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	Lonely Planet Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan  •  K. Rowson  •  Neil Wilson  •  David Rowson  •  Beth Potter GUIDEBOOK •  2004 •  PAPER  • 296 PAGES A practical guide to the Caucasus by Lonely Planet, featuring 40 maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing (along with places that the traveler should avoid). With 16 pages of color photographs and excellent travel information, including a language guide. (CCS05, $24.99)
	Georgia, In the Mountains of Poetry  •  Peter Nasmyth CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2006 •  PAPER  • 306 PAGES A cultural portrait of the Republic of Georgia by a British journalist who has traveled extensively in the region. It's the best book on post-Soviet Georgia, updated for this third revised edition. With 170 black-and-white photographs and illustrations. (CCS10, $45.95)
	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, $19.95)
	Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan  •   Freytag & Berndt REFERENCE •  MAP A travel map of the Caucasus at a scale 1:1,000,000. (CCS01, $12.95)

	Azerbaijan with Georgia  •  Mark Elliott   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide to Azerbaijan and Georgia in the British series with practical travel information, color photographs and detailed sketch maps. (CCS17, $23.95)
	Bradt Guide Georgia  •  Tim Burford   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This convenient guide is a personal, detailed overview of Georgia. It includes coverage of the Black Sea coast, Tbilisi and other major towns, as well as information on history, culture and accommodations. (CCS03, $25.99)
	Odyssey Guide Georgia  •  Robert Rosen  •  Jeffrey Jay Foxx  •  Eduard Shevardnadze   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A comprehensive travel guide to Georgia and the Caucasus, extensively revised, with maps, color photographs, and an excellent overview of culture and history. (CCS04, $23.95)
	Walking in the Caucasus, Georgia  •  Peter Nasmyth   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This walking guide to the Caucasus, with an emphasis on the flora and fauna, covers the remarkable geographical diversity of Georgia. (CCS30, $19.95)
	Armenia, At the Crossroads  •  Joseph Masih  •  Robert O. Krikorian   • HISTORY  •  A discussion of modern Armenia and its unstable political position after the collapse of the Soviet Union (CCS08, $38.95)
	Black Sea  •  Neal Ascherson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Ascherson weaves his own travels and impressions with a fascinating account of the history of the region in this skillful portrait. (RUS46, $18.00)
	Looking Toward Ararat, Armenia in Modern History  •  Ronald Grigor Suny   • HISTORY  •  A scholarly analysis of Armenian government and society, focusing on modern times up to the early 1990s. (CCS19, $19.95)
	Russia's Steppe Frontier, The Making of a Colonial Empire, 1500-1800  •  Michael Khodarkovsky   • HISTORY  •  In this sweeping, scholarly history Khodarovsky traces Russian imperial adventures in the Caucasus from the decline of the Mongols to the end of the 18th century. (CCS28, $22.95)
	The Cossacks, An Illustrated History  •  John Ure   • HISTORY  •  In this lively, beautifully illustrated overview a career diplomat (and frequent visitor to the region) explores the history of the Cossacks in Southern Russia and central Asia and their role in world affairs. (RUS135, $45.00)
	The Ottoman Centuries  •  Lord Kinross   • HISTORY  •  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, $18.95)
	The Ottoman Turks: An Introductory History to 1923  •  Justin McCarthy   • HISTORY  •  A vivid overview of the history, customs and traditions of Ottoman Turkey, complete with maps and illustrations. (TKY36, $62.40)
	Art of the Byzantine Era  •  David Talbot Rice   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An indispensable classic and a thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art, wide-ranging and literate. Though it focuses on early Christian Constantinople, the book also includes chapters on Sicily, Venice and the Slavonic art of the Balkans. (TKY22, $16.95)
	Among the Russians  •  Colin Thubron   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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 complex Russian identity in this lyrical book. (RUS106, $14.00)
	Azerbaijan Diary: A Rogue Reporter's Adventures in an Oil-Rich, War-Torn, Post Soviet Republic  •  Thomas Goltz   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  A first-person account of the chaotic early 1990s in Azerbaijan by a freelance journalist. Both an adventure story and a piece of significant journalism, the book captures the politically charged and somewhat mad atmosphere of the time. (CCS09, $36.95)
	Black Dog of Fate, A Memoir  •  Peter Balakian   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  This powerful memoir combines Balakian's coming-of-age as an Armenian-American in New Jersey with his growing realization of the horrors suffered by his family in the Christian Armenian genocide of 1915 in Ottoman Turkey. (CCS12, $15.95)
	Caucasus, A Journey to the Land between Christianity and Islam  •  Nicholas Griffin   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An engaging account of travels in the Caucasus in the footsteps of Imam Shamil, a muslim who resisted in the Russians in the 19th century. The book is a portrait of the people, land and issues in the region. (CCS25, $18.00)
	Eastward to Tartary  •  Robert D. Kaplan   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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, $14.95)
	Passage to Ararat  •  Michael J. Arlen  •  Clark Blaise   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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)
	Stories I Stole, A Journey to Georgia  •  Wendell Steavenson   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  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. (CCS22, $13.00)
	The Orientalist, Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life  •  Tom Reiss   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  A storyteller of the first order, Reiss weaves much 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, $15.95)
	Vagabond Life, The Caucasus Journals of George Kennan  •  George Kennan   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  An account of a six-month odyssey in Muslim Dagestan by the irrepressible Russian explorer. (CCS21, $30.00)
	Ali and Nino, A Love Story  •  Kurban Said   • LITERATURE  •  The deeply sentimental tale, set in years before WWI Baku, of an Azerbaijani Muslim boy in love with a Georgian Christian girl, originally published in 1937. (CCS26, $13.95)
	Hadji Murad  •  Leo Tolstoy  •  Aylmer Maude   • LITERATURE  •  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)
	The Literature of Georgia, A History  •  Donald Rayfield   • LITERATURE  •  A sweeping history of Georgia's diverse 1,500-year literary tradition. (CCS35, $170.00)

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