ISBN: 1400096774 Binding: Paperback Edition: 1 Author(s): Grigoris Balakian Publisher: Vintage Number of Pages: 576
On April 24 1915 Grigoris Balakian was arrested along with some 250 other leaders of Constantinoples Armenian community It was the beginning of the Ottoman Empires systematic attempt to eliminate the Armenian people from Turkeya campaign that continued through World War I and the fall of the empire Over the next four years Balakian would bear witness to a seemingly endless caravan of blood surviving to recount his miraculous escape and expose the atrocities that led to over a million deaths
Armenian Golgotha is Balakians devastating eyewitness accounta haunting reminder of the first modern genocide and a controversial historical document that is destined to become a classic of survivor literature
The Heritage of Armenian Literature: From the Oral Tradition to the Golden Age
ISBN: 0814328156 Binding: Hardcover Edition: Author(s): Nourhan Ouzounian Publisher: Wayne State University Press Number of Pages: 388
Armenian written literature originated almost 16 centuries ago with the invention of the Armenian alphabet This anthology translated into English takes a comprehensive approach to capturing the essence of of the literature of the entire period covered
Western Armenian Dictionary & Phrasebook: Armenian-English/English-Armenian (Hippocrene Dictionary and Phrasebook)
ISBN: 0781810485 Binding: Paperback Edition: Bilingual Author(s): Nicholas Awde, Vazken-Khatchig Davidian Publisher: Hippocrene Books Number of Pages: 183
Western Armenian is the language spoken by most of the seven million Diaspora Armenians who live outside their historic homeland Its speakers form the majority of Armenians in the United States and the Middle East Armenian is written in its own unique script but it is presented here in a romanized easy-to-use form for instant communication In addition to a pronunciation guide included are a resourceful two-way dictionary containing more than 4000 entries an informative grammar section and a collection of travel-oriented phrases Observations related to Armenian culture are interspersed throughout the phrasebook There is also a brief history of the Armenian people and Diaspora
A Shameful Act: The Armenian Genocide and the Question of Turkish Responsibility
ISBN: 080508665X Binding: Paperback Edition: 1st Author(s): Taner Akcam Publisher: Picador Number of Pages: 496
"The definitive account of the organized destruction of the Ottoman Armenians No future discussion of the history will be able to ignore this brilliant book"--Orhan Pamuk
Beginning in 1915 under the cover of a world war some one million Armenians were killed through starvation forced marches and mass acts of slaughter Although Armenians and the judgment of history have long held the Ottoman powers responsible for genocide modern Turkey has rejected any such claim
Now in a pioneering work of excavation Turkish historian Taner Akam has made unprecedented use of Ottoman and other sources--military and court records parliamentary minutes letters and eyewitness reports--to produce a scrupulous account of Ottoman culpability Tracing the causes of the mass destruction Akam reconstructs its planning and implementation by the departments of state the military and the ruling political parties and he probes the multiple failures to bring the perpetrators to justice
As the topic of the Armenian genocide provokes ever-greater passion and controversy around the world Akam's work has only become more important and relevant Beyond its timeliness however A Shameful Act is sure to take its lasting place as a classic and necessary work on the subject
The Armenian People From Ancient to Modern Times, Volume II: Foreign Dominion to Statehood: The Fifteenth Century to the Twentieth Century
ISBN: 140396422X Binding: Paperback Edition: 1st Pbk. Ed Author(s): N/A Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan Number of Pages: 512
Edited by the leading history of the Republic of Armenia this is the definitive history of an extraordinary country--from its earliest foundations through the Crusades the resistance to Ottoman and Tsarist rule the collapse of the independent state its brief reemergence after World War I its subjugation by the Bolsheviks and the establishment of the new Republic in 1991 Written by the foremost experts on each period in Armenia's history these volumes are a major contribution to understanding the complexities of Transcaucasia
The Armenian Table: More than 165 Treasured Recipes that Bring Together Ancient Flavors and 21st-Century Style
