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	All Along the Rhine: Recipes, Wine and Lore from Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Holland • Kay Shaw Nelson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A tribute to the Rhine Valley, its history, culture and especially its food in 130 authentic recipes. (GER111, $14.95)
	Amadeus • Milos Forman • The Oscar-winning account of Mozart's life, death and downfall, starring F. Murray Abraham as the cruel and mediocre Salieri. (AST65, $26.99)
	The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay • Michael Chabon • LITERATURE • A dazzling tale that follows its heros from Nazi-occupied Prague to New York (and the Antarctic). (ANT175, $16.00)
	Architecture of New Prague 1895-1945 • Rostislav Svacha • Alexandra Buchler • Jan Maly • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Architects and tourists with a serious interest in architecture will want this book. Originally published in Czech in 1985, it stakes out the first half of the 20th century as a seminal period for Czech architecture. (CZH49, $75.00)
	The Arsonist • Egon Hostovsky • Christopher Morris • LITERATURE • A brief novel of intrigue and identity transformed by a leading 20th-century Czech writer. (CZH42, $17.50)
	The Art of Polish Cooking • Alina Zeranska • Janina Domanska • FOOD • A book brimming with Polish recipes and food traditions. (PLD15, $23.00)
	Arthur Schnitzler, Four Major Plays • Arthur Schnitzler • Carl R. Mueller • LITERATURE • A collection of four full-length plays from the Austrian writer. (AST53, $19.95)
	Austria & Hungary Map • Kummerly & Frey Maps • A colorful map of both Austria and Hungary at a scale of 1:800,000 published in Austria. (AST19, $15.95)
	Austria As Theater and Ideology, The Meaning of the Salzburg Festival • Michael Steinberg • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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, $23.95)
	Austria Map • Freytag & Berndt • A home-grown map of Austria at a scale of 1:300,000. (AST28, $14.95)
	Avant-Guide Prague, Insiders' Guide for Urban Adventures • Dan Levine • GUIDEBOOK • Created by a former Frommer's writer, this slim volume packs useful, youthful information into a colorful format. (CZH22, $19.95)
	The Axe • Ludvik Vaculik • Marian Sling • LITERATURE • A story of ideology, played out between father and son, set against the cultural reawakening of 1960's Czechoslovakia. (CZH34, $16.00)
	Badenheim 1939 • Aharon Appelfeld • Dalya Bilu • LITERATURE • 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 • Baedeker's Travel Guides • GUIDEBOOK • The much-revised classic with map. (AST56, $25.00)
	Balkan Tragedy, Chaos and Dissolution after the Cold War • Susan Woodward • HISTORY • A scholarly, detailed analysis of Yugoslavia's collapse, published by the Brookings Institution, where the author is a senior policy fellow. (BLK18, $24.95)
	The Balkans, A Short History • Mark Mazower • HISTORY • A brief, provocative survey of the complex and often contentious history of the Balkans. With eloquence and insight, Mazower addresses the issues of geography, nationalism and modern nation-building in the region. (BLK28, $13.95)
	Baroque and Rococo Art • Germain Bazin • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An excellent illustrated survey of Baroque and Rococo art and architecture, this volume in the acclaimed "World of Art" series is a good companion to the golden age of Middle Europe. (EUR53, $16.95)
	Beethoven and the Construction of Genius: Musical Politics in Vienna, 1792-1803 • Tia DeNora • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Both a probing biographical account of Beethoven's life and an insightful sociological study of "artistic genius," this engaging book also examines the musical world of 18th-century Vienna. (AST25, $22.95)
	Beethoven's Concertos: History, Style, Performance • Leon Plantinga • MUSIC • An insightful source of helpful and practical information, written with color and style. (GEN165, $49.95)
	Bela Bartok and Turn-of-the-Centry Budapest • Judith Frigyesi • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A study of Bartok and turn-of-the-century modernism in Hungary. (HGR35, $26.95)
	Belarus, At a Crossroads in History • Jan Zaprudnik • HISTORY • A history of Belarus, with a focus on the status of the nation as the Soviet Union crumbled. (RUS123, $33.00)
	Birds of Europe • Lars Svensson • Dan Zetterstrom • Killian Mullarney • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, this second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)
