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	Alexander Pushkin, The Collected Stories • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin • LITERATURE • A collection of Pushkin's major prose works and many shorter pieces. (RUS196, $21.00)
	Among the Russians • Colin Thubron • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • The marvelous account of a 10,000-mile journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia in 1981. A gifted writer and intrepid traveler, Thubron grapples with the complex Russian identity in this lyrical book. (RUS106, $14.00)
	Anna Karenina • Leo Tolstoy • Larissa Volokhonsky • Richa Pevear • LITERATURE • Pevear and Volokhonsky have brilliantly reinvented Tolstoy's epic tale of an adulterous affair between an aristocratic woman and an officer in late 19th Century Russia for a new generation of readers, capturing the rhythms, repetitions and speech of the original Russian. (RUS81, $16.00)
	The Art of the Russian Matryoshka • Rett Ertl • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A thoroughly illustrated portrait of the wooden nesting dolls of Russia. Includes a glossary of Russian and English terms. (RUS323, $49.95)
	Balanchine, A Biography • Bernard Taper • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Taper sorts out the controversial legacy of the legendary choreographer George Balanchine. (RUS193, $29.95)
	Belorussia, Western Russia, Ukraine, North Map • GeoCenter • A map of Belarus, the northern Ukraine and Western Russia at a scale of 1:750,000. (RUS137, $11.95)
	Berlitz Russian Phrase Book & Dictionary • Berlitz Pocket Guides • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A short introduction to common Russian words and phrases, designed for the traveler. Contains more than 1,000 phrases and more than 2,000 words. (RUS107, $8.95)
	Black Earth, A Journey Through Russia After the Fall • Andrew Meier • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Meier, a journalist who covered Russia for "Time" from 1996-2001, ventures far outside the Kremlin gates for this account of typical Russians since the collapse of the Soviet Union. (RUS213, $28.95)
	Black Night White Snow, Russia's Revolutions 1905-1917 • Harrison Salisbury • HISTORY • An evocative, moving account of one of the great political tragedies of the 20th century. (RUS12, $16.95)
	Bloom's Literary Guide to St. Petersburg • Bradley D. Woodworth • HISTORY • A jewel of the Russian literary scene, St. Petersberg served as an inspiration for writers Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol and Aleksandr Pushkin. Here, the city is examined through the literary connections and influences that carved St. Petersberg a spot as one of the great literary cities of the world. (RUS349, $40.00)
	The Bronze Horseman • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin • LITERATURE • Pushkin's epic poem was based on actual events, the flooding of his beloved St. Petersburg. (RUS281, $14.50)
	The Brothers Karamazov • Fyodor Dostoevsky • Larissa Volokhonsky • Richard Pevear • LITERATURE • Dostoyevsky's final masterpiece. (RUS108, $18.00)
	Burning Lights • Bella Chagall • Marc Chagall • Norbert Guterman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A memoir of growing up in the city of Vitebsk, Belarus in the beginning of the 20th century. Illustrated by Marc Chagall, the author's husband. (RUS122, $19.00)
	C.I.S. and the Baltic States Map • Hildebrand • A map of all the states of the former USSR. (RUS22, $14.95)
	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)
	A Century of Ambivalence, The Jews of Russia and the Soviet Union, 1881 to the Present • Zvi Y. Gitelman • HISTORY • A strikingly illustrated history of Jewish life in Russia, featuring 200 black-and-white photographs from YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and three maps. (RUS172, $24.95)
	Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe • Glynis Ridley • HISTORY • The entertaining history of an Indian rhinoceros named Clara, who was brought to Europe in 1741 by a Dutch sea captain and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of several heads of state. (FRN536, $12.00)
	The Coming Anarchy, Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War • Robert D. Kaplan • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Topical essays by the prolific Robert Kaplan. (WLD51, $13.95)
	Commonwealth of Independent States Map • Freytag & Berndt • A double-sided map of the entire CIS, divided into Western Russia (at a scale of 1:2,000,000 and eastern Russia (1:8,000,000). (RUS133, $12.95)
