Suggested Reading

Below I've listed some books, films, and websites that those in the know have suggested I check out before coming over.

NEWS
Civil Georgia (daily wire; English, Georgian, Russian): www.civil.ge
RFE/RL Newsline (daily news summaries of relevant news in region; some analytical articles) www.rferl.org
Eurasianet (Regional news, more indepth, periodic): www.eurasianet.org
CACI Analyst (Johns Hopkins, monthly) http://www.cacianalyst.org/
www.messenger.com.ge The Messenger newspaper, leading English daily in Tbilisi
www.rustavi2.com Rustavi-2 Television website (in English)
http://www.eurasianet.org/resource/georgia/index.shtml EurasiaNet, political and social stories on Georgia
http://www.diacritica.com/sobaka/itinerary/georgia.html Sobaka commentary/news stories written by expats

OTHER
Erik Herron’s Eurasia Links – Georgia Page (lots of stuff about government, politics, NGOs, news & media, etc.): http://www.ku.edu/cgiwrap/herron/eurasia/georgia.php
Georgian arts and culture: http://www.opentext.org.ge/art/default.htm

TRAVEL BOOKS
Georgia: A Sovereign Country of the Caucasus, by Roger Rosen.
Lonely Planet World Guide: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan
Bradt Guide: Georgia, by Tim Burford

TRAVEL SITES
www.levontravel.com Travel agency that has some of the best deals to Georgia and Caucasus
www.sky.ge Another travel agency in Tbilisi, sometimes has good deals

BOOKS
-"Stories I stole," by Wendell Steavenson--tales of a bunch of quirky characters from Georgia. It's supposed to be really good.
-"Georgia: In the Mountains of Poetry," by Peter Nasmyth
-"The Great Game," by Peter Hopkirk--mostly about Central Asia by some detail on Caucasus
-"The New Great Game: Blood and Oil in Central Asia" by Lutz Kleveman.
-"The Georgian Feast," by Darra Goldstein--cookbook and history.
-"Enough!: The Rose Revolution In The Republic Of Georgia 2003," by Zurab Karumidze and James V. Wertsch
-"Georgia: A Soverign Country in the Caucasus," by Roger Rosen
-"Georgia in Antiquity: A History of Colchis and Transcaucasian Iberia 550 BC-AD 562" by David Braund.
-"Please Don't Call It Soviet Georgia: A Journey Through a Troubled Paradise," by Mary Russell

FOOD
http://www.sanet.ge/cuisine/
http://sisauri.tripod.com/ref/cuisine/cuisine.html

FILMS
-A Chef in Love, Oscar nominated portrayal of Georgia in 1921
-Since Otar Left--contemporary Georgian film
-Power Trip--documentary about electrical system in Georgia's capitol. Sounds boring, but it's actually really insightful and entertaining.

WEBSITES
The Ellison Center: http://jsis.washington.edu/ellison/outreach.shtml
Wikipedia Entry on Georgia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_%28country%29

Enjoy