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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)
	All Quiet on the Western Front • Erich Maria Remarque • LITERATURE • Written by a soldier in the kaiser's army, this novel has been hailed as the greatest novel of World War I, and was later made into a memorable film. (GER15, $15.00)
	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)
	Art and Society in the Middle Ages • Georges Duby • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A study of the relationship between the production of art and the nature of Medieval society. (EUR85, $30.55)
	Art From the Ashes • Lawrence L. Langer • ANTHOLOGY • A powerful collection of stories, journals, essays, poetry and prose about the Holocaust (EUR131, $41.95)
	art/shop/eat Prague • Jasper Tilbury • GUIDEBOOK • Blue Guide's compact, illustrated guidebook with excellent local maps. The book includes not only museums, shops and restaurants, but also not-to-be-missed sites and attractions by neighborhood. The perfect addendum to the Blue Guide Prague (CZH56). (CZH59, $13.95)
	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)
	Baedeker's Austria • Baedeker's Travel Guides • GUIDEBOOK • The much-revised classic with map. (AST56, $25.00)
	Bauhaus • Frank Whitford • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A survey of the highly influential Bauhaus school of design. Whitford follows the movement from its early 20th century history in Germany up through the mark it has left on today's society. (GER55, $19.95)
	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)
	Beethoven, The Music and The Life • Lewis Lockwood • MUSIC • An insightful, engaging portrait of the man and especially his musical development, by a leading Beethoven scholar. (MUS40, $21.95)
	Before the Deluge, A Portrait of Berlin in the 1920's • Otto Friedrich • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A fascinating portrait of Berlin in the 1920s, this book features illuminating essays and an extraordinary collection of contemporary images of the city before the devastation of WWII. (GER11, $17.99)
	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)
	Beneath the Wheel • Hermann Hesse • LITERATURE • A short novel, set in a village in the Black Forest not unlike where Hesse was born. (GER105, $14.00)
	Berlin • David Large • HISTORY • An engaging, textured portrait of the city from German Unification to 1989. (GER73, $32.50)
	Berlin Alexanderplatz, The Story of Franz Biberkopf • Alfred Doblin • LITERATURE • An expressionistic, shimmering novel set within the confines of Alexanderplatz in 1920s Berlin (later made into a movie by Fassbinder). (GER86, $20.95)
	Berlin and Its Culture: A Historical Portrait • Ronald Taylor • HISTORY • Organized chronologically, this illustrated survey covers the full range of the cultural history of Berlin from medieval architecture to expressionism during the Weimar years, and the 1980s art scene. (GER40, $55.00)
	The Berlin Diaries • Marie Vassiltchikov • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • FAVORITE • The compulsively readable wartime account of an emigre Russian princess who was secretary to Adam Von Trott, mastermind of the failed 20th of July plot to assassinate Hitler. Idealistic, vivacious and observant, "Missie" conveys the flavor of Berlin during the 1940s. (GER104, $15.95)
	Berlin Map • Falk Maps • The home-grown map of Berlin, with a fantastic amount of detail, at scales of 1:25,000-1:35,000. (GER75, $14.95)
	Berlin Noir • Philip Kerr • LITERATURE • A trio of novels (March Violets, The Pale Criminal, A German Requiem) that follow the fate of detective Bernie Gunther as he tries to make a living in Nazi Germany. (GER47, $20.00)
	The Berlin Stories • Christopher Isherwood • LITERATURE • "The Last of Mr. Norris" and "Goodbye to Berlin" find Sally Bowles, Fr�ulein Schroeder and the doomed Landauers caught up in the nightlife, danger and mystique of 1931 Berlin. (GER19, $15.95)
	Bismarck and the German Empire: 1871-1918 • Lynn Abrams • HISTORY • The rise of Prussia. (GER14, $15.95)
	Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman • Alan John Percivale Taylor • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This classic biography, first published in 1955, casts the Prussian prime minister and Germany's first chancellor as more of an opportunist than a planner. (GER85, $12.95)
	Blue Guide Berlin and Eastern Germany • Anne Massey • GUIDEBOOK • This book provides detailed coverage of the history, art and architecture of Berlin and the surrounding areas. (GER66, $20.95)
	Blue Guide Budapest • Bob Dent • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to the architecture, history and culture of Budapest. (HGR20, $18.95)
	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 Travel Guide Slovakia • Lucinda Mallows • GUIDEBOOK • This informative, practical guide includes history, culture and sightseeing information as well as helpful travel details. (EUR262, $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)
