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The Rough Guide to Slovenia  (3rd edition published April 2010) - Norm Longley

Typically detailed coverage from Rough Guides, allocating a generous 352 pages to this small country.

Slovenia - Lonely Planet Country Guide  (6th edition published May 2010) - Steve Fallon

I have used both the Lonely Planet and Rough Guide on different visits to Slovenia. Although I generally prefer Rough Guides, in this instance there is little to choose between them - if you are going to Slovenia I don't think you'll go wrong with either one.

Slovenia - The Bradt Guide  (2nd edition published May 2008) - Robin & Jenny McKelvie

Ljubljana - The Bradt Guide  (2nd edition published August 2007) - Robin & Jenny McKelvie

Ljubljana In Your Pocket

Ljubljana is one of the newest additions to In Your Pocket's excellent range of city guides. The guide can be bought locally or downloaded from the website as a free PDF file.

The Radetzky March - Joseph Roth

Back then an Austrian District Commissioner of the stamp of Herr Von Trotta would have been less distressed by news of his only son's death than by the mere suggestion that he had conducted himself dishonourably.

I suppose I'm stretching a point by classifying The Radetzky March, the great novel of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, as a book about Slovenia or the Balkans. But its central characters do come from Slovenia, and anyway this book deserves to be read by anyone with an interest in European history or literature. Roth creates a compelling sense of impending doom, as the Empire's elaborate rituals and codes of behaviour prove insufficient to stave off its collapse.