Setting out to recover the roots of modernity in the boulevards, interiors, and arcades of the "city of light," Walter Benjamin dubbed Paris "the capital of the nineteenth century." In this eagerly anticipated sequel to his acclaimed Coasts of Bohemia: A Czech History, Derek Sayer argues that Prague[...]

Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about the world's most intoxicating cities. Whether you are staying for 48 hours o[...]

The fast-track guide for the smart traveller Wallpaper* City Guides present a tightly edited, discreetly packaged list of the best a location has to offer the design conscious traveller. Here is a precise, informative, insider's checklist of all you need to know about the world's most intoxicating c[...]

On August 20, 1968, tens of thousands of Soviet and East European ground and air forces moved into Czechoslovakia and occupied the country in an attempt to end the 'Prague Spring' reforms and restore an orthodox Communist regime. The leader of the Soviet Communist Party, Leonid Brezhnev, was initial[...]

Streamline your vacation to Europe's most enchanting city with "DK Eyewitness Travel Guide: Top 10 Prague." Organized into easy-to-follow, illustrated itineraries, this Top 10 travel guide for Prague takes you to the best spots in the city, including its top 10 restaurants and cafes, the top 10 haun[...]

The most comprehensive reference on this popular database management tool, fully updated with the new features of Access "X" including increased use of XML and Web servicesExplores the new, tighter integration with SharePoint and BizTalk in Office "X" that enables greater flexibility for gathering a[...]

Music and war, war and music--these are the twin motifs around which Bradford Morrow, recipient of the Academy Award in Fiction from the American Academy of Arts and Letters, has composed his magnum opus, The Prague Sonata, a novel more than a dozen years in the making.In the early days of the n[...]

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, Germans, Italians, and Jews have lived and wor[...]

Abandoning the usual Cold War oriented narrative of postwar European protest and opposition movements, this volume offers an innovative, inter-disciplinary, and comprehensive perspective on two decades of protest and social upheaval in postwar Europe. It examines the mutual influences and interactio[...]

This updated 2nd edition of this delightful walking guide whose unique sellingpoint is walking routes on 'bird's eye view' (isometric) mapping. Not just this,but the walks are informative and fun. Exploring Prague with this guide is likebeing taken by a friend who knows all the best restaurants, sho[...]