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101 Stories of the Great Ballets


by George Balanchine | Francis Mason

  • REFERENCE
  • 1975
  • PAPER
  • 541 PAGES

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

The 900 Days, The Siege of Leningrad


by Harrison Salisbury

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 640 PAGES

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

Alexander Pushkin, The Collected Stories

Alexander Pushkin, The Collected Stories


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 548 PAGES

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

All Along the Danube: Recipes from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, & Bulgaria

All Along the Danube: Recipes from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, & Bulgaria


by Marina Polvay

  • FOOD
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 360 PAGES

A cookbook full of classic recipes from Central Europe, with some valuable morsels of culture. (EUR42, $16.95)

All the Views Fit to Print, Changing Images of the U.S. In Pravda Political Cartoons, 1917-1991


by Kevin J. McKenna

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

This scholarly book dissects Russian political cartoons and their depictions of America. (RUS179, $49.95)

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay

The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay


by Michael Chabon

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 656 PAGES

A dazzling tale that follows its heros from Nazi-occupied Prague to New York (and the Antarctic). (ANT175, $17.00)

Among the Russians

Among the Russians


by Colin Thubron

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

The marvelous account of a 10,000-mile journey by car from St. Petersburg and the Baltic States south to Georgia and Armenia in 1981. A gifted writer and intrepid traveler, Thubron grapples with the complexities of Russian identity in this lyrical book. (RUS106, $14.00)

Anna Karenina

Anna Karenina


by Leo Tolstoy | Larissa Volokhonsky | Richa Pevear

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 838 PAGES

Pevear and Volokhonsky have brilliantly reinvented Tolstoy's epic tale of an adulterous affair between an aristocratic woman and an officer in late 19th Century Russia for a new generation of readers, capturing the rhythms, repetitions and speech of the original Russian. (RUS81, $17.00)

Architecture of New Prague 1895-1945

Architecture of New Prague 1895-1945


by Rostislav Svacha | Alexandra Buchler | Jan Maly

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

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

Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana


by Stephanie Elizondo Griest

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

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 Art and Architecture of Russia

The Art and Architecture of Russia


by George Hamilton | Judith Gordon

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 482 PAGES

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

Art for Travellers Prague


by Deanna MacDonald

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

An illustrated guide to Bohemian art and architecture in and around Prague, organized by neighborhood. (CZH66, $20.00)

art/shop/eat Prague

art/shop/eat Prague


by Jasper Tilbury

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

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

Attila, A Barbarian King Who Challenged Rome


by John Man

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 336 PAGES

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, $25.95)

Avant-Guide Prague, Insiders' Guide for Urban Adventures


by Dan Levine

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 328 PAGES

Created by a former Frommer's writer, this slim volume packs useful, youthful information into a colorful format. (CZH22, $19.95)

The Axe


by Ludvik Vaculik | Marian Sling

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 223 PAGES

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


by Bernard Taper

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

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

The Ballets Russes and Its World


by Lynn Garafola

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 420 PAGES

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

The Baltic Revolution


by Anatol Lieven

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 454 PAGES

A Latvian correspondent for the London Times, Lieven weaves history, interviews and analysis into a vivid cultural portrait of post-Glasnost Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (BLT02, $47.00)

Baroque and Rococo Art

Baroque and Rococo Art


by Germain Bazin

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

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

Bela Bartok and Turn-of-the-Centry Budapest


by Judith Frigyesi

  • MUSIC
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 429 PAGES

A study of Bartok and turn-of-the-century modernism in Hungary. (HGR35, $29.95)

Belarus, At a Crossroads in History

Belarus, At a Crossroads in History


by Jan Zaprudnik

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 278 PAGES

A history of Belarus, with a focus on the status of the nation as the Soviet Union crumbled. (RUS123, $34.00)

Berlitz Russian Phrase Book & Dictionary

Berlitz Russian Phrase Book & Dictionary


by Berlitz Pocket Guides

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

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

Birds of Europe


by Lars Svensson

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

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

Black Earth, A Journey Through Russia After the Fall

Black Earth, A Journey Through Russia After the Fall


by Andrew Meier

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 516 PAGES

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

Black Sea

Black Sea


by Neal Ascherson

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 306 PAGES

In this skillful portrait of a region, Ascherson weaves his own travels and impressions with a fascinating account of the Black Sea's history. From ancient mythology to modern politics, he admirably never loses sight of the sea itself. (RUS46, $19.00)

Blue Guide Budapest

Blue Guide Budapest


by Bob Dent

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2001

A comprehensive guide to the architecture, history and culture of Budapest. (HGR20, $18.95)

Blue Guide Czech and Slovak Republic

Blue Guide Czech and Slovak Republic


by Michael Jacobs

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

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

Blue Guide Prague


by Jasper Tilbury

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

A detailed guide to Prague, with excellent information on its celebrated architecture. (CZH56, $21.95)

The Book of Images


by Rainer Maria Rilke | Edward Snow

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

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

The Book of Laughter and Forgetting


by Milan Kundera

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 312 PAGES

Kundera strings together loosely related short stories to form an original and entertaining look at Czech culture. (CZH17, $14.99)

Borderland, A Journey through the History of Ukraine

Borderland, A Journey through the History of Ukraine


by Anna Reid

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

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. With chapters on Kiev and Odessa. (RUS84, $17.00)

Bradt Guide Georgia

Bradt Guide Georgia


by Tim Burford

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

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

Bradt Guide Hungary


by Jo Scotchmer | Adrian Phillips

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

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, $23.99)

Bradt Guide Serbia

Bradt Guide Serbia


by Laurence Mitchell

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

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


by Stanislaw Baranczak

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 258 PAGES

Essays on writers and writing from an Eastern European intellectual and poet. (EUR139, $12.50)

The Bronze Horseman


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 80 PAGES

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

The Brothers Karamazov


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | Larissa Volokhonsky | Richard Pevear

  • LITERATURE
  • 1991
  • PAPER
  • 832 PAGES

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

Budapest Exit, A Memoir of Fascism, Communism and Freedom


by Csaba Teglas

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 162 PAGES

A tale of life in Budapest from the Nazi invasion to the 1956 Hungarian revolution. (HGR36, $19.95)

Burning Lights


by Bella Chagall | Marc Chagall | Norbert Guterman

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 268 PAGES

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

Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture


by Nicholas Rzhevsky

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 372 PAGES

A collection of scholarly articles on Russian culture. (RUS295, $41.00)

Candles in the Dark, A New Spirit for a Plural World


by Barbara Baudot | Vaclav Havel

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A guide to public policy and ethical traditions. (WLD36, $27.95)

The Captain's Daughter and Other Stories


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1957
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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, $12.50)

The Castle, A New Translation, Based on the Restored Text

The Castle, A New Translation, Based on the Restored Text


by Franz Kafka | Mark Harman | Malcolm Pasley

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 328 PAGES

A new translation of Kafka's unfinished masterpiece. (EUR68, $15.00)

Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages

Cathedrals and Castles, The Cathedral Builders of the Middle Ages


by Alain Erlande-Brandenburg

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 175 PAGES

This pocket-size encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages features hundreds of drawings, color illustrations and a brief chronology. (MED07, $15.95)

Catherine the Great

Catherine the Great


by Henri Troyat

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 377 PAGES

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

Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan

Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan


by Freytag & Berndt

  • REFERENCE
  • MAP

A travel map of the Caucasus at a scale 1:1,000,000. (CCS01, $14.95)

Central Europe Map

Central Europe Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • 2010
  • MAP

This colorful regional European map, like the sister map Europe Grand Tour (EUR185), covers from Paris and Amsterdam to Vienna, Prague, Warsaw, Budapest, Rome and Dubrovnik. (EUR12, $14.95)

Central Europe, Enemies, Neighbors, Friends

Central Europe, Enemies, Neighbors, Friends


by Lonnie Johnson

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 382 PAGES

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

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


by Zvi Y. Gitelman

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 321 PAGES

A strikingly illustrated history of Jewish life in Russia, featuring 200 black-and-white photographs from YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and three maps. (RUS172, $24.95)

St. Petersburg Map

St. Petersburg Map


by Borch Maps

  • MAP

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

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

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


by Glynis Ridley

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

The entertaining history of an Indian rhinoceros named Clara, who was brought to Europe in 1741 by a Dutch sea captain and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of several heads of state. (FRN536, $12.00)

Collected Stories

Collected Stories


by Franz Kafka

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • HARD COVER
  • 560 PAGES

A comprehensive antholgy of Kafka's stories in an Everyman's Library edition. (CZH61, $24.00)

