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A Pebble in My Shoe 10 reviews
Katherine Hoeger Flotz
Pannonia Press, 2004
A triumph of life over cruel adversity
What a wonderful gift from Katherine Hoeger Flotz! A deeply moving memoir of a child's recollections of life in one of Tito's concentration camps. A story not only of survival but of triumph over deadly adversity. This is a most valuable contribution to the too little known saga of the ethnic cleansing of the Donauschwabians after WWII. As a fellow survivor from another village I was often moved ...
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Nikola and Milena, King and Queen of the Black Mountain: The Rise and Fall of Montenegro's Royal Family2 reviews
Marco Houston
Leppi Publications, 2003
Attractive book, great price
This is a gorgeous book on the "father-in-law" of Europe at the beginning of the 20th century. Well written and gorgeously illustrated.
And this price is a steal - at the museum shop of the King's Palace in Cetinje, Montenegro, this book sells for 100 Euros!
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Army of Darkness / Xena #1 : Why Not? Part One (Dynamite Entertainment)1 review
John Layman
Dynamite Entertainment, 2008
WHY NOT INDEED!
ARMY OF DARKNESS was Sam Raimi's sequel to his EVIL DEAD flicks which had long been fan favorites for their horror and for their cheerful abuse of the film's leading man Bruce Campbell. There were those fans, however, who were unhappy with the change of tone in ARMY and the way the gore and horror of the DEAD flix had been all but abandoned in favor of a more family friendly comedy/adventure ...
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The Falcon and Eagle: Montenegro and Austria-Hungary, 1908-19145 reviews
John D Treadway
Purdue University Press, 1983
a first in its field.....
I was lucky enough to have been a student of Dr. Treadway at the University of Richmond. This book was on the reading list for his class European Diplomacy from Bismarck to Hitler. Treadway's intense teaching style as well as his insightful sense of humor are seen in this work. The events leading up to World War I were both complicated, and filled with lots of "what if's..." Treadway concerns ...
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The mountain wreath of P. P. Nyegosh: Prince-Bishop of Montenegro, 1830-18513 reviews
Petar Petrovitch Nyegosh
George Allen & Unwin Ltd., 1930
Mountain Wreath
This is one of the greatest works of Serbian Literature. The best prouf is that Goethe learned Serbian just to read this book in original Serbian languange. It describes how Monte Negro fought against Turks and how some of them converted to Islam. By this he describes and explains one greater image of all others Serbs who converted to Islam, mainly in Bosnia, and how this problem caused and still ...
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I Play Against Pieces (Batsford Chess Book)5 reviews
Svetozar Gligoric
Batsford, 2003
Absolutely beautiful work
If you're looking for a great book on the life of a fascinating player, this is the book for you. "I Play Against Pieces" covers 130 of Gligoric's best games, categorized by opening. There's a wide range going from the King's Gambit to the King's Indian, the Nimzo-Indian to the Ruy Lopez; he covers tons of openings, which makes it ideal for somebody who wants to get a full taste of chess. In ...
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Montenegro: The Bradt Travel Guide4 reviews
Annalisa Rellie
Bradt Travel Guides, 2003
An excellent first guide
Annalisa Rellie has shown remarkable insight into this hidden gem of a country. She writes with sensitivity and understanding. This is an indispensible guide for anyone who wants to visit Montenegro.
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Oral History Series - A Stranger's Supper: An Oral History of Centenarian Women in Montenegro (Oral History ...2 reviews
Milich
Twayne Publishers, 1996
Warrior Women
This is an exraordinary book that reminds women everywhere of the unbelievable struggle of our ancestors to survive. The women in this book could have been from anywhere in a different time, enduring the worst that the world had to offer, yet they emerge from these pages with a unique strength and dignity in spite of it all. I'd highly recommend this book, not simply as an athropological study, ...
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Red Prophet: The Tales Of Alvin Maker Volume 1 Premiere HC (Tales of Alvin Maker)2 reviews
Orson Scott Card, Roland Bernard Brown, ...
Marvel Comics, 2007
Beautiful Visual of Orson Scott Card's Alvin and Ender
You have to get this if you love Alvin and/or Ender. This graphic novel is a great blend of alternate past and future. It is also the first time I have seen such a beautiful rendition of native americans for just a comic book.
Alvin's story is more amusing to see it from another perspective. You need this perspective to appreciate how simple, yet full of foreshadow, the first two Alvin books ...
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Networks of Democracy: Lessons from Kosovo for Afghanistan, Iraq, and Beyond2 reviews
Anne Holohan
Stanford University Press, 2005
Great Read!
Great read. Very accessabile to all interested in what the international community is doing in post-conflict societies.
