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The 900 Days, The Siege of Leningrad

The 900 Days, The Siege of Leningrad


by Harrison Salisbury

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 640 PAGES

Salisbury's detailed account of the three-year-long Nazi blockade of Leningrad (now St Petersburg). (RUS235, $27.00)

Alexander Pushkin, The Collected Stories

Alexander Pushkin, The Collected Stories


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 548 PAGES

A collection of Pushkin's major prose works and many shorter pieces. (RUS196, $25.00)

Among the Russians

Among the Russians


by Colin Thubron

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

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 complexities of Russian identity in this lyrical book. (RUS106, $14.00)

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina


by Leo Tolstoy | Larissa Volokhonsky | Richa Pevear

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 838 PAGES

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, $17.00)

Antler on the Sea, the Yup'ik and Chukchi of the Russian Far East

Antler on the Sea, the Yup'ik and Chukchi of the Russian Far East


by Anna Kerttula

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A portrait of the daily life, culture and economy of a typical village along the Chukotka Peninsula, written by an anthropologist who lived there for 18 months. (RUS100, $24.95)

The Art and Architecture of Russia

The Art and Architecture of Russia


by George Hamilton | Judith Gordon

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 482 PAGES

An elegantly written introduction to the art and architecture of Russia. Published in 1954, it's a good handbook for the traveler that goes beyond Moscow and St. Petersburg. Includes 314 black-and-white illustrations. (RUS38, $35.00)

The Avengers, A Jewish War Story

The Avengers, A Jewish War Story


by Rich Cohen

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 262 PAGES

The riveting tale of three kids from the Jewish ghetto, who went from the streets of Vilna to fighting the Germans and eventually wound up in a Kibbutz north of Tel Aviv. (BLT16, $14.95)

Balanchine, A Biography


by Bernard Taper

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

Taper sorts out the controversial legacy of the legendary choreographer George Balanchine. (RUS193, $31.95)

Baltic States Map

Baltic States Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • MAP

A double-sided detailed map of Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania at a scale of 1:400,000. (BLT06, $14.95)

Baroque and Rococo Art

Baroque and Rococo Art


by Germain Bazin

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

An excellent illustrated survey of Baroque and Rococo art and architecture, this volume in the acclaimed "World of Art" series is a good companion to the golden age of Middle Europe. (EUR53, $21.95)

Birds of Europe

Birds of Europe


by Lars Svensson

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Featuring 3,500 glorious paintings by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom, the second revised edition of this exquisite guide has been brought up to date with revised text and maps. (FG47, $29.95)

Black Earth, A Journey Through Russia After the Fall

Black Earth, A Journey Through Russia After the Fall


by Andrew Meier

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 516 PAGES

Meier ventures far outside the Kremlin gates for this account of the lives typical Russians since the collapse of the Soviet Union. A vivid, insightful portrait. (RUS236, $16.95)

The Blue Flower

The Blue Flower


by Penelope Fitzgerald

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 225 PAGES

Set in the Age of Goethe, this exquisitely written short novel is a fictional account of the life of the Romantic poet Novalis. It paints a vivid picture of German intellectual and mercantile life in the late 1700s. (GER21, $13.00)

Bradt Guide Latvia

Bradt Guide Latvia


by Chris Baister | Chris Patrick

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A comprehensive guide for the traveler from the popular and informative British series. (BLT20, $23.99)

Bradt Guide Lithuania


by Gordon McLachlan

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A practical guide in the popular Bradt series, featuring information on Lithuanian art, history and culture, as well as good travel information. (BLT21, $25.99)

The Bronze Horseman


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 80 PAGES

Pushkin's epic poem was based on actual events, the flooding of his beloved St. Petersburg. (RUS281, $14.50)

The Brothers Karamazov


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | Larissa Volokhonsky | Richard Pevear

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 832 PAGES

Dostoyevsky's final masterpiece. (RUS108, $18.00)

Buddenbrooks, the Decline of a Family

Buddenbrooks, the Decline of a Family


by Thomas Mann

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • HARD COVER
  • 784 PAGES

Mann's masterpiece about the decline of a German family at the end of the 19th century. (GER22, $26.00)

The Burgermeister's Daughter, Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town

The Burgermeister's Daughter, Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town


by Steven Ozment

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Meticulously researched and absorbing, this narrative by a Harvard historian traces the legal battle of the daughter of a well-to-do family who was thrown out of her home and disinherited in 1525. (GER25, $13.99)

Burning Lights


by Bella Chagall | Marc Chagall | Norbert Guterman

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 268 PAGES

Illusrtated by her husband Marc Chagall, this touching memoir traces coming-of-age in Vitebsk, Belarus in the early 20th century. (RUS122, $19.00)

Carmen and Other Stories


by Prosper Merimee | Nicholas Jotcham

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 361 PAGES

A collection of nine stories, including Carmen, memorably set in southern Spain -- and source for the Bizet opera of the same name. (FRN201, $13.95)

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great


by Henri Troyat

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 377 PAGES

One of the world's best biographers paints an unforgettable portrait of Catherine, the monarch of Russia's Enlightenment. (RUS10, $20.00)

Catherine the Great, A Short History

Catherine the Great, A Short History


by Isabel De Madariaga

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A brief survey of the reign of Catherine the Great that nicely balances biography with descriptions of the economic, political and social life of the period. (RUS105, $14.95)

