Spring is finally here, and we have traveled the Baltic far and wide to find great new things to offer you at BalticShop.com.  Here’s a list of highlights, with more to be found on BalticShop.com and in our Spring/Summer print catalog, which will be arriving in your mailbox in April. 

• Contents:

• Flower and Food Basket delivery

• Music

• Jewelry

• Crafts

• Books

• Video/DVD

Flower and Food Basket delivery in Latvia and Lithuania (Easter is coming...)

In the Baltic, flowers are still de rigeur when it comes to holidays, birthdays and basically every single special occasion (and isn’t it great? -- how often in your town do you see people walking along with fresh flowers in hand?).  We’ve got a big selection of bouquets and baskets to show that you care, in the classic way.  http://www.balticshop.com/stuff.html  (look under “Delivery in Latvia, Lithuania”)

Estonian Music:

Meie Mees - Pest of the Pest: Estonian pop/stage music with a healthy dose of kitsch and humor.  http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30586 

Vagilased - Mother's Words of Wisdom: Based on Estonian traditional music with arrangements that pass through different genres, blending traditional melodies and rhythms with more modern harmonics and styles.  http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30564 

Ain Agan - Tallinn Chamber Orchestra/Toomas Vavilov: This CD is the very first in Estonia to combine jazz guitar with a chamber orchestra.  http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30581 

Oma Viisike - Laulud ja laulumangud beebidele, manguealistele ja algklassiopilastele: Children's songs, sung by children.  http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30573 

Svjata Vatra: An ensemble where Ukrainian and Estonian roots meet.  http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30578 

Latvian Music: 

100% Svaigs No. 10: The newest Latvian pop music hits. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4463

bet bet - Palmas zalo vienmer: New album by perennial favorites “bet bet”. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4519

Makss un Morics: The classical children's rhyme as a musical story. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4771

Lithuanian Music:

Kivi - Verpeto: A mix of arranged Lithuanian folk songs, as well as popular and jazz music pieces.  http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=11738 

Autentiska Lietuviu Liaudies Muzika, Lithuanian Authentic Music. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=11741 

Foje - Kita Paveikslo Puse: Melancholic rock songs with emotion and feeling.  http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=11740 

Jewelry: (new items are so marked)

New silver pendants: http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?cat=0130&title=Pendants_3

New silver earrings: http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?cat=0131&title=Earrings_2

New amber earrings: http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?cat=0919&title=Amber_Earrings_In_Sterling_Silver

Amber Rosaries: http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?cat=0903&title=Amber_Necklaces

New rings: http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?cat=0109&title=More_Latvian_Rings

New amber bracelets: http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?cat=0925&title=Amber_Bracelets_in_Sterling_Silver

Inlayed juniper jewelry boxes; ideal for a special ring or set of earrings, EST.  With hinged lid: http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30515, with free lid: http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30516

Saaremaa limestone candlestick collection, EST.  http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/category.cgi?cat=0233&title=Carved_Stone_Candleholders 

Navritolla T-shirts (new additions), EST.  http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30540, http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30539

Ceramic trinket vessels, LT. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=11822, http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=11821

Estonian Books:

Estonia's Way - Mart Laar.  This book, by Estonia’s former prime minister, focuses on the history of Tallinn during the Livonian War, the national period of reawakening, Estonian history during World War II, and the wartime resistance movement.  http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30551 

Estonian - English Dictionary, 15, 000 words.  http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30549 

English - Estonian Dictionary  http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30559 

Eesti sillad / Bridges in Estonia.  http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30554 

Latvian Books:

History of Latvia: An Outline by Arnolds Spekke. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4546

Robezas / Borders. Rainis un Aspazija starp Latviju un Sveici / Rainis and Aspazija between Latvia and Switzerland. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4677

Pieskariens. Raimonds Pauls Everything you always wanted to know about “the Maestro”. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4577

Iepazisim Latviju; Latvija un latviesi gadsimtu gaita Book 2 in the series; facts about Latvia for everyone from 9-99 years old. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4533

Trejdevini Latvijas brinumi A guide to the ancient mystical and sacred places in Latvia. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4545

Latvijas luteranu baznicas/The Lutheran Churches of Latvia Volume 2 of the extensive and comprehensive study of Latvia's Lutheran churches. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4568

Lithuanian Books: 

Septyni pasaulio kontinentai.  Children’s book (4-9 yrs.) about world geography, with a jigsaw puzzle in every-other page. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=11775

The SHOAH (Holocaust) in Lithuania Find out what really happened during the Shoah in Lithuania and grasp its terrible consequences, scale, and the role of individual factors. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=11751

Search for Freedom. The Man From Red October Biography of the real-life naval officer played by Sean Connery in the blockbuster film. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=11563

Sanctuaries of Vilnius in Old Postcards http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=11758

Terror and Crimes against Humanity; The First Soviet Occupation The second volume in the series "The Crimes of the Totalitarian regimes in Lithuania". Presents the consequences of the Soviet occupation of 1940-41. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=11767

Estonian DVD/CD-ROM:

Estonia in a Box The title says it all - a clever combo of a key-chain, one Estonian crown, and a DVD all in a charming little wooden box. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30552

Estonian-English, English-Estonian Dictionary CD ROM http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=30590

Latvian DVDs: (made exclusively by LTV for BalticShop)

Sibirijas Berni (Children of Siberia) Documentary about the people who were deported to Siberia as children. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4120

Kastanola Documentary of the exile of the best-known Latvian poet, Janis Rainis. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4122

Compilation of Latvian Cartoons Cartoon classics. http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4131

The Grand Finale concert of the XXIII Latvian Song Festival (2003) http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4136

Song and Dance festival RIGA 800: Viena Saule Viena Zeme (2001) http://www.balticshop.com/cgi-bin/item.cgi?item=4125

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