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U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXBGR5)		  
Eyewitness Guide Bulgaria  •  Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2011 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
This wonderfully organized and visually rich guide features outstanding maps, essays on culture, history and geography and travel information. (BLG32, $23.00)		   Eyewitness Guide Bulgaria
A Concise History of Bulgaria  •  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. Second edition. (BGR01, $30.99)		   A Concise History of Bulgaria
Balkan Ghosts, A Journey through History  •  Robert D. Kaplan
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 307 PAGES
Kaplan combines the skills of an old-fashioned literate traveler and an informed journalist in this eloquent, opinionated report that interweaves history, art and culture of Yugoslavia, Bulgaria, Romania and Greece with recent events to paint a portrait of the region in the 1980s. This new edition includes six opinion pieces that he wrote for the New York Times and Washington Post in the 1990s. Named one of the best of 1993 by the New York Times. (BLK02, $17.00)		   Balkan Ghosts, A Journey through History
Bulgaria Map  •  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. One Side. (BGR06, $14.95)		   Bulgaria Map



Also Recommended

Lonely Planet Bulgaria  •  Paul Greenway   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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)
 		  
Lonely Planet Bulgarian Phrasebook  •  Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This handy pocket phrasebook includes pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary. (BGR13, $8.99)
 		  
Rough Guide Bulgaria  •  Jonathan Bousfield  •  Dan Richardson   • GUIDEBOOK  •  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  •  Neal Ascherson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  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  •  Isabel Fonseca   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  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, $16.00)
 		  
Central Europe, Enemies, Neighbors, Friends  •  Lonnie Johnson   • HISTORY  •  An academic survey of the social, political, and economic past of Central Europe, and the conflicts that stir modern-day European politics. (EUR69, $47.25)
 		  
Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II  •  Joseph Rothschild   • HISTORY  •  An opinionated, well-written and clear political history of the region, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the Balkans. (EUR31, $44.95)
 		  
The Balkans, A Short History  •  Mark Mazower   • HISTORY  •  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  •  Misha Glenny   • HISTORY  •  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  •  Tzvetan Todorov   • HISTORY  •  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  •  Timothy Garton Ash   • HISTORY  •  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  •  Dennis Hupchick  •  Harold Cox   • HISTORY  •  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  •  Germain Bazin   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  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  •  Jason Goodwin   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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  •  Kapka Kassabova   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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  •  Hanna Krall  •  Madeline G. Levine   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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  •  Danielle Trussoni   • MYSTERY  •  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  •  Andrew Bromfield  •  Boris Akunin   • MYSTERY  •  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  •  Beatrice Weinreich   • LITERATURE  •  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  •  Lars Svensson   • FIELD GUIDE • 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  •  Gerard Gorman   • FIELD GUIDE  •  An illustrated guide to the plants, mammals, birds and other wildlife of the region. (CEU36, $25.99)
 		  
 
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