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	101 Stories of the Great Ballets • George Balanchine • Francis Mason • REFERENCE • Scene-by-scene retellings of the most popular ballets from the man who revolutionized the art. (GEN262, $17.95)
	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)
	All Along the Danube: Recipes from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, & Bulgaria • Marina Polvay • FOOD • A cookbook full of classic recipes from Central Europe. It includes some thoughtful comments on culture. (EUR42, $14.95)
	All the Views Fit to Print, Changing Images of the U.S. In Pravda Political Cartoons, 1917-1991 • Kevin J. McKenna • HISTORY • This scholarly book dissects Russian political cartoons and their depictions of America. (RUS179, $49.95)
	The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay • Michael Chabon • LITERATURE • A dazzling tale that follows its heros from Nazi-occupied Prague to New York (and the Antarctic). (ANT175, $15.00)
	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)
	Architecture of New Prague 1895-1945 • Rostislav Svacha • Alexandra Buchler • Jan Maly • ART & ARCHITECTURE • Architects and tourists with a serious interest in architecture will want this book. Originally published in Czech in 1985, it stakes out the first half of the 20th century as a seminal period for Czech architecture. (CZH49, $75.00)
	Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana • Stephanie Elizondo Griest • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • The offbeat memoirs of a Texan who spent four years as a volunteer in Moscow, a propaganda officer in Beijing, and a belly dancer in Havana. (RUS242, $14.95)
	The Arsonist • Egon Hostovsky • Christopher Morris • LITERATURE • A brief novel of intrigue and identity transformed by a leading 20th-century Czech writer. (CZH42, $17.50)
	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)
	Art for Travellers Prague • Deanna MacDonald • GUIDEBOOK • An illustrated guide to Bohemian art and architecture in and around Prague, organized by neighborhood. (CZH66, $20.00)
	art/shop/eat Prague • Jasper Tilbury • GUIDEBOOK • Blue Guide's compact, illustrated guidebook with excellent local maps. The book includes not only museums, shops and restaurants, but also not-to-be-missed sites and attractions by neighborhood. The perfect addendum to the Blue Guide Prague (CZH56). (CZH59, $13.95)
	Attila, A Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome • John Man • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A brisk, popular account of the life, political derring-do and military exploits of the fifth-century conqueror. Man interweaves his own research and travels with archaeological evidence of the fearsome Huns and their westward push from the Russian steppes. The empire of the Huns once stretched from the Caspian Sea to the Rhine and Baltic. (HGR46, $24.95)
	Avant-Guide Prague, Insiders' Guide for Urban Adventures • Dan Levine • GUIDEBOOK • Created by a former Frommer's writer, this slim volume packs useful, youthful information into a colorful format. (CZH22, $19.95)
	The Axe • Ludvik Vaculik • Marian Sling • LITERATURE • A story of ideology, played out between father and son, set against the cultural reawakening of 1960's Czechoslovakia. (CZH34, $16.00)
	Balanchine, A Biography • Bernard Taper • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Taper sorts out the controversial legacy of the legendary choreographer George Balanchine. (RUS193, $29.95)
	Ballet 101, A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving the Ballet • Robert Greskovic • REFERENCE • A comprehensive, well-written primer to getting the most out of your trip to the ballet. Aimed at alleviating the intimidation often associated with the ballet, dance critic Robert Greskovic offers readers an excellent digest of the art. (GEN263, $16.95)
	The Ballets Russes and Its World • Lynn Garafola • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A gorgeously illustrated collection of essays on the history and influence of Diaghilev's Ballets Russes. by 14 contributing writers. With lavish illustrations and an extensive bibliography. (RUS252, $60.00)
	The Baltic Revolution, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence • Anatol Lieven • HISTORY • A Latvian himself and a correspondent for the London Times, Lieven mixes history, interviews and analysis in this vivid portrait of post-Glasnost Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (BLT02, $32.50)
	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)
