Eastern Europe category: 1864 books
The Essential Guide to Being Hungarian
50 Facts & Facets of Nationhood
Language: English
Release Date: July 24, 2012
An instant backlist evergreen, this title is a great gift or a vehicle of self discovery for anyone with a Hungarian background, marrying into a Hungarian family, planning a trip to Hungary or just plain curious.
This humorous, knowing volume has proven its sales appeal with 4,000+ copies sold...
The Danube
A Journey Upriver from the Black Sea to the Black Forest
Language: English
Release Date: January 14, 2014
The magnificent Danube both cuts across and connects central Europe, flowing through and alongside ten countries: Romania, Ukraine, Moldova, Bulgaria, Serbia, Croatia, Hungary, Slovakia, Austria, and Germany. Travelling its full length from east to west, against the river’s flow, Nick Thorpe embarks...
by Nathan Wilson
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Vienna, Austria. Vienna is the capital of the Republic of Austria. It is by far the largest city in Austria (with a population of 1.7m), as well as its cultural, economic, and political centre. As the former home of the Habsburg court and its various...
The Thing About Prague ...
How I gave it all up for a new life in Europe's most eccentric city
Language: English
Release Date: August 27, 2014
'I'd like to say that my decision to move to Prague permanently was based on something grand and noble - a desire to trace my roots, a sense of adventure, my literary heart yearning to burst into flower in the sweet soil of Old Europe - but I can't. The truth is that I had nothing better to do.'
When...
by Rough Guides
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: June 1, 2017
The brand new The Rough Guide to Slovenia is the ultimate travel guide to one of Europe's smallest but most enchanting countries.
Discover Slovenia's myriad charms with the help of stunning photography, colour-coded maps and smart recommendations of the best places to eat, drink and stay. Get...
by Samantha Lafferty
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2011
If, like me, you are a bit tired of the ethnocentric social commentary that seems to come with certain well known guidebooks then you could do worse than try this one. Simple to use, well written and accurate, I found it invaluable and couldn't fault any of its recommendations nor descriptions. -- Yurt...
Tallinn & Helsinki Travel Guide
Attractions, Eating, Drinking, Shopping & Places To Stay
Language: English
Release Date: August 24, 2015
Tallinn is the capital of Estonia and the oldest capital city in northern Europe. Estonia is one of the smallest countries in Europe and Tallinn’s well-preserved buildings and Old World feel delight its visitors. The city is the financial, business and technology hub of the Baltic region and The...
Réinventer la diplomatie / Reshaping Diplomacy
Sociabilités, réseaux et pratiques diplomatiques en Europe depuis 1919 / Networks, Practices and Dynamics of Socialization in European Diplomacy since 1919
Language: English
Release Date: June 3, 2016
Au lendemain de la Première Guerre mondiale, la diplomatie est à réinventer. Un nouvel ordre international émerge au sein duquel juristes internationaux, journalistes, banquiers d’affaires et autres experts concurrencent désormais les diplomates de métier. De nouvelles arènes diplomatiques...
On the Threshold of the Holocaust
Anti-Jewish Riots and Pogroms in Occupied Europe: Warsaw Paris The Hague Amsterdam Antwerp Kaunas
Language: English
Release Date: September 11, 2015
In the early months of the German occupation during WWII, many of Europe’s major cities witnessed anti-Jewish riots, anti-Semitic incidents, and even pogroms carried out by the local population. Who took part in these excesses, and what was their attitude towards the Germans? Were they guided or...
Neither German nor Pole
Catholicism and National Indifference in a Central European Borderland
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2009
"This is a fascinating local story with major implications for studies of nationalism and regional identities throughout Europe more generally."
---Dennis Sweeney, University of Alberta
"James Bjork has produced a finely crafted, insightful, indeed, pathbreaking study of the...
by Thomas Austin
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 21, 2015
Tallinn is the capital of Estonia and is the oldest capital city in northern Europe. The city is the financial, business and technology hub of the Baltic region and The New York Times has called the city the “Silicon Valley on the Baltic Sea.” Estonia is one of the smallest countries in Europe...
Once Upon a Yugoslavia
When the American Way Met Tito's Third Way
Language: English
Release Date: November 17, 2015
It is 1968. Across America, citizens march for social reform and an end to the Vietnam War. Amid all this, Surya Green⎯a New York-born, self-absorbed, modern young woman⎯is a student at Stanford University, blithely pursuing a graduate degree in communication. Her view of life's purpose unexpectedly...
by Steve Jonas
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: July 20, 2015
Prague is the capital and largest city of the Czech Republic and has been the capital of the region of Bohemia for centuries. It is regarded as one of Europe's most charming and beautiful cities and Prague has become the most popular travel destination in Central Europe with millions of tourists visiting...
The Secret She Carried
A Perilous Odyssey Through the Time of Hitler
Language: English
Release Date: May 5, 2015
A young woman and her tiny Sudetenland German community grapple with survival in the period encompassing the world wars but find the apocalyptic peace that follows the Nazi defeat even more ruinous.
In this history-infused narrative, overwhelming events sweep up young Maria Hajek and...