Central Europe, Enemies, Neighbors, Friends

Central Europe, Enemies, Neighbors, Friends


by Lonnie Johnson

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 382 PAGES

An academic survey of the social, political, and economic past of Central Europe, and the conflicts that stir modern-day European politics. (EUR69, $39.95)

A Century of Ambivalence, The Jews of Russia and the Soviet Union, 1881 to the Present


by Zvi Y. Gitelman

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 321 PAGES

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

Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe


by Glynis Ridley

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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


by Robert D. Kaplan

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Topical essays by the prolific Robert Kaplan. (WLD51, $15.95)

Commonwealth of Independent States Map

Commonwealth of Independent States Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • MAP

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, $14.95)

The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales


by Hans Christian Andersen

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • HARD COVER
  • 804 PAGES

Classic tales by Copenhagen's most famous citizen. (DMK01, $14.99)

A Concise History of Germany

A Concise History of Germany


by Mary Fulbrook

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 277 PAGES

This essential short history of Germany -- a whirlwind survey in less than 300 pages -- explores the relationships between social, political and cultural factors in this land located in the center of Europe. (GER13, $28.99)

A Concise History of the Russian Revolution


by Peter Dimock | Richard Pipes

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 431 PAGES

A serious but readable analysis of the Russian Revolution. (RUS98, $17.95)

Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer


by Andrei Makine

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

The celebrated author follows two ideologically fervent boys as they grow into disillusioned men. (RUS136, $21.95)

The Corrections

The Corrections


by Jonathan Franzen

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 592 PAGES

A dazzling novel of life and love and family and holidays that follows the peregrinations of the Lamberts -- father, mother and offspring -- from New York to Philadelphia to Vilnius. It's a madcap, tour de force of Christmas homecomings gone awry, cruise-ship follies, self-deluded academics, breast-obsessed screenwriters, stodgy old farts and edgy Tribeca bohemians equally at sea in their lives. (EUR122, $16.00)

The Cossacks

The Cossacks


by Leo Tolstoy | Peter Constantine | Cynthia Ozick

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

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, $13.00)

Coup de Grace


by Marguerite Yourcenar

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 151 PAGES

A novel set against the backdrop of the Latvian War of Independence in the aftermath of WWI. (BLT26, $16.00)

Cracks in the Iron Closet, Travels in Gay and Lesbian Russia


by David Tuller

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

An intimate portrait of an emerging gay subculture in modern Russia. (RUS149, $20.00)

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | David McDuff

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 647 PAGES

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, $15.00)

The Crown Jewels, The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB's Archives


by Nigel West | Oleg Tsarev

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 384 PAGES

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, $55.00)

Days of Defeat and Victory


by Yegor Gaidar

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 342 PAGES

An architect of Yeltsin's reforms offers his views. (RUS231, $30.00)

The Diary of a Young Girl, The Definitive Edition

The Diary of a Young Girl, The Definitive Edition


by Anne Frank

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 340 PAGES

The classic story of an adolescent Jewish girl's life and thoughts while in hiding with her family in Nazi-occupied Holland. A new edition with added material. (NTH05, $13.00)

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago


by Boris Pasternak | Richard Pevear | Larissa Volokhonsky

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

From the acclaimed translators of War and Peace (RUS391), Anna Karenina (RUS81) and The Death of Ivan Illyich (RUS391) comes a stunning new translation of Pasternak's Nobel Prize-winning masterpiece, last translated in 1958. (RUS222, $16.95)

Dreams of My Russian Summers

Dreams of My Russian Summers


by Andrei Makine

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Andrei Makine conjures an entire world -- and the sweep of Russian history -- in this lyrical debut novel. Set in a sleepy village on the Volga, the narrator spins tales both of coming-of-age in the Soviet Union in the 1960s and 70 -- and of his remarkable grandmother, born in France at the turn of the century, a nurse during the Revolution and a witness to the horrors of Stalin. Tenth anniversary edition. (RUS266, $14.95)

East of the Sun & West of the Moon, Old Tales from the North

East of the Sun & West of the Moon, Old Tales from the North


by George Webbe Dasent

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES
  • FAMILY

The Norse equivalent and counterpart to the brothers Grimm, this anthology of 15 illustrated folk tales contains the famous title story along with "Why the Sea Is Salt" and "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." This lovingly produced facsimile of the 1914 original includes Kay Nielsen's 25 stunning original color illustrations. (SCN06, $40.00)

The Eastern Front, 1914-1917


by Norman Stone

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A classic study of Russia's contribution to WWI. (WAR76, $16.95)

Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe

Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe


by Henri Pirenne

  • HISTORY
  • 1936
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Pirenne, an important economic historian, traces the economic and social development of Western Europe from the end of the Roman Empire to the middle of the 15th century in this classic book, first published in 1936. (EUR18, $15.95)

The Empress & the Architect, British Architecture and Gardens at the Court of Catherine the Great


by Dmitri Shvidkovsky

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 273 PAGES

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, $85.00)

The End of Eurasia, Russia on the Border Between Geopolitics and Globalization


by Dmitri Trenin

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 340 PAGES

A thought provoking analysis of Russia's foreign policy and argument for Russia's' integration with Europe and the West. (RUS163, $24.95)

Estonia and the Estonians

Estonia and the Estonians


by Toivo U. Raun

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 366 PAGES

A scholarly, comprehensive history of Estonia from prehistory to the 1990s in the Hoover Institution's "Studies of Nationalities" series. (BLT07, $24.95)

Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse

Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse


by James E. Falen | Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A master work by one of Russia's most respected poets. (RUS101, $9.95)

Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin | Vladimir Nabokov

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 362 PAGES

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, $24.95)

Eyewitness Guide Amsterdam

Eyewitness Guide Amsterdam


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 312 PAGES

A wonderful guide to Amsterdam, filled with detailed drawings, photographs and thumbnail sketches. Slim and attractive, it also includes detailed maps and cutaway drawings of landmarks. Includes The Hague, Rotterdam and Delft. (NTH01, $25.00)

Eyewitness Guide Moscow

Eyewitness Guide Moscow


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 263 PAGES

This outstanding guide covers Moscow's culture, history and attractions with maps, site plans and hundreds of color photographs. (RUS164, $23.00)

Faberge in the Royal Collection


by Caroline De Guitaut

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 240 PAGES

A handsome study of Faberge art and the British Royal Family. (RUS215, $50.00)

Fathers and Sons


by Ivan Turgenev

  • LITERATURE
  • 1975
  • PAPER
  • 295 PAGES

The classic novel by the most accessible of the great Russian novelists. (RUS19, $13.00)

The First Circle


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Thomas Whitney

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 580 PAGES

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

First Person, An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia's President


by Vladimir Putin

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

A self-portrait portrait of the Russian leader based on interviews with Russian journalists. (RUS161, $16.00)

Five Plays


by Anton Chekhov | Ronald Hingley

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

A collection of Chekhov's major plays, including "Ivanov," "The Seagull," "Uncle Vanya," "Three Sisters," and "The Cherry Orchard." (RUS88, $8.95)

The Fixer

The Fixer


by Bernard Malamud

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

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 Amsterdam's 25 Best

Fodor's Amsterdam's 25 Best


by Fodor's

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

This slim guide to essential highlights includes an excellent map of the city center and can easily be slipped in your pocket. (NTH16, $11.99)

Fodor's London's 25 Best

Fodor's London's 25 Best


by Fodor's

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

This slim guide to London (with handy full-color maps) has everything you need to know for a short visit to the city, including recommended sightseeing, restaurants, hotels and shops. (GBR08, $11.95)

Fodor's Moscow and St. Petersburg

Fodor's Moscow and St. Petersburg


by Salwa Jabado

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

With solid practical information on sights, excursions, restaurants, hotels and nightlife, and a chapter on the cities of the Golden Ring. (RUS03, $19.99)

Food in Russian History and Culture


by Joyce Toomre | Musya Glants

  • FOOD
  • 1997
  • PAPER

Food is history in this compendium of essays by cultural historians. (RUS143, $34.95)

Footprint Tallinn

Footprint Tallinn


by Clare Thomson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Nuts-and-bolts information, plus an overview of history and culture, geared for the independent traveler. (BLT27, $12.95)

From Karamzin to Bunin: An Anthology of Russian Short Stories

From Karamzin to Bunin: An Anthology of Russian Short Stories


by Carl Proffer

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1969
  • PAPER
  • 468 PAGES

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, $24.00)

From Nyet to Da: Understanding the Russians


by Yale Richmond

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 219 PAGES

An introduction to understanding Russian culture. (RUS96, $23.95)

The German Way

The German Way


by Hyde Flippo

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 138 PAGES
  • BEST SELLER

This clever A-to-Z guide to quirks, attitudes, behavior and customs is a terrific resource for travelers seeking insight into why the Germans, Austrians and Swiss do what they do. (GER12, $17.00)

The Germans

The Germans


by Gordon A. Craig

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 361 PAGES

A gifted historian, Craig explores the complex paradoxes of German identity in this masterly portrait of German life, past and present, with chapters on religion, money, Jews, women, literature and society, Berlin and language. (GER10, $18.00)

Germany Map

Germany Map


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • MAP

A sturdy map of Germany (including the region east to Prague) at a scale of 1:750,000 with good topographic relief, roads, waterways and index. Includes Strasbourg and Basel. (GER07, $11.95)

Gorbachev and Yeltsin As Leaders


by George Breslauer

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 3831 PAGES

An astute, balanced political analysis. (RUS156, $32.99)

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral


by Robert A. Scott

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

An enthusiast, Scott presents history, design, architecture and wonder of the medieval cathedral and the great Abbey churches. (EUR190, $21.95)

The Great Railway Bazaar

The Great Railway Bazaar


by Paul Theroux

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

These 1970s journeys across Asia by train display Theroux's talent for portraiture, ego and the dismissive aside. 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. Great fun. (ASA40, $14.95)

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. I

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. I


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Thomas Whitney

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 672 PAGES

A masterpiece of literature and history, this novel documents the horrors of Russia's prison system under communism. Based on Solzhenitsyn's first-hand experiences, it is a powerful and unforgettable work of suffering and redemption. (RUS113, $21.99)

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. III

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. III


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Thomas Whitney

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 570 PAGES

The third volume in "The Gulag Archipelago" trilogy. (RUS114, $21.99)

Hadji Murad

Hadji Murad


by Leo Tolstoy | Aylmer Maude

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

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)

Hans Christian Andersen, The Life of a Storyteller


by Jackie Wullschlager

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

The acclaimed biography of Copenhagen's most famous denizen, who rose from his lot as a washerwoman's son to dine with princes and literary lions -- yet who died alone and unhappy. (DMK13, $21.00)

