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The author provides an overview of Austria's geography, history, plants and animals, economy, people and culture. It is useful for students seeking a book, albeit a pricey one, with fact tables and historical time lines.

Wise, Jeff. (2003) "Into Fresh Air." Travel and Leisure Magazine. Retrieved on July 12, 2004 http://aolsvc.travel.travelandleisure.aol.com/invoke.cfm?objectID=F149FFC8-B224-4400-B95C054970B436F2&method=display

Humorous article about Austrian traditional garment of lederhosen and a recent theft of a famous pair of the garment. The article contains the phrase, much to the reader's amusement: "Franzi sits on the terrace of his family's hotel, the Hotel am See, and looks glumly out over the still waters to the great rock wall of the Trisselwand massif...'Lederhosen are always appropriate,' he says, philosophically. 'You can go to a wedding or a funeral, you can dig a hole, you can paint your wall.' So now he's wearing jeans -- hardly uncommon in a town that draws thousands of vacationing Austrians each summer, but unbefitting for the scion of a family that can trace its roots in the village back 750 years.