	Blue Guide Czech and Slovak Republic • Michael Jacobs • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive travel guide with a focus on history, architecture and art. Michael Jacobs, a popular author of guidebooks, presents a thorough portrait of the region. (CZH18, $24.95)
	Blue Guide Prague • Jasper Tilbury • GUIDEBOOK • A detailed guide to Prague, with excellent information on its celebrated architecture. (CZH56, $21.95)
	The Book of Images • Rainer Maria Rilke • Edward Snow • LITERATURE • Poems and lyrics from Rilke during his most emotional and impressionistic period (1902-1906), ably translated by Edward Snow and presented in bilingual format on facing pages. (GER122, $16.00)
	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)
	Bradt Guide Serbia • Laurence Mitchell • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series with good information on transportation, historical sites, and accommodations, with an extended section on Belgrade, the capital city, and a separate chapter on Kosovo. (BLK67, $24.99)
	Breathing Under Water and Other East European Essays • Stanislaw Baranczak • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Essays on writers and writing from an Eastern European intellectual and poet. (EUR139, $12.50)
	The Bridge at Andau • James Michener • LITERATURE • The true story of a bridge that became a means of escape to the west during the Hungarian revolt in 1956. It's classic Michener: gripping and action-packed. (HGR17, $6.99)
	Budapest Exit, A Memoir of Fascism, Communism and Freedom • Csaba Teglas • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A tale of life in Budapest from the Nazi invasion to the 1956 Hungarian revolution. (HGR36, $27.95)
	Budapest Map • Borch Maps • A convenient map of the city center at a scale of 1:11,000. (HGR34, $7.95)
	Candles in the Dark, A New Spirit for a Plural World • Barbara Baudot • Vaclav Havel • ANTHOLOGY • A guide to public policy and ethical traditions. (WLD36, $25.00)
	The Castle, A New Translation, Based on the Restored Text • Franz Kafka • Mark Harman • Malcolm Pasley • LITERATURE • A new translation of Kafka's unfinished masterpiece. (EUR68, $14.00)
	Central Europe Map • Freytag & Berndt • This colorful regional European map, like the sister map Europe Grand Tour (EUR185), covers from Paris and Amsterdam to Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Rome and Dubrovnik. (EUR12, $14.95)
	Central Europe, Enemies, Neighbors, Friends • Lonnie Johnson • HISTORY • An academic survey of the social, political, and economic past of Central Europe, and the conflicts that stir modern-day European politics. (EUR69, $39.95)
	Chopin in Paris, The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer • Tad Szulc • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of the famed composer Fryderyk Chopin. (FRN161, $20.95)
	Civilization and Its Discontents • Sigmund Freud • Peter Gay • HISTORY • The standard edition. (AST50, $12.95)
	Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe • Glynis Ridley • HISTORY • 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 • Fred Plotkin • MUSIC • 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 Coasts of Bohemia, A Czech History • Derek Sayer • HISTORY • 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. The author draws on literature, the arts, culture and politics to evoke Czech history, society and identity. (CZH10, $32.95)
	The Compleat Brahms: A Guide to the Musical Works of Johannes Brahms • Leon Botstein • MUSIC • A remarkable compendium of essays by Botstein and 29 collaborators. (GEN166, $35.00)
	The Complete Operas of Mozart, A Critical Guide • Charles Osborne • MUSIC • (MUS12, $17.95)
	The Complete Stories • Franz Kafka • LITERATURE • All of Kafka's stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and In The Penal Colony. (CZH47, $17.00)
	A Concise History of Bulgaria • R.J. Crampton • HISTORY • A highly readable, illustrated introduction to Bulgaria's history from medieval empire to Ottoman rule, revival and modernization, to the fall of Communism. (BGR01, $28.99)
	Cosmos and Pornografia, Two Novels • Witold Gombrowicz • Eric Mosbacher • Alastair Hamilton • LITERATURE • Two absurd, unconventional novels, both set in Poland, by a modern master of Polish literature. Grombrowicz toys with Polish national traditions and social conventions in these blackly humorous works. (PLD16, $14.00)
