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Essential Books These 4 items are available for $78, including
U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXCCS12)		  
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)		   The Georgian Feast, The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia
The Caucasus, An Introduction  •  Thomas De Waal
HISTORY •  2010 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
An experienced journalist in the region, de Waal portrays the challenges and conflicts of the region in this timely report. With historical background, insight into energy production and an analysis of the struggles for independence. (CCS48, $18.95)		   The Caucasus, An Introduction
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)		   Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan
Lonely Planet Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan  •  John Noble
GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  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)		   Lonely Planet Georgia, Armenia & Azerbaijan



Also Recommended

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)
 		  
Culture Smart! Azerbaijan  •  Nikki Kazimova   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A concise and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (CCS49, $9.95)
 		  
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, $24.00)
 		  
Black Garden, Armenia and Azerbaijan Through Peace and War  •  Thomas De Waal   • HISTORY  •  A highly praised portrait of the region that weaves an account of the author's travels throughout the South Caucasus with an analysis of the Nagorny Karabakh conflict. (CCS24, $24.00)
 		  
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)
 		  
Gentlemen of the Road  •  Michael Chabon   • HISTORY  •  This medieval adventure by Pulitzer Prize-winner Chabon is set in the Caucasus Mountains, where two thieves for hire are responsible for the fate of the empire of the Khazars. (MDE125, $14.00)
 		  
Georgia, In the Mountains of Poetry  •  Peter Nasmyth   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  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, $49.95)
 		  
Georgian Spring, A Magnum Journal  •  Wendell Steavenson   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Ten Magnum photographers turned their lenses on contemporary Georgia, and particularly its people, for this 2003 project. With a fold-out map showing each photographer's journey, a best-of collection of Magnum photography on the region and an illuminating introduction. (CCS46, $50.00)
 		  
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, $23.95)
 		  
The Ghost of Freedom, A Modern History of the Caucasus  •  Charles King   • HISTORY  •  A professor at Georgetown, King reveals the imperial ambitions, larger-than-life personalities and romance of this strategic region. (CCS39, $19.95)
 		  
The Sabres of Paradise, Conquest and Vengeance in the Caucasus  •  Lesley Blanch   • HISTORY  •  Blanch's epic history of Chechnya's struggle against 19th-century Tsarist Russia -- a classic account of the Great Caucasus War and the role of Daghestan leader Imam Shamyl. (CCS45, $26.00)
 		  
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 Armenian genocide of 1915 in Ottoman Turkey. (CCS12, $16.95)
 		  
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 the Russians in the 19th century. The book is a portrait of the people, land and issues in the region. (CCS25, $20.00)
 		  
Highlanders, A Journey to the Caucasus in Quest of Memory  •  Yo'av Karny   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  In this astute portrait of a complex region in the wake of the breakup of the Soviet Union, an Israeli journalist travels into the Caucasus to uncover what fuels the conflicts that divide the region's many ethnic and religious communities. (CCS20, $32.00)
 		  
My Brother's Road, An American's Fateful Journey to Armenia  •  Markar Melkonian   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  Markar Melkonian spent seven years unraveling the mystery of his brother's life, a road that took him from a California kid to leader of an army in Armenia, his adopted homeland. (CCS42, $21.00)
 		  
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, $17.95)
 		  
The Orientalist, Solving the Mystery of a Strange and Dangerous Life  •  Tom Reiss   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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)
 		  
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)
 		  
A Hero of Our Time  •  Mikhail Lermontov  •  Vladimir Nabokov  •  Dmitri Nabokov   • LITERATURE  •  The story of the bored and cynical antihero Pechorin. A masterpiece of Russian Romanticism originally published in 1840. (RUS316, $14.95)
 		  
A Spy by Nature  •  Charles Cumming   • MYSTERY  •  Introducing the London School of Economics graduate and reluctant British spy Alec Milius. When he lands a prime job for a British oil company, Alec finds himself trapped in a world of secrets and lies that could cost him his life. (CCS44, $14.99)
 		  
Ali and Nino, A Love Story  •  Kurban Said   • LITERATURE  •  The deeply sentimental tale, set in the years before WWI-era 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)
 		  
 
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