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Prague & the Czech Republic   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Eyewitness Guide Prague  •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 264 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, $23.00)
  Eyewitness Guide Prague
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)
  Prague, A Traveler's Literary Companion
Prague in Black and Gold, Scenes From Life in a European City  •  Peter Demetz
HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES
In this anecdotal study the author traces the history and culture of 4,000-year-old Prague in rich detail, particularly the period from the Middle Ages to WWII. Intimately familiar with the physical city, the book is also a personable guide to its neighborhoods and architecture. (CZH09, $16.00)
  Prague in Black and Gold, Scenes From Life in a European City
Prague Map  •   Borch Maps
2006 •  MAP
An easy-to-use, laminated, detailed map of the center of Prague at a scale of 1:10,000. The city's major attractions are clearly indicated and a street index is included. (CZH13, $7.95)
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Czech and Slovak Republics Map  •   Freytag & Berndt    •  A detailed 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. (EUR35, $12.95)
 
 
art/shop/eat Prague  •  Jasper Tilbury   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Blue Guide's compact, illustrated guidebook with excellent local maps. The book includes not only museums, shops and restaurants, but also not-to-be-missed sites and attractions by neighborhood. The perfect addendum to the Blue Guide Prague (CZH56). (CZH59, $13.95)
 
 
Blue Guide Czech and Slovak Republic  •  Michael Jacobs   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive travel guide with a focus on history, architecture and art. Michael Jacobs, a popular author of guidebooks, presents a thorough portrait of the region. (CZH18, $24.95)
 
 
Eyewitness Guide Czech and Slovak Republics  •   Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  An illustrated guide to the history, culture, people and nature of the Czech and Slovak Republics in the popular series, with dozens of excellent maps and color photographs. (CZH68, $28.00)
 
 
Fodor's Prague's 25 Best  •   Citypack   • 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)
 
 
Knopf Guide Prague  •   Knopf Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This lavishly illustrated, compact guide covers the history, culture and sights of Prague in style. (CZH83, $25.00)
 
 
Lonely Planet Czech Phrasebook  •   Lonely Planet   • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS  •  A palm-sized handy guide to pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (CZH50, $8.99)
 
 
Rough Guide Czech & Slovak Republics  •  Rob Humphreys   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive, practical guide for the traveler to the sites and attractions throughout the Czech and Slovak republics. With helpful local maps, and a good survey of the region's culture and history. (CZH25, $21.99)
 
 
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)
 
 
Prague in Danger, The Years of German Occupation, 1939-45  •  Peter Demetz   • HISTORY  •  Demetz adroitly combines history, biography and memoir is this compulsively readable portrait of his beloved city during the War, tracking his friends family, film, poetry, theater and music, terror and resistance during Nazi occupation. (CZH84, $25.00)
 
 
Prague Then And Now  •  J. M. Lau   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Pictures of the city taken at the turn of the 20th century are juxtaposed with modern photos of the same scene for remarkable insight into the history and changing architecure of Prague. (CZH73, $18.95)
 
 
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 at the center of European events. The author draws on literature, the arts, culture and politics to evoke Czech history, society and identity. (CZH10, $29.95)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
Josef Sudek, Poet of Prague  •  Josef Sudek   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  These 100 rich tritone photographs by the great Czech master capture the spirit of Prague. (CZH80, $40.00)
 
 
Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437  •  Barb Boehm   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  The extravagantly produced companion volume to the exhibition (organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art) on the art and culture of late medieval Prague. With maps, succinct introductory essays and a 200-page section of color photographs. (EUR207, $65.00)
 
 
A Traveller's Companion To Prague  •  Jan Kaplan   • ANTHOLOGY  •  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)
 
 
Travelers' Tales Prague And the Czech Republic, True Stories  •  David Farley  •  Jessie Sholl   • ANTHOLOGY  •  A well-chosen selection of mostly modern tales of intrigue, adventure and fun. With contributions by Myla Goldberg, Helen Epstein, Jan Morris, and Francine Prose. (CZH60, $17.95)
 
 
Beyond the Chestnut Trees  •  Maria Bauer   • LITERATURE  •  An absorbing, affectionate memoir of life between the wars in Prague. Bauer interweaves recollections of her youth in the city with reflections from a return trip 40 years after fleeing with her family during WWII. (CZH53, $19.95)
 
 
Life with a Star  •  Jiri Weil  •  Philip Roth   • LITERATURE  •  A fictional account of the Holocaust told through the story of a young Czech Jew. (CZH43, $19.00)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
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)
 
 
The Unbearable Lightness of Being  •  Milan Kundera   • LITERATURE  •  Kundera's intriguing novel, praised for its meditations on the nature of men and women, and the fearful emptiness of life in Prague under Communist rule. (CZH16, $13.95)
 
 


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