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Dalmatian Coast   |   READING AND TRAVEL GUIDE

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Eyewitness Guide Croatia  •   Eyewitness Guides
GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES
Gorgeously illustrated and filled with excellent maps, this compact book is a thorough overview of Croatia, its history, traditions, cultures and sights. With 850 color photographs and illustrations. (BLK39, $23.00)
  Eyewitness Guide Croatia
The Balkans, A Short History  •  Mark Mazower
HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 188 PAGES • BEST SELLER
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 Balkans, A Short History
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, $15.00)
  Balkan Ghosts, A Journey Through History
Croatia Coast Map  •   Freytag & Berndt
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This nicely shaded, double-sided map covers the entire Dalmatian Coast -- from Trieste south to Pula, Split and Dubrovnik -- at a scale of 1:200,000. Fully indexed and excellent in its topographic detail, it is a useful guide to the complex coastline of the Adriatic. (BLK17, $11.95)
  Croatia Coast Map
 

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