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These 4 items are available for $67, including U.S. shipping, a 15% discount (Item no. EXBLK38)

The Balkans, A Short History  •  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)
Balkan Ghosts, A Journey Through History  •  Robert D. Kaplan HISTORY •  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, $16.00)
The Fracture Zone, My Return to the Balkans  •  Simon Winchester TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES Winchester, who first encountered the Balkans on a road trip in the 1970s, returns to the region on a heart-wrenching, dramatic tour of the country in the midst of the 1999 Kosovo crisis. In his familiar and engaging style, Winchester combines reflection, travel and interview in this portrait of a troubled place. Starting out in Vienna, his travels include Croatia, Bosnia and Serbia, Slovenia, Montenegro, Albania, Macedonia, Kosovo, Bulgaria, and Turkey. (BLK64, $13.00)
The Bridge on the Drina  •  Ivo Andric  •  Lovette F. Edwards LITERATURE •  1977 •  PAPER  • 318 PAGES This historical novel, originally published in 1945, traces the Ottoman period in the Central Balkans from the 16th-century to World War I. Andric takes as his metaphor the location of the ancient bridge on the Drina, dividing East and West, Europe and Orient, Christian and Muslim. Born in Travnik, Bosnia, Andric won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1961. The Bridge on the Drina is part of a trilogy that includes Bosnian Story and The Woman from Sarajevo. (BLK59, $15.00)

Bosnia-Herzegovina Map  •  Freytag & Berndt    •  This double-sided road map covers Bosnia at a detailed scale of 1:250,000. (BLK100, $12.95)
Croatia Coast Map  •  Freytag & Berndt    •  A nicely shaded map covering the Dalmatian Coast from Porec to Dubrovnik at a scale of 1:200,000. Fully indexed and excellent in its topographic detail, this is a useful guide to the complex coastline of the Adriatic. (BLK17, $11.95)
Montenegro Map  •  Gizi Map    •  This handy full-color road map covers Montenegro and its coast at a scale of 250,000. (BLK101, $12.95)
Serbia and Montenegro Map  •  Reise Know How    •  A product of the World Mapping Project, this full-color map, double-sided map of Serbia and Montenegro is at a detailed scale of 1:400,000. (BLK48, $14.95)
Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia Herzegovina, Yugoslavia, Macedonia Map  •  Michelin Travel Publications    •  A handy, folded travel map at a scale of 1: 1,000,0000. (BLK107, $11.95)
Bradt City Guide Zagreb  •  Piers Letcher   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A handy city guide in the popular British series. (BLK105, $13.99)
Bradt Guide Albania  •  Gillian Gloyer   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact overview of Albania, its history, wildlife and major attractions. Geared for the independent traveler, it also includes maps and practical information. (BLK66, $25.99)
Bradt Guide Bosnia and Herzegovina  •  Tim Clancy   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide in the invaluable British series. (BLK68, $22.95)
Bradt Guide Kosovo  •  Verena Knaus  •  Gail Warrander   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide in the authoritative Brish series. (BLK108, $25.99)
Bradt Guide Macedonia  •  Thammy Evans   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A personal, detailed overview of Macedonia with excellent travel information. (EUR168, $25.99)
Bradt Guide Montenegro  •  Annalisa Rellie   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, detailed overview of Montenegro, its history, wildlife and major attractions in the series by Bradt. Geared for the independent traveler, it also includes maps and lots of practical travel information. (BLK47, $24.99)
Bradt Guide Serbia  •  Laurence Mitchell   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A practical guide in the popular series with good information on transportation, historical sites, and accommodations, with an extended section on Belgrade, the capital city, and a separate chapter on Kosovo. (BLK67, $24.99)
Eyewitness Guide Croatia  •  Eyewitness Guides   • GUIDEBOOK  •  Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of Croatia's history, traditions, cultures and sights. (BLK39, $23.00)
Fodor's Venice's 25 Best  •  Citypack   • GUIDEBOOK  •  This shirt-pocket guide includes an excellent map of the city center and essential information on Venice's highlights, including restaurant recommendations and sightseeing. (ITL106, $11.95)