Here Is Where We Meet

Here Is Where We Meet


by John Berger

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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, $15.00)

A History of Russia

A History of Russia


by Nicholas Riasanovsky

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 776 PAGES

A comprehensive, balanced history of Russia, now in its eighth edition. (RUS130, $69.95)

A History of Russia


by George Vernadsky

  • HISTORY
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 520 PAGES

A popular college text. (RUS174, $32.00)

A History of Russian Music, From Kamarinskaya to Babi Yar


by Francis Maes | Arnold Pomerans

  • MUSIC
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 440 PAGES

A scholarly, chronological history of Russian music. (RUS223, $60.00)

House of the Dead

House of the Dead


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | David McDuff

  • LITERATURE
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 362 PAGES

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


by Steven G. Marks

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 408 PAGES

This wide-ranging book focuses on Russian contributions to art, literature, politics and ideas of 19th- and 20th-century Europe and America. (RUS245, $29.95)

I, Maya Plisetskayar


by Maya Plisetskaya | Antonia W. Bouis

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 448 PAGES

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, $50.00)

The Icon and the Axe, An Interpretive History of Russian Culture

The Icon and the Axe, An Interpretive History of Russian Culture


by James H. Billington

  • HISTORY
  • 1970
  • PAPER
  • 786 PAGES

This cultural and artistic history, written by the Librarian of Congress, maps the spiritual and ideological forces that led to the development of Russia. (RUS09, $24.00)

Igor Stravinsky, An Autobiography


by Igor Stravinsky

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

Stravinsky memoir, covering the first 50 years of his life in Russia, France and Switzerland. (MUS18, $17.95)

Images of Space, St. Petersburg in the Visual and Verbal Arts


by Grigory Kaganov | Sidney Monas

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 238 PAGES

A scholarly study of spatial representation in St. Petersburg and its depiction on the arts. (RUS42, $59.95)

In Europe, Travels Through the Twentieth Century

In Europe, Travels Through the Twentieth Century


by Geert Mak

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 896 PAGES

Don't be put off by the heft of Mak's eye-opening account of Europe on the brink of the millennium. The chapters originally appeared on the front page of a Dutch newspaper, and his deft reports from disparate locales are light in touch, bridging history, travel and opinion. (EUR254, $21.00)

Insight City Guide St. Petersburg

Insight City Guide St. Petersburg


by Brian Bell

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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)

Insight Guide Poland

Insight Guide Poland


by Insight Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

A handsomely illustrated guide to Poland, featuring essays of history, culture and economy, as well as practical information for the traveler. Includes 15 helpful maps and numerous color photographs. (PLD14, $23.95)

The Kalevala


by Keith Bosley

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 679 PAGES

This national epic of Finland, based on ancient heroic poetry, was a rallying flag for national aspirations as Finland struggled to break away from Russia in the 19th century. (SCN14, $15.95)

Khrushchev, The Man and His Era


by William Taubman

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 908 PAGES

A definitive, Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the life of Nikita Khrushchev. (RUS257, $17.95)

Kiev: A Portrait, 1800-1917

Kiev: A Portrait, 1800-1917


by Michael F. Hamm

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

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, $45.00)

Kosmos, A Portrait of the Russian Space Age

Kosmos, A Portrait of the Russian Space Age


by Svetlana Boym | Adam Bartos

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 176 PAGES

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


by Lynn Garafola

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 468 PAGES

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, $32.95)

Lenin, A New Biography


by Dmitri Volkogonov

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1994
  • HARD COVER
  • 529 PAGES

A well regarded biography. (RUS250, $69.00)

Letters from Russia

Letters from Russia


by Marquis De Custine | Anka Muhlstein

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 654 PAGES

An authoritative edition of Astolphe de Custine's observant, scathing and insightful account of travels in Moscow and St. Petersburg in 1839. (RUS166, $24.95)

Life and Fate

Life and Fate


by Vasily Grossman

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 896 PAGES

Interweaving a transfixing account of the battle of Stalingrad with the story of a single middle-class family, the Shaposhnikovs, scattered by fortune from Germany to Siberia, Vasily Grossman fashions an immense, intricately detailed tapestry depicting a time of both unimaginable horror and even stranger hope. (RUS299, $24.95)

Literary Russia, A Guide

Literary Russia, A Guide


by Anna Benn | Rosamund Bartlett

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 528 PAGES

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 Baltic Phrasebook

Lonely Planet Baltic Phrasebook


by Paul Jokubaitis | Jana Teteris | Lisa Trei

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 284 PAGES

Learn the basics of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian with this handy guide. (BLT10, $8.99)

Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania

Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 456 PAGES

An excellent practical guide to the region geared for independent travelers. (BLT05, $25.99)

Lonely Planet Russian Phrasebook

Lonely Planet Russian Phrasebook


by James Jenkin | Inna Zaitseva

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A handy shirtpocket phrasebook for Russian basics focusing on pronunciation, basic grammar and essential vocabulary for the traveler. (RUS111, $8.99)

Lonely Planet Scandinavian Europe

Lonely Planet Scandinavian Europe


by Glenda Bendure | Ned Friary

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 550 PAGES

An excellent practical guide to Scandinavian countries, as well as St. Petersburg and Tallinn, featuring a good overview of culture, history and nature, and plenty of information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. (SCN01, $24.99)

Lonely Planet St. Petersburg


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

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?

