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Street Without A Name

By admin on 28 August 2011 in Books, Culture

A wonderful, funny memoir showcasing one woman’s answer to the question, “What stands out for Bulgarians who came of age in the years just after Communism?”

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Madness Visible: A Memoir of War

By admin on 17 June 2011 in Books, Culture

Madness Visible: A Memoir of War is a glimpse into recent Balkan wars told by a journalist through the words of actual observers and participants.

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Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World

By admin on 26 February 2011 in Books, Culture

Review of Paris 1919: Six Months That Changed the World, by Margaret MacMillan… with a special focus on the part about Bulgaria, and especially on Alexander Stamboliski’s hand.

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The Abyssinian Proof: A Kamil Pasha Novel

By admin on 8 January 2011 in Books, Culture

Turkish politics and society are the center of this novel which mingles fascinating historical facts of medieval Constantinople with fictional events in (almost) modern Istanbul.

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Bai Ganyo: Incredible Tales of a Modern Bulgarian

By admin on 23 November 2010 in Books, Culture

If you are coming to Bulgaria to visit or live and want to read one book about the culture, read this book, a new translation of a classic work of Bulgarian literature.

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A Peace to End All Peace

By admin on 12 October 2010 in Books, Culture

Were treaties and national borders drawn at the end of the First World War midwives to political tangle in the modern Middle East? Find out from this book.

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Crown of Thorns

By admin on 17 July 2010 in Books, Culture

An informative, entertaining biography of Boris III of Bulgaria, by Stephane Grueff, the son of a close advisor to the King. Originally published in 1987.

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