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Odyssey Guide Moscow, St. Petersburg & The Golden Ring •  Masha Nordbye •  Patricia Lanza
GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER • 728 PAGES
A comprehensive guide to the art, culture and history of these two great Russian cities, filled with maps and fine color photographs. It also includes a 50-page chapter on the ancient cities of the Golden Ring around Moscow. Third edition. (RUS78, $26.95)

Bradt Guide Ukraine •  Andrew Evans
GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER • 480 PAGES
This guide in the popular British series features comprehensive practical information and provides a short section on the country's history and culture. With over 30 maps. (UKR12, $24.99)

Borderland, A Journey Through the History of Ukraine •  Anna Reid
HISTORY • 2000 • PAPER • 272 PAGES
A lively survey of the traditions and history of Ukraine, organized geographically. Reid, who was for three years the Kiev correspondent for the Economist, combines first-person reports, interviews and history in this insightful portrait of the region. (RUS84, $17.00)

Russia, A Concise History •  Ronald Hingley
HISTORY • 2003 • PAPER • 224 PAGES
A very readable, condensed history of Russia's multiple transformations from her illiterate, pagan, Slavic roots to a multi-ethnic empire. Well-known scholar Ronald Hingley summarizes the tragic history of Russia from the invasions of the Tartars, Napoleon and Germans to the collapse of the Soviet Union. He doesn't shy from the abuses of power by autocratic tsars and the totalitarian Communist regime. With 205 well-integrated illustrations and four maps. (RUS04, $19.95)

Eastern Europe Map •   Freytag & Berndt
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A detailed travel map of Eastern Europe at a scale of 1:2,000,000 with the Baltic States, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia from St. Petersburg to Moscow and the Black Sea. Place names are in the local language and Cyrillic. One Side. 49x34 inches. (EUR36, $12.95)

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Culture Smart! Ukraine •  Anna Shevchenko • GUIDEBOOK • A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (UKR14, $13.35)

From Union to Commonwealth •  Gail Lapidus • HISTORY • A sweeping history of the fragmentation of the Soviet Union by a team of experts, each writing from their own area of knowledge - political, historical and sociological. (RUS285, $31.99)

Kiev: A Portrait, 1800-1917 •  Michael F. Hamm • HISTORY • From medieval center to important city in Imperial Russia, this scholarly book is a wonderfully informative cultural history of the city and especially its 19th-century legacy. (RUS56, $42.00)

Land of the Firebird, The Beauty of Old Russia •  Suzanne Massie • HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • Massie traces both miniscule details and larger movements in pre-Revolutionary Russian art, literature and daily life in this affectionate overview of 19th-century palaces, courts and culture. (RUS21, $35.00)

Lenin's Tomb •  David Remnick • HISTORY • A gripping eyewitness tale of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Remnick, the Washington Post reporter on the scene, combines fine historical scholarship with great storytelling. (RUS07, $16.95)

Odessa, A History, 1794-1914 •  Patricia Herlihy • HISTORY • Herlihy contrasts Odessa's rapid development as a cosmopolitan, polyglot port city, with the growing tension within its society in the years leading up to WWI in this lively scholarly history. (UKR18, $29.95)

Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia •  W. Bruce Lincoln • HISTORY • A wonderfully written, informative portrait of St. Petersburg, focusing on the city's development in the 18th and 19th centuries as Russia's "window on the West." Highly recommended for travelers with an interest in the character and significance of the city and its monuments. (RUS128, $19.95)

The Ukrainians, Unexpected Nation •  Andrew Wilson • HISTORY • An outstanding guide to modern identity, politics and history in Ukraine, highly recommended for an understanding of the geopolitics of the region and, especially, uneasy relations with mother Russia. (RUS125, $19.00)

The Hermitage, Masterpieces •   Scala Masterpieces • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This slim book, featuring color illustrations of hundreds of important works, is an excellent guide to European paintings at the Hermitage. (RUS90, $29.95)

Catherine the Great •  Henri Troyat • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • One of the world's best biographers paints an unforgettable portrait of Catherine, the monarch of Russia's Enlightenment. (RUS10, $18.00)

Peter the Great, His Life and World •  Robert Massie • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • In this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Massie portrays the giant of history who transformed Russia from backwater tsardom into a major empire. (RUS48, $21.00)

Return to Ukraine •  Ania Savage • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An engaging account of a return journey to Ukraine by a journalist who fled the country with her family in 1944. Savage interweaves history, modern travelogue and personal anecdote. (RUS126, $29.95)

Speak, Memory •  Vladimir Nabokov • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • First published in 1951, this richly imagined memoir of Nabokov's early years wonderfully evokes cultural life among the well-to-do in turn-of-the-century St. Petersburg. (RUS28, $16.00)

Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar •  Simon Sebag Montefiore • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An enthralling, comprehensive portrait of Joseph Stalin and his court, drawing on archival material and interviews with surviving figures. At 800 pages, there is ample room for personal and anecdotal information about Stalin. (RUS228, $19.95)

Tsar, The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra •  Peter Kurth •  Peter Christopher •  Edvard Radzinsky • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A tribute to the last of the Romanovs, featuring a treasure trove of never-published photographs and illuminating text. It brings to life in sumptuous detail the tumultuous life and times of Nicholas and Alexandra. Masterful. (RUS79, $29.99)

From Karamzin to Bunin: An Anthology of Russian Short Stories •  Carl Proffer • ANTHOLOGY • A broad selection of Russian literary works from the earliest prose to the years before the revolution, featuring reliable translations of masterpieces from Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gogol, and more. (RUS08, $22.95)

Crime and Punishment •  Fyodor Dostoevsky •  David McDuff • LITERATURE • Dostoevsky's thriller of murder and redemption is redolent of St. Petersburg's atmosphere. A cornerstone of Russian literature, and one of the greatest detective stories ever told. (RUS18, $14.00)

Everything is Illuminated •  Jonathan Safran Foer • LITERATURE • The very modern (and very funny) tale of a young man and the search for his Ukrainian heritage. Foer plumbs the humor and tragedy of the American protagonist on a journey back to Ukraine. (RUS168, $13.95)

Reading Chekhov, A Critical Journey •  Janet Malcolm • LITERATURE • An extended essay of Chekhov and his work interweaving literary criticism, biography and a journey to St. Petersburg, Moscow and Yalta -- all significant to the plays, stories and life of Chekhov. (RUS155, $13.95)

The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel •  Isaac Babel • LITERATURE • An authoritative edition of Isaac Babel's powerful short fiction, including his early Red Cavalry Stories and The Odessa Tales. (RUS171, $17.95)

The Fixer •  Bernard Malamud • LITERATURE • Set in Tsarist Russia, this well-known novel by Malamud tells the story of a young Jewish boy from Kiev wrongly accused of murder. (RUS271, $15.00)

The White Guard •  Mikhail Bulgakov •  Marian Schwartz • LITERATURE • Set on the eve of war in Kiev in 1918, the royalist Turbin family is at the center of Bulgakov's first novel, newly translated. (RUS58, $18.00)

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	Odyssey Guide Moscow, St. Petersburg & The Golden Ring • Masha Nordbye • Patricia Lanza GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER • 728 PAGES A comprehensive guide to the art, culture and history of these two great Russian cities, filled with maps and fine color photographs. It also includes a 50-page chapter on the ancient cities of the Golden Ring around Moscow. Third edition. (RUS78, $26.95)
	Bradt Guide Ukraine • Andrew Evans GUIDEBOOK • 2007 • PAPER • 480 PAGES This guide in the popular British series features comprehensive practical information and provides a short section on the country's history and culture. With over 30 maps. (UKR12, $24.99)
	Borderland, A Journey Through the History of Ukraine • Anna Reid HISTORY • 2000 • PAPER • 272 PAGES A lively survey of the traditions and history of Ukraine, organized geographically. Reid, who was for three years the Kiev correspondent for the Economist, combines first-person reports, interviews and history in this insightful portrait of the region. (RUS84, $17.00)
	Russia, A Concise History • Ronald Hingley HISTORY • 2003 • PAPER • 224 PAGES A very readable, condensed history of Russia's multiple transformations from her illiterate, pagan, Slavic roots to a multi-ethnic empire. Well-known scholar Ronald Hingley summarizes the tragic history of Russia from the invasions of the Tartars, Napoleon and Germans to the collapse of the Soviet Union. He doesn't shy from the abuses of power by autocratic tsars and the totalitarian Communist regime. With 205 well-integrated illustrations and four maps. (RUS04, $19.95)
	Eastern Europe Map • Freytag & Berndt MAP A detailed travel map of Eastern Europe at a scale of 1:2,000,000 with the Baltic States, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia from St. Petersburg to Moscow and the Black Sea. Place names are in the local language and Cyrillic. One Side. 49x34 inches. (EUR36, $12.95)