Lost Opportunity: What has Made Economic Reform in Russia so Difficult?


by Marshall Goldman

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 308 PAGES

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, $21.95)

Mammals of Europe

Mammals of Europe


by Priscilla Barrett | David W. MacDonald

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

Published by Princeton, this is a field guide to land and marine mammals throughout Europe, both endemic and introduced. With more than 600 color illustrations of over 200 mammals. (FG61, $38.50)

The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita


by Larissa Volokhonsky | Richa Pevear | Mikhail Bulgakov

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 402 PAGES

Pevear and Volokhonsky's incisive new translation of Bulgakov's satiric masterpiece -- part fairytale, part fable and part slapstick -- set in someplace like Moscow and written in the 1930s during the height of Stalin's reign. (RUS44, $14.00)

The Master of Petersburg

The Master of Petersburg


by J.M. Coetzee

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 250 PAGES

Dostoyevski becomes a literary character in Coetzee's novel of 19th-century Russia, where he is ensnared in a mystery that illuminates the underworld of pre-revolutionary St. Petersburg. (RUS200, $16.00)

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great


by Catherine the Great | Mark Cruse | Hilde Hoogenboom

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES

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)

The Messiah of Stockholm, A Novel

The Messiah of Stockholm, A Novel


by Cynthia Ozick

  • LITERATURE
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 141 PAGES

Set in the dark of Stockholm's winter, this atmospheric short novel follows the peregrinations of Lars Andemeing -- and his search for his father Bruno Schulz. (SWE11, $13.95)

Michelin Green Guide Scandinavia and Finland

Michelin Green Guide Scandinavia and Finland


by Michelin Travel Publications

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 526 PAGES

A thorough guide to Scandinavia in the classic Michelin style. (SCN10, $21.95)

Moscow, Governing the Socialist Metropolis


by Timothy J. Colton

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 939 PAGES

A comprehensive scholarly history of Moscow. (RUS157, $31.50)

Murder on the Leviathan

Murder on the Leviathan


by Boris Akunin | Andrew Bromfield

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A mystery on the high seas starring the young detective Erast Fandorin, set in 1878. Second in Akunin's clever detective series. (RUS225, $14.00)

Natasha's Dance, A Cultural History of Russia

Natasha's Dance, A Cultural History of Russia


by Orlando Figes

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 768 PAGES

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, $23.00)

Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra


by Robert Massie

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 613 PAGES

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, $20.00)

No Fixed Points, Dance in the Twentieth Century


by Malcolm McCormick | Nancy Reynolds

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 928 PAGES

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)

The Northern Wars: War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe, 1558-1721

The Northern Wars: War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe, 1558-1721


by Robert I. Frost

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 401 PAGES

A scholarly, detailed history of the struggle over Estonia, Livonia and control of the Nordic-Baltic region during the 16th-18th centuries, a highly militarized period in the region's history. (BLT15, $69.33)

Norwegian Folk Tales

Norwegian Folk Tales


by Peter Asbjornsen

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1982
  • PAPER
  • 188 PAGES

This rich collection of stories, interpreted by a leading scholar on ancient traditions and tales, will delight both adults and children. (NOR06, $15.95)

Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | Richard Pevear

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

Dostoevsky's darkly funny and psychological character study set in nineteenth-century St. Petersburg, originally published in 1864. (RUS230, $12.00)

Odyssey Guide Moscow, St. Petersburg & The Golden Ring

Odyssey Guide Moscow, St. Petersburg & The Golden Ring


by Masha Nordbye | Patricia Lanza

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 728 PAGES

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

The Oligarchs, Wealth & Power in the New Russia


by David Hoffman

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 567 PAGES

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)

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 181 PAGES

An overnight classic, Solzhenitsyn's poweful story of an inmate struggling to maintain his dignity in a Siberian labor camp still resonates today. (RUS26, $14.00)

Pavlovsk, The Life of a Russian Palace

Pavlovsk, The Life of a Russian Palace


by Suzanne Massie

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 393 PAGES

A biography of the palace from its role in 18th-century Tsarist Russia to the revolution, public park, Nazi military headquarters and restoration. It's a great story, well told by Massie, who also wrote Land of the Firebird. (RUS154, $28.00)

A People's Tragedy, A History of the Russian Revolution


by Orlando Figes

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 960 PAGES

A monumental, engrossing account of the Russian Revolution. (RUS181, $27.00)

Peter the Great


by Paul Bushkovitch

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A revised view of the legendary modernizer of Russia. (RUS169, $24.95)

Peter the Great, His Life and World

Peter the Great, His Life and World


by Robert Massie

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 960 PAGES

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)

Petersburg

Petersburg


by David McDuff | Andrei Bely

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 624 PAGES

This novel, written in 1916, conjures a whirlwind of impressions and impulses in a kinetic meditation on the nature of the city. (RUS134, $17.00)

Petersburg, Crucible of Cultural Revolution

Petersburg, Crucible of Cultural Revolution


by Katarina Clark

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A case study of cultural changes in Petersburg in the years 1913-1931 and how they coincided with the Russian Revolution. (RUS43, $30.00)

Pimsleur Quick & Simple Russian

Pimsleur Quick & Simple Russian


by Pimsleur Language Method

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2005
  • AUDIO CD

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

Piratization of Russia, Russian Reform Goes Awry


by Marshall Goldman

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

The distressing tale of the making of oligarchs in the wake of the collapse of the Soviet Union. (RUS211, $49.95)