	A Bridge Too Far • Cornelius Ryan • HISTORY • War historian Cornelius Ryan chronicles in detailed, readable prose the battle of Arnhem, one of the most important -- and bloodiest -- campaigns in World War II. (WAR21, $18.00)
	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)
	Buddenbrooks, the Decline of a Family • Thomas Mann • LITERATURE • Mann's masterpiece about the decline of a German family at the end of the 19th century. (GER22, $25.00)
	The Burgermeister's Daughter, Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town • Steven Ozment • HISTORY • Meticulously researched and absorbing, this narrative by a Harvard historian traces the legal battle of the daughter of a well-to-do family who was thrown out of her home and disinherited in 1525. (GER25, $13.00)
	Cadogan Guide Bavaria • Rod Bolt • GUIDEBOOK • A compact travel guide to Bavaria, Franconia and the Romantic Road. It offers a good overview of the culture and history of the region and detailed travel information on sites and attractions. (GER52, $17.95)
	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)
	Citizen Soldiers • Stephen Ambrose • HISTORY • Ambrose's account of the battles fought in the year between D-Day and the German surrender, from the U.S. Army's perspective. (WAR19, $18.00)
	City Flash Berlin • Hallwag • A sturdy, easy-to-fold city map (GER42, $9.95)
	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 Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven • Charles Rosen • MUSIC • 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, $21.95)
	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)
	Czech and Slovak Republics Map • Freytag & Berndt • A detailed 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. (EUR35, $14.95)
	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)
	A Concise History of Germany • Mary Fulbrook • HISTORY • This essential short history of Germany -- a whirlwind survey in less than 300 pages -- explores the relationships between social, political and cultural factors in this land located in the center of Europe. (GER13, $26.99)
	Contemporary Jewish Writing In Hungary: An Anthology • Eva Forgacs • Susan Robin Suleiman • ANTHOLOGY • This anthology of Hungarian authors both famous (Pulitzer Prize winner Imre Kertesz) and never-published-in-English contains a mixture of novel and memoir exerpts, short stories and poetry. The authors span the generations from pre-World War Two to post-Communist. (HGR39, $29.95)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	A Dark and Bloody Ground, The Hurtgen Forest and the Roer River Dams, 1944-1945 • Edward G. Miller • HISTORY • The well documented story of battles in the Hurtgen Forest. (WAR26, $32.95)
	Dresden Map • Borch Maps • A colorful, folded, laminated map of Dresden. (GER77, $7.95)
	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 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)
	Effi Briest • Theodor Fontane • Peter Demetz • LITERATURE • The sad tale of Effit Briest and her fall from Brandenburg society. (GER87, $14.00)
	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)
	Elizabeth and Her German Garden • Elizabeth Von Arnim • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The gently satirical, light-hearted first book by English novelist Von Arnim tells of daily life on a Pomeranian estate. Originally published in 1898, it's an intimate, semi-autobiographical account in the form of a diary. (GER72, $15.95)
	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)
	The European Union, A Very Short Introduction • John Pinder • HISTORY • This pocket primer covers the development of the EU, its history, policies, growth, governance and impact on world affairs. With 17 maps. (EUR231, $11.95)
	The Expressionists • Wolf-Dieter Dube • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A general survey of Expressionism, presented by the senior curator at the Bavarian State Art Collection. With the use of many of the artists' own words, he tracks the movement back to such luminaries as Karl Schmidt-Rottluff and follows it through its years of dazzling creativity. (GER56, $18.95)
	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 Berlin • Malgorzata Omilanowska • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide to Berlin features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a synopsis of the city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (GER74, $25.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Budapest • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Featuring handy maps and solid information on culture and history in addition to a detailed overview of attractions. With hundreds of photographs. (HGR15, $25.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Munich & the Bavarian Alps • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This comprehensive, illustrated guide is filled with excellent maps, hundreds of photographs and succinct overviews of history, culture and sightseeing. (GER119, $25.00)
	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)
	Eyewitness Guide Vienna • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • Take along this handy, compact guide featuring history, culture, color photography and excellent neighborhood maps. (AST01, $23.00)