	A Concise History of the Russian Revolution • Peter Dimock • Richard Pipes • HISTORY • A serious but readable analysis of the Russian Revolution. (RUS98, $17.00)
	Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer • Andrei Makine • LITERATURE • The celebrated author follows two ideologically fervent boys as they grow into disillusioned men. (RUS136, $21.95)
	The Cossacks • Leo Tolstoy • Peter Constantine • Cynthia Ozick • LITERATURE • A fresh translation of Tolstoy's 1863 semi-autobiographical novel about a young Muscovite and his military adventures in the rough and ready Caucasus. The book is, in part, a portrait of the Cossacks -- and an account of falling in love. (RUS241, $11.95)
	The Cossacks, An Illustrated History • John Ure • HISTORY • In this lively, beautifully illustrated overview, a career diplomat (and frequent visitor to the region) explores the history of the Cossacks in Southern Russia and central Asia and their role in world affairs. (RUS135, $45.00)
	Cracks in the Iron Closet, Travels in Gay and Lesbian Russia • David Tuller • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An intimate portrait of an emerging gay subculture in modern Russia. (RUS149, $15.00)
	Crime and Punishment • Fyodor Dostoevsky • Constance Garnett • LITERATURE • The celebrated 1950 Constance Garnett translation of Dostoevsky's great detective novel, a cornerstone of Russian literature, and one of the greatest detective stories ever told. (RUS344, $19.95)
	The Crown Jewels, The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB's Archives • Nigel West • Oleg Tsarev • HISTORY • A lively account of Soviet intelligence in Britain from the end of World War I to the late 1950s. West is a prolific British military historian specializing in espionage. (SPY21, $50.00)
	Culture Smart! Russia, A Quick Guide to Customs and Etiquette • Anna King • GUIDEBOOK • A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice. (RUS361, $9.95)
	Days of Defeat and Victory • Yegor Gaidar • HISTORY • An architect of Yeltsin's reforms offers his views. (RUS231, $30.00)
	The Decline and Fall of the Soviet Empire: Forty Years that Shook the World, from Stalin to Yeltsin • Fred Coleman • HISTORY • Insightful analysis of Russia history and politics, post Stalin. (RUS97, $19.95)
	Doctor Zhivago • Boris Pasternak • Max Hayward • Manya Harari • LITERATURE • The epic novel of life and love set against the backdrop of the first half of the 20th century in Russia. (RUS222, $15.95)
	Dreams of My Russian Summers, A Novel • Andrei Makine • LITERATURE • In this widely praised first novel, Makine writes evocatively of the coming of age of a young boy in the Soviet Union of the 1960's and 70's. (RUS266, $14.00)
	The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 • Norman Stone • HISTORY • A classic study of Russia's contribution to WWI. (WAR76, $16.95)
	The Empress & the Architect, British Architecture and Gardens at the Court of Catherine the Great • Dmitri Shvidkovsky • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A gorgeous oversize survey of Catherine's Palace at Pushkin (Tsarkoye Selo) and Pavlovsk, designed by the great 18th-century Scottish architect Charles Cameron. (RUS259, $80.00)
	The End of Eurasia, Russia on the Border Between Geopolitics and Globalization • Dmitri Trenin • HISTORY • A thought provoking analysis of Russia's foreign policy and argument for Russia's' integration with Europe and the West. (RUS163, $24.95)
	Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse • James E. Falen • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin • LITERATURE • A master work by one of Russia's most respected poets. (RUS101, $9.95)
	Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin • Vladimir Nabokov • LITERATURE • In this translation of Pushkin's epic poem set in 19th-century Russia, the great novelist Nabokov brings the spark of Pushkin's original words to life. (RUS290, $22.95)
	Eyewitness Guide Moscow • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An outstanding guide to Moscow, its culture, history and attractions, with excellent local maps and site plans, and hundreds of color photographs. (RUS164, $23.00)
	Faberge in the Royal Collection • Caroline De Guitaut • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A handsome study of Faberge art and the British Royal Family. (RUS215, $50.00)
	The Face of Russia: Anguish, Aspiration and Achievement in Russian Culture • James H. Billington • ART & ARCHITECTURE • The history of Russia as reflected in its sumptuous art and architecture. (RUS54, $16.00)