The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel


by Isaac Babel

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 511 PAGES

An authoritative edition of Isaac Babel's powerful short fiction, including his early Red Cavalry Stories and The Odessa Tales. (RUS171, $18.95)

The Coming Anarchy, Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War


by Robert D. Kaplan

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

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

Commonwealth of Independent States Map

Commonwealth of Independent States Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • MAP

A double-sided map of the entire CIS, divided into Western Russia (at a scale of 1:2,000,000 and eastern Russia (1:8,000,000). (RUS133, $14.95)

Communism, A History

Communism, A History


by Richard Pipes

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

This short, fiercely critical history of communism provides a compelling overview, from the ideas of Karl Marx to the end of the 20th century. (GEN367, $15.00)

The Complete Stories

The Complete Stories


by Franz Kafka

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 486 PAGES

All of Kafka's stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and In The Penal Colony. (CZH47, $17.00)

A Concise History of Bulgaria

A Concise History of Bulgaria


by R.J. Crampton

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 287 PAGES

A highly readable, illustrated introduction to Bulgaria's history from medieval empire to Ottoman rule, revival and modernization, to the fall of Communism. (BGR01, $30.99)

A Concise History of the Russian Revolution


by Peter Dimock | Richard Pipes

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 431 PAGES

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

Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer


by Andrei Makine

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 144 PAGES

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

Contemporary Jewish Writing In Hungary: An Anthology


by Eva Forgacs | Susan Robin Suleiman

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 520 PAGES

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, $29.95)

The Cossacks

The Cossacks


by Leo Tolstoy | Peter Constantine | Cynthia Ozick

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A fresh translation of Tolstoy's 1863 semi-autobiographical novel about a young Muscovite and his military adventures in the rough-and-ready Caucasus. The book is, in part, a portrait of the Cossacks -- and an account of falling in love. (RUS241, $13.00)

The Cossacks, An Illustrated History

The Cossacks, An Illustrated History


by John Ure

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

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, $24.95)

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


by David Tuller

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

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

Crime and Punishment

Crime and Punishment


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | David McDuff

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 647 PAGES

Dostoevsky's thriller of murder and redemption is redolent of St. Petersburg's atmosphere. A cornerstone of Russian literature, and one of the greatest detective stories ever told. (RUS18, $15.00)

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


by Nigel West | Oleg Tsarev

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 384 PAGES

A lively account of Soviet intelligence in Britain from the end of World War I to the late 1950s. West is a prolific British military historian specializing in espionage. (SPY21, $55.00)

Crown of Thorns, The Reign of King Boris III of Bulgaria, 1918-1943

Crown of Thorns, The Reign of King Boris III of Bulgaria, 1918-1943


by Stephan Groueff

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 440 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A biography of the famed Bulgarian monarch, who ruled from the end of World War I to the middle of World War II, when he defied Hitler's wishes for expelling Bulgaria's Jews. (BGR02, $26.95)

Culture Smart! Czech Republic


by Nicole Rosenleaf Ritter

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER

A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (CZH64, $9.95)

Culture Smart! Hungary

Culture Smart! Hungary


by Brian McLean

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 168 PAGES

A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (HGR45, $9.95)

Czech and Slovak Republics Map

Czech and Slovak Republics Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • 2006
  • MAP

This double-sided map at a scale of 1:400,000 shows the Danube between Regensburg and Budapest in detail. (EUR35, $14.95)

Czecho/Slovakia: Ethnic Conflict, Constitutional Fissure, Negotiated Breakup


by Eric Stein

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 386 PAGES

A fascinating, scholarly account of Stein's experiences consulting on constitutional reform in Czechoslovakia. (CZH40, $37.50)

Danube

Danube


by Claudio Magris

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

Mixing history, personalities and literature, Magris traces the course of the Danube from its source in the heart of the Austro-Hungarian empire through the Balkans to the Black Sea in this anything but conventional travelogue, first published in 1986. (EUR58, $17.00)

The Danube Cycleway, Donaueschingen to Budapest

The Danube Cycleway, Donaueschingen to Budapest


by John Higginson

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 168 PAGES

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


by Yegor Gaidar

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 342 PAGES

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

The Death of Achilles, A Novel

The Death of Achilles, A Novel


by Boris Akunin | Andrew Bromfield

  • MYSTERY
  • 2006
  • PAPER

The fourth in the series starring Russian detective Erast Petrovich Fandorin, this time in Moscow on the trail of an assassin. (RUS291, $12.95)

Defiance, The Bielski Partisans


by Nechama Tec

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

The story of daring Jewish partisans from Belorussia rescuing Jews from the Holocasut. (RUS120, $14.95)

The Devils


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | David Magarshack

  • LITERATURE
  • 1954
  • PAPER
  • 704 PAGES

The third of Dostoevsky's major novels is a powerful political tract and a profound study of atheism depicting the disarray that follows the appearance of a band of modish radicals in a small provincial town. (RUS309, $14.00)

Doctor Zhivago

Doctor Zhivago


by Boris Pasternak | Richard Pevear | Larissa Volokhonsky

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 544 PAGES

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

Dreams of My Russian Summers

Dreams of My Russian Summers


by Andrei Makine

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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

Dvorak and His World


by Michael Beckerman

  • MUSIC
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 296 PAGES

A fascinating view of the Czech composer's personal life and his influence on the world around him. (CZH23, $31.95)

Eastern Europe Map

Eastern Europe Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • MAP

A detailed travel map of Eastern Europe and the Black Sea, at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (EUR36, $14.95)

The Eastern Front, 1914-1917


by Norman Stone

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

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

Echoes of a Native Land, Two Centuries of a Russian Village

Echoes of a Native Land, Two Centuries of a Russian Village


by Serge Schmemann

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 350 PAGES

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

Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900


by Alfred W. Crosby

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 370 PAGES

The story of how early explorers, colonists and settlers reshaped our biological world. (NAT22, $30.00)

Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe

Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe


by Henri Pirenne

  • HISTORY
  • 1936
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

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

Empire, The Russian Empire and Its Rivals


by Dominic Lieven

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

Russia scholar Lieven examines empires thoroughout history, focusing on the tsarist and Soviet empires in Russia. (RUS296, $22.00)

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


by Dmitri Shvidkovsky

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

A gorgeous oversize survey of Catherine's Palace at Pushkin (Tsarkoye Selo) and Pavlovsk, designed by the great 18th-century Scottish architect Charles Cameron. (RUS259, $85.00)

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


by Dmitri Trenin

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 340 PAGES

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

The Engineer of Human Souls


by Josef Skvorecky | Paul Wilson

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 592 PAGES

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, $16.95)

Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse

Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse


by James E. Falen | Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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

Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin | Vladimir Nabokov

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 362 PAGES

In this translation of Pushkin's epic poem set in 19th-century Russia, the great novelist Nabokov brings the spark of Pushkin's original words to life. (RUS290, $24.95)

Eyewitness Guide Moscow

Eyewitness Guide Moscow


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 263 PAGES

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

Eyewitness Guide Prague

Eyewitness Guide Prague


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

This superb guide features color photography, dozens of excellent maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the celebrated city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (CZH01, $25.00)

Eyewitness Guide Vienna

Eyewitness Guide Vienna


by Eyewitness Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 288 PAGES

Take along this handy, compact guide featuring history, culture, color photography and excellent neighborhood maps. (AST01, $23.00)

Faberge in the Royal Collection


by Caroline De Guitaut

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

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

Fatelessness

Fatelessness


by Imre Kertesz | Tim Wilkinson

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Drawn from Kertesz's own experiences in Auschwitz and Buchenwald, this powerful novel by a Pulitzer Prize-winner tells the story of a teenage boy deported from Budapest to the Nazi death camps in 1944. (CEU26, $15.00)

Fathers and Sons


by Ivan Turgenev

  • LITERATURE
  • 1975
  • PAPER
  • 295 PAGES

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

The First Circle


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Thomas Whitney

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 580 PAGES

A powerful novel of the horrors of Soviet Russia set in Moscow in 1949. It won Solzhenitsyn the Nobel Proze for Literature in 1970. (RUS260, $16.95)

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

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


by Vladimir Putin

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 208 PAGES

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

Five Plays


by Anton Chekhov | Ronald Hingley

  • LITERATURE
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

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

The Fixer

The Fixer


by Bernard Malamud

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Set in Tsarist Russia, this well-known novel by Malamud tells the story of a young Jewish boy from Kiev wrongly accused of murder. (RUS271, $15.00)

