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	The 900 Days, The Siege of Leningrad • Harrison Salisbury • HISTORY • Salisbury's detailed account of the three-year-long Nazi blockade of Leningrad (now St Petersburg). (RUS235, $27.00)
	Alexander Pushkin, The Collected Stories • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin • LITERATURE • A collection of Pushkin's major prose works and many shorter pieces. (RUS196, $21.00)
	The Amber Room, The Fate of the World's Greatest Lost Treasure • Adrian Levy • Catherine Scott-Clark • HISTORY • Two investigative journalists on the trail of a roomful of amber from the days of Peter the Great, missing since the Siege of Leningrad in 1941. (RUS244, $16.00)
	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)
	Antler on the Sea, the Yup'ik and Chukchi of the Russian Far East • Anna Kerttula • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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, $21.95)
	The Art and Architecture of Russia • George Hamilton • Judith Gordon • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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, $32.00)
	The Avengers, A Jewish War Story • Rich Cohen • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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 • Bernard Taper • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Taper sorts out the controversial legacy of the legendary choreographer George Balanchine. (RUS193, $29.95)
	Baltic States Map • Freytag & Berndt • A colorful map of Latvia, Estonia and Lithuania scaled at 1:600,000, with inset city maps. (BLT06, $12.95)
	Baroque and Rococo Art • Germain Bazin • ART & ARCHITECTURE • 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, $16.95)
	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)
	Birds of Europe • Killian Mullarney • Lars Svensson • Dan Zetterstrom • Peter J. Grant • FIELD GUIDE • FAVORITE • A Princeton field guide to European birds, featuring 3,500 color illustrations that depict 722 species found across the continent. (FG47, $29.95)
	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 Earth, A Journey Through Russia After the Fall • Andrew Meier • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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, $15.95)
	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)
	The Blue Flower • Penelope Fitzgerald • LITERATURE • 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 City Guide Tallinn • Neil Taylor • GUIDEBOOK • This pocket guide in the authoritative series includes annotated suggestions for where to eat, sleep and shop, and what to see. (BLT18, $12.99)
	Bradt Guide Latvia • Chris Baister • Chris Patrick • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide for the traveler from the popular and informative British series. (BLT20, $23.99)
	Bradt Guide Lithuania • Gordon McLachlan • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular Bradt series, featuring information on Lithuanian art, history and culture, as well as good travel information. (BLT21, $20.95)
	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)
	Buddenbrooks, the Decline of a Family • Thomas Mann • LITERATURE • Mann's masterpiece about the decline of a German family at the end of the 19th century. (GER22, $22.00)
	The Burgermeister's Daughter, Scandal in a Sixteenth-Century German Town • Steven Ozment • HISTORY • 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, $13.00)
	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)
	Carmen and Other Stories • Prosper Merimee • Nicholas Jotcham • LITERATURE • 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 • 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)
	Catherine the Great, A Short History • Isabel De Madariaga • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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 • Lonnie Johnson • HISTORY • 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 • 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)
	The Christening • Denise Neuhaus • LITERATURE • This accomplished novel, set against a backdrop of the last says of the Soviet Union, follows three Estonian women in Tallinn and Stockholm. (BLT25, $16.95)
	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)
	The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales • Hans Christian Andersen • LITERATURE • Classic tales by Copenhagen's most famous citizen. (DMK01, $14.99)
	A Concise History of Germany • Mary Fulbrook • HISTORY • 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, $23.99)
	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 Corrections • Jonathan Franzen • LITERATURE • 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. (EUR122, $15.00)
	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)
	Coup de Grace • Marguerite Yourcenar • LITERATURE • 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 • David Tuller • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An intimate portrait of an emerging gay subculture in modern Russia. (RUS149, $15.00)
	Crime and Punishment • Fyodor Dostoevsky • David McDuff • LITERATURE • Dostoevsky's thriller of murder and redemption is redolent of St. Petersburg's atmosphere. A cornerstone of Russian literature, and one of the greatest detective stories ever told. (RUS18, $14.00)
