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Bradt Guide Armenia with Nagorno Karabagh

Bradt Guide Armenia with Nagorno Karabagh

by Nicholas Holding

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 248 PAGES

A comprehensive guide to Armenia and Nagorno Karabagh for the independent traveler, with excellent suggestions for where to go and what to do, and practical advice for getting around. Third edition. (CCS37, $25.99)

Passage to Ararat

Passage to Ararat

by Michael J. Arlen | Clark Blaise

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 293 PAGES
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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, $15.00)

Armenia/Azerbaijan Map

Armenia/Azerbaijan Map

by International Travel Maps

  • MAP

A folded traveler's map of Armenia and Azerbaijan at a scale of 1:650,000. (CCS23, $12.95)

 

Armenia, At the Crossroads


by Joseph Masih | Robert O. Krikorian

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 162 PAGES

A discussion of modern Armenia and its unstable political position after the collapse of the Soviet Union (CCS08, $51.95)

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 Nagorny Karabakh conflict. (CCS24, $24.00)

Black Sea

Black Sea


by Neal Ascherson

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 306 PAGES

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, $19.00)

Looking Toward Ararat, Armenia in Modern History

Looking Toward Ararat, Armenia in Modern History


by Ronald Grigor Suny

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A scholarly analysis of Armenian government and society, focusing on modern times up to the early 1990s. (CCS19, $19.95)

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, $23.95)

The Cossacks, An Illustrated History

The Cossacks, An Illustrated History


by John Ure

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

In this lively, beautifully illustrated overview, a career diplomat (and frequent visitor to the region) explores the history of the Cossacks in Southern Russia and Central Asia and their role in world affairs. (RUS135, $24.95)

The History of Armenia

The History of Armenia


by Simon Payaslian

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

A brief, authoritative history of Armenia from the first millennium B.C. to the present. (CCS38, $18.95)

The Ottoman Centuries

The Ottoman Centuries


by Lord Kinross

  • HISTORY
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 638 PAGES

A richly detailed, engrossing history of the Ottoman Empire from its dawn in 1300 up to the foundation of the modern republic in 1923, enhanced by maps and photos. (ITL54, $18.99)

The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to 1923

The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to 1923


by Justin McCarthy

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 406 PAGES

A vivid overview of the history, customs and traditions of Ottoman Turkey, complete with maps and illustrations. (TKY36, $82.20)

Art of the Byzantine Era

Art of the Byzantine Era


by David Talbot Rice

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 286 PAGES

Wide-ranging and literate, this thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art is an indispensable classic. (TKY22, $21.95)

Among the Russians

Among the Russians


by Colin Thubron

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

The marvelous account of a 10,000-mile journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia in 1981. A gifted writer and intrepid traveler, Thubron grapples with the complexities of Russian identity in this lyrical book. (RUS106, $14.00)

Azerbaijan Diary: A Rogue Reporter's Adventures in an Oil-Rich, War-Torn, Post Soviet Republic

Azerbaijan Diary: A Rogue Reporter's Adventures in an Oil-Rich, War-Torn, Post Soviet Republic


by Thomas Goltz

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

A first-person account of the chaotic early 1990s in Azerbaijan by a freelance journalist. Both an adventure story and a piece of significant journalism, the book captures the politically charged and somewhat mad atmosphere of the time. (CCS09, $36.95)

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)

Eastward to Tartary

Eastward to Tartary


by Robert D. Kaplan

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 364 PAGES

A glimpse into the people and history that color the countries of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the Caucasus and finally Central Asia, in a loosely organized travelogue by the author of the acclaimed Balkan Ghosts. (CAS45, $15.95)

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)

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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