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COUNTRY WALKERS
Czech Republic: Vienna to Prague
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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
Here's a page from Longitude, the specialty bookseller for travelers. To order online, and to see the latest, most comprehensive selection of books and maps, go to http://reading.longitudebooks.com/8H9988. You may also call 800-342-2164 to order or request a catalog.
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These 4 items are available
for $67, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCZH21) |
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Eyewitness Guide Czech and Slovak Republics
• 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 local and city maps and stunning color photographs.
(CZH68, $28.00) |
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Prague, A Traveler's Literary Companion
• Paul Wilson
ANTHOLOGY •
1996 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
• BEST SELLER
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) |
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A Time of Gifts
• Patrick Leigh Fermor
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2005 •
PAPER
• 384 PAGES
• BEST SELLER
Fermor effortlessly interweaves anecdote, history and culture in this exuberant account of a walk as a young man in 1933 across Europe. This first volume chronicles his trip from the Hook of Holland, up the Rhine and down the Danube. The adventure continues in Between the Woods and Water, thankfully also reissued by NYRB. The books were written not by the young adventurer but the accomplished author 40 years later, adding perspective and a sweet nostalgia.
(CEU30, $16.95) |
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Czech and Slovak Republics Map
• Michelin Travel Publications
2005 •
MAP
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
A shaded relief map of the two nations at a scale of 1:600,000, with insets of Prague and Bratislava. It also covers the route of the Danube between Regensburg and Budapest. One Side. 40x56 inches.
(CEU17, $12.95) |
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Also Recommended
Frommer's Prague Day by Day
• Mark Baker
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Frommer's Vienna Day by Day
• Teresa Fisher
• GUIDEBOOK
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With hand-picked recommendations and highlights, this compact guide offers the "must see" attractions of Vienna for a shorter visit.
(AST102, $13.99)
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Lonely Planet Czech Phrasebook
• Lonely Planet
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A palm-sized guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary.
(CZH50, $8.99)
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Walking
• Henry David Thoreau
• REFERENCE
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Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration.
(WLK04, $9.99)
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Prague in Black and Gold, Scenes from Life in a European City
• Peter Demetz
• HISTORY
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Both a history and accessible guide to the neighborhoods and architecture of the city.
(CZH09, $17.95)
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The Coasts of Bohemia, A Czech History
• Derek Sayer
• HISTORY
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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)
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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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Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages
• Alain Erlande-Brandenburg
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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A Traveller's Companion to Prague
• Jan Kaplan
• ANTHOLOGY
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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)
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Life with a Star
• Jiri Weil
• Philip Roth
• LITERATURE
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A fictional account of the Holocaust told through the story of a young Czech Jew.
(CZH43, $19.00)
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The Book of Laughter and Forgetting
• Milan Kundera
• LITERATURE
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Kundera strings together loosely related short stories to form an original and entertaining look at Czech culture.
(CZH17, $14.99)
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The Complete Stories
• Franz Kafka
• LITERATURE
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All of Kafka's stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and In The Penal Colony.
(CZH47, $17.00)
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The Unbearable Lightness of Being
• Milan Kundera
• LITERATURE
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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)
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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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