	Fathers and Sons • Ivan Turgenev • LITERATURE • The classic novel by the most accessible of the great Russian novelists. (RUS19, $12.00)
	The First Circle • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn • Thomas Whitney • LITERATURE • A powerful novel of the horrors of Soviet Russia set in Moscow in 1949. It won Solzhenitsyn the Nobel Proze for Literature in 1970. (RUS260, $16.95)
	First Person, An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia's President • Vladimir Putin • HISTORY • A self-portrait portrait of the Russian leader based on interviews with Russian journalists. (RUS161, $16.00)
	Five Plays • Anton Chekhov • Ronald Hingley • LITERATURE • A collection of Chekhov's major plays, including "Ivanov," "The Seagull," "Uncle Vanya," "Three Sisters," and "The Cherry Orchard." (RUS88, $8.95)
	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)
	Fodor's Moscow and St. Petersburg • Christopher and Melanie Rice • GUIDEBOOK • With solid practical information on sights, excursions, restaurants, hotels and nightlife, and a chapter on the cities of the Golden Ring. (RUS03, $19.95)
	Food in Russian History and Culture • Joyce Toomre • Musya Glants • FOOD • Food is history in this compendium of essays by cultural historians. (RUS143, $19.95)
	From Nyet to Da: Understanding the Russians • Yale Richmond • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An introduction to understanding Russian culture. (RUS96, $23.95)
	Gorbachev and Yeltsin As Leaders • George Breslauer • HISTORY • An astute, balanced political analysis. (RUS156, $27.99)
	The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral • Robert A. Scott • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An accessible overview of the medieval cathedral, its history, design and architecture with black-and-white photographs. (EUR190, $17.95)
	The Great Railway Bazaar, By Train through Asia • Paul Theroux • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Theroux's vintage 1970s journeys across Asia by Train, displaying all his talent for portraiture, ego and the dismissive aside. It's great fun. He takes every two-bit train he can find from London across Europe, Turkey and the Middle East, India, Japan and China, returning home via the Trans-Siberian Express. (ASA40, $14.95)
	Hadji Murad • Leo Tolstoy • Aylmer Maude • LITERATURE • A short novel set in the 19th-century Caucasus, concerning -- in part -- conflicts between the occupying Russians and Muslim groups in the region. (CCS18, $11.95)
	Here Is Where We Meet • John Berger • LITERATURE • This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. (EUR189, $14.00)
	A History of Russia • George Vernadsky • HISTORY • A popular college text. (RUS174, $30.00)
	The History of Russia • John Lawrence • HISTORY • A concise popular history of Russia from its pagan roots through the Tsarist period, revolution and post-Soviet realities. (RUS289, $17.00)
	A History of Russia • Nicholas Riasanovsky • HISTORY • A comprehensive, balanced history of Russia, now in its sixth edition. (RUS130, $56.00)
	A History of Russian Music, From Kamarinskaya to Babi Yar • Francis Maes • Arnold Pomerans • MUSIC • A scholarly, chronological history of Russian music. (RUS223, $60.00)
	A History of Twentieth-Century Russia • Robert Service • HISTORY • A lively, comprehensive history of modern Russia, and especially of the Soviet period. (RUS131, $20.95)
	House of the Dead • Fyodor Dostoevsky • David McDuff • LITERATURE • Dostoyevsky's semi-autobiographical novel of a man forced to endure ten years in a Siberian prison for the murder of his wife. (RUS261, $12.00)
	How Russia Shaped the Modern World: From Art to Anti-Semitism, Ballet to Bolshevism • Steven G. Marks • HISTORY • This wide-ranging book focuses on Russian contributions to art, literature, politics and ideas of 19th- and 20th-century Europe and America. (RUS245, $24.95)
	I, Maya Plisetskayar • Maya Plisetskaya • Antonia W. Bouis • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A memoir of dance set against a backdrop of political turmoil. Plisetskaya, a prominent Russian ballerina, bitterly describes the persecution of her family and her struggles as an artist under the Soviet Regime. (RUS254, $48.00)
	The Icon and the Axe, An Interpretive History of Russian Culture • James H. Billington • HISTORY • A cultural and artistic history, written by the Librarian of Congress. This book is a comprehensive, intellectual investigation of the spiritual and ideological forces that led to the development of Russia. (RUS09, $23.00)
