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All Along the Rhine: Recipes, Wine and Lore from Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Holland

All Along the Rhine: Recipes, Wine and Lore from Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Holland


by Kay Shaw Nelson

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 211 PAGES

A tribute to the Rhine Valley, its history, culture and especially its food in 130 authentic recipes. (GER111, $14.95)

Amadeus

Amadeus


by Milos Forman

  • 1984
  • DVD

The Oscar-winning account of Mozart's life, death and downfall, starring F. Murray Abraham as the cruel and mediocre Salieri. (AST65, $26.99)

Arthur Schnitzler, Four Major Plays


by Arthur Schnitzler | Carl R. Mueller

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A collection of four full-length plays from the Austrian writer. (AST53, $19.95)

Austria As Theater and Ideology, The Meaning of the Salzburg Festival


by Michael Steinberg

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2000
  • PAPER

A scholarly analysis of the relation between the festival, politics and Austrian cultural identity. This revealing, intriguing book is in-depth and analytical, not the usual reading for travelers, but well worth the effort. (AST55, $25.95)

Bach, The Brandenburg Concertos


by Malcolm Boyd

  • MUSIC
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

This volume in the Cambridge Music Handbooks Series is an excellent overview of the Concertos, their sources and performance history. (MUS50, $32.00)

Badenheim 1939

Badenheim 1939


by Aharon Appelfeld | Dalya Bilu

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 148 PAGES

This haunting tale depicts life of well-to-do and unsuspecting Jewish vacationers at a fictional spa in Austria on the eve of the holocaust. (AST35, $14.95)

Baedeker's Austria


by Baedeker's Travel Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2000
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 618 PAGES

The much-revised classic with map. (AST56, $25.00)

Baroque: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting

Baroque: Architecture, Sculpture, Painting


by Rolf Toman

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 500 PAGES

This elaborately illustrated oversize book shows in spelnded color the spread of baroque and rococo painting, architecture and sculpture styles from Rome across Europe in the 17th century. (EUR204, $24.95)

Beethoven, The Music and The Life


by Lewis Lockwood

  • MUSIC
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 604 PAGES

An insightful, engaging portrait of the man and especially his musical development, by a leading Beethoven scholar. (MUS40, $22.95)

Beethoven, The Universal Composer


by Edmund Morris

  • MUSIC
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 243 PAGES

A concise biography in the Eminent Lives series by Pulitzer-winning biographer Morris. (MUS41, $25.99)

The Castle, A New Translation, Based on the Restored Text

The Castle, A New Translation, Based on the Restored Text


by Franz Kafka | Mark Harman | Malcolm Pasley

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 328 PAGES

A new translation of Kafka's unfinished masterpiece. (EUR68, $15.00)

Chopin in Paris, The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer


by Tad Szulc

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 444 PAGES

A biography of the famed composer Fryderyk Chopin. (FRN161, $20.95)

Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe

Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe


by Glynis Ridley

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

The entertaining history of an Indian rhinoceros named Clara, who was brought to Europe in 1741 by a Dutch sea captain and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of several heads of state. (FRN536, $12.00)

Classical Music 101, A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Classical Music


by Fred Plotkin

  • MUSIC
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 672 PAGES

Plotkin's primer on classical music is geared to the casual, intellectually curious listener and does an admirable job of describing how best to experience and appreciate the great works, both new and old. (MUS15, $18.95)

The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven

The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven


by Charles Rosen

  • MUSIC
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 522 PAGES

Written in 1972, the first edition of this book won the National Book Award and became an instant classic, an eminently readable account of the Viennese Classical School. (MUS38, $23.95)

The Compleat Brahms: A Guide to the Musical Works of Johannes Brahms


by Leon Botstein

  • MUSIC
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 448 PAGES

A remarkable compendium of essays by Botstein and 29 collaborators. (GEN166, $35.00)

The Complete Operas of Mozart, A Critical Guide


by Charles Osborne

  • MUSIC
  • 1988
  • PAPER

This detailed study covers both the great masterpieces and the lesser-known works, incorporating biographical background, accounts of first performances and close analysis of both the music and the librettos. (MUS12, $17.95)

