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EXPLORING THE BALTICS HISTORIC WATERWAYS

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Baltic States Map

Baltic States Map


by Globetrotter

  • 2009
  • MAP

This regional overview (1:770,000) includes city maps of Tallinn, Riga, and Vilnius, on the reverse. (BLT37, $8.95)

Bradt Guide Baltic Cities

Bradt Guide Baltic Cities


by Neil Taylor

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 298 PAGES

This second, expanded edition includes Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius, Kaliningrad as well as Tartu, Liepaja, Kaunas and Klaipeda. (BLT12, $25.99)

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths

D'Aulaires' Book of Norse Myths


by Edgar D'Aulaire | Ingri D'Aulaire

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 160 PAGES
  • FAMILY

The D'Aulaireses vividly recreate the characters and Norse landscapes of Odin the All-father, Thor the Thunder-god, Loki, Bragi and the Valkyries in this beautifully illustrated volume. For the whole family. (SCN35, $24.95)

Eyewitness Travel Guide Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania

Eyewitness Travel Guide Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuania


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • 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)

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)

In Europe, Travels Through the Twentieth Century

In Europe, Travels Through the Twentieth Century


by Geert Mak

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 896 PAGES

Don't be put off by the heft of Mak's eye-opening account of Europe on the brink of the millennium. The chapters originally appeared on the front page of a Dutch newspaper, and his deft reports from disparate locales are light in touch, bridging history, travel and opinion. (EUR254, $21.00)

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)

Northern Europe by Cruise Ship

Northern Europe by Cruise Ship


by Anne Vipond

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

This excellent guide to cruises and ports from Scandinavia and the Baltic to the British Isles, Paris, Amsterdam and Berlin includes city maps, excursions, color photographs and a pull-out map of Northern Europe. (EUR364, $21.95)

The Royal Physician's Visit


by Per Olov Enquist

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Swedish novelist Enquist fleshes out a footnote in Danish history in this story of the Enlightenment-era Danish court, the mad king Christian VII, the ambitious royal doctor and the passionate young queen. (DMK21, $19.99)

Stockholm Map


by ITMB

  • MAP

A convenient, detailed map of Stockholm and surroundings at a scale of 1:12,000. (SWUE33, $8.95)

The Struggle and the Triumph, An Autobiography

The Struggle and the Triumph, An Autobiography


by Lech Walesa

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 330 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

The inside story of the Solidarity movement by the man who made it happen. Walesa draws a detailed portrait of his rise from the Gdansk shipyards to become the first freely elected president of Poland. (PLD05, $20.99)

Teutonic Knight

Teutonic Knight


by David Nicolle

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 64 PAGES

This slim history of the Teutonic Knights (1190-1561) includes an excellent overview of towers, castles and settlements from this period scattered throughout the Baltic. With paintings of the knights and their daily life in the region. (BLT39, $18.95)

 

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