All Along the Rhine: Recipes, Wine and Lore from Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Holland  •  Kay Shaw Nelson CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2003 •  PAPER  • 211 PAGES A tribute to the Rhine Valley, its history, culture and especially its food. Combining over 130 authentic recipes with small bits of background information, this is a delightful introduction to the culinary traditions of the region. (GER111, $14.95)
All Quiet on the Western Front  •  Erich Maria Remarque LITERATURE •  1996 •  PAPER  • 295 PAGES This powerful novel is about "a generation of men who, even though they may have escaped shells, were destroyed by the war." It is the story of Paul Baumer, a 20-year-old German enlistee, innocent of life, but soon to be all too knowledgeable about death. 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 1984 •  DVD This extraordinary account of Mozart's life, death and downfall won eight Academy Awards. Tom Hulce's brilliant but flighty Mozart is the perfect counterpart to F. Murray Abraham's cold and calculating but unbearably jealous and mediocre Salieri. The story is compelling and the soundtrack is, of course, fantastic. 2 disc special edition director's cut. (AST65, $26.99)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay  •  Michael Chabon LITERATURE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 656 PAGES A dazzling tale that follows its heros from Nazi-occupied Prague to New York and the Antarctic, where US forces are stationed to keep an eye on the Germans. Houdini, the Golem, Hitler, inventor of the superhero Stan Lee and other mostly historical figues make an appearance in the lives of Chabon's protagonists Joe and Sammy. Even if you're not much interested in New York or the golden age of comic books (and are puzzled by swoops and twists of the comic-book plot), you'll appreciate Chabon's flare for language and his characters. It won a Pulitzer. (ANT175, $15.00)
Architecture of New Prague 1895-1945  •  Rostislav Svacha  •  Alexandra Buchler  •  Jan Maly ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1995 •  HARD COVER  • 544 PAGES Originally published in Czech in 1985, this groundbreaking book stakes out the first half of the 20th century as a seminal period for Czech architecture. It's a major scholarly survey of cubist, rondocubist and constructivist contributions to Prague, with site plans, excellent black-and-white photos of buildings and scholarly paraphernalia. (CZH49, $75.00)
The Arsonist  •  Egon Hostovsky  •  Christopher Morris LITERATURE •  1996 •  HARD COVER  • 165 PAGES A slippery, intriguing tale of resentment and frustration set in Zbecnov, a town of the eastern of Bohemia (not unlike the town where Hostovsky was raised). Originally published in 1935, the novel explores the town and its youth in the face of a suspicious fire. (CZH42, $17.50)
Art and Society in the Middle Ages  •  Georges Duby ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES A study of the relationship between the production of art and the nature of Medieval society. Noted French historian Georges Duby draws on religion, culture, government, geography, and, of course, artistic pursuits in this portrait of the Middle ages. (EUR85, $30.55)
Art From the Ashes  •  Lawrence L. Langer ANTHOLOGY •  1999 •  PAPER  • 1995 PAGES A powerful collection of stories, journals, essays, poetry and prose about the Holocaust, including both familiar writers like Primo Levi and Elie Wiesel, and lesser known figures, both Jewish and non-Jewish. With most works presented in full, Langer includes a novel by Aharon Appelfeld, a novella by Pierre Gascar, and Joshua Sobol's controversial play Ghetto. (EUR131, $41.95)
art/shop/eat Prague  •  Jasper Tilbury GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES 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 •  1999 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES This collection of four plays from the Austrian writer includes "La Ronde," "Anatol," "The Green Cockatoo," and "Flirtation." (AST53, $19.95)
Austria & Hungary Map  •  Kummerly & Frey Maps MAP 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 •  2000 •  PAPER A scholarly cultural and political history of the festival and its meaning. The author, a professor of history at Cornell, traces the festival from its origins in the wake of WWI and the fall of the Habsburgs, to the Nazis' rise to power in Austria, to the 1999 speech at Salzburg by Austrian President Thomas Klestil calling for a return to traditionalist ideals. 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 MAP 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 •  2007 •  PAPER  • 328 PAGES Created by a former Frommer's writer who wanted to make guidebooks which were neither travel essays nor phone books, this opinionated volume packs useful, youthful information into a colorful format. Includes interviews with Czech notables, maps, photos and some of the funniest descriptions to ever grace a "guidebook." Each restaurant, shiop, hotel or site is given a nice, long description. The jazzy design, with text often printed against a dark background, looks interesteing but makes this book none too easy to read. What were they thinking? (CZH22, $19.95)
The Axe  •  Ludvik Vaculik  •  Marian Sling LITERATURE •  1994 •  PAPER  • 223 PAGES 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 •  1980 •  PAPER  • 148 PAGES A haunting tale that powerfully depicts the everyday concerns and daily life of well-to-do Jewish vacationers at a fictional resort town on the eve of the holocaust. (AST35, $12.95)
Baedeker's Austria  •  Baedeker's Travel Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2000 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 618 PAGES The much-revised classic with map. (AST56, $25.00)
