Austria Books


Man's Search for MeaningMan's Search for Meaning
Best Price: $3.95
From the perspective of a member in a culture consumed in the "existential vacuum",...
Man's Search for MeaningMan's Search for Meaning
Best Price: $12.22
I first read this book in college many years ago as I was working on my degree in psychology. An...
The Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg ArchdukeThe Red Prince: The Secret Lives of a Habsburg Archduke
Best Price: $15.73
Many of us are nostalgic about the Hababurgs, especially when we have considered the awful...
Hitler: 1889-1936 HubrisHitler: 1889-1936 Hubris
Best Price: $13.59
Kershaw undertakes three major tasks in the first volume of this outstanding biography. The...
Vienna 1683: Christian Europe Repels the Ottomans (Campaign)Vienna 1683: Christian Europe Repels the Ottomans (Campaign)
Best Price: $13.56
Destroing, literally, turkich mitary surroudning Vienna, on urgent request of the Pope send to...


Ludwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of GeniusLudwig Wittgenstein: The Duty of Genius
Best Price: $11.16
I am surprised by how, it seems to me, Monk distorts or reinterprets what the memoirs and...
Hitler: 1936-1945: NemesisHitler: 1936-1945: Nemesis
Best Price: $14.39
The second volume of Kershaw's outstanding biography of Hitler covers the period from 1936 to...
A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889A Nervous Splendor: Vienna 1888-1889
Best Price: $6.99
A marvellous, exciting and extremely well written summary of a major and influential time in...
Fin-De-Siecle Vienna: Politics and CultureFin-De-Siecle Vienna: Politics and Culture
Best Price: $12.50
We are drawn to Vienna at the beginning of the 20th century because of Adolf Hitler, as much as...
Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945Berlin Diaries, 1940-1945
Best Price: $5.00
It feels cruel to be overly critical about this book because I can't imagine the author wrote...


W.A. MozartW.A. Mozart
Best Price: $33.00
I am someone who considers Mozart to be our "greatest" composer, in fact probably a...
Ten Green Bottles: The True Story of One Family's Journey from War-torn Austria to the Ghettos of ShanghaiTen Green Bottles: The True Story of One Family's Journey from War-torn Austria to the Ghettos of Shanghai
Best Price: $4.79
The account of a Jewish familys' descent in Vienna through the Nazi hell to the foreign shores...
Kasztner's Train: The True Story of an Unknown Hero of the HolocaustKasztner's Train: The True Story of an Unknown Hero of the Holocaust
Best Price: $13.00
Anna Porter has done a great job in bringing this story of a hero of the Holocaust to her readers.
World of YesterdayWorld of Yesterday
Best Price: $12.30
Stefan Zweig writes a great memoir about the world before the Nazi Destruction of Europe. He...
Bridge at AndauBridge at Andau
Best Price: $3.26
This book is one of the best books I've ever read. Not only was it entertaining, but it carries...

The Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross & CrescentThe Siege of Vienna: The Last Great Trial Between Cross & Crescent
Best Price: $8.72
Rather looks like a turn paper of a quite average-college standard. Also, the reference index...
Collector's Guide to Pez: Identification and Price Guide, 3rd EditionCollector's Guide to Pez: Identification and Price Guide, 3rd Edition
Best Price: $13.89
This is a great update for anyones collection, I have many new Pez dispensers that are now...
The Lonely Empress: Elizabeth of AustriaThe Lonely Empress: Elizabeth of Austria
Best Price: $11.63
I enjoyed the book. It was well written and obviously well researched. I like the way it had...
Budapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its CultureBudapest 1900: A Historical Portrait of a City and Its Culture
Best Price: $8.00
In many of his books, Lukacs sets out to write a multi-disciplinary history (drawing on...
The Children of Willesden Lane: Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love, and SurvivalThe Children of Willesden Lane: Beyond the Kindertransport: A Memoir of Music, Love, and Survival
Best Price: $5.55
I was unfamiliar with the Kindertransport that moved 10,000 Jewish children to safety from the...

