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Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina


by Leo Tolstoy | Larissa Volokhonsky | Richa Pevear

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 838 PAGES

Pevear and Volokhonsky have brilliantly reinvented Tolstoy's epic tale of an adulterous affair between an aristocratic woman and an officer in late 19th Century Russia for a new generation of readers, capturing the rhythms, repetitions and speech of the original Russian. (RUS81, $17.00)

Battle of the Baltic, The Wars 1918-1945

Battle of the Baltic, The Wars 1918-1945


by Robert Jackson

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • HARD COVER
  • 224 PAGES

A well written, illustrated survey of the underexamined clashes that took place around the Baltic Sea during and between the first and second World Wars. (BLT34, $39.95)

Bradt Guide Estonia

Bradt Guide Estonia


by Neil Taylor

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

This convenient guide features an overview of the history and culture of Estonia along with a few color photographs and many maps. (BLT28, $25.99)

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)

Bradt Guide Lithuania


by Gordon McLachlan

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A practical guide in the popular Bradt series, featuring information on Lithuanian art, history and culture, as well as good travel information. (BLT21, $25.99)

Carmen and Other Stories


by Prosper Merimee | Nicholas Jotcham

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 361 PAGES

A collection of nine stories, including Carmen, memorably set in southern Spain -- and source for the Bizet opera of the same name. (FRN201, $13.95)

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)

The Corrections

The Corrections


by Jonathan Franzen

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 592 PAGES

A dazzling novel of life and love and family and holidays that follows the peregrinations of the Lamberts -- father, mother and offspring -- from New York to Philadelphia to Vilnius. It's a madcap, tour de force of Christmas homecomings gone awry, cruise-ship follies, self-deluded academics, breast-obsessed screenwriters, stodgy old farts and edgy Tribeca bohemians equally at sea in their lives. (EUR122, $16.00)

Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century and After


by R. J. Crampton

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 526 PAGES

A well-written, insightful scholarly country-by-county history of modern Eastern Europe. (EUR273, $43.95)

Footprint Tallinn

Footprint Tallinn


by Clare Thomson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Nuts-and-bolts information, plus an overview of history and culture, geared for the independent traveler. (BLT27, $12.95)

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)

A Hedonist's Guide to Tallinn


by Laurence Shorter

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

A guide to the vibrant city, with comprehensive listings of accommodations, restaurants and bars. (BLT29, $16.95)

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)

The Kalevala


by Keith Bosley

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 679 PAGES

This national epic of Finland, based on ancient heroic poetry, was a rallying flag for national aspirations as Finland struggled to break away from Russia in the 19th century. (SCN14, $15.95)

Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania

Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 456 PAGES

An excellent practical guide to the region geared for independent travelers. (BLT05, $25.99)

Lonely Planet Scandinavian Europe

Lonely Planet Scandinavian Europe


by Glenda Bendure | Ned Friary

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 550 PAGES

An excellent practical guide to Scandinavian countries, as well as St. Petersburg and Tallinn, featuring a good overview of culture, history and nature, and plenty of information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. (SCN01, $24.99)

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)

Michelin Green Guide Scandinavia and Finland

Michelin Green Guide Scandinavia and Finland


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 526 PAGES

A thorough guide to Scandinavia in the classic Michelin style. (SCN10, $21.95)

Purge

Purge


by Sofi Oksanen

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

Oksanen sets her powerful first novel in Estonia during the Soviet era. (BLT43, $14.95)

To Begin Where I Am, The Selected Prose of Czeslaw Milosz

To Begin Where I Am, The Selected Prose of Czeslaw Milosz


by Czeslaw Milosz | Madeline G. Levine | Bogdana Carpenter

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Culled from a lifetime's worth of publications, these essays by the Lithuanian-born Polish poet and Nobel laureate Milosz address the Polish experience at home and abroad in the 20th century. (PLD25, $17.00)

 

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