Bauhaus  •  Frank Whitford ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1984 •  PAPER  • 216 PAGES An illustrated survey of the highly influential Bauhaus school of design in the "World of Art" series. Whitford follows the movement from its early 20th century history in Germany up through the mark it has left on today's society. With 150 illustrations in color and black-and-white. (GER55, $18.95)
Beethoven and the Construction of Genius: Musical Politics in Vienna, 1792-1803  •  Tia DeNora ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 232 PAGES Both a probing biographical account of Beethoven's life and an insightful sociological study of "artistic genius," this engaging book examines the musical world of 18th-century Vienna, putting the work of the great composer in its cultural context. (AST25, $21.95)
Beethoven's Concertos: History, Style, Performance  •  Leon Plantinga MUSIC •  1999 •  HARD COVER  • 384 PAGES 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 •  1995 •  PAPER  • 418 PAGES 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 •  2000 •  PAPER  • 429 PAGES A look at Bartok's art and the social and culural life out of which it emerged in turn-of-the-century Hungary. Frigyesi's looks not only at Bartok but also the critic George Lukacs, and poet Endre Ady. (HGR35, $26.95)
Beneath the Wheel  •  Hermann Hesse LITERATURE •  1989 •  PAPER  • 187 PAGES Though Hesse lived much of his life in exile, his affection for his native province is very evident in this short book, which prizes simple village life above urban sophistication. The story is set a village in the black forest not unlike where Hesse was born. (GER105, $14.00)
Berlin  •  David Large HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 608 PAGES 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 •  2003 •  PAPER  • 635 PAGES An expressionist novel of 1920s Berlin demi-monde as seen through the eyes of Franz Biberkopf. The book was performed as a radioplay in the 1970s and Fassbinder made it into a movie. Scattered with scraps from leaflets, tabloid reports, stories, popular lyrics, and ads, the book takes the form of a montage. Berlin Alexanderplatz (1929) is essayist and novelist Doblin's best-known work. (GER86, $19.95)
Berlin and Its Culture: A Historical Portrait  •  Ronald Taylor HISTORY •  1997 •  HARD COVER  • 448 PAGES A scholarly illustrated survey of Berlin and its cultural traditions in art, architecture, music, theatre, film and literature. Organized chronologically, the book 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 •  1988 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES • FAVORITE The compulsively readable wartime diary 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 was a diarist of the first order, and her book is both an absorbing portrait of 1940's Berlin and a gripping account of political conspiracy. William Maxwell called it "one long astonishment" in his "New Yorker" review. (GER104, $15.95)
Berlin Map  •  Falk Maps MAP A home-grown, marvelous folding map of all of Berlin, with a fantastic amount of detail, at scales of 1:25,000-1:35,000. For a laminated map of the city center, try (GER127). (GER75, $12.95)
Berlin Noir  •  Philip Kerr LITERATURE •  1994 •  PAPER  • 834 PAGES 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. The three books span the years 1937-1947. Painstakingly researched, the well muscled writing and rich historical details transcend the genre of detective fiction. (GER47, $18.00)
The Berlin Stories  •  Christopher Isherwood LITERATURE •  2008 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES Published in 1946, these two short novels "Goodbye to Berlin" and "The Last of Mr. Norris" evoke Bohemian life and the growing Nazi movement in pre-World War II Germany. The 1951 theater adaptation I am a Camera (starring Julie Harris) and, especially, Bob Fosse's musical adaptation "Cabaret," made Isherwood famous. (GER19, $15.95)
Bismarck and the German Empire: 1871-1918  •  Lynn Abrams HISTORY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 75 PAGES The convoluted history of early modern Germany is tied to the personality of the autocratic Prime Minister Otto Von Bismarck and the Prussian bureaucratic machine. This short volume follows the rise of Prussia over the other German states. It's an enlightening look at the development of Germany as a world economic power under a semi-absolutist regime. This book is -- thankfully -- an understandable and concise account of the German national drama on the eve of World War I. (GER14, $15.95)
Bismarck, the Man and the Statesman  •  Alan John Percivale Taylor BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1975 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES 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 •  1994 •  PAPER A comprehensive guide in the well known series, this book provides detailed coverage of the history, art and architecture of Berlin. Serious-minded travelers will not want to be without it. (GER66, $20.95)
Blue Guide Budapest  •  Bob Dent GUIDEBOOK •  2001 •  A comprehensive guide to the art, architecture, museums, history and culture of Budapest. With 30 illustrations, maps and site diagrams, recommended restaurants, cafes and hotels. (HGR20, $18.95)
Blue Guide Czech and Slovak Republic  •  Michael Jacobs GUIDEBOOK •  1999 •  PAPER  • 448 PAGES 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 •  2004 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES A detailed guide to the jewel of Eastern Europe complete with practical information, maps and cultural and historical background of Prague and Central Bohemia. With a color map, site plans and line drawings. (CZH56, $21.95)