ISBN: 0312325312 Binding: Hardcover Edition: First Edition Author(s): Victoria Jenanyan Wise Publisher: St. Martin's Press Number of Pages: 320
ictoria Jenanyan Wise grew up with the flavors scents and seasonings of Armenian cooking-a cuisine that com-bines Mediterranean flavors with Persian and Russian accents In her thirteenth cookbook-and her first on Armenian food -Wise collects traditional favorites and inspired contemporary variations Recipes include: - Lavosh Armenian pizzas and other savory breads - Shish kebab moussaka and other lamb dishes - Baked and roast chicken prepared with yogurt dill turmeric pomegranate and more - Grilled mackerel with lemon and dill; red snapper stew with tomato and artichokes - Stuffed vegetables (dolmas) and stuffed grape leaves - Baklava and other fillo-pastry sweets; lemon yogurt cake; almond and rice flour pudding with toasted almond slices and more This authentic and warm-hearted cookbook will be met by a ready audience of Armenian-Americans as well as lovers of Greek Turkish Lebanese and other Mediterranean and Middle Eastern cuisines
Armenian (Western), Compact: Learn to Speak and Understand Western Armenian with Pimsleur Language Programs (Simon & Schuster's Pimsleur)
ISBN: 074355065X Binding: Audio CD Edition: 10 Lessons + Notes Author(s): Pimsleur Publisher: Pimsleur Number of Pages:
Compact Western Armenian a stand-alone 10-lesson (5 hours) program teaches beginning language strategies for essential communication and traveling needs
HEAR IT LEARN IT SPEAK IT What is the Pimsleur difference
The Pimsleur Method provides the most effective language-learning program ever developed The Pimsleur Method gives you quick command of Armenian structure without tedious drills Learning to speak Armenian can actually be enjoyable and rewarding
The key reason most people struggle with new languages is that they aren't given proper instruction only bits and pieces of a language Other language programs sell only pieces -- dictionaries; grammar books and instructions; lists of hundreds or even thousands of words and definitions; audios containing useless drills They leave it to you to assemble these pieces as you try to speak Pimsleur enables you to spend your time learning to speak the language rather than just studying its parts
When you were learning English could you speak before you knew how to conjugate verbs Of course you could That same learning process is what Pimsleur replicates Pimsleur presents the whole language as one integrated piece so you can succeed
With Pimsleur you get:
Grammar and vocabulary taught together in everyday conversation Interactive audio-only instruction that teaches spoken language organically The flexibility to learn anytime anywhere 30-minute lessons designed to optimize the amount of language you can learn in one sitting
Millions of people have used Pimsleur to gain real conversational skills in new languages quickly and easily wherever and whenever -- without books written exercises or drills
The Burning Tigris: The Armenian Genocide and America's Response
ISBN: 0060558709 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Peter Balakian Publisher: Harper Perennial Number of Pages: 528
A History of International Human Rights and Forgotten Heroes In this national bestseller the critically acclaimed author Peter Balakian brings us a riveting narrative of the massacres of the Armenians in the 1890s and of the Armenian Genocide in 1915 at the hands of the Ottoman Turks Using rarely seen archival documents and remarkable first-person accounts Balakian presents the chilling history of how the Turkish government implemented the first modern genocide behind the cover of World War I And in the telling he resurrects an extraordinary lost chapter of American history
Awarded the Raphael Lemkin Prize for the best scholarly book on genocide by the Institute for Genocide Studies at John Jay College of Criminal JusticeCUNY Graduate Center
Survivors: An Oral History Of The Armenian Genocide
ISBN: 0520219562 Binding: Paperback Edition: Author(s): Donald E. Miller, Lorna Touryan Miller Publisher: University of California Press Number of Pages: 274
Between 1915 and 1923 over one million Armenians died victims of a genocidal campaign that is still denied by the Turkish government Thousands of other Armenians suffered torture brutality deportation-yet their story has received scant attention Through interviews with a hundred elderly Armenians Donald and Lorna Miller give the "forgotten genocide" the hearing it deserves Survivors raises important issues about genocide and about how people cope with traumatic experience Much here is wrenchingly painful yet it also speaks to the strength of the human spirit
