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WE RECOMMEND THESE OTHER USEFUL WEBSITES:

Two platforms for independent booksellers:

www.ibooknet.org Ibooknet the website of independent British Isles based booksellers' who are committed to the highest standards of online bookselling and who aim to provide a knowledgable, efficient and friendly service to all who do business with us. Used books are offered at booksellers own prices and on their terms.  More about books; articles and news :Ibooknet blog

www.antiqbook.com ANTIQBOOK unites more than 1000 independent booksellers from all over the world. You can use our search pages for a of 11 million books, and order them directly from your bookseller. Strong areas in our database are books from European booksellers, many of them specialists in antiquarian books.

Specialist and Academic Booksellers

www.clhawley.co.uk Offering our-of-print academic material in literary criticism, (other academic books including history, psychology, philosophy, linguistics and biblical languages) children's books and local history.

www.childrensbookshop.com. As the name implies, selling only children's books. With a stock in excess of twenty thousand books catering both for children and for collectors, teachers and researchers.

Stella & Rose's Books A premier source for rare and out-of-print books, especially children's and illustrated.  Over 50,000 books on all subjects, from Art to Zoology and more besides!

Languages

The Foundation for Endangered Languages supports, enables and assists the documentation, protection and promotion of endangered languages.

Ethnologue The Ethnologue database has been an active research project for more than fifty years. It is probably the most comprehensive listing of information about the currently known languages of the world. Thousands of linguists and other researchers all over the world rely on and have contributed to the Ethnologue database  An encyclopedic reference site cataloging all of the world's 6,909 known living languages.

Russian Avant Garde Books

Russian Avant-Garde Gallery the best reference site for anyone interested in Russian Avant Garde books.   Although its history is yet to be written, the movement known as Russian Avant-garde has had a great impact on the development of art all over the world. Learn more about this unique phenomenon, its artists and its movements at:
www.russianavantgard.com

MOMA  In January 2001, The Museum of Modern Art (MOMA) received an extraordinary gift from the Judith Rothschild Foundation of some 1,100 books and 100 related works of the Russian Avant Garde.  See their selection of some 300 of these works.

British LibraryThe British Library has an extensive collection of Russian avant-garde books of the early 20th century.  Although all are listed in the Library's general catalogues, these often contain no reference to the books' designers, and many masterpieces, by Rodchenko and Lisitskii for example, have only recently come to light.

Balkans and Southeastern Europe

Balkans Peace Park Project

North Weir Trust, Hay-on-Wye

Croatian Tales of Long Ago article

Villa Ruzic

Holidays in France: Balloons and Boats

France Balloons. France Montgolfieres Balloon Company was founded 15 years ago in Burgundy and is one of the few balloon companies licensed to carry passengers by the Civil Aviation Authority.  Run by three partners whose combined experience, professionalism ansd passion helps rank it as one of the best balloon companies in France. With bases in Burgundy, Provence

Canals of France.  A barge cruise on Fandango or Tango means relaxed luxury plus a chance for personal contact with a stimulating local culture.