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	Eyewitness Guide Vienna  •   Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES This superb guide to Vienna features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. An extensive timeline of Viennese history, suggested walks in the city, a chapter on day trips in the region, and helpful listings of accommodations, restaurants and shops are also included. (AST01, $23.00)
	Mozart  •  Peter Gay BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2006 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES In this compact book, historian and biographer Peter Gay paints a portrait of the musical genius based on factual details rather than long-established myths. He delves into Mozart's complex relationship with his father, the daunting role of being born a child prodigy, and his exploration of new musical territory, particularly opera. A volume in the excellent "Penguin Lives" series. (AST43, $13.00)
	A Nervous Splendor, Vienna 1888-1889  •  Frederic Morton HISTORY •  1980 •  PAPER  • 340 PAGES A portrait of Vienna at the end of the 19th century, this book focuses on Crown Prince Rudolph, his devastating suicide and the rich texture of gossip and daily life at the Habsburg Court. It captures the political ferment, intellectual creativity, gaiety and despair of fin-de-siecle Austria. (AST16, $16.00)
	Vienna Map  •   Borch Maps 2006 •  MAP A handy laminated map of the city center at a scale of 1:11,000. (AST31, $7.95)

	Austria & Hungary Map  •   Kummerly & Frey Maps    •  A colorful map of both Austria and Hungary at a scale of 1:800,000 published in Austria. (AST19, $12.95)
	Austria Map  •   Freytag & Berndt    •  The home-grown map of Austria, published by the fine Vienna-based Freytag & Berndt. Scale 1:300,000. (AST28, $12.95)
	Fodor's Vienna's 25 Best  •   Fodors   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This compact guide includes a pull-out map and helpful recommendations. (AST27, $11.95)
	Insight Guide Austria  •   Insight Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A highly recommended introduction to Austrian history and culture -- as well as a good overview of popular destinations. (AST29, $23.95)
	Karen Brown's Austria, Exceptional Places to Stay & Itineraries  •  Karen, Clare and June Brown   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A guide to lodging of character and itineraries. (AST46, $19.95)
	Civilization and Its Discontents  •  Sigmund Freud  •  Peter Gay   • HISTORY  •  The standard edition. (AST50, $12.95)
	Fin-de-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture  •  Carl E. Schorske   • HISTORY  •  A landmark study of turn-of-the century Vienna -- one of the key chapters in modern intellectual history. Among its luminaries were Freud, Klimt, Kokoshka and Schoenberg. (AST04, $22.95)
	Schubert's Vienna  •  Raymond Erickson   • HISTORY  •  A scholarly view of Vienna at the end of the 18th century and the beginning of the 19th with essays by a variety of contributors on Viennese politics, social issues, culture, and, of course, music. With 160 well integrated illustrations. (AST18, $45.00)
	The Austrians, A Thousand-Year Odyssey  •  Gordon Brook-Shepherd   • HISTORY  •  Detailed, impressively researched and readable, this book is a wide-ranging narrative history of the last 1,000 years of Austria and the Austrian character. (AST10, $23.00)
	The Habsburgs, Embodying Empire  •  Andrew Wheatcroft   • HISTORY  •  The Habsburgs ruled over more diverse peoples and cultures than any other European dynasty since the Roman period. With skillful scholarship and engaging style, Wheatcroft reveals the history of this family of eccentric monarchs. (AST11, $17.00)
	Beethoven and the Construction of Genius: Musical Politics in Vienna, 1792-1803  •  Tia DeNora   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  Both a probing biographical account of Beethoven's life and an insightful sociological study of "artistic genius," this engaging book also examines the musical world of 18th-century Vienna. (AST25, $21.95)
	Egon Schiele  •  Frank Whitford   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  The life and work of an intriguing artist, who died at the young age of 27. The author delves into Schiele's troubled personal life and the surrounding atmosphere of his home in Vienna, creating a unique portrait of a man. (GER57, $14.95)
	Mozart, A Life  •  Maynard Solomon   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Solomon here tears down the myth of Mozart as the "eternal child," while adding great depth to the psychological and artistic development of the musical genius. The book also illustrates life in 18th-century Salzburg. (AST06, $22.95)
	Vienna, A Traveler's Literary Companion  •  Donald Daviau   • ANTHOLOGY  •  Organized by neighborhood, these 15 alluring tales introduce both the city and its writers, including Arthur Schnitzler, Robert Musil, Stefan Zweig and even Franz Kafka, who had a long and tormented association with the city. (AST94, $14.95)
	The Empty Mirror  •  J. Sydney Jones   • MYSTERY • COMING IN JANUARY  •  The artist Gustav Klimit (whose model is murdered), sexologist Krafft-Ebing and the visiting Mark Twain all play a role in this mystery marvelously set in fin-de-siècle Vienna. (AST96, $24.95)
	The Radetzky March  •  Joseph Roth  •  Joachim Neugroschel   • LITERATURE  •  This is perhaps the best-known and best-loved novel of the Habsburg Empire. First published in 1932, it spins a tale of three generations of the Trotta family, set against the waning days of the empire. (AST17, $16.95)
	The Road into the Open  •  Arthur Schnitzler  •  Roger Byers  •  Russell A. Berman   • LITERATURE  •  Set in fin-de-siecle Vienna, this novel, about the death of Austrian liberal society in an atmosphere of nationalism and anti-Semitism, features a handsome composer's encounters with intellectuals and artists. (AST02, $21.95)
	The Third Man and the Fallen Idol  •  Graham Greene   • LITERATURE  •  A haunting tale and penetrating portrait of Vienna after World War II, "The Third Man" is the result of Greene's collaboration with Carol Reed on the classic movie. "The Fallen Idol" is a separate tale of intrigue set in Britain. (AST30, $13.00)

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