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READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE
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Stories I Stole, A Journey to Georgia
• Wendell Steavenson
TRAVEL NARRATIVE •
2004 •
PAPER
• 277 PAGES
Witty, engaging and attuned to the complexities of history and ethnicity, Steavenson -- a veteran journalist -- spins lyrical tales of the former Soviet Republic of Georgia as it crumbles around her in the late 1990s. She, helpfully, includes a glossary of ethnic groups in the region (Chechen, Georgian, and Abkhazian among them), and an excellent bibliography. Her stories, many revolving around a single character (she befriended many people, including a famous Chechen rebel), capture both the charm of the people and the desperate conditions in Georgia. At one point she admits "I was happy; charmed, drunk and beguiled like thousands of guests and invaders before me, in the land of hospitality." She certainly wasn't bored! A superb first book by a talented writer.
(CCS22, $17.95) |
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The Georgian Feast, The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia
• Darra Goldstein
• Niko Pirosmani
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1999 •
PAPER
• 229 PAGES
Historian and food expert Darra Goldstein offers up a savory introduction to the Republic of Georgia in this illustrated cultural history. She combines her love of Georgian food -- and recipes -- with information on geography, history and culture.
(CCS02, $24.95) |
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Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan
• Freytag & Berndt
REFERENCE •
MAP
A travel map of the Caucasus at a scale 1:1,000,000. Two Sides. 33x47 inches.
(CCS01, $14.95) |
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Also Recommended
Walking in the Caucasus, Georgia
• Peter Nasmyth
• GUIDEBOOK
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This walking guide to the Caucasus, with an emphasis on the flora and fauna, covers the remarkable geographical diversity of Georgia.
(CCS30, $24.00)
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Black Sea
• Neal Ascherson
• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
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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)
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The Ottoman Centuries
• Lord Kinross
• HISTORY
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A richly detailed, engrossing history of the Ottoman Empire from its dawn in 1300 up to the foundation of the modern republic in 1923, enhanced by maps and photos.
(ITL54, $18.99)
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Art of the Byzantine Era
• David Talbot Rice
• ART & ARCHITECTURE
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Wide-ranging and literate, this thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art is an indispensable classic.
(TKY22, $21.95)
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Among the Russians
• Colin Thubron
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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The marvelous account of a 10,000-mile journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia in 1981. A gifted writer and intrepid traveler, Thubron grapples with the complexities of Russian identity in this lyrical book.
(RUS106, $14.00)
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Caucasus, A Journey to the Land between Christianity and Islam
• Nicholas Griffin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An engaging account of travels in the Caucasus in the footsteps of Imam Shamil, a Muslim who resisted the Russians in the 19th century. The book is a portrait of the people, land and issues in the region.
(CCS25, $20.00)
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Eastward to Tartary
• Robert D. Kaplan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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A glimpse into the people and history that color the countries of Turkey, Syria, Lebanon, Israel, the Caucasus and finally Central Asia, in a loosely organized travelogue by the author of the acclaimed Balkan Ghosts.
(CAS45, $15.95)
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Lords of the Horizons
• Jason Goodwin
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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Goodwin artfully combines his modern travels with scholarship, history and reflection, capturing the outrageous personalities, events and vagaries of the 600-year-old Ottoman empire.
(TKY44, $17.00)
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Passage to Ararat
• Michael J. Arlen
• Clark Blaise
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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Arlen's National Book Award-winning memoir of his father and the rediscovery of his Armenian heritage. He interweaves stories of travel and family with an account of the troubled history of the country.
(CCS11, $15.00)
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The Orientalist, Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life
• Tom Reiss
• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
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A storyteller of the first order, Reiss weaves a wonderful tapestry of information about the cultures and religions in the Caucasus in this wonderful tale of the remarkable life of Lev Nussimbaum -- a fabulist, interpreter of cultures, novelist and rogue who reinvented himself as Kurban Said.
(CCS27, $17.00)
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Vagabond Life, The Caucasus Journals of George Kennan
• George Kennan
• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
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An account of a six-month odyssey in Muslim Dagestan by the irrepressible Russian explorer.
(CCS21, $30.00)
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Hadji Murad
• Leo Tolstoy
• Aylmer Maude
• LITERATURE
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A short novel set in the 19th-century Caucasus, concerning -- in part -- conflicts between the occupying Russians and Muslim groups in the region.
(CCS18, $11.95)
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