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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! The Radio Bulgaria (Bulgarian: Радио България, Radio Balgariya; BNR) is the official international broadcasting station of Bulgaria. For almost seventy years the world service of the Bulgarian radio, now called Radio Bulgaria, has been presenting the country's cultural and national identity to the world. It is a principal source of information from and about Bulgaria for millions of listeners outside its borders. And this is corroborated by the enormous amount of feedback from people of all continents - people who have been listening to us for years, but also more and more newcomers to Radio Bulgaria. This multimillion listening audience is Radio Bulgaria's best collective ... Read more

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High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! X Factor is the Bulgarian version of The X Factor, a show originating from the United Kingdom. It is a television music talent show contested by aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. The show's inaugural Bulgarian season will be in 2010. It will be broadcast on PRO.BG television station. Details of judges and presenter are to be announced. The X Factor is a television show franchise originating in the United Kingdom, where it was devised as a replacement for Pop Idol. It is a singing competition, now held in various countries, which pits contestants against each other. These contestants are aspiring pop singers drawn from public auditions. The programs are produced by executive producer Simon Cowell and his company Syco TV). ... Read more

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This is the first in our series of CD-Rom cookbooksdedicated to regional everyday cuisine. These works add all thefeatures of Multimedia to traditional cookbooks. New technologiesallow us to add video clips and original songs from each country - toadd a "flavor" to your dishes, all this as well as the traditionalrecipe card file. An innovation in cookbooks, this CD-ROM is aninteractive lesson on Balkan everyday cooking, in particular,Bulgarian. It is not only a recipe book but a tour of BulgariaToday. Several pages of text describe the unusual traditions ofBulgarian cuisine, in particular, the important place thatgrandmothers hold in the preparation of holiday and celebrationdishes. The recipes are easy to understand and constitute everydaycooking. As you read each recipe, a series of images appear to showeach distinct step of the way to preparing a Bulgarian Family mealtonight. Another feature is the printed booklet that accompanies theCD-Rom. It came be taken to the kitchen and used as a traditionalrecipe card file while you cook. ... Read more

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TERRIBLE. Don't waste your money on it.
I was extremely disappointed in this package.

1. This is NOT a cookbook. It has a total of 30 recipes with approximations for the measurements. If you are serious about cooking, this package is definitely not for you. Furthermore, you can find better, more extensive and accurate recipes online for free. I am Bulgarian -- I should know.

2. The pictures, multimedia, and instructions are amateur, to say the least -- bad resolution, poor recording, annoying transitions. If you are experienced in using a computer and digital media, you will most likely be outraged at the bad quality.

3. The disc included is NOT a software program of any kind. You do not set it up on your computer; you simply "play" it. Hence, do not expect to get a nifty program that may let you edit the recipes, scale the recipes, or convert measurements. There is no such interaction. The 30 recipes you see are all you get.

Overall, if there were a rating of 0, I would have used it in this case. If you are considering buying this package, I think it is greatly overpriced. You would be better off buying the Betty Crocker cookbooks on CD-ROM. That CD-ROM includes 9,000 recipes and it is professional in every way. Furthermore, with the software (MasterCook) you can add your own recipes and create your own cookbooks/collections. Most Bulgarian recipes you can find online and import them easily in MasterCook. ... Read more

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A complete encyclopedia of the Bulgarian wines in english. Includes the culture and history of each cellar. Fully illustrated in color. ... Read more

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Through Bulgarian and Ottoman documents, marginalia, travelers' accounts, art, and numerous secondary documents, the seventeenth century-considered by historians, as the nadir of Bulgarian national history-is examined as to the question of the Slavic society's continued existence despite centuries of foreign political, social and spiritual domination by the Ottoman Empire. The first part outlines the consequences for Bulgarian history of the Muslim Ottoman conquest. The second details the nature of the culture and the forms of expression. The third part consists of an overview of documented seventeenth century Bulgarian Orthodox expression. ... Read more

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A compelling narrative about communism
At the center of Z. Anguelov's memoir is the intriguing concept that life choices can be the result of one's political environment. For us, people raised in democracy, Bulgarian communist reality looks worlds apart. Yet, I found this memoir extremely interesting and admirable on several levels. First of all, the complexity of the several stories, the description of how communism really worked, and the author's personal odysseythrough that system are very impressive: to sort all that out and to present it to the reader, especially one unfamiliar to the system, in a way that is absolutely unambiguous is indeed impressive.

I found that the American editor of the book was very astute and sensitive to the author's voice. It comes through very clearly and makes the story even more poignant. For example, one thing that so bothered me initially was the seeming insensitivity of the author to the women he became involved with. At one place, he said that his wife complained before they were married that she was pregnant. And the editor left the word 'complained,' although it is obvious that, if that sentence were to be shown to any American woman, she would immediately say: whoooa ... this man has no responsibility for this event?? Regardless of what he really felt or meant, the word 'complained' in this context is a red flag signaling his inconvenience. But he speaks with his old 'voice,' at the level of sensitivity he was at that distant time, and the choice of word is actually quite precise. At another place, I found it rather endearing that the author described himself as a "spoiled brat," and, of course, why wouldn't he be? He was a super-star among stars in the educational community.

I found deeply moving the descriptions of the little cottage in the country where he and his third wife were able, for at least a few hours, to find their true selves. I think for many of us it is difficult to comprehend on a really profound level how deeply landscape contributes to our emotional life. I am who I am in part because of the Alaskan landscape, which is seared into my unconscious as well as conscious life. The author of the memoir has a very profound understanding of that.

But even more, his descriptions of the continuous assaults on one's personal integrity show why the insidious and devastating effect of communism were so powerful. I think every sociologist and history or political science major should read this book. ... Read more