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Another Fool in the Balkans, In the Footsteps of Rebecca West
• Tony White
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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Tony White interviewed artists, writers and politicians of the area to create this exploration of southeastern Europe, tackling with insight and humor our preconceptions of the Balkans.
(BLK44, $14.95)
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Art of the Byzantine Era
• David Talbot Rice
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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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)
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Balkan Babel, The Disintegration of Yugoslavia From the Death of Tito to the Fall of Milosevic
• Sabrina P. Ramet
• HISTORY
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A scholarly political assessment of the last twenty years in the Balkans.
(BLK34, $44.00)
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Balkan Tragedy, Chaos and Dissolution after the Cold War
• Susan Woodward
• HISTORY
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A scholarly, detailed analysis of Yugoslavia's collapse, published by the Brookings Institution, where the author is a senior policy fellow.
(BLK18, $24.95)
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Balkan Wars, 1912-1913, Prelude to the First World War
• Richard C. Hall
• HISTORY
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A concise, schoalrly history of how conflicts in the Balkans escalated into a world war.
(WAR86, $36.95)
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The Balkans Since 1453
• Traian Stoianovich
• L.S. Stavrianos
• HISTORY
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A seminal history of the region, originally published in 1958.
(BLK36, $33.00)
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The Balkans, From Constantinople to Communism
• Dennis Hupchick
• HISTORY
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Hupchick looks at European, Orthodox Christian, and Muslim influences in the Balkans from early kingdoms through the 1990s in this important survey.
(BLK37, $24.95)
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The Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-1999
• Misha Glenny
• HISTORY
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Glenny poignantly challenges the role of the Great Powers in the region in this survey.
(BLK32, $20.00)
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Bradt Guide Albania
• Gillian Gloyer
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the invaluable British series.
(BLK66, $22.95)
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Bradt Guide Croatia
• Piers Letcher
• GUIDEBOOK
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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)
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Bradt Guide Macedonia
• Thammy Evans
• GUIDEBOOK
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A personal, detailed overview of Macedonia with excellent travel information.
(EUR168, $25.99)
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Bradt Guide Montenegro
• Annalisa Rellie
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, detailed overview of Montenegro, its history, wildlife and major attractions in the series by Bradt. Geared for the independent traveler, it also includes maps and lots of practical travel information.
(BLK47, $24.99)
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Bradt Guide Serbia
• Laurence Mitchell
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical guide in the popular series with good information on transportation, historical sites, and accommodations, with an extended section on Belgrade, the capital city, and a separate chapter on Kosovo.
(BLK67, $24.99)
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Bradt Mini Guide Dubrovnik
• Piers Letcher
• GUIDEBOOK
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A helpful, condensed guide to the city in the popular Bradt series.
(BLK46, $13.99)
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Broken April
• Ismail Kadare
• LITERATURE
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In this best-known novel by the contemporary Albanian writer, a bereaved mountaineer and a young anthropologist couple both wrestle with the age-old traditions of the high plateau.
(BLK70, $14.95)
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Burn This House, The Making and Unmaking of Yugoslavia
• Jasminka Udovicki
• HISTORY
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A thoughtful, scholarly collection of essays on the origin, development and fall of Yugoslavia.
(BLK07, $23.95)
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Bury Me Standing
• Isabel Fonseca
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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This marvelous portrait of the Roma, also known as the Gypsies, offers insight into their music, foods, religions, folk traditions, and examines their influential but complex relationship with Eastern Europe.
(EUR09, $14.95)
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Cafe Europa, Life After Communism
• Slavenka Drakulic
• HISTORY
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These short essays capture the spirit of Croatia after the collapse of communism.
(BLK53, $14.00)
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The Call of the Toad
• Gunter Grass
• LITERATURE
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A powerful, satiric novel set in Gdansk.
(PLD23, $14.00)
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A Castle in Romagna
• Igor Stiks
• LITERATURE
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A short novel of two alternating stories: one set in Renaissance Lombardy, the other set on a Croatian island during the Bosnian War.
(BLK82, $12.95)
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Central Europe Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A colorful physical relief map of Central Europe at a scale of 1:2,000,000.