The Book of Images  •  Rainer Maria Rilke  •  Edward Snow LITERATURE •  1994 •  PAPER  • 280 PAGES 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. With poems reflecting on his childhood in Bohemia. (GER122, $16.00)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting  •  Milan Kundera LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 312 PAGES Called a novel, this book is actually equal parts fairy tale, autobiography, philosophical treatise and literary criticism. 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 •  2006 •  PAPER A helpful, condensed guide in the popular series. (EUR275, $13.95)
Bradt Travel Guide Slovakia  •  Lucinda Mallows GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER A practical guide in the popular British series. (EUR262, $24.99)
Breathing Under Water and Other East European Essays  •  Stanislaw Baranczak CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1992 •  PAPER  • 258 PAGES Poet and professor Stanislaw Baranczak, a fixture on the Eastern European intellectual scene in the second half of the 20th century, reflects on writers and writing in this collection of stimulating and insightful essays. (EUR139, $12.50)
The Bridge at Andau  •  James Michener LITERATURE •  1972 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES This story of an obscure bridge that briefly, during and immediately after the Hungarian revolt in 1956, became a means of escape to the west, is classic Michener: gripping and action-packed. Originally published in 1957. (HGR17, $6.99)
A Bridge Too Far  •  Cornelius Ryan HISTORY •  1995 •  PAPER  • 670 PAGES 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 •  1998 •  HARD COVER  • 162 PAGES Teglas writes with simplicity of coming of age in Budapest during the Nazi invasion, Stalinist takeover and the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Through it all, he got a degree, married and riased a family -- and ultimately escaped to the United States. (HGR36, $27.95)
Buddenbrooks, the Decline of a Family  •  Thomas Mann LITERATURE •  1994 •  HARD COVER  • 784 PAGES Banned and burned by Hitler, this is Mann's masterpiece about the decline of a German family at the end of the 19th century. A chronicle of middle-class life, it is the story of a family subverting its own traditions for the sake of modernity. The Nobel Prize-winning author wrote this first, and perhaps his greatest, novel when he was only 25. Mann was raised in a prosperous merchant family in Lubeck. (GER22, $25.00)
The Burgermeister's Daughter, Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town  •  Steven Ozment HISTORY •  1997 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES 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. It's a true story expertly drawn from letters and court records, rich in details of life in a 16th-century German town. (GER25, $13.00)
Cadogan Guide Bavaria  •  Rod Bolt GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES A compact travel guide to Bavaria, Franconia and the Romantic Road in the well respected British series. 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 •  2002 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES A comprehensive guide to Prague in the excellent British series featuring a 14-page section of full-page, full-color street maps and detailed listings of where to go and what to do. With 80 hotels and 155 restuarants, all described. (CZH48, $14.95)
Candles in the Dark, A New Spirit for a Plural World  •  Barbara Baudot  •  Vaclav Havel ANTHOLOGY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES A thought-provoling and timely guide to putting globalization and public policy into a firm ethical context. With contributions by diverse scholars, politicians and advocates. (WLD36, $25.00)
The Castle, A New Translation, Based on the Restored Text  •  Franz Kafka  •  Mark Harman  •  Malcolm Pasley LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 328 PAGES The story of a man, known only as K, and his fruitless struggle to gain entrance into The Castle and all that the castle may represent. This new translation of Kafka's unfinished masterpiece does great justice to the author's powerful tale. (EUR68, $14.00)
Central Europe Map  •  Freytag & Berndt 2004 •  MAP 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 •  2001 •  PAPER  • 351 PAGES An academic survey of the social, political, and economic past of Central Europe, and the conflicts that stir modern-day European politics. From medieval to modern times, the formative historical events of Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia, are all introduced. Johnson is especially successful in analyzing the struggle of small nations in the face of imperial powers and how these experiences have created a diverse European heritage. With maps. Awarded an Outstanding Academic Book of 1997 by Choice. (EUR69, $39.95)
Children of the Holocaust  •  Arnold Lustig LITERATURE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 516 PAGES The children in Lutig's novels and stories live in the darkest of conditions, but they themselves remain uncorrupted. This volume collects three books, conceived and written as one work: two story collections, "Diamonds in the Night" and "Night and Hope;" and the novel "Darkness Casts No Shadow". (GER110, $24.00)
Chopin in Paris, The Life and Times of the Romantic Composer  •  Tad Szulc BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2000 •  PAPER  • 444 PAGES A biography of the famed composer, who left his Polish homeland, traveled to Vienna, and then settled for two decades in Paris, where he discovered the emerging Romantic movement. Chopin worked among the minds of Hugo, Lizt and Berlioz, and became involved in a stormy relationship with feminist writer George Sand before succumbing to tuberculosis at the age of 39. Szulc draws from a collection of correspondence and private journals in a book that emphasizes the "times," rather than the music, of Chopin. (FRN161, $20.95)