Fodor's Moscow and St. Petersburg

Fodor's Moscow and St. Petersburg


by Salwa Jabado

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

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

Following Balanchine


by Robert Garis

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 260 PAGES

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


by Joyce Toomre | Musya Glants

  • FOOD
  • 1997
  • PAPER

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

From Nyet to Da: Understanding the Russians


by Yale Richmond

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 219 PAGES

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

From Union to Commonwealth


by Gail Lapidus

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 127 PAGES

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, $35.00)

Galina, A Russian Story


by Galina Vishnevskaya

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1985
  • PAPER
  • 568 PAGES

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

The Georgian Feast, The Vibrant Culture and Savory Food of the Republic of Georgia


by Darra Goldstein | Niko Pirosmani

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 229 PAGES

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, $24.95)

The Glance of Countess Hahn-Hahn (Down the Danube)

The Glance of Countess Hahn-Hahn (Down the Danube)


by Peter Esterhazy

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 246 PAGES

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

The Golem


by Gustave Meyrink

  • LITERATURE
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 190 PAGES

The famous mystical, terrifying novel of the supernatural set in Prague's Jewish Ghetto in 1890. (CZH41, $11.99)

The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War

The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War


by Jaroslav Hasek | Cecil Parrott

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 752 PAGES

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


by George Breslauer

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 3831 PAGES

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

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral

The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral


by Robert A. Scott

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

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

Great Country Houses of Central Europe: The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland

Great Country Houses of Central Europe: The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland


by Lord Michael Pratt | Gerhard Trumler

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 380 PAGES

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


by Elisabeth Souritz | Evdokia Belova | E. Bocharnikova

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

A nicely illustrated scholarly history of Russian ballet, translated from the Russian. (RUS195, $55.00)

The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe

The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe


by Eli Valley

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1999
  • HARD COVER
  • 538 PAGES

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, $77.00)

The Great Railway Bazaar

The Great Railway Bazaar


by Paul Theroux

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

These 1970s journeys across Asia by train display Theroux's talent for portraiture, ego and the dismissive aside. He takes every two-bit train he can find from London across Europe, Turkey and the Middle East, India, Japan and China, returning home via the Trans-Siberian Express. Great fun. (ASA40, $14.95)

The Grooves of Change, Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Millennium

The Grooves of Change, Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Millennium


by J.F. Brown

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 248 PAGES

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, $25.95)

Growing Pains, Russian Democracy and the Election of 1993


by Jerry F. Hough | Timothy J. Colton

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 745 PAGES

An in-depth analysis of Russia's 1993 national election and wrangling over power. (RUS75, $26.95)

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. I

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. I


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Thomas Whitney

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 672 PAGES

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

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. II

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. II


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Thomas Whitney

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 712 PAGES

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, $21.99)

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. III

The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. III


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn | Thomas Whitney

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 570 PAGES

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

Gulag, A History

Gulag, A History


by Anne Applebaum

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 677 PAGES

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, $18.95)

Hadji Murad

Hadji Murad


by Leo Tolstoy | Aylmer Maude

  • LITERATURE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A short novel set in the 19th-century Caucasus, concerning -- in part -- conflicts between the occupying Russians and Muslim groups in the region. (CCS18, $11.95)

The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism

The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism


by Tina Rosenberg

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 437 PAGES

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, $17.95)

The Heart of a Dog

The Heart of a Dog


by Mikhail Bulgakov | Michael Glenny

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 82 PAGES

A comic tale of absurd life in the Soviet Union by a modern master. (RUS127, $14.00)

Heart of Europe, The Past in Poland's Present

Heart of Europe, The Past in Poland's Present


by Norman Davies

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 483 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

A history of Poland in reverse chronology from the Solidarity Movement to early civilization, condensed from the author's definitive three-volume history. (PLD06, $25.99)

Here Is Where We Meet

Here Is Where We Meet


by John Berger

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

This novel weaves a portrait of several European countries through encounters with the dead, from the narrator's mother, whom he discovers on a park bench in Lisbon, to a childhood friend wandering a market in Krakow. (EUR189, $15.00)

Historical Atlas of Central Europe

Historical Atlas of Central Europe


by Paul Mogocsi

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 232 PAGES

An atlas illuminating the shifting borders and alliances in the region. (EUR33, $45.00)

The History of Eastern Europe for Beginners

The History of Eastern Europe for Beginners


by Paul Beck

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 186 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

An irreverent tour of recent Eastern European history in documentary comic-book style, a provocative, fast-moving and opinionated look at who is in conflict with whom and why, nationhood, ethnicity and the future. (EUR30, $11.00)

A History of Hungary


by Peter F. Sugar | Peter Hanak | Tibor Frank

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 438 PAGES

With chapters by a variety of contributors. (HGR06, $20.95)

A History of Modern Hungary, 1867 -1994


by Jorg Hoensch

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER

(HGR08, $51.00)

A History of Russia

A History of Russia


by Nicholas Riasanovsky

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 776 PAGES

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

A History of Russia


by George Vernadsky

  • HISTORY
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 520 PAGES

A popular college text. (RUS174, $32.00)

A History of Russian Music, From Kamarinskaya to Babi Yar


by Francis Maes | Arnold Pomerans

  • MUSIC
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 440 PAGES

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

A History of Slovakia, The Struggle for Survival

A History of Slovakia, The Struggle for Survival


by Stanislav K. Kirschbaum

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 350 PAGES

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, $20.00)

A History of the Peoples of Siberia, Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990

A History of the Peoples of Siberia, Russia's North Asian Colony 1581-1990


by James Forsyth

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 455 PAGES

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, $55.00)

Homage to the Eighth District, Tales from Budapest


by Giorgio Pressburger | Nicola Pressburger

  • LITERATURE
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 134 PAGES

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


by Dan Healey

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 376 PAGES

Changing attitudes toward gay men and women in urban Russia, before and after 1917. (RUS145, $52.50)

Hope Against Hope


by Nadezhda Mandelstam

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 480 PAGES

Nadezhda Mandelstam's memoir of life with her husband Osip and a riveting account of Stalinist Russia. (RUS308, $31.99)

House of the Dead

House of the Dead


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | David McDuff

  • LITERATURE
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 362 PAGES

Dostoyevsky's semi-autobiographical novel of a man forced to endure ten years in a Siberian prison for the murder of his wife. (RUS261, $12.00)

How Russia Shaped the Modern World: From Art to Anti-Semitism, Ballet to Bolshevism


by Steven G. Marks

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 408 PAGES

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

Hungarian Folktales, the Art of Zsuzsanna Palko


by Zsuzsanna Palko | Linda Degh

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER

A collection of folktales told in the late 1940s and early 1950s by Palko, a well-known Hungarian storyteller. (HGR16, $25.00)

Hungarian Practical Dictionary, Hungarian-English English-Hungarian


by Eva Szabo

  • REFERENCE
  • 2005
  • PAPER

A convenient bilingual dictionary. (HGR44, $26.95)

The Hungarian Revolution of 1956, Reform, Revolt and Repression 1953 - 1963


by Gyorgy Litvan | Janos M. Bak | Lyman H. Legters

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 248 PAGES

The first account of the Hugarian Revolution to include materials made available only after the Soviet Union disolved. (HGR07, $96.33)

Hungary Map

Hungary Map


by HEMA Maps

  • MAP

A map of Hungary at a scale of 1:300,000. (HGR14, $12.95)

I, Maya Plisetskayar


by Maya Plisetskaya | Antonia W. Bouis

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

A memoir of dance set against a backdrop of political turmoil. Plisetskaya, a prominent Russian ballerina, bitterly describes the persecution of her family and her struggles as an artist under the Soviet Regime. (RUS254, $50.00)

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

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


by James H. Billington

  • HISTORY
  • 1970
  • PAPER
  • 786 PAGES

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

Igor Stravinsky, An Autobiography


by Igor Stravinsky

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 176 PAGES

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

An Illustrated History of the First World War


by John Keegan

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 448 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

An illustrated edition of Keegan's outstanding history of the Great War (WAR16, $50.00)

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


by Grigory Kaganov | Sidney Monas

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

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

The Improbable Voyage

The Improbable Voyage


by Tristan Jones

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 332 PAGES

Jones, an inveterate Welsh sailor, adventurer and storyteller, channels Eastern Europe circa 1985 in his tale of a tough voyage along the Rhine and Danube to the Black Sea. (EUR156, $16.50)

Inside Putin's Russia, Can there be Reform Without Democracy?


by Andrew Jack

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER

An illuminating, highly readable survey of developments in Russia since 1998 by the Moscow bureau chief of the Financial Times. (RUS283, $19.99)