	Fatelessness • Imre Kertesz • Tim Wilkinson • LITERATURE • This powerful novel by a Pulitzer Prize-winner tells the story of a teenage boy deported from Hungary to the Nazi death camps in 1944. It's drawn from Kertesz's own experiences in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. (CEU26, $13.95)
	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)
	Fodor's Exploring Germany • John Ardagh • GUIDEBOOK • Lively, fully illustrated and compact, this practical guide by a well regarded author shows John Ardagh's long experience and insight. (GER05, $22.00)
	Fodor's Vienna to Salzburg • Fodors • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in a growing series focusing on restaurants, attractions and activities in the land of Mozart. (AST73, $16.99)
	Frederick the Great • Theodor Schieder • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • OUT OF PRINT • A topical rather than chronological biography addressing the principal controversies surrounding Frederick the Great. (GER84, $31.80)
	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)
	Frommer's Vienna & the Danube Valley • Darwin Porter • GUIDEBOOK • This compact guide includes sections on sidetrips from Vienna and cruising the Danube. (AST92, $16.99)
	Garden Lover's Guide to Germany • Charles Quest-Ritson • GUIDEBOOK • A richly illustrated guide to the gardens of Germany. (GER103, $19.95)
	German for Travelers • Living Language • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A handy German phrasebook, with over 3800 German words and phrases. (GER58, $7.95)
	Germany from Partition to Reunification • Henry Ashby Turner • David Young • HISTORY • An introduction to the political history of post-World War II Germany. (GER79, $22.00)
	Germany in the High Middle Ages, 1050-1200 • Horst Fuhrmann • HISTORY • A masterly survey of German development through the first three crusades and the rise of the kingdom of Germany. (GER31, $45.00)
	Germany Map • HEMA Maps • A sturdy map of Germany (including the region east to Prague) at a scale of 1:800,000 with good topographic relief, roads, waterways and index. (GER07, $12.95)
	Germany, Benelux, Austria Czech Republic Map • Michelin Travel Publications • This handy map shows road and river routes from Amsterdam and Berlin to Prague, Vienna, Munich and Salzburg at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (EUR100, $11.95)
	The Ghosts of Berlin: Confronting German History in the Urban landscape • Brian Ladd • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An analysis of the history -- and future -- of Berlin in relation to its architecture and monuments. It's an absorbing narrative history of Berlin, focusing on its changing identity and how it is reflected in architecture. (GER44, $20.00)
	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 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)
	Heart of Europe, The Past in Poland's Present • Norman Davies • HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • A history of Poland in reverse chronology from the Solidarity Movement to early civilization, condensed from the author's definitive three-volume history. (PLD06, $25.99)
	Here I Stand, A Life of Martin Luther • Roland Herbert Bainton • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Considered one of the most readable biographies of Martin Luther, this volume is an illustrated look at the German religious reformer and his influence on Western civilization. (GER64, $16.00)
	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)
	Hildegard of Bingen, 1098-1179: A Visionary Life • Sabina Flanagan • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The standard biography of Hildegard of Bingen. (GER115, $34.95)
	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 Fascism, 1914-1945 • Stanley G. Payne • HISTORY • A schoalrly, comprehensive history with a focus on Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. (EUR132, $24.95)
	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)
	Hitler's Willing Executioners, Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust • Daniel Jonah Goldhagen • HISTORY • The controversial study of what ordinary German citizens did -- and did not do -- in reaction to the escalating horrors of WWII. (GER06, $17.95)
	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)
	I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1933-1941, Vol. 1 • Victor Klemperer • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The diaries of a Jewish professor of Romance languages in Dresden who lost his position under the Nazis but managed to survive the war. This is the first volume in a two-volume series. (GER88, $18.00)
	I Will Bear Witness: A Diary of the Nazi Years, 1941-1945, Vol. 2 • Victor Klemperer • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The diaries of a Dresden professor of Roman languages who, being Jewish, lost his position under the Nazis but managed to survive the war in Dresden. This is the second volume in a two-volume series. (GER89, $17.00)