	Bela Bartok and Turn-of-the-Centry Budapest • Judith Frigyesi • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A study of Bartok and turn-of-the-century modernism in Hungary. (HGR35, $26.95)
	Belarus, At a Crossroads in History • Jan Zaprudnik • HISTORY • A history of Belarus, with a focus on the status of the nation as the Soviet Union crumbled. (RUS123, $32.00)
	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)
	Black Sea • Neal Ascherson • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Ascherson weaves his own travels and impressions with a fascinating account of the history of the region in this skillful portrait. (RUS46, $18.00)
	Blue Guide Budapest • Bob Dent • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide to the architecture, history and culture of Budapest. (HGR20, $18.95)
	Blue Guide Czech and Slovak Republic • Michael Jacobs • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive travel guide with a focus on history, architecture and art. Michael Jacobs, a popular author of guidebooks, presents a thorough portrait of the region. (CZH18, $24.95)
	Blue Guide Prague • Jasper Tilbury • GUIDEBOOK • A detailed guide to Prague, with excellent information on its celebrated architecture. (CZH56, $21.95)
	The Book of Images • Rainer Maria Rilke • Edward Snow • LITERATURE • Poems and lyrics from Rilke during his most emotional and impressionistic period (1902-1906), ably translated by Edward Snow and presented in bilingual format on facing pages. (GER122, $16.00)
	The Book of Laughter and Forgetting • Milan Kundera • LITERATURE • Kundera strings together loosely related short stories to form an original and entertaining look at Czech culture. (CZH17, $13.95)
	Borderland, A Journey Through the History of Ukraine • Anna Reid • HISTORY • Reid, who was for three years the Kiev correspondent for the Economist, combines first-person reports, interviews and history in this vivid portrait of the region and its people. (RUS84, $17.00)
	Bradt Guide Georgia • Tim Burford • GUIDEBOOK • This convenient guide is a personal, detailed overview of Georgia. It includes coverage of the Black Sea coast, Tbilisi and other major towns, as well as information on history, culture and accommodations. (CCS03, $25.99)
	Bradt Guide Hungary • Jo Scotchmer • Adrian Phillips • GUIDEBOOK • A comprehensive guide in the Bradt series, which includes, in addition to plenty of practical travel information a good overview of history and culture. (HGR41, $21.95)
	Bradt Guide Serbia • Laurence Mitchell • GUIDEBOOK • A practical guide in the popular series with good information on transportation, historical sites, and accommodations, with an extended section on Belgrade, the capital city, and a separate chapter on Kosovo. (BLK67, $24.99)
	Breathing Under Water and Other East European Essays • Stanislaw Baranczak • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Essays on writers and writing from an Eastern European intellectual and poet. (EUR139, $12.50)
	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)
	Budapest Exit, A Memoir of Fascism, Communism and Freedom • Csaba Teglas • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • A tale of life in Budapest from the Nazi invasion to the 1956 Hungarian revolution. (HGR36, $27.95)
	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)
	Cadogan Guide Prague • Sadakat Kadri • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to Prague in the excellent British series. (CZH48, $14.95)
	Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture • Nicholas Rzhevsky • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • A collection of scholarly articles on Russian culture. (RUS295, $31.99)
	Candles in the Dark, A New Spirit for a Plural World • Barbara Baudot • Vaclav Havel • ANTHOLOGY • A guide to public policy and ethical traditions. (WLD36, $25.00)
	St. Petersburg Map • Borch Maps • A detailed, laminated city plan of St. Petersburg, with street index inset. Place names are in transliterated English. (RUS89, $7.95)
	The Captain's Daughter and Other Stories • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin • LITERATURE • Featuring Pushkin's novel-length masterpeice, The Captains Daughter, set against the events of the Pugachov uprising in during the reign of Catherine II. (RUS311, $11.95)
	The Castle, A New Translation, Based on the Restored Text • Franz Kafka • Mark Harman • Malcolm Pasley • LITERATURE • A new translation of Kafka's unfinished masterpiece. (EUR68, $14.00)
	Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages • Alain Erlande-Brandenburg • ART & ARCHITECTURE • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE • A pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages. It features hundreds of drawings and color illustrations, a brief chronology and plenty more information. (MED07, $12.95)
	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)
	Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan • Freytag & Berndt • REFERENCE • A travel map of the Caucasus at a scale 1:1,000,000. (CCS01, $12.95)
	Central Europe Map • Freytag & Berndt • A colorful physical relief map of Central Europe at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (EUR12, $11.95)
	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)
	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)
	Collected Stories • Franz Kafka • LITERATURE • A comprehensive antholgy of Kafka's stories in an Everyman's Library edition. (CZH61, $22.00)
	The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel • Isaac Babel • LITERATURE • An authoritative edition of Isaac Babel's powerful short fiction, including his early Red Cavalry Stories and The Odessa Tales. (RUS171, $16.95)
	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)
	Communism, A History • Richard Pipes • HISTORY • A short, fiercely critical history of communism from the ideas of Karl Marx to the end of the 20th century. (GEN367, $13.95)
	The Complete Stories • Franz Kafka • LITERATURE • All of Kafka's stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and In The Penal Colony. (CZH47, $15.00)
	A Concise History of Bulgaria • R.J. Crampton • HISTORY • A highly readable, illustrated introduction to Bulgaria's history from medieval empire to Ottoman rule, revival and modernization, to the fall of Communism. (BGR01, $25.99)
	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)
	Contemporary Jewish Writing In Hungary: An Anthology • Eva Forgacs • Susan Robin Suleiman • ANTHOLOGY • This anthology of Hungarian authors both famous (Pulitzer Prize winner Imre Kertesz) and never-published-in-English contains a mixture of novel and memoir exerpts, short stories and poetry. The authors span the generations from pre-World War Two to post-Communist. (HGR39, $24.95)
	The Cossacks • Leo Tolstoy • Peter Constantine • Cynthia Ozick • LITERATURE • A fresh translation of Tolstoy's 1863 semi-autobiographical novel about a young Muscovite and his military adventures in the rough and ready Caucasus. The book is, in part, a portrait of the Cossacks -- and an account of falling in love. (RUS241, $11.95)
	The Cossacks, An Illustrated History • John Ure • HISTORY • In this lively, beautifully illustrated overview, a career diplomat (and frequent visitor to the region) explores the history of the Cossacks in Southern Russia and central Asia and their role in world affairs. (RUS135, $45.00)
	Cracks in the Iron Closet, Travels in Gay and Lesbian Russia • David Tuller • TRAVEL NARRATIVE • An intimate portrait of an emerging gay subculture in modern Russia. (RUS149, $15.00)
	Crime and Punishment • Fyodor Dostoevsky • 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)
	Culture Smart! Czech Republic • Nicole Rosenleaf Ritter • GUIDEBOOK • A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (CZH64, $9.95)
	Culture Smart! Hungary • Brian McLean • GUIDEBOOK • A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (HGR45, $9.95)
	Czech and Slovak Republics Map • Freytag & Berndt • A detailed map to the Czech and Slovak republics, at a scale of 1:400,000. It is also the most detailed map available of the route of the Danube between Regensburg and Budapest. (EUR35, $12.95)
	Czecho/Slovakia: Ethnic Conflict, Constitutional Fissure, Negotiated Breakup • Eric Stein • HISTORY • A fascinating, scholarly account of Stein's experiences consulting on constitutional reform in Czechoslovakia. (CZH40, $29.95)
	Danube • Claudio Magris • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • COMING IN OCTOBER • A new edition of the gifted novelist's classic account of a Danube journey from its source in the heart of what once was the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the Balkans to the Black Sea. The book is an intellectually charged, evocative portrait of the places and personalities of Central Europe. (EUR58, $16.00)
	The Danube Cycleway, Donaueschingen to Budapest • John Higginson • GUIDEBOOK • A compact, practical guide to the popular biking route along the Danube from Donaueschingen in Bavaria though Austria to Budapest. (CEU20, $18.95)
	Days of Defeat and Victory • Yegor Gaidar • HISTORY • An architect of Yeltsin's reforms offers his views. (RUS231, $30.00)