Insight City Guide St. Petersburg

Insight City Guide St. Petersburg


by Brian Bell

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

This eyecatching guidebook features beautiful full-color photographs, illuminating area maps, a street atlas and information about transport and accommodations. With a pullout restaurant map guide. (RUS274, $15.95)

Inventing Eastern Europe, The Map of Civilization on the Mind of Enlightenment

Inventing Eastern Europe, The Map of Civilization on the Mind of Enlightenment


by Larry Wolff

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 419 PAGES

The author, a professor of history, looks back to Catherine the Great, Rousseau, Voltaire and Western (mis)perceptions of Eastern Europe during the late 18th century. (EUR34, $30.95)

Ivan The Terrible, First Tsar of Russia


by Isabel De Madariaga

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 384 PAGES

An important biography of the much-misunderstood 16th-century czar and his times. (RUS278, $35.00)

Ivan Vasilievich, Back to the Future


by Leonid Gaiday

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1973
  • DVD

A madcap comedy, based on a Bulgakov play. (RUS246, $29.99)

The Joke

The Joke


by Milan Kundera

  • LITERATURE
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

The tale of a Communist student, who is imprisoned and stigmatized for a mere joke. (CZH36, $13.99)

K-19 The Widowmaker: The Secret Story of the Soviet Nuclear Submarine


by Peter A. Huchthausen

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 243 PAGES

This companion to the film of the same name describes the race against time to prevent the meltdown of a nuclear reactor aboard the first Soviet ballistic missile boat in 1961. (RUS187, $16.00)

Kafka's Milena


by Jane Cerna | A. G. Brain | George Gibian

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 205 PAGES

Milena, who kept a long-term correspondence with Franz Kafka, was a legend a legend and household name in 1930s Prague. (CZH35, $18.00)

Kafka's Prague, A Travel Reader

Kafka's Prague, A Travel Reader


by Klaus Wagenbach

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 1996
  • HARD COVER
  • 125 PAGES

Anyone interested in turn-of-the-century Prague will find this book a fascinating companion. (CZH03, $21.95)

Khrushchev, The Man and His Era


by William Taubman

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 908 PAGES

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

Kiev: A Portrait, 1800-1917

Kiev: A Portrait, 1800-1917


by Michael F. Hamm

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

From medieval center to important city in Imperial Russia, this scholarly book is a wonderfully informative cultural history of the city and especially its 19th-century legacy. (RUS56, $45.00)

Knopf Guide Budapest


by Knopf Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2000
  • PAPER

A sumptuously illustrated, handsome travel guide. (HGR28, $25.00)

Knopf Mapguide Moscow


by Knopf Guides

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 48 PAGES

Full-color foldout maps make this guidebook a handy and practical way to find information on where to go and what to do in the city. (RUS270, $10.95)

Kosmos, A Portrait of the Russian Space Age

Kosmos, A Portrait of the Russian Space Age


by Svetlana Boym | Adam Bartos

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 176 PAGES

A portfolio of 100 photographs of the Baikonur cosmodrome in Kazakhstan, with an essay by Harvard professor Svetlana Boym. (RUS184, $40.00)

Kremlin Rising, Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution

Kremlin Rising, Vladimir Putin's Russia and the End of Revolution


by Peter Baker | Susan Glasser

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 453 PAGES

A critical overview of recent political change in Russia by two Washington Post journalists. (RUS273, $27.50)

Legacies of Twentieth-Century Dance


by Lynn Garafola

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 468 PAGES

A marvelously illustrated and scholarly collection of essays on the evolution of dance in the 20th century. The four sections of the book focus on the Ballet Ruses, female dancers, New York as the dance capital of the world and questions of memory and reconstruction. (RUS256, $32.95)

Lenin, A New Biography


by Dmitri Volkogonov

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

A well regarded biography. (RUS250, $69.00)

Letters from Russia

Letters from Russia


by Marquis De Custine | Anka Muhlstein

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 654 PAGES

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

Life and Fate

Life and Fate


by Vasily Grossman

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 896 PAGES

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

Literary Russia, A Guide

Literary Russia, A Guide


by Anna Benn | Rosamund Bartlett

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • HARD COVER
  • 528 PAGES

Organized geographically, this guide and literary companion includes the homes, museums and literary landmarks of Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Nabokov and other Russian masters. (RUS45, $37.50)

Living in Freedom. The New Prague

Living in Freedom. The New Prague


by Mark Sommer

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 261 PAGES

This portrait blends history, travel narrative and political commentary. (CZH26, $11.95)

Lonely Planet Central Europe

Lonely Planet Central Europe


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 662 PAGES
  • BEST SELLER

With dozens of maps, color photographs and sections on history and culture, this practical guide introduces Austria, the Czech Republic, Germany, Hungary, Poland and their neighbors. (EUR94, $29.99)

Lonely Planet Czech and Slovak Republics

Lonely Planet Czech and Slovak Republics


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 488 PAGES

In the hallmark Lonely Planet style, this practical guide to the Czech Republic and Slovakia features 95 maps, a good overview of culture, history and nature, and much nuts-and-bolts information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. (CZH07, $22.99)

Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania

Lonely Planet Estonia, Latvia & Lithuania


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 456 PAGES

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

Lonely Planet Prague

Lonely Planet Prague


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 282 PAGES

A practical, frequently revised, guide to the city. (CZH52, $18.99)

Lonely Planet Russia

Lonely Planet Russia


by Richard Nebesky

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 788 PAGES

A practical guide to Russia. (RUS82, $29.99)

Lonely Planet Russian Phrasebook

Lonely Planet Russian Phrasebook


by James Jenkin | Inna Zaitseva

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

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

Lonely Planet St. Petersburg


by Lonely Planet

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

In its hallmark style, this practical guide to St Petersburg by Lonely Planet features maps, a good overview of culture, history and art, and a great deal of information on excursions, accommodations and sightseeing. (RUS280, $21.99)

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

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


by Marshall Goldman

  • HISTORY
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 308 PAGES

An astute commentator, the author looks at Yeltsin's economic reforms and the changes wrought on the complex Russian economy since the break-up of the Soviet Union. (RUS64, $21.95)

Making Sense of War, the Second World War and the Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution

Making Sense of War, the Second World War and the Fate of the Bolshevik Revolution


by Amir Weiner

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 432 PAGES

A consideration of WWII and its impact on Russia. (RUS251, $38.95)

Mammals of Europe

Mammals of Europe


by Priscilla Barrett | David W. MacDonald

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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

The Master and Margarita

The Master and Margarita


by Larissa Volokhonsky | Richa Pevear | Mikhail Bulgakov

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 402 PAGES

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

The Master of Petersburg

The Master of Petersburg


by J.M. Coetzee

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 250 PAGES

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

Memoirs of an Anti-Semite, A Novel in Five Stories


by Gregor Von Rezzori

  • LITERATURE
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 287 PAGES

Central Europe between the wars provides the background for this disturbing tale of a man, his complex prejudices and Jewish identity. The five interrelated stories are set in Romania and Vienna. (CEU27, $15.95)

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great


by Catherine the Great | Mark Cruse | Hilde Hoogenboom

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

This collection of memoirs begins eighteen years before the beginning of Catherine's rule, upon her arrival in Russia as a German princess in 1744, continuing until her death in 1796. (RUS277, $26.95)

The Moldovans: Romania, Russia and the Politics of Culture


by Charles King

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

A scholarly political and cultural history of Moldova, focusing on issues of national identity in a post-Soviet world. (EUR97, $24.95)

Moscow Map

Moscow Map


by ITMB

  • MAP

A handy, folding map of Moscow. (RUS151, $8.95)

Moscow, A Cultural History

Moscow, A Cultural History


by Caroline Brooke

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Caroline Brooke explores the birth and various stages and reinventions of Moscow, from a twelfth-century fortress to invasion by Napoleon in 1812 to the rise and fall of communism. Part of the Cityscapes series. (RUS292, $24.99)

Moscow, Governing the Socialist Metropolis


by Timothy J. Colton

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 939 PAGES

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

Murder on the Leviathan

Murder on the Leviathan


by Boris Akunin | Andrew Bromfield

  • MYSTERY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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

Natasha's Dance, A Cultural History of Russia

Natasha's Dance, A Cultural History of Russia


by Orlando Figes

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 768 PAGES

In this lively cultural history, Figes looks at both the great works by Russian masters and longstanding folk traditions. The title is drawn from a scene of Tolstoy's War and Peace in which a European-educated countess performs a peasant dance. (RUS180, $23.00)