	The Cossacks, An Illustrated History • John Ure • HISTORY • CURRENTLY UNAVAILABLE • In this lively, beautifully illustrated overview, a career diplomat (and frequent visitor to the region) explores the history of the Cossacks in Southern Russia and Central Asia and their role in world affairs. (RUS135, $24.95)
	Czech and Slovak Republics Map • Michelin Travel Publications • A shaded relief map of the two nations at a scale of 1:600,000. It also covers the route of the Danube between Regensburg and Budapest. (CEU17, $12.95)
	Czecho/Slovakia: Ethnic Conflict, Constitutional Fissure, Negotiated Breakup • Eric Stein • HISTORY • A fascinating, scholarly account of Stein's experiences consulting on constitutional reform in Czechoslovakia. (CZH40, $35.00)
	Danube • Claudio Magris • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A new edition of the gifted novelist's classic account of a Danube journey from its source in the heart of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire through the Balkans to the Black Sea. It's an intellectually charged, evocative portrait of the places and personalities of Central Europe. (EUR58, $16.00)
	The Danube Cycleway, Donaueschingen to Budapest • John Higginson • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, practical guide to the popular biking route along the Danube from Donaueschingen in Bavaria though Austria to Budapest. (CEU20, $18.95)
	Defiance, The Bielski Partisans • Nechama Tec • HISTORY • The story of Jewish partisans from Belorussia rescuing Jews from the Holocasut. (RUS120, $26.75)
	Dora Bruder • Patrick Modiano • Joanna Kilmartin • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • OUT OF PRINT • A moving meditation on the fate of a 15 year old Jewish girl deported from France to Auschwitz in 1942. (FRN200, $19.95)
	Dvorak and His World • Michael Beckerman • MUSIC • A fascinating view of the Czech composer's personal life and his influence on the world around him. (CZH23, $29.95)
	Eastern Approaches • Fitzroy MacLean • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • Fitzroy MacLeans's action-packed account of his amazing adventures undercover in the Central Asian Republics of the USSR during Stalin's reign, as a commando in the Long Range Desert Group in North Africa, and with the Partisans in Yugoslavia during World War II. Touted as the real-life inspiration for James Bond, Maclean is not only a terrific writer but an eyewitness to historic events. Originally published in 1949. (CAS48, $30.00)
	Eastern Europe Map • Freytag & Berndt • A detailed travel map of Eastern Europe and the Black Sea, at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (EUR36, $12.95)
	Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 • Alfred W. Crosby • NATURAL HISTORY • The story of how early explorers, colonists and settlers reshaped our biological world. (NAT22, $28.99)
	Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe • Henri Pirenne • HISTORY • Pirenne, an important economic historian, traces the economic and social development of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the middle of the 15th century in this classic book, first published in 1936. (EUR18, $15.95)
	Egon Schiele • Frank Whitford • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The life and work of an intriguing artist, who died at the young age of 27. The author delves into Schiele's troubled personal life and the surrounding atmosphere of his home in Vienna, creating a unique portrait of a man. (GER57, $14.95)
	The Engineer of Human Souls • Josef Skvorecky • Paul Wilson • LITERATURE • This complex, entertaining novel centers on protagonist Danny Smiricky, a writer in exile, living and teaching in Canada after living under both the Nazis and the Communists. (CZH29, $16.95)
	Eyewitness Guide Austria • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Eyewitness Guide Warsaw • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive visual guide featuring great neighborhood maps, architectural diagrams, photographs and an overview of the culture and history of the city. (PLD08, $20.00)
	Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture • Carl E. Schorske • HISTORY • A landmark study of turn-of-the century Vienna -- one of the key chapters in modern intellectual history. Among its luminaries were Freud, Klimt, Kokoshka and Schoenberg. (AST04, $22.95)
	Flashman and the Tiger • George MacDonald Fraser • LITERATURE • 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, $14.95)
	Freud in Vienna and other Essays • Bruno Bettelheim • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A collection of essays on subjects ranging from Freud to the Holocaust and child psychology. (AST51, $19.00)
