LOGAVINA STREET Life and Death in a Sarajevo Neighborhood Spiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-8129-8276-3 | 208pp. | $16.00 Also available in e-Book: 978-0-679-64412-5 | $9.99 Professors: To order Examination Copies, go to www.randomhouse.com/academic/examcopy RANDOM HOUSE, INC. Finalist for the National Book Award BARBARA DEMICK L ogavina Street is a fascinating account of life in Sarajevo following the outbreak of war in the former Yugoslavia. Through the tales of ordinary citizens—Muslim, Christian, Serbian, and Croatians— who describe their frightening struggles and day-to-day lives in wartime, award-winning journalist Barbara Demick brings to life the story of the Bosnian War and the three-and-a-half-year siege of Sarajevo. Demick’s Sarajevo reporting won the George Polk Award, the Robert F. Kennedy Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer. With a new Introduction, final chapter, and Epilogue by the author, this new edition of Logavina Street commemorates the 20th anniversary of the Siege of Sarajevo, a devastating, brutal turning point in a war few Americans, to this day, fully understand. First time in Paperback with New Material Also by Barbara Demick About the Author Praise for Logavina Street: “Brilliantly captures the sense of civilian Sarajevo heroism— its pluck, irony, stoicism. . . . Focusing on one Sarajevo street, Demick is able to evoke the reality of life in the city with accuracy and nuance.” —David Rieff, Philadelphia Inquirer Follow the author on Twitter: @BarbaraDemick “[A] beautifully rendered portrait of Sarajevo.” —Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books Barbara Demick is Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times and formerly bureau chief in Seoul. Her reporting on North Korea has been recognized with awards from the Asia Society, the Overseas Press Club and the American Academy of Diplomacy. She joined the Times in 2001 after serving as a foreign correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer in the Middle East and Eastern Europe. Winner, Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-Fiction Finalist, National Book Award NOTHING TO ENVY Ordinary Lives in North Korea “Excellent . . . a book that offers extensive evidence of the author’s deep knowledge of this country while keeping its sights firmly on individual stories and human details.” —Dwight Garner, The New York Times Spiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-385-52391-2 | 336pp. | $16.00

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LOGAVINA STREET Life and Death in a Sarajevo NeighborhoodSpiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-8129-8276-3 | 208pp. | $16.00Also available in e-Book: 978-0-679-64412-5 | $9.99

Professors: To order Examination Copies, go towww.randomhouse.com/academic/examcopy

R A N D O M H O U S E , I N C .Finalist for the National Book AwardBA R BA R A D E M I C K

Logavina Street is a fascinatingaccount of life in Sarajevofollowing the outbreak of war in

the former Yugoslavia. Through thetales of ordinary citizens—Muslim,Christian, Serbian, and Croatians—

who describe their frightening struggles and day-to-day lives inwartime, award-winning journalist Barbara Demick brings to lifethe story of the Bosnian War and the three-and-a-half-year siege ofSarajevo. Demick’s Sarajevo reporting won the George Polk Award,the Robert F. Kennedy Award and was a finalist for the Pulitzer.With a new Introduction, final chapter, and Epilogue by the author,this new edition of Logavina Street commemorates the 20thanniversary of the Siege of Sarajevo, a devastating, brutal turningpoint in a war few Americans, to this day, fully understand.

First time inPaperback with

New Material

Also by Barbara Demick

About the Author

Praise for Logavina Street:“Brilliantly captures the sense of civilian Sarajevo heroism—its pluck, irony, stoicism. . . . Focusing on one Sarajevo street, Demick is able to evoke the reality of life in the city with accuracyand nuance.” —David Rieff, Philadelphia Inquirer

Follow the author on Twitter: @BarbaraDemick

“[A] beautifully rendered portrait of Sarajevo.” —Mark Danner, The New York Review of Books

Barbara Demick is Beijing bureau chief for the Los Angeles Times andformerly bureau chief in Seoul. Her reporting on North Korea has beenrecognized with awards from the Asia Society, the Overseas Press Cluband the American Academy of Diplomacy. She joined the Times in 2001after serving as a foreign correspondent for the Philadelphia Inquirer inthe Middle East and Eastern Europe.

Winner, Samuel Johnson Prize for Non-FictionFinalist, National Book Award

NOTHING TO ENVY Ordinary Lives in North Korea“Excellent . . . a book that offers extensiveevidence of the author’s deep knowledgeof this country while keeping its sightsfirmly on individual stories and humandetails.” —Dwight Garner, The New York TimesSpiegel & Grau | TR | 978-0-385-52391-2 | 336pp. | $16.00