Lonely Planet Western Balkans  •  Lonely Planet   • GUIDEBOOK  •  A compact, practical guide to the region from Slovenia and Croatia, to Bosnia & Hercegovina, Serbia & Montenegro, Macedonia and Albania. (BLK84, $22.99)
Another Fool in the Balkans, In the Footsteps of Rebecca West  •  Tony White   • CULTURAL PORTRAIT  •  Tony White interviewed artists, writers and politicians of the area to create this exploration of southeastern Europe, tackling with insight and humor our preconceptions of the Balkans. (BLK44, $14.95)
Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia  •  Rebecca West  •  Christopher Hitchens   • HISTORY  •  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)
Kosovo, What Everyone Needs to Know  •  Tim Judah   • HISTORY  •  Judah traces the geography, history and identity of not just tiny Kosovo but of the Western Balkans in this clear, direct guide. (BLK133, $16.95)
Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of the Balkans  •  Dennis Hupchick   • HISTORY  •  The changing borders and complex history of the Balkans, clearly and concisely shown through 50 double-page maps, accompanied by essays and organized chronologically. (BLK41, $19.95)
Sarajevo, A Biography  •  Robert J. Donia   • HISTORY  •  Donia captures the sprit of Sarajevo and its role as cosmopolitan center, in this lively, personal cultural, social, and political history of the city. (BLK99, $35.00)
The Balkan Wars, Conquest, Revolution, and Retribution from the Ottoman Era to the Twentieth Century and Beyond  •  Andre Gerolymatos   • HISTORY  •  (BLK124, $17.00)
The Balkans, From Constantinople to Communism  •  Dennis Hupchick   • HISTORY  •  Hupchick looks at European, Orthodox Christian, and Muslim influences in the Balkans from early kingdoms through the 1990s in this important survey. (BLK37, $29.95)
The Orthodox Church  •  Kallistos Ware   • RELIGION  •  A comprehensive, clear overview of the origins, historical development and practice of Eastern Christianity by a British scholar and Archbishop. With chapters on Byzantium, conversion of the Slavs, the Church under Islam and the contemporary Orthodox world. (GEN261, $17.00)
The Serbs: History, Myth and the Destruction of Yugoslavia  •  Tim Judah   • HISTORY  •  A history of Serbia from medieval times to the 1990s by an award-winning British journalist. (BLK49, $18.00)
Venice, a Maritime Republic  •  Frederic C. Lane   • HISTORY  •  Lane focuses on the history of trade, taking in not just on La Serenissima but also Dubrovink and the other cities of its once farflung domain. (ITL24, $26.95)
Yugoslavia: Death of a Nation  •  Laura Silber  •  Allan Little   • HISTORY  •  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)
Early Christian and Byzantine Art  •  John Lowden   • ART & ARCHITECTURE  •  An illustrated guide to the architectural heritage of the early Christian period (860-1453), with a survey of the philosophy and intellectual climate of the time. (EUR23, $24.95)
Conversations With Stalin  •  Milovan Djilas   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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, $13.00)
How We Survived Communism and Even Laughed  •  Slavenka Drakulic   • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR  •  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, $13.00)
The Impossible Country, A Journey Through the Last Days of Yugoslavia  •  Brian Hall   • TRAVEL NARRATIVE  •  Beautifully written, this chronicle of the people, politics and mood of the Yugoslavia as it crumbles is an engaging snapshot and elegy. (BLK22, $23.95)
Broken April  •  Ismail Kadare   • LITERATURE  •  In this best-known novel by the contemporary Albanian writer, a bereaved mountaineer and a young anthropologist couple both wrestle with the age-old traditions of the high plateau. (BLK70, $14.95)
Death and the Dervish  •  Mesa Selimovic   • LITERATURE  •  The tale of Sheikh Nuruddin, the self-serving dervish of the title, set during Ottoman rule in 18th-century Bosnia. Selimovic (1910-1982) was a well-known Bosnian Muslim author. (BLK69, $24.00)
Pretty Birds, A Novel  •  Scott Simon   • LITERATURE  •  In this bold first novel Simon turns his experiences as a journalist in war-torn Bosnia into a powerful tale of family, ethnicity and survival. (BLK63, $13.95)
The Siege  •  Ismail Kadare   • LITERATURE • COMING IN FEBRUARY  •  Kadare's poweful novel dramatizes the siege on a Christian fortress in the mountains of Albania by the Ottoman army -- a bloody, complex struggle peopled with memorable characters. (BLK136, $24.00)