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Eyewitness Guide Prague

Eyewitness Guide Prague

by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the celebrated city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (CZH01, $25.00)

Prague, A Traveler's Literary Companion

Prague, A Traveler's Literary Companion

by Paul Wilson

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

This anthology of 24 vivid stories by Czech writers, contemporary and well-known, brings the city, history history, spirit and people to life and includes a helpful map for the traveler. (CZH08, $14.95)

Prague in Black and Gold, Scenes from Life in a European City

Prague in Black and Gold, Scenes from Life in a European City

by Peter Demetz

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Both a history and accessible guide to the neighborhoods and architecture of the city. (CZH09, $17.95)

Prague Map

Prague Map

by Borch Maps

  • 2006
  • MAP

A laminated, detailed map of the center of Prague at a scale of 1:10,000. (CZH13, $7.95)

 
Czech and Slovak Republics Map

Czech and Slovak Republics Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • 2006
  • MAP

This double-sided map at a scale of 1:400,000 shows the Danube between Regensburg and Budapest in detail. (EUR35, $14.95)

Eyewitness Guide Czech and Slovak Republics

Eyewitness Guide Czech and Slovak Republics


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

An illustrated guide to the history, culture, people and nature of the Czech and Slovak Republics in the popular series, with dozens of excellent maps and color photographs. (CZH68, $28.00)

Frommer's Prague Day by Day

Frommer's Prague Day by Day


by Mark Baker

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

This handy, compact guide includes a separate fold-out map of the city center and detailed itineraries for experiencing the best of Prague. (CZH85, $13.99)

Lonely Planet Czech Phrasebook

Lonely Planet Czech Phrasebook


by Lonely Planet

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A palm-sized guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (CZH50, $8.99)

Rough Guide Czech Republic

Rough Guide Czech Republic


by Rob Humphreys

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 464 PAGES

A comprehensive, practical guide for the traveler to the sites and attractions throughout the Czech and Slovak republics. With helpful local maps, and a good survey of the region's culture and history. (CZH25, $21.99)

I Served the King of England

I Served the King of England


by Bohumil Hrabal

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 241 PAGES

A rollicking trip through the history of 20th century Czechoslovakia, Hrabal's comic masterpiece follows the misadventures of a simple but hugely ambitious waiter in pre-World War II Prague, who rises to wealth only to lose everything with the onset of Communism, (CZH87, $15.95)

Open Letters, Selected Writings: 1965 - 1990

Open Letters, Selected Writings: 1965 - 1990


by Vaclav Havel | Paul Wilson

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 405 PAGES

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)

Prague in Danger

Prague in Danger


by Peter Demetz

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Read this memoir for its prose and portrait of Prague during a pivotal time. Peter Demetz adroitly combines history, biography and memoir is this page-turning portrait of his beloved city during the War. Demetz (Prague in Black and Gold) vividly chronicles the lives of his young friends family, film, poetry, theater and music, terror and resistance from 1939-45, the six years Prague was under Nazi occupation. (CZH84, $15.00)

The Coasts of Bohemia, A Czech History

The Coasts of Bohemia, A Czech History


by 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. The author draws on literature, the arts, culture and politics to evoke Czech history, society and identity. (CZH10, $37.50)

The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism

The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism


by Tina Rosenberg

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 437 PAGES

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, $17.95)

The Magic Lantern, The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague

The Magic Lantern, The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague


by Timothy Garton Ash

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 167 PAGES

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, $15.00)

The Spirit of Prague

The Spirit of Prague


by Ivan Klima | Paul Wilson

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 188 PAGES

The renowned Czech novelist charts the history and culture of Prague from World War II to the Velvet Revolution in these brilliant essays. (CZH05, $16.95)

Baroque and Rococo Art

Baroque and Rococo Art


by Germain Bazin

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

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, $21.95)

Dvorak and His World


by Michael Beckerman

  • MUSIC
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 296 PAGES

A fascinating view of the Czech composer's personal life and his influence on the world around him. (CZH23, $31.95)

Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437

Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437


by Barb Boehm

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER

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)

Beyond the Chestnut Trees

Beyond the Chestnut Trees


by Maria Bauer

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Bauer interweaves recollections of her youth in Prague with an account of a return visit 40 years later in this affectionate, classic memoir. (CZH53, $24.95)

A Traveller's Companion to Prague

A Traveller's Companion to Prague


by Jan Kaplan

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 252 PAGES

A portrait of the city, its neighborhoods, architecture, society and culture as seen through the eyes of writers over the centuries, including Petrarch, Hans Christian Anderson, Graham Greene and Patrick Leigh Fermor. (CZH65, $16.95)

Life with a Star

Life with a Star


by Jiri Weil | Philip Roth

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A fictional account of the Holocaust told through the story of a young Czech Jew. (CZH43, $19.00)

Prague Tales


by Jan Neruda | Michael Heim | Ivan Klima

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 346 PAGES

A collection of stories set in the Little Quarter of 19th-century Prague. (CZH28, $17.95)

Summer of Caprice


by Mark Corner | Vladislav Vancura

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

First published in 1926, Vancura's playful novel of three men -- a colonel, a priest and a bath-keeper -- during rainy summer holidays shows the very Czech spirit, humor and way of life. (CZH99, $30.00)

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting


by Milan Kundera

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 312 PAGES

Kundera strings together loosely related short stories to form an original and entertaining look at Czech culture. (CZH17, $14.99)

The Complete Stories

The Complete Stories


by Franz Kafka

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 486 PAGES

All of Kafka's stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and In The Penal Colony. (CZH47, $17.00)

The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War

The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War


by Jaroslav Hasek | Cecil Parrott

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 752 PAGES

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)

The Joke

The Joke


by Milan Kundera

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

The tale of a Communist student, who is imprisoned and stigmatized for a mere joke. (CZH36, $13.99)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being


by Milan Kundera

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Kundera's intriguing novel, praised for its meditations on the nature of men and women, and on the fearful emptiness of life in Prague under Communist rule. We also carry Kundera's collection of short stories The Book of Laughter and Forgetting. (CZH16, $14.99)

Travelers' Tales Prague and the Czech Republic, True Stories

Travelers' Tales Prague and the Czech Republic, True Stories


by David Farley | Jessie Sholl

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 356 PAGES

A well-chosen selection of mostly modern tales of intrigue, adventure and fun. With contributions by Myla Goldberg, Helen Epstein, Jan Morris, and Francine Prose. (CZH60, $17.95)

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