	The Glance of Countess Hahn-Hahn (Down the Danube) • Peter Esterhazy • LITERATURE • A confounding, postmodern novel, this meditation on travel, the Danube, and its history is great fun for those with an appreciation for wordplay and intellectual games. (HGR11, $19.00)
	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, $21.40)
	The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral • Robert A. Scott • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs. (EUR190, $19.95)
	Graz Map • Freytag & Berndt • A detailed city map of Graz, Austria. (AST45, $11.95)
	The Grooves of Change, Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Millennium • J.F. Brown • HISTORY • A survey of the events from the fall of communism to 2000 by a leading scholar. Brown discusses social and political change in the region, prospects for the future -- and the growing economic rift between East Central and South Eastern Europe. (EUR90, $25.95)
	Hands Around, A Cycle of Ten Dialogues • Arthur Schnitzler • LITERATURE • Superficial sexual encounters in the absence of true love. (AST42, $1.00)
	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)
	Here Is Where We Meet • John Berger • LITERATURE • 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)
	Historical Atlas of Central Europe • Paul Mogocsi • HISTORY • An atlas illuminating the shifting borders and alliances in the region. (EUR33, $45.00)
	The History of Eastern Europe for Beginners • Paul Beck • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • An irreverent tour of recent Eastern European history in documentary comic-book style, a provocative, fast-moving and opinionated look at who is in conflict with whom and why, nationhood, ethnicity and the future. (EUR30, $11.00)
	A History of Hungary • Peter F. Sugar • Peter Hanak • Tibor Frank • HISTORY • With chapters by a variety of contributors. (HGR06, $20.95)
	A History of Modern Hungary, 1867 -1994 • Jorg Hoensch • HISTORY • (HGR08, $51.00)
	A History of Slovakia, The Struggle for Survival • Stanislav K. Kirschbaum • HISTORY • A historian from Bratislava traces his nation's roots from the first arrival on the Danubian Plain to Slovakia's declaration of independence in 1993. A particularly solid discussion of the Communist period and the nation's relationship with the Czechs and Hungary. (EUR93, $20.00)
	Hitler and the Holocaust • Robert S. Wistrich • HISTORY • 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)
	The Holocaust in Romania: The Destruction of Jews and Gypsies Under the Antonescu Regime, 1940-1944 • Radu Ioanid • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • An account of the Holocaust in Romania based on newly released records from government archives. (EUR84, $30.00)
	Homage to the Eighth District, Tales from Budapest • Giorgio Pressburger • Nicola Pressburger • LITERATURE • 10 stories taking place in the Jewish quarter of Budapest during the middle of the 20th century. (HGR23, $9.95)
	Homestead • Rosini Lippi • LITERATURE • 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, $13.00)
	Hungarian Folktales, the Art of Zsuzsanna Palko • Zsuzsanna Palko • Linda Degh • LITERATURE • A collection of folktales told in the late 1940s and early 1950s by Palko, a well-known Hungarian storyteller. (HGR16, $25.00)
	The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Reform, Revolt and Repression 1953 - 1963 • Gyorgy Litvan • Janos M. Bak • Lyman H. Legters • HISTORY • The first account of the Hugarian Revolution to include materials made available only after the Soviet Union disolved. (HGR07, $96.33)
	The Hungarians, A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat • Paul Lendvai • Ann Major • HISTORY • A journalist who fled Hungary in 1957, Lendvai combines history, scholarship and anecdote in this uncommonly engaging account. With verve and authority, he covers the struggle of the Magyars' against the Tartars, Turks and Russians over the past millennium. (HGR32, $29.95)
	Hungary Map • HEMA Maps • A map of Hungary at a scale of 1:300,000. (HGR14, $12.95)
	An Illustrated History of the First World War • John Keegan • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • An illustrated edition of Keegan's outstanding history of the Great War (WAR16, $50.00)
	Imagining the Balkans • Maria Todorova • HISTORY • A challenging book, but well worth the effort for its insight, this collection of essays examines in scholarly and critical detail the roots of our stereotypes and misconceptions about the Balkans. (BLK19, $35.50)