	The Innocent • Colin McEwan • LITERATURE • A reluctant British spy, an everyman caught up in espionage, a startling affair -- and murder, all set in circa 1950s Berlin. (GER43, $14.95)
	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 Germany • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A well-illustrated guide to the culture, history and traditions of Germany featuring excellent maps. (GER100, $23.99)
	The Interpretation of Dreams • Sigmund Freud • SCIENCE • A seminal text of psychoanalytic theory. (GEN319, $19.95)
	Introducing Austria, A Short History • Lonnie Johnson • HISTORY • A short, thematic history of modern Austria, from WWI to the late 1980s. (AST76, $14.95)
	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)
	Jakob the Liar • Jurek Becker • Leila Vennewitz • LITERATURE • First published in Germany in 1969, this novel is considered one of the great contributions to Holocaust literature. (GER93, $13.00)
	A Jewish Mother From Berlin and Susanna • Gertrude Kolmar • Brigitte Goldstein • LITERATURE • A novella and short story, each set in 192os Berlin. (GER96, $28.33)
	The Jews of Germany, A Historical Portrait • Ruth Gay • Peter Gay • HISTORY • A well written scholarly history of Judaism in Germany. (GER116, $40.00)
	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)
	The Kaiser and His Times • Michael Balfour • HISTORY • An eminently readable biography of William II, with a moderately pro-English bias. (GER83, $25.00)
	The Kalevala • Keith Bosley • LITERATURE • 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)
	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)
	Karen Brown's Germany, Exceptional Places to Stay and Itineraries • Karen, Clare and June Brown • GUIDEBOOK • A survey of inns, castles and other lodging of character, along with suggested itineraries and highlights of each region. (GER97, $19.95)
	Knopf Guide Budapest • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A sumptuously illustrated, handsome travel guide. (HGR28, $25.00)
	Konrad Adenauer, The Father of the New Germany • Charles Williams • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of Konrad Adenauer, comprehensive and multifaceted. (GER117, $50.00)
	Letters of W. A. Mozart • Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart • Hans Mersmann • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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 • 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)
	Lola Montez, A Life • Bruce Seymour • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The life of the powerful paramour of King Ludwig. (EUR89, $45.00)
	Lonely Planet Austria • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, practical guide to Vienna, the Danube and Austria in the popular series. (AST69, $21.99)
	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 Czech Phrasebook • Lonely Planet • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A palm-sized guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (CZH50, $8.99)
	Lonely Planet Germany • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive practical guide. (GER102, $27.99)
	Lonely Planet Hungarian Phrasebook • Christina Mayer • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A palm-sized handy guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (HGR38, $8.99)
	Lonely Planet Prague • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, frequently revised, guide to the city. (CZH52, $18.99)
	Lonely Planet Vienna • Neal Bedford • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series. (AST61, $16.99)
	The Loser • George Konrad • LITERATURE • Written while Hungary was under Communist control, Konrad's somber novel follows the life of an intellectual who becomes an inmate in an asylum. (HGR54, $17.00)
	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)
	Making of the Middle Ages • Richard W. Southern • HISTORY • A classic history of 10th to 13th century Europe, covering culture, politics and major personalites. (EUR105, $21.00)
	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)
	Marsden Hartley • Bruce Robertson • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A short examination of Marsden Hartley and his art. (USE187, $45.00)
	Marsden Hartley, The Biography of an American Artist • Townsend Ludington • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of the troubled American modernist painter. (USE185, $22.50)
	Marsden Hartley: American Modern • Patricia McDonnell • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The work of modernist painter Marsden Hartley is illustrated in this short book. (USE186, $22.95)
	Martin Luther, The Christian Between God and Death • Richard Marius • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A provocative biography of the German religious reformer focusing on the contradictions, passions and personality of the man and his ideas (including his preoccuparion with death and authority). (GER63, $21.50)
	Masquerade, Dancing Around Death in Nazi Occupied Hungary • Tividar Soros • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A prosperous Jewsih family headed by the author (father of George Soros) goes into hiding in wartime Hungary, spreading out from Budapest across the countryside. Told with unwavering optimism. (HGR40, $13.95)