	Igor Stravinsky, An Autobiography • Igor Stravinsky • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Stravinsky memoir, covering the first 50 years of his life in Russia, France and Switzerland. (MUS18, $14.95)
	Images of Space, St. Petersburg in the Visual and Verbal Arts • Grigory Kaganov • Sidney Monas • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A scholarly study of spatial representation in St. Petersburg and its depiction on the arts. (RUS42, $57.95)
	Insight City Guide St. Petersburg • Brian Bell • GUIDEBOOK • This eyecatching guidebook features beautiful full-color photographs, illuminating area maps, a street atlas and information about transport and accommodations. With a pullout restaurant map guide. (RUS274, $15.95)
	Ivan the Terrible • Henri Troyat • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of Russia's first czar. (RUS220, $21.95)
	Khrushchev, The Man and His Era • William Taubman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A definitive, Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the life of Nikita Khrushchev. (RUS257, $17.95)
	Knopf Guide St. Petersburg • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A compact highly illustrated guide to the city with excellent maps and select listings. (RUS31, $27.50)
	Knopf Mapguide, St. Petersburg • Knopf Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A practical and handy passport-sized guide to the city, featuring fold-out maps. (RUS319, $9.95)
	Kosmos, A Portrait of the Russian Space Age • Svetlana Boym • Adam Bartos • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A portfolio of 100 photographs of the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with an essay by Harvard professor Svetlana Boym. (RUS184, $40.00)
	Legacies of Twentieth-Century Dance • Lynn Garafola • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A marvelously illustrated and scholarly collection of essays on the evolution of dance in the 20th century. The four sections of the book focus on the Ballet Ruses, female dancers, New York as the dance capital of the world and questions of memory and reconstruction. (RUS256, $29.95)
	Lenin, A New Biography • Dmitri Volkogonov • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A well regarded biography. (RUS250, $48.00)
	Literary Russia, A Guide • Anna Benn • Rosamund Bartlett • GUIDEBOOK • Back in print! Organized geographically, this guide and literary companion includes the homes, museums and literary landmarks of Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Nabokov and other Russian masters. (RUS45, $37.50)
	Lonely Planet Russian Phrasebook • James Jenkin • Inna Zaitseva • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A handy shirtpocket phrasebook for Russian basics focusing on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (RUS111, $8.99)
	Lonely Planet St. Petersburg • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • In its hallmark style, this practical guide to St Petersburg by Lonely Planet features maps, a good overview of culture, history and art, and a great deal of information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. (RUS280, $21.99)
	Lost Opportunity: What has Made Economic Reform in Russia so Difficult? • Marshall Goldman • HISTORY • An astute commentator, the author looks at Yeltsin's economic reforms and the changes wrought on the complex Russian economy since the break-up of the Soviet Union. (RUS64, $13.95)
	Making Sense of War, the Second World War and the Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution • Amir Weiner • HISTORY • A consideration of WWII and its impact on Russia. (RUS251, $32.95)
	Mapping St. Petersburg, Imperial Text and Cityshape • Julie A. Buckler • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Buckler explores the literary and conceptual middle ground between Pushkin's glittering, elite St. Petersburg and Dostoevsky's gritty, poor image of the same city, using architecture, social history and less canonical writings for her theoretical work. (RUS381, $22.95)
	The Master and Margarita • Mikhail Bulgakov • Mirra Ginsberg • LITERATURE • Bulgakov spins an elaborate allegory to convey his anti-Stalinist message. (RUS44, $11.95)
	The Memoirs of Catherine the Great • Catherine the Great • Mark Cruse • Hilde Hoogenboom • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • This collection of memoirs begins eighteen years before the beginning of Catherine's rule, upon her arrival in Russia as a German princess in 1744, continuing until her death in 1796. (RUS277, $26.95)