Pocket Menu Reader Russia

Pocket Menu Reader Russia


by Langenscheidt | Mario Caramitti

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 189 PAGES

A pocket guide to negotiating food and restaurants in Russian. (RUS165, $7.95)

Poland

Poland


by James Michener

  • LITERATURE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 616 PAGES

In his epic style, Michener presents the sweep of Polish history from the earliest days to 1983 in this massively researched novel. An excellent choice for the airplane. (PLD02, $7.99)

The Portable Chekhov


by Avrahm Yarmolinsky | Anton Chekhov

  • LITERATURE
  • 1987
  • PAPER
  • 634 PAGES

A collection of short stories by Anton Chekhov. (RUS99, $20.00)

Purge

Purge


by Sofi Oksanen

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

Oksanen sets her powerful first novel in Estonia during the Soviet era. (BLT43, $14.95)

The Queen of Spades


by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

  • MUSIC
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 800 PAGES

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


by Laurie Essig

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

An engaging, scholarly portrait of post-perestroika gay culture. (RUS146, $23.95)

The Ransom of Russian Art

The Ransom of Russian Art


by John McPhee

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

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


by Brian Moynahan

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A juicy biography of the notorious Russian. (RUS198, $17.95)

Reading Chekhov, A Critical Journey


by Janet Malcolm

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 205 PAGES

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


by Leo De Boer

  • SCIENCE
  • 1999
  • DVD
  • 1 PAGES

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, $19.98)

The Reforms of Peter the Great, Progress through Coercion in Russia


by Evgenii Anisimov | John Alexander

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

How Peter the Great's reforms shaped Russia. (RUS102, $34.95)

Resurrection, The Struggle for a New Russia

Resurrection, The Struggle for a New Russia


by David Remnick

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

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


by John Dunlop

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 394 PAGES

A history of Russia since the fall of the Soviet Union. (RUS68, $46.95)

The Romanovs, The Final Chapter


by Robert Massie

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 308 PAGES

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, $16.00)

Rough Guide Copenhagen

Rough Guide Copenhagen


by Lone Mouritsen | Andrew Spooner

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A pocket guide to Copenhagen, its history, culture and attractions. (DMK15, $19.99)

Rough Guide Moscow

Rough Guide Moscow


by Rough Guide

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 524 PAGES

A comprehensive, no-nonsense guide to the culture, history and attractions of Moscow. (RUS129, $18.99)

Rough Guide The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania

Rough Guide The Baltic States: Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania


by Rough Guide

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 504 PAGES

This comprehensive travel guide to the Baltic States includes region-by-region descriptions of attractions and a good overview of history and culture. (BLT17, $21.99)

The Routledge Atlas of Russian History

The Routledge Atlas of Russian History


by Martin Gilbert

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

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

Russia and the Russians, A History


by Geoffrey Hosking

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 752 PAGES

This sweeping history by a leading scholar 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. (RUS208, $25.95)

Russia from St. Petersburg to Moscow Map

Russia from St. Petersburg to Moscow Map


by Falk Maps

  • 2009
  • MAP

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, $17.95)

The Russia Hand, a Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy


by Strobe Talbott

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 478 PAGES

An insider's view of the U.S. role in Russia's transition from communism to democracy. (RUS234, $16.95)

The Russia House


by John Le Carre

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 434 PAGES

Espionage in the Gorbachev era delivered with traditional Le Carrean panache. (RUS186, $16.00)

Russia in Search of Itself

Russia in Search of Itself


by James H. Billington

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

An analysis of modern Russia by the Librarian of Congress and expert on Russia. (RUS229, $26.95)

Russia in Search of Itself

Russia in Search of Itself


by James H. Billington

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

An analysis of modern Russia by the Librarian of Congress and expert on Russia. (RUS229, $26.95)

Russia in Space, The Failed Frontier?


by Brian Harvey

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

Can Russia once again lead the world into space? (RUS182, $49.95)

Russia in the Age of Peter the Great


by Lindsey Hughes

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 640 PAGES

A biography of Peter the Great and an account of Russia in the late 17th and early 18th centuries. (RUS103, $90.00)

Russia Map

Russia Map


by International Travel Maps

  • 2011
  • MAP

A double-sided map covering the full route of the Trans-Siberian railway. (RUS264, $12.95)

Russia's Heritage Cities

Russia's Heritage Cities


by International Travel Maps

  • 2002
  • MAP

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


by Michael McFaul

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 383 PAGES

A political history and analysis of Russian democracy and institutions since the mid 1980s. (RUS160, $23.95)

Russia, A Concise History

Russia, A Concise History


by Ronald Hingley

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Well-known scholar Hingley sketches Russia's multiple transformations from her illiterate, pagan, Slavic roots to a multi-ethnic empire in this highly readable, well-illustrated brief history. (RUS04, $19.95)

Russia, A History

Russia, A History


by Gregory Freeze

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

The modern, medieval and imperial periods are given equal weight in this engaging collection of illustrated essays by leading scholars. (RUS40, $29.95)

Russia, Experiment With a People

Russia, Experiment With a People


by Robert Service

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 406 PAGES

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, $23.50)

Russia, People and Empire, 1552-1917

Russia, People and Empire, 1552-1917


by Geoffrey Hosking

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 548 PAGES

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, $26.50)