Citizen Soldiers  •  Stephen Ambrose HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 528 PAGES Told through the perspectives of Allied soldiers on the front lines, this is Ambrose's account of the battles fought in the year between D-Day and the German surrender. Visceral and well researched, it's subtitled "The U.S. Army from the Normandy Beaches to the Bulge to the Surrender of Germany, June 7, 1944 to May 7, 1945." (WAR19, $18.00)
City Flash Berlin  •  Hallwag MAP A sturdy, easy-to-fold city map and city guide including transportation, major sites and index. (GER42, $9.95)
Civilization and Its Discontents  •  Sigmund Freud  •  Peter Gay HISTORY •  1989 •  PAPER The standard edition. (AST50, $12.95)
Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe  •  Glynis Ridley HISTORY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES The entertaining history of a most unusual eighteenth-century European celebrity. Clara the Indian rhinoceros was brought to Europe in 1741 by the Dutch sea captain Douwemout Van der Meer, and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of heads of state such as Louis XV and Frederick the Great. A marvelous and unique look at the introduction of Eastern wildlife into the Western world. (FRN536, $12.00)
Classical Music 101, A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving Classical Music  •  Fred Plotkin MUSIC •  2002 •  PAPER  • 672 PAGES Geared to the casual, intellectually curious listener, this primer on classical music does an admirable job of describing how best to experience and appreciate the great works, both new and old. From the author of "Opera 101" (GEN175). (MUS15, $18.95)
The Classical Style: Haydn, Mozart, Beethoven  •  Charles Rosen MUSIC •  1997 •  PAPER  • 522 PAGES 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. This is the revised version with an additional essay answering some critics, and expanded coverage of the later Beethoven years. (MUS38, $21.95)
Czech and Slovak Republics Map  •  Freytag & Berndt 2006 •  MAP A detailed, fully indexed 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. Published in Austria. (EUR35, $12.95)
The Coasts of Bohemia, A Czech History  •  Derek Sayer HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 408 PAGES 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 (unlike Shakespeare, who gave land-locked Bohemia a coastline in A Winter's Tale). The author draws on literature, the arts, culture and politics to evoke Czech history, society and identity. With extensive notes and a scholarly bibliography. (CZH10, $29.95)
The Compleat Brahms: A Guide to the Musical Works of Johannes Brahms  •  Leon Botstein MUSIC •  1999 •  HARD COVER  • 448 PAGES A remarkable compendium of essays by Botstein and 29 collaborators. (GEN166, $35.00)
The Complete Operas of Mozart, A Critical Guide  •  Charles Osborne MUSIC •  1988 •  PAPER (MUS12, $17.95)
The Complete Stories  •  Franz Kafka LITERATURE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 486 PAGES All of Kafka's stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and In The Penal Colony. Edited by Nahum Glatzer with a foreword by John Updike. (CZH47, $15.00)
A Concise History of Bulgaria  •  R.J. Crampton HISTORY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 287 PAGES A highly readable, illustrated introduction to Bulgaria's history from medieval empire to Ottoman rule, revival and modernization, to the fall of Communism. Second edition. (BGR01, $27.99)
A Concise History of Germany  •  Mary Fulbrook HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 277 PAGES 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. It covers the Middle Ages, Reformation and Counter Reformation, the Thirty-Years War, the Peace of Westphalia, the rise of Prussia, the unification of Germany under Bismarck, imperial Germany, the Weimar Republic and its collapse, Hitler and the Holocaust, divided and reunited Germany. (GER13, $25.99)
Contemporary Jewish Writing In Hungary: An Anthology  •  Eva Forgacs  •  Susan Robin Suleiman ANTHOLOGY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 520 PAGES This anthology of Hungarian authors both famous (Pulitzer Prize winner Imre Kertesz) and never-before-published-in-English (too many to name) contains a mixture of novel and memoir excerpts, short stories and poetry. The authors span the generations from pre-World War II to post-Communist. The editors are distinguished in their own rights, Suleiman a Comparative Literature professor at Harvard, Forgacs an art history professor formerly of the Hungarian Academy of Crafts and Designs. (HGR39, $24.95)
The Cossacks, An Illustrated History  •  John Ure HISTORY •  2001 •  HARD COVER  • 288 PAGES 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. With 105 color and 30 black and white illustrations. Interestingly, Ure challenges the notion that the Cossacks are no longer influential (or evident), detailing their involvement in Chechnya, Bosnia and other places. (RUS135, $45.00)
Czecho/Slovakia: Ethnic Conflict, Constitutional Fissure, Negotiated Breakup  •  Eric Stein HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 386 PAGES A fascinating, scholarly account of Stein's experiences consulting on constitutional reform in Czechoslovakia. A Czech-born professor of law at the University of Michigan, Stein was asked by Havel and the government to participate in drafting the democratic constitution (a process which ultimately resulted in the orderly breakup of the country). In addition to his own experiences and research, Stein interviews dozens of politicians and others about the failure to reach agreement. (CZH40, $29.95)
