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Eyewitness Guide Munich & the Bavarian Alps

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2010
• FLEXI-BOUND
• 320 PAGES

This comprehensive, illustrated guide is filled with excellent maps, hundreds of photographs and succinct overviews of history, culture and sightseeing. (GER119, $25.00)

The German Way

by Hyde Flippo

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 1997
• PAPER
• 138 PAGES
• BEST SELLER

This clever A-to-Z guide to quirks, attitudes, behavior and customs is a terrific resource for travelers seeking insight into why the Germans, Austrians and Swiss do what they do. (GER12, $17.00)

The Germans

by Gordon A. Craig

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 1991
• PAPER
• 361 PAGES

A gifted historian, Craig explores the complex paradoxes of German identity in this masterly portrait of German life, past and present, with chapters on religion, money, Jews, women, literature and society, Berlin and language. (GER10, $18.00)

Southern Germany Map

by ITMB

• MAP

A detailed color map of southern Germany from Bavaria to the Rheinland. (GER29, $11.95)

 

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Bavarian Alps Map

by Borch Maps

• 2008
• MAP

This excellent laminated road map (1:275:000) shows places of interest from Munich to Innsbruck, Lake Constance and Salzburg, plus the sites of Ludwig's II's famous castles. (GER268, $10.95)

Michelin Map Germany: Southeast 546

by Michelin

• MAP

A regional map centered on Munich covers Bavaria and surroundings from Wurzburg and Bayreuth to Passsau, Salzburg, Garmisch-Partenkirchen and Konstanz to Stuttgart at a scale of 1:375,000. (GER48, $12.95)

Munich Map

by Borch Maps

• 2008
• MAP

A handy, laminated map of Munich at a scale of 1:11,000. (GER210, $8.95)

Cadogan Guide Bavaria

by Rod Bolt

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2010
• PAPER
• 244 PAGES

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, $21.95)

Every Pilgrim's Guide to Oberammergau and Its Passion Play

by Michael Counsell

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2008
• PAPER
• 160 PAGES

Organizer of the Welcome Center during the 1990 and 2000 play seasons, Michael Counsell includes an outline of the play, prayers, relevant readings from the bible and hymns in this handy shirt pocket guide. Performed since the Middle Ages, the 2010 play, which opens May 15, is again directed by Christian Stuckl, a Munich theater director, originally from Oberammergau. (GER240, $19.99)

Lonely Planet Munich, Bavaria & the Black Forest

by Andrea Schulte-Peevers

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2008
• PAPER
• 360 PAGES

This practical guide to Bavaria and the Romantic Road includes maps, an overview of culture and history, and a good deal of nuts-and-bolts information on getting around and sightseeing. (GER150, $19.99)

Oberammergau: Tradition, Art, and Passion

by annette Von Altenbockum

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2010
• PAPER
• 128 PAGES

A handy guide to the little Bavarian town that has been making world history every ten years since 1634 with its staging of the Passion Play. (GER269, $14.95)

The Beer Drinker's Guide to Munich

by Heather Hawthorne | Larry Hawthorne

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2008
• PAPER
• 212 PAGES

A practical guide to the beer halls and beer gardens of Munich. Sixth edition. (GER101, $16.95)

Prost! The Story of German Beer

by Horst D. Dornbusch

• FOOD
• 1997
• PAPER
• 160 PAGES
• FAVORITE

The Munich-based aficionado weaves history and culture with the marvels and mysteries of German beer in this brief, authoritative guide. (GER99, $14.95)

A Concise History of Germany

by 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. (GER13, $28.99)

All Along the Rhine: Recipes, Wine and Lore from Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Holland

by Kay Shaw Nelson

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2003
• PAPER
• 211 PAGES

A tribute to the Rhine Valley, its history, culture and especially its food in 130 authentic recipes. (GER111, $14.95)

Germania, In Wayward Pursuit of the Germans and Their History

by Simon Winder

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2011
• PAPER
• 480 PAGES

Winder's witty, entertaining and opinionated portrait of German culture is both an illuminating history and a wonderfully digressive exploration of the powerful and often confounding nation. (GER270, $18.00)

Oberammergau, The Troubling Story of the World's Most Famous Passion Play

by James Shapiro

• HISTORY
• 2001
• PAPER
• 240 PAGES

A cultural history of Oberammergau and the monumental influence its Passion Play has had on its development. (GER67, $13.00)

The Burgermeister's Daughter, Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town

by Steven Ozment

• HISTORY
• 1997
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

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, $13.99)

The Habsburgs, Embodying Empire

by Andrew Wheatcroft

• HISTORY
• 1995
• PAPER
• 384 PAGES

The Habsburgs ruled over more diverse peoples and cultures than any other European dynasty since the Roman period. With skillful scholarship and engaging style, Wheatcroft reveals the history of this family of eccentric monarchs. (AST11, $17.00)

The Rhine, Culture and Landscape at the Heart of Europe

by Roland Recht

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 2001
• HARD COVER
• 360 PAGES

This beautifully illustrated, oversized survey of the history, geography and culture of the Rhine shows cities, villages and sights along the river from its source in the Alps to the North Sea. (GER120, $75.00)

The Rhine: An Eco-Biography, 1815-2000

by 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. (GER130, $24.95)

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)

Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages

by Alain Erlande-Brandenburg

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2010
• PAPER
• 175 PAGES

This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $15.95)

A Tramp Abroad

by Mark Twain | David Eggers | Kerry Driscoll

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 2003
• PAPER
• 400 PAGES

Written 11 years after Innocents Abroad, this is Twain's second foray into European travel. Filled with his characteristic wit and humorous observations, it documents his journeys through Germany, Switzerland, France and Italy. Now with an introduction by Dave Eggers. (EUR78, $14.95)

Lola Montez, A Life

by Bruce Seymour

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1998
• PAPER
• 480 PAGES

The life of the powerful paramour of King Ludwig. (EUR89, $45.00)

Ludwig

by Luchino Visconti

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 2008
• DVD

Director Luchino Visconti brings his famed majestic style to this lavish and operatic portrait of Ludwig II, the 19th-century 'mad king' of Bavaria (GER237, $39.98)

The Improbable Voyage

by Tristan Jones

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1998
• PAPER
• 332 PAGES

Jones, an inveterate Welsh sailor, adventurer and storyteller, channels Eastern Europe circa 1985 in his tale of a tough voyage along the Rhine and Danube to the Black Sea. (EUR156, $16.50)

In a German Pension

by 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. (GER134, $13.95)

The Blue Flower

by Penelope Fitzgerald

• LITERATURE
• 1995
• PAPER
• 225 PAGES

Set in the Age of Goethe, this exquisitely written short novel is a fictional account of the life of the Romantic poet Novalis. It paints a vivid picture of German intellectual and mercantile life in the late 1700s. (GER21, $13.00)

Michelin Map Germany: Southwest 545

by 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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