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Eyewitness Guide Czech and Slovak Republics •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • FLEXI-BOUND • 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)

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, $32.95)

Prague, A Traveler's Literary Companion •  Paul Wilson
ANTHOLOGY • 1996 • PAPER • 256 PAGES
Designed with the traveler in mind, this anthology of 24 vivid stories by Prague writers, contemporary and well known, brings the city of Prague to life. The stories and essays -- covering cultural life, society and love -- are organized geographically by district. With a helpful map of Prague, this book is an unusual literary guide to the city. (CZH08, $14.95)

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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Eyewitness Guide Prague •   Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • 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)

Fodor's Prague's 25 Best •   Fodors • GUIDEBOOK • This pocket-size booklet includes an outstanding map of the city as well as a brief overview of its museums, grand buildings and other attractions. (CZH02, $11.99)

Lonely Planet Czech Phrasebook •   Lonely Planet • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A palm-sized guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (CZH50, $8.99)

Rough Guide Czech Republic •  Rob Humphreys • GUIDEBOOK • 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)

Open Letters, Selected Writings: 1965 - 1990 •  Vaclav Havel •  Paul Wilson • HISTORY • 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)

Prague in Black and Gold, Scenes from Life in a European City •  Peter Demetz • HISTORY • Both a history and accessible guide to the neighborhoods and architecture of the city. (CZH09, $17.95)

Prague Then And Now •  J. M. Lau • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Pictures of the city taken at the turn of the 20th century are juxtaposed with modern photos of the same scene for remarkable insight into the history and changing architecture of Prague. (CZH73, $18.95)

Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II •  Joseph Rothschild • HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • An opinionated, well-written and clear political history of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania since WWII, completely revised for this third edition to reflect post-Soviet realities. (EUR31, $36.95)

The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism •  Tina Rosenberg • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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)

Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages •  Alain Erlande-Brandenburg • ART & ARCHITECTURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • 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, $12.95)

On Foot to the Golden Horn •  Jason Goodwin • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)

A Traveller's Companion To Prague •  Jan Kaplan • ANTHOLOGY • 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)

Life with a Star •  Jiri Weil •  Philip Roth • LITERATURE • A fictional account of the Holocaust told through the story of a young Czech Jew. (CZH43, $19.00)

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting •  Milan Kundera • LITERATURE • Kundera strings together loosely related short stories to form an original and entertaining look at Czech culture. (CZH17, $13.99)

The Complete Stories •  Franz Kafka • LITERATURE • All of Kafka's stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and In The Penal Colony. (CZH47, $15.00)

The Golem •  Gustave Meyrink • LITERATURE • The famous mystical, terrifying novel of the supernatural set in Prague's Jewish Ghetto in 1890. (CZH41, $9.95)

The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War •  Jaroslav Hasek •  Cecil Parrott • LITERATURE • 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)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being •  Milan Kundera • LITERATURE • 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. (CZH16, $14.99)

Birds of Europe •  Lars Svensson •  Dan Zetterstrom •  Killian Mullarney • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • This second revised edition of our favorite guide to birds of Europe has been brought fully up to date with revised text and maps along with added illustrations. (FG47, $29.95)

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	Eyewitness Guide Czech and Slovak Republics • Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK • 2010 • FLEXI-BOUND • 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)
	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, $32.95)
	Prague, A Traveler's Literary Companion • Paul Wilson ANTHOLOGY • 1996 • PAPER • 256 PAGES Designed with the traveler in mind, this anthology of 24 vivid stories by Prague writers, contemporary and well known, brings the city of Prague to life. The stories and essays -- covering cultural life, society and love -- are organized geographically by district. With a helpful map of Prague, this book is an unusual literary guide to the city. (CZH08, $14.95)
	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)

	Eyewitness Guide Prague • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Fodor's Prague's 25 Best • Fodors • GUIDEBOOK • This pocket-size booklet includes an outstanding map of the city as well as a brief overview of its museums, grand buildings and other attractions. (CZH02, $11.99)
	Lonely Planet Czech Phrasebook • Lonely Planet • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A palm-sized guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (CZH50, $8.99)
	Rough Guide Czech Republic • Rob Humphreys • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Open Letters, Selected Writings: 1965 - 1990 • Vaclav Havel • Paul Wilson • HISTORY • 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)
	Prague in Black and Gold, Scenes from Life in a European City • Peter Demetz • HISTORY • Both a history and accessible guide to the neighborhoods and architecture of the city. (CZH09, $17.95)
	Prague Then And Now • J. M. Lau • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Pictures of the city taken at the turn of the 20th century are juxtaposed with modern photos of the same scene for remarkable insight into the history and changing architecture of Prague. (CZH73, $18.95)
	Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II • Joseph Rothschild • HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • An opinionated, well-written and clear political history of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania since WWII, completely revised for this third edition to reflect post-Soviet realities. (EUR31, $36.95)
	The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism • Tina Rosenberg • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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)
	Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages • Alain Erlande-Brandenburg • ART & ARCHITECTURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • 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, $12.95)
	On Foot to the Golden Horn • Jason Goodwin • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
	A Traveller's Companion To Prague • Jan Kaplan • ANTHOLOGY • 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)
	Life with a Star • Jiri Weil • Philip Roth • LITERATURE • A fictional account of the Holocaust told through the story of a young Czech Jew. (CZH43, $19.00)
	The Book of Laughter and Forgetting • Milan Kundera • LITERATURE • Kundera strings together loosely related short stories to form an original and entertaining look at Czech culture. (CZH17, $13.99)
	The Complete Stories • Franz Kafka • LITERATURE • All of Kafka's stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and In The Penal Colony. (CZH47, $15.00)
	The Golem • Gustave Meyrink • LITERATURE • The famous mystical, terrifying novel of the supernatural set in Prague's Jewish Ghetto in 1890. (CZH41, $9.95)
	The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War • Jaroslav Hasek • Cecil Parrott • LITERATURE • 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)
	The Unbearable Lightness of Being • Milan Kundera • LITERATURE • 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. (CZH16, $14.99)
	Birds of Europe • Lars Svensson • Dan Zetterstrom • Killian Mullarney • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • This second revised edition of our favorite guide to birds of Europe has been brought fully up to date with revised text and maps along with added illustrations. (FG47, $29.95)