Lepanto 1571: The Greatest Naval Battle Of The Renaissance (Campaign)Lepanto 1571: The Greatest Naval Battle Of The Renaissance (Campaign)
Best Price: $11.79
Great story and the book gets right to the point. Although I'm not so sure about the author's...
Beethoven: The Universal Composer (Eminent Lives)Beethoven: The Universal Composer (Eminent Lives)
Best Price: $5.65
Edmund Morris' biography of Ludwig van Beethoven, part of the "Eminent Lives" series,...
Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics (California Studies in the History of Science)Lise Meitner: A Life in Physics (California Studies in the History of Science)
Best Price: $20.00
It is well known that in the fields of both science and math, women are less visible than men....
The Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi IdeologyThe Occult Roots of Nazism: Secret Aryan Cults and Their Influence on Nazi Ideology
Best Price: $18.90
Great book. Well researched and sheds light on how myths can be so powerful. Unfortunately it...
The HabsburgsThe Habsburgs
Best Price: $7.56
Unlike most histories of the Austian-Spanish-Burgundian-Low Country-Holy Roman Emporers, who...

Last Waltz in ViennaLast Waltz in Vienna
Best Price: $14.85
This well-written, incisive, and even-handed telling of the author's Klaar family in Austria,...
A Concise History of Austria (Cambridge Concise Histories)A Concise History of Austria (Cambridge Concise Histories)
Best Price: $10.00
An interesting and easy to understand book on the history of Austria. This is the kind of book...
Gustav Klimt: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky CollectionsGustav Klimt: The Ronald S. Lauder and Serge Sabarsky Collections
Best Price: $39.00
Gustav Klimt (1862 - 1918), while popular and admired in his time, suffered a period of being...
Viktor Frankl: A Life Worth LivingViktor Frankl: A Life Worth Living
Best Price: $11.06
For those curious about the man behind the famous book Man's Search for Meaning, this solid,...
Recollections: An AutobiographyRecollections: An Autobiography
Best Price: $5.40
If you have read Man's Search for Meaning, this autobioraphical reflection from Frankl is very...

Freud: A Life for Our TimeFreud: A Life for Our Time
Best Price: $13.60
This book describes Freud`s life with deep insight, and you can review the European history at...
To the Last Salute: Memories of an Austrian U-Boat CommanderTo the Last Salute: Memories of an Austrian U-Boat Commander
Best Price: $13.56
This is reasonably light read broken into bite-size chapters covering a variety of experiences...
A Concise History of Hungary (Cambridge Concise Histories)A Concise History of Hungary (Cambridge Concise Histories)
Best Price: $17.69
This is a surprisingly fine book. It is lively and concise. It is efficient, covering all major...
Vienna and Chicago, Friends or Foes?: A Tale of Two Schools of Free Market EconomicsVienna and Chicago, Friends or Foes?: A Tale of Two Schools of Free Market Economics
Best Price: $13.95
In this book Mark Skousen compares and contrasts the ideas of the two most prominent schools of...
The Fall of the House of HabsburgThe Fall of the House of Habsburg
Best Price: $0.49
One of Crankshaw's best, this forthrightly conservative and sympathetic book is premised on the...

1791: Mozart's Last Year1791: Mozart's Last Year
Best Price: $10.13
This is a good book to read late at night, in the woods, alone. If you enjoy Mozart then...you...
Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (Vintage)Twelve Days: The Story of the 1956 Hungarian Revolution (Vintage)
Best Price: $8.98
Alexis de Toqueville said the most dangerous moment for an autocratic government is when it...
Unended Quest (Routledge Classics)Unended Quest (Routledge Classics)
Best Price: $6.49
Routledge Classics has done us all - fans of clear thinking, clear writing and great literature...
The Austrian Mind: An Intellectual and Social History, 1848-1938The Austrian Mind: An Intellectual and Social History, 1848-1938
Best Price: $24.00
Anyone with a serious interest in the late Habsburg Empire, Austria-Hungary, or Viennese culture...
Collecting Swarovski: Identification & Price Guide (Identification and Value Guides (Krause))Collecting Swarovski: Identification & Price Guide (Identification and Value Guides (Krause))
Best Price: $7.53
While I think this is such a beautifully done book with great photos, descriptions, prices and...

