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All Along the Danube: Recipes from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, & Bulgaria
• Marina Polvay
• FOOD
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A cookbook full of classic recipes from Central Europe, with some valuable morsels of culture.
(EUR42, $16.95)
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Attila, A Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome
• John Man
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A brisk, popular account of the life, political derring-do and military exploits of the fifth-century conqueror. Man interweaves his own research and travels with archaeological evidence of the fearsome Huns and their westward push from the Russian steppes. The empire of the Huns once stretched from the Caspian Sea to the Rhine and Baltic.
(HGR46, $25.95)
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Baroque and Rococo Art
• Germain Bazin
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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Bela Bartok and Turn-of-the-Centry Budapest
• Judith Frigyesi
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A study of Bartok and turn-of-the-century modernism in Hungary.
(HGR35, $26.95)
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Berlitz Pocket Guide Budapest
• Paul Murphy
• GUIDEBOOK
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A handy shirt pocket guide.
(HGR48, $8.95)
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Blue Guide Budapest
• Bob Dent
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide to the architecture, history and culture of Budapest.
(HGR20, $18.95)
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Bradt Guide Budapest
• Adrian Phillips
• GUIDEBOOK
• COMING IN JANUARY
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A practical city guide in the popular British series.
(HGR59, $14.99)
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Bradt Guide Hungary
• Jo Scotchmer
• Adrian Phillips
• GUIDEBOOK
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A comprehensive guide in the Bradt series, which includes, in addition to plenty of practical travel information a good overview of history and culture.
(HGR41, $21.95)
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Breathing Under Water and Other East European Essays
• Stanislaw Baranczak
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Essays on writers and writing from an Eastern European intellectual and poet.
(EUR139, $12.50)
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Budapest Exit, A Memoir of Fascism, Communism and Freedom
• Csaba Teglas
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A tale of life in Budapest from the Nazi invasion to the 1956 Hungarian revolution.
(HGR36, $27.95)
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Central Europe Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A colorful physical relief map of Central Europe at a scale of 1:2,000,000.
(EUR12, $11.95)
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Central Europe, Enemies, Neighbors, Friends
• Lonnie Johnson
• HISTORY
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An academic survey of the social, political, and economic past of Central Europe, and the conflicts that stir modern-day European politics.
(EUR69, $39.95)
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Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe
• Glynis Ridley
• HISTORY
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The entertaining history of an Indian rhinoceros named Clara, who was brought to Europe in 1741 by a Dutch sea captain and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of several heads of state.
(FRN536, $12.00)
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A Concise History of Bulgaria
• R.J. Crampton
• HISTORY
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A highly readable, illustrated introduction to Bulgaria's history from medieval empire to Ottoman rule, revival and modernization, to the fall of Communism.
(BGR01, $27.99)
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Contemporary Jewish Writing In Hungary: An Anthology
• Eva Forgacs
• Susan Robin Suleiman
• ANTHOLOGY
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This anthology of Hungarian authors both famous (Pulitzer Prize winner Imre Kertesz) and never-published-in-English contains a mixture of novel and memoir exerpts, short stories and poetry. The authors span the generations from pre-World War Two to post-Communist.
(HGR39, $24.95)
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The Cossacks, An Illustrated History
• John Ure
• HISTORY
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In this lively, beautifully illustrated overview, a career diplomat (and frequent visitor to the region) explores the history of the Cossacks in Southern Russia and central Asia and their role in world affairs.
(RUS135, $45.00)
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Danube
• Claudio Magris
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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A new edition of the gifted novelist's classic account of a Danube journey from its source in the heart of the late Austro-Hungarian Empire through the Balkans to the Black Sea. It's an intellectually charged, evocative portrait of the places and personalities of Central Europe.
(EUR58, $16.00)
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The Danube Cycleway, Donaueschingen to Budapest
• John Higginson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, practical guide to the popular biking route along the Danube from Donaueschingen in Bavaria though Austria to Budapest.
(CEU20, $18.95)
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Eastern Europe in the Twentieth Century and After
• R. J. Crampton
• HISTORY
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A well-written, insightful scholarly country-by-county history of modern Eastern Europe.
(EUR273, $42.95)
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Eastern Europe Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A detailed travel map of Eastern Europe and the Black Sea, at a scale of 1:2,000,000.
(EUR36, $11.95)
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Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900
• Alfred W. Crosby
• NATURAL HISTORY
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The story of how early explorers, colonists and settlers reshaped our biological world.
