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  • Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World Richard Cockett 9780300279368

    Vienna: How the City of Ideas Created the Modern World Richard Cockett 9780300279368

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    How can one European capital be responsible for most of the West's intellectual and cultural achievements in the twentieth century? Viennese ideas saturate the modern world. From California architecture to Hollywood Westerns, modern advertising to...
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  • Parallel Lines: A Journey from Childhood to Belsen Peter Lantos 9781905147571

    Parallel Lines: A Journey from Childhood to Belsen Peter Lantos 9781905147571

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    "I have read few autobiographies more extraordinary . . . Astonishing" OBSERVER"A classic. I preferred it to Primo Levi's If This is a Man" EDWARD WILSON"A child's clear-eyed journey to hell" ANNE SEBBAThis is a story of a young boy's journey from a...
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  • The World of Yesterday: Memoirs of a European by Stefan Zweig 9781805331155

    The World of Yesterday: Memoirs of a European by Stefan Zweig 9781805331155

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    Stefan Zweig's seminal memoir recalls the golden age of pre-war Europe - its seeming permanence, its promise and its devastating fall. Through the story of his life and his relationships with the leading literary figures of the day, Zweig's fervent,...
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  • Abigail Magda Szabo 9780857058492

    Abigail Magda Szabo 9780857058492

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    A teenage girl's difficult journey towards adulthood in a time of war."A school story for grownups that is also about our inability or refusal to protect children from history" SARAH MOSS"Of all Szabo's novels, Abigail deserves the widest readership...
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  • I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust Julian Borger 9781399803311

    I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust Julian Borger 9781399803311

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    'A powerful, eloquent and deeply affecting book. I loved it' EDMUND DE WAAL'Tender, evocative and deeply moving' JONATHAN FREEDLAND'Profound, elegiac and fascinating . . . I zipped through it' PHILIPPE SANDS'Compelling' DAILY MAIL, BOOK OF THE...
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  • Silent Catastrophes: Essays on Literature, 1972-1989 W. G. Sebald 9780241144190

    Silent Catastrophes: Essays on Literature, 1972-1989 W. G. Sebald 9780241144190

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    'We have become suspicious, rightly, of claims for literary greatness, but in Sebald's case the claim was triumphantly justified. He was, he is, the real thing' John Banville, GuardianFrom acclaimed critic, novelist and academic W. G. Sebald, author of...
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  • The Habsburgs: The Rise and Fall of a World Power by Martyn Rady

    The Habsburgs: The Rise and Fall of a World Power by Martyn Rady

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    'This is probably the best book ever written on the Habsburgs in any language, certainly the best I have ever read ... Students, scholars and the general reader will never find a better guide to Habsburg history' Alan Sked, Times Literary SupplementIn...
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  • Nine Suitcases Bela Zsolt 9780712606899

    Nine Suitcases Bela Zsolt 9780712606899

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    Originally published in weekly instalments, Nine Suitcases is the Hungarian writer Bela Zsolt's harrowing memoir of his experiences in the ghetto of Nagyvarad and as a forced labourer in the Ukraine. Written with exceptional freshness and a devastating...
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  • The Habsburg Monarchy 1809-1918: A History of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary by A. J. P. Taylor

    The Habsburg Monarchy 1809-1918: A History of the Austrian Empire and Austria-Hungary by A. J. P. Taylor

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    A history of the Habsburg monarchy from the end of the Holy Roman Empire to the monarchy's dissolution in 1918. The book offers an insight into the problems inherent in the attempt to give peace, stability and common loyalty to a hetergeneous population...
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  • Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe by Simon Winder 9780330522793

    Danubia: A Personal History of Habsburg Europe by Simon Winder 9780330522793

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    For centuries much of Europe was in the hands of the very peculiar Habsburg family. An unstable mixture of wizards, obsessives, melancholics, bores, musicians and warriors, they saw off - through luck, guile and sheer mulishness - any number of rivals,...
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  • DK Eyewitness Hungary DK Eyewitness 9780241306246