	The Impossible Country, A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia • Brian Hall • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Beautifully written, this chronicle of the people, politics and mood of the Yugoslavia as it crumbles is an engaging snapshot and elegy. (BLK22, $23.95)
	The Improbable Voyage • Tristan Jones • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Jones, an inveterate Welsh sailor, adventurer and storyteller, channels Eastern Europe circa 1985 in his tale of a tough voyage along the Rhine and Danube to the Black Sea. (EUR156, $16.50)
	Insight Guide Austria • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A highly recommended introduction to Austrian history and culture -- as well as a good overview of popular destinations. (AST29, $23.95)
	Insight Guide Poland • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A handsomely illustrated guide to Poland, featuring essays of history, culture and economy, as well as practical information for the traveler. Includes 15 helpful maps and numerous color photographs. (PLD14, $23.95)
	The Interpretation of Dreams • Sigmund Freud • SCIENCE • A seminal text of psychoanalytic theory. (GEN319, $19.95)
	Inventing Eastern Europe, The Map of Civilization on the Mind of Enlightenment • Larry Wolff • HISTORY • The author, a professor of history, looks back to Catherine the Great, Rousseau, Voltaire and Western (mis)perceptions of Eastern Europe during the late 18th century. (EUR34, $30.95)
	The Joke • Milan Kundera • LITERATURE • The tale of a Communist student, who is imprisoned and stigmatized for a mere joke. (CZH36, $13.99)
	Kafka's Milena • Jane Cerna • A. G. Brain • George Gibian • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Milena, who kept a long-term correspondence with Franz Kafka, was a legend a legend and household name in 1930s Prague. (CZH35, $18.00)
	Kafka's Prague, A Travel Reader • Klaus Wagenbach • GUIDEBOOK • Anyone interested in turn-of-the-century Prague will find this book a fascinating companion. (CZH03, $21.95)
	Karen Brown's Austria, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries • Karen, Clare and June Brown • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to lodging of character and itineraries. (AST46, $19.95)
	Kingdom of Auschwitz • Otto Friedrich • HISTORY • Otto Friedrich's slim book is an intensely personal account of the infamous Auschwitz death camp. He covers the entire history of Auschwitz in short chapters punctuated with eyewitness accounts and testimonies. (PLD04, $11.00)
	Knopf Guide Budapest • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A sumptuously illustrated, handsome travel guide. (HGR28, $25.00)
	Lieutenant Gustl • Arthur Schnitzler • Richard L. Simon • LITERATURE • The interior monologue of a pessimistic lieutenant. (AST54, $9.95)
	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)
	A Listener's Guide to Mozart's Great Operas • Patrick Cairns Hughes • Spike Hughes • MUSIC • (MUS11, $7.95)
	Living in Freedom. The New Prague • Mark Sommer • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • This portrait blends history, travel narrative and political commentary. (CZH26, $11.95)
	Lonely Planet Central Europe • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • 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, $28.99)
	Lonely Planet Czech and Slovak Republics • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • In the hallmark Lonely Planet style, this practical guide to the Czech Republic and Slovakia features 95 maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. (CZH07, $22.99)
	Lonely Planet Eastern Europe • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • This practical guide includes Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic as well as the Baltic States, Belarus, Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and the Balkans. (EUR72, $28.99)
	Lonely Planet Prague • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, frequently revised, guide to the city. (CZH52, $18.99)
	Lonely Planet Romania & Moldova • leif petterson • Robert Reid • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Romania and Moldova. (EUR96, $24.99)
	Lonely Planet Vienna • Neal Bedford • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series. (AST61, $16.99)
	The Magic Lantern, The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague • Timothy Garton Ash • HISTORY • With a chapter each on Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague, this eyewitness account by an astute journalist and historian shows these vibrant cities during a time of great change. (GER36, $13.95)
