Romania's 2.5 million Roma population embraces many of the world's top gypsy musicians, including Taraf de Haidouks, Fanfare Cioc?rlia, Mahala Rai Banda, Toni Iordachi and Gabi Lunca. From energetic brass bands and mesmerising cimbolom players to...

The haunting new novel from Paul Bailey, whose work has been short-listed twice for the Booker Prize. At the age of seventy, Andrew Peters looks back across the years to remember life with his doting Uncle Rudolf, who rescued him from fascist Romania as a child. Vivid, often hilarious, stories of Rudolf's brilliant but blighted singing career are intertwined with the slow unfolding of secrets that have shadowed Andrew's otherwise happy life. Told in matchless prose, this deeply moving novel captures a vanished epoch with exquisite tact and restraint.

Focusing on the member states of the European Union, this series contains information about the culture, people, history, geographical features, climate and economy of different countries. This excellent series focuses on the new member states of...

Thirteen centuries of history, Byzantium beyond Eastern Bloc, this gateway between East and West offers so much more. For beaches and "banitsa," culture and "kashkaval," raise a "rakia" to diverse Bulgaria. This phrasebook will guide you along the way. Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases in more than 120 countries. Chat with the locals and discover their culture - a guaranteed way to enrich your travel experience.'

SHORTLISTED FOR THE ORANGE PRIZE FOR FICTION 2012 Iasi, Romania, the early 1950s. A nameless man is found on the steps of a hospital. Deaf and mute, he is unable to communicate until a young nurse called Safta brings paper and pencils with which...

10th Anniversary Edition, updated throughout with 16 new pages. Captures Joey in action, his triumphant racing moments, with his family, on his relief missions to Romania. A fitting record of one of the greatest motorcyclists the sport has ever seen.

The Countess of Stanlein is the best known and rarest cello of the greatest of all instrument makers, Antonio Stradivarious. This is the story of its restoration. Antonio Stradivarius of Cremona was one of the greatest instrument makers. His violins and cellos remain the platonic ideal and the template for contemporary luthiers; they show that technology cannot always match craftsmanship. The extant examples of his work are numerous - but those from the "great period" (1700-1720) are relatively few. The Countess of Stanlein cello is one of the best-known in this group. It has been copied often, physically dissected, discovered in a barrow on its way to a municipal dump, owned by Paganini, and applauded in hall after hall.;Today the instrument, owned by the cellist Bernard Greenhouse, is in the atelier of the revered luthier Rene Morel. The craft of instrument repair remains quasi-medieval. In Morel's Manhattan workshop are apprentices from Germany, Japan and Romania as well as his native France. Morel is now engaged in a complete restoration of the instrument, a painstaking and meticulous enterprise that will last more than a year. This book tracks his progress.

In the 1960s Harry Dodge travelled behind the Iron Curtain to capture the railways of a bygone age - before the collapse of communism and the demise of steam. With smoke belching forth across every country this programme explores the unique record he left behind with rare footage from Yugoslavia Hungary Poland Romania Czechoslovakia and Eastern Germany. Steam freight and passenger trains are included as well as tank engines and turn tables and everything from mighty 2-10-0s to tiny narrow gauge locos; whilst not forgetting all the activity behind the scenes. This rare archive steam footage was lovingly captured on 16mm film by the famous American railroad enthusiast Harry P. Dodge. Along with the rest of the series it provides the unique and incredible story of the world's railways in the '60s and early '70s.

Nobody knows Romania like Lonely Planet. With our 5th edition you can discover the gruesome truth about the 'real' Dracula at Poienari Citadel, escape to Marmures where horse-drawn carts transport you to villages steeped in local customs, or experience the spectacle of mass migration on a Danube Delta bird-watching tour. Lonely Planet guides are written by experts who get to the heart of every destination they visit. This fully updated edition is packed with accurate, practical and honest advice, designed to give you the information you need to make the most of your trip. In This Guide: Essential color highlights show you the very best of RomaniaDedicated activities chapter pinpoints the top hiking, skiing and cycling spotsUnique Green Index to help make your travels ecofriendly

Set in war torn Romania at 16 Eva meets her lover Tudor and embarks on a tumultous love affair. Tudor mysteriously goes missing for months at a time with no explanation forcing Eva into other romantic encounters some with shocking results. Marriage rape betrayal and death force Eva to question her drastic relationships and her constant longing for Tudor. All is revealed in a surprising twist as the war thunders to a climax.