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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Rough Guide Czech & Slovak Republics
Rob Humphreys
GUIDEBOOK
2006
PAPER
666 PAGES
A comprehensive, practical guide for the traveler in the British series. Much of the book is devoted to a survey of cities, sites and attractions throughout the Czech and Slovak republics. With helpful local maps, and a good survey of the culture and history of the region.
(CZH25, $21.99) |
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Eyewitness Guide Poland
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
2007
PAPER
384 PAGES
A compact, visual guide to the history, culture and attractions of Poland featuring hundreds of color photographs, maps and diagrams.
(PLD21, $25.00) |
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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) |
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Kingdom of Auschwitz
Otto Friedrich
HISTORY
1994
PAPER
128 PAGES
Otto Friedrich's slim book is an intensely personal account of the infamous Auschwitz death camp. The entire history of Auschwitz, from its impractical site in a Polish swamp through its construction and terrible purpose, is covered in short chapters punctuated with eyewitness accounts and testimonies. Black-and-white maps show the layout of the camp along with its relation to other nearby camps and transfer points. A must for the visitor wanting a deeper understanding of one of humankind's darkest creations.
(PLD04, $11.00) |
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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) |
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Central Europe Map
Freytag & Berndt
2004
MAP
A colorful physical relief map of Central Europe at a scale of 1:2,000,000.
(EUR12, $11.95) |
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Eyewitness Guide Warsaw
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive visual guide featuring great neighborhood maps, architectural diagrams, photographs and an overview of the culture and history of the city.
(PLD08, $20.00) |
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Fodor's Prague's 25 Best
Fodors
GUIDEBOOK
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.
(CZH02, $11.95) |
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Lonely Planet Central Europe
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
With dozens of maps, color photographs and sections on history and culture, this practical guide introduces Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland and their neighbors.
(EUR94, $28.99) |
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Lonely Planet Czech Phrasebook
Lonely Planet
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
A palm-sized guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary.
(CZH50, $8.99) |
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A History of Slovakia, The Struggle for Survival
Stanislav K. Kirschbaum
HISTORY
A historian from Bratislava traces his nation's roots from the first arrival on the Danubian Plain to Slovakia's declaration of independence in 1993. A particularly solid discussion of the Communist period and the nation's relationship with the Czechs and Hungary.
(EUR93, $19.95) |
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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) |
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Heart of Europe, The Past in Poland's Present
Norman Davies
HISTORY
A history of Poland in reverse chronology from the Solidarity Movement to early civilization, condensed from the author's definitive three-volume history.
(PLD06, $24.99) |
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Images Gone with Time: Photographic Reflections of Slovak Folk Life, 1950-1965
Igor Grossman
Martin Slivka
HISTORY
A handsome collection of 125 black-and-white photographs of everyday life in the mountain villages of Slovakia.
(EUR92, $41.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Poland
James Michener
LITERATURE
In his epic style, Michener presents the sweep of Polish history from the earliest days to 1983 in this massively researched novel. An excellent choice for the airplane.
(PLD02, $7.99) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Doll
Boleslaw Prus
David Welsh
Darius Tolczyk
Anna Zaranko
LITERATURE
An 1890 landmark of Polish realist fiction, set among the middle classes in Warsaw in the late 19th century. Richly plotted, the book is wonderfully evocative of old Warsaw, and also a consideration of the value of revolution.
(PLD32, $19.95) |
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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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The Radetzky March
Joseph Roth
Joachim Neugroschel
LITERATURE
This is perhaps the best-known and best-loved novel of the Habsburg Empire. First published in 1932, it spins a tale of three generations of the Trotta family, set against the waning days of the empire.
(AST17, $16.95) |
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