	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)
	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)
	The Diary of a Young Girl, The Definitive Edition • Anne Frank • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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, $12.95)
	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)
	East of the Sun & West of the Moon • Jorgen Moe • Peter Asbjornsen • George Webbe Dasent • LITERATURE • MIDDLE READERS (Age 9-12) • The Norse equivalent and counterpart to the German collection by the brothers Grimm, this anthology of 59 illustrated folk tales contains the famous title story along with "Why the Sea Is Salt" and "The Three Billy Goats Gruff." (SCN06, $13.95)
	The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 • Norman Stone • HISTORY • A classic study of Russia's contribution to WWI. (WAR76, $16.95)
	The Embarrassment of Riches • Simon Schama • HISTORY • An engaging cultural history and much more, this book is a study of the Dutch in the 17th century and their surprising challenge to Spanish rule. (NTH04, $24.00)
	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)
	Estonia and the Estonians • Toivo U. Raun • HISTORY • 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 • 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 Amsterdam • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • A wonderful guide to Amsterdam, filled with detailed drawings, photographs and thumbnail sketches. The highly visual format covers a wide range of information and is very well indexed. Slim and attractive, it also includes detailed maps and cutaway drawings of landmarks. (NTH01, $23.00)
	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 Amsterdam's 25 Best • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • This slim guide includes an excellent map of the city center and can easily be slipped in your pocket. (NTH16, $11.95)
	Fodor's London's 25 Best • Fodor's • GUIDEBOOK • 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 • 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 Karamzin to Bunin: An Anthology of Russian Short Stories • Carl Proffer • ANTHOLOGY • A broad selection of Russian literary works from the earliest prose to the years before the revolution, featuring reliable translations of masterpieces from Pushkin, Tolstoy, Chekhov, Gogol, and more. (RUS08, $21.95)
	From Nyet to Da: Understanding the Russians • Yale Richmond • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An introduction to understanding Russian culture. (RUS96, $23.95)
	The German Way • Hyde Flippo • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A slim volume on the German-speaking world's cultural psyche, this is a great resource for anyone seeking insight into why the Germans do what they do. (GER12, $15.95)
	The Germans • Gordon A. Craig • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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 • Freytag & Berndt • A sturdy road map of Germany at a scale of 1:700,000. (GER07, $15.95)
	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)
	The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. I • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn • Thomas Whitney • LITERATURE • 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, $26.00)
	The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. III • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn • Thomas Whitney • LITERATURE • (RUS114, $26.00)
	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)
	Hans Christian Andersen, The Life of a Storyteller • Jackie Wullschlager • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • 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, $19.00)
	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)
	Hippocrene Language and Travel Guide to Ukraine • Linda Hodges • George Chumak • GUIDEBOOK • COMING IN SEPTEMBER • An insightful, personal travel guide to the region with chapters on Kiev, Crimea and Odessa, as well as an overview of the history of Ukraine. (RUS52, $18.95)
	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)
	Insight Guide Poland • Insight Guides • GUIDEBOOK • 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)
	Insight Guide Russia • Anna Benn • GUIDEBOOK • An engaging guide to the country and its major regions and cities with short, handsomely illustrated essays on Russian history, life, art, literature and music. The guide includes excellent full-color maps and hundreds of photographs. (RUS37, $22.95)
	Ivan the Terrible • Henri Troyat • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A biography of Russia's first czar. (RUS220, $21.95)
	The Kalevala • Keith Bosley • LITERATURE • 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 • William Taubman • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A definitive, Pulitzer Prize-winning account of the life of Nikita Khrushchev. (RUS257, $17.95)
	Kiev: A Portrait, 1800-1917 • Michael F. Hamm • HISTORY • From medieval center to important city in Imperial Russia, this scholarly book is a wonderfully informative cultural history of the city and especially its 19th-century legacy. (RUS56, $34.95)