Don Giovanni, In Full Score


by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • MUSIC
  • 1976
  • PAPER
  • 468 PAGES

Full musical score of the opera. (AST82, $26.95)

Eyewitness Guide Austria

Eyewitness Guide Austria


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 384 PAGES

This superb guide to all of Austria features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. (AST59, $25.00)

Fatal Lies


by Frank Tallis

  • MYSTERY
  • 2009
  • PAPER

Inspector Oskar Rheinhardt and Dr. Lieberman match wits with depraved criminal minds in this haunting third installment set in Freud's Vienna. (AST97, $15.00)

Flashman and the Tiger

Flashman and the Tiger


by George MacDonald Fraser

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

This 11th installment in The Flashman Papers (purportedly retrieved and not written by George Macdonald Fraser, a nice conceit), consists of three short adventures, which find our hero cavorting with Bismarck and Emperor Franz-Josef and the future Edward VI. (WAF58, $16.00)

Fodor's Vienna to Salzburg

Fodor's Vienna to Salzburg


by Fodors

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A practical guide in a growing series focusing on restaurants, attractions and activities in the land of Mozart. (AST73, $16.99)

Freud in Vienna and other Essays


by Bruno Bettelheim

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A collection of essays on subjects ranging from Freud to the Holocaust and child psychology. (AST51, $19.00)

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral


by Robert A. Scott

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

An enthusiast, Scott presents history, design, architecture and wonder of the medieval cathedral and the great Abbey churches. (EUR190, $21.95)

Here Is Where We Meet

Here Is Where We Meet


by John Berger

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. (EUR189, $15.00)

Hitler and the Holocaust

Hitler and the Holocaust


by Robert S. Wistrich

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 295 PAGES

A short history of the cultural and political circumstances surrounding the genocide of the Jews. Wistrich looks closely at Anti-Semitism in Germany, Europe and abroad in an attempt to understand the evil unleashed during World War II. (EUR114, $15.00)

Homestead

Homestead


by Rosini Lippi

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 210 PAGES

Set firmly in a small village in the Austrian Alps, these 12 interlinking stories are almost ethnographic in their rich detail of small town life. The stories range from the turn-of-the-century to the present, accurately charting change in the remote village. (ALP11, $13.95)

The Interpretation of Dreams


by Sigmund Freud

  • SCIENCE
  • 1994
  • HARD COVER
  • 471 PAGES

A seminal text of psychoanalytic theory. (GEN319, $19.95)

Introducing Austria, A Short History

Introducing Austria, A Short History


by Lonnie Johnson

  • HISTORY
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 196 PAGES

A short, thematic history of modern Austria, from WWI to the late 1980s. (AST76, $14.95)

Knopf Mapguide Vienna

Knopf Mapguide Vienna


by Knopf Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 32 PAGES

A practical and handy passport-sized guide to the city, featuring fold-out maps. (AST87, $10.95)

Letters of W. A. Mozart


by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | Hans Mersmann

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1972
  • PAPER
  • 276 PAGES

These 100 candid letters to friends, family and patrons illluminate the culture and society of 18th-century Austria, Mozart's music, family and finances. (AST71, $10.95)

Lieutenant Gustl


by Arthur Schnitzler | Richard L. Simon

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 56 PAGES

The interior monologue of a pessimistic lieutenant. (AST54, $9.95)

Lonely Planet Austria

Lonely Planet Austria


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A comprehensive, practical guide to Vienna, the Danube and Austria in the popular series. (AST69, $22.99)

Lonely Planet Central Europe

Lonely Planet Central Europe


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 662 PAGES
  • BEST SELLER

With dozens of maps, color photographs and sections on history and culture, this practical guide introduces Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland and their neighbors. (EUR94, $29.99)

Lonely Planet Encounter Vienna

Lonely Planet Encounter Vienna


by Caroline Sieg

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER

This lively pocket guide, organized by neighborhood, includes suggested side trips, along what to see and where to shop, eat, (AST109, $12.99)

