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Essential Books These 5 items are available for $87, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXEUR737)		  
Eyewitness Guide Prague  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES
This superb guide to Prague features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood 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)		   Eyewitness Guide Prague
Eyewitness Guide Austria  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  FLEXI-BOUND  • 384 PAGES
This superb guide to all of Austria features color photography, dozens of excellent local maps and a region-by-region synopsis of the country's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (AST59, $25.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Austria
Prague, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Paul Wilson
ANTHOLOGY •  1996 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES
Twenty-four stories and essays -- covering the cultural life, society and allur eof Prague -- are organized geographically by district. Walk the streets of Prague with Franz Kafka and Jaroslav Hasek, eavesdrop on intimate conversations in restaurants and lively beer halls with Karel Capek and Bohumil Hrabal, listen to jazz in stylish nightclubs with Josef Skvorecky. The stories in this volume will take you on a literary odyssey through the city's stormy past to its dynamic present. For the traveler who wishes to experience something of its essence, Prague illuminates the heart and soul of a great city. (CZH08, $14.95)		   Prague, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Mozart  •  Peter Gay
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2006 •  PAPER  • 177 PAGES
In this compact book, historian and biographer Peter Gay paints a portrait of the musical genius based on factual details rather than long-established myths. He delves into Mozart's complex relationship with his father, the daunting role of being born a child prodigy, and his exploration of new musical territory, particularly opera. A volume in the excellent "Penguin Lives" series. (AST43, $14.00)		   Mozart
Czech and Slovak Republics Map  •  Freytag & Berndt
2006 •  MAP
A detailed, fully indexed map to the Czech and Slovak Republics at a scale of 1:400,000. It is also the most detailed map available of the route of the Danube between Regensburg and Budapest. Published in Austria. Two Sides. 35x49 inches. (EUR35, $14.95)		   Czech and Slovak Republics Map



Also Recommended

Eyewitness Guide Vienna  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Take along this handy, compact guide featuring history, culture, color photography and excellent neighborhood maps. (AST01, $23.00)
 		  
Fodor's Prague's 25 Best  •  Fodor's Guides   • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN MARCH  •  This pocket-size booklet includes an outstanding map of the city as well as a brief overview of its museums, grand buildings and other attractions. We also carry Fodor's Budapest's 25 Best. (Item HGR61, $11.95) (CZH02, $11.99)
 		  
Frommer's Vienna Day by Day  •  Teresa Fisher   • GUIDEBOOK  •  With hand-picked recommendations and highlights, this compact guide offers the "must see" attractions of Vienna for a shorter visit. (AST102, $12.99)
 		  
A Nervous Splendor, Vienna 1888-1889  •  Frederic Morton   • HISTORY  •  A portrait of Vienna at the end of the 19th century, this book focuses on Crown Prince Rudolph, his devastating suicide and the rich texture of gossip and daily life at the Habsburg Court. It captures the political ferment, intellectual creativity, gaiety and despair of fin-de-siecle Austria. (AST16, $16.00)
 		  
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 also examines their influential but complex relationship with Eastern Europe. (EUR09, $14.95)
 		  
Danube  •  Claudio Magris   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Mixing history, personalities and literature, Magris traces the course of the Danube from its source in the heart of the Austro-Hungarian empire through the Balkans to the Black Sea in this anything but conventional travelogue, first published in 1986. (EUR58, $17.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
The Coasts of Bohemia, A Czech History  •  Derek Sayer   • HISTORY  •  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 Habsburgs, Embodying Empire  •  Andrew Wheatcroft   • HISTORY  •  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)
 		  
A Time of Gifts  •  Patrick Leigh Fermor   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • BEST SELLER  •  Fermor effortlessly interweaves anecdote, history and culture in this exuberant account of a walk from Holland, up the Rhine and down the Danube, through Germany, Prague and Austria in 1933. Written not in the moment, but 40 years later, the accumulation of time and experience give the book particular poignancy. (CEU30, $16.95)
 		  
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, $14.99)
 		  
The Complete Stories  •  Franz Kafka   • LITERATURE  •  All of Kafka's stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and In The Penal Colony. (CZH47, $17.00)
 		  
The Radetzky March  •  Joseph Roth  •  Joachim Neugroschel   • LITERATURE  •  Magnificently set against the backdrop of the twilight of the Habsburg empire, Roth's family saga takes in the sweep of history and empire in Central Europe. The richly textured novel opens at the battle of Solferino, when young Lieutenant Trotta saves the life of the Emperor. (AST17, $16.95)
 		  
The Third Man and the Fallen Idol  •  Graham Greene   • LITERATURE  •  A haunting tale and penetrating portrait of Vienna after World War II, "The Third Man" is the result of Greene's collaboration with Carol Reed on the classic movie. "The Fallen Idol" is a separate tale of intrigue set in Britain. (AST30, $14.00)
 		  
The Unbearable Lightness of Being  •  Milan Kundera   • LITERATURE  •  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)
 		  
Vienna, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Donald Daviau   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Organized by neighborhood, these 15 alluring tales introduce both the city and its writers, including Arthur Schnitzler, Robert Musil, Stefan Zweig and even Franz Kafka, who had a long and complicated association with the city. (AST94, $14.95)
 		  
 
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