(NAT22, $26.99)
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Eyewitness Budapest Pocket Map & Guide
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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This superb guide to Budapest features color photography, easy-to-use foldout maps and top attractions. Convenient and up-to-date with an unbeatable price, this is the guide to carry.
(HGR47, $6.99)
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Fatelessness
• Imre Kertesz
• Tim Wilkinson
• LITERATURE
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This powerful novel by a Pulitzer Prize-winner tells the story of a teenage boy deported from Hungary to the Nazi death camps in 1944. It's drawn from Kertesz's own experiences in Auschwitz and Buchenwald.
(CEU26, $13.95)
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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
• Robert A. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs.
(EUR190, $17.95)
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Granta City Guides Budapest
• Michael Jacobs
• GUIDEBOOK
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Organized as a series of walking tours, this practical city guide by the discerning editors of Granta magazine includes recommendations for hotels, restaurants, shops and cafes.
(HGR50, $17.95)
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Great Country Houses of Hungary
• Lord Michael Pratt
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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A beautifully photographed collection of the Baroque castles and rococo villas that dot the Hungarian countryside.
(HGR52, $39.95)
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The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe
• Eli Valley
• GUIDEBOOK
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A guide to Jewish sites and attractions in Prague, Warsaw, Cracow and Budapest. With suggested walks, site descriptions and information on each city's Jewish traditions.
(EUR95, $72.00)
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The Grooves of Change, Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Millennium
• J.F. Brown
• HISTORY
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A survey of the events from the fall of communism to 2000 by a leading scholar. Brown discusses social and political change in the region, prospects for the future -- and the growing economic rift between East Central and South Eastern Europe.
(EUR90, $23.95)
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The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
• Tina Rosenberg
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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Heart of Europe, The Past in Poland's Present
• Norman Davies
• HISTORY
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A history of Poland in reverse chronology from the Solidarity Movement to early civilization, condensed from the author's definitive three-volume history.
(PLD06, $24.99)
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Here Is Where We Meet
• John Berger
• LITERATURE
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This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow.
(EUR189, $14.00)
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Historical Atlas of Central Europe
• Paul Mogocsi
• HISTORY
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An atlas illuminating the shifting borders and alliances in the region.
(EUR33, $45.00)
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The History of Eastern Europe for Beginners
• Paul Beck
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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An irreverent tour of recent Eastern European history in documentary comic-book style, a provocative, fast-moving and opinionated look at who is in conflict with whom and why, nationhood, ethnicity and the future.
(EUR30, $11.00)
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A History of Hungary
• Peter F. Sugar
• Peter Hanak
• Tibor Frank
• HISTORY
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With chapters by a variety of contributors.
(HGR06, $20.95)
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A History of Modern Hungary, 1867 -1994
• Jorg Hoensch
• HISTORY
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(HGR08, $51.00)
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Homage to the Eighth District, Tales from Budapest
• Giorgio Pressburger
• Nicola Pressburger
• LITERATURE
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10 stories taking place in the Jewish quarter of Budapest during the middle of the 20th century.
(HGR23, $9.95)
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Hungarian Folktales, the Art of Zsuzsanna Palko
• Zsuzsanna Palko
• Linda Degh
• LITERATURE
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A collection of folktales told in the late 1940s and early 1950s by Palko, a well-known Hungarian storyteller.
(HGR16, $25.00)
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Hungarian Practical Dictionary, Hungarian-English English-Hungarian
• Eva Szabo
• REFERENCE
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A convenient bilingual dictionary.
(HGR44, $24.95)
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The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Reform, Revolt and Repression 1953 - 1963
• Gyorgy Litvan
• Janos M. Bak
• Lyman H. Legters
• HISTORY
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The first account of the Hugarian Revolution to include materials made available only after the Soviet Union disolved.
(HGR07, $96.33)
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The Improbable Voyage
• Tristan Jones
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Jones, an inveterate Welsh sailor, adventurer and storyteller, channels Eastern Europe circa 1985 in his tale of a tough voyage along the Rhine and Danube to the Black Sea.
(EUR156, $16.50)
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Inventing Eastern Europe, The Map of Civilization on the Mind of Enlightenment
• Larry Wolff
• HISTORY
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The author, a professor of history, looks back to Catherine the Great, Rousseau, Voltaire and Western (mis)perceptions of Eastern Europe during the late 18th century.
