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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, $29.95)
	Prague, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Paul Wilson ANTHOLOGY •  1996 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES Designed with the traveler in mind, this anthology of 24 vivid stories by Prague writers, contemporary and well known, brings the city of Prague to life. The stories and essays -- covering cultural life, society and love -- are organized geographically by district. With a helpful map of Prague, this book is an unusual literary guide to the city. (CZH08, $14.95)
	Czech and Slovak Republics Map  •   Michelin Travel Publications 2005 •  MAP A shaded relief map of the two nations at a scale of 1:600,000, with insets of Prague and Bratislava. It also covers the route of the Danube between Regensburg and Budapest. (CEU17, $11.95)

	Kafka's Prague, A Travel Reader  •  Klaus Wagenbach   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Anyone interested in turn-of-the-century Prague will find this book a fascinating companion. (CZH03, $21.95)
	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)
	Historical Atlas of Central Europe  •  Paul Mogocsi   • HISTORY  •  An atlas illuminating the shifting borders and alliances in the region. (EUR33, $45.00)
	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)
	Plagues and Peoples  •  William McNeill   • HISTORY  •  This book traces the waves of epidemics that raged through Europe. (EUR26, $15.95)
	Prague in Black and Gold, Scenes From Life in a European City  •  Peter Demetz   • HISTORY  •  Both a history and accessible guide to the neighborhoods and architecture of the city. (CZH09, $17.95)
	Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II  •  Joseph Rothschild   • HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE  •  An opinionated, well-written and clear political history of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania since WWII, completely revised for this third edition to reflect post-Soviet realities. (EUR31, $34.95)
	The Spirit of Prague  •  Ivan Klima   • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT  •  A collection of essays by the renowned Czech novelist charting the history of Prague from World War II to the Velvet Revolution. (CZH05, $12.95)
	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)
	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 featuring hundreds of drawings and color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $12.95)
	Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437  •  Barb Boehm   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  The extravagantly produced companion volume to the exhibition (organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art) on the art and culture of late medieval Prague. With maps, succinct introductory essays and a 200-page section of color photographs. (EUR207, $65.00)
	A Time of Gifts  •  Patrick Leigh Fermor   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Fermor effortlessly interweaves anecdote, history and culture in this exuberant account of a walk from Holland, up the Rhine and down the Danube in 1933, through Germany, Prague and Austria. The now-accomplished author reflects on adventures 40 years past with perspective and a sweet nostalgia. The adventure continues in Between the Woods and Water (CEU31). (CEU30, $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, $15.00)
	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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