	Mammals of Europe • Priscilla Barrett • David W. MacDonald • FIELD GUIDE • 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 • Thomas Moran • LITERATURE • 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 • Robert Musil • Sophie Wilkins • Burton Pike • LITERATURE • 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 • Robert Musil • Sophie Wilkins • Burton Pike • LITERATURE • The second and final volume in Musil's epic masterpiece. (AST38, $27.50)
	The Moldovans: Romania, Russia and the Politics of Culture • Charles King • HISTORY • A scholarly political and cultural history of Moldova, focusing on issues of national identity in a post-Soviet world. (EUR97, $24.95)
	Mozart • Peggy Woodford • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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, A Cultural Biography • Robert W. Gutman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • By delving into the political, intellectual and artistic forces that shaped 18th-century Europe, Gutman reveals a new interpretation of this luminous musician. (AST34, $25.00)
	National Geographic Prague and The Czech Republic • Stephen Brook • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to the area's artistic, historical and cultural landmarks, complete with maps and color photos. (CZH55, $25.95)
	Neither Here Nor There, Travels in Europe • Bill Bryson • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Bryson deploys his famously cranky humor in this romp through European capitals. He's great fun to read and insightful on quirks of character. (EUR25, $14.99)
	The New Grove Second Viennese School • Oliver Neighbour • Paul Griffiths • George Perle • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A study of the Viennese School of musical innovators, Schoenberg, Webern and Berg. (AST26, $16.95)
	Night • Elie Wiesel • Marion Wiesel • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An moving account of a Jewish boy's terrifying experience during the Holocaust. (EUR79, $9.95)
	Night Games, and other Stories and Novellas • Arthur Schnitzler • Margaret A. Schaefer • LITERATURE • Nine stories and novellas from the Viennese modernist. (AST52, $28.50)
	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)
	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)
	Opera 101, A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Opera • Fred Plotkin • Placido Domingo • MUSIC • 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, $16.95)
	The Painted Bird • Jerzy Kosinski • LITERATURE • The acclaimed novel based on the author's own experiences in World War II Poland. The often disturbing account of a young Jewish boy's journey through rural Poland as he tries to evade everyone from SS officers to anti-Semitic Polish peasants will leave an indelible impression. (PLD07, $14.00)
	The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe • Dennis Hupchick • Harold Cox • HISTORY • The changing borders and complex history of Eastern Europe as told through 52 maps and accompanying essays, organized chronologically. An excellent reference, the book shows the rise of Poland, changing borders of the Ottoman Empire, Hapsburgs and fate of Yugoslavia in admirable clarity. (EUR138, $21.95)
	The Penguin Concise Guide to Opera • Amanda Holden • REFERENCE • 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 • Elfriede Jelinek • LITERATURE • A controversial novel by one of Austria most renowned contemporary authors. (AST36, $12.00)
	Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages • John Ure • HISTORY • Former British Ambassador Sir John Ure relates the stories of medieval Christian pilgrimage during the 500 years of its peak between 1066 and 1536. (EUR202, $15.95)
	Plagues and Peoples • William McNeill • HISTORY • This book traces the waves of epidemics that raged through Europe. (EUR26, $17.00)
	Poland • James Michener • LITERATURE • In his epic style, Michener presents the sweep of Polish history from the earliest days to 1983 in this massively researched novel. An excellent choice for the airplane. (PLD02, $7.99)
	The Polish Way, A Thousand Year History of the Poles and Their Culture • Adam Zamoyski • HISTORY • An excellent overview of Polish culture and history, comprehensive, engaging and balanced. Zamoyski focuses especially on the period 1400-1800, writing with flair and authority about the origins of Polish nationhood. With maps and illustrations throughout. (PLD03, $22.50)