How does a post-conflict society rebuilds itself in cooperation with international organizations and peace-keeping forces? Holohan answers this important question in the post 9/11 world in the context of two municipalities in Kosovo in 1999. Her research opens up a window into ...
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Civil Resistance in Kosovo1 review
Howard Clark
Pluto Press (UK), 2000
good book about a troubled place
Clark's book is an excellent and thoroughly researched history of the little know civil resistance movement in Kosovo that sprang up in the early 1990s until war broke out in 1998. Clark's research is impeccable (much of it first hand) and this piece is a must read for anyone trying to get a more thorough understanding of this conflict.
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The Mountains of Serbia: Travels Through Inland Yugoslavia1 review
Anne Kindersley
Transatlantic Arts, 1977
Like having the mountains just outside your window
I found this book to be a very enlightening, interesting and easy to read piece. As I was reading the book it was as if I was transported to the different places and villages that the author visited and it was almost as if I was travelling the journey with her. I wonderful journey and I highly recommend it.
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Michelin Slovenia, Croatia, Bosnia And Herzegovina, Serbia And Montenegro,The Former Yug. Rep.Of Macedonia: ...1 review
Michelin Travel Publications, 2004
Great Croatian Map
The group with which I was traveling drove by minibus the entire length of the Croatian coast and then cruised in a chartered sailboat out of Dubrovnik along the Dalmation Coast as far as Split. The Michelin map was excellent, providing detailed data using attractive cartography.
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Blood Of Montenegro1 review
Bajram A. Koljenovic, James Nathan Post
AuthorHouse, 2002
Marvellous description of Montenegro and its recent history
Koljenovic describes how it really "must have been" under communist rule in Montenegro. In reading his personal story, with historical facts added, one can now fully understand why Montenegro wants to be seperated from the union of Serbia and Montenegro. Montenegro succesfull in withstanding the Ottoman empire under its heroic leaders of which King Nikola was the best known (58 year reign) ...
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A Muslim Woman in Tito's Yugoslavia (Eastern European Studies (College Station, Tex.), No. 24.)1 review
Munevera Hadzisehovic, Thomas J. Butler, ...
Texas A&M University Press, 2003
A gripping, dark, and forcefully honest presentation
Ably translated by Thomas J. Butler and Saba Risaluddin, A Muslim Woman In Tito's Yugoslavia by Munevera Hadzisehovic is the gripping and true story of a woman who observed first hand the horrific Serbian injustice toward Muslims; the callousness of the Communist Party toward a hard-working citizenry, as well as the detrimental and destabilizing effects of an intolerant state government. A ...
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Blood Revenge: The Enactment and Management of Conflict in Montenegro and Other Tribal Societies (The ...1 review
Christopher Boehm
University of Pennsylvania Press, 1986
Wonderful ethnohistory for a much-ignored area!
Boehm very astutely tackles a society in the often misinterpreted and misunderstood Balkan peninsula. He combines ethnographic and historical inquiry in a very methodical and comprehensive approach to the concept of blood feuds as they existed in tribal Montenegro before it attained nation status. He not only details the doings of the blood feud, but also gives a necessary background of cultural ...
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Montenegro, 3rd (Bradt Travel Guide)1 review
Annalisa Rellie
Bradt Travel Guides, 2008
definitive guidebook to emerging destination
Annalisa Rellie has written a smart, indgithful and passionate survey of this fascinating small country. Her descriptions tend towards the poetic but her insight is strong. It's a thorough and authoritative guide which I found to be really practical and useful. Well done Mrs. Rellie, and well done Bradt.
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Spellbound 8 reviews
Marcia Montenegro
Life Journey, 2006
Calluses
Author Marcia Montenegro, former professional astrologer, now believer in Jesus Christ, wrote this book to "inform parents about the basics of the paranormal" but more importantly, to warn us of the real danger of the now widespread, near common place, occurrence of all things occultic. We have now become desensitized "to the bizarre, to violence, and to evil. This desensitization gradually ...
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Montenegro1 review
Milovan Djilas
Harcourt, Brace & World, 1963
three related mini novellas
a forgotten masterpiece, and timely...the central "prison" section is nerve shattering beyond belief; beg, borrow, but don't steal a copy; buy it here...
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The Balkan Economies c.1800-1914: Evolution without Development (Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic History)1 review
Michael R. Palairet
Cambridge University Press, 2003
Balkan Economic History in Comparative Perspective
Palairet's contribution to the Balkan Economic history is the sixth volume of the Cambridge Studies in Modern Economic history series. The series are described as a new initiative in the writing of the economic history dictated by the concerns of the history of economic performance, output and productivity with a direct reference to the evolutions and impacts of economic growth or stagnation. ...
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