(EUR12, $11.95)
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Central Europe, Enemies, Neighbors, Friends
• Lonnie Johnson
• HISTORY
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An academic survey of the social, political, and economic past of Central Europe, and the conflicts that stir modern-day European politics.
(EUR69, $39.95)
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The Contested Country: Yugoslav Unity and Communist Revolution, 1919-1953
• Aleksa Djilas
• HISTORY
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This in-depth scholarly history of Yugoslavia focuses on period from the end of WWI to 1953.
(BLK51, $24.50)
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Conversations With Stalin
• Milovan Djilas
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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Croatia Coast Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A nicely shaded map covering the Dalmatian Coast from Porec to Dubrovnik at a scale of 1:200,000. Fully indexed and excellent in its topographic detail, this is a useful guide to the complex coastline of the Adriatic.
(BLK17, $11.95)
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Croatia Map
• World Mapping Project
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This double-sided, full color map covers all Croatia, its coastline and many islands in detail.
(BLK61, $9.99)
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Croatia, A History
• Ivo Goldstein
• Nikolina Jovanovic
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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A concise, balanced history of Croatia, from medieval times to the present, by a professor at the University of Zagreb.
(BLK30, $22.95)
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Croatia, A Nation Forged in War
• Marcus Tanner
• HISTORY
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A modern history of Croatia, from its medieval origins to the Nazi occupation of Yugoslavia to the present day. Written by a London Independent correspondent, an eyewitness to the events of 1993.
(BLK23, $18.00)
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Croatia, Through Writers' Eyes
• Barnaby Rogerson
• ANTHOLOGY
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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)
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The Culture of Lies, Antipolitical Essays
• Dubravka Ugresic
• HISTORY
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(BLK60, $31.95)
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Danube
• Claudio Magris
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• COMING IN OCTOBER
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A new edition of the gifted novelist's classic account of a Danube journey from its source in the heart of what once was the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the Balkans to the Black Sea. The book is an intellectually charged, evocative portrait of the places and personalities of Central Europe.
(EUR58, $16.00)
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Early Christian and Byzantine Architecture
• Slobodan Curcic
• Richard Krautheimer
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An authoritative guide to the subject.
(TKY72, $37.00)
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Early Christian and Byzantine Art
• John Lowden
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated guide to the architectural heritage of the early Christian period (860-1453), with a survey of the philosophy and intellectual climate of the time.
(EUR23, $24.95)
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Early Christian Buildings, A Graphic Introduction
• Warren Sanderson
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An illustrated introduction to the architecture of Christian antiquity.
(EUR21, $24.95)
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Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe
• Henri Pirenne
• HISTORY
• OUT OF PRINT
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Pirenne, an important economic historian, traces the economic and social development of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the middle of the 15th century in this classic book, first published in 1936.
(EUR18, $15.00)
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Endgame, The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica
• David Rohde
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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The horrific tale of the murder of 7000 Muslims in Srebrenica in July 1995 -- and its aftermath -- by the Pulitzer Prize winning journalist.
(BLK71, $20.00)
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Europe's Last Summer, Who Started the Great War in 1914?
• David Fromkin
• HISTORY
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Fromkin puts the imperial struggle between Germany and the Austro-Hungarian over Serbia at the heart of this enthralling, persuasive analysis of the events leading to World War I.
(EUR183, $15.95)
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Exit into History, A Journey Through the New Eastern Europe
• Eva Hoffman
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• OUT OF PRINT
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In this first-hand report from Eastern Europe, Polish-born Hoffman describes changes during the years immediately following the collapse of the Soviet Union in Poland, the Czech Republic, Hungary, Romania and Bulgaria. A great example of wonderful travel writing, the book goes beyond the sights and sounds to plumb the mindset of politicians, literati and everyday folk during this critical time.
(EUR10, $14.95)
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Eyewitness Guide Croatia
• Eyewitness Guides
• GUIDEBOOK
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Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of Croatia, its history, traditions, cultures and sights.
(BLK39, $23.00)
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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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Fodor's Venice's 25 Best
• Citypack
• GUIDEBOOK
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A shirt-pocket guide to Venice, this slim book includes an excellent map of the center of the city and essential information on its highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing.
(ITL106, $11.95)
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The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral
• Robert A. Scott
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs.
