by Rick Steves  Publisher Comments Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers the best ways to meander through the region's beautiful beaches, excellent restaurants, and fascinating history? With Rick Steves’ Croatia and Slovenia, travelers can experience everything Croatia and Slovenia... (read more) Your Price $19.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies 
by Isabel Fonseca Publisher Comments After the revolutions of 1989, Isabel Fonseca lived and traveled with the Gypsies of Bulgaria, Poland, the Czech Republic and Slovakia, the former Yugoslavia, Romainia, and Albania — listening to their stories and recording their attempts to become... (read more) List Price $14.95 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Richard Burton Publisher Comments Includes bibliographical references (p. 232-236) and indexes.... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by Anthony Loyd 
Publisher Comments "A truly exceptional...account of his time in the Balkans and Chechnya....I read [Loyd's] story of war and addiction (to conflict and to heroin) with a sense of gratitude for the honesty and courage on every page." Independent (UK)"... (read more) List Price $15.00 Your Price $8.00 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
by George Konrad Publisher Comments A powerful memoir of war, politics, literature, and family life by one of Europe's leading intellectuals. When George Konrád was a child of eleven, he, his sister, and two cousins managed to flee to Budapest from the Hungarian countryside the day... (read more) List Price $15.95 Your Price $12.76 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Emile Giatzidis Publisher Comments This book assesses the post-communist period in Bulgaria and examines how the Democratization process has developed so far. It contains valuable historical and comparative features and provides the reader with a comprehensive and detailed account of the... (read more) Your Price $9.98 (Sale - Trade Paper) more about this title 
by Andrew Tarnowski Publisher Comments The shot Count Hieronim Tarnowski fired on his wedding night in 1914, on the eve of the First World War, was like a tocsin that sounded the doom of his ancient Polish family. When, in August 1939, on the eve of another war, his daughter Sophie saw blood... (read more) List Price $24.95 Your Price $17.50 (Used - Hardcover) check for new and sale copies
by Bernd J. Fischer Publisher Comments Authoritarian leaders such as Enver Hoxha, Todor Zhivkov, Josip Broz Tito and Slobodan Milosevic are part of a time-honored tradition of Balkan authoritarian rule that saw the domination of some of the most colorful but also brutal leaders of twentieth... (read more) List Price $39.95 Your Price $31.96 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Slavenka Drakulic Publisher Comments Hailed by feminists as one of the most important contributions to women's studies in the last decade, this gripping, beautifully written account describes the daily struggles of women under the Marxist regime in the former republic of Yugoslavia.... (read more) Your Price $5.95 (Used - Trade Paper) check for new and sale copies
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Friday May 16, 2008
by Tom Gallagher Publisher Comments "Gallagher thinks in neat, clear categories and writes with a style to match." —Foreign Affairs Modern Romania makes a significant contribution to the political history of Romania and Central Europe, as well as to the literature on the dynamics of... (read more) Your Price $25.00 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Miranda Vickers Publisher Comments This is the first full account of a country that, following decades of isolation, has undergone unprecedented changes to its political system: the collapse of communism, the progression to multi-party elections and the upheaval that followed the March... (read more) Your Price $31.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Rick Steves Publisher Comments Who but Rick Steves can tell travelers the best way to see the spires of Prague, castles of Bohemia, and villages of Moravia? With Rick Steves' Prague and the Czech Republic, travelers can experience the best of everything this city has to offer —... (read more) Your Price $17.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Sarah Johnstone Publisher Comments What Will Your Prague Encounter Be? ...strolling through a maze of winding cobbled lanes and baroque houses (p11) ...swigging luxuriously smooth Czech lager in a local beer hall (p15; p152) ...surrounding yourself with weird and wonderful Cubist... (read more) Your Price $11.99 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Lale Surmen Aran Publisher Comments You can count on a Rick Steves guidebook to tell you what you really need to know when traveling in Istanbul. Rick Steves’ Istanbul is a “tour guide in your pocket” to one of the world’s grandest cities. Walking in the footsteps... (read more) Your Price $17.95 (New - Trade Paper) check for used and sale copies
by Dk Synopsis Whether you want to dance the Blue Danube waltz by the Bakony mountains or indulge in some traditional goulash in one of Budapest's buzzing restaurants, this guide should prove useful. Included are 3D models and cutaways and top tips on the best spas in... (read more) Your Price $14.98 (Sale - Flexible) check for used copies
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