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Bosnia&Herzegovina has emerged from the ashes of war to become one of the most exotic destinations of southeast Europe, an ancient crossroads where east meets west.
Atka Reid and Hana Schofield - Goodbye Sarajevo: A True Story of Courage, Love and Survival
Set in the middle of the bloodiest European
conflict since the Second World War, Goodbye Sarajevo is a moving and compelling true story of courage,
hope, and extraordinary human kindness. Hana is 12 when she is put on one
of the last UN evacuation buses fleeing the besieged city of Sarajevo. Her older
sister, Atka, has to stay behind to look after their five younger siblings. Thinking
that they will be apart for only a few weeks, they make a promise to each other
to be brave.
David James Smith - One Morning in Sarajevo: 28 June 1914
It was the shot that led to World War I and the
death of countless millions: the assassination of Archduke Ferdinand. Focusing
on the man behind the killing, and using newly available sources (including the
few surviving witnesses), David James Smith brilliantly reinvestigates and
reconstructs the events that determined the shape of the twentieth century.
Dzevad Karahasan – Sarajevo: Exodus of a City
The book gives a firsthand account of the siege
of Sarajevo and the flight of its citizens.
Elizabeth Wellburn – Echoes From the Square
Echoes from the Square tells the fictional
story of a young boy whose life is shattered by war and how he learns to cope
again when he witnesses a courageous musician's actions during a siege.
Ivan Lovrenović - Bosnia: A Cultural History
Why did Bosnians who spoke the same language
fracture along religious and ethnic lines? Is there a distinct Bosnian nation
and Bosnian culture? What does it mean to be Bosnian if one is Serbian or
Croatian? And what does the future hold for artistic and intellectual life in
Bosnia?
Ivo Andrić - Bosnian Chronicle
Bosnian Chronicle presents the struggle for supremacy in a region that stubbornly refuses to submit to any outsider. As they have for centuries, the Bosnians themselves observe and endure the machinations of greater powers that vie, futilely, to absorb them. The work is imbued with the richness and complexity of a region that has brought so much tragedy to our century and known so little peace.
Ivo Andrić - The Bridge On The Drina
A great stone bridge built three centuries ago
in the heart of the Balkans by a Grand Vezir of the Ottoman Empire dominates
the setting of Andric's stunning novel. Spanning generations, nationalities,
and creeds, the bridge stands witness to the countless lives played out upon it.
War finally destroys the span and with it the last descendant of that family
to which the Grand Vezir confided the care of his pious bequest - the bridge.
Jorg Heeskens - Bosnia and Herzegovina in Your Hands
The guide includes regional and town maps, accommodation tips as well
as other practical information. With this guide, you can embark upon a journey
of discovery through Bosnia and Herzegovina’s history, culture, landscapes, and
cuisine while gaining an understanding of customs, manners, and more! Of
special note are places rarely visited by most tourists — ancient castles,
monasteries, national parks, and relics of the many civilizations that have
crossed or settled in Bosnia and Herzegovina.
Kenan Trebincevic - The Bosnia List: A Memoir of War, Exile, and Return
A young survivor of the Bosnian War returns to his homeland to
confront the people who betrayed his family. At age eleven, Kenan was living with his family in the quiet town of
Brcko. But in the spring of 1992, war broke out and his friends, neighbors, and
teammates all turned on him. Kenan's only crime: he was Muslim. This poignant,
searing memoir chronicles Kenan's miraculous escape from the brutal ethnic
cleansing campaign that swept the former Yugoslavia. After two decades in the
United States, Kenan honors his father's wish to visit their homeland, making a
list of what he wants to do there.
A hiking guide for walks of medium to hard
difficulty in some of the quietest and least walked mountains in Europe. It
presents information in unprecedented detail, using GPS references, 1:25,000
maps, and detailed descriptions for approaches and walks. It provides extensive
information on the mine situation and for each walk, and includes contributions
from Bosnia's Mine Action Centre.
Miljenko Jergovic - Sarajevo Marlboro
A dazzling storyteller, the author brings a
profoundly human, razor-sharp understanding of the fate of the city’s young
Muslims, Croats, and Serbs with subterranean humor and profoundly personal
vision. Their offbeat lives and daily dramas in the foreground, the killing
zone in the background.
Misha Glenny -The Fall of Yugoslavia
Misha Glenny's acclaimed account of the war in
former Yugoslavia contains substantial new material that discusses the end of
the five-year conflict and looks ahead to an uneasy future in this turbulent
region
Nadzija Gajic-Sikiric - Memories from Bosnia
Nadzija Gajic-Sikiric describes her life
throughout a tumultuous time from before World War II to her immigration to the
US after the Civil War in Bosnia.
Nihada Sabanovic - Eat
Like a Local‑Sarajevo: Sarajevo Bosnia and Herzegovina
Noel Malcolm - Bosnia: A Short History
What went wrong in the country where Christians
and Muslims mingled and tolerated each other for over five centuries? It was a
land with a vibrant political and cultural history, unlike any other in Europe,
where great powers and religions-the empires of Rome, Charlemagne, the
Ottomans; the faiths of Roman Catholicism, Eastern Orthodoxy, Judaism, and
Islam overlapped and combined.