The Danube Cycleway, Donaueschingen to Budapest  •  John Higginson GUIDEBOOK •  2003 •  PAPER  • 168 PAGES A compact, practical guide to the 85-mile 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 •  1995 •  HARD COVER  • 250 PAGES In the waning months of World War II, a series of battles were fought in the Hurtgen Forest of Germany, mostly under miserable conditions. One of the lesser discussed campaigns of the war, it resulted in thousands of American deaths, and stood in sharp contrast to the victory at the Battle of the Bulge. This is the well documented story of events. (WAR26, $32.95)
Dresden Map  •  Borch Maps 2006 •  MAP A colorful, folded, laminated map of Dresden scales of 1:10,000 to 1:20,000. (GER77, $7.95)
Dvorak and His World  •  Michael Beckerman MUSIC •  1993 •  PAPER  • 296 PAGES This volume about the famed Czech composer is divided into two parts: the first is a collection of essays dealing with his relations to his country and other composers, while the second is a set of letters, early reviews, and other documents. Together, they provide an interesting view of his personal life and his influence on the world around him. (CZH23, $27.95)
Eastern Europe Map  •  Freytag & Berndt MAP A detailed travel map of Eastern Europe at a scale of 1:2,000,000 with the Baltic States, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia from St. Petersburg to Moscow and the Black Sea. Place names are in the local language and Cyrillic. (EUR36, $11.95)
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900  •  Alfred W. Crosby NATURAL HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 370 PAGES A pleasure to read, this book is the moving tale of how early explorers, colonists and settlers inadvertently reshaped our biological world. It is the story of the displacement of native plants and animals, transfer of disease and other exchanges of organisms, good and bad, between the old and new world. Second, updated edition. (NAT22, $26.99)
Effi Briest  •  Theodor Fontane  •  Peter Demetz LITERATURE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 228 PAGES The best-known work (made into a Fassbinder movie) by the author who also wrote "A Man of Honor" and "The Eighteenth of March." Regarded by some as the Prussian novelist par excellence, Fontane was an astute observer of mores and conventions in late 19th-century Berlin and Brandenburg. This short, disurbing love story is set in Bismarck's Germany. (GER87, $14.00)
Egon Schiele  •  Frank Whitford ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1987 •  PAPER  • 207 PAGES 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. With 151 illustrations. (GER57, $14.95)
Elizabeth and Her German Garden  •  Elizabeth Von Arnim BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2001 •  PAPER  • 208 PAGES The gently satirical, light-hearted first book, told in the form of seasonal diary, by English novelist Countess von Arnhim, who also wrote "Enchanted April." Like all her books, this classic of life on an estate in Pomerania north of Berlin, was originally published under a pseudonym. A cousin of Katherine Mansfield and admired literary figure of her day, von Arnhim was later briefly married to the 2nd Earl Russell, brother of Bertrand Russell. Originally published in 1898, and brought back to life as a Virago Modern Classic. (GER72, $15.95)
The Engineer of Human Souls  •  Josef Skvorecky  •  Paul Wilson LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 592 PAGES 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 •  1987 •  PAPER  • 216 PAGES This general survey of Expressionism is presented by Wolf-Dieter Dube, 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 •  2003 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES 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. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (AST59, $25.00)
Eyewitness Guide Berlin  •  Malgorzata Omilanowska GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES 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 •  2007 •  PAPER  • 264 PAGES A comprehensive guide to the city featuring excellent maps and solid information on culture and history in addition to a detailed neighborhood-by-neighborhood overview of attractions. With hundreds of photographs. (HGR15, $23.00)
Eyewitness Guide Munich & the Bavarian Alps  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 320 PAGES A comprehensive, illustrated guide with excellent maps, hundreds of photographs and succinct listings. (GER119, $25.00)
Eyewitness Guide Prague  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 264 PAGES This superb guide to Prague features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood 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 •  2008 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES This superb guide to Vienna features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. An extensive timeline of Viennese history, suggested walks in the city, a chapter on day trips in the region, and helpful listings of accommodations, restaurants and shops are also included. (AST01, $23.00)
Fatelessness  •  Imre Kertesz  •  Tim Wilkinson LITERATURE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES 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. In a new tranlsation by Tim Wilkinson. (CEU26, $13.95)
Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture  •  Carl E. Schorske HISTORY •  1981 •  PAPER  • 378 PAGES Turn-of-the-century Vienna was a crucible of psychology, social theory and artistic ferment. Out of the chaos was born modern art and thought. This landmark study includes, among its luminaries, Freud, Klimt, Kokoshka and Schoenberg. (AST04, $22.95)
Flashman and the Tiger  •  George MacDonald Fraser LITERATURE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES Fraser plumbs the annals of history to produce his factual, entertaining tales of folly in the service of her Majesty's empire. 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 •  2007 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES Lively, fully illustrated and comprehensive, this practical guidebook, by well regarded author John Ardagh, encapsulates the attractions of Germany for the visitor. With good introductory chapters, maps and region-by-region highlights. (GER05, $22.00)
