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	The Agricola and the Germania • Tacitus • Harold Mattingly • S.A. Handford • HISTORY • Two texts of classical antiquity by Tacitus. Agricola is a eulogy for his father-in-law, the governor of Roman Britain. Germania is one of the earliest and most extensive account of the early Germanic World (EUR182, $14.00)
	All Along the Danube: Recipes from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, & Bulgaria • Marina Polvay • FOOD • A cookbook full of classic recipes from Central Europe. It includes some thoughtful comments on culture. (EUR42, $16.95)
	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. 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 • 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)
	The Anglo-Saxons • James Graham Campbell • HISTORY • (GBR403, $28.00)
	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)
	Bach • Malcolm Boyd • MUSIC • A biography in Oxford's Master Musicians series. (GER136, $35.00)
	Bach • Tim Dowley • MUSIC • A biography of the composer. (GER138, $17.95)
	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)
	The Bells in Their Silence, Travels through Germany • Michael Gorra • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A reflection on a year in Germany, literary and finely tuned to culture, stereotype and self. The book is a rather mystifying mix of observation, literary analysis and philosophical musing. (GER142, $19.95)
	Beneath the Wheel • Hermann Hesse • LITERATURE • A short novel by the Nobel Prize winner, 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)
	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 Map • Borch Maps • A laminated, folded map of the city center of Berlin. (GER127, $8.95)
	Berlin Map • World Mapping Project • A handy full-color map of the city with not-to-be-missed attractions. (GER158, $8.99)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	Bradt Guide Eccentric Britain • Benedict le Vay • GUIDEBOOK • A characteristically informative guide in the Bradt style and a rollicking tour through some of Britain's more bizarre oddities, including, yes, the World Black Pudding Throwing Championships. (GBR586, $22.95)
	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, $22.00)
	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)
	Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages • Alain Erlande-Brandenburg • ART & ARCHITECTURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • A pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages. It features hundreds of drawings and color illustrations, a brief chronology and plenty more information. (MED07, $12.95)
	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)
	City Flash Berlin • Hallwag • A sturdy, easy-to-fold city map (GER42, $9.95)
	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)
	Companion Guide Berlin • Brian Ladd • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide in the British series, strong on culture and history. The author, a professor of urban studies at SUNY Albany, has written widely on Berlin and its architecture. (GER148, $34.95)
	The Conquerors: Roosevelt, Truman and the Destruction of Hitler's Germany, 1941 • Michael Beschloss • HISTORY • A bestselling, popular history of the politics and diplomacy among Allied leaders leading up to the Yalta and Potsdam conferences. (GER164, $15.00)
	Conquest of Nature, Water, Landscape, and the Making of Modern Germany • David Blackbourn • NATURAL HISTORY • (GER169, $29.95)
	Conscience and Courage, Rescuers of Jews During the Holocaust • Eva Fogelman • HISTORY • Psychologist Eva Fogelman relates stories (both small and large) of individuals who helped shelter and save Jews during World War II. (GER193, $16.95)
	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)
	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)
	Dream Palaces, The Last Royal Courts of Europe • Jerome Coignard • Marc Walter • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A beautifully illustrated portrait of 11 extravagant European follies, including Neuschwanstein, Alexandra Cottage, Stolzenfels castle, Miramare castle, Peles castle, and Achilleion villa. (EUR187, $65.00)
	Durer • Martin Bailey • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A nicely illustrated overview of the Northern Renaissance artist, his engravings and woodcuts in the Color Library series by Phaidon. (GER132, $9.95)
	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, $13.95)
	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 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 Germany • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide to all of Germany features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. (GER133, $30.00)
	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)
	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)
	Fires of Hatred, Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Europe • Norman M. Naimark • HISTORY • This illuminating study focuses on five cases where genocide was a matter of government policy in 20th-century Europe. (EUR179, $20.50)
	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 See It Germany • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • Fodor's vibrant and informative guide to touring Germany. (GER155, $25.95)
	Frankfurt Map • Borch Maps • A handy laminated, folded walking map of Frankfurt at a scale of 1:12,000. (GER181, $7.95)
	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)
	The Gallic War • Julius Caesar • Carolyn Hammond • HISTORY • Julius Caesar's autobiographical account of the Roman campaign against the Gauls, and the first invasions of Britain and Germany. (FRN498, $9.95)
	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)
	German Requiem in Full Score • Johannes Brahms • MUSIC • (GER172, $16.95)
	German, A Language Map • Kristine K. Kershul • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (GER165, $7.95)
	Germany and Poland from Historical Confrontation to Partnership Relationships • Z. Anthony Kruszewski • HISTORY • A collection of essays. (CEU22, $49.95)