National Geographic Prague and The Czech Republic

National Geographic Prague and The Czech Republic


by Stephen Brook

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A guide to the area's artistic, historical and cultural landmarks, complete with maps and color photos. (CZH55, $26.95)

Neither Here Nor There, Travels in Europe

Neither Here Nor There, Travels in Europe


by Bill Bryson

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

Bryson deploys his famously cranky humor in this romp through European capitals. He's great fun to read and insightful on quirks of character. (EUR25, $14.99)

Nicholas and Alexandra

Nicholas and Alexandra


by Robert Massie

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 613 PAGES

This entertaining and well-researched history traces the royal relationship and explores how a disease determined the destiny of rulers, the disintegration of the empire and the course of Russian history. (RUS69, $20.00)

Nights at the Circus

Nights at the Circus


by Angela Carter

  • LITERATURE
  • 1984
  • PAPER
  • 294 PAGES

This wildly inventive, bawdy tale follows an enchanted circus and its six-foot-two winged star from turn-of-the-century London to St. Petersburg and Siberia. Ever since reading this novel, we've wanted to take the Trans-Siberian. (RUS189, $16.00)

No Fixed Points, Dance in the Twentieth Century


by Malcolm McCormick | Nancy Reynolds

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 928 PAGES

A comprehensive history of 20th century dance in Europe and America. It's a readable, illustrated reference that offers both biographies of major dancers and choreographers, and critical analysis. (RUS255, $60.00)

Northern Europe Scandinavia Map

Northern Europe Scandinavia Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • 2007
  • MAP

A colorful shaded relief map showing the Baltic region from Copenhagen to St. Petersburg and Hammerfest at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (EUR19, $14.95)

Notes from Underground

Notes from Underground


by Fyodor Dostoevsky | Richard Pevear

  • LITERATURE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 160 PAGES

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

Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler

Notes of a Provincial Wildfowler


by Sergei Timofeevich Aksakov

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1998
  • HARD COVER
  • 216 PAGES

A celebrated drama critic and man of letters in 19th-century Moscow, Aksakov was also a keen observer of nature, and especially of birds. This book collects his notes on the natural history of Russian birdlife. (RUS60, $39.00)

Oblomov


by Ivan Goncharov | David Magarshack

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

The masterful portrait of upper-class decline that made Goncharov famous. (RUS310, $16.00)

Odessa Memories


by Patricia Herlihy | Nicolas Iljine

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 194 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

This richly illustrated portrait of Old Odessa, and especially of its Jewish life, features hundreds of period photographs, posters, postcards and other archival material. With an accompanying essay by Patricia Herlihy (Odessa: A History, 1774-1914). (RUS262, $40.00)

Odyssey Guide Moscow, St. Petersburg & The Golden Ring

Odyssey Guide Moscow, St. Petersburg & The Golden Ring


by Masha Nordbye | Patricia Lanza

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 728 PAGES

A comprehensive guide to the art, culture and history of two great Russian cities, filled with maps and fine color photographs. (RUS78, $26.95)

The Oligarchs, Wealth & Power in the New Russia

The Oligarchs, Wealth & Power in the New Russia


by David Hoffman

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 567 PAGES

A scrupulously documented, fascinating account of six businessmen whose profiteering amid the near-anarchy and corruption that followed collapse of the Soviet Union skyrocketed them to positions of immense power in the New Russia. (RUS159, $21.95)

On Foot to the Golden Horn

On Foot to the Golden Horn


by Jason Goodwin

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 278 PAGES

Goodwin interweaves history, incident and reflection in this excellent portrait of Central Europe. With chapters on Cracow, Slovakia, Budapest, Transylvania, Brasov and Bulgaria. (EUR81, $17.00)

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich


by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn

  • LITERATURE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 181 PAGES

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

Open Lands, Travels Through Russia's Once Forbidden Places

Open Lands, Travels Through Russia's Once Forbidden Places


by Mark Taplin

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 376 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A witty travelogue about regions of Russia suddenly thrown open to the West, including gulags, Siberian archipelagos, Kamchatka and Vladivostok. (RUS62, $18.00)

Open Letters, Selected Writings: 1965 - 1990

Open Letters, Selected Writings: 1965 - 1990


by Vaclav Havel | Paul Wilson

  • HISTORY
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 405 PAGES

This inspired anthology of writings by the Czech poet-president Vaclav Havel collects 25 essays, letters and speeches written between 1965 and 1990, including those that directly influenced the Polish Solidarity movement. (CZH06, $15.95)

Operation Solo, The FBI's Man in the Kremlin

Operation Solo, The FBI's Man in the Kremlin


by John Barron

  • HISTORY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

The story of Morris Childs, Soviet advisor and covert American spy. (SPY15, $14.95)

The Orthodox Church

The Orthodox Church


by Kallistos Ware

  • RELIGION
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 359 PAGES

A comprehensive, clear overview of the origins, historical development and practice of Eastern Christianity by a British scholar and Archbishop. With chapters on Byzantium, conversion of the Slavs, the Church under Islam and the contemporary Orthodox world. (GEN261, $17.00)

The Painted Bird

The Painted Bird


by Jerzy Kosinski

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

The acclaimed novel based on the author's own experiences in World War II Poland. The often disturbing account of a young Jewish boy's journey through rural Poland as he tries to evade everyone from SS officers to anti-Semitic Polish peasants will leave an indelible impression. (PLD07, $14.00)

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe

The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe


by Dennis Hupchick | Harold Cox

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 130 PAGES

The changing borders and complex history of Eastern Europe as told through 52 maps and accompanying essays, organized chronologically. An excellent reference, the book shows the rise of Poland, changing borders of the Ottoman Empire, Hapsburgs and fate of Yugoslavia in admirable clarity. (EUR138, $21.95)

Pavlovsk, The Life of a Russian Palace

Pavlovsk, The Life of a Russian Palace


by Suzanne Massie

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 393 PAGES

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

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


by Orlando Figes

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 960 PAGES

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

Peter the Great


by Paul Bushkovitch

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

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

Peter the Great, His Life and World

Peter the Great, His Life and World


by Robert Massie

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1986
  • PAPER
  • 960 PAGES

A Pulitzer Prize-winning, best-selling history of the great Westernizer of Russia. Massie portrays a giant of history on the monumental canvas of Europe as he transforms Russia from backwater tsardom to major empire. (RUS11, $8.99)

Petersburg

Petersburg


by David McDuff | Andrei Bely

  • LITERATURE
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 624 PAGES

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

Petersburg, Crucible of Cultural Revolution

Petersburg, Crucible of Cultural Revolution


by Katarina Clark

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

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

Pimsleur Quick & Simple Russian

Pimsleur Quick & Simple Russian


by Pimsleur Language Method

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2005
  • AUDIO CD

A package of eight 30-minute lessons in basic Russian, covering elementary vocabulary and phrases used in travel and everyday situations. (RUS112, $19.95)

Piratization of Russia, Russian Reform Goes Awry

Piratization of Russia, Russian Reform Goes Awry


by Marshall Goldman

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

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

Plays and Petersburg Tales


by Nikolai Gogol | Christopher English

  • LITERATURE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

Two plays (Marriage and The Government Inspector) and six short stories written by the Russian master, all set in St. Petersburg. (RUS300, $10.95)

Pocket Menu Reader Russia

Pocket Menu Reader Russia


by Langenscheidt | Mario Caramitti

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 189 PAGES

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

The Pocket Oxford Russian Dictionary


by Colin Howlett

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 638 PAGES

A succinct English-Russian, Russian-English dictionary, featuring 70,000 useful words and phrases for the student, traveler or businessman. (RUS272, $17.95)

Prague Map

Prague Map


by Borch Maps

  • 2006
  • MAP

A laminated, detailed map of the center of Prague at a scale of 1:10,000. (CZH13, $7.95)

Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437

Prague, The Crown of Bohemia, 1347-1437


by Barb Boehm

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER

The extravagantly produced companion volume to the exhibition (organized by the Metropolitan Museum of Art) on the art and culture of late medieval Prague. With maps, succinct introductory essays and a 200-page section of color photographs. (EUR207, $65.00)

Prodigal Son, Dancing for Balanchine in a World of Pain and Magic


by Edward Villella | Larry Kaplan

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 317 PAGES

The memoir of the great male star of American ballet who found fame in the age of Balanchine. (USE283, $21.95)

Putin's Russia


by Lilia Shevtsova

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 306 PAGES

An analysis of the character of Putin's leadership by a top political analyst and award-winning Russian journalist. Shevtsova has also written Yelsin's Russia (RUS268, $19.95)

