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	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)
	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)
	Baltic Light, Early Open-Air Painting in Denmark and North Germany • Helmut Borsch-Supan • Helmut Rudolf Leppien • Catherine Johnston • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A beautifully illustrated work celebrating the plein air painting of the Baltic. (DMK23, $70.00)
	Baroque and Rococo Art • Germain Bazin • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An excellent illustrated survey of Baroque and Rococo art and architecture, this volume in the acclaimed "World of Art" series is a good companion to the golden age of Middle Europe. (EUR53, $16.95)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	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 Bridge at Remagen, The Amazing Story of March 7, 1945-The Day the Rhine River was Crossed • Ken Hechler • HISTORY • The classic account of the allied capture of the Ludendorff Bridge -- the last remaining bridge over the Rhine. Originally published in 1957. (GER207, $12.95)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	Cathedral, The Story of its Construction • David MacAulay • ART & ARCHITECTURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • In this illuminating book for young readers, master draughtsman MacAulay presents text and innovative drawings that detail the planning and construction of a 13th-century Gothic cathedral. It's a masterpiece. (EUR24, $18.00)
	Children of the Holocaust • Arnold Lustig • LITERATURE • Three books from Lustig's oeuvre, here collected in a single volume. (GER110, $24.00)
	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)
	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)
	Conquest of Nature, Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany • David Blackbourn • NATURAL HISTORY • (GER169, $29.95)
	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)
	The Doughboys, America and the First World War • Gary Mead • HISTORY • World War I through the eyes of the American veterans who fought in its trenches. (WAR75, $19.95)
	Dresden Map • Borch Maps • A colorful, folded, laminated map of Dresden. (GER77, $7.95)
	The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 • Norman Stone • HISTORY • A classic study of Russia's contribution to WWI. (WAR76, $16.95)
	Effi Briest • Theodor Fontane • Peter Demetz • LITERATURE • The sad tale of Effit Briest and her fall from Brandenburg society. (GER87, $14.00)
	Eichmann in Jerusalem, A Report on the Banality of Evil • Hannah Arendt • RELIGION • A provocative, challenging account of the trial of the Nazi leader. (GEN255, $13.95)
	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 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)
	Five Germanys I Have Known • Fritz Stern • HISTORY • Professor Stern brings his intellect, experience and insight to this tremendous book on 20th-century Germany and it multiple transformations. (GER173, $15.00)
	Fodor's Munich's 25 Best • Citypack • GUIDEBOOK • This slim guide to Munich includes a separate map of the center of the city and a 96-page pocket book with essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing. (GER167, $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)
	Frommer's Munich & the Bavarian Alps • Darwin Porter • Danforth Prince • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent guidebook to the region, with lots of practical information (GER49, $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 English Bilingual Visual Dictionary • DK Publishing • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • With thousands of neatly arranged color photographs, this compact book is impressively comprehensive, covering everything from the basics of die Schule (school) to the vocabulary of der Augenoptiker (optometrist). (GER162, $12.95)
	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 • German development through the first three crusades and the rise of the kingdom of Germany. (GER31, $39.99)
	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)
	Hands Around, A Cycle of Ten Dialogues • Arthur Schnitzler • LITERATURE • Superficial sexual encounters in the absence of true love. (AST42, $1.00)
	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)
	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 Thirty Days to Power, January 1933 • Henry Ashby Turner • HISTORY • An examination of the appointment of Hitler as German chancellor. (GER126, $16.00)
	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)
	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, $14.95)
	Insight Guide Germany • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A well-illustrated guide to the culture, history and traditions of Germany featuring excellent maps. (GER100, $23.95)
	Insight Pocket Guide Bavaria • Anne Midgette • GUIDEBOOK • A convenient, practical guide to Bavaria. (GER53, $13.95)
	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 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 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)
	Konrad Adenauer, The Father of the New Germany • Charles Williams • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of Konrad Adenauer, comprehensive and multifaceted. (GER117, $50.00)
	Lola Montez, A Life • Bruce Seymour • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The life of the powerful paramour of King Ludwig. (EUR89, $45.00)
