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The Georgian Feast, The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia

The Georgian Feast, The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia

by Darra Goldstein | Niko Pirosmani

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 229 PAGES

Historian and food expert Darra Goldstein offers up a savory introduction to the Republic of Georgia in this illustrated cultural history. She combines her love of Georgian food -- and recipes -- with information on geography, history and culture. (CCS02, $27.95)

The Caucasus, An Introduction

The Caucasus, An Introduction

by Thomas De Waal

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

An experienced journalist in the region, De Waal covers the history and the struggles for independence and oil in this timely, readable portrait. (CCS48, $18.95)

Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan

Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan

by Freytag & Berndt

  • REFERENCE
  • MAP

A travel map of the Caucasus at a scale 1:1,000,000. (CCS01, $14.95)

Lonely Planet Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan

Lonely Planet Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan

by John Noble

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 296 PAGES

An excellent practical guide to the Caucasus featuring a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much information on excursions and sightseeing. With 16 pages of color photographs, 40 maps and a language guide. (CCS05, $25.99)

 
Bradt Guide Georgia

Bradt Guide Georgia


by Tim Burford

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

This convenient guide is a personal, detailed overview of Georgia. It includes coverage of the Black Sea coast, Tbilisi and other major towns, as well as information on history, culture and accommodations. (CCS03, $25.99)

Culture Smart! Azerbaijan


by Nikki Kazimova

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 168 PAGES

A concise and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (CCS49, $9.95)

Walking in the Caucasus, Georgia

Walking in the Caucasus, Georgia


by Peter Nasmyth

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER

This walking guide to the Caucasus, with an emphasis on the flora and fauna, covers the remarkable geographical diversity of Georgia. (CCS30, $25.00)

Black Garden, Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War

Black Garden, Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War


by Thomas De Waal

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 337 PAGES

A highly praised portrait of the region that weaves an account of the author's travels throughout the South Caucasus with an analysis of the Nagorno Karabakh conflict. (CCS24, $24.00)

Black Sea

Black Sea


by Neal Ascherson

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 306 PAGES
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In this skillful portrait of a region, Ascherson weaves his own travels and impressions with a fascinating account of the Black Sea's history. From ancient mythology to modern politics, he admirably never loses sight of the sea itself. (RUS46, $22.00)

Georgia, In the Mountains of Poetry

Georgia, In the Mountains of Poetry


by Peter Nasmyth

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 306 PAGES

A cultural portrait of the Republic of Georgia by a British journalist who has traveled extensively in the region. It's the best book on post-Soviet Georgia, updated for this third revised edition. With 170 black-and-white photographs and illustrations. (CCS10, $49.95)

Russia's Steppe Frontier, The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800


by Michael Khodarkovsky

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 290 PAGES

In this sweeping, scholarly history Khodarovsky traces Russian imperial adventures in the Caucasus from the decline of the Mongols to the end of the 18th century. (CCS28, $26.00)

The Ghost of Freedom, A Modern History of the Caucasus

The Ghost of Freedom, A Modern History of the Caucasus


by Charles King

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A professor at Georgetown, King reveals the imperial ambitions, larger-than-life personalities and romance of this strategic region. (CCS39, $19.95)

Black Dog of Fate, A Memoir


by Peter Balakian

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

This powerful memoir combines Balakian's coming-of-age as an Armenian-American in New Jersey with his growing realization of the horrors suffered by his family in the Armenian genocide of 1915 in Ottoman Turkey. (CCS12, $16.95)

Caucasus, A Journey to the Land between Christianity and Islam

Caucasus, A Journey to the Land between Christianity and Islam


by Nicholas Griffin

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

An engaging account of travels in the Caucasus in the footsteps of Imam Shamil, a Muslim who resisted the Russians in the 19th century. The book is a portrait of the people, land and issues in the region. (CCS25, $20.00)

Highlanders, A Journey to the Caucasus in Quest of Memory

Highlanders, A Journey to the Caucasus in Quest of Memory


by Yo'av Karny

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 436 PAGES

In this astute portrait of a complex region in the wake of the breakup of the Soviet Union, an Israeli journalist travels into the Caucasus to uncover what fuels the conflicts that divide the region's many ethnic and religious communities. (CCS20, $32.00)

My Brother's Road, An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia

My Brother's Road, An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia


by Markar Melkonian

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 330 PAGES

Markar Melkonian spent seven years unraveling the mystery of his brother's life, a road that took him from a California kid to leader of an army in Armenia, his adopted homeland. (CCS42, $22.00)

Passage to Ararat

Passage to Ararat


by Michael J. Arlen | Clark Blaise

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 293 PAGES

Arlen's National Book Award-winning memoir of his father and the rediscovery of his Armenian heritage. He interweaves stories of travel and family with an account of the troubled history of the country. (CCS11, $16.00)

Stories I Stole, A Journey to Georgia

Stories I Stole, A Journey to Georgia


by Wendell Steavenson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 277 PAGES

Witty, engaging and attuned to the complexities of history and ethnicity, Steavenson -- a veteran journalist -- spins lyrical tales of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia as it crumbles around her in the late 1990s. (CCS22, $17.95)

The Orientalist, Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life

The Orientalist, Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life


by Tom Reiss

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 286 PAGES

A storyteller of the first order, Reiss weaves a wonderful tapestry of information about the cultures and religions in the Caucasus in this wonderful tale of the remarkable life of Lev Nussimbaum -- a fabulist, interpreter of cultures, novelist and rogue who reinvented himself as Kurban Said. (CCS27, $17.00)

A Hero of Our Time

A Hero of Our Time


by Mikhail Lermontov | Vladimir Nabokov | Dmitri Nabokov

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 210 PAGES

The story of the bored and cynical antihero Pechorin. A masterpiece of Russian Romanticism originally published in 1840. (RUS316, $14.95)

A Spy by Nature

A Spy by Nature


by Charles Cumming

  • MYSTERY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 355 PAGES

Introducing the London School of Economics graduate and reluctant British spy Alec Milius. When he lands a prime job for a British oil company, Alec finds himself trapped in a world of secrets and lies that could cost him his life. (CCS44, $14.99)

Ali and Nino, A Love Story

Ali and Nino, A Love Story


by Kurban Said

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 226 PAGES

The deeply sentimental tale, set in the years before WWI-era Baku, of an Azerbaijani Muslim boy in love with a Georgian Christian girl, originally published in 1937. (CCS26, $13.95)

Gentlemen of the Road

Gentlemen of the Road


by Michael Chabon

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

This medieval adventure by Pulitzer Prize-winner Chabon is set in the Caucasus Mountains, where two thieves for hire are responsible for the fate of the empire of the Khazars. (MDE125, $14.00)

Hadji Murad

Hadji Murad


by Leo Tolstoy | Aylmer Maude

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A short novel set in the 19th-century Caucasus, concerning -- in part -- conflicts between the occupying Russians and Muslim groups in the region. (CCS18, $11.95)

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