	Prague Map • Borch Maps • A laminated, detailed map of the center of Prague at a scale of 1:10,000. (CZH13, $7.95)
	Prague Tales • Jan Neruda • Michael Heim • Ivan Klima • LITERATURE • A collection of stories set in the Little Quarter of 19th-century Prague. (CZH28, $17.95)
	Prague, A Cultural History • Richard Burton • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A marvelous, intellectually stimulating portrait of Prague, and especially of its role as an inspiration for writers and artists, in the series Cities of the Imagination. (CZH57, $15.00)
	The Radetzky March • Joseph Roth • Joachim Neugroschel • LITERATURE • Magnificently set against the backdrop of the twilight of the Habsburg empire, Roth's family saga takes in the sweep of history and empire in Central Europe. The richly textured novel opens at the battle of Solferino, when young Lieutenant Trotta saves the life of the Emperor. (AST17, $16.95)
	The Reader • Bernhard Schlink • Carol Brown Janeway • LITERATURE • The story of a man who discovers a terrible secret about his past lover who he finds as a defendant at a trial about Germany's Nazi past. (GER68, $13.95)
	Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II • Joseph Rothschild • HISTORY • An opinionated, well-written and clear political history of the region, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the Balkans (EUR31, $36.95)
	Rick Steves' German Phrase Book & Dictionary • Rick Steves • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. (GER125, $7.95)
	The Right Hand of Sleep • John Wray • LITERATURE • (AST48, $24.00)
	The Road into the Open • Arthur Schnitzler • Roger Byers • Russell A. Berman • LITERATURE • Set in fin-de-siecle Vienna, this novel, about the death of Austrian liberal society in an atmosphere of nationalism and anti-Semitism, features a handsome composer's encounters with intellectuals and artists. (AST02, $24.95)
	Romania Moldova Map • Freytag & Berndt • This handy fold-up map at a scale of 1:500,000 includes a multilanguage legend and city plans. (EUR83, $14.95)
	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)
	Rough Guide Hungary • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, authoritative guide to Hungary, its history, culture and attractions with good local maps. Most of the book is devoted to detailed recommendations for excursions throughout the country, covering in detail both popular and remote destinations. (HGR31, $21.99)
	Rough Guide Poland • Mark Salter • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive travel guide, including an excellent historical and cultural overview of Poland. (PLD09, $24.99)
	Rough Guide Prague • Rob Humphreys • David Charap • GUIDEBOOK • An opinionated, thorough travel guide to the history, culture and attractions of Prague. (CZH21, $27.50)
	Rough Guide Vienna • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, authoritative guide to Vienna, its history, culture and attractions. (AST62, $19.99)
	Rudolf II and Prague, The Court and the City • Jaroslava Hausenblasova • Eliska Fucikova • James M. Bradburne • Beket Bukovinska • HISTORY • An illustrated survey of the art, music and science encouraged by Holy Roman Emperor Rudolph II. (CZH20, $75.00)
	Schindler's List • Thomas Keneally • LITERATURE • A landmark in literature about the Holocaust, this is the compelling story of the transformation of a Nazi tycoon and his rescue of 1,300 Jews from the concentration camps near Plaszow. (GER51, $15.00)
	Schubert's Vienna • Raymond Erickson • HISTORY • A scholarly view of Vienna at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th with essays by a variety of contributors on Viennese politics, social issues, culture, and, of course, music. With 160 well integrated illustrations. (AST18, $45.00)
	Slovak Republic Map • Freytag & Berndt • A colorful, detailed map of Slovakia at a scale of 1:200,000. (CEU19, $12.95)
	The Sons: The Judgement, the Stoker, the Metamorphosis, and Letter to His Father • Franz Kafka • LITERATURE • A trio of Kafka's well-known short tales of family tragedy along with a letter to his own father. (CEU18, $11.95)
	Southeastern Europe Under Ottoman Rule • Peter F. Sugar • HISTORY • A scholarly survey of five centuries of Ottoman rule in the Balkans, from the Empire's first advances in the 14th century up to its decline in the 19th century. (BLK20, $32.50)
	Soviet Blitzkrieg, The Battle for White Russia, 1944 • Walter S. Dunn • HISTORY • A history of the Russian campaign to regain control of Belarus from the Germans in 1944. (RUS121, $55.00)
