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Eyewitness Guide Croatia
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 288 PAGES
Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of Croatia, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. With 850 color photographs and illustrations.
(BLK39, $23.00)
Fodor's Venice's 25 Best
Citypack
GUIDEBOOK 2007 PAPER 128 PAGES
This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information on Venice's highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing.
(ITL106, $11.95)
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 World of Venice
Jan Morris
HISTORY 1995 PAPER 315 PAGES
FAVORITE
Morris displays her talent for research, telling anecdote and well-wrought prose in this spirited portrait of a beloved city, its history and inhabitants. If you are going to read one book on Venice, we recommend this favorite. Originally published in 1974 and revised for this edition, it's a tour de force.
(ITL12, $16.00)
Croatia Coast Map
Freytag & Berndt
MAP
This nicely shaded, double-sided map covers the entire Dalmatian Coast -- from Trieste south to Pula, Split and Dubrovnik -- at a scale of 1:200,000. Fully indexed and excellent in its topographic detail, it is a useful guide to the complex coastline of the Adriatic. Two Sides. 38 X 50 inches.
(BLK17, $11.95)
Bradt Guide Croatia
Piers Letcher
GUIDEBOOK
This convenient guide in the excellent British series is a personal, informative overview of the country, covering Zagreb, Split and Dubrovnik in detail. With excellent travel advice and good information on nature, history, and culture.
(BLK55, $23.99)
Bradt Mini Guide Dubrovnik
Piers Letcher
GUIDEBOOK
A helpful, condensed guide to the city in the popular Bradt series.
(BLK46, $13.99)
Eyewitness Guide Venice & the Veneto
Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK
Featuring color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a synopsis of the region's attractions. With numerous cutaways and floor plans.
(ITL200, $23.00)
Balkan Ghosts, A Journey through History
Robert D. Kaplan
HISTORY
Kaplan interweaves the history, art and culture of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece with his travels in this portrait of the region.
(BLK02, $16.00)
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)
Croatia, A Nation Forged in War
Marcus Tanner
HISTORY
A modern history of Croatia from its medieval origins to Nazi occupation through to the present day by a British correspondent, who reported from the region during the events of 1993.
(BLK23, $20.00)
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, accompanied by essays and organized chronologically.
(BLK41, $19.95)
Venice, a Maritime Republic
Frederic C. Lane
HISTORY
Lane focuses on the history of trade, taking in not just on La Serenissima but also Dubrovink and the other cities of its once far-flung domain.
(ITL24, $26.95)
Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation
Laura Silber
Allan Little
HISTORY
Called "one of the finest volumes to come out of the war" by the New York Times, this book combines eyewitness reports, political commentary and documentary photographs to elucidate the origins and aftermath of the breakup of Yugoslavia.
(BLK03, $17.00)
Art and Life in Renaissance Venice
Patricia Brown
ART & ARCHITECTURE
This compact volume evokes the spirit of Renaissance Venice with authoritative essays and 120 full-color illustrations.
(ITL57, $24.95)
Art of the Byzantine Era
David Talbot Rice
ART & ARCHITECTURE
An indispensable classic and a thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art, wide-ranging and literate. Though it focuses on early Christian Constantinople, the book also includes chapters on Sicily, Venice and the Slavonic art of the Balkans.
(TKY22, $16.95)
Venice, The Grand Canal
Daniele Resini
ART & ARCHITECTURE
This ingenious book unfolds accordion-style to reveal a 42-foot panorama of the palaces, churches and museums fronting Venice's glorious Grand Canal. The photographer, Daniele Resini, took the photographs over a period of three years to create one perfectly continuous portrait of this architectural wonder.
(ITL663, $50.00)
Conversations With Stalin
Milovan Djilas
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
This is a scathing memoir by one of Tito's top aides, ousted from the Communist Party in 1954. It captures some of the absurdities of life in communist Yugoslavia.
(BLK24, $13.00)
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed
Slavenka Drakulic
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
These short essays capture the absurdity, struggle and day-to-day reality of being a woman in Yugoslavia under Communism. Drakulic is a Croatian journalist, novelist and contributing editor at The Nation.
(BLK38, $13.00)
The Fracture Zone, My Return to the Balkans
Simon Winchester
TRAVEL NARRATIVE
Winchester, who first encountered the Balkans on a road trip in the 1970s, returns to the region on a heart-wrenching, dramatic tour of the country in the midst of the 1999 Kosovo crisis. In his familiar and engaging style, he combines reflection, travel and interview in this portrait of a troubled place.
(BLK64, $13.00)
Croatia, Through Writers' Eyes
Barnaby Rogerson
ANTHOLOGY
This collection of stories, tales and travel narratives illuminates the history and culture of Croatia. Including contributions by Rebecca West, Lawrence Durrell and Fitzroy MacLean.
(BLK95, $33.95)
Dead Lagoon, An Aurelio Zen Mystery
Michael Dibdin
MYSTERY
Dibdin -- a master of ambiguous settings, shady dealings and fast-paced prose -- returns to Venice in this sixth book in the thoroughly enjoyable Aurelio Zen series.
(ITL577, $13.95)
Death at La Fenice
Donna Leon
MYSTERY
The first of the tremendously good Guido Brunetti mysteries, all set in the author's beloved Venice, in which a famous conductor is found dead at the celebrated theater of the title.
(ITL555, $13.95)
Montenegro, A Novel
Starling Lawrence
LITERATURE
Steeped in atmosphere, this compelling tale of intrigue set in turn-of-the-century Montenegro evokes the tangled politics of the region -- Muslim, Turk and British.
(BLK08, $13.95)
The Bridge on the Drina
Ivo Andric
Lovette F. Edwards
LITERATURE
These linked stories by the Nobel-prize winning author captures the history and complexity of Christian and Muslim relations during Ottoman occupation. Hewn of stone, the bridge dividing the town of Visegrad was Andric's inspiration.
(BLK59, $15.00)
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