Lonely Planet Vienna

Lonely Planet Vienna


by Neal Bedford

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 266 PAGES

A practical guide in the popular series. (AST61, $18.99)

Mammals of Europe

Mammals of Europe


by Priscilla Barrett | David W. MacDonald

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals. (FG61, $38.50)

The Man in the Box


by Thomas Moran

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A story of a gentile family in a small Austrian town hiding a Jew during World War II, told through the eyes of an adolescent boy. (AST41, $12.00)

The Man Without Qualities: Volume I, A Short Introduction and Pseudoreality Prevails


by Robert Musil | Sophie Wilkins | Burton Pike

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER

The first volume in German author Robert Musil's unfinished epic masterpiece, set just before World War I in Vienna. A former soldier finds himself at the center of the crumbling Austro-Hungarian Empire. The second volume is also available (AST38). (AST37, $23.00)

The Man Without Qualities: Volume II, Into the Millennium and from the Posthumous Papers


by Robert Musil | Sophie Wilkins | Burton Pike

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER

The second and final volume in Musil's epic masterpiece. (AST38, $27.50)

Michelin the Green Guide Austria

Michelin the Green Guide Austria


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

With the same focus on driving tours, detailed maps and the Michelin star system, the venerable Green Guides are even better -- organized regionally, in color and with an overview of history, art and culture.. (AST90, $21.99)

Mozart

Mozart


by Peggy Woodford

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

Part of "The Illustrated Lives of the Great Composers Series," this book is a concise account of the life and work of the famous Austrian composer. (AST44, $19.95)

Mozart and His Operas


by David Cairns

  • MUSIC
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 288 PAGES

A well-considered, accessible biography of the composer in the context of his lfie and times by the chief music critic of the Sunday Times and music critic and arts editor of the Spectator. (AST84, $35.00)

Mozart's Operas


by Daniel Heartz | Thomas Bauman

  • MUSIC
  • 1992
  • PAPER

Berkeley music professor and Mozart scholar Daniel Heartz is the editor of these engaging essays on the history, meaning and influence of Mozart's operas. The scholars focus on the composer's three greatest -- Le Nozze di Figaro, Don Giovanni, and Cosi Fan Tutte. (AST72, $29.95)

Mozart, A Cultural Biography

Mozart, A Cultural Biography


by Robert W. Gutman

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 864 PAGES

By delving into the political, intellectual and artistic forces that shaped 18th-century Europe, Gutman reveals a new interpretation of this luminous musician. (AST34, $46.95)

Mozart, His Character, His Work


by Alfred Einstein

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

A scholarly analysis of not only Mozart's music but also his complex relationship his family and contemporaries. (AST88, $44.99)

Mozart, His Life and Works

Mozart, His Life and Works


by Julian Rushton

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 300 PAGES

This marvelous, well-informed account of Mozart, his life and work, published in celebration of the 250th anniversary of his birth, is a volume on Oxford's masterful Master Musicians series. (EUR215, $50.00)

The New Grove Second Viennese School


by Oliver Neighbour | Paul Griffiths | George Perle

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 201 PAGES

A study of the Viennese School of musical innovators, Schoenberg, Webern and Berg. (AST26, $16.95)

Night Games, and other Stories and Novellas


by Arthur Schnitzler | Margaret A. Schaefer

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 288 PAGES

Nine stories and novellas from the Viennese modernist. (AST52, $28.50)

Opera 101, A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera

Opera 101, A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera


by Fred Plotkin | Placido Domingo

  • MUSIC
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 494 PAGES

A well-written introduction to opera, this volume includes a brief history of the art form, a guide to operatic terms and a review of 11 famous operas. (GEN175, $17.99)

The Penguin Concise Guide to Opera


by Amanda Holden

  • REFERENCE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 530 PAGES

An essential reference for the opera enthusiast. Well organized, with short descriptions of plots, characters, performances and historical background. (MUS01, $20.00)