	The Struggle and the Triumph, An Autobiography • Lech Walesa • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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)
	Summer Meditations • Vaclav Havel • Paul Wilson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The first leader of the post-Soviet Czech Republic waxes philosophical. (CZH33, $13.00)
	The Third Man • Carol Reed • Classic film noir set in postwar Vienna, starring Orson Welles and based on the novel by Graham Greene. (AST66, $39.95)
	Thunder at Twilight, Vienna 1913-1914 • Frederic Morton • HISTORY • A portrait of the city on the brink of World War by the author of Vienna, A Nervous Splendor. (AST67, $18.95)
	Time Out Budapest • Time Out • GUIDEBOOK • Compact and up-to-date, this is an outstanding guide for where to go and what to do in Budapest. With maps and introductory chapters on culture and history. (HGR09, $19.95)
	Time's Magpie, A Walk in Prague • Myla Goldberg • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A delightful walking tour of Prague by the bestselling author of "Bee Season." (CZH58, $16.00)
	Transylvania and Beyond • Dervla Murphy • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Murphy spent eight months among the people of Transylvania, soaking up their stories and their thoughts on life in modern Romania. (EUR98, $21.95)
	Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe • Marybeth Bond • Mary Morris • ANTHOLOGY • Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris. (EUR160, $17.95)
	Treasury of Ukrainian Love: Poems, Quotations & Proverbs in Ukranian and English • Helene Turkewicz-Sanko • ANTHOLOGY • A short selection of Ukrainian writing (generally poetry) on the subject of love. (RUS117, $11.95)
	The Trial, A New Translation Based on the Restored Text • Franz Kafka • Breon Mitchell • LITERATURE • The story of Joseph K., a man who is unjustly accused of an undisclosed crime. (CZH46, $14.00)
	Twentieth Century Opera, A Guide • George Martin • MUSIC • A survey of 20th century opera. (MUS02, $25.00)
	Tzili, The Story of a Life • Aharon Appelfeld • Dalya Bilu • LITERATURE • The moving story of a young Jewish girl whose family accidentally leaves her behind when they flee Poland. Like Tzili, the author, is a Holocaust survivor. (PLD13, $12.00)
	Under the Frog • Tibor Fischer • LITERATURE • Irony and wit pervade this novel set against the backdrop of the short-lived Hungarian revolution of 1956. The author's own experiences are played out by a cast of Kafkaesque characters all looking for a way though the turbulent days before the Russian tanks roll into Budapest. (HGR12, $17.00)
	Vienna Map • Borch Maps • A handy laminated map of the city center. (AST31, $7.95)
	The Walker's Literary Companion • Robert Gilbert • Anne Wallace • Jeffrey Robinson • ANTHOLOGY • A diverse sampling of literature on the pleasures of walking, representing philosophers, naturalists, outcasts, athletes and intellectuals from Plato to Frank O'Hara. (WLK08, $24.00)
	Walking • Henry David Thoreau • REFERENCE • Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration. (WLK04, $9.99)
	Western Austria Tyrol Map • Freytag & Berndt • A colorful regional map of western Austria, including the Tyrolean region. (AST05, $11.95)
	Western Czech Republic Map • Ravenstein Maps • A detailed map (scale 1:200,000) of the western part of the Czech Republic. Includes Prague. (CZH24, $12.95)
	Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries • Ornella D'Alessio • Marco Santini • FOOD • 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 • Allan Janik • Stephen Toulmin • HISTORY • A portrait of fin-de-siecle Vienna. (AST68, $19.95)
	Woman from Hamburg And Other True Stories • Hanna Krall • Madeline G. Levine • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Krall reveals the lives and strange trajectories of her compatriots in these poignant stories, profiles and interviews of survivors of WWII. (PLD49, $14.95)
	A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age • William Manchester • HISTORY • Organized into sections on the Renaissance, Reformation and Discovery, Manchester's popular history evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, including Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther. (EUR06, $15.99)
	Yiddish Folktales • Beatrice Weinreich • LITERATURE • A collection of 178 tales, many very short, of princesses and witches, dybbuks and wonder-working rebbes, gathered during the 1920s and 1930s by ethnographers in the small towns and villages of Eastern Europe. (CEU33, $18.00)

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