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	Time Out Budapest  •  Time Out GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES Compact and up-to-date, this is an outstanding guide for where to go and what to do in Budapest. With maps and introductory chapters on culture and history. (HGR09, $19.95)
	Budapest 1900, A Historical Portrait of the City and its Culture  •  John Lukacs HISTORY •  1990 •  PAPER  • 255 PAGES Written by a distinguished historian and native son, this excellent book is a richly detailed cultural portrait of the city at its zenith. Divided thematically, this popular history presents the geographic setting of the city, its people, economy and cultural and intellectual life. With maps and archival photographs. (HGR01, $14.00)
	Between the Woods and the Water  •  Patrick Leigh Fermor TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 320 PAGES The sequel to A Time of Gifts, Leigh Fermors's classic account of his adventure on foot to Constantinople in 1933. Between the Woods and Water covers his trip down the Danube and across Hungary into Romania. The book ends at the Iron Gates, which divide the Carpathian mountains from the Balkans. (CEU31, $15.95)
	Hungary Map  •   HEMA Maps MAP A map of Hungary at a scale of 1:300,000. (HGR14, $12.95)

	Budapest Map  •   Borch Maps    •  A convenient map of the city center at a scale of 1:11,000. (HGR34, $7.95)
	Culture Smart! Hungary  •  Brian McLean   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (HGR45, $9.95)
	Eyewitness Guide Budapest  •   Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive guide to the city featuring excellent maps and solid information on culture and history in addition to a detailed neighborhood-by-neighborhood overview of attractions. With hundreds of photographs. (HGR15, $23.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Hungary  •   Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact illustrated travel guide featuring bright color photography, dozens of excellent maps, background on history and cultlure, and a region-by-region synopsis of Hungary's attractions. (HGR53, $25.00)
	Food Wine Budapest  •  Carolyn Banfalvi   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This practical guide to Hungarian cuisine includes essential vocabulary lists, trips to the wine regions, restaurant reviews, and good descriptions of typical dishes. (HGR57, $24.95)
	Lonely Planet Hungarian Phrasebook  •  Christina Mayer   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A palm-sized handy guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (HGR38, $8.99)
	Rough Guide Hungary  •   Rough Guide   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, authoritative guide to Hungary, its history, culture and attractions with good local maps. Most of the book is devoted to detailed recommendations for excursions throughout the country, covering in detail both popular and remote destinations. (HGR31, $19.99)
	Visible Cities Budapest  •  Annabel Barber  •  Emma Roper-Evans   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A detailed, personable guide to the city, featuring a good overview of history, cultural background, suggested walking tours, a map of the city center and practical advice on where to go and what to do. (HGR43, $27.95)
	A Concise History of Hungary  •  Miklos Molnar  •  Anna Magyar   • HISTORY  •  The author, a Hungarian historian, narrates the history of Hungary from little-known origins to 1988, encompassing the Magyars, the Austro-Hungarian empire and the Soviet era. (HGR30, $26.99)
	Budapest, A Cultural History  •  Bob Dent   • HISTORY  •  A literary, cultural guide to the art, architecture, traditions and history of Budapest. (HGR49, $15.00)
	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, folk traditions, and examines their influential but complex relationship with Eastern Europe. (EUR09, $14.95)
	The Hungarians, A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat  •  Paul Lendvai  •  Ann Major   • HISTORY  •  A journalist who fled Hungary in 1957, Lendvai combines history, scholarship and anecdote in this uncommonly engaging account. With verve and authority, he covers the struggle of the Magyars' against the Tartars, Turks and Russians over the past milennium. (HGR32, $26.95)
	The Magic Lantern, The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague  •  Timothy Garton Ash   • HISTORY  •  An astute journalist's vivid eyewitness account of the fall of the Berlin Wall and other dramatic events of 1989. (GER36, $13.95)
	Budapest Diary, In Search of the Motherbook  •  Susan Rubin Suleiman   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A lovely and affecting memoir of a childhood in 1940s Budapest and a return trip in 1993 as an academic fellow. Suleiman is now a professor at Harvard. (HGR37, $14.95)
	Celestial Harmonies  •  Peter Esterhazy   • LITERATURE  •  Esterhazy's intricate, sweeping family saga evokes the personalities, history and aspirations of the Habsburg court. (HGR58, $16.95)
	Prague  •  Arthur Phillips   • LITERATURE  •  Don't be fooled by the title -- this engaging novel is set in Budapest. Five young American expats have settled themselves in what they consider the "second-best" eastern European city, where chance encounters and interactions determine how their lives will -- or won't -- be changed. (HGR29, $13.95)
	The Bridge at Andau  •  James Michener   • LITERATURE  •  The true story of a bridge that became a means of escape to the west during the Hungarian revolt in 1956. It's classic Michener: gripping and action-packed. (HGR17, $6.99)
	The Glance of Countess Hahn-Hahn (Down the Danube)  •  Peter Esterhazy   • LITERATURE  •  A confounding, postmodern novel, this meditation on travel, the Danube, and its history is great fun for those with an appreciation for wordplay and intellectual games. (HGR11, $19.00)
	The Magyar Venus  •  Lyn Hamilton   • MYSTERY  •  Amateur sleuth and antiques dealer McClintoch returns in this tale of romance, suspense and an impossible riddle, set against a well-evoked Hungarian background. (HGR60, $6.99)
	Under the Frog  •  Tibor Fischer   • LITERATURE  •  Irony and wit pervade this novel set against the backdrop of the short-lived Hungarian revolution of 1956. The author's own experiences are played out by a cast of Kafkaesque characters all looking for a way though the turbulent days before the Russian tanks roll into Budapest. (HGR12, $15.00)

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