Fodor's Vienna to Salzburg  •  Fodors GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 265 PAGES A practical guide in the growing series, Fodor's Vienna to Salzburg focuses on hotels, restaurants, attractions and activities in the land of Mozart. (AST73, $16.95)
Fodor's Vienna's 25 Best  •  Fodors GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 128 PAGES A compact guide to the city with an excellent pull-out map, featuring helpful recommendations for restaurants, bars, sights and attractions in Vienna. (AST27, $11.95)
Frederick the Great  •  Theodor Schieder BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2000 •  PAPER  • 289 PAGES • COMING IN 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 •  1991 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES A memoir of sorts, Bettelheim's collection of essays explores a range of themes and subjects that have influenced his life and his work as a child psychologist. From Freud and fin de siecle Vienna, to the Holocaust and studies of child development, he artfully mixes real life experience with intellectual reflections. (AST51, $19.00)
Garden Lover's Guide to Germany  •  Charles Quest-Ritson GUIDEBOOK •  1998 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES A richly illustrated guide to 100 of Germany's finest gardens. With maps, color photographs, travel information and a few paragraphs on each garden. (GER103, $19.95)
German for Travelers  •  Living Language LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  2002 •  PAPER  • 278 PAGES A handy German phrasebook for the traveler, with 3800 words and phrases. It contains useful chapters entitled "Socializing," "Dining Out," and "On the Road." Also includes an abbreviated dictionary, pronunciation guide, and a section on grammar. Second edition. (GER58, $7.95)
Germany from Partition to Reunification  •  Henry Ashby Turner  •  David Young HISTORY •  1992 •  PAPER  • 269 PAGES 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 •  1992 •  PAPER  • 209 PAGES A masterly survey of 150 stormy years tracing German development through the first three crusades and the rise of the kingdom of Germany. Tightly written with useful chronologies of the various reigns from Heinrich IV to Lothar III, this volume connects events throughout Europe to developments in medieval Germany. It is an excellent introduction to a fascinating period in European history. (GER31, $39.99)
Germany Map  •  Freytag & Berndt 2005 •  MAP A sturdy map of Germany (including the region east to Prague) at a scale of 1:700,000 with good topographic relief, roads, waterways and index. (GER07, $15.95)
Germany, Benelux, Austria Czech Republic Map  •  Michelin Travel Publications 2007 •  MAP A nicely detailed road map of west-central Europe from Amsterdam and Berlin to Brussels, Luxembourg, Munich, Salzburg and the Czech Republic 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 •  1998 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES 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. Ladd offers an intriguing perspective on the city as it re-emerges as the capital of Germany. (GER44, $20.00)
The Golem  •  Gustave Meyrink LITERATURE •  1990 •  PAPER  • 190 PAGES 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 •  2006 •  PAPER  • 752 PAGES 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 (where he is captured by his own troops). A mischief-maker, bohemian and drunk, Hasek demonstrated his wit in this classic novel of the Czech character and preposterous nature of war. This unabridged Penguin Classics edition, as translated by Cecil Parrott, includes the original illustrations by Josef Lada. (CZH11, $16.00)
The Grooves of Change, Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Millennium  •  J.F. Brown HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 248 PAGES 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 •  1995 •  PAPER  • 60 PAGES This controversial play was suppressed by Austrian censors in 1897 and the Prussian Ministry of Culture after its Berlin premier in 1920. The ten dialogues form a cycle chronicling superficial sexual encounters in the absence of true love. Recently revived on Broadway as "The Blue Room." (AST42, $1.00)
The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism  •  Tina Rosenberg CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1996 •  PAPER  • 437 PAGES 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. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. (EUR54, $16.95)
Heart of Europe, The Past in Poland's Present  •  Norman Davies HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 483 PAGES A history of Poland in reverse chronology from the Solidarity Movement to early civilization, condensed from the author's definitive three-volume history. (PLD06, $24.99)
Here I Stand, A Life of Martin Luther  •  Roland Herbert Bainton BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1995 •  PAPER  • 336 PAGES 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 •  2006 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. "The dead don't stay where they are buried," the protagonist's mother tells him, and this becomes the mantra for this most unusual journey through Europe's history and people. (EUR189, $14.00)
Hildegard of Bingen, 1098-1179: A Visionary Life  •  Sabina Flanagan BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1998 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES The standard biography of Hildegard of Bingen, the 12th-century Rhineland mystic. (GER115, $33.95)
