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Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the most popular resort cities to the most exotic villages, Insight Guides capture the unique character of each culture with an insider's perspective. Inside every Insight Guide you'll find: .Evocative, full-colour photography on every page .Cross-referenced, full-colour maps throughout .A brief introduction including a historical timeline .Lively, essays by local writers on the culture, history, and people .Expert evaluations on the sights really worth seeing .Special features spotlighting particular topics of interest .A comprehensive Travel Tips section with listings of the best restaurants, hotels, and attractions, as well as practical information on getting around and advice for travel with children
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Since 2000. Hammond, American Map, Langenscheidt Dictionaries, Insight Travel Guides, Delorme – the famous names in the Langenscheidt family. These represent the most authoritative, up-to-date, and extensive travel and reference products available. In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent.
Insight Guides, the world's largest visual travel guide series, in association with Discovery Channel, the world's premier source of nonfiction entertainment, provides more insight than ever. From the most popular resort cities to the most exotic villages, Insight Guides capture the unique character of each culture with an insider's perspective. Inside every Insight Guide you'll find: .Evocative, full-colour photography on every page .Cross-referenced, full-colour maps throughout .A brief introduction including a historical timeline .Lively, essays by local writers on the culture, history, and people .Expert evaluations on the sights really worth seeing .Special features spotlighting particular topics of interest .A comprehensive Travel Tips section with listings of the best restaurants, hotels, and attractions, as well as practical information on getting around and advice for travel with children
About the Author
Since 2000. Hammond, American Map, Langenscheidt Dictionaries, Insight Travel Guides, Delorme – the famous names in the Langenscheidt family. These represent the most authoritative, up-to-date, and extensive travel and reference products available. In January 2003, the renowned Berlitz Publishing became part of the Langenscheidt Group. The Langenscheidt Publishing Group, the premier group of map and travel companies, offers over 4,000 North American and international street maps, road maps, atlases, language-learning, bilingual dictionaries, and travel-related products covering countries, cities, and languages in every continent.
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The frontiers of the Czech lands and Slovakia did not assume their present boundaries until this century, and yet the region can claim a long history as one of the focal points of Central European civilization and as a bridge-or sometimes a watershed-between the cultures of eastern and western Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Czech Republic, High Tatras, World War, Bohemian Forest, Karlovy Vary, Middle Ages, Prague Spring, Wenceslas Square, Jan Hus, Lesser Quarter, Prague Castle, Franz Kafka, May-Sept Tues-Sun, Peter Parler, Soviet Union, Charles Bridge, Czechoslovak Republic, Greater Moravia, Laterna Magika, Milan Kundera, Battle of the White Mountain, Bethlehem Chapel, First Republic, Lower Tatras, Municipal House New!
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The frontiers of the Czech lands and Slovakia did not assume their present boundaries until this century, and yet the region can claim a long history as one of the focal points of Central European civilization and as a bridge-or sometimes a watershed-between the cultures of eastern and western Europe. Read the first page Key Phrases - Capitalized Phrases (CAPs): (learn more)
Czech Republic, High Tatras, World War, Bohemian Forest, Karlovy Vary, Middle Ages, Prague Spring, Wenceslas Square, Jan Hus, Lesser Quarter, Prague Castle, Franz Kafka, May-Sept Tues-Sun, Peter Parler, Soviet Union, Charles Bridge, Czechoslovak Republic, Greater Moravia, Laterna Magika, Milan Kundera, Battle of the White Mountain, Bethlehem Chapel, First Republic, Lower Tatras, Municipal House New!
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- The Good Soldier Schweik and His Fortunes in the Great War by Jaroslav Hasek on 7 pages
- The Bartered Bride: Vocal Score (G. Schirmer Opera Score Editions) by Marian Farguhar on 5 pages
- The Unbearable Lightness of Being: A Novel by Milan Kundera on page 100, page 110, and page 111
- Bohumil Hrabal by Václav Havel on page 99, page 100, and page 105
- Don Giovanni in Full Score (Opera Libretto Series) by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart on page 89, page 103, and page 143
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