	Moscow, Governing the Socialist Metropolis • Timothy J. Colton • HISTORY • A comprehensive scholarly history of Moscow. (RUS157, $31.50)
	Murder on the Leviathan • Boris Akunin • Andrew Bromfield • MYSTERY • A mystery on the high seas starring the young detective Erast Fandorin, set in 1878. (RUS225, $12.95)
	Natasha's Dance, A Cultural History of Russia • Orlando Figes • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • In this lively cultural history, Figes looks at both the great works by Russian masters and longstanding folk traditions. The title is drawn from a scene of Tolstoy's War and Peace in which a European-educated countess performs a peasant dance. (RUS180, $20.00)
	National Geographic Traveler St. Petersburg • Jeremy Howard • GUIDEBOOK • (RUS318, $22.95)
	Nicholas and Alexandra • Robert Massie • HISTORY • This entertaining and well-researched history traces the royal relationship and explores how a disease determined the destiny of rulers, the disintegration of the empire and the course of Russian history. (RUS69, $18.95)
	No Fixed Points, Dance in the Twentieth Century • Malcolm McCormick • Nancy Reynolds • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A comprehensive history of 20th century dance in Europe and America. It's a readable, illustrated reference that offers both biographies of major dancers and choreographers, and critical analysis. (RUS255, $60.00)
	Notes from Underground • Fyodor Dostoevsky • Richard Pevear • LITERATURE • Dostoevsky's darkly funny and psychological character study set in nineteenth-century St. Petersburg, originally published in 1864. (RUS230, $11.95)
	Odyssey Guide Moscow, St. Petersburg & The Golden Ring • Masha Nordbye • Patricia Lanza • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to the art, culture and history of two great Russian cities, filled with maps and fine color photographs. (RUS78, $26.95)
	The Oligarchs, Wealth & Power in the New Russia • David Hoffman • HISTORY • A scrupulously documented, fascinating account of six businessmen whose profiteering amid the near-anarchy and corruption that followed collapse of the Soviet Union skyrocketed them to positions of immense power in the New Russia. (RUS159, $21.95)
	Passport to Russian • Charles Berlitz • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A basic Russian dictionary and phrasebook for the traveler. (RUS224, $6.99)
	A People's Tragedy, A History of the Russian Revolution • Orlando Figes • HISTORY • A monumental, engrossing account of the Russian Revolution. (RUS181, $25.00)
	Peter the Great • Paul Bushkovitch • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A revised view of the legendary modernizer of Russia. (RUS169, $24.95)
	Peter the Great, His Life and World • Robert Massie • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling history of the great Westernizer of Russia. Massie portrays a giant of history on the monumental canvas of Europe as he transforms Russia from backwater tsardom to major empire. (RUS11, $8.99)
	Peter the Great, Part 1 • Robert Massie • LITERATURE • Part one of the unabdriged audio version, available on cassette tape only, of Massie's hugely entertaining, authorritative biography, as read by Frederick Davidson. (RUS328, $99.95)
	Peter the Great, Part 2 • Robert Massie • LITERATURE • Part two of the unabdriged audio version, available on cassette tape only, of Massie's hugely entertaining, authorritative biography, as read by Frederick Davidson. 15 tapes. (RUS329, $95.95)
	Pimsleur Quick & Simple Russian • Pimsleur Language Method • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A package of eight 30-minute lessons in basic Russian, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. (RUS112, $19.95)
	Piratization of Russia, Russian Reform Goes Awry • Marshall Goldman • HISTORY • The distressing tale of the making of oligarchs in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. (RUS211, $41.95)
	Pocket Menu Reader Russia • Langenscheidt • Mario Caramitti • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A pocket guide to negotiating food and restaurants in Russian. (RUS165, $7.95)
	The Queen of Spades • Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky • MUSIC • The full score of one of Tchaikovsky's most popular operas. (RUS219, $39.95)
	Queer in Russia: A Story of Sex, Self, and the Other • Laurie Essig • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An engaging, scholarly portrait of post-perestroika gay culture. (RUS146, $22.95)
