Bosnia & Herzegovina   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $66, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXBLK54)		  
Bradt Guide Bosnia and Herzegovina  •  Tim Clancy
GUIDEBOOK •  2010 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
This practical guide in the excellent British series covers travel, history and sightseeing in detail. (BLK68, $25.99)		   Bradt Guide Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Balkans, A Short History  •  Mark Mazower
HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 188 PAGES
A brief, provocative survey of the complex and often contentious history of the Balkans. With eloquence and insight, Mazower addresses the issues of geography, nationalism and modern nation-building in the region. (BLK28, $13.95)		   The Balkans, A Short History
The Bridge on the Drina  •  Ivo Andric  •  Lovette F. Edwards
LITERATURE •  1977 •  PAPER  • 318 PAGES
This historical novel, originally published in 1945, traces the Ottoman period in the Central Balkans from the 16th-century to World War I. Andric takes as his metaphor the location of the ancient bridge on the Drina, dividing East and West, Europe and Orient, Christian and Muslim. Born in Travnik, Bosnia, Andric won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961. The Bridge on the Drina is part of a trilogy that includes Bosnian Story and The Woman from Sarajevo. (BLK59, $15.00)		   The Bridge on the Drina
Bosnia-Herzegovina Map  •  Freytag & Berndt
MAP
This double-sided road map covers Bosnia at a detailed scale of 1:250,000. Two Sides. 35x49 inches. (BLK100, $14.95)		   Bosnia-Herzegovina Map



Also Recommended

Culture Smart, Bosnia and Herzegovina  •  Elizabeth Hammond   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice (BLK145, $9.95)
 		  
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia  •  Rebecca West  •  Christopher Hitchens   • HISTORY  •  First published in 1941, this monumental work explores the complex history of Yugoslavia, its heroes, politics and culture. It's a big, challenging book -- some call it the best ever written on the Balkans. (BLK04, $25.00)
 		  
Bosnia and Herzegovina: A Tradition Betrayed  •  Robert J. Donia  •  John V. Fine   • HISTORY  •  Written by two American historians who knew the region well during the course of the war, this book covers the complex history of religion and identity in Bosnia in light of the 1992 war. (BLK01, $31.00)
 		  
Bosnia, A Cultural History  •  Ivan Lovrenovic   • HISTORY  •  Prominent Bosnian writer and editor Lovrenovic offers an illuminating, important portrait of his country's geography, politics, history and culture from the palaeolithic to the 1992-95 war. (BOS33, $65.00)
 		  
Bosnia, A Short History  •  Malcolm Noel   • HISTORY  •  A well-researched and elegantly written history of Bosnia from its origins to the 1990s by a British journalist and political columnist. (BLK54, $25.00)
 		  
Kosovo, War and Revenge  •  Tim Judah   • HISTORY  •  A superbly reported and dramatic political history of origins, conflagration and aftermath of the Serb-Albanian conflict. In this second edition Judah updates the story to the fall of Milosevic. (BLK104, $21.00)
 		  
Like Eating a Stone, Surviving the Past in Bosnia  •  Wojciech Tochman   • HISTORY  •  A portrait of devastation in the wake of the Bosnian Wars, told through stories of survivors searching for family members and their remains. (BLK132, $20.00)
 		  
Logavina Street, Life and Death in a Sarajevo Neighborhood  •  Barbara Demick   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  LA Times Bureau Chief in Asia, Demick (Nothing to Envy) revisits the war in the Balkans from the perspective of the lives of the inhabitants of a single Sarejevo street. (BLK168, $16.00)
 		  
Love Thy Neighbor, A Story of War  •  Peter Maass   • HISTORY  •  A gripping, personal account of the war, its causes and consequences by a Washington Post reporter. (BLK10, $16.00)
 		  
Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Balkans  •  Dennis Hupchick   • HISTORY  •  The changing borders and complex history of the Balkans, clearly and concisely shown through 50 double-page maps and accompanying essays, organized chronologically. (BLK41, $22.00)
 		  
Sarajevo, A Biography  •  Robert J. Donia   • HISTORY  •  Donia captures the sprit of Sarajevo and its role as cosmopolitan center, in this lively, personal, cultural, social and political history of the city. (BLK99, $40.00)
 		  
Rough Guide Music Balkan Gypsies  •  Rough Guide World Music   • MUSIC  •  Roots music journalist and record collector Dan Rosenberg delivers a rollicking introduction to some of the most prominent bands and singers from all over the region. This is authentic Gypsy music at its, with captivating brass bands, violin and dulcimer virtuosos. (BLK93, $14.95)
 		  
Balkan Ghosts, A Journey through History  •  Robert D. Kaplan   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Kaplan interweaves the history, art and culture of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece with his travels in this portrait of the region. (BLK02, $17.00)
 		  
Fools Rush In  •  Bill Carter   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  The inspiring story of one man's experiences in war-torn Bosnia -- and the events that led to involving U2 in a project that would allow the citizens of Sarajevo to speak to the world. (BOS34, $19.99)
 		  
The Suitcase, Refugee Voices from Bosnia and Croatia  •  Julie Mertus   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  An anthology of refugee accounts, mainly the stories of Bosnian Mulsims and women who fled from civil wars between spring 1992 and late 1995. The mosaic of voices gives a stark and personal force to descriptions of the devastation in the region. (BLK126, $27.95)
 		  
Death and the Dervish  •  Mesa Selimovic   • LITERATURE  •  The tale of Sheikh Nuruddin, the self-serving dervish of the title, set during Ottoman rule in 18th-century Bosnia. Selimovic (1910-1982) was a well-known Bosnian Muslim author. (BLK69, $24.95)
 		  
How the Soldier Repairs the Gramophone  •  Sasa Stanisic   • LITERATURE  •  Stanisic's powerful, vivid novel shows the calamity of war in the Balkans through the eyes of a young Bosnian refugee from Visegrad. (BOS32, $14.00)
 		  
People of the Book  •  Geraldine Brooks   • LITERATURE  •  March turns the tale of a real book, the Sarajevo Haggadah, hidden from the Nazi's and safely ensconced in a bank vault as the national library burned in 1992, into a exhilarating modern novel, with an Australian conservator -- and mystery -- at its center. (EUR284, $16.00)
 		  
Pretty Birds, A Novel  •  Scott Simon   • LITERATURE  •  In this bold first novel Simon turns his experiences as a journalist in war-torn Bosnia into a powerful tale of family, ethnicity and survival. (BLK63, $15.00)
 		  
Sarajevo Marlboro  •  Miljenko Jergovic  •  Stela Tomasevic   • LITERATURE  •  Journalist Jergovic presents brief, affecting snapshots and impressions of war-torn Sarajevo in this stunning debut collection of his stories. (BLK91, $15.00)
 		  
The Cellist of Sarajevo  •  Steven Galloway   • LITERATURE  •  A spare and haunting, wise and beautiful novel about the endurance of the human spirit and the subtle ways individuals reclaim their humanity in a city ravaged by war. (BOS35, $15.00)
 		  
The Lazarus Project  •  Aleksandar Hemon   • LITERATURE  •  A tale historical sweep, contemporary insight and dazzling originality, cutting between events in Chicago in 1908 and the Balkans of today. (BLK128, $16.00)
 		  
The Question of Bruno  •  Aleksandar Hemon   • LITERATURE  •  Set in Chicago and Sarajevo, this imaginative and brilliantly funny series of interconnected short stories explores the trauma of war, the absurdities of life and the struggles of an exile to build a new life in a new land. (BLK81, $15.00)
 		  
Birds of Europe  •  Lars Svensson   • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE  •  Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)
 		  
 
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