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Eyewitness Guide Croatia

by Eyewitness Guides

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2011
• PAPER
• 296 PAGES
• BEST SELLER

Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book offers a thorough overview of Croatia's history, traditions, cultures and sights. (BLK39, $23.00)

Fodor's Venice's 25 Best

by Citypack

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2012
• PAPER
• 176 PAGES

This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information. (ITL106, $12.99)

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 World of Venice

by Jan Morris

• TRAVEL NARRATIVE
• 1995
• PAPER
• 315 PAGES
• FAVORITE

Morris displays her talent for research, anecdote and well-wrought prose in this spirited history of a beloved city. (ITL12, $18.95)

Croatia Coast Map

by Freytag & Berndt

• 2011
• MAP

A nicely shaded map covering the Dalmatian Coast from Porec to Dubrovnik at a scale of 1:200,000, perfect for the complex coastline. (BLK17, $14.95)

 

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Bradt Mini Guide Dubrovnik

by Piers Letcher

• GUIDEBOOK
• 2007
• PAPER
• 256 PAGES

A helpful, condensed guide to the city in the popular Bradt series. (BLK46, $13.99)

A Traveller's History of Venice

by Peter Menzel

• HISTORY
• 2005
• PAPER
• 304 PAGES

A lively, brief history of Venice. (ITL625, $14.95)

Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia

by Rebecca West | Christopher Hitchens

• HISTORY
• 2007
• PAPER
• 1181 PAGES

First published in 1941, this monumental work explores the complex history of Yugoslavia, its heroes, politics and culture. It's a big, challenging book -- some call it the best ever written on the Balkans. (BLK04, $25.00)

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, $16.00)

Croatia, A Nation Forged in War

by Marcus Tanner

• HISTORY
• 2010
• PAPER
• 384 PAGES

A modern history of Croatia from its medieval origins to Nazi occupation through to the present day by a British correspondent, who reported from the region during the events of 1993. (BLK23, $25.00)

Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Balkans

by Dennis Hupchick

• HISTORY
• 2001
• PAPER
• 128 PAGES

The changing borders and complex history of the Balkans, clearly and concisely shown through 50 double-page maps and accompanying essays, organized chronologically. (BLK41, $22.00)

Venice and the Slavs, The Discovery of Dalmatia in the Age of Enlightenment

by Larry Wolff

• HISTORY
• 2001
• PAPER
• 404 PAGES

Wolf focuses on the circa-1700s Venetian Empire in the Balkans as a way to explore relations between eastern and western Europe in this fascinating, scholarly study of the region. (BLK35, $29.95)

Venice Observed

by Mary McCarthy

• CULTURAL PORTRAIT
• 1995
• PAPER
• 158 PAGES

Originally published over 30 years ago, this collection of eight essays is a literate, evocative celebration of the city, its character, and its history. (ITL27, $13.95)

Yugoslavia, Death of a Nation

by Laura Silber | Allan Little

• HISTORY
• 1997
• PAPER
• 403 PAGES

Called "one of the finest volumes to come out of the war" by the New York Times, this book combines eyewitness reports, political commentary and documentary photographs to elucidate the origins and aftermath of the breakup of Yugoslavia. (BLK03, $17.00)

Art and Life in Renaissance Venice

by Patricia Brown

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 2005
• PAPER
• 176 PAGES

This compact volume evokes the spirit of Renaissance Venice with authoritative essays and 120 full-color illustrations. (ITL57, $42.20)

Art of the Byzantine Era

by David Talbot Rice

• ART & ARCHITECTURE
• 1985
• PAPER
• 286 PAGES

Wide-ranging and literate, this thoroughly illustrated introduction to Byzantine art is an indispensable classic. (TKY22, $21.95)

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)

Conversations With Stalin

by Milovan Djilas

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1963
• PAPER
• 211 PAGES

This is a scathing memoir by one of Tito's top aides, ousted from the Communist Party in 1954. It captures some of the absurdities of life in communist Yugoslavia. (BLK24, $13.95)

How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed

by Slavenka Drakulic

• BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
• 1993
• PAPER
• 227 PAGES

These short essays capture the absurdity, struggle and day-to-day reality of being a woman in Yugoslavia under Communism. Drakulic is a Croatian journalist, novelist and contributing editor at The Nation. (BLK38, $15.99)

Death at La Fenice

by Donna Leon

• MYSTERY
• 2004
• PAPER
• 270 PAGES

The first of the tremendously good Guido Brunetti mysteries, all set in the author's beloved Venice, in which a famous conductor is found dead at the celebrated theater of the title. (ITL555, $14.99)

In the Company of the Courtesan

by Sarah Dunant

• LITERATURE
• 2007
• PAPER
• 385 PAGES

Dunant paints a vivid, earthy portrait of Renaissance Venice in this absorbing novel of intrigue, ambition and love -- cleverly narrated by the wily dwarf Bucino Teodoldo, loyal companion of the courtesan. (ITL650, $13.95)

Montenegro, A Novel

by Starling Lawrence

• LITERATURE
• 2006
• PAPER
• 350 PAGES

Steeped in atmosphere, this compelling tale of intrigue set in turn-of-the-century Montenegro evokes the tangled politics of the region -- Muslim, Turk and British. Lawrence follows the adventures of a reluctant British spy, Harwell Auberon, from the Adriatic to mountain villages, capturing the essence of the people and the land. (BLK08, $14.99)

The Bridge on the Drina

by Ivo Andric | Lovette F. Edwards

• LITERATURE
• 1977
• PAPER
• 318 PAGES

These linked stories by the Nobel-prize winning author capture the history and complexity of Christian and Muslim relations during Ottoman occupation. Hewn of stone, the bridge dividing the town of Visegrad was Andric's inspiration. (BLK59, $15.00)

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