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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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The Coasts of Bohemia, A Czech History
• Derek Sayer
HISTORY •
2000 •
PAPER
• 408 PAGES
A political and cultural history of the Czech people, this intriguing book places the historically important Bohemia and Moravia regions at the center of European events (unlike Shakespeare, who gave land-locked Bohemia a coastline in A Winter's Tale). The author draws on literature, the arts, culture and politics to evoke Czech history, society and identity. With extensive notes and a scholarly bibliography.
(CZH10, $37.50) |
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Prague, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• Paul Wilson
ANTHOLOGY •
1996 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
• BEST SELLER
Twenty-four stories and essays -- covering the cultural life, society and allur eof Prague -- are organized geographically by district. Walk the streets of Prague with Franz Kafka and Jaroslav Hasek, eavesdrop on intimate conversations in restaurants and lively beer halls with Karel Capek and Bohumil Hrabal, listen to jazz in stylish nightclubs with Josef Skvorecky. The stories in this volume will take you on a literary odyssey through the city's stormy past to its dynamic present. For the traveler who wishes to experience something of its essence, Prague illuminates the heart and soul of a great city.
(CZH08, $14.95) |
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Eyewitness Guide Czech and Slovak Republics
• Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •
2011 •
PAPER
• 448 PAGES
An illustrated guide to the history, culture, people and nature of the Czech and Slovak Republics in the popular series. With dozens of excellent local and city maps and stunning color photographs.
(CZH68, $28.00) |
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Czech and Slovak Republics Map
• Freytag & Berndt
2006 •
MAP
A detailed, fully indexed map to the Czech and Slovak Republics at a scale of 1:400,000. It is also the most detailed map available of the route of the Danube between Regensburg and Budapest. Published in Austria. Two Sides. 35x49 inches.
(EUR35, $14.95) |
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Also Recommended
Eyewitness Guide Prague
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the celebrated city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry.
(CZH01, $25.00)
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Lonely Planet Czech Phrasebook
• Lonely Planet
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A palm-sized guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary.
(CZH50, $8.99)
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Rough Guide Czech Republic
• Rob Humphreys
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive, practical guide for the traveler to the sites and attractions throughout the Czech and Slovak republics. With helpful local maps, and a good survey of the region's culture and history.
(CZH25, $21.99)
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Open Letters, Selected Writings: 1965 - 1990
• Vaclav Havel
• Paul Wilson
• HISTORY
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This inspired anthology of writings by the Czech poet-president Vaclav Havel collects 25 essays, letters and speeches written between 1965 and 1990, including those that directly influenced the Polish Solidarity movement.
(CZH06, $15.95)
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Prague in Black and Gold, Scenes from Life in a European City
• Peter Demetz
• HISTORY
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Both a history and accessible guide to the neighborhoods and architecture of the city.
(CZH09, $17.95)
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Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II
• Joseph Rothschild
• HISTORY
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An opinionated, well-written and clear political history of the region, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the Balkans.
(EUR31, $44.95)
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The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
• Tina Rosenberg
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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In this groundbreaking book, a journalist reports on how the newly democratized people of East Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic have confronted the horrors of their former governments.
(EUR54, $17.95)
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Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages
• Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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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On Foot to the Golden Horn
• Jason Goodwin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Goodwin interweaves history, incident and reflection in this excellent portrait of Central Europe. With chapters on Cracow, Slovakia, Budapest, Transylvania, Brasov and Bulgaria.
(EUR81, $17.00)
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A Traveller's Companion to Prague
• Jan Kaplan
• ANTHOLOGY
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A portrait of the city, its neighborhoods, architecture, society and culture as seen through the eyes of writers over the centuries, including Petrarch, Hans Christian Anderson, Graham Greene and Patrick Leigh Fermor.
(CZH65, $16.95)
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Life with a Star
• Jiri Weil
• Philip Roth
• LITERATURE
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A fictional account of the Holocaust told through the story of a young Czech Jew.
(CZH43, $19.00)
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
• Milan Kundera
• LITERATURE
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Kundera strings together loosely related short stories to form an original and entertaining look at Czech culture.
(CZH17, $14.99)
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The Complete Stories
• Franz Kafka
• LITERATURE
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All of Kafka's stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and In The Penal Colony.
(CZH47, $17.00)
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The Golem
• Gustave Meyrink
• LITERATURE
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The famous mystical, terrifying novel of the supernatural set in Prague's Jewish Ghetto in 1890.
(CZH41, $11.99)
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The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War
• Jaroslav Hasek
• Cecil Parrott
• LITERATURE
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The deeply funny story of a hapless Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army, dismissed for incompetence only to be pressed into service by the Russians in World War I, then captured by his own troops.
(CZH11, $16.00)
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
• Milan Kundera
• LITERATURE
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Kundera's intriguing novel, praised for its meditations on the nature of men and women, and on the fearful emptiness of life in Prague under Communist rule. We also carry Kundera's collection of short stories The Book of Laughter and Forgetting.
(CZH16, $14.99)
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Birds of Europe
• Lars Svensson
• FIELD GUIDE
• FAVORITE
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Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps.
(FG47, $29.95)
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