	The Ransom of Russian Art • John McPhee • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • McPhee tackles a rather unusual topic for him: the story of suppressed Russian art and the man who brought it to America. (RUS91, $12.00)
	Rasputin, The Saint Who Sinned • Brian Moynahan • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A juicy biography of the notorious Russian. (RUS198, $17.95)
	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 Red Stuff, The True Story of the Russian Race for Space • Leo De Boer • SCIENCE • The dramatic tale of the early Russian Space Program by a Dutch film maker with archival footage, shots of Space City and interviews with some of the original cosmonauts. (RUS265, $19.95)
	The Reforms of Peter the Great, Progress through Coercion in Russia • Evgenii Anisimov • John Alexander • HISTORY • How Peter the Great's reforms shaped Russia. (RUS102, $32.95)
	Resurrection, The Struggle for a New Russia • David Remnick • HISTORY • Pulitzer Prize-winner David Remnick insightfully explores the powers shaping the creation of a new Russia. The book follows the ruin of the USSR, up to the 1996 elections. (RUS23, $16.00)
	The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire • John Dunlop • HISTORY • A history of Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. (RUS68, $34.95)
	The Romanovs, The Final Chapter • Robert Massie • HISTORY • Written like a good detective story, this riveting scientific thriller examines the evidence and international dispute linking the skeletons exhumed in 1991 in Siberia with the last of the Romanovs killed in the early period of the Russian Revolution. (RUS14, $15.95)
	Rough Guide Moscow • Rough Guide • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to the culture, history and attractions of Moscow. (RUS129, $16.99)
	Rough Guide St. Petersburg • Dan Richardson • GUIDEBOOK • An extensive guide to St. Petersburg in the hip, literate and very infomative Rough Guide style. It's divided cleanly between practical information and illuminating background on culture and history. (RUS372, $18.99)
	The Routledge Atlas of Russian History • Martin Gilbert • HISTORY • A fantastically interesting, useful survey of the history of Russia in maps. This revised edition follows the fate of Russia since the demise of the Soviet Union, with 161 maps covering rebellion, famine, expansion, trade, the military, communism's collapse and myriad other topics. (RUS176, $29.95)
	Russia and the Russians, A History • Geoffrey Hosking • HISTORY • This ambitious history tackles with clarity the scope and breadth of the Russian empire from its Kievan beginnings through Imperial expansion, revolution and the Soviet period all the way to the 21st century. An engaging history by a leading scholar, noteworthy for its big ideas, ambition and clarity. (RUS208, $21.50)
	Russia from St. Petersburg to Moscow Map • Falk Maps • A detailed map of northwest Russia at a scale of 1:750,000, well suited for a river cruise between St. Petersburg and Moscow. It covers all but the northernmost extent of the route. (RUS06, $14.95)
	The Russia Hand, a Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy • Strobe Talbott • HISTORY • An insider's view of the U.S. role in Russia's transition from communism to democracy. (RUS234, $16.95)
	The Russia House • John Le Carre • LITERATURE • Espionage in the age of Gorbachev delivered with traditional Le Carrean panache. (RUS186, $7.99)
	Russia in Search of Itself • James H. Billington • HISTORY • An analysis of modern Russia by the Librarian of Congress and expert on Russia. (RUS229, $24.95)
	Russia in Search of Itself • James H. Billington • HISTORY • An analysis of modern Russia by the Librarian of Congress and expert on Russia. (RUS229, $24.95)
	Russia in Space, The Failed Frontier? • Brian Harvey • HISTORY • Can Russia once again lead the world into space? (RUS182, $39.95)
	Russia in the Age of Catherine the Great • Isabel De Madariaga • HISTORY • A classic scholarly history of 18th-century Russia. (RUS144, $21.95)
	Russia in the Age of Peter the Great • Lindsey Hughes • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of Peter the Great and an account of Russia in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. (RUS103, $90.00)
	Russia Map • International Travel Maps • A double-sided map of all of Russia, including the best available coverage for travelers on the Trans-Siberian, at a scale of 1:6,000,000. (RUS264, $11.95)
	Russia's Heritage Cities • International Travel Maps • A map of the Golden Ring cities surrounding Moscow, at a scale of 1:500,000. (RUS217, $8.95)