	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 Age of Kaiser Wilhelm II • James Retallack • HISTORY • A scholarly survey of the social, political and economic history of Germany, 1888-1918. (GER159, $29.95)
	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, A New History • Hagen Schulze • Deborah Lucas • HISTORY • An accessible, nicely illusrtated brief history. (GER131, $21.00)
	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 Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral • Robert A. Scott • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs. (EUR190, $17.95)
	Gottfried Semper, Architect of the Nineteenth Century • Harry Francis Mallgrave • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A biography of the 19th-century German architect, writer and good friend to Wagner, Gottfried Semper, who designed the Hoftheater in Dresden, the Kunsthistishes Museum and the Dresden Synagogue. With 153 illustrations (22 in color). (GER192, $70.00)
	Great Cathedrals • Bernhard Schutz • ART & ARCHITECTURE • In this beautifully photographed tribute, Schultz focuses on the towering Gothic cathedrals of France, England, Spain, Italy and Germany. (EUR211, $110.00)
	The Gunter Grass Reader • Gunter Grass • LITERATURE • A brief selection of the great German writer's works, organized chronologically, including excerpts from The Tin Drum, My Century, Crabwalk, essays, letters, poems, short fiction -- and his 1999 Nobel lecture. (GER177, $15.00)
	The Habsburgs, Embodying Empire • Andrew Wheatcroft • HISTORY • The Habsburgs ruled over more diverse peoples and cultures than any other European dynasty since the Roman period. In this book, Wheatcroft's skillful scholarship and engaging style fully reveal the history of this family and its eccentric monarchs. (AST11, $17.00)
	Hamburg Map • Borch Maps • A nicely detailed city map of Hamburg with a second map showing the surrounding metropolitan area. (GER160, $7.95)
	Handel • Wendy Thompson • MUSIC • A biography of the composer. (GER139, $19.95)
	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)
	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)
	An Illustrated History of the First World War • John Keegan • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • An illustrated edition of Keegan's outstanding history of the Great War (WAR16, $50.00)
	The Improbable Voyage • Tristan Jones • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A personable sailor's yarn of a tough trip by water across Europe along the Rhine and Danube to the Black Sea. Jones, an inveterate Welsh sailor, adventurer and storyteller, tackles not only sailing, but also the people, politics and flavor of Eastern Europe circa 1985. (EUR156, $16.50)
	In a German Pension • Katherine Mansfield • LITERATURE • Mansfield's first published work, which pierces the bourgeoisie at a Bavarian spa town in 13 interconnected stories. Frau Fischer, the narrator, is wonderful -- and entertaining. (GER134, $13.95)
	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 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, $37.00)
	Johann Sebastian Bach, The Learned Musician • Christoph Wolff • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A detailed and entertaining journey into the life and music of the composer. (MUS24, $21.95)
	Johannes Brahms, A Biography • Jan Swafford • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Drawing on in-depth research, Swafford traces Brahms from his working-class childhood through his brilliant musical career, clouded by professional rivalries and tempestuous love affairs. (GER170, $20.00)
	Johannes Brahms, Life and Letters • Johannes Brahms • Styra Avins • Josef Eisinger • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • (GER171, $74.00)
	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)
	Language and History in the Early Germanic World • D.H. Green • HISTORY • In this scholarly analysis, linguist D. H. Green traces the history and culture of Northern Europe to 900 A.D. with chapters on the Celts, Goths, Romans, Merovingian Franks and Anglo-Saxons. (EUR181, $43.00)
	Legacy • Sybille Bedford • LITERATURE • Bedford draws on her own cosmopolitan, bohemian youth in this autobiographical novel set in Kaiser Wilhelm II's Germany. (GER161, $15.00)
	Lola Montez, A Life • Bruce Seymour • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The life of the powerful paramour of King Ludwig. (EUR89, $45.00)
	Lonely Planet Central Europe • Krzysztof Dydnski • Steve Fallon • Anthony Haywood • Mark Honan • GUIDEBOOK • This comprehensive regional guide covers Austria, Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland and their neighbors in detail. With maps, color photographs and information on history, culture and attractions. (EUR94, $28.99)
	Lonely Planet German Phrasebook • Lonely Planet • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A palm-sized handy guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (GER141, $8.99)
	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 • An astute journalist's vivid eyewitness account of the fall of the Berlin Wall and other dramatic events of 1989. (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 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 • Martin Marty • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An engrossing, spiritual overview of the Wittenberger and religious reformer. Marty has taught religion and culture at the University of Chicago since the 1960s. (GER147, $14.00)
	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)
	Maus, A Survivor's Tale I & II • Art Spiegelman • LITERATURE • The Pulitzer Prize-winning narrative of Spiegelman's father and family in Poland as World War II erupts. He renders the story of his father's early life, Nazi occupation of Poland, survival in a concentration camp and other events as a stark graphic novel. (PLD22, $29.90)
	Medieval Art • Marilyn Stokstad • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A comprehensive survey of medieval art throughout Europe. (EUR91, $65.00)
