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The Argonautika, The Story of Jason and the Quest for the Golden Fleece
• Apollonius of Rhodes
• Peter Green
• LITERATURE
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The exciting narrative of Jason and the Argonauts on their Quest for the Golden Fleece is retold in this new translation of the Argonautika.
(GRE92, $24.95)
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Armenia/Azerbaijan Map
• International Travel Maps
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A folded traveler's map of Armenia and Azerbaijan at a scale of 1:650,000.
(CCS23, $10.95)
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Black Garden, Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War
• Thomas De Waal
• HISTORY
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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, $22.00)
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Bradt Guide Armenia with Nagorno Karabagh
• Nicholas Holding
• GUIDEBOOK
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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.
(CCS37, $22.95)
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Crimea: The Great Crimean War, 1854-1856
• Trevor Royle
• HISTORY
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A well-researched military and diplomatic history of the Crimean War. Thorough and detailed yet readable, Royle's battlefield descriptions are especially well-done.
(CCS33, $24.95)
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The Daring Young Man on the Flying Trapeze, And Other Stories
• William Saroyan
• LITERATURE
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A group of short stories about immigrants in America.
(USW210, $14.95)
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Fires of Hatred, Ethnic Cleansing in Twentieth-Century Europe
• Norman M. Naimark
• HISTORY
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This illuminating study focuses on five cases where genocide was a matter of government policy in 20th-century Europe.
(EUR179, $19.95)
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Flashman at the Charge
• George MacDonald Fraser
• LITERATURE
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In this installment in the rollicking, masterfully researched series of historical novels our disreputable hero finds himself in Crimea -- and a participant in the Charge of the Light Brigade.
(CCS29, $15.00)
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The Ghost of Freedom, A Modern History of the Causasus
• Charles King
• HISTORY
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(CCS39, $29.95)
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God Lives in St. Petersburg, and Other Stories
• Tom Bissell
• LITERATURE
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Six fast-paced tales set in Kazakhstan, Afghanistan and the Aral Sea by the author of Chasing the Sea.
(CAS117, $13.95)
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The History of Armenia
• Simon Payaslian
• HISTORY
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A brief, authoritative history of Armenia from the first millennium B.C. to the present.
(CCS38, $18.95)
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A History of Ottoman Architecture
• Godfrey Goodwin
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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The definitive, illustrated guide to Ottoman architecture. It covers the whole of Turkey, and is strong on the historical and social context of the buildings. With 500 black-and-white illustrations and 81site plans.
(TKY39, $39.95)
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Istanbul and the Civilization of the Ottoman Empire
• Bernard Lewis
• HISTORY
• FAVORITE
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In this slim volume the great Islamic scholar describes the invasion of Constantinople by the Ottoman Turks on May 29, 1453, evoking the city at this pivotal moment in its long history.
(TKY17, $19.95)
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The Making of the Georgian Nation
• Ronald Grigor Suny
• HISTORY
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(CCS32, $43.95)
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The Private World of Ottoman Women
• Godfrey Goodwin
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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An exploration of Ottoman women from all levels of society during six centuries of rule.
(TKY34, $24.95)
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Reason Why, The Story of the Fatal Charge of the Light Brigade
• Cecil Woodham-Smith
• HISTORY
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A classic history of the famous military disaster in Crimea, with interwoven biographies of the two incompetent aristocrats at the heart of the failure.
(CCS36, $17.00)
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Russia and a Divided Azerbaijan, A Borderland in Transition
• Tadeusz Swietochowski
• HISTORY
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A scholarly discussion of the somewhat schizophrenic cultural identity of Azerbaijan, a country that lies between Russia and Iran and has been subject to a multitude of ethnic influences.
(CCS14, $57.00)
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Statehood and Security, Georgia After the Rose Revolution
• Bruno Coppieters
• Robert Legvold
• HISTORY
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(CCS31, $24.00)
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Survivors, An Oral History of the Armenian Genocide
• Donald E. Miller
• Lorna Touryan Miller
• HISTORY
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A collection of stories from survivors of the Armenian genocide of 1915. Brutal and terrifying, yet filled with the triumph of survival, these are powerful stories of a resilient people and the horrors of ethnic cleansing.
(CCS16, $22.95)
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The Twelve Chairs
• Ilia Arnoldovich Ilf
• Yevgeny Petrov
• LITERATURE
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In this classic satiric novel, an unemployed con artist and a former nobleman in post-revolution Soviet Russia travel from Moscow to Georgia in search of chairs containing hidden jewels.
(RUS356, $22.00)
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A Woman's Asia
• Marybeth Bond
• ANTHOLOGY
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These thirty-five personal, often hilarious accounts of women's adventures from China to Sri Lanka to Turkey to Bhutan, not only illuminating the everyday, oft-overlooked cultural practices of Asia, but also giving a glimpse into the thoughts and feelings of the female traveller.
(ASA49, $17.95)
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