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All Along the Rhine: Recipes, Wine and Lore from Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Holland
• Kay Shaw Nelson
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
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) |
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Cadogan Guide Bavaria
• Rod Bolt
GUIDEBOOK •
2010 •
PAPER
• 244 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, $21.95) |
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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, $28.99) |
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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) |
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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, $48.00) |
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The Good German
• Joseph Kanon
MYSTERY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 482 PAGES
In this taut tale, seamlessly weaving historical detail and a compelling fictional story, American reporter Jake Geismar, sent to Berlin to cover the final Allied summit meeting of World War II, becomes tangled in a murder mystery.
(GER198, $16.00) |
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The Improbable Voyage
• Tristan Jones
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
1998 •
PAPER
• 332 PAGES
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. Just in case, he flies the Red Ensign, the Stars and Stripes, and the Red Dragon of Wales. This is the middle book in a series of three travel books that charts his 2,000-mile voyage across Europe on his on his 38-foot trimaran Outward Leg.
(EUR156, $16.50) |
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In a German Pension
• Katherine Mansfield
LITERATURE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 116 PAGES
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. The stories with titles like "Germans at Meat" and "The Baron" are sprinkled with snatches of self-incriminating dialogue. As a biographical note, Mansfield's proper mother sent her rebellious and pregnant daughter off to a guesthouse in Bad Wörishofen to have her child (which miscarried). This handsome paper edition is in the series of short works published by Herperus.
(GER134, $13.95) |
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Michelin Map Germany: Southwest 545
• Michelin
2008 •
PAPER
A traveler's map of southwestern Germany, covering the western part of Bavaria, at a scale of 1:300,000.
(GER129, $12.95) |
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Munich Map
• Borch Maps
2008 •
MAP
A handy, laminated map of Munich at a scale of 1:11,000. Two Sides. 26x20 inches.
(GER210, $8.95) |
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The Rhine: An Eco-Biography, 1815-2000
• Mark Cioc
• William Cronon
HISTORY •
2002 •
PAPER
• 263 PAGES
A scholarly, well-researched environmental history of the Rhine, particularly its role in European economic and national history over the last 200 years. Cioc, who documents the profound ecological degradation of the overburdened river, also devotes a chapter to hopeful signs of restoration. He does a good job of telling the story of the Rhine and the consequences of tinkering by hydrologists and engineers. Though the river flows through the heart of industrialized central Europe, it's less than 1,000 miles in length and now without much of the riverine vegetation and floodplains that once helped to keep it clean.
(GER130, $24.95) |
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