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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, $13.95)
 
 
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, $15.00)
 
 
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, $12.95)
 
 
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, $22.95)
 
 
Austria Map  •   Freytag & Berndt    •  The home-grown map of Austria, published by the fine Vienna-based Freytag & Berndt. Scale 1:300,000. (AST28, $12.95)
 
 
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  •  A haunting tale of the daily life of well-to-do and unsuspecting Jewish vacationers at a fictional Ausrian resort on the eve of the holocaust. (AST35, $12.95)
 
 
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, $18.95)
 
 
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, $21.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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, $17.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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, $19.95)
 
 
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, $50.00)
 
 
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, $12.95)
 
 
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, $18.00)
 
 
The Berlin Stories  •  Christopher Isherwood   • LITERATURE  •  The Last of Mr. Norris and Goodbye to Berlin find Sally Bowles, Fräulein 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, $13.95)
 
 
Bradt Guide Bratislava  •  Lucy Mallows   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A helpful, condensed guide in the popular series. (EUR275, $13.95)
 
 
Bradt Travel Guide Slovakia  •  Lucinda Mallows   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide in the popular British series. (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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Cadogan Guide Prague  •  Sadakat Kadri   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A guide to Prague in the excellent British series. (CZH48, $14.95)
 
 
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    •  A colorful physical relief map of Central Europe at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (EUR12, $11.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
Children of the Holocaust  •  Arnold Lustig   • LITERATURE  •  Three books from Lustig's oeuvre, here collected in a single volume. (GER110, $24.00)
 
 
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  •  A primer on classical music. (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)
 
 
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, $12.95)
 
 
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, $29.95)
 
 
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, $15.00)
 
 
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, $25.99)
 
 
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, $23.99)
 
 
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, $24.95)
 
 
The Cossacks, An Illustrated History  •  John Ure   • HISTORY  •  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, $45.00)
 
 
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, $29.95)
 
 
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, $27.95)
 
 
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, $11.95)
 
 
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, $24.99)
 
 
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, $13.95)
 
 
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, $14.95)
 
 
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, $23.00)
 
 
Eyewitness Guide Munich & the Bavarian Alps  •   Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive, illustrated guide with excellent maps, hundreds of photographs and succinct listings. (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, $23.00)
 
 
Eyewitness Guide Vienna  •   Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This superb guide features 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, $16.95)
 
 
Fodor's Vienna's 25 Best  •   Fodors   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This compact guide includes a pull-out map and helpful recommendations. (AST27, $11.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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, $20.00)
 
 
Germany in the High Middle Ages, 1050-1200  •  Horst Fuhrmann   • HISTORY  •  German development through the first three crusades and the rise of the kingdom of Germany. (GER31, $36.99)
 
 
Germany Map  •   Freytag & Berndt    •  Detailed and with an index, this map at a scale of 1:700,000 covers east to Prague. (GER07, $15.95)
 
 
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, $18.00)
 
 
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, $16.00)
 
 
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, $23.95)
 
 
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, $16.95)
 
 
Heart of Europe, The Past in Poland's Present  •  Norman Davies   • HISTORY  •  A history of Poland in reverse chronology from the Solidarity Movement to early civilization, condensed from the author's definitive three-volume history. (PLD06, $21.95)
 
 
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, $15.00)
 
 
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, $14.00)
 
 
Hildegard of Bingen, 1098-1179: A Visionary Life  •  Sabina Flanagan   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The standard biography of Hildegard of Bingen. (GER115, $33.95)
 
 
Historical Atlas of Central Europe  •  Paul Mogocsi   • HISTORY  •  An atlas illuminating the shifting borders and alliances in the region. (EUR33, $45.00)
 
 
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, $13.95)
 
 
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, $20.00)
 
 
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 milennium. (HGR32, $26.95)
 
 
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, $16.95)
 
 
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, $15.95)
 
 
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, $14.00)
 
 
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, $23.95)
 
 
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, $29.95)
 
 
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, $37.00)
 
 
The Joke  •  Milan Kundera   • LITERATURE  •  The tale of a Communist student, who is imprisoned and stigmatized for a mere joke. (CZH36, $13.95)
 
 
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, $26.99)
 
 
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, $19.00)
 
 
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, $34.95)
 
 
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, $22.00)
 
 
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, $26.00)
 
 
Marlene Dietrich, Photographs and Memories  •   Film Museum of Berlin   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An illuminating celebration of Marlene Dietrich. (GER114, $40.00)
 
 
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