	Russia's Unfinished Revolution, Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin • Michael McFaul • HISTORY • A political history and analysis of Russian democracy and institutions since the mid 1980s. (RUS160, $19.95)
	Russia, Experiment With a People • Robert Service • HISTORY • An authoritative survey of the transformation of Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Service casts a wide net, looking at not just political and economic change but also the influence of society, culture and belief. (RUS284, $18.95)
	Russia, People and Empire, 1552-1917 • Geoffrey Hosking • HISTORY • Historian Geoffrey Hosking writes elegantly and vehemently on the history of Russia under the czars. Hosking argues that Imperial Russia pursued empire building at the expense of national identity. (RUS29, $21.00)
	Russian Ark • Alexander Sokurov • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A mesmerizing film by the Russian master, shot entirely within the Hermitage Museum. (RUS237, $19.95)
	The Russian Century, A History of the Last Hundred Years • Brian Moynahan • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A lively survey of Russian history and people from the Tsars through the Revolution, the dark days of Stalin, the Cold War and the tumultuous events of the 1990s by a British historian and journalist. (RUS167, $16.95)
	Russian Experiment in Art, 1863-1922 • Camilla Gray • Marian Burleigh-Motley • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A handsome illustrated volume in the "World of Art" series, this book documents a critical period in the history of Russian art in a series of insightful essays and hundreds of color illustrations. (RUS17, $16.95)
	Russian Folk Art • Alison Hilton • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated survey of traditional Russian folk art. (RUS104, $27.95)
	The Russian Heritage Cookbook • Lynn Visson • FOOD • A thorough and authentic guide to traditional Russian cooking with 360 recipes. (RUS233, $28.95)
	A Russian Journal • John Steinbeck • Robert Capa • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • Steinbeck's moving account of the people and everyday life in Russia, the Ukraine and Cau-casus circa 1948, with striking photographs by the great Robert Capra. (RUS275, $15.00)
	The Russian Museum, A Centennial Celebration of a National Treasure • Vladimir Gusyev • Yevgenia Petrova • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An overview of Russian art from the Christianization of Russia in 989 to present. (RUS199, $60.00)
	Russian Phrasebook & Dictionary • Hippocrene • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A handy phrasebook and basic dictionary featuring transliterations of all the Russian words. (RUS65, $11.95)
	Russian Short Stories • Robert Chandler • LITERATURE • NEW • This fine collection of tales captures the sweep and soul of Russian literature, including Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Chekhov and Tolstoy along with lesser-known greats. (RUS288, $17.00)
	The Russian's World, Life and Language • Geneva Gerhart • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A classic, scholarly introduction to Russian language, literature, history, and culture, from nineteenth century literature to contemporary society. (RUS320, $39.95)
	Russian, Start Speaking Today! • Language/30 • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A highly effective crash course for travelers. Na zdorovye! (RUS192, $21.95)
	Russka • Edward Rutherfurd • LITERATURE • In this absorbing, complex novel Rutherfurd transforms Russian history into an epic saga. The bestseller follows the fate of interconnected families over 800 years. Catherine the Great, Tolstoy, Pushkin and Rasputin all make appearances. (RUS175, $19.00)
	Saint Petersburg, Museums Palaces and Historic Collections • Cathy Giangrande • John Julius Norwich • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated guide to cultural attractions. (RUS338, $12.95)
	The Sexual Revolution in Russia, From the Age of the Czars to Today • Igor Kon • HISTORY • A groundbreaking, fascinating history of sex, sexuality and attitudes in Russia. (RUS147, $25.50)
	Sleeping Beauty, A Legend in Progress • Tim Scholl • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A history of the popular ballet, prompted by the response to a controversial 1999 production. (RUS253, $37.00)
	Soviet Blitzkrieg, The Battle for White Russia, 1944 • Walter S. Dunn • HISTORY • A history of the Russian campaign to regain control of Belarus from the Germans in 1944. (RUS121, $55.00)
