirenne

  • HISTORY
  • 1936
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Pirenne, an important economic historian, traces the economic and social development of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the middle of the 15th century in this classic book, first published in 1936. (EUR18, $15.95)

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)

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, $76.33)

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)

Coup de Grace

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)

The Letter of Marque

The Letter of Marque


by Patrick O'Brian

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 284 PAGES

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)

More Recommendations

Here are some other groups of books that might be of interest

Longitude provides recommended reading for travelers in partnership with the leading tour operators and travel programs for hundreds of destinations worldwide. We've got the classic, new and hard-to-find books and maps to help you get the most out of your adventures.