(EUR190, $17.95)
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The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
• Tina Rosenberg
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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In this groundbreaking book, a journalist reports on how the newly democratized people of East Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic have confronted the horrors of their former governments.
(EUR54, $16.95)
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Here Is Where We Meet
• John Berger
• LITERATURE
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This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow.
(EUR189, $14.00)
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Historical Atlas of Central Europe
• Paul Mogocsi
• HISTORY
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An atlas illuminating the shifting borders and alliances in the region.
(EUR33, $45.00)
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A History of Venice
• John Julius Norwich
• HISTORY
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The great historian Norwich marshals myriad personalities, battles, sieges, and facts into a vivid portrait of the Venetian Republic spanning the 1000 years up to its 1797 defeat at the hands of Napoleon.
(ITL177, $25.00)
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How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed
• Slavenka Drakulic
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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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)
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Imagining the Balkans
• Maria Todorova
• HISTORY
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A challenging book, but well worth the effort for its insight, this collection of essays examines in scholarly and critical detail the roots of our stereotypes and misconceptions about the Balkans.
(BLK19, $24.95)
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The Impossible Country, A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia
• Brian Hall
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Beautifully written, this chronicle of the people, politics and mood of the Yugoslavia as it crumbles is an engaging snapshot and elegy.
(BLK22, $23.95)
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Balkans Southeast Europe Map
• Freytag & Berndt
• COMING IN OCTOBER
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A nicely detailed regional map, showing the route of the Danube from Budapest to the Black Sea, at a scale of 1:2,000,000.
(EUR147, $12.95)
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Inventing Eastern Europe, The Map of Civilization on the Mind of Enlightenment
• Larry Wolff
• HISTORY
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The author, a professor of history, looks back to Catherine the Great, Rousseau, Voltaire and Western (mis)perceptions of Eastern Europe during the late 18th century.
(EUR34, $29.95)
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The Julian Alps of Slovenia, Mountain Walks and Short Treks
• Roy Clark
• Justi Carey
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, practical guide to 50 suggested walks ranging from easy strolls to scrambles in the high mountains and multi-day adventures, including four hut-to-hut hikes.
(CEU15, $22.95)
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Lonely Planet Croatia
• Jeanne Oliver
• GUIDEBOOK
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An excellent practical guide to Croatia geared for independent travelers.
(BLK27, $23.99)
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Lonely Planet Eastern Europe
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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This practical regional guide covers from Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic to the Baltic States, Belarus, the Ukraine, Romania, Bulgaria and the Balkans.
(EUR72, $28.99)
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Lonely Planet Western Balkans
• Lonely Planet
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, practical guide to the region from Slovenia and Croatia, to Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania.
(BLK84, $22.99)
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Macedonia Map
• MapLink
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(EUR27, $6.95)
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The Magic Lantern, The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague
• Timothy Garton Ash
• HISTORY
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An astute journalist's vivid eyewitness account of the fall of the Berlin Wall and other dramatic events of 1989.
(GER36, $13.95)
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Making a Nation, Breaking a Nation
• Andrew Wachtel
• HISTORY
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A scholarly account of the downfall of Yugoslavia with a focus on the Serb-Croat dynamic.
(BLK58, $26.95)
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Mammals of Europe
• Priscilla Barrett
• David W. MacDonald
• FIELD GUIDE
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Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals.
(FG61, $34.95)
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Materada
• Fulvio Tomizza
• Russell Scott Valentino
• LITERATURE
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(BLK79, $15.95)
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Mediterranean Winter, The Pleasures of History and Landscape in Tunisia, Sicily, Dalmatia, and Greece
• Robert D. Kaplan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The prolific journalist and traveler revisits the Mediterranean of his youth in this extended meditation on the pleasures and freedom of life on the road.
(MED78, $14.00)
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The Ministry of Pain
• Dubravka Ugresic
• LITERATURE
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This contemporary novel revolves around a Croatian writer and her circle, a group of exiled Croats, Serbs and Bosnians.
(BLK97, $13.95)
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Montenegro Coast Map
• Freytag & Berndt
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A traveler's map of the coast of Montenegro, islands and adjacent countryside at a scale of 1:100,000.