	Lonely Planet Central Europe • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • With dozens of maps, color photographs and sections on history and culture, this practical guide introduces Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland and their neighbors. (EUR94, $28.99)
	Lonely Planet Germany • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive practical guide. (GER102, $26.99)
	Lonely Planet Munich & Bavaria • Andrea Schulte-Peevers • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide to Bavaria and the Romantic Road in the popular series, featuring maps, an overview of culture and history, and a good deal of nuts-and-bolts information on getting around and sightseeing. (GER150, $22.99)
	The Magic Lantern, The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague • Timothy Garton Ash • HISTORY • With a chapter each on Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague, this eyewitness account by an astute journalist and historian shows these vibrant cities during a time of great change. (GER36, $13.95)
	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, $34.95)
	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 • 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)
	Medieval Art • Marilyn Stokstad • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A comprehensive survey of medieval art throughout Europe. (EUR91, $65.00)
	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, $11.95)
	Michelin Map Germany: Southwest 545 • Michelin • A traveler's map of southwestern Germany, covering the western part of Bavaria, at a scale of 1:300,000. (GER129, $11.95)
	The Mirror of the Artist, Northern Renaissance Art in Its Historical Context • Craig Harbison • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A concise survey of German, Dutch and Flemish art of the 16th and 17th centuries. The author, an art historian, illuminates the important themes of the period, including realism, patronage, guilds, religious ideals, specialties and travels to Italy. (NTH43, $24.95)
	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)
	New Poems (Bilingual Edition) • Rainer Maria Rilke • Edward Snow • LITERATURE • Poems written from 1907-1098, representing a stylistic shift for Rilke. (GER121, $16.00)
	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)
	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)
	Over There! The American Soldier in World War I • Jonathan Gawne • HISTORY • This slim work focuses on the American soldier's equipment and uniform in WWI. (WAR80, $14.95)
	The Passion Play 2000, Oberammergau • Community of Oberammergau • Otto Huber • Christian Stuckl • HISTORY • (GER92, $25.00)
	Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages • John Ure • HISTORY • (EUR202, $15.95)
	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)
	Richard Strauss and His World • Bryan Gilliam • MUSIC • A collection of scholarly essays compiled for a festival at Bard College, analyzing the composer's music and legacy. (MUS20, $46.95)
	Rick Steves' French, Italian & German Phrase Book & Dictionary • Rick Steves • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. (EUR142, $9.95)
	Rick Steves' German Phrase Book & Dictionary • Rick Steves • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. (GER125, $7.95)
	The 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 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, $27.00)
	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, $25.95)
	Rough Guide Germany • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to Germany in the literate, infomative Rough Guide style. (GER65, $24.99)
	Salome, In Full Score • Richard Strauss • MUSIC • A reprint of the original, and complete, score of "Salome." (GER80, $22.95)
	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)
	Short Stories in German, Erzahlungen Auf Deutsch • Ernst Zillekens • LITERATURE • These modern tales in the bilingual series of Penguin Parallell Texts make for good reading in any language. (GER178, $14.00)
	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)
	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 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)
	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)
	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)
	The Tin Drum • Volker Schlondorff • An adaptation of Gunter Grass's 1959 novel, the story of a boy living in a mental hospital during the advent of Nazis before WWII. (GER151, $39.95)
	A Tramp Abroad • Mark Twain • David Eggers • Kerry Driscoll • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Written 11 years after "Innocents Abroad," this is Twain's second foray into European travel. Filled with his characteristic wit and humorous observations, it documents his journeys through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. (EUR78, $14.95)
	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)
	War Letters, Stories of Courage, Longing and Sacrifice • Robert Kenner • HISTORY • A dramatic presentation of letters home, produced by PBS. (WAR77, $19.98)
	When in Germany, Do as the Germans Do • Hyde Flippo • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A humorous and helpful guide to getting along in Germany, informing travelers on everything from proper restaurant etiquette to how to behave in social situations and how best to appear like a local. (GER149, $12.95)
	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)
	Yanks, The Epic Story of the American Army in World War I • Joanne Thompson Eisenhower • John S.D. Eisenhower • HISTORY • The crucial role of the Americans in winning WWI. (WAR78, $23.95)

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