	Culture Smart! Ukraine • Anna Shevchenko • GUIDEBOOK • A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (UKR14, $13.35)
	From Union to Commonwealth • Gail Lapidus • HISTORY • A sweeping history of the fragmentation of the Soviet Union by a team of experts, each writing from their own area of knowledge - political, historical and sociological. (RUS285, $31.99)
	Kiev: A Portrait, 1800-1917 • Michael F. Hamm • HISTORY • From medieval center to important city in Imperial Russia, this scholarly book is a wonderfully informative cultural history of the city and especially its 19th-century legacy. (RUS56, $42.00)
	Land of the Firebird, The Beauty of Old Russia • Suzanne Massie • HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • Massie traces both miniscule details and larger movements in pre-Revolutionary Russian art, literature and daily life in this affectionate overview of 19th-century palaces, courts and culture. (RUS21, $35.00)
	Lenin's Tomb • David Remnick • HISTORY • A gripping eyewitness tale of the collapse of the Soviet Union. Remnick, the Washington Post reporter on the scene, combines fine historical scholarship with great storytelling. (RUS07, $16.95)
	Odessa, A History, 1794-1914 • Patricia Herlihy • HISTORY • Herlihy contrasts Odessa's rapid development as a cosmopolitan, polyglot port city, with the growing tension within its society in the years leading up to WWI in this lively scholarly history. (UKR18, $29.95)
	Sunlight at Midnight: St. Petersburg and the Rise of Modern Russia • W. Bruce Lincoln • HISTORY • A wonderfully written, informative portrait of St. Petersburg, focusing on the city's development in the 18th and 19th centuries as Russia's "window on the West." Highly recommended for travelers with an interest in the character and significance of the city and its monuments. (RUS128, $19.95)
	The Ukrainians, Unexpected Nation • Andrew Wilson • HISTORY • An outstanding guide to modern identity, politics and history in Ukraine, highly recommended for an understanding of the geopolitics of the region and, especially, uneasy relations with mother Russia. (RUS125, $19.00)
	The Hermitage, Masterpieces • Scala Masterpieces • ART & ARCHITECTURE • This slim book, featuring color illustrations of hundreds of important works, is an excellent guide to European paintings at the Hermitage. (RUS90, $29.95)
	Catherine the Great • Henri Troyat • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • One of the world's best biographers paints an unforgettable portrait of Catherine, the monarch of Russia's Enlightenment. (RUS10, $18.00)
	Peter the Great, His Life and World • Robert Massie • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • In this Pulitzer Prize-winning biography, Massie portrays the giant of history who transformed Russia from backwater tsardom into a major empire. (RUS48, $21.00)
	Return to Ukraine • Ania Savage • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An engaging account of a return journey to Ukraine by a journalist who fled the country with her family in 1944. Savage interweaves history, modern travelogue and personal anecdote. (RUS126, $29.95)
	Speak, Memory • Vladimir Nabokov • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • First published in 1951, this richly imagined memoir of Nabokov's early years wonderfully evokes cultural life among the well-to-do in turn-of-the-century St. Petersburg. (RUS28, $16.00)
	Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar • Simon Sebag Montefiore • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • An enthralling, comprehensive portrait of Joseph Stalin and his court, drawing on archival material and interviews with surviving figures. At 800 pages, there is ample room for personal and anecdotal information about Stalin. (RUS228, $19.95)
	Tsar, The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra • Peter Kurth • Peter Christopher • Edvard Radzinsky • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A tribute to the last of the Romanovs, featuring a treasure trove of never-published photographs and illuminating text. It brings to life in sumptuous detail the tumultuous life and times of Nicholas and Alexandra. Masterful. (RUS79, $29.99)
	From Karamzin to Bunin: An Anthology of Russian Short Stories • Carl Proffer • ANTHOLOGY • A broad selection of Russian literary works from the earliest prose to the years before the revolution, featuring reliable translations of masterpieces from Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gogol, and more. (RUS08, $22.95)
	Crime and Punishment • Fyodor Dostoevsky • David McDuff • LITERATURE • Dostoevsky's thriller of murder and redemption is redolent of St. Petersburg's atmosphere. A cornerstone of Russian literature, and one of the greatest detective stories ever told. (RUS18, $14.00)
	Everything is Illuminated • Jonathan Safran Foer • LITERATURE • The very modern (and very funny) tale of a young man and the search for his Ukrainian heritage. Foer plumbs the humor and tragedy of the American protagonist on a journey back to Ukraine. (RUS168, $13.95)
	Reading Chekhov, A Critical Journey • Janet Malcolm • LITERATURE • An extended essay of Chekhov and his work interweaving literary criticism, biography and a journey to St. Petersburg, Moscow and Yalta -- all significant to the plays, stories and life of Chekhov. (RUS155, $13.95)
	The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel • Isaac Babel • LITERATURE • An authoritative edition of Isaac Babel's powerful short fiction, including his early Red Cavalry Stories and The Odessa Tales. (RUS171, $17.95)
	The Fixer • Bernard Malamud • LITERATURE • Set in Tsarist Russia, this well-known novel by Malamud tells the story of a young Jewish boy from Kiev wrongly accused of murder. (RUS271, $15.00)
	The White Guard • Mikhail Bulgakov • Marian Schwartz • LITERATURE • Set on the eve of war in Kiev in 1918, the royalist Turbin family is at the center of Bulgakov's first novel, newly translated. (RUS58, $18.00)