Historical Atlas of Central Europe  •  Paul Mogocsi HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 232 PAGES An influential, authoritative survey of maps and shifting borders in the region from the Middle Ages until the present. With dozens of superb color maps illuminating the history and ethnic complexity of this bewildering part of the world. The atlas covers the region from Poland, Lithuania, and the eastern part of Germany to Greece and western Turkey and extends in time from the early fifth century to the present. (EUR33, $45.00)
The History of Eastern Europe for Beginners  •  Paul Beck HISTORY •  1997 •  PAPER  • 186 PAGES • COMING IN 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 •  1996 •  PAPER  • 628 PAGES A scholarly, comprehensive history of fascism -- and other forms of ultra-nationalism -- with a focus on Europe between the World Wars, and especially Fascist Italy and Nazi Germany. (EUR132, $24.95)
Hitler and the Holocaust  •  Robert S. Wistrich HISTORY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 295 PAGES 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, cautioning that we must be always vigilant about intolerance. (EUR114, $13.95)
Hitler's Willing Executioners, Ordinary Germans and the Holocaust  •  Daniel Jonah Goldhagen HISTORY •  1997 •  PAPER  • 624 PAGES Controversial, maddening and thoroughly researched, this study of what the German people did -- or did not do -- in reaction to the escalating horrors of World War II is a provocative contribution to Holocaust studies. (GER06, $17.95)
Homage to the Eighth District, Tales from Budapest  •  Giorgio Pressburger  •  Nicola Pressburger LITERATURE •  1990 •  PAPER  • 134 PAGES These 10 stories all take place in the Jewish quarter of Budapest during the middle of the 20th century. The brothers Pressburger paint a gloomy portrait of the ghetto and its Jewish residents, suffering at the hands of fascist and communist powers. What finally emerges, though, is a tribute to resilient people living in the harshest of conditions. (HGR23, $9.95)
Homestead  •  Rosini Lippi LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 210 PAGES 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 region of Andelsbuch, Egg and Grossdorf. The author spent four years among the villages of the Bregenz forest collecting information on the local dialect. Winner of the Pen/Hemingway Award. (ALP11, $13.00)
Hungarian Folktales, the Art of Zsuzsanna Palko  •  Zsuzsanna Palko  •  Linda Degh LITERATURE •  1996 •  PAPER A collection of folktales told in the late 1940s and early 1950s by Palko, a well known Hungarian storyteller. Annotations and an essay on the tales by scholar Linda Degh. (HGR16, $25.00)
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Reform, Revolt and Repression 1953 - 1963  •  Gyorgy Litvan  •  Janos M. Bak  •  Lyman H. Legters HISTORY •  1996 •  HARD COVER  • 248 PAGES The first account of the Hugarian Revolution to include materials made available only after the Soviet Union disolved, including eyewitness acounts, domestic and foreign archival information, and private papers. (HGR07, $96.33)
The Hungarians, A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat  •  Paul Lendvai  •  Ann Major HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 664 PAGES 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 MAP 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 •  1999 •  PAPER  • 519 PAGES 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 •  2001 •  PAPER  • 556 PAGES 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 •  1998 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES As strange as anything Booker Prize-winning McEwan has written, this novel set in Berlin in the 1950s follows the fate of a reluctant British spy, an everyman caught up in espionage, a startling affair -- and murder. Based on actual events this psychological thriller is, among other things, steeped in the atmosphere of a divided Berlin. (GER43, $14.95)
Insight Guide Austria  •  Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 351 PAGES A volume in the award-winning Insight series, this guide is noted for its wonderful photography, superb production and informative short essays. It is 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 •  2002 •  PAPER A profusely illustrated overview of Germany, featuring concise essays by well regarded authors on history, politics and culture, as well as hundreds of photos and maps and some limited practical information. (GER100, $23.95)
The Interpretation of Dreams  •  Sigmund Freud SCIENCE •  1994 •  HARD COVER  • 471 PAGES A seminal text of psychoanalytic theory, Freud's examination of dreams and their link to the unconscious is a provocative and fascinating read -- and a glimpse into the world of fin-de-siecle Vienna. A Modern Library edition. (GEN319, $19.95)
Introducing Austria, A Short History  •  Lonnie Johnson HISTORY •  1989 •  PAPER  • 196 PAGES A short, thematic history of modern Austria from WWI to the late 1980s by the author of Central Europe: Enemies, Neighbors Friends. (AST76, $14.95)
Inventing Eastern Europe, The Map of Civilization on the Mind of Enlightenment  •  Larry Wolff HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 419 PAGES A scholarly analysis and history of European geopolitics during the Age of Enlightenment. The author, a professor of history, looks back to Rousseau, Voltaire and Western (mis)perceptions of Eastern Europe during the late 18th century. With chapters on 18th-century literature, fantasy and folklore, travelers and voyages. Recommended for intellectually minded travelers with a serious interest in geography, this book sheds light on widely shared conventions about Eastern Europe. (EUR34, $29.95)