	The Death of Achilles, A Novel • Boris Akunin • Andrew Bromfield • MYSTERY • The fourth in the series starring Russian detective Erast Petrovich Fandorin, this time in Moscow on the trail of an assassin. (RUS291, $12.95)
	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)
	Defiance, The Bielski Partisans • Nechama Tec • HISTORY • The story of Jewish partisans from Belorussia rescuing Jews from the Holocasut. (RUS120, $26.75)
	The Devils • Fyodor Dostoevsky • David Magarshack • LITERATURE • (RUS309, $13.00)
	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)
	Dvorak and His World • Michael Beckerman • MUSIC • A fascinating view of the Czech composer's personal life and his influence on the world around him. (CZH23, $26.95)
	Eastern Europe Map • Freytag & Berndt • A detailed travel map of Eastern Europe and the Black Sea, at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (EUR36, $11.95)
	The Eastern Front, 1914-1917 • Norman Stone • HISTORY • A classic study of Russia's contribution to WWI. (WAR76, $16.95)
	Echoes of a Native Land, Two Centuries of a Russian Village • Serge Schmemann • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • The author draws on his knowledge of Russia, family photographs, letters and memoirs to tell the story of the czarist past and present realities of his ancestral home outside Moscow. (RUS27, $19.00)
	Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900 • Alfred W. Crosby • NATURAL HISTORY • The story of how early explorers, colonists and settlers reshaped our biological world. (NAT22, $24.99)
	Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe • Henri Pirenne • HISTORY • OUT OF PRINT • 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, $15.00)
	Empire, The Russian Empire and Its Rivals • Dominic Lieven • HISTORY • (RUS296, $22.00)
	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)
	The Engineer of Human Souls • Josef Skvorecky • Paul Wilson • LITERATURE • This complex, entertaining novel centers on protagonist Danny Smiricky, a writer in exile, living and teaching in Canada after living under both the Nazis and the Communists. (CZH29, $14.95)
	Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse • James E. Falen • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin • LITERATURE • A master work by one of Russia's most respected poets. (RUS101, $9.95)
	Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse • Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin • Vladimir Nabokov • LITERATURE • In this translation of Pushkin's epic poem set in 19th-century Russia, the great novelist Nabokov brings the spark of Pushkin's original words to life. (RUS290, $22.95)
	Eyewitness Guide Moscow • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • An outstanding guide to Moscow, its culture, history and attractions, with excellent local maps and site plans, and hundreds of color photographs. (RUS164, $23.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Prague • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide to Prague features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the celebrated city's attractions. (CZH01, $23.00)
	Eyewitness Guide Vienna • Eyewitness Guides • GUIDEBOOK • This superb guide to Vienna features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. (AST01, $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)
	Fatelessness • Imre Kertesz • Tim Wilkinson • LITERATURE • This powerful novel by a Pulitzer Prize-winner tells the story of a teenage boy deported from Hungary to the Nazi death camps in 1944. It's drawn from Kertesz's own experiences in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. (CEU26, $13.95)
	Fathers and Sons • Ivan Turgenev • LITERATURE • The classic novel by the most accessible of the great Russian novelists. (RUS19, $12.00)
	The First Circle • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn • Thomas Whitney • LITERATURE • A powerful novel of the horrors of Soviet Russia set in Moscow in 1949. It won Solzhenitsyn the Nobel Proze for Literature in 1970. (RUS260, $16.95)
	First Person, An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia's President • Vladimir Putin • HISTORY • A self-portrait portrait of the Russian leader based on interviews with Russian journalists. (RUS161, $16.00)
	Five Plays • Anton Chekhov • Ronald Hingley • LITERATURE • A collection of Chekhov's major plays, including "Ivanov," "The Seagull," "Uncle Vanya," "Three Sisters," and "The Cherry Orchard." (RUS88, $8.95)
	The Fixer • Bernard Malamud • LITERATURE • Set in Tsarist Russia, this well-known novel by Malamud tells the story of a young Jewish boy from Kiev wrongly accused of murder. (RUS271, $15.00)