The Russian Century, A History of the Last Hundred Years

The Russian Century, A History of the Last Hundred Years


by Brian Moynahan

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

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

Russian Experiment in Art, 1863-1922


by Camilla Gray | Marian Burleigh-Motley

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 324 PAGES

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, $19.95)

Russian Folk Art

Russian Folk Art


by Alison Hilton

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1995
  • HARD COVER
  • 356 PAGES

An illustrated survey of traditional Russian folk art. (RUS104, $27.95)

A Russian Journal

A Russian Journal


by John Steinbeck | Robert Capa

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

Steinbeck's moving account of the people and everyday life in Russia, Ukraine and Caucasus circa 1948, with striking photographs by the great Robert Capra. (RUS275, $15.00)

The Russian Museum, A Centennial Celebration of a National Treasure


by Vladimir Gusyev | Yevgenia Petrova

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 286 PAGES

An overview of Russian art from the Christianization of Russia in 989 to present. (RUS199, $60.00)

Russian Phrasebook & Dictionary


by Hippocrene

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 228 PAGES

A handy phrasebook and basic dictionary featuring transliterations of all the Russian words. (RUS65, $11.95)

The Russian Revolution


by Sheila Fitzpatrick

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 199 PAGES

A concise provocative summary of events in Russia between 1917 and 1939. Fitzpatrick makes an admirable effort to rescue from politics the greatest upheaval of modern times and reclaim it for history. (RUS39, $14.95)

Russian, Start Speaking Today!

Russian, Start Speaking Today!


by Language/30

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1995
  • AUDIO CD

A highly effective crash course for travelers. Na zdorovye! (RUS192, $24.95)

The Sexual Revolution in Russia, From the Age of the Czars to Today


by Igor Kon

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • HARD COVER
  • 337 PAGES

A groundbreaking, fascinating history of sex, sexuality and attitudes in Russia. (RUS147, $25.50)

Shostakovich, A Life Remembered


by Elizabeth Wilson

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 600 PAGES

An engaging biography of the composer Dmitri Shostakovich, drawing heavily on the accounts of his contemporaries. (RUS94, $30.95)

The Siege

The Siege


by Helen Dunmore

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

The 1941 siege of Leningrad is the backdrop for this affecting novel of one Russian family's attempts to survive during the darkest hours of World War II. (RUS258, $13.00)

Sleeping Beauty, A Legend in Progress


by Tim Scholl

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 272 PAGES

A history of the popular ballet, prompted by the response to a controversial 1999 production. (RUS253, $40.00)

Smilla's Sense of Snow

Smilla's Sense of Snow


by Peter Hoeg

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 469 PAGES

Set in Denmark and Greenland and aboard a secret ship, this page-turner includes an excellent portrait of modern day Copenhagen in its first half. (DMK03, $16.00)

Soviet Blitzkrieg, The Battle for White Russia, 1944


by Walter S. Dunn

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 252 PAGES

A history of the Russian campaign to regain control of Belarus from the Germans in 1944. (RUS121, $16.95)

Speak, Memory

Speak, Memory


by Vladimir Nabokov

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 316 PAGES

Nabokov's richly imagined memoir wonderfully evokes cultural life among the well-to-do in turn-of-the-century St. Petersburg. (RUS28, $16.00)

St. Petersburg Map

St. Petersburg Map


by Borch Maps

  • MAP

A detailed, laminated city plan of St. Petersburg, with street index inset. Place names are in transliterated English. (RUS89, $7.95)

St. Petersburg, A Cultural History

St. Petersburg, A Cultural History


by Solomon Volkov | Antonina Bouis

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 598 PAGES

This intimate cultural history, written by a native historian and musician of the city, includes profiles of its artists and writers over the last 300 years. (RUS72, $38.95)

St. Petersburg, Architecture of the Tsars

St. Petersburg, Architecture of the Tsars


by Dmitri Shvidkovsky | Alexander Orloff

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 360 PAGES

This definitive book presents Baroque masterpieces of Peter the Great, Neoclassic confections of Catherine the Great and Art Nouveau glitter of Nicholas II in splendid color photographs. (RUS152, $95.00)

Stalin, Breaker of Nations


by Robert Conquest

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

A well known biography by Robert Conquest. (RUS249, $17.00)

Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar

Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar


by Simon Sebag Montefiore

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 848 PAGES

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

Stalingrad, The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943


by Antony Beevor

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 491 PAGES

Detailed and eminently readable, Beevor's gripping history of the siege draws on newly available Russian and other archives. (RUS297, $18.00)

Stockholm Pocket Guide

Stockholm Pocket Guide


by Berlitz Pocket Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

As advertised, this brief, illustrated guide to the city fits easily into a shirt pocket. It's a brief guide covering what to see and do in Stockholm -- with a convenient map of the city center. (SWE01, $8.95)

Stockholm, A Cultural History


by Tony Griffiths

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A literary, cultural guide to the art, architecture, traditions and history of Stockholm. (SWE57, $16.95)

A Summer on the Yenesei, 1914


by Maud D. Haviland

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1971
  • HARD COVER
  • 328 PAGES

An amateur British ornithologist on an expedition down the Yenesei in 1914. (SIB08, $23.95)

Tales of Belkin and Other Prose Writings


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 198 PAGES

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)

Tallinn Map

Tallinn Map


by ITMB

  • 2006
  • MAP

A city map of historic Tallinn at a walking scale of 1:8,000. (BLT23, $11.95)