The Queen of Spades


by Peter Ilyitch Tchaikovsky

  • MUSIC
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 800 PAGES

The full score of one of Tchaikovsky's most popular operas. (RUS219, $39.95)

Queer in Russia: A Story of Sex, Self, and the Other


by Laurie Essig

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 254 PAGES

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

Queer Sites, Gay Urban Histories Since 1600


by David Higgs

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A scholarly history of the gay subculture in London, Amsterdam, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Paris, Lisbon and Moscow. (WLD32, $39.95)

The Radetzky March

The Radetzky March


by Joseph Roth | Joachim Neugroschel

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 331 PAGES

Magnificently set against the backdrop of the twilight of the Habsburg empire, Roth's family saga takes in the sweep of history and empire in Central Europe. The richly textured novel opens at the battle of Solferino, when young Lieutenant Trotta saves the life of the Emperor. (AST17, $16.95)

The Ransom of Russian Art

The Ransom of Russian Art


by John McPhee

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

McPhee tackles a rather unusual topic for him: the story of suppressed Russian art and the man who brought it to America. (RUS91, $12.00)

Rasputin, The Saint Who Sinned


by Brian Moynahan

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

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

Reading Chekhov, A Critical Journey


by Janet Malcolm

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 205 PAGES

An extended essay of Chekhov and his work interweaving literary criticism, biography and a journey to St. Petersburg, Moscow and Yalta -- all significant to the plays, stories and life of Chekhov. (RUS155, $13.95)

Reagan and Gorbachev, How The Cold War Ended

Reagan and Gorbachev, How The Cold War Ended


by Jack Matlock

  • HISTORY
  • 2005
  • PAPER

An eyewitness account of the relationship between the U.S. and Russia in the 1980s by Reagan's adviser on Soviet affairs and ambassador to the Soviet Union. (RUS282, $16.95)

The Red Stuff, The True Story of the Russian Race for Space


by Leo De Boer

  • SCIENCE
  • 1999
  • DVD
  • 1 PAGES

The dramatic tale of the early Russian Space Program by a Dutch film maker with archival footage, shots of Space City and interviews with some of the original cosmonauts. (RUS265, $19.98)

Reeling in Russia, An Angler's Paradise

Reeling in Russia, An Angler's Paradise


by Fen Montaigne

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 275 PAGES

A wonderfully written, entertaining and insightful portrait of modern Russia, and more specifically fishing in places like Baikal, Kamchatka and Kolyma. (RUS61, $18.95)

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


by Evgenii Anisimov | John Alexander

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 344 PAGES

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

Resurrection, The Struggle for a New Russia

Resurrection, The Struggle for a New Russia


by David Remnick

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 352 PAGES

Pulitzer Prize-winner David Remnick insightfully explores the powers shaping the creation of a new Russia. The book follows the ruin of the USSR, up to the 1996 elections. (RUS23, $16.00)

Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II

Return to Diversity: A Political History of East Central Europe Since World War II


by Joseph Rothschild

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 274 PAGES

An opinionated, well-written and clear political history of the region, including Poland, Czechoslovakia, Hungary, Romania, Bulgaria and the Balkans. (EUR31, $39.95)

The Rise of Russia and the Fall of the Soviet Empire


by John Dunlop

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 394 PAGES

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

The Romanovs, The Final Chapter


by Robert Massie

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 308 PAGES

Written like a good detective story, this riveting scientific thriller examines the evidence and international dispute linking the skeletons exhumed in 1991 in Siberia with the last of the Romanovs killed in the early period of the Russian Revolution. (RUS14, $16.00)

Romanovs: Autocrats of all the Russians


by Lincoln Bruce

  • HISTORY
  • 1983
  • PAPER
  • 852 PAGES

A history of the rise and fall of the Romanov dynasty in Russia, from their ascension to the throne in 1613 to the Russian Revolution. (RUS25, $25.00)

Rough Guide Hungary

Rough Guide Hungary


by Norm Longley

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

A compact, authoritative guide to Hungary, its history, culture and attractions with good local maps. Most of the book is devoted to detailed recommendations for excursions throughout the country, covering in detail both popular and remote destinations. (HGR31, $21.99)

Rough Guide Moscow

Rough Guide Moscow


by Rough Guide

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 524 PAGES

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

Rough Guide Prague

Rough Guide Prague


by Rob Humphreys | David Charap

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 348 PAGES

An opinionated, thorough travel guide to the history, culture and attractions of Prague. (CZH21, $19.99)

The Routledge Atlas of Russian History

The Routledge Atlas of Russian History


by Martin Gilbert

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 216 PAGES

A fantastically interesting, useful survey of the history of Russia in maps. This revised edition follows the fate of Russia since the demise of the Soviet Union, with 161 maps covering rebellion, famine, expansion, trade, the military, communism's collapse and myriad other topics. (RUS176, $29.95)

Running with Reindeer, Encounters in Russian Lapland


by Roger Took

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

An absorbing account of travels among the reindeer herding Saami in 1990s Russia. Took captures the wide landscapes, people and political instability of the wilderness surrounding Murmansk. (RUS221, $17.95)

Russia and the Russians, A History

Russia and the Russians, A History


by Geoffrey Hosking

  • HISTORY
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 752 PAGES

This sweeping history by a leading scholar tackles with clarity the scope and breadth of the Russian empire from its Kievan beginnings through Imperial expansion, revolution and the Soviet period all the way to the 21st century. (RUS208, $25.95)

The Russia Hand, a Memoir of Presidential Diplomacy


by Strobe Talbott

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 478 PAGES

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

The Russia House


by John Le Carre

  • LITERATURE
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 434 PAGES

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

Russia in Search of Itself

Russia in Search of Itself


by James H. Billington

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

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

Russia in Search of Itself

Russia in Search of Itself


by James H. Billington

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

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

Russia in Space, The Failed Frontier?


by Brian Harvey

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 416 PAGES

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

Russia in the Age of Peter the Great


by Lindsey Hughes

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 640 PAGES

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

Russia Map

Russia Map


by International Travel Maps

  • 2011
  • MAP

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

Russia! Nine Hundred Years of Masterpieces and Master Collections

Russia! Nine Hundred Years of Masterpieces and Master Collections


by James H. Billington

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 450 PAGES

The companion to an audacious exhibit at the Guggenheim Museum, featuring reproductions of 300 Russian masterworks from the medieval period to the present. (RUS279, $75.00)

Russia's Heritage Cities

Russia's Heritage Cities


by International Travel Maps

  • 2002
  • MAP

A map of the Golden Ring cities surrounding Moscow, at a scale of 1:500,000. (RUS217, $8.95)

Russia's Unfinished Revolution, Political Change from Gorbachev to Putin


by Michael McFaul

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 383 PAGES

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

Russia, A History

Russia, A History


by Gregory Freeze

  • HISTORY
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

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

Russia, Experiment With a People

Russia, Experiment With a People


by Robert Service

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 406 PAGES

An authoritative survey of the transformation of Russia since the collapse of the Soviet Union. Service casts a wide net, looking at not just political and economic change but also the influence of society, culture and belief. (RUS284, $23.50)

Russia, People and Empire, 1552-1917

Russia, People and Empire, 1552-1917


by Geoffrey Hosking

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 548 PAGES

Historian Geoffrey Hosking writes elegantly and vehemently on the history of Russia under the czars. Hosking argues that Imperial Russia pursued empire building at the expense of national identity. (RUS29, $26.50)

Russia, Ukraine Belarus Map

Russia, Ukraine Belarus Map


by Marco Polo

  • 2009
  • MAP

This more detailed regional map shows a slice of Russia from Moscow south to the southern shores of the Black Sea. (RUS313, $15.95)

The Russian Century, A History of the Last Hundred Years

The Russian Century, A History of the Last Hundred Years


by Brian Moynahan

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

A lively survey of Russian history and people from the Tsars through the Revolution, the dark days of Stalin, the Cold War and the tumultuous events of the 1990s by a British historian and journalist. (RUS167, $16.95)

The Russian Empire, A Multiethnic History


by Andreas Kappeler Kappeler

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 455 PAGES

This topical history of Russia as a multi-ethnic empire explores nationalism from the sixteenth century to today. (RUS298, $60.20)

Russian Experiment in Art, 1863-1922

Russian Experiment in Art, 1863-1922


by Camilla Gray | Marian Burleigh-Motley

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 324 PAGES

A handsome illustrated volume in the "World of Art" series, this book documents a critical period in the history of Russian art in a series of insightful essays and hundreds of color illustrations. (RUS17, $19.95)