	Fodor's Moscow and St. Petersburg • Christopher and Melanie Rice • GUIDEBOOK • With solid practical information on sights, excursions, restaurants, hotels and nightlife, and a chapter on the cities of the Golden Ring. (RUS03, $19.95)
	Following Balanchine • Robert Garis • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Part art criticism, part personal memoir, this work is an homage to an artist by a fan who watched his legacy unfold. (RUS194, $28.00)
	Food in Russian History and Culture • Joyce Toomre • Musya Glants • FOOD • Food is history in this compendium of essays by cultural historians. (RUS143, $19.95)
	From Nyet to Da: Understanding the Russians • Yale Richmond • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • An introduction to understanding Russian culture. (RUS96, $23.95)
	From Three Worlds, New Ukrainian Writing • Ed Hogan • Askold Melnyczuk • Michael Naydan • ANTHOLOGY • Contemporary short stories, poems, and excerpts from novels make up this anthology of writing from 15 native Ukrainians. (RUS118, $12.95)
	From Union to Commonwealth • Gail Lapidus • HISTORY • A sweeping history of the fragmentation of the Soviet Union by a team of experts, each writing from their own area of knowledge - political, historical and sociological. (RUS285, $27.99)
	Galina, A Russian Story • Galina Vishnevskaya • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Born in St. Petersburg, the great Soprano (and wife of Mstislav Rostropovich) recounts her extraordinary life in this bestseller (turned into an opera in 1996). (RUS312, $26.00)
	The Georgian Feast, The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia • Darra Goldstein • Niko Pirosmani • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Historian and food expert Darra Goldstein offers up a savory introduction to the Republic of Georgia in this illustrated cultural history. She combines her love of Georgian food -- and recipes -- with information on geography, history and culture. (CCS02, $21.95)
	The Glance of Countess Hahn-Hahn (Down the Danube) • Peter Esterhazy • LITERATURE • A confounding, postmodern novel, this meditation on travel, the Danube, and its history is great fun for those with an appreciation for wordplay and intellectual games. (HGR11, $19.00)
	The Golem • Gustave Meyrink • LITERATURE • The famous mystical, terrifying novel of the supernatural set in Prague's Jewish Ghetto in 1890. (CZH41, $9.95)
	The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War • Jaroslav Hasek • Cecil Parrott • LITERATURE • The deeply funny story of a hapless Czech soldier in the Austro-Hungarian army, dismissed for incompetence only to be pressed into service by the Russians in World War I, then captured by his own troops. (CZH11, $16.00)
	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)
	Great Country Houses of Central Europe: The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland • Lord Michael Pratt • Gerhard Trumler • ART & ARCHITECTURE • An illustrated history of the palaces, villas, and castles of Central Europe, as well as the families that built them and the surrounding gardens, grounds, art and interiors. With 380 illustrations, 350 in full color. (CEU34, $95.00)
	The Great History of the Russian Ballet, Its Art and Choreography • Elisabeth Souritz • Evdokia Belova • E. Bocharnikova • ART & ARCHITECTURE • A nicely illustrated scholarly history of Russian ballet, translated from the Russian. (RUS195, $55.00)
	The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe • Eli Valley • GUIDEBOOK • A guide to Jewish sites and attractions in Prague, Warsaw, Cracow and Budapest. With suggested walks, site descriptions and information on each city's Jewish traditions. (EUR95, $72.00)
	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 Grooves of Change, Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Millennium • J.F. Brown • HISTORY • A survey of the events from the fall of communism to 2000 by a leading scholar. Brown discusses social and political change in the region, prospects for the future -- and the growing economic rift between East Central and South Eastern Europe. (EUR90, $22.95)
	Growing Pains, Russian Democracy and the Election of 1993 • Jerry F. Hough • Timothy J. Colton • HISTORY • An in-depth analysis of Russia's 1993 national election and wrangling over power. (RUS75, $26.95)