Peter Andreas - Blue Helmets and Black Markets: The Business of Survival in the Siege of Sarajevo
The 1992-1995 battle for Sarajevo was the
longest siege in modern history. It was also the most internationalized,
attracting a vast contingent of aid workers, UN soldiers, journalists,
smugglers, and embargo-busters. The city took center stage under an intense
global media spotlight, becoming the most visible face of post-Cold War
conflict and humanitarian intervention.
Rabia
Ali & Lawrence Lifschultz - Why Bosnia? Writings on the Balkan War
Robert
J. Donia & John V.A. Fine - Bosnia & Herzegovina: A Tradition Betrayed
Taking issue with the widespread perception that ancient rivalry and primordial ethnic hatreds among the Serbs, Muslims,
and Croats are behind the tragedies occurring today, Bosnia&Hercegovina
emphasizes instead the rich tradition of diversity, pluralism, and toleration
that has developed over centuries and flourished until very recently.
Robert J Donia - Sarajevo: A Biography
In its Ottoman heyday Sarajevo was synonymous
with learning, its skyline punctuated by minarets and domes of mosques. Under Tito, it was a haven of multiculturalism where Yugoslavs lived and worked together,
irrespective of their ethnic or religious affiliations. This title explores the
city's history from its founding in the 15th century onwards.
Senahid Halilovic - The Fate of Srebrenica
Senahid
Halilovic is one of the very few survivors of the Srebrenica massacre, also
known as the Srebrenica genocide. From July 11-July 22, 1995, more than 8,372
Bosnians, mostly men and boys - were rounded up and killed. Amongst them were
his father and all three of his brothers.
Snjezana Marinkovic – Born in Sarajevo
In 1992, what remained of the once diverse and
peaceful Yugoslavia began to dissolve. The war that followed presented a
picture that was much different than the normal depiction of good verses bad.
The casualties ran deeper than the physical wounds and no one escaped
unscathed.
Stephen
Schwartz - Sarajevo Rose: A Balkan Jewish Notebook
This is not only an historical analysis but
also a personal journey. The author’s poignant descriptions of attempted pilgrimages
to Jewish cemeteries and synagogues throughout the Balkans are testament to his
yearning for historical pride and validation of identity.
Steven Galloway - The Cellist of Sarajevo
This brilliant novel with universal resonance,
set during the 1990s Siege of Sarajevo, tells the story of three people trying
to survive in a city rife with the extreme fear of desperate times, and of the
sorrowing cellist who plays undaunted in their midst.
Faced with a world in which unspeakable crimes
not only went unpunished but were rewarded with glory, profit, and power, the
Bosnians of all faiths who testify in this book were starkly confronted with
the limits and possibilities of their own ethical choices.
Tanja Tuma - Winds of Dalmatia: A Historical Novel
A well-crafted novel dedicated to those who've
followed the headlines from the Bosnian war yet may not fully comprehend the
terrible individual suffering that transpired in the lives of its.
Tim Clancy - Bosnia and Herzegovina: The Bradt Travel Guide
This one-of-a-kind comprehensive guide to
Bosnia and Herzegovina covers the natural wonders of the area, history and
culture, Sarajevo festivals and nightlife, and practical information for
travelers.
Tim Clancy&Willem
van Eekelen - A guided journey through Herzegovina
Tim Clancy&Willem
van Eekelen - A guided journey through Sarajevo and the
surrounding areas
This is a travel guide for visitors to Sajevo
and the surrounding areas. It also features practical information including
when & where to visit, getting there, tourist info, maps, health &
safety, money, accommodation and more.
Tim Clancy&Willem
van Eekelen - A guided journey through Central and North
Bosnia
Tim Clancy - Via Dinarica: White Trail in Bosnia and Herzegovina
The Via Dinarica consists of three routes -
White, Green and Blue - and this guide focuses primarily on the White Trail
through Bosnia and Herzegovina, following the natural flow of the highest peaks
of the Dinaric Alps. This is a detailed guide to the Bosnian part of
the hiking trail that carves its way through the Dinaric Alps,
one of Europe's least explored mountain ranges and last true wilderness
frontiers. In total, this trail
system will span over 1,350km, 333km of which is in Bosnia&Herzegovina.
Zlata Filipovic - Zlata’s Diary: A
Child’s Life in Wartime Sarajevo
It begins as the day-today record of the life
of a typical 11-year-old girl, preoccupied by piano lessons and birthday
parties. But as war engulfs Sarajevo, Zlata becomes a witness to food
shortages, the deaths of friends, and learns to wait out bombardments in a
neighbor’s cellar. Yet throughout she remains courageous and observant.
Zlatko Dizdarevic - Sarajevo: A War Journal
This collection vividly describes life in
which unspeakable horrors are daily occurrences. While witnessing the gradual
destruction of his city, Dizdarevic emphasizes the heroism of Sarajevo's
citizens as they try to survive.
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