Russian Folk Art

Russian Folk Art


by Alison Hilton

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

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

The Russian Heritage Cookbook

The Russian Heritage Cookbook


by Lynn Visson

  • FOOD
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

A thorough and authentic guide to traditional Russian cooking with 360 recipes. (RUS233, $28.95)

A Russian Journal

A Russian Journal


by John Steinbeck | Robert Capa

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

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

Russian Journal

Russian Journal


by Andrea Lee

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

An unforgettable, straight-forward account of day-to-day life in Soviet Leningrad and Moscow, originally published in 1981. (RUS307, $14.95)

The Russian Museum, A Centennial Celebration of a National Treasure


by Vladimir Gusyev | Yevgenia Petrova

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

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

Russian Phrasebook & Dictionary


by Hippocrene

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 228 PAGES

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

The Russian Revolution


by Sheila Fitzpatrick

  • HISTORY
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 199 PAGES

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

Russian Short Stories

Russian Short Stories


by Robert Chandler

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 396 PAGES

This fine collection of tales captures the sweep and soul of Russian literature, including works by Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Chekhov and Tolstoy along with lesser-known greats. (RUS288, $18.00)

Russian, A Language Map

Russian, A Language Map


by Kristine K. Kershul

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2001
  • PLASTIC CARD

This durable, foldout card, featuring 1,000 words and phrases, works as a quick reference for travelers. (RUS276, $7.95)

Russian, Start Speaking Today!

Russian, Start Speaking Today!


by Language/30

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 1995
  • AUDIO CD

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

Russka

Russka


by Edward Rutherfurd

  • LITERATURE
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 946 PAGES

In this absorbing, complex novel Rutherfurd transforms Russian history into an epic saga. The bestseller follows the fate of interconnected families over 800 years. Catherine the Great, Tolstoy, Pushkin and Rasputin all make appearances. (RUS175, $19.00)

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


by Igor Kon

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • HARD COVER
  • 337 PAGES

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

The Shaman's Coat, A Native History of Siberia

The Shaman's Coat, A Native History of Siberia


by Anna Reid

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

Reid interviewed hunters, reindeer herders, storytellers and dozens of other aboriginal inhabitants across Siberia for this eye-opening book. With chapters on the Khant, Buryat, Tuvans, Sakha, Ainu and Chukchi people. (SIB28, $13.00)

Siberia on Fire: Stories and Essays

Siberia on Fire: Stories and Essays


by Valentin Rasputin

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1990
  • PAPER
  • 252 PAGES

Born in Irkutsk 1937, where he still lives, Rasputin combines great in-sight and supple prose with passion for his homeland in this collection of six stories and six essays. (SIB04, $18.00)

Siberia, Siberia

Siberia, Siberia


by Valentin Rasputin

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 443 PAGES
  • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE

A sweeping account of the exploration, conquest and colonization of Russia's "West," beginning with the crossing of the Ural Mountains by the Cossacks in 1580. (SIB01, $22.95)

The Siege

The Siege


by Helen Dunmore

  • LITERATURE
  • 2002
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

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

Singing Story, Healing Drum: Shamans and Storytellers of Turkic Siberia


by Kira Van Deusen

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

An absorbing account of spiritual traditions, tales and religions among the Turkic peoples of Tuva and Khakassia in southern Siberia. (SIB43, $29.95)

Sleeping Beauty, A Legend in Progress


by Tim Scholl

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 272 PAGES

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

Slovak Republic Map


by Freytag & Berndt

  • MAP

A colorful, detailed map of Slovakia at a scale of 1:200,000. (CEU19, $14.95)

Solovki, The Story of Russia Told through Its Most Remarkable Islands

Solovki, The Story of Russia Told through Its Most Remarkable Islands


by Roy Robson

  • HISTORY
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 304 PAGES

A remarkable amount of Russian history has played out among these remote arctic islands in Russia's White Sea. Robson traces the story of the Solovetski Archipelago from settlement by early monks, though its 17th-century expansion into one of the largest monasteries in the world and its 20th-century infamy as fortress and prison camp. (SIB41, $30.00)

The Sons: The Judgement, the Stoker, the Metamorphosis, and Letter to His Father


by Franz Kafka

  • LITERATURE
  • 1989
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

A trio of Kafka's well-known short tales of family tragedy along with a letter to his own father. (CEU18, $12.95)

Soviet Blitzkrieg, The Battle for White Russia, 1944


by Walter S. Dunn

  • HISTORY
  • 2008
  • PAPER
  • 252 PAGES

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

The Soviet Space Race With Apollo


by Asif A. Siddiqi

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 1005 PAGES

Perhaps the most significant space history, Siddiqi's book is the first complete account of the Soviet space program, from the end of World War II through the mid-1970s (RUS304, $34.95)

Space Race, The Epic Battle Between America And the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space

Space Race, The Epic Battle Between America And the Soviet Union for Dominion of Space


by Deborah Cadbury

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

Cadbury's history follows the stories of the two most important men involved in the design of the Soviet space program: the cold, authoritarian Werner von Braun and Sergei Korolev, a survivor of the Stalinist gulag. (RUS303, $24.95)

Sputnik and the Soviet Space Challenge


by Asif A. Siddiqi

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 527 PAGES

An amazing accomplishment in the writing of space history, Siddiqi's book scratches beneath the surface of the Soviet space history to understand its methods and implications in detail. (RUS305, $34.95)

St. Petersburg, A Cultural History

St. Petersburg, A Cultural History


by Solomon Volkov | Antonina Bouis

  • HISTORY
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 598 PAGES

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

Stalin, Breaker of Nations


by Robert Conquest

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1992
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

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

Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar

Stalin, The Court of the Red Tsar


by Simon Sebag Montefiore

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 848 PAGES

An enthralling, comprehensive portrait of Joseph Stalin and his court, drawing on archival material and interviews with surviving figures. At 800 pages, there is ample room for personal and anecdotal information about Stalin. (RUS228, $19.95)

Stalingrad, The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943

Stalingrad, The Fateful Siege, 1942-1943


by Antony Beevor

  • HISTORY
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 491 PAGES

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

Stories from a Siberian Village


by Vasily Shukshin | Laura Michael | John Givens | Kathleen Parthe

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

A series of 25 stories from Russian author, actor and filmmaker Vasily Shukshin. Set in rural Siberia, these tales are not so much about the landscapes of the region, as they are about the people that inhabit them. (SIB19, $18.00)

Summer Meditations

Summer Meditations


by Vaclav Havel | Paul Wilson

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 180 PAGES

The first leader of the post-Soviet Czech Republic waxes philosophical. (CZH33, $14.95)

A Summer on the Yenesei, 1914


by Maud D. Haviland

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1971
  • HARD COVER
  • 328 PAGES

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

Tales of Belkin and Other Prose Writings


by Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 198 PAGES

This sampling of Pushkin's short stories includes his autobiographical "A Journey to Arzrum," the tale of travels from Moscow across the Caucasus and Georgia to Turkey during the war of 1829. (RUS232, $13.00)

The Taste of Dreams, An Obsession with Russia and Caviar


by Vanora Bennett

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 276 PAGES

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

Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian Script


by Daphne West

  • LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 119 PAGES

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

Teach Yourself Beginner's Russian, An Easy Introduction


by Rachel Farmer

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

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

Ten Days That Shook the World

Ten Days That Shook the World


by John Reed

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 368 PAGES

An eyewitness account of the Russian Revolution by an American journalist, a political classic that captures the spirit of those heady days of excitement and idealism before disillusion and cynicism set in. (RUS13, $13.00)

Tevye the Dairyman and the Railroad Stories


by Sholem Aleichem

  • LITERATURE
  • 1996
  • PAPER

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

Thomas Cook Travellers Moscow & St Petersburg


by Chris Booth

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES

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

Thunder at Twilight, Vienna 1913-1914

Thunder at Twilight, Vienna 1913-1914


by Frederic Morton

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A portrait of the city on the brink of World War by the author of Vienna, A Nervous Splendor. (AST67, $18.95)

Time Out Budapest

Time Out Budapest


by Time Out

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Compact and up-to-date, this is an outstanding guide for where to go and what to do in Budapest. With maps and introductory chapters on culture and history. (HGR09, $19.95)

To the Finland Station


by Edmond Wilson

  • HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 507 PAGES

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

Track of the Tiger, Legend and Lore of the Great Cat


by Maurice Hornocker

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 1997
  • HARD COVER
  • 120 PAGES

A visually stunning celebration of the tiger. (BST19, $30.00)

