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The most comprehensive guide to the area, with a chapter on Russia's noncontiguous Kaliningrad region, this guide combines background information, cultural insights, and information on practicalities. Outdoor activities range from stork spotting to bobsledding and bungee jumping.
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This well-crafted, affecting memoir offers a detailed account of the author's struggle to survive the German occupation of Lithuania amid the terrorizing, torture and liquidation of most of the inhabitants of the Kaunas ghetto during WWII. Ganor describes the diabolical way the Nazis turned gentile Lithuanians against Jews and, inside the ghetto itself, ne...

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The beauty of Lithuania and the hospitality of its people guarantee an unforgettable trip for any visitor. The Old Town of Vilnius, the country's capital, offers a striking and exuberant mix of Gothic and baroque architecture. Spend relaxing days exploring its cobbled lanes, and atmospheric evenings in its colorful bars. Or head for the coast and the wild dunes -...

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Text: English (translation)
Original Language: Japanese

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The Baltic capital cities of Tallinn, Riga, Vilnius and Kaliningrad offer a range of attractions that appeals to both tourists and business visitors. Located within easy reach of each other, they are ideal for a multi-center trip or individually for that unusual short break. This compact volume offers a comprehensive perspective on each city. Details of city walk...

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In this deeply moving personal reminiscence, eminent historian Dawidowicz ( The War Against the Jews ) recounts the year she spent in Vilna, Poland, shortly before barbaric German troops swept in and murdered nearly all of that city's 60,000 Jews. Vilna no longer exists--Vilnius, the present-day capital of Soviet Lithuania, contains hardly a trace of the f...

Andre Gregory
A lovely book. Truly lovely. A Chagall-like meditation on a joyful and frightening voyage through the 20th century. Without guile or pretension, Rose Choron is a marvelous storyteller.

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About the Author
Harold C. Wilson is an author, educator, poet and adventurer. He is a long time admirer of Henry David Thoreau, and has been acclaimed for his outdoor education expeditions, using living simulation, bringing history and science alive to his students. He has written articles and books on many of the places he visits. Past titles include "The Cry of the Frigate Bi...

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Cartographia, organized in 1954, is the largest map publishing company in Hungary. Its tourist, city, and road maps, and atlases, cover destinations throughout Europe and other parts of the world. The firm has also produced cartography for well-known map-publishing houses such as Falk, Ravenstein, Hallwag, Freytag Berndt u. Artaria.

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This text provides a discursive map of Lithuanian liberal nationalism by focusing on the work of three eminent Lithuanian scholars - Vytautas Kavolis, Aleksandras Shtromas and Tomas Venclova. Presenting these critics of society - and also analyzing the significant impact of such writers as George Orwell and Czeslaw Milosz on Lithuanian political and cultural dissent - t...

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iJET Weekly Travel Intelligence® Report - Lithuania provides you detailed Travel Intelligence® that is updated weekly reflecting local conditions as of 7-15 days prior to purchase. Travel Intelligence® differs from typical destination information in that it is current, independent, unbiased knowledge focusing on potential travel concerns. Travel ...

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Text: German, English, French (translation)

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With a yellow border down the front left-hand side indicating the country and its flag, this atlas of the Baltic states contains major town plans. Fully indexed, it can be used for route-planning purposes. The scale is 1:300,000.

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Text: German, English, French, Hungarian

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Text: Hungarian, English, French, German, Russian

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