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Azerbaijan Diary by Thomas Goltz

“To my mind this is the best on-the-ground inside account of what it was like to live in the margins of the Soviet Union as it broke up.”

Thomas de Waal, Foreign Correspondent

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Ali and Nino by Kurban Said

“This is the story of a guy and a girl from different ethnic and religious groups falling in love, and the surroundings give this depth. Tbilisi now seems completely Georgian, but 100 years ago there were more Armenians than Georgians.”

Per Gahrton, Politician

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    The best books on Conflict in the Caucasus, recommended by Thomas de Waal

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    The best books on Conflict in the Caucasus - Bourdieu’s Secret Admirer in the Caucasus by Georgi M Derluguian

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    Bourdieu’s Secret Admirer in the Caucasus
    by Georgi M Derluguian

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    The best books on Conflict in the Caucasus - Azerbaijan Diary by Thomas Goltz

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    Azerbaijan Diary
    by Thomas Goltz

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    The best books on Conflict in the Caucasus - My Brother’s Road by Markar Melkonian

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    My Brother’s Road
    by Markar Melkonian

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    The best books on Conflict in the Caucasus - Ali and Nino by Kurban Said

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    Ali and Nino
    by Kurban Said

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    The best books on Conflict in the Caucasus - The Butter Battle Book by Dr Seuss

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    The Butter Battle Book
    by Dr Seuss

The best books on Conflict in the Caucasus, recommended by Thomas de Waal

Acknowledged expert on the unresolved conflicts of the South Caucasus selects five books that encapsulate the fragility of the region and the impact of the desperate scramble for the spoils of the Soviet Union

    The best books on Azerbaijan, recommended by Nigar Hasan-Zadeh

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    The best books on Azerbaijan - Ali and Nino by Kurban Said

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    Ali and Nino
    by Kurban Said

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    The best books on Azerbaijan - Azerbaijan Diary by Thomas Goltz

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    Azerbaijan Diary
    by Thomas Goltz

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    The best books on Azerbaijan - Mirror of the Invisible World by Nizami Ganjavi

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    Mirror of the Invisible World
    by Nizami Ganjavi

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    The best books on Azerbaijan - Leyla and Majnun by Fuzuli (Muhammad bin Suleyman).

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    Leyla and Majnun
    by Fuzuli (Muhammad bin Suleyman).

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    The best books on Azerbaijan - The Master and Margarita by Mikhail Bulgakov

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    The Master and Margarita
    by Mikhail Bulgakov

The best books on Azerbaijan, recommended by Nigar Hasan-Zadeh

Rated by the British Library as among the top ten foreign poets based in London, Nigar Hasan-Zadeh discusses a range of books—from love stories, to poetry, to oil field reporting—to boost our insight into Azerbaijan.

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