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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) |
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Alexander Pushkin, The Collected Stories
Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin
LITERATURE
A collection of Pushkin's major prose works and many shorter pieces.
(RUS196, $21.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Balanchine, A Biography
Bernard Taper
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
Taper sorts out the controversial legacy of the legendary choreographer George Balanchine.
(RUS193, $29.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Bradt Guide Latvia
Chris Baister
Chris Patrick
GUIDEBOOK
A comprehensive guide for the traveler from the popular and informative British series.
(BLT20, $23.99) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Larissa Volokhonsky
Richard Pevear
LITERATURE
Dostoyevsky's final masterpiece.
(RUS108, $18.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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C.I.S. and the Baltic States Map
Hildebrand
A map of all the states of the former USSR.
(RUS22, $14.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Complete Hans Christian Andersen Fairy Tales
Hans Christian Andersen
LITERATURE
Classic tales by Copenhagen's most famous citizen.
(DMK01, $14.99) |
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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) |
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A Concise History of the Russian Revolution
Peter Dimock
Richard Pipes
HISTORY
A serious but readable analysis of the Russian Revolution.
(RUS98, $17.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Days of Defeat and Victory
Yegor Gaidar
HISTORY
An architect of Yeltsin's reforms offers his views.
(RUS231, $30.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Eastern Front, 1914-1917
Norman Stone
HISTORY
A classic study of Russia's contribution to WWI.
(WAR76, $16.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Faberge in the Royal Collection
Caroline De Guitaut
ART & ARCHITECTURE
A handsome study of Faberge art and the British Royal Family.
(RUS215, $50.00) |
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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) |
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Fathers and Sons
Ivan Turgenev
LITERATURE
The classic novel by the most accessible of the great Russian novelists.
(RUS19, $12.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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From Nyet to Da: Understanding the Russians
Yale Richmond
CULTURAL PORTRAIT
An introduction to understanding Russian culture.
(RUS96, $23.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Germany Map
Freytag & Berndt
A sturdy road map of Germany at a scale of 1:700,000.
(GER07, $15.95) |
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Gorbachev and Yeltsin As Leaders
George Breslauer
HISTORY
An astute, balanced political analysis.
(RUS156, $27.99) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. III
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
Thomas Whitney
LITERATURE
(RUS114, $26.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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A History of Russia
George Vernadsky
HISTORY
A popular college text.
(RUS174, $30.00) |
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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) |
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A History of Russia
Nicholas Riasanovsky
HISTORY
A comprehensive, balanced history of Russia, now in its sixth edition.
(RUS130, $56.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Ivan the Terrible
Henri Troyat
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A biography of Russia's first czar.
(RUS220, $21.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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.
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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) |
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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.
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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) |
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Lenin, A New Biography
Dmitri Volkogonov
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A well regarded biography.
(RUS250, $48.00) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Lonely Planet Baltic Phrasebook
Paul Jokubaitis
Jana Teteris
Lisa Trei
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
A handy phrasebook for the basics of Estonian, Latvian and Lithuanian.
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Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania
Lonely Planet
GUIDEBOOK
An excellent practical guide to the region geared for independent travelers.
(BLT05, $25.99) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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.
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The Master and Margarita
Mikhail Bulgakov
Mirra Ginsberg
LITERATURE
Bulgakov spins an elaborate allegory to convey his anti-Stalinist message.
(RUS44, $11.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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.
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Michelin Green Guide Scandinavia and Finland
Michelin Travel Publications
GUIDEBOOK
A thorough guide to Scandinavia in the classic Michelin style.
(SCN10, $21.95) |
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Moscow, Governing the Socialist Metropolis
Timothy J. Colton
HISTORY
A comprehensive scholarly history of Moscow.
(RUS157, $31.50) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Passport to Russian
Charles Berlitz
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
A basic Russian dictionary and phrasebook for the traveler.
(RUS224, $6.99) |
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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) |
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A People's Tragedy, A History of the Russian Revolution
Orlando Figes
HISTORY
A monumental, engrossing account of the Russian Revolution.
(RUS181, $25.00) |
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Peter the Great
Paul Bushkovitch
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A revised view of the legendary modernizer of Russia.
(RUS169, $24.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Pilgrimages, The Great Adventure of the Middle Ages
John Ure
HISTORY
(EUR202, $15.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Pocket Menu Reader Russia
Langenscheidt
Mario Caramitti
LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
A pocket guide to negotiating food and restaurants in Russian.
(RUS165, $7.95) |
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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) |
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The Portable Chekhov
Avrahm Yarmolinsky
Anton Chekhov
LITERATURE
A collection of short stories by Anton Chekhov.
(RUS99, $18.00) |
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The Queen of Spades
Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky
MUSIC
The full score of one of Tchaikovsky's most popular operas.
(RUS219, $39.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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Rasputin, The Saint Who Sinned
Brian Moynahan
BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
A juicy biography of the notorious Russian.
(RUS198, $17.95) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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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) |
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The Romanovs, The Final Chapter
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