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Eyewitness Guide Bulgaria

by Eyewitness Guides

GUIDEBOOK
2011
PAPER
288 PAGES

This visually rich guide features outstanding maps, essays and travel information. (BLG32, $23.00)

A Concise History of Bulgaria

by R.J. Crampton

HISTORY
2005
PAPER
287 PAGES

A highly readable, illustrated introduction to Bulgaria's history from medieval empire to Ottoman rule, revival and modernization, to the fall of Communism. (BGR01, $30.99)

Balkan Ghosts, A Journey through History

by Robert D. Kaplan

TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2005
PAPER
307 PAGES

Kaplan interweaves the history, art and culture of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece with his travels in this portrait of the region. (BLK02, $17.00)

Bulgaria Map

by Freytag & Berndt

2008
MAP

This detailed, single-sided foldup map shows the country at a scale of 1:400,000. Place names are usefully shown in both Cyrillic and latin script and the multilingual legend includes English. (BGR06, $14.95)

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Lonely Planet Bulgaria

by Paul Greenway

GUIDEBOOK
2008
PAPER
332 PAGES

In hallmark Lonely Planet style, this practical guide details the history, culture and attractions of Bulgaria, with exhaustive listings of lodgings and restaurants. (BGR04, $23.99)

Rough Guide Bulgaria

by Jonathan Bousfield | Dan Richardson

GUIDEBOOK
2008
PAPER
536 PAGES

Now in its fifth edition, this fine guide in the British series offers a comprehensive overview of Bulgarian history, culture and attractions, plus a good deal of practical travel information. (BGR05, $24.99)

Black Sea

by Neal Ascherson

CULTURAL PORTRAIT
1996
PAPER
306 PAGES

In this skillful portrait of a region, Ascherson weaves his own travels and impressions with a fascinating account of the Black Sea's history. From ancient mythology to modern politics, he admirably never loses sight of the sea itself. (RUS46, $19.00)

Bury Me Standing

by Isabel Fonseca

CULTURAL PORTRAIT
1996
PAPER
322 PAGES

This marvelous portrait of the Roma, also known as the Gypsies, offers insight into their music, foods, religions and folk traditions, and also examines their influential but complex relationship with Eastern Europe. (EUR09, $14.95)

Central Europe, Enemies, Neighbors, Friends

by 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. (EUR69, $39.95)

Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II

by Joseph Rothschild

HISTORY
2008
PAPER
274 PAGES

An opinionated, well-written and clear political history of the region, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the Balkans. (EUR31, $39.95)

The Balkans, A Short History

by 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 Balkans: Nationalism, War, and the Great Powers, 1804-1999

by Misha Glenny

HISTORY
2001
PAPER
752 PAGES

Glenny poignantly challenges the role of the Great Powers in the region in this survey. (BLK32, $22.00)

The Fragility of Goodness, Why Bulgaria's Jews Survived the Holocaust

by Tzvetan Todorov

HISTORY
2003
PAPER
208 PAGES

A reconstruction of what happened in Bulgaria during World War II, detailing how Bulgaria became one of two countries not to turn over its Jewish population. (BGR15, $25.95)

The Magic Lantern, The Revolution of '89 Witnessed in Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin, and Prague

by Timothy Garton Ash

HISTORY
1993
PAPER
167 PAGES

With a chapter each on Warsaw, Budapest, Berlin and Prague, this eyewitness account by an astute journalist and historian shows these vibrant cities during a time of great change. (GER36, $15.00)

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe

by Dennis Hupchick | Harold Cox

HISTORY
2001
PAPER
130 PAGES

The changing borders and complex history of Eastern Europe as told through 52 maps and accompanying essays, organized chronologically. An excellent reference, the book shows the rise of Poland, changing borders of the Ottoman Empire, Hapsburgs and fate of Yugoslavia in admirable clarity. (EUR138, $21.95)

Baroque and Rococo Art

by Germain Bazin

ART & ARCHITECTURE
1985
PAPER
288 PAGES

An excellent illustrated survey of Baroque and Rococo art and architecture, this volume in the acclaimed "World of Art" series is a good companion to the golden age of Middle Europe. (EUR53, $21.95)

On Foot to the Golden Horn

by Jason Goodwin

TRAVEL NARRATIVE
2003
PAPER
278 PAGES

Goodwin interweaves history, incident and reflection in this excellent portrait of Central Europe. With chapters on Cracow, Slovakia, Budapest, Transylvania, Brasov and Bulgaria. (EUR81, $17.00)

Street Without a Name, Childhood and Other Misadventures in Bulgaria

by Kapka Kassabova

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
2009
HARD COVER
338 PAGES

Born in 1973, Kassabova traces her coming-of-age in Communist Sofia and bittersweet return to a land transformed over the last 30 years in this captivating, candid memoir and travelogue. (BLG38, $24.95)

Woman from Hamburg And Other True Stories

by Hanna Krall | Madeline G. Levine

BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
2006
PAPER
272 PAGES

Krall reveals the lives and strange trajectories of her compatriots in these poignant stories, profiles and interviews of survivors of WWII. (PLD49, $14.95)

Angelology

by Danielle Trussoni

MYSTERY
2010
HARD COVER
451 PAGES

A fast-paced tale moving between a convent on the Hudson River, Paris and the mountains of Bulgaria and skillfully weaving together mythology, history and biblical lore. (BLG46, $27.95)

The Turkish Gambit

by Andrew Bromfield | Boris Akunin

MYSTERY
2006
PAPER
224 PAGES

Detective Erast Fandorin is caught in Bulgaria in the middle of the brutal Russo-Turkish war in this thriller set in 1877. The third book in the series. (RUS263, $14.00)

Yiddish Folktales

by Beatrice Weinreich

LITERATURE
1997
PAPER
413 PAGES

A collection of 178 tales, many very short, of princesses and witches, dybbuks and wonder-working rebbes, gathered during the 1920s and 1930s by ethnographers in the small towns and villages of Eastern Europe. (CEU33, $18.00)

Birds of Europe

by Lars Svensson

FIELD GUIDE
2010
PAPER
416 PAGES
FAVORITE

Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)

Bradt Guide Central and Eastern European Wildlife

by Gerard Gorman

FIELD GUIDE
2008
PAPER
160 PAGES

An illustrated guide to the plants, mammals, birds and other wildlife of the region. (CEU36, $25.99)

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