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	Insight Guide Great River Cruises of Europe  •   Insight Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 352 PAGES A profusely illustrated overview of the waterways of France, the Low Countries and Great Britain, featuring excellent maps, hundreds of color photographs and diverse essays on topics of interest. (EUR203, $23.95)
	Danube  •  Claudio Magris CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2008 •  PAPER  • 416 PAGES • COMING IN OCTOBER A gifted novelist's stimulating journey down the Danube from its source in the heart of what once was the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the Balkans to the Black Sea. The book is an intellectually charged, evocative portrait of the places and personalities of Central Europe. Magris is an erudite, cerebral guide with a penchant for history. On some level, this wholly unclassifiable book is a travelogue. (EUR58, $16.00)
	A Time of Gifts  •  Patrick Leigh Fermor TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES 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)

	Balkans Southeast Europe Map  •   Freytag & Berndt   • COMING IN OCTOBER  •  A nicely detailed regional map, showing the route of the Danube from Budapest to the Black Sea, at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (EUR147, $12.95)
	Rheinland-Pfalz, Saarland, Hessen Map  •   GeoCenter    •  A regional map of Germany covering from Trier east to Wurzburg and from Koblenz south almost to Stuttgart. (GER152, $12.95)
	Saschen Map  •   Freytag & Berndt    •  A detailed road map of Saxony. (GER154, $9.95)
	Cruising French Waterways  •  Hugh McKnight   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Now in its fourth edition, this practical, comprehensive guide provides maps and details, routes, information on sites and attractions and anything else you would need to take to the water. (FRN661, $39.95)
	All Along the Rhine: Recipes, Wine and Lore from Germany, France, Switzerland, Austria, Liechtenstein and Holland  •  Kay Shaw Nelson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A tribute to the Rhine Valley, its history, culture and especially its food. Combining over 130 authentic recipes with small bits of background information, this is a delightful introduction to the culinary traditions of the region. (GER111, $14.95)
	In Europe, A Journey Through the Twentieth Century  •  Geert Mak   • HISTORY  •  Don't be put off by the heft of Mak's eye-opening account of Europe on the brink of the millennium. The chapters originally appeared on the front page of a Dutch newspaper, and his deft reports from disparate locales are light in touch, bridging history, travel and opinion. (EUR254, $20.00)
	The New Penguin Atlas of Medieval History  •  Colin McEvedy   • HISTORY  •  McEvedy deftly sketches the culture, history and society of Medieval Europe in this slim historical atlas. (EUR240, $15.00)
	The Rhine, Culture and Landscape at the Heart of Europe  •  Roland Recht   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  A beautifully illustrated, oversized survey of the history, geography, culture and sights along the river from its source in the Alps of Switzerland to the North Sea. (GER120, $75.00)
	The Rhine: An Eco-Biography, 1815-2000  •  Mark Cioc  •  William Cronon   • HISTORY  •  A scholarly, well-researched environmental history of the Rhine, particularly its role in European economic and national history over the last 200 years. (GER130, $24.95)
	Between the Woods and the Water  •  Patrick Leigh Fermor   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  This sequel to A Time of Gifts (CEU30), Fermor's classic account of walking across Europe in 1933, continues with his youthful adventures in Hungary and Romania. The book ends at the Iron Gates, which divide the Carpathian mountains from the Balkans. (CEU31, $15.95)
	The Improbable Voyage  •  Tristan Jones   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A personable sailor's yarn of a tough trip by water across Europe along the Rhine and Danube to the Black Sea. Jones, an inveterate Welsh sailor, adventurer and storyteller, tackles not only sailing, but also the people, politics and flavor of Eastern Europe circa 1985. (EUR156, $16.50)
	The Book of Blam  •  Michael Henry Heim  •  Aleksander Tisma   • LITERATURE  •  A haunting novel of the lost Jews of Novi Sad. (EUR56, $28.00)
	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)

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