    DK Eyewitness Hungary DK Eyewitness 9780241306246

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    The ideal travel companion, full of insider advice on what to see and do, plus detailed itineraries and comprehensive maps for exploring Hungary.Experience luxurious spas, wander the historic Castle District in Budapest or explore the immense Hortobagy...
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  • The End of the Habsburgs: The Decline and Fall of the Austrian Monarchy by John Van der Kiste 9781781557709

    The End of the Habsburgs: The Decline and Fall of the Austrian Monarchy by John Van der Kiste 9781781557709

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    In 1806, the Holy Roman Empire ceased to exist when Francis II became Emperor of Austria. 112 years later, the Habsburg empire collapsed after the First World War after surviving many tribulations. During the year of revolutions in 1848 the much-loved...
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  • I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust by Julian Borger 9781399803304

    I Seek a Kind Person: My Father, Seven Children and the Adverts that Helped Them Escape the Holocaust by Julian Borger 9781399803304

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    'A powerful, eloquent and deeply affecting book. I loved it' EDMUND DE WAAL'Tender, evocative and deeply moving' JONATHAN FREEDLAND'Profound, elegiac and fascinating... I zipped through it' PHILIPPE SANDS'Compelling' DAILY MAIL, BOOK OF THE WEEK'I SEEK A...
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  • Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger

    Maria Theresa: The Habsburg Empress in Her Time by Barbara Stollberg-Rilinger

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    A major new biography of the iconic Austrian empress that challenges the many myths about her life and ruleMaria Theresa (1717-1780) was once the most powerful woman in Europe. At the age of twenty-three, she ascended to the throne of the Habsburg...
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  • Budapest: Between East and West by Victor Sebestyen

    Budapest: Between East and West by Victor Sebestyen

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    Budapest has always been an important place. Almost at the centre of Europe, it is at the crossroads of geographical regions and of civilizations, at the intersection of ancient trade routes. Mountains that gradually slope into gentle hills converge on a...
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  • Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 by Sir Max Hastings

    Catastrophe: Europe Goes to War 1914 by Sir Max Hastings

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    The Amazon History Book of the Year 2013 is a magisterial chronicle of the calamity that befell Europe in 1914 as the continent shifted from the glamour of the Edwardian era to the tragedy of total war. In 1914, Europe plunged into the 20th...
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  • Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918 by Alexander Watson

    Ring of Steel: Germany and Austria-Hungary at War, 1914-1918 by Alexander Watson

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    Sunday Times History Book of the Year 2014Winner of the 2014 Wolfson History Prize, the 2014 Guggenheim-Lehrman Prize in Military History, the Society for Military History's 2015 Distinguished Book Award and the 2015 British Army Military Book of the...
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  • The Great Tradition and Its Legacy: The Evolution of Dramatic and Musical Theater in Austria and Central Europe Michael Cherlin 9781571811738

    The Great Tradition and Its Legacy: The Evolution of Dramatic and Musical Theater in Austria and Central Europe Michael Cherlin 9781571811738

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    Both dramatic and musical theater are part of the tradition that has made Austria - especially Vienna - and the old Habsburg lands synonymous with high culture in Central Europe. Many works, often controversial originally but now considered as classics,...
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  • Golden Harvest: Events at the Periphery of the Holocaust by Jan Tomasz Gross

    Golden Harvest: Events at the Periphery of the Holocaust by Jan Tomasz Gross

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    It seems at first commonplace: a group photograph of peasants at harvest time, after hard work well done, resting contentedly with their tools behind the fruits of their labor. But when one finally notices the "crops" scattered in front of the group,...
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  • Edge of Irony: Modernism in the Shadow of the Habsburg Empire by Marjorie Perloff 9780226566177

    Edge of Irony: Modernism in the Shadow of the Habsburg Empire by Marjorie Perloff 9780226566177