	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. II • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn • Thomas Whitney • LITERATURE • The second (and by some considered the best) in "The Gulag Archipelago" trilogy, this novel documents the horrors of Russia's prison system under communism, based on the author's first-hand experiences. (RUS74, $28.00)
	The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. III • Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn • Thomas Whitney • LITERATURE • (RUS114, $26.00)
	Gulag, A History • Anne Applebaum • HISTORY • A massive, fascinating and thoroughly unsettling history of Russia's infamous gulags. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize, it's noteworthy for its expansive view, effortless prose and prodigious research. (SIB34, $16.95)
	Hadji Murad • Leo Tolstoy • Aylmer Maude • LITERATURE • A short novel set in the 19th-century Caucasus, concerning -- in part -- conflicts between the occupying Russians and Muslim groups in the region. (CCS18, $11.95)
	The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism • Tina Rosenberg • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • In this groundbreaking book, a journalist reports on how the newly democratized people of East Germany, Poland and the Czech Republic have confronted the horrors of their former governments. (EUR54, $16.95)
	The Heart of a Dog • Mikhail Bulgakov • Michael Glenny • LITERATURE • A comic tale of absurd life in the Soviet Union by a modern master. (RUS127, $13.00)
	Heart of Europe, The Past in Poland's Present • Norman Davies • HISTORY • A history of Poland in reverse chronology from the Solidarity Movement to early civilization, condensed from the author's definitive three-volume history. (PLD06, $21.95)
	Here Is Where We Meet • John Berger • LITERATURE • This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. (EUR189, $14.00)
	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)
	Historical Atlas of Central Europe • Paul Mogocsi • HISTORY • An atlas illuminating the shifting borders and alliances in the region. (EUR33, $45.00)
	A History of Hungary • Peter F. Sugar • Peter Hanak • Tibor Frank • HISTORY • With chapters by a variety of contributors. (HGR06, $20.95)
	A History of Modern Hungary, 1867 -1994 • Jorg Hoensch • HISTORY • (HGR08, $51.00)
	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 Russia • George Vernadsky • HISTORY • A popular college text. (RUS174, $30.00)
	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 Slovakia, The Struggle for Survival • Stanislav K. Kirschbaum • HISTORY • A historian from Bratislava traces his nation's roots from the first arrival on the Danubian Plain to Slovakia's declaration of independence in 1993. A particularly solid discussion of the Communist period and the nation's relationship with the Czechs and Hungary. (EUR93, $19.95)
	A History of the Peoples of Siberia, Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990 • James Forsyth • HISTORY • An ethnohistory of the people of Siberia from Russian conquest to the 1980s. Forsyth looks at 30 indigenous groups, comparing their experience with Eskimos and Indians in North America. (SIB03, $48.00)
	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)
	Homage to the Eighth District, Tales from Budapest • Giorgio Pressburger • Nicola Pressburger • LITERATURE • 10 stories taking place in the Jewish quarter of Budapest during the middle of the 20th century. (HGR23, $9.95)
	Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia • Dan Healey • CULTURAL PORTRAIT • Changing attitudes toward gay men and women in urban Russia, before and after 1917. (RUS145, $45.00)
	Hope Against Hope • Nadezhda Mandelstam • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR • Nadezhda Mandelstam's memoir of life with her husband Osip and a riveting account of Stalinist Russia. (RUS308, $23.00)
	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)
	Hungarian Folktales, the Art of Zsuzsanna Palko • Zsuzsanna Palko • Linda Degh • LITERATURE • A collection of folktales told in the late 1940s and early 1950s by Palko, a well-known Hungarian storyteller. (HGR16, $20.00)
	Hungarian Practical Dictionary, Hungarian-English English-Hungarian • Eva Szabo • REFERENCE • A convenient bilingual dictionary. (HGR44, $24.95)
	The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Reform, Revolt and Repression 1953 - 1963 • Gyorgy Litvan • Janos M. Bak • Lyman H. Legters • HISTORY • The first account of the Hugarian Revolution to include materials made available only after the Soviet Union disolved. (HGR07, $96.33)
	Hungary Map • HEMA Maps • A map of Hungary at a scale of 1:300,000. (HGR14, $12.95)
	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 </