	Michelin Green Guide Germany • Michelin Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive driving guide to Germany in the Michelin series, organized alphabetically and featuring detailed local maps of each region, city or village. (GER157, $21.95)
	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, $9.95)
	Michelin Map Germany: Northeast 542 • Michelin Travel Publications • A detailed regional map of Germany from Rostock to just north of Leipzig, featuring Berlin, Potsdam and Magdeburg, at a scale of 1:300,000. (GER168, $9.95)
	Michelin Map Germany: Southeast 546 • Michelin • COMING IN SEPTEMBER • A detailed map of the southeastern part of Germany. (GER48, $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)
	The New Bach Reader • Hans T. David • Christoph Wolff • Arthur Mendel • MUSIC • A comprehensive anthology of primary source documents on Bach. (GER137, $21.95)
	The New Berlin: Memory, Politics, Place • Karen E. Till • HISTORY • An exploration of German national identity, especially in relation to the historical twists and turns of twentieth century Berlin. (GER166, $25.00)
	New Poems (Bilingual Edition) • Rainer Maria Rilke • Edward Snow • LITERATURE • Poems written from 1907-1098, representing a stylistic shift for Rilke. (GER121, $16.00)
	Night • Marion Wiesel • Elie Wiesel • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A new translation of Wiesel's powerful account of the horrors of the Holocaust. (EUR222, $19.95)
	The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge • Rainer Maria Rilke • M. D. Herter Norton • LITERATURE • A poetic and loosely structured series of meditations on the difficulties of living abroad. (GER123, $13.95)
	Nuremberg Map • Borch Maps • A folded, laminated map of the city center of Nuremberg. (GER107, $7.95)
	Nuremberg, Infamy on Trial • Joseph E. Persico • HISTORY • A narrative history of the Nazi war crime trials in Nuremberg. Persico poignantly portrays the numerous characters and events surrounding the proceedings. Well-informed and engrossing. (GER106, $17.00)
	Oberammergau, The Troubling Story of the World's Most Famous Passion Play • James Shapiro • HISTORY • A cultural history of Oberammergau and the monumental influence its Passion Play has had on its development. (GER67, $13.00)
	Odyssey Guide Berlin • Gordon McLachlan • Helka Ahokas • GUIDEBOOK • With extensive illustrations and 18 maps, this second edition guide from Odyssey includes in-depth literary, historical and cultural backgrounds to complement the lists of popular attractions. There is also a useful language guide. (GER76, $22.95)
	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)
	Oxford-Duden German Dictionary • Oxford Univ. Press • RELIGION • An outstanding German-English, English-German dictionary with a helpful guide to the German language. (REF14, $55.00)
	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)
	Pimsleur Quick & Simple German • Pimsleur Language Method • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • Four audio CDs with eight 30-minute lessons in basic German, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. (GER163, $19.95)
	Praise of Folly and Letter to Maarten Dorp • Desiderius Erasmus • LITERATURE • The classic 1509 satire of false piety and clerical greed. (NTH44, $13.00)
	Prost! The Story of German Beer • Horst D. Dornbusch • FOOD • A brief, readable social history of German beer and beer-brewing by an expert in the field. With verve and authority, Dornbusch tells of the origins of notable breweries and beers. (GER99, $14.95)
	The Reader • Bernhard Schlink • Carol Brown Janeway • LITERATURE • The story of a man who discovers a terrible secret about his past lover who he finds as a defendant at a trial about Germany's Nazi past. (GER68, $12.95)
	Remembering, Voices of the Holocaust: A New History in the Words of the Men and Women Who Survived • Lyn Smith • HISTORY • This remarkable collection of oral histories weaves together more than 100 accounts of not only Jews but also other persectued groups -- Jehovah's Witnesses, Gypsies, and resistance fighters -- to illuminate the Nazi terror 1933 through the liberation of the concentration camps. (EUR221, $27.00)
	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)
	Resistance of the Heart, Intermarriage and the Rosenstrasse Protest in Nazi Germany • Nathan Stoltzfus • HISTORY • A riveting account of the Berlin women who rescued their Jewish husbands from deportation and death in early 1943. (GER190, $23.95)
	Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Hessen Map • GeoCenter • A regional map of Germany covering from Trier east to Wurzburg and from Koblenz south almost to Stuttgart. (GER152, $12.95)
	The Rhine, Culture and Landscape at the Heart of Europe • Roland Recht • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A beautifully illustrated, oversized survey of the history, geography, culture and sights along the river from its source in the Alps of Switzerland to the North Sea. (GER120, $75.00)
	The Rhine: An Eco-Biography, 1815-2000 • Mark Cioc • William Cronon • HISTORY • A scholarly, well-researched environmental history of the Rhine, particularly its role in European economic and national history over the last 200 years. (GER130, $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)
	Rilke: Poems • Rainer Maria Rilke • LITERATURE • A pocket poet edition of Rilke's poems in the Everyman's Library pocket poet series. (GER176, $12.50)
	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 Berlin • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A highly recommended comprehensive guide to the city. (GER124, $18.99)
	Rough Guide Germany • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to Germany in the literate, infomative Rough Guide style. (GER65, $24.99)
	Royal Flash • George MacDonald Fraser • LITERATURE • In this second installment of the adventures of the insufferable, self-serving and altogether entertaining Harry Flashman, the young man-about-town encounters Count Otto Von Bismarck and Lola Montez. (EUR194, $15.00)
	Sachsen Map • GeoCenter • (GER143, $12.95)
	Saschen Map • Freytag & Berndt • A detailed road map of Saxony. (GER154, $9.95)