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]]> 1993 4 0 false Thu Jun 01 00:00:00 -0700 1995 Fri Oct 12 17:13:24 -0700 2007 Mon Jun 09 19:17:02 -0700 2008 more...]]> 69104870 2303491 33690 0312424930 9780312424930 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632m/33690.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632s/33690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33690.Balkan_Ghosts_A_Journey_Through_History 3.89 520 This enthralling and often chilling political travelogue fully deciphers the Balkans' ancient passions and intractable hatreds for outsiders. For as Kaplan travels among the vibrantly-adorned churches and soul-destroying slums of the former Yugoslavia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece, he allows us to see the region's history as a time warp in which Slobodan Milosevic becomes the reincarnation of a fourteenth-century Serbian martyr; Nicolae Ceaucescu is called "Drac," or "the Devil"; and the one-time Soviet Union turns out to be a continuation of the Ottoman Empire.

]]> 1993 3 0 false Thu Sep 24 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Thu Aug 27 11:14:48 -0700 2009 Thu Sep 24 20:47:22 -0700 2009 As someone...more...]]> 66308489 63686 33690 0312424930 9780312424930 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632m/33690.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632s/33690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33690.Balkan_Ghosts_A_Journey_Through_History 3.89 520 This enthralling and often chilling political travelogue fully deciphers the Balkans' ancient passions and intractable hatreds for outsiders. For as Kaplan travels among the vibrantly-adorned churches and soul-destroying slums of the former Yugoslavia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece, he allows us to see the region's history as a time warp in which Slobodan Milosevic becomes the reincarnation of a fourteenth-century Serbian martyr; Nicolae Ceaucescu is called "Drac," or "the Devil"; and the one-time Soviet Union turns out to be a continuation of the Ottoman Empire.

]]> 1993 5 0 false Tue Aug 04 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 10:52:05 -0700 2009 Wed Aug 05 11:28:52 -0700 2009 more...]]> 7248999 462976 33690 0312424930 9780312424930 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632m/33690.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632s/33690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33690.Balkan_Ghosts_A_Journey_Through_History 3.89 520 This enthralling and often chilling political travelogue fully deciphers the Balkans' ancient passions and intractable hatreds for outsiders. For as Kaplan travels among the vibrantly-adorned churches and soul-destroying slums of the former Yugoslavia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece, he allows us to see the region's history as a time warp in which Slobodan Milosevic becomes the reincarnation of a fourteenth-century Serbian martyr; Nicolae Ceaucescu is called "Drac," or "the Devil"; and the one-time Soviet Union turns out to be a continuation of the Ottoman Empire.

]]> 1993 4 0 false Wed Aug 01 00:00:00 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 05:55:39 -0700 2007 Thu Oct 04 06:01:03 -0700 2007 more...]]> 48086002 1941852 33690 0312424930 9780312424930 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632m/33690.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632s/33690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33690.Balkan_Ghosts_A_Journey_Through_History 3.89 520 This enthralling and often chilling political travelogue fully deciphers the Balkans' ancient passions and intractable hatreds for outsiders. For as Kaplan travels among the vibrantly-adorned churches and soul-destroying slums of the former Yugoslavia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece, he allows us to see the region's history as a time warp in which Slobodan Milosevic becomes the reincarnation of a fourteenth-century Serbian martyr; Nicolae Ceaucescu is called "Drac," or "the Devil"; and the one-time Soviet Union turns out to be a continuation of the Ottoman Empire.

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]]> 1993 5 0 false Mon Mar 30 00:00:00 -0700 2009 Mon Mar 09 12:01:50 -0700 2009 Tue Apr 07 20:35:37 -0700 2009 more...]]> 51650249 1383248 33690 0312424930 9780312424930 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632m/33690.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632s/33690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33690.Balkan_Ghosts_A_Journey_Through_History 3.89 520 This enthralling and often chilling political travelogue fully deciphers the Balkans' ancient passions and intractable hatreds for outsiders. For as Kaplan travels among the vibrantly-adorned churches and soul-destroying slums of the former Yugoslavia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece, he allows us to see the region's history as a time warp in which Slobodan Milosevic becomes the reincarnation of a fourteenth-century Serbian martyr; Nicolae Ceaucescu is called "Drac," or "the Devil"; and the one-time Soviet Union turns out to be a continuation of the Ottoman Empire.

]]> 1993 5 0 false Sun Apr 05 22:32:09 -0700 2009 Sun Apr 05 22:33:19 -0700 2009 58332112 260408 33690 0312424930 9780312424930 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632m/33690.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632s/33690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33690.Balkan_Ghosts_A_Journey_Through_History 3.89 520 This enthralling and often chilling political travelogue fully deciphers the Balkans' ancient passions and intractable hatreds for outsiders. For as Kaplan travels among the vibrantly-adorned churches and soul-destroying slums of the former Yugoslavia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece, he allows us to see the region's history as a time warp in which Slobodan Milosevic becomes the reincarnation of a fourteenth-century Serbian martyr; Nicolae Ceaucescu is called "Drac," or "the Devil"; and the one-time Soviet Union turns out to be a continuation of the Ottoman Empire.

]]> 1993 1 0 false Wed Jun 03 14:52:01 -0700 2009 Wed Jun 03 14:52:01 -0700 2009 just could not get into this book...too over my head....but I give Eileen "props" for trying to find something different for our group]]> 70845829 71720 33690 0312424930 9780312424930 66 http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632m/33690.jpg http://photo.goodreads.com/books/1168455632s/33690.jpg http://www.goodreads.com/book/show/33690.Balkan_Ghosts_A_Journey_Through_History 3.89 520 This enthralling and often chilling political travelogue fully deciphers the Balkans' ancient passions and intractable hatreds for outsiders. For as Kaplan travels among the vibrantly-adorned churches and soul-destroying slums of the former Yugoslavia, Albania, Romania, Bulgaria, and Greece, he allows us to see the region's history as a time warp in which Slobodan Milosevic becomes the reincarnation of a fourteenth-century Serbian martyr; Nicolae Ceaucescu is called "Drac," or "the Devil"; and the one-time Soviet Union turns out to be a continuation of the Ottoman Empire.

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