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    Among the brilliant writers and thinkers who emerged from the multicultural and multilingual world of the Austro-Hungarian Empire were Joseph Roth, Robert Musil, and Ludwig Wittgenstein. For them, the trauma of World War I included the sudden loss of the...
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  • The Angel Makers: The True Story of the Most Astonishing Murder Ring in History by Patti McCracken 9780008579562

    The Angel Makers: The True Story of the Most Astonishing Murder Ring in History by Patti McCracken 9780008579562

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    A Financial Times Best Summer Book 2023 A Waterstones Best True Crime Book Nagyrev, Hungary, 1929. Over 160 mysterious deaths. A group of local wives conspiring together, and one woman at the centre of it all... ...
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  • Katalin Street: WINNER of the 2018 PEN Translation Prize Magda Szabo 9780857058478

    Katalin Street: WINNER of the 2018 PEN Translation Prize Magda Szabo 9780857058478

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    BY THE AUTHOR OF THE DOOR, ONE OF NYTBR'S TEN BEST BOOKS OF 2015** WINNER OF THE 2018 PEN TRANSLATION PRIZE **** SHORTLISTED FOR THE WARWICK WOMEN IN TRANSLATION PRIZE 2019 **"Extraordinary" New York Times"Quite unforgettable" Daily Telegraph"Unusual,...
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  • Franz Joseph and Elisabeth: The Last Great Monarchs of Austria-Hungary by Karen B. Owens 9780786476749

    Franz Joseph and Elisabeth: The Last Great Monarchs of Austria-Hungary by Karen B. Owens 9780786476749

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    In 1848, an 18-year-old boy assumed the throne of Austria, one of the most powerful countries in Europe. He would be its last significant emperor, the only monarch to serve two countries, and the last cogent head of the prestigious Habsburg dynasty...
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  • Hungary 1848: The Winter Campaign by Johann Nobili

    Hungary 1848: The Winter Campaign by Johann Nobili

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913118785Author Johann NobiliFormat PaperbackPage Count 372Imprint Helion & CompanyPublisher Helion & Company
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  • Joseph II by T. C. W. Blanning 9780582052727

    Joseph II by T. C. W. Blanning 9780582052727

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    Joseph II (1741--90) -- son and eventual successor of Maria Theresa -- has conventionally been seen in the context of the "Enlightened Despot'' reformers. Today's turmoil in his former territories invites a rather different perspective, however, as...
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  • Vienna: The International Capital by Angus Robertson

    Vienna: The International Capital by Angus Robertson

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    Vienna is unique amongst world capitals in its consistent international importance over the centuries. From the ascent of the Habsburgs as Europe's leading dynasty to the Congress of Vienna, which reordered Europe after Napoleon, to bridge- building...
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  • Twelve Days: Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters by Victor Sebestyen

    Twelve Days: Revolution 1956. How the Hungarians tried to topple their Soviet masters by Victor Sebestyen

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    The defining moment of the Cold War: 'The beginning of the end of the Soviet empire.' (Richard Nixon)The Hungarian Revolution in 1956 is a story of extraordinary bravery in a fight for freedom, and of ruthless cruelty in suppressing a popular dream. A...
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  • Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph by Jan Swafford

    Beethoven: Anguish and Triumph by Jan Swafford

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    Jan Swafford's biographies of composers Charles Ives and Johannes Brahms have established him as a revered music historian, capable of bringing his subjects vibrantly to life. His magnificent new biography of Ludwig van Beethoven peels away layers of...
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  • The Habsburg Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Martyn Rady

    The Habsburg Empire: A Very Short Introduction by Martyn Rady

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    The Habsburgs are the most famous dynasty in continental Europe. From the thirteenth to the twentieth centuries, they ruled much of Central Europe, and for two centuries were also rulers of Spain. Through the Spanish connection, they acquired lands...
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  • The War of the Austrian Succession by Reed Browning 9780312125615

    The War of the Austrian Succession by Reed Browning 9780312125615

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    Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780312125615Author Reed BrowningFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint St. Martin's GriffinPublisher St. Martin's GriffinWeight(grams) 585gDimensions(mm)...
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  • Vienna. Portrait of a City by Christian Brandstatter 9783836567268