(EUR34, $29.95)
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Kaffeehaus: Exquisite Desserts from the Classic Cafes of Vienna, Budapest, and Prague
• Rick Rodgers
• FOOD
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A sumptuous presentation of the elegant desserts and romantic cities of the Austro-Hungarian Empire.
(EUR206, $37.50)
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Knopf Guide Budapest
• Knopf Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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A sumptuously illustrated, handsome travel guide.
(HGR28, $25.00)
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Mammals of Europe
• Priscilla Barrett
• David W. MacDonald
• FIELD GUIDE
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Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals.
(FG61, $34.95)
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Masquerade, Dancing Around Death in Nazi Occupied Hungary
• Tividar Soros
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A prosperous Jewsih family headed by the author (father of George Soros) goes into hiding in wartime Hungary, spreading out from Budapest across the countryside. Told with unwavering optimism.
(HGR40, $13.95)
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Memoirs of an Anti-Semite, A Novel in Five Stories
• Gregor Von Rezzori
• LITERATURE
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Central Europe between the wars provides the background for this disturbing tale of a man, his complex prejudices and Jewish identity. The five interrelated stories are set in Romania and Vienna.
(CEU27, $19.00)
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Moon Handbook Prague and Budapest
• Tom Dirlis
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide packed with travel necessities (hotels, restaurants, sights) and a good overview of culture, history, art and architecture.
(CZH86, $17.95)
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Nationalist Politics and Everyday Ethnicity in a Transylvanian Town
• Rogers Brubaker
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Brubaker uses the village of Cluj, a small Transylvanian hamlet with a significant Hungarian minority, to examine nationalist and ethnic identity.
(EUR265, $55.00)
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Neither Here Nor There, Travels in Europe
• Bill Bryson
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Bryson deploys his famously cranky humor in this romp through European capitals. He's great fun to read and insightful on quirks of character.
(EUR25, $14.95)
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The Painted Bird
• Jerzy Kosinski
• LITERATURE
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The acclaimed novel based on the author's own experiences in World War II Poland. The often disturbing account of a young Jewish boy's journey through rural Poland as he tries to evade everyone from SS officers to anti-Semitic Polish peasants will leave an indelible impression.
(PLD07, $14.00)
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The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe
• Dennis Hupchick
• Harold Cox
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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The changing borders and complex history of Eastern Europe as told through 52 maps and accompanying essays, organized chronologically. An excellent reference, the book shows the rise of Poland, changing borders of the Ottoman Empire, Hapsburgs and fate of Yugoslavia in admirable clarity.
(EUR138, $19.95)
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The Radetzky March
• Joseph Roth
• Joachim Neugroschel
• LITERATURE
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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)
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Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II
• Joseph Rothschild
• HISTORY
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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An opinionated, well-written and clear political history of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania since WWII, completely revised for this third edition to reflect post-Soviet realities.
(EUR31, $34.95)
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Rick Steves' French, Italian & German Phrase Book & Dictionary
• Rick Steves
• LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
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A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary.
(EUR142, $9.95)
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Skylark
• Dezso Kosztolanyi
• LITERATURE
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Set in the autumn of 1899, Kosztolanyi's short novel is a classic portrait of provincial life during the Austro-Hungarian monarchy.
(HGR55, $16.95)
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Thunder at Twilight, Vienna 1913-1914
• Frederic Morton
• HISTORY
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A portrait of the city on the brink of World War by the author of Vienna, A Nervous Splendor.
(AST67, $18.95)
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Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe
• Marybeth Bond
• Mary Morris
• ANTHOLOGY
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Visit Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris.
(EUR160, $17.95)
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Woman from Hamburg And Other True Stories
• Hanna Krall
• Madeline G. Levine
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Krall reveals the lives and strange trajectories of her compatriots in these poignant stories, profiles and interviews of survivors of WWII.
(PLD49, $14.95)
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A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age
• William Manchester
• HISTORY
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In this wide-ranging study, Manchester evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, with information on Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther.
(EUR06, $15.99)
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Yiddish Folktales
• Beatrice Weinreich
• LITERATURE
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A collection of 178 tales, many very short, of princesses and witches, dybbuks and wonder-working rebbes, gathered during the 1920s and 1930s by ethnographers in the small towns and villages of Eastern Europe.
(CEU33, $18.00)
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