(BLK78, $11.95)
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The National Question in Yugoslavia: Origins, History, Politics
• Ivo Banac
• HISTORY
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This serious scholarly study by a leading historian focuses on the foundation of the modern Yugoslav state.
(BLK52, $36.95)
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The Orthodox Church
• Kallistos Ware
• RELIGION
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A comprehensive, clear overview of the origins, historical development and practice of Eastern Christianity by a British scholar and Archbishop. With chapters on Byzantium, conversion of the Slavs, the Church under Islam and the contemporary Orthodox world.
(GEN261, $17.00)
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Plagues and Peoples
• William McNeill
• HISTORY
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This book traces the waves of epidemics that raged through Europe.
(EUR26, $15.95)
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Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II
• Joseph Rothschild
• HISTORY
• HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE
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An opinionated, well-written and clear political history of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania since WWII, completely revised for this third edition to reflect post-Soviet realities.
(EUR31, $34.95)
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Rough Guide Croatia
• Rough Guide
• GUIDEBOOK
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A practical, comprehensive guide to Croatia for the traveler. Organized geographically, it also includes a 35-page section on the culture and history of the region.
(BLK31, $19.99)
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Serbia and Montenegro Map
• Reise Know How
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A product of the World Mapping Project, this full-color map, double-sided map of Serbia and Montenegro is at a detailed scale of 1:400,000.
(BLK48, $14.95)
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The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia
• Tim Judah
• HISTORY
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A history of Serbia from medieval times to the 1990s by an award-winning British journalist.
(BLK49, $18.00)
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Southeastern Europe Under Ottoman Rule
• Peter F. Sugar
• HISTORY
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A scholarly survey of five centuries of Ottoman rule in the Balkans, from the Empire's first advances in the 14th century up to its decline in the 19th century.
(BLK20, $32.50)
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Sunflower Guide Slovenia
• David Robertson
• GUIDEBOOK
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A compact, popular guide to suggested walks and drives in Slovenia from the Julian Alps to the lakes, Coast and Ljubljana.
(BLK57, $15.99)
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Through the Embers of Chaos, Balkan Journeys
• Dervla Murphy
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• OUT OF PRINT
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Murphy, a seventy-something Irish grandmother, writes from the heart with authority and verve of three separate trips throughout the Balkans.
(BLK43, $15.95)
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Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe
• Marybeth Bond
• Mary Morris
• ANTHOLOGY
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This entertaining collection depicts Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris.
(EUR160, $17.95)
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The Venetian Empire, 1200-1670
• David Nicolle
• HISTORY
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This clever book in the Men-At-Arms series features illustrations of the city, people and the miltary of the Venetian Empire at its height.
(BLK50, $15.95)
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Venice and the Slavs, The Discovery of Dalmatia in the Age of Enlightenment
• Larry Wolff
• HISTORY
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Wolf focuses on the circa-1700s Venetian Empire in the Balkans as a way to explore relations between eastern and western Europe in this fascinating, scholary study of the region.
(BLK35, $27.95)
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Venice, a Maritime Republic
• Frederic C. Lane
• HISTORY
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A wonderfully written history of the Venetian empire, engrossing in its scholarly detail. Lane focuses on the history of trade from the origin of the city in the 6th century to modern times, including the cities along the Balkan coast that were part of the trading empire. With drawings, maps, and archival photos.
(ITL24, $26.95)
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Visible Cities Dubrovnik
• Annabel Barber
• GUIDEBOOK
• OUT OF PRINT
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An informative, personable guide to exploring the city and surroundings, featuring a good overview of the history of Dubrovnik, suggested walking tours, a map of the city center and practical advice on where to go and what to do.
(BLK40, $24.95)
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Words Are Something Else
• David Albahari
• LITERATURE
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(BLK80, $15.95)
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A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age
• William Manchester
• HISTORY
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In this wide-ranging study, Manchester evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, with information on Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther.
(EUR06, $15.99)
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The World of Venice
• Jan Morris
• HISTORY
• FAVORITE
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Morris displays her talent for research, telling anecdote and well-wrought prose in this spirited history of a beloved city.
(ITL12, $16.00)
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Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation
• Laura Silber
• Allan Little
• HISTORY
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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)
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