Leap into Darkness: Seven Years on the Run in Wartime EuropeLeap into Darkness: Seven Years on the Run in Wartime Europe
Best Price: $7.89
an incredible story about the human spirit and the will to live against all odds.
The Hungarians: A Thousand Years of Victory in DefeatThe Hungarians: A Thousand Years of Victory in Defeat
Best Price: $22.49
I have been studying Hungary for over a decade and this book was still able to introduce new...
Danube (Panther)Danube (Panther)
Best Price: $11.32
The best book of an age is a brave new form of imagination and wisdom. "Danube" is a...
The Siege of Budapest: One Hundred Days in World War IIThe Siege of Budapest: One Hundred Days in World War II
Best Price: $11.99
The author has done an outstanding job of writing about the little known siege of Budapest...
The Good Soldier: From Austrian Social Democracy to Communist Captivity with a Soldier of Panzer-Grenadier Division "Grossdeutschland"The Good Soldier: From Austrian Social Democracy to Communist Captivity with a Soldier of Panzer-Grenadier Division "Grossdeutschland"
Best Price: $8.99
More of a lifetime biography than a war biography, which is fine . Like I say, it is worth...

The War of the Austrian SuccessionThe War of the Austrian Succession
Best Price: $16.20
I enjoyed reading this book, simply because there isn't too many books out there on the War of...
Early Modern Spain: A Documentary HistoryEarly Modern Spain: A Documentary History
Best Price: $21.50
Spain as a political entity can be traced to the joining of the two largest Iberian kingdoms...
The Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire, 1815-1918 (2nd Edition)The Decline and Fall of the Habsburg Empire, 1815-1918 (2nd Edition)
I bought the second edition under the misleading impression that the contents will be updated,...
Documents on the Holocaust: Selected Sources on the Destruction of the Jews of Germany and Austria, Poland, and the Soviet Union (Eighth Edition)Documents on the Holocaust: Selected Sources on the Destruction of the Jews of Germany and Austria, Poland, and the Soviet Union (Eighth Edition)
Best Price: $18.00
An interesting book. The first section describes the gradual tightening of legal restrictions on...
ESSLING: Napoleon's First Defeat? (Men & Battles)ESSLING: Napoleon's First Defeat? (Men & Battles)
Best Price: $14.80
May 1809. After getting off to a thundering start with his campaign, Napoleon had to carry out a...

Klimt (World of Art)Klimt (World of Art)
Best Price: $3.70
The Schubert Song CompanionThe Schubert Song Companion
Best Price: $18.67
. For those who have the time and intellectual inclination, suggest you pair this book with...
Mall Maker: Victor Gruen, Architect of an American DreamMall Maker: Victor Gruen, Architect of an American Dream
Best Price: $23.47
There are only two things to say about this book on Gruen the Mall Maker: 1) The writing must be...
Twilight of the Habsburgs: The Life and Times of Emperor Francis JosephTwilight of the Habsburgs: The Life and Times of Emperor Francis Joseph
Best Price: $5.00
As a regular reader of biographies (just finished a wonderful book on Talleyrand), was really...
The Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the HolocaustThe Nazi Officer's Wife: How One Jewish Woman Survived the Holocaust
Best Price: $3.45
This book was recommended by a friend, and while it came highly-rated, I hesitated to read it...

Wittgenstein's ViennaWittgenstein's Vienna
Best Price: $10.50
This is a dazzlingly dense intellectual history of a time when there was an explosion of new...
    
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