A Taste of Latvia (Hippocrene International Cookbooks) This in-depth focus on traditional Latvian dishes provides over a hundred easily-followed recipes from pirogi and potato pancakes to Courland Sour Porridge, all adapted for the American kitchen. Black and white photos and cultural insights pepper the book but it's these rarely-found dishes, including one for a traditional caraway-rye bread made with apple cider, which are treasures. (Midwest Book Review @ Amazon.com) Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania (Travel Guides) 398 pages, 2nd edition (2000). "Great tool for independent travel." (Amazon.com) Latvia; Independence Renewed 256 pages (November 11, 2000), Harpercollins. Based on interviews and personal observations as well as press accounts and historical scholarship, author Janis Penikis --himself a Latvian--traces the complicated political and social history of Latvia. His analysis includes thorough exploration of the country's independence movement and its leaders since the 1980s. Riga (A Photo Album) New Latvian Fiction The spring 1998 issue of The Review of Contemporary Fiction includes Latvian fiction by young authors, translated into English. Short stories by writers Pauls Bankovskis, Andra Neiburga, Gundega Repse, Rimants Ziedonis and others. HOLOCAUST IN LATVIA Books on the history of Holocaust in Latvia.