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	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)
	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, $32.95)
	Western Czech Republic Map  •   Ravenstein Maps MAP A detailed map (scale 1:200,000) of the western part of the Czech Republic. Includes Prague. One Side. 56x39 inches. (CZH24, $12.95)

	Lonely Planet Czech Phrasebook  •   Lonely Planet   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A palm-sized guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (CZH50, $8.99)
	A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age  •  William Manchester   • HISTORY  •  In this wide-ranging study, Manchester evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, with information on Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther. (EUR06, $15.99)
	Bury Me Standing  •  Isabel Fonseca   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  This marvelous portrait of the Roma, also known as the Gypsies, offers insight into their music, foods, religions and folk traditions and examines their influential but complex relationship with Eastern Europe. (EUR09, $14.95)
	Czecho/Slovakia: Ethnic Conflict, Constitutional Fissure, Negotiated Breakup  •  Eric Stein   • HISTORY  •  A fascinating, scholarly account of Stein's experiences consulting on constitutional reform in Czechoslovakia. (CZH40, $29.95)
	Open Letters, Selected Writings: 1965 - 1990  •  Vaclav Havel  •  Paul Wilson   • HISTORY  •  This inspired anthology of writings by the Czech poet-president Vaclav Havel collects 25 essays, letters and speeches written between 1965 and 1990, including those that directly influenced the Polish Solidarity movement. (CZH06, $15.95)
	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)
	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)
	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)
	On Foot to the Golden Horn: A Walk to Istanbul  •  Jason Goodwin   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Goodwin interweaves history, incident and reflection in this excellent portrait of Central Europe. With chapters on Cracow, Slovakia, Budapest, Transylvania, Brasov and Bulgaria (EUR81, $17.00)
	Summer Meditations  •  Vaclav Havel  •  Paul Wilson   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The first leader of the post-Soviet Czech Republic waxes philosophical. (CZH33, $13.00)
	The Book of Laughter and Forgetting  •  Milan Kundera   • LITERATURE  •  Kundera strings together loosely related short stories to form an original and entertaining look at Czech culture. (CZH17, $13.95)
	The Complete Stories  •  Franz Kafka   • LITERATURE  •  All of Kafka's stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and In The Penal Colony. (CZH47, $15.00)
	The Golem  •  Gustave Meyrink   • LITERATURE  •  The famous mystical, terrifying novel of the supernatural set in Prague's Jewish Ghetto in 1890. (CZH41, $9.95)
	The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War  •  Jaroslav Hasek  •  Cecil Parrott   • LITERATURE  •  The deeply funny story of a hapless Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army, dismissed for incompetence only to be pressed into service by the Russians in World War I, then captured by his own troops. (CZH11, $16.00)

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