	Stalin, Breaker of Nations • Robert Conquest • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A well known biography by Robert Conquest. (RUS249, $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)
	Stalingrad, The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943 • Antony Beevor • HISTORY • (RUS297, $18.00)
	Tales of Belkin and Other Prose Writings • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin • LITERATURE • This sampling of Pushkin's short stories includes his autobiographical "A Journey to Arzrum," the tale of travels from Moscow across the Caucasus and Georgia to Turkey during the war of 1829. (RUS232, $13.00)
	The Taste of Dreams, An Obsession with Russia and Caviar • Vanora Bennett • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • A detailed history of caviar within the context of the complex history of modern Russia. (RUS226, $14.95)
	Tchaikovsky Through Others' Eyes • Alenander Poznansky • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Recollections of the master composer from his contemporaries. (RUS324, $39.95)
	Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian Script • Daphne West • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A step-by-step guide to reading and writing Cyrillic. (RUS207, $10.95)
	Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian, An Easy Introduction • Rachel Farmer • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A helpful introduction to the Russian language. (RUS110, $22.95)
	Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian, An Easy Introduction (Book) • Rachel Farmer • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A helpful introduction to the Russian language. (RUS124, $9.95)
	Ten Days That Shook the World • John Reed • HISTORY • An eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution by an American journalist, a political classic that captures the spirit of those heady days of excitement and idealism before disillusion and cynicism set in. (RUS13, $12.00)
	Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories • Sholem Aleichem • LITERATURE • A winning collection of Yiddish tales. (RUS170, $15.95)
	Thomas Cook Travellers Moscow & St Petersburg • Chris Booth • GUIDEBOOK • (RUS293, $14.95)
	To the Finland Station • Edmond Wilson • HISTORY • Wilson's fascinating account of the romance of revolution, originally published in 1940. (RUS206, $18.95)
	Tragedy of Russia's Reforms, Market Bolshevism Against Democracy • Peter Reddaway • Dmitri Glinsky • HISTORY • A provocative, comprehensive analysis. (RUS162, $29.95)
	Transitional Citizens, Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia • Timothy J. Colton • HISTORY • A scholarly, sophisticated account of Russian citizens and the vote since the collapse of the Soviet Union. (RUS158, $31.50)
	Travelers' Tales, A Woman's Europe • Marybeth Bond • Mary Morris • ANTHOLOGY • This entertaining collection depicts Europe through the eyes of women writers, including Frances Mayes and Jan Morris. (EUR160, $17.95)
	A Traveller's History of Russia • Peter Neville • HISTORY • An impressively compact, lively survey of Russian history from the coming of the Slavs to the collapse of the Soviet Union. (RUS47, $14.95)
	The Turkish Gambit, a Novel • Andrew Bromfield • Boris Akunin • MYSTERY • Detective Fandorin is caught in Bulgaria in the middle of the brutal Russo-Turkish war in this thriller set in 1877. Boris Akunin's Erast Fandorin series have sold ten million copies in Russia alone. This is the third book to be translated into English. (RUS263, $12.95)
	War and Peace • Leo Tolstoy • Constance Garnett • LITERATURE • Tolstoy's great historical and philosophical novel set in the age of Napoleon. (RUS20, $10.95)
	We Now Know, Rethinking Cold War History • John Lewis Gaddis • HISTORY • An analytical synthesis of Cold War events presented with the value of hindsight. (RUS191, $24.95)
	The Winter Queen • Boris Akunin • Andrew Bromfield • LITERATURE • The first in a series of clever detective novels, wildly popular in Russia, starring the rascal Erast Fandorin. Using lots of period detail, Akunin sets a suspected murder among the glitterati of late 19th-century Moscow. (RUS210, $12.95)
	With the Armies of the Tsar, A Nurse at the Russian Front in War and Revolution, 1914-1918 • Frances Farmborough • HISTORY • A WWI memoir by a witness to the Russian revoltuion. (RUS139, $19.95)
	Women of the Four Winds • Elizabeth Olds • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A collection of four lively biographies of four 20th-century American explorers. (EXP19, $21.95)