    Vienna. Portrait of a City by Christian Brandstatter 9783836567268

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    Vienna combines drama and elegance like no other. For centuries the heart of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, the stately city on the Danube, has been defined by vast palaces and imperial grandeur-but behind the Baroque opulence, Vienna is also a place of...
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  • Collision of Empires by Prit Buttar

    Collision of Empires by Prit Buttar

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    Collision of Empires is the first major historical work on the Eastern Front during World War I since the 1970s. One of the primary triggers of the outbreak of World War I was undoubtedly the myriad alliances and suspicions that existed between the...
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  • The Red Army in Austria: The Soviet Occupation, 1945–1955 by Stefan Karner 9781793626608

    The Red Army in Austria: The Soviet Occupation, 1945–1955 by Stefan Karner 9781793626608

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    Based on a broad array of sources from Russian and Austrian archives, this collection provides a comprehensive analysis of the Soviet occupation of Austria from 1945 to 1955. The contributors cover a wide range of topics, including the Soviet Secret...
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  • Vienna and the Jews, 1867-1938: A Cultural History by Steven Beller

    Vienna and the Jews, 1867-1938: A Cultural History by Steven Beller

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    This book studies the role played by Jews in the explosion of cultural innovation in Vienna at the turn of the century, which had its roots in the years following the Ausgleich of 1867 and its demise in the sweeping events of the 1930s. Dr Beller shows...
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  • Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500 by Peter H. Wilson 9780674987623

    Iron and Blood: A Military History of the German-Speaking Peoples since 1500 by Peter H. Wilson 9780674987623

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    From the author of the acclaimed The Thirty Years War and Heart of Europe, a masterful, landmark reappraisal of German military history, and of the preconceptions about German militarism since before the rise of Prussia and the world wars.German military...
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  • Siege of Budapest 1944-45: The Brutal Battle for the Pearl of the Danube by Balazs Mihalyi

    Siege of Budapest 1944-45: The Brutal Battle for the Pearl of the Danube by Balazs Mihalyi

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    A gripping and detailed study of the brutal urban battle for Budapest, which saw German and Hungarian troops struggling to halt the joint Soviet-Romanian offensive to take the key city on the Danube. The 52-day-long siege of Budapest witnessed some of...
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  • Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals by James Longo 9781635766509

    Hitler and the Habsburgs: The Fuhrer's Vendetta Against the Austrian Royals by James Longo 9781635766509

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    Now in paperback, a stunning work of narrative history revealing how and why Adolf Hitler targeted the children of the assassinated Archduke Franz Ferdinand, making the Archduke's sons the first two Austrians deported to the Dachau concentration camp,...
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  • The Mercurial Emperor: The Magic Circle of Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague by Peter Marshall

    The Mercurial Emperor: The Magic Circle of Rudolf II in Renaissance Prague by Peter Marshall

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    In the late 16th century the greatest philosophers, alchemists, astronomers, painters, and mathematicians of the day flocked to Prague to work under the patronage of the Holy Roman Emperor Rudolf II, an emperor more interested in the great minds of his...
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  • East Central Europe since 1989: Politics, Culture, and Society Sabrina P. Ramet 9781032319209

    East Central Europe since 1989: Politics, Culture, and Society Sabrina P. Ramet 9781032319209

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    This groundbreaking treatment of post-communist developments in East Central Europe examines politics, economics, media, religious institutions, transitional justice, gender inequality, and literature, highlighting the overt functions, latent functions,...
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  • Eurasian Empires as Blueprints for Ethiopia: From Ethnolinguistic Nation-State to Multiethnic Federation by Asnake Kefale

    Eurasian Empires as Blueprints for Ethiopia: From Ethnolinguistic Nation-State to Multiethnic Federation by Asnake Kefale

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    This book is a contribution to the global history of the transfer of political ideas, as exemplified by the case of modern Ethiopia.Like many non-European nation-states, Ethiopia adopted a western model of statehood, that is, the nation-state. Unlike the...
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