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EASTERN EUROPE
Slovakia
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Bradt Travel Guide Slovakia
• Lucinda Mallows
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
This informative, practical guide includes history, culture and sightseeing information as well as helpful travel details.
(EUR262, $24.99) |
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On Foot to the Golden Horn
• Jason Goodwin
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2003 •
PAPER
• 278 PAGES
An outstanding travel writer and journalist, Goodwin interweaves history, incident and reflection in this excellent portrait of Central Europe. With chapters on Cracow, Slovakia, Budapest, Transylvania, Brasov and Bulgaria.
(EUR81, $17.00) |
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Slovak Republic Map
• Freytag & Berndt
MAP
A colorful, detailed map of Slovakia at a scale of 1:200,000. One Side. 35x45 inches.
(CEU19, $14.95) |
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Also Recommended
Lonely Planet Czech and Slovak Republics
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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In the hallmark Lonely Planet style, this practical guide to the Czech Republic and Slovakia features 95 maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing.
(CZH07, $22.99)
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Lonely Planet Eastern Europe Phrasebook
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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This handy pocket phrasebook includes pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary.
(EUR347, $10.99)
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A History of Slovakia, The Struggle for Survival
• Stanislav K. Kirschbaum
• HISTORY
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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, $20.00)
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Bury Me Standing
• Isabel Fonseca
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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, $16.00)
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Danube
• Claudio Magris
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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Images Gone with Time: Photographic Reflections of Slovak Folk Life, 1950-1965
• Igor Grossman
• Martin Slivka
• HISTORY
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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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Inventing Eastern Europe, The Map of Civilization on the Mind of Enlightenment
• Larry Wolff
• HISTORY
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The author, a professor of history, looks back to Catherine the Great, Rousseau, Voltaire and Western (mis)perceptions of Eastern Europe during the late 18th century.
(EUR34, $30.95)
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Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II
• Joseph Rothschild
• HISTORY
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An opinionated, well-written and clear political history of the region, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the Balkans.
(EUR31, $44.95)
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The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
• Tina Rosenberg
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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The Magic Lantern, The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague
• Timothy Garton Ash
• HISTORY
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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)
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The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe
• Dennis Hupchick
• Harold Cox
• HISTORY
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The changing borders and complex history of Eastern Europe as told through 52 maps and accompanying essays, organized chronologically. An excellent reference, the book shows the rise of Poland, changing borders of the Ottoman Empire, Hapsburgs and fate of Yugoslavia in admirable clarity.
(EUR138, $21.95)
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The Penguin Historical Atlas of the Medieval World
• Andrew Jotischky
• HISTORY
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Richly illustrated with photographs, illustrations and full-color maps, this compact atlas explores the empires, people, cultures and religions of the Middle Ages, providing an excellent introduction to European history.
(EUR384, $20.00)
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Great Country Houses of Central Europe: The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland
• Lord Michael Pratt
• Gerhard Trumler
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated history of the palaces, villas, and castles of Central Europe, as well as the families that built them and the surrounding gardens, grounds, art and interiors. With 380 illustrations, 350 in full color.
(CEU34, $95.00)
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Between the Woods and the Water
• Patrick Leigh Fermor
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Fermor continues with youthful adventures in Hungary and Romania, culminating with his arrival at the Iron Gates on the Danube.
(CEU31, $15.95)
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Fado
• Andrzej Stasiuk
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A tribute to the culturally rich landscapes, literature and history of Romania, Hungary, Slovakia, Poland and Albania by the Polish writer, poet, essayist and literary critic.
(EUR350, $13.95)
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Birds of Europe
• Lars Svensson
• FIELD GUIDE
• FAVORITE
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Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps.
(FG47, $29.95)
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Bradt Guide Central and Eastern European Wildlife
• Gerard Gorman
• FIELD GUIDE
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An illustrated guide to the plants, mammals, birds and other wildlife of the region.
(CEU36, $25.99)
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