The Taste of Dreams, An Obsession with Russia and Caviar


by Vanora Bennett

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 276 PAGES

A detailed history of caviar within the context of the complex history of modern Russia. (RUS226, $14.95)

Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian Script


by Daphne West

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 119 PAGES

A step-by-step guide to reading and writing Cyrillic. (RUS207, $10.95)

Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian, An Easy Introduction


by Rachel Farmer

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1997
  • CASETTE TAPE
  • 240 PAGES

A helpful introduction to the Russian language. (RUS110, $22.95)

Ten Days That Shook the World

Ten Days That Shook the World


by John Reed

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

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, $13.00)

Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories


by Sholem Aleichem

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER

A winning collection of Yiddish tales. (RUS170, $16.95)

Thomas Cook Travellers Moscow & St Petersburg


by Chris Booth

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A compact, easy-to-use guide to Moscow and St. Petersburg with maps, a synopsis of favorite sites and many photographs. (RUS293, $14.95)

The Tin Drum

The Tin Drum


by Gunter Grass

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 582 PAGES

Probably the best German novel written since the end of World War II, this is the surreal story of a mute dwarf named Oskar who lives through Nazi Germany and finds himself in a mental institution. (GER33, $15.95)

To Begin Where I Am, The Selected Prose of Czeslaw Milosz

To Begin Where I Am, The Selected Prose of Czeslaw Milosz


by Czeslaw Milosz | Madeline G. Levine | Bogdana Carpenter

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Culled from a lifetime's worth of publications, these essays by the Lithuanian-born Polish poet and Nobel laureate Milosz address the Polish experience at home and abroad in the 20th century. (PLD25, $17.00)

To the Finland Station


by Edmond Wilson

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 507 PAGES

Wilson's fascinating account of the romance of revolution, originally published in 1940. (RUS206, $19.95)

To the Hermitage

To the Hermitage


by Malcolm Bradbury

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 510 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

Bradbury's spirited, time-spanning novel, involving French philosopher Diderot, Catherine the Great, a 1990s English professor in St. Petersburg and contemporary politics. (RUS153, $16.95)

Tragedy of Russia's Reforms, Market Bolshevism Against Democracy


by Peter Reddaway | Dmitri Glinsky

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 768 PAGES

A provocative, comprehensive analysis. (RUS162, $29.95)

Transitional Citizens, Voters and What Influences Them in the New Russia


by Timothy J. Colton

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

A scholarly, sophisticated account of Russian citizens and the vote since the collapse of the Soviet Union. (RUS158, $39.00)

A Traveller's History of Russia

A Traveller's History of Russia


by Peter Neville

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

An impressively compact, lively survey of Russian history from the coming of the Slavs to the collapse of the Soviet Union. (RUS47, $14.95)

Tsar, The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra

Tsar, The Lost World of Nicholas and Alexandra


by Peter Kurth | Peter Christopher | Edvard Radzinsky

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 230 PAGES

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)

The Turkish Gambit

The Turkish Gambit


by Andrew Bromfield | Boris Akunin

  • MYSTERY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Detective Erast Fandorin is caught in Bulgaria in the middle of the brutal Russo-Turkish war in this thriller set in 1877. The third book in the series. (RUS263, $14.00)

Valse des Fleurs, A Day in St Petersburg in 1868


by Sacheverell Sitwell

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 151 PAGES

A celebrated mediation on the court life in the Russian Imperial capital, originally published in 1941. In this extended essay Sitwell conjures snow and gilt, courtiers, music and pageantry, a military parade, sledges, sables, and Cossacks during the reign of Alexander II. (RUS209, $22.95)

War and Peace


by Leo Tolstoy | Constance Garnett

  • LITERATURE
  • 1983
  • PAPER
  • 1344 PAGES

Tolstoy's great historical and philosophical novel set in the age of Napoleon. (RUS20, $10.95)

We Now Know, Rethinking Cold War History


by John Lewis Gaddis

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 425 PAGES

An analytical synthesis of Cold War events presented with the value of hindsight. (RUS191, $24.99)

Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries

Wine Country Europe, Touring, Tasting, And Buying At European Regional Wineries


by Ornella D'Alessio | Marco Santini

  • FOOD
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 324 PAGES

Part how-to, part guidebook, part picture book, this charming coffee table treat covers sprawling French vineyards as well as lesser-known hidden treasures in Austria and Hungary. (EUR191, $35.00)

The Winter War: The Soviet Attack on Finland, 1939-1940

The Winter War: The Soviet Attack on Finland, 1939-1940


by Eloise Engle | Lauri Paananen

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

The story of the 105-day campaign against Finland in the early days of WWII. This book displays how the Finns, though vastly outnumbered, showed great ingenuity in the field of battle. (SCN20, $19.95)

With the Armies of the Tsar, A Nurse at the Russian Front in War and Revolution, 1914-1918


by Frances Farmborough

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 422 PAGES

A WWI memoir by a witness to the Russian revoltuion. (RUS139, $19.95)

A Woman in Amber

A Woman in Amber


by Agate Nesaule

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

In this American Book Award-winning memoir, Nesaule recounts the horrors she witnessed and experienced as a young girl during World War II in Latvia. A gripping testimony of survival. (RUS30, $16.00)

Women of the Four Winds

Women of the Four Winds


by Elizabeth Olds

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A collection of four lively biographies of four 20th-century American explorers. (EXP19, $21.95)

 

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