Jakob the Liar  •  Jurek Becker  •  Leila Vennewitz LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER First published in Germany in 1969, this novel is considered one of the great contributions to Holocaust literature. It's the tragic tale of a German-occupied Jewish Ghetto, in which Jakob's lie that the Russians are on their way to liberate the town causes an extraordinary transformation. (GER93, $13.00)
A Jewish Mother From Berlin and Susanna  •  Gertrude Kolmar  •  Brigitte Goldstein LITERATURE •  1997 •  HARD COVER  • 202 PAGES Two works (a novella and a long short story) by a highly regarded German poet who perished at Auschwitz. Both set in 1920s Berlin, these stories reflect the society and culture of pre WWII Germany, foreshadowing the eruption of anti-semiticm and violence. (GER96, $28.33)
The Jews of Germany, A Historical Portrait  •  Ruth Gay  •  Peter Gay HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER A well written scholarly history of Judaism in Germany from the third century AD up through the Holocaust. Illustrated throughout, it tells of the monumental triumphs and tragedies faced by German Jews in the last two millennia. With a strong focus on Rhineland communites. (GER116, $40.00)
The Joke  •  Milan Kundera LITERATURE •  1993 •  PAPER  • 336 PAGES In this novel a student in Communist Czechoslovakia is imprisoned when he sends a postcard to his girlfriend -- "Optimism is the opium of the masses!…Long live Trotsky!" Years later, he comes up with a plan for revenge. (CZH36, $13.95)
Kafka's Milena  •  Jane Cerna  •  A. G. Brain  •  George Gibian BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1993 •  PAPER  • 205 PAGES Milena, who kept a long-term correspondence with Franz Kafka, was a legend a legend and household name in 1930s Prague. This is her biography, as written by her daughter. (CZH35, $18.00)
Kafka's Prague, A Travel Reader  •  Klaus Wagenbach GUIDEBOOK •  1996 •  HARD COVER  • 125 PAGES Cleverly organized as a city guide, this handsome volume takes the reader on a tour of Kafka's Prague. With period photos, memoirs and excepts from his writings, the Kafka lover or anyone interested in turn-of-the-century Prague will find this book a fascinating companion. Opening with a biography of the famous Czech author, the subsequent chapters are designed to give the reader a personal walking tour through the Prague Kafka knew best. An unusual alternative to the standard tour book format. (CZH03, $21.95)
The Kaiser and His Times  •  Michael Balfour HISTORY •  1972 •  PAPER  • 531 PAGES An eminently readable biography of William II, with a moderately pro-English bias. (GER83, $25.00)
The Kalevala  •  Keith Bosley LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 679 PAGES This national epic of Finland, based on ancient heroic poetry, was a rallying flag for national aspirations as Finland struggled to break away from Russia in the 19th century. So important is this great literary monument that Finland celebrates February 28 as Kalevala day. Incorporating incantation and humor and including a role for magic, this classic informs some of Sibelius' greatest music. 1999 marks the 150th anniversary of the first edition of the poem. (SCN14, $15.95)
Karen Brown's Austria, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries  •  Karen, Clare and June Brown GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 214 PAGES A survey of inns, castles and other lodging of character, along with suggested itineraries and highlights of Austria. With sketch maps and black-and-white drawings throughout. (AST46, $19.95)
Karen Brown's Germany, Exceptional Places to Stay and Itineraries  •  Karen, Clare and June Brown GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 290 PAGES 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 •  2000 •  PAPER A sumptuously illustrated, handsome guide to Budapest and surroundings with an excellent overview of culture, history and attractions. (HGR28, $25.00)
Konrad Adenauer, The Father of the New Germany  •  Charles Williams BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2001 •  HARD COVER  • 624 PAGES A biography of Konrad Adenauer, comprehensive and multifaceted. It focuses on his long political career and his monumental influence on politics and government in 20th-century Germany. (GER117, $50.00)
Letters of W. A. Mozart  •  Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart  •  Hans Mersmann BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1972 •  PAPER  • 276 PAGES 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 •  2003 •  PAPER  • 56 PAGES Schnitzler's novella takes the form of an interior monologue of a pessimistic (and ultimately suicidal) lieutenant who is bored at the opera. (AST54, $9.95)
Life with a Star  •  Jiri Weil  •  Philip Roth LITERATURE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 208 PAGES A fictional account of the Holocaust told through the story of a young Czech Jew, the bank teller Roubicek. Philip Roth provides the introduction to this outstanding portrait of life in Nazi-occupied Prague. (CZH43, $19.00)
A Listener's Guide to Mozart's Great Operas  •  Patrick Cairns Hughes  •  Spike Hughes MUSIC •  1972 •  PAPER  • 245 PAGES (MUS11, $7.95)
Living in Freedom. The New Prague  •  Mark Sommer TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1994 •  PAPER  • 261 PAGES Based on Sommers's visits to Prague both before and after the Velvet Revolution of 1989, this portrait blends history, travel narrative and political commentary. (CZH26, $11.95)
Lola Montez, A Life  •  Bruce Seymour BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1998 •  PAPER  • 480 PAGES Lola's most prominent lover was Ludwig I of Bavaria, builder of famous castles and the 19th-century Main-Danube canal. It is said the king's infatuation with Lola, and her meddling in Munich university politics, were the immediate causes of the 1848 revolution in Bavaria. (EUR89, &