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Prague Winter: A Personal Story of Remembrance and War, 1937-1948 by Madeleine Albright Publisher Comments Before Madeleine Albright turned twelve, her life was shaken by the Nazi invasion of Czechoslovakia—the country where she was born—the Battle of Britain, the near total destruction of European Jewry, the Allied victory in World War II, the... (read more) Your price: $29.99 New - Hardcover 
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Rusyns of Slovakia: An Historical Survey by Paul Magocsi Book News Annotation Among the movements spawned by the upheavals in Eastern Europe in the past few years has been a resurgence of the Rusyn nationalists. There is some controversy about whether the people, spread though the Carpathian Mountains across five countries ever... (read more) Your price: $22.00 Used - Hardcover
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Czech Reader (10 Edition) by Jan Bazant Publisher Comments The Czech Reader brings together more than 150 primary texts and illustrations to convey the dramatic history of the Czechs, from the emergence of the Czech state in the tenth century, through the creation of Czechoslovakia in 1918 and the Czech Republic... (read more) List Price $26.95 Your price: $21.00 Used - Trade Paper
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History of Slovakia the Struggle 2ND Edition by Stanisla Kirschbaum Publisher Comments This classic book offers the most comprehensive and up-to-date history of Slovakia, from its establishment on the Danubian Plain to the present. While paying tribute to Slovakia's resilience and struggle for survival, it describes contributions to... (read more) Your price: $20.00 New - Trade Paper
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Prague in Danger: The Years of German Occupation, 1939-45: Memories and History, Terror and Resistance, Theater and Jazz, Film and Poetr by Peter Demetz Publisher Comments A dramatic account of life in Czechoslovakias great capital during the Nazi Protectorate With this successor book to Prague in Black and Gold, his account of more than a thousand years of history in the great Central European capital, Peter Demetz... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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Prague in Black and Gold: Scenes from the Life of a European City by Peter Demetz Publisher Comments Prague is at the core of everything both wonderful and terrible in Western history, but few people truly understand this city's unique culture. In Prague in Black and Gold, Peter Demetz strips away sentimentalities and distortions and shows how Czechs... (read more) List Price $17.95 Your price: $7.98 Sale - Trade Paper
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After Hitler, before Stalin: Catholics, Communists, and Democrats in Slovakia, 1945-1948 by James Ramon Felak Publisher Comments After Hitler, Before Stalin examines the crucial postwar period in Slovakia, following Nazi occupation and ending with the Communist coup of February1948. Centering his work around the major political role of the Catholic Church and its leaders, James... (read more) List Price $21.56 Your price: $19.13 Google eBooks - Electronic
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The Twelve Little Cakes by Dominika Dery Publisher Comments Long before she was born, Dominika first appeared to her mother in a dream, so when she came to be, she was welcomed with eager expectation and much love. Though her arrival was auspicious, as the child of recognized dissidents associated with the failed... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $9.95 Used - Hardcover
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Disturbing the Peace: A Conversation with Karel Huizdala by Vaclav Havel Publisher Comments An intimate history of Czechoslovakia under communism; a meditation on the social and political role of art, and a triumphant statement of the values underlying all the recent revolutions in Central and Eastern Europe.... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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The Magic Circle of Rudolf II: Alchemy and Astrology in Renaissance Prague by Peter Marshall Publisher Comments Rudolf II—Habsburg heir, Holy Roman Emperor, king of Hungary, Germany, and the Romans—is one of historys great characters, and yet he remains largely an unknown figure. His reign (1576-1612) roughly mirrored that of Queen Elizabeth I... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your price: $11.50 Used - Hardcover
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A Romantic Education by Patricia Hampl Publisher Comments Golden Prague seemed mostly gray when Patricia Hampl first went there in quest of her Czech heritage. In that bleak time, no one could have predicted the political upheaval awaiting Communist Europe and the city of Kafka and Rilke. Hampl's subsequent... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $7.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Forging Political Compromise: Antonin Svehla & the Czechoslovak Republican Party, 1918-1933 (Pitt Series in Russian and East European Studies) by Daniel E. Miller Synopsis In this investigation of Czechoslovakia during the interwar period, Miller (history, U. of West Florida) focuses on the Agrarian or Republic party and its leader at the time, Antonin Svehla. He argues that it was Svehla's ability to mediate among... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $35.00 Used - Hardcover
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Open Letters: Selected Writings, 1965-1990 by Vaclav Havel Publisher Comments Spanning twenty-five years, this historic collection of writings shows Vaclav Havel's evolution from a modestly known playwright who had the courage to advise and criticize Czechoslovakia's leaders to a newly elected president whose first address to his... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your price: $8.50 Used - Trade Paper
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Summer Meditations by Vaclav Havel Publisher Comments In a book written while he was president of Czechoslovakia, Vaclav Havel combines the same powerful eloquence, moral passion, and abiding wisdom that informed his writing as a dissident and playwright, with a candor unprecedented from one with the broad... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your price: $5.95 Used - Trade Paper
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Weimar and Now #21: Prague Territories by Scott Spector Publisher Comments Scott Spector's adventurous cultural history maps for the first time the "territories" carved out by German-Jewish intellectuals living in Prague at the dawn of the twentieth century. Spector explores the social, cultural, and ideological contexts in... (read more) List Price $45.00 Your price: $23.00 Used - Hardcover
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Prague in Black and Gold: Scenes from the Life of a European City by Peter Demetz Publisher Comments Prague is at the core of everything both wonderful and terrible in Western history, but few people truly understand this city's unique culture. In Prague in Black and Gold, Peter Demetz strips away sentimentalities and distortions and shows how Czechs... (read more) List Price $27.50 Your price: $11.95 Used - Hardcover
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Prague : Cultural and Literary History (03 Edition) by Richard Burton Publisher Comments A treasure house of gothic, baroque, and modernist architecture, Prague is also a city of icons and symbols. Burton explores this metropolis of theatrical illusion, where politics and drama intertwine. Illustrations.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your price: $8.00 Used - Trade Paper
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Russia Abroad: Prague and the Russian Diaspora, 1918-1939 by Catherine Andreyev Publisher Comments In the wake of the Russian Revolution and the ensuing civil war, approximately 1.5 million Russians fled their country. Many settled in Prague, where they were welcomed and supported by the newly formed Czechoslovak Republic. This book presents the first... (read more) List Price $42.00 Your price: $6.95 Used - Hardcover
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Prague in Black: Nazi Rule and Czech Nationalism by Chad Bryant Publisher Comments In September 1938, the Munich Agreement delivered the Sudetenland to Germany. Six months later, Hitler's troops marched unopposed into Prague and established the Protectorate of Bohemia and Moravia--the first non-German territory to be occupied by Nazi... (read more) List Price $32.50 Your price: $29.75 New - Trade Paper
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After Hitler, Before Stalin: Catholics, Communists, and Democrats in Slovakia, 1945-1948 (Pitt Russian East European) by James Ramon Felak Publisher Comments After Hitler, Before Stalin examines the crucial postwar period in Slovakia, following Nazi occupation and ending with the Communist coup of February1948. Centering his work around the major political role of the Catholic Church and its leaders, James... (read more) Your price: $26.95 New - Trade Paper
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