	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)
	The Latvians, A Short History • Andrejs Plakans • HISTORY • A scholarly history of Latvia beginning in medieval times, which concentrates on the growth of Latvian nationalism in the 19th and 20th centuries. (BLT08, $24.95)
	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)
	Letters from Russia • Marquis De Custine • Anka Muhlstein • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An authoritative edition of Astolphe de Custine's observant, scathing and insightful account of travels in Moscow and St. Petersburg in 1839. (RUS166, $22.95)
	Life and Fate • Vasily Grossman • LITERATURE • Modeled on Tolstoy's War and Peace, this novel gives a sweeping account of Soviet life during World War II. (RUS299, $22.95)
	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 Baltic Phrasebook • Paul Jokubaitis • Jana Teteris • Lisa Trei • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A handy phrasebook for the basics of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian. (BLT10, $8.99)
	Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania • Lonely Planet • GUIDEBOOK • An excellent practical guide to the region geared for independent travelers. (BLT05, $25.99)
	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 Scandinavian Europe • Glenda Bendure • Ned Friary • GUIDEBOOK • 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 • 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)
	Mammals of Europe • Priscilla Barrett • David W. MacDonald • FIELD GUIDE • 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, $34.95)
	The Master and Margarita • Mikhail Bulgakov • Mirra Ginsberg • LITERATURE • Bulgakov spins an elaborate allegory to convey his anti-Stalinist message. (RUS44, $11.95)
	The Master of Petersburg • J.M. Coetzee • LITERATURE • 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, $15.00)
	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)
	The Messiah of Stockholm, A Novel • Cynthia Ozick • LITERATURE • 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, $12.00)
	Michelin Green Guide Scandinavia and Finland • Michelin Travel Publications • GUIDEBOOK • A thorough guide to Scandinavia in the classic Michelin style. (SCN10, $21.95)
	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)
	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)
	The Northern Wars: War, State and Society in Northeastern Europe, 1558-1721 • Robert I. Frost • HISTORY • 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, $51.60)
	Norwegian Folk Tales • Peter Asbjornsen • ANTHOLOGY • This rich collection of stories, interpreted by a leading scholar on ancient traditions and tales, will delight both adults and children. (NOR06, $14.95)
	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)
	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn • H. T. Willetts • LITERATURE • The poignant story of an inmate in one of Stalin's Siberian labor camps struggling to maintain his dignity under the oppression of a Communist prison. This short novel became an overnight classic, still resonant today. (RUS26, $13.00)
	Passport to Russian • Charles Berlitz • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A basic Russian dictionary and phrasebook for the traveler. (RUS224, $6.99)
	Pavlovsk, The Life of a Russian Palace • Suzanne Massie • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • 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 • 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)
	Petersburg • Andrei Bely • John E. Malmstad • Robert A. Maguire • LITERATURE • This novel, written in 1916, conjures a whirlwind of impressions and impulses in a kinetic meditation on the nature of the city. (RUS134, $19.95)
	Petersburg, Crucible of Cultural Revolution • Katarina Clark • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A case study of cultural changes in Petersburg in the years 1913-1931 and how they coincided with the Russian Revolution. (RUS43, $24.50)
	Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages • John Ure • HISTORY • (EUR202, $15.95)
	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)
	Poland • James Michener • LITERATURE • 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 • Avrahm Yarmolinsky • Anton Chekhov • LITERATURE • A collection of short stories by Anton Chekhov. (RUS99, $18.00)
	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)
	Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II • Joseph Rothschild • HISTORY • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • An opinionated, well-written and clear political history of Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Yugoslavia, Romania, Bulgaria and Albania since WWII, completely revised for this third edition to reflect post-Soviet realities. (EUR31, $34.95)
	Rick Steves' French, Italian & German Phrase Book & Dictionary • Rick Steves • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS • A compact phrase book for travelers, organized thematically and with a brief dictionary. (EUR142, $9.95)
	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 •