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FATHER'S DAY

City of Fortune, How Venice Ruled the Seas

Roger Crowley

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PROVENCE & THE COTE D'AZUR

A Pig in Provence: Good Food and Simple Pleasures in the South of France

Georgeanne Brennan

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OUR FAVORITES

Arctic Dreams

Barry Lopez

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PENGUIN CLASSICS

The Log from the Sea of Cortez

John Steinbeck

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ADRIATIC SEA: VENICE TO DUBROVNIK

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The Birth of the Despot, Venice and the Sublime Porte


by Lucette Valensi

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 119 PAGES

Valensi looks at Venice's perceptions of its eastern rival in the crucial period after the fall of Constantinople to the Turks in this elegant book, originally published in French in 1987. (ITA282, $24.95)

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia


by Rebecca West | Christopher Hitchens

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 1181 PAGES

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)

Conversations With Stalin

Conversations With Stalin


by Milovan Djilas

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1963
  • PAPER
  • 211 PAGES

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, $13.95)

Croatia, A History

Croatia, A History


by Ivo Goldstein | Nikolina Jovanovic

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 281 PAGES

A concise, balanced history of Croatia, from medieval times to the present, by a professor at the University of Zagreb. (BLK30, $29.95)

Moon Spotlight Dubrovnik & the Dalmatian Coast


by Shann Fountain Culo

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 100 PAGES

This handy guide focuses on where to go and what to do, including suggested tours and walks, hotels, restaurants and shops. (BLK156, $7.95)

Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere

Trieste and the Meaning of Nowhere


by Jan Morris

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A loving celebration of the city and its faded glory. Morris, who first visited the city as a soldier during WWII, is especially good at evoking the varied history and fortunes of Trieste. (ITL347, $15.00)

The Uskoks of Senj: Piracy, Banditry, and Holy War in the Sixteenth-Century Adriatic


by Catherine Wendy Bracewell

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 329 PAGES

Catherine Wendy Bracewell reconstructs and analyzes the tumultuous history of the uskoks of Senj, the martial bands nominally under the control of the Habsburg Military Frontier in Croatia, who between the 1530s and the 1620s developed a community based on raiding the Ottoman hinterland, Venetian possessions in Dalmatia, and shipping on the Adriatic. (BLK164, $34.95)

The Years of Bloom: James Joyce in Trieste, 1904-1920


by John McCourt

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 306 PAGES

McCourt recreates in loving detail the daily life, milieu and inspiration of the author in his adopted Trieste. (ITA281, $29.95)

Yugoslavia, Death of a Nation

Yugoslavia, Death of a Nation


by Laura Silber | Allan Little

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 403 PAGES

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)

Bradt Guide Croatia

Bradt Guide Croatia


by Piers Letcher

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

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 information on nature, history, and culture. (BLK55, $22.99)

Croatia, A Nation Forged in War

Croatia, A Nation Forged in War


by Marcus Tanner

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

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, $25.00)

Art and Life in Renaissance Venice

Art and Life in Renaissance Venice


by Patricia Brown

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

This compact volume evokes the spirit of Renaissance Venice with authoritative essays and 120 full-color illustrations. (ITL57, $42.20)

Venice, The Grand Canal

Venice, The Grand Canal


by Daniele Resini

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER

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)

Venturing in Italy, Travels in Puglia, the Land of Two Seas

Venturing in Italy, Travels in Puglia, the Land of Two Seas


by Barb Euser

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

This collection of 30 true tales by contemporary writers and journalists celebrates the people, places and history of Puglia. (ITA14, $14.95)

 

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