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ALBANIA, MACEDONIA & BEYOND
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Balkan Tragedy, Chaos and Dissolution after the Cold War
• Susan Woodward
HISTORY •
1995 •
PAPER
• 536 PAGES
A scholarly, detailed analysis of Yugoslavia's collapse, published by the Brookings Institution, where the author is a senior policy fellow. Woodward places the Bosnia-Herzegovina war in an international context, showing how Western Europe and the U.S. policies contributed to the explosion of violence.
(BLK18, $24.95) |
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Balkans into Southeastern Europe, A Century of War And Transition
• John R. Lampe
HISTORY •
2006 •
PAPER
• 256 PAGES
A history of the troubled region from the interwar years to the present.
(BLK106, $39.00) |
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Bury Me Standing
• Isabel Fonseca
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1996 •
PAPER
• 322 PAGES
The Roma, as the Gypsies call themselves, have a long tradition in Eastern European culture -- influencing the music, foods, religious and folk traditions. This is an excellent book on the evasive subject of Roma culture in Eastern Europe, painstakingly researched by Ms. Fonseca as she traveled and lived among Gypsies. Black-and-white photos help give a human face to the conditions of the Roma, their history among the settled peoples of Poland, Czech Republic, Slovakia and Germany and the prospects for their cultural survival in the "new" Eastern Europe.
(EUR09, $16.00) |
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Central Europe Map
• Freytag & Berndt
2010 •
MAP
This colorful regional European map, like the sister map Europe Grand Tour (EUR185), covers from Paris and Amsterdam to Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Rome and Dubrovnik. One Side. 49x34 inches.
(EUR12, $14.95) |
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Central Europe, Enemies, Neighbors, Friends
• Lonnie Johnson
HISTORY •
2010 •
PAPER
• 382 PAGES
An academic survey of the social, political, and economic past of Central Europe, and the conflicts that stir modern-day European politics. From medieval to modern times, the formative historical events of Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia, are all introduced. Johnson is especially successful in analyzing the struggle of small nations in the face of imperial powers and how these experiences have created a diverse European heritage. With maps. Awarded an Outstanding Academic Book of 1997 by Choice.
(EUR69, $47.25) |
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Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe
• Henri Pirenne
HISTORY •
1936 •
PAPER
• 224 PAGES
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. It gives a concise picture of medieval Western Europe, including social disturbances, economic and social catastrophes, famine and the Black Death. A separate section on the North Sea and the Baltic contains specific references to the Hanseatic League.
(EUR18, $15.95) |
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The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
• Tina Rosenberg
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1996 •
PAPER
• 437 PAGES
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. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award.
(EUR54, $17.95) |
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Imagining the Balkans
• Maria Todorova
HISTORY •
1997 •
PAPER
• 257 PAGES
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, $35.50) |
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Macedonia Map
• MapLink
MAP
A detailed, shaded relief map of Macedonia, on the scale of 1:260,000.
(EUR27, $6.95) |
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Plagues and Peoples
• William McNeill
HISTORY •
1998 •
PAPER
• 365 PAGES
Wide-ranging, fascinating and well researched, this book traces the waves of epidemics that raged through Europe, particularly the famous Black Death of the 13th and 14th centuries.
(EUR26, $17.00) |
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Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II
• Joseph Rothschild
HISTORY •
2008 •
PAPER
• 274 PAGES
An opinionated, well-written and clear political history of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania since WWII, revised for this fourth edition.
(EUR31, $44.95) |
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Southeastern Europe Under Ottoman Rule
• Peter F. Sugar
HISTORY •
1983 •
PAPER
• 365 PAGES
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, $34.95) |
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Ancient Greece: Art, Architecture, and History
• Marina Belozerskaya
• Kenneth Lapatin
ARCHAEOLOGY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 144 PAGES
This lively illustrated guide covers the architecture, painting and sculpture of Ancient Greece from the third millennium to the end of the Hellenistic period. With 282 color and 28 black-and-white illustrations.
(GRE194, $19.95) |
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Greece Map
• Michelin
2011 •
MAP
A colorful shaded map of Greece, the Greek Islands and the western coast of Turkey at a scale of 1:800,000. Two Sides. 49x41 inches.
(GRE24, $12.95) |
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Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Macedonia Map
• Michelin Travel Publications
2007 •
MAP
A handy, folded regional travel map (at a scale of 1:1,000,0000), covering former Yugoslavia. One Side. 39x40 inches.
(BLK107, $11.95) |
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Sailing the Wine-Dark Sea, Why the Greeks Matter
• Thomas Cahill
HISTORY •
2004 •
PAPER
• 320 PAGES
A marvelous writer, Cahill sketches the civilization of ancient Greece through the lives and words of politicians, playwrights, a poet, philosopher and artist. He gives pride of place to Homer, Sophocles, Plato, Aristotle, Aeschylus, Euripides and Sappho. A third book in Cahill's popular, eloquent Hinges of History series -- and a superb introduction to the Greeks. The third book in the Hinges of History series.
(GRE182, $16.00) |
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Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Balkans
• Dennis Hupchick
HISTORY •
2001 •
PAPER
• 128 PAGES
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, $22.00) |
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