	Medieval Art • Marilyn Stokstad • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A comprehensive survey of medieval art throughout Europe. (EUR91, $67.00)
	Memoirs of an Anti-Semite, A Novel in Five Stories • Gregor Von Rezzori • LITERATURE • Central Europe between the wars provides the background for this disturbing tale of a man, his complex prejudices and Jewish identity. The five interrelated stories are set in Romania and Vienna. (CEU27, $19.00)
	Michelin Map Germany: Mideast 544 • Michelin • A detailed map of the Eastern part of Germany, from Berlin to the Czech Republic, at a scale of 1:300,000. (GER28, $12.95)
	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's Operas • Daniel Heartz • Thomas Bauman • MUSIC • 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, $26.95)
	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)
	Mozart, His Life and Works • Julian Rushton • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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)
	My German Question: Growing Up in Nazi Berlin • Peter Gay • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Looking back at his youth, the historian and author attempts to explain what it was like to be a German and a Jew as the Nazis came to power in 1930s Berlin. (GER38, $17.00)
	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)
	New Poems (Bilingual Edition) • Rainer Maria Rilke • Edward Snow • LITERATURE • Poems written from 1907-1098, representing a stylistic shift for Rilke. (GER121, $16.00)
	Night Games, and other Stories and Novellas • Arthur Schnitzler • Margaret A. Schaefer • LITERATURE • Nine stories and novellas from the Viennese modernist. (AST52, $28.50)
	The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge • Rainer Maria Rilke • M. D. Herter Norton • LITERATURE • A poetic and loosely structured series of meditations on the difficulties of living abroad. (GER123, $13.95)
	Nuremberg Map • Borch Maps • A folded, laminated map of the city center of Nuremberg. (GER107, $7.95)
	Nuremberg, Infamy on Trial • Joseph E. Persico • HISTORY • A narrative history of the Nazi war crime trials in Nuremberg. Persico poignantly portrays the numerous characters and events surrounding the proceedings. Well-informed and engrossing. (GER106, $17.00)
	Oberammergau, The Troubling Story of the World's Most Famous Passion Play • James Shapiro • HISTORY • A cultural history of Oberammergau and the monumental influence its Passion Play has had on its development. (GER67, $13.00)
	Odyssey Guide Berlin • Gordon McLachlan • Helka Ahokas • GUIDEBOOK • With extensive illustrations and 18 maps, this second edition guide from Odyssey includes in-depth literary, historical and cultural backgrounds to complement the lists of popular attractions. There is also a useful language guide. (GER76, $22.95)
	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)
	Prague • Arthur Phillips • LITERATURE • Don't be fooled by the title -- this engaging novel is set in Budapest. Five young American expats have settled themselves in what they consider the "second-best" eastern European city, where chance encounters and interactions determine how their lives will -- or won't -- be changed. (HGR29, $13.95)
	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 Map • Borch Maps • A laminated, detailed map of the center of Prague at a scale of 1:10,000. (CZH13, $7.95)
	Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Dorp • Desiderius Erasmus • LITERATURE • The classic 1509 satire of false piety and clerical greed. (NTH44, $13.00)
	Prost! The Story of German Beer • Horst D. Dornbusch • FOOD • FAVORITE • The Munich-based aficionado weaves history and culture with the marvels and mysteries of German beer in this brief, authoritative guide. (GER99, $14.95)
	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)
	Reminiscences of Felix Mendelssohn Bartholdy, A Social and Artistic Biography • Elise Polko • MUSIC • A modern reprint of a romantically written Mendelssohn memoir originally published in 1869. (GEN168, $24.95)
	The Rhine, Culture and Landscape at the Heart of Europe • Roland Recht • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • This beautifully illustrated, oversized survey of the history, geography and culture of the Rhine shows cities, villages and sights along the river from its source in the Alps to the North Sea. (GER120, $75.00)
	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 Riddle of the Sands • Erskine Childers • Geoffrey Household • LITERATURE • A 1903 classic tale of espionage set on the North Sea coast near the Frisian Islands. (GER60, $10.00)
	The Right Hand of Sleep • John Wray • LITERATURE • (AST48, $24.00)
	The Rise and Fall of the Third Reich, A History of Nazi Germany • William L. Shirer • HISTORY • Journalist and historian William Shirer's masterwork, this bestseller is a copiously-researched, authoritative portrait of Nazi Germany. (GER108, $29.99)
	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)
