Prague International Gift Shop, Czech Family Cookbook, Czech Pioneers of the Southwest

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Prague International Gift Shop

The first floor's Prague International Gift Shop features unique gifts of the Bohemian world such as Bohemian crystal and porcelain, antique Czech garnet jewelry and other collectibles from several countries, especially the Czech Republic.

Visitors may shop at our Prague International Gift Shop Monday through Saturday from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m.

We've chosen some items from our gift shop that you can purchase online with a credit card through Google Checkout. They are listed below.

Courtesies of the Heart
by Kenneth Breaux

A chance discussion in a Texas home on New Year's Eve 2001 regarding the movie "Saving Private Ryan," a renovated Czech schoolhouse in the village of Kovarska, experts from the U.S, Army in Hawaii, and Czech volunteers extended and fulfilled the courtesy of the heart begun by a gracious German citizen in Seoptember 1944 in the Thuringer Wald of Germany. This is the fascinating story of how a Tulsa World War II pilot came home on Memorial Day 2004, only a few months short of sixty years from the time he flew his last mission. Limited copies of this incredible story are available both here and in our Prague International Giftshop.

Price: $26.95

One Family’s Escape to Freedom
by Ingrid Konrad Mangialardi

“I dedicate this book to my dear sister Adrienne who gave me the only little piece of chocolate she found in her purse when both of us hadn’t eaten for three days.” Daughter Lisa Lofaro remembered her mother always worried about needing to finish her book of memories. In 2001 Ingrid finally saw the realization of that dream, publishing in 2001 this unique, personally historic account of "One Family's Escape to Freedom" from Communist ruled Czechoslovakia. It is filled with pictures of life in Czechoslovakia. Ingrid died October 25, 2002. A copy of her precious book was buried with her. Limited copies of this piognant, inspirational and historic biography are available both here and in our Prague International Giftshop.

Price: $26.95	*A Journey from Bohemia to Texas: At Your Service* by Erik Worscheh with Beverly Harris This fascinating, inspirational and historic biography chronicles Erik Worscheh's journey from his birthplace in Weseritz-Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, through the horrors of World War II, finally landing him in Houston, Texas. Using experience from his family hotel in Jechnitz and later experience at the Grand Hotel Pupp and Grand Hotel Imperial in Karlsbad Mr. Worscheh continued his career in the food industry through Mission Inn, Beverly Hilton, Shamrock Hilton, AstroWorld Hotel, The Petroleum Club and on bringing them service with grace and charm, setting the milestone for the culinary revolution in Houston. The book was published in 2008 and contains not only a memorable and touching story, but ample pictures from Worscheh's life as well. We are now offering a Limited Edition signed copy of this book, so don't miss this rare opportunity!

Price: $26.95

A Journey from Bohemia to Texas: At Your Service

by Erik Worscheh with Beverly Harris

This fascinating, inspirational and historic biography chronicles Erik Worscheh's journey from his birthplace in Weseritz-Bohemia, Czechoslovakia, through the horrors of World War II, finally landing him in Houston, Texas. Using experience from his family hotel in Jechnitz and later experience at the Grand Hotel Pupp and Grand Hotel Imperial in Karlsbad Mr. Worscheh continued his career in the food industry through Mission Inn, Beverly Hilton, Shamrock Hilton, AstroWorld Hotel, The Petroleum Club and on bringing them service with grace and charm, setting the milestone for the culinary revolution in Houston. The book was published in 2008 and contains not only a memorable and touching story, but ample pictures from Worscheh's life as well. We are now offering a Limited Edition signed copy of this book, so don't miss this rare opportunity!

Czech family cookbook - cooking with the Klimas

Price: $39.95

Czech family cookbook – cooking with the Klimas!
by Dr. Marcella Klima

Dr. Marcella Klima has developed a definitive cookbook filled to the brim with recipes with the flavor of the Czech lands. An encyclopedic volume of 536 pages, the front cover in English with half of the recipes corresponding in that language, and for the Czech reader a reversal of the volume reveals identical recipes in the Czech language! This unique cookbook has been developed over a twenty-year period to chronicle family recipes in order to pass them on to her daughter, Eva, as Marcella says, “for her to use after I am gone.”

Each recipe is delightfully annotated by an anecdotal remembrance of how the recipe entered into the family and became a favorite with each recipe relating to a particular event or happening. As someone said, “Even if you cook none of the recipes, it is absorbing reading in itself.” Native of Czechoslovakia, many of the recipes were remembered as used during times when the communists were in power affecting the availability of certain food items. A Heritage Treasure and a Library necessity.

The Czech Pioneers of the Southwest - The History of a People in the Development of a Nation

Price: $29.95

The Czech Pioneers of the Southwest
A History of Czech Settlers in Texas
by Dr. Henry R. Maresh

Originally published in 1934, this book is probably the best collection of personal interviews with the pioneer Czech Immigrants, their close families and descendants in Texas and the Southwest. This book, containing 418 pages and numerous pictures, makes a lasting gift to grandparents, parents, children, family and friends who want to learn of their heritage.