Tragedy of Russia's Reforms, Market Bolshevism Against Democracy


by Peter Reddaway | Dmitri Glinsky

  • HISTORY
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 768 PAGES

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

Trans-Siberian Handbook

Trans-Siberian Handbook


by Bryn Thomas

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 512 PAGES

Featuring maps, history and practical details for cities and sights from Moscow to Irkutsk and Vladivostok. (RUS73, $21.95)

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


by Timothy J. Colton

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

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

A Travel Guide to Jewish Russia & Ukraine

A Travel Guide to Jewish Russia & Ukraine


by Ben G. Frank

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 400 PAGES

A focused, informative guide to both historical and contemporary sites of Jewish interest. The author follows in the footsteps of the 12th-century Rabbi Benjamin of Tudela. With historical context, practical travel information and brief descriptions of synagogues, museums, monuments and schools. (RUS173, $25.00)

A Traveller's Companion To Moscow

A Traveller's Companion To Moscow


by Laur Kelly

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 321 PAGES

A splendid introduction to the city. (RUS294, $16.95)

A Traveller's Companion to Prague

A Traveller's Companion to Prague


by Jan Kaplan

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2005
  • PAPER
  • 252 PAGES

A portrait of the city, its neighborhoods, architecture, society and culture as seen through the eyes of writers over the centuries, including Petrarch, Hans Christian Anderson, Graham Greene and Patrick Leigh Fermor. (CZH65, $16.95)

A Traveller's Companion to St. Petersburg

A Traveller's Companion to St. Petersburg


by Laurence Kelly

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 285 PAGES

This illuminating selection of readings, enhanced by maps and and engravings, covers the city from its foundation to the fall of the Tsars. Includes chapters on early days, palaces and museums, politics and iconic places throughout the city. (RUS214, $16.95)

A Traveller's History of Russia

A Traveller's History of Russia


by Peter Neville

  • HISTORY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

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

Travels with Myself and Another, A Memoir

Travels with Myself and Another, A Memoir


by Martha Gellhorn

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES

Gellhorn's collection of unforgettable journeys, first published in 1979. The incisive writer often traveled with Ernest Hemingway, the "another" of the title, who was her husband at the time. (TVL25, $15.95)

Treasury of Ukrainian Love: Poems, Quotations & Proverbs in Ukranian and English

Treasury of Ukrainian Love: Poems, Quotations & Proverbs in Ukranian and English


by Helene Turkewicz-Sanko

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 128 PAGES

A short selection of Ukrainian writing (generally poetry) on the subject of love. (RUS117, $11.95)

The Trial, A New Translation Based on the Restored Text

The Trial, A New Translation Based on the Restored Text


by Franz Kafka | Breon Mitchell

  • LITERATURE
  • 1995
  • PAPER
  • 281 PAGES

The story of Joseph K., a man who is unjustly accused of an undisclosed crime. (CZH46, $14.00)

The Turkish Gambit

The Turkish Gambit


by Andrew Bromfield | Boris Akunin

  • MYSTERY
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 224 PAGES

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

Two Sides of the Moon, Our Story of the Cold War Space Race


by Tom Hanks | Neil Armstrong | Alexei Leonov | David Randolph Scott

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 448 PAGES

Astronaut David Scott and cosmonaut Alexei Leonov provide a unique perspective on the space race in this dual autobiography. (RUS302, $19.99)

Ukraine Map

Ukraine Map


by ITMB

  • MAP

A map of Ukraine, at a scale of 1:1,000,000. (RUS86, $11.95)

Ultimate Spy


by H. Keith Melton | Markus Wolf | DK Publishing | Richard Helms

  • HISTORY
  • 2009
  • HARD COVER
  • 208 PAGES

A treasure trove for espionage buffs, this ingeniously arranged collection of gadgets, documents and archival photographs is drawn from the Cold War peak of international intrigue. (SPY16, $22.95)

The Unbearable Lightness of Being

The Unbearable Lightness of Being


by Milan Kundera

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • HARD COVER
  • 331 PAGES

The 20th anniversary edition of Kundera's celebrated novel, praised for its meditations on the nature of men and women, and its portrayal of life in Prague under Communism. (CZH62, $23.99)

Under A Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1948


by Heda Kovaly | Helen Epstein

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 192 PAGES
  • OUT OF PRINT

A spirited autobiography of a young Jewish woman in Prague. (CZH45, $15.00)

Under the Frog

Under the Frog


by Tibor Fischer

  • LITERATURE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

Irony and wit pervade this novel set against the backdrop of the short-lived Hungarian revolution of 1956. The author's own experiences are played out by a cast of Kafkaesque characters all looking for a way though the turbulent days before the Russian tanks roll into Budapest. (HGR12, $17.00)

Utz

Utz


by Bruce Chatwin

  • LITERATURE
  • 1988
  • PAPER
  • 154 PAGES

That gallivanting Bruce Chatwin introduces us to Kaspar Utz, an obsessive collector of Meissen porcelain, in this short novel memorably set in Prague under the Iron Curtain. (CZH31, $15.00)

Valery Gergiev and the Kirov, A Story of Survival


by John Ardoin

  • MUSIC
  • 2001
  • HARD COVER
  • 296 PAGES

Both a sumptuously illustrated history of St. Petersburg's Mariinsky Theater (aka the Kirov) and a portrait of its enthusiastic and talented artistic director, Valery Gergiev. (RUS212, $34.95)

Valse des Fleurs, A Day in St Petersburg in 1868


by Sacheverell Sitwell

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 151 PAGES

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

The Walker's Literary Companion

The Walker's Literary Companion


by Robert Gilbert | Anne Wallace | Jeffrey Robinson

  • ANTHOLOGY
  • 2000
  • HARD COVER
  • 352 PAGES

A diverse sampling of literature on the pleasures of walking, representing philosophers, naturalists, outcasts, athletes and intellectuals from Plato to Frank O'Hara. (WLK08, $24.00)

Walking

Walking


by Henry David Thoreau

  • REFERENCE
  • 1994
  • PAPER
  • 92 PAGES

Slip this pocket edition of Thoreau's meditations on the spiritual benefits of this most civilized form of travel in your daypack for inspiration. (WLK04, $9.99)

War and Peace


by Leo Tolstoy | Constance Garnett

  • LITERATURE
  • 1983
  • PAPER
  • 1344 PAGES

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

We Now Know, Rethinking Cold War History


by John Lewis Gaddis

  • HISTORY
  • 1998
  • PAPER
  • 425 PAGES

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

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

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


by Ornella D'Alessio | Marco Santini

  • FOOD
  • 2005
  • HARD COVER
  • 324 PAGES

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

The Winter Queen

The Winter Queen


by Boris Akunin | Andrew Bromfield

  • LITERATURE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 249 PAGES

Akunin sets a suspected murder among the glitterati of late 19th-century Moscow in this first book in the series of clever detective novels starring the rascal Erast Fandorin, wildly popular in Russia. The series continues with: The Turkish Gambit (RUS263), set during the 1877 Russo-Turkish War; Murder on the Leviathan (RUS225), an homage to Christie; and The Death of Achilles (RUS291), back in Moscow. Fandorin is deputy to the governor-general of czarist Moscow in Special Assignments (RUS371), facing a serial murder and a swindler. (RUS210, $15.00)

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


by Frances Farmborough

  • HISTORY
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 422 PAGES

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

Woman from Hamburg And Other True Stories


by Hanna Krall | Madeline G. Levine

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 272 PAGES

Krall reveals the lives and strange trajectories of her compatriots in these poignant stories, profiles and interviews of survivors of WWII. (PLD49, $14.95)

A Woman in Amber

A Woman in Amber


by Agate Nesaule

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 280 PAGES

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

Women of the Four Winds

Women of the Four Winds


by Elizabeth Olds

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 1999
  • PAPER
  • 336 PAGES

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

A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age

A World Lit Only By Fire: The Medieval Mind and the Renaissance, Portrait of an Age


by William Manchester

  • HISTORY
  • 1993
  • PAPER
  • 322 PAGES

Organized into sections on the Renaissance, Reformation and Discovery, Manchester's popular history evokes in vivid detail the great figures and daily life of the 16th century, including Henry VIII, Magellan, Borgia, da Vinci and Martin Luther. (EUR06, $15.99)

Yiddish Folktales

Yiddish Folktales


by Beatrice Weinreich

  • LITERATURE
  • 1997
  • PAPER
  • 413 PAGES

A collection of 178 tales, many very short, of princesses and witches, dybbuks and wonder-working rebbes, gathered during the 1920s and 1930s by ethnographers in the small towns and villages of Eastern Europe. (CEU33, $18.00)

 

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