	The Roman Empire and its Germanic Peoples • Herwig Wolfram • Thomas Dunlap • HISTORY • An authoritative, scholarly survey of the impact and interaction of the early Germanic peoples and the Holy Roman Empire from the death of Marcus Aurelius to early medieval Europe. (EUR61, $27.95)
	Rough Guide Austria • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A practical, comprehensive guide in the excellent British series. (AST70, $24.99)
	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)
	Rough Guide Germany • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to Germany in the literate, infomative Rough Guide style. (GER65, $24.99)
	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 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)
	Salome, In Full Score • Richard Strauss • MUSIC • A reprint of the original, and complete, score of "Salome." (GER80, $29.95)
	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)
	Schlepping Through the Alps, My Search for Austria's Jewish Past with Its Last Wandering Shepherd • Sam Apple • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • 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)
	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)
	Slaughterhouse-Five: or The Children's Crusade • Kurt Vonnegut • LITERATURE • Kurt Vonnegut's popular novel, set during the bombing of Dresden, in the United States and on the distant planet of Tralfamadore. Ranges from satiric absurdity to an extremely powerful account of the destruction of Dresden. (GER70, $7.99)
	Slovak Republic Map • Freytag & Berndt • A colorful, detailed map of Slovakia at a scale of 1:200,000. (CEU19, $12.95)
	Songs of Love and Grief, A Bilingual Anthology Translated in the Verse Forms of the Originals • Heinrich Heine • Walter Arndt • LITERATURE • A collection of the lyrical poems of Heinrich Heine. (GER26, $17.00)
	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)
	Southern Germany Map • Hallwag • COMING IN APRIL • A detailed color map of southern Germany from Bavaria to the Rheinland. (GER29, $15.95)
	The Story of the Trapp Family Singers • Maria von Trapp • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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)
	Summer Meditations • Vaclav Havel • Paul Wilson • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The first leader of the post-Soviet Czech Republic waxes philosophical. (CZH33, $13.00)
	The Tenderness of Wolves • Stef Penney • LITERATURE • Penney evocatively sets her Costa Award-winning debut novel -- a pageturning combination of murder mystery, historical novel and family epic -- in 19th-century Canada's snowy north. (CND293, $15.00)
	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)
	The Thirty Years' War • Geoffrey Parker • HISTORY • A scholarly history of the major European conflict of the 17th century. Among the outcomes were the annexation of Alsace by France, the annexation of Pomerania by Sweden and the legalization of Calvinism in Germany. (EUR115, $39.95)
	This Way for the Gas, Ladies and Gentlemen • Tadeusz Borowski • Barbara Vedder • Jan Kott • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A series of uninflected, austere stories, published in Polish after WWII -- and drawn from the author's experiences in Auschwitz and Dachau from 1943 to 1945. (GER95, $14.00)
	Three Comrades • Erich Maria Remarque • LITERATURE • This novel of three World War I veterans is an excellent portrait of Berlin in 1928, written by the author of "All Quiet on the Western Front." (GER90, $25.00)
	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 Out Vienna • Sarah Guy • GUIDEBOOK • An up-to-date guide on what to do and where to go by the people who publish Time Out Magazine. (AST78, $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)
	The Tin Drum • Gunter Grass • LITERATURE • Probably the best German novel written since the end of World War II, this is the surreal story of a mute dwarf named Oskar who lives through Nazi Germany and finds himself in a mental institution. (GER33, $15.95)
	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)
	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)
	Twilight of the Habsburgs, The Life and Times of Emperor Francis Joseph • Alan Palmer • HISTORY • A vivid tale of the emperor of Austria-Hungary and king of Hungary, Bohemia, Dalmatia, Croatia, and Slavonia who ruled until the fall of the empire during World War I. (AST14, $15.00)
	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)
	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)
	The Wall Jumper, A Berlin Story • Peter Schneider • LITERATURE • A fantasy on voluntary and involuntary trips between West and East Berlin, mildly sympathetic to the quality of life in East Germany. (GER91, $16.00)
	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)
	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)
	The World Must Know, The History of the Holocaust As Told in the United States Holocaust Memorial Museum • Michael Berenbaum • HISTORY • A powerfully illustrated history from the U.S. Holocaust Museum. (EUR133, $24.95)

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