The Piano Teacher


by Elfriede Jelinek

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

A controversial novel by one of Austria most renowned contemporary authors. (AST36, $12.00)

Requiem in Vienna

Requiem in Vienna


by J. Sydney Jones

  • MYSTERY
  • 2010
  • HARD COVER
  • 320 PAGES

Gustav Mahler, Schindler and other personalities of the day feature prominantly in this fine second fin de siecle Vienna mystery. (AST107, $24.99)

Rick Steves' German Phrase Book & Dictionary


by Rick Steves

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. (GER125, $8.95)

The Right Hand of Sleep


by John Wray

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 336 PAGES

(AST48, $24.00)

Rough Guide Austria

Rough Guide Austria


by Rough Guide

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 615 PAGES

A practical, comprehensive guide in the excellent British series. (AST70, $24.99)

Rough Guide Vienna


by Rough Guide

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 412 PAGES

A compact, authoritative guide to Vienna, its history, culture and attractions. (AST62, $19.99)

Schlepping Through the Alps, My Search for Austria's Jewish Past with Its Last Wandering Shepherd

Schlepping Through the Alps, My Search for Austria's Jewish Past with Its Last Wandering Shepherd


by Sam Apple

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A hilarious and touching exploration of history, tradition and sheep. This account of travels in Austria with Hans Breuer, a shepherd who sings Yiddish folk songs to his sheep, is admittedly a comic quest, but it also delves into some of the darker corners of Austria's history in World War II. (AST74, $16.00)

The Story of the Trapp Family Singers

The Story of the Trapp Family Singers


by Maria von Trapp

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 312 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

The true story of the von Trapp family singers, as remembered by Maria von Trapp herself. Maria was indeed a novice nun, but there ends her resemblance to the Julie Andrews character in the Sound of Music. (AST47, $13.99)

Symphony No. 5


by Ludwig Van Beethoven

  • MUSIC
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 96 PAGES

A Dover miniature score. (MUS42, $7.95)

The Third Man

The Third Man


by Carol Reed

  • 1949
  • DVD

Classic film noir set in postwar Vienna, starring Orson Welles and based on the novel by Graham Greene. (AST66, $39.95)

A Time of Gifts

A Time of Gifts


by Patrick Leigh Fermor

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES
  • BEST SELLER

Fermor effortlessly interweaves anecdote, history and culture in this exuberant account of a walk from Holland, up the Rhine and down the Danube, through Germany, Prague and Austria in 1933. Written not in the moment, but 40 years later, the accumulation of time and experience give the book particular poignancy. (CEU30, $16.95)

Time Out Vienna

Time Out Vienna


by Sarah Guy

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine. (AST78, $19.95)

Twentieth Century Opera, A Guide


by George Martin

  • MUSIC
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 703 PAGES

A survey of 20th century opera. (MUS02, $25.00)

Vienna Blood


by Frank Tallis

  • MYSTERY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 485 PAGES

A bizarre series of murders reunite Inspector Rheinhardt and Dr. Lieberman in this second psychoanalytic thriller set in the sophisticated -- and depraved world of Sr. Sigmund Freud. (AST98, $15.00)

Vienna Secrets

Vienna Secrets


by Frank Tallis

  • MYSTERY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

This fourth Max Liebermann mystery has the young psychoanalyst investigating the murder of two anti-Semites in a church courtyard. (AST106, $15.00)

Western Austria Tyrol Map

Western Austria Tyrol Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • MAP

A colorful regional map of western Austria, including the Tyrolean region. (AST05, $11.95)

Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries

Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries


by Ornella D'Alessio | Marco Santini

  • FOOD
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 324 PAGES

Part how-to, part guidebook, part picture book, this charming coffee table treat covers sprawling French vineyards as well as lesser-known hidden treasures in Austria and Hungary. (EUR191, $35.00)

Wittgenstein's Vienna


by Allan Janik | Stephen Toulmin

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 314 PAGES

A portrait of fin-de-siecle Vienna. (AST68, $19.95)

 

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