101 Stories of the Great Ballets  •  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. Includes production notes, summaries and personal comments for various productions of each ballet. (GEN262, $17.95)
The 900 Days, The Siege of Leningrad  •  Harrison Salisbury HISTORY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 640 PAGES Salisbury's detailed account of the Nazi blockade of Leningrad (now St Petersburg). During the siege, the only open route to the city lay across Lake Ladoga, where supplies could be driven on an ice road to the starving city in the winter. Lake Ladoga is included on river voyages between Moscow and St. Petersburg. (RUS235, $27.00)
Alexander Pushkin, The Collected Stories  •  Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin LITERATURE •  1999 •  HARD COVER  • 548 PAGES An expanded collection of Pushkin's tales, including The Captain's Daughter, The Queen of Spades, Tales of Belkin, and many shorter works. With a long introduction by John Bayley and chronology. Translated and presented by Paul Debreczeny. (RUS196, $21.00)
All Along the Danube: Recipes from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, & Bulgaria  •  Marina Polvay FOOD •  2000 •  PAPER  • 360 PAGES Subtitled "Recipes from Germany, Austria, Czechoslovakia, Yugoslavia, Hungary, Romania, & Bulgaria," this is a classic cookbook from Central Europe. It includes some thoughtful comments on culture. (EUR42, $16.95)
All the Views Fit to Print, Changing Images of the U.S. In Pravda Political Cartoons, 1917-1991  •  Kevin J. McKenna HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES Arranged chronologically, this scholarly book dissects Russian political cartoons and their depictions of America. It's an interesting study of the propaganda war waged throughout the 20th century. (RUS179, $49.95)
The Amazing Adventures of Kavalier & Clay  •  Michael Chabon LITERATURE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 656 PAGES A dazzling tale that follows its heros from Nazi-occupied Prague to New York and the Antarctic, where US forces are stationed to keep an eye on the Germans. Houdini, the Golem, Hitler, inventor of the superhero Stan Lee and other mostly historical figues make an appearance in the lives of Chabon's protagonists Joe and Sammy. Even if you're not much interested in New York or the golden age of comic books (and are puzzled by swoops and twists of the comic-book plot), you'll appreciate Chabon's flare for language and his characters. It won a Pulitzer. (ANT175, $15.00)
The Amber Room, The Fate of the World's Greatest Lost Treasure  •  Adrian Levy  •  Catherine Scott-Clark HISTORY •  2005 •  PAPER  • 368 PAGES Two investigative journalists on the trail of a roomful of amber from the days of Peter the Great, missing since the Siege of Leningrad in 1941. Scott-Clark and Levy have also written a book on the search for prized Burmese jade (The Stone of Heaven). (RUS244, $16.00)
Among the Russians  •  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 complex Russian identity in this lyrical book, first published as "Where Nights are Longest." Thubron combines his encounters with the interesting characters he meets with Russian history, politics and insightful commentary. Highly recommended. (RUS106, $14.00)
Anna Karenina  •  Leo Tolstoy  •  Larissa Volokhonsky  •  Richa Pevear LITERATURE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 838 PAGES Tolstoy's tragic love story of the beautiful, but married Anna, and her passionate affair with the dashing Count Vronsky. An adulterous relationship in late 19th Century Russia is not without its harsh consequences -- Anna loses her family and is ostracized by those around her in a social downfall. Interwoven with the story of Konstantin Levin and Princess Kitty Shcerbatsky, this epic work is a timeless novel of desire, weakness, and the search for love. (RUS81, $16.00)
Architecture of New Prague 1895-1945  •  Rostislav Svacha  •  Alexandra Buchler  •  Jan Maly ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1995 •  HARD COVER  • 544 PAGES Originally published in Czech in 1985, this groundbreaking book stakes out the first half of the 20th century as a seminal period for Czech architecture. It's a major scholarly survey of cubist, rondocubist and constructivist contributions to Prague, with site plans, excellent black-and-white photos of buildings and scholarly paraphernalia. (CZH49, $75.00)
Around the Bloc: My Life in Moscow, Beijing, and Havana  •  Stephanie Elizondo Griest BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  2004 •  PAPER  • 416 PAGES The offbeat memoirs of a native Texan who spent four years as a volunteer in Moscow, a propaganda officer in Beijing, and a belly dancer in Havana. You may have come across Griest's distinctive voice in a collection of Travelers' Tales, where she is a regular contributor. She's young, a witty observer with a way with words, and utterly passionate about travel. This is her first book, as much memoir as travel account, spanning four years and three continents. (RUS242, $14.95)
The Arsonist  •  Egon Hostovsky  •  Christopher Morris LITERATURE •  1996 •  HARD COVER  • 165 PAGES A slippery, intriguing tale of resentment and frustration set in Zbecnov, a town of the eastern of Bohemia (not unlike the town where Hostovsky was raised). Originally published in 1935, the novel explores the town and its youth in the face of a suspicious fire. (CZH42, $17.50)
The Art and Architecture of Russia  •  George Hamilton  •  Judith Gordon ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1992 •  PAPER  • 482 PAGES An informed, engaging and comprehensive history of the art and architecture of Western Russia from the beginnings of Kievan Rus through the revolution and Russian empire, first published in 1954. It includes a splendid discussion of the development of St. Petersburg in the 18th and 19th centuries. Organized largely by geography, it's a good handbook for the traveler that goes beyond Moscow and St. Petersburg to include Kiev, Novgorod, Pskov and Vladimir-Suzdal. With 314 black-and-white illustrations. (RUS38, $32.00)
Art for Travellers Prague  •  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  •  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  •  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 what little is known of the fearsome Huns and westward push from the Russian steppes. For a brief moment the Hun Empire stretched from the Caspian Sea to the Rhine, and south to the Baltic. (HGR46, $25.00)
Avant-Guide Prague, Insiders' Guide for Urban Adventures  •  Dan Levine GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 328 PAGES Created by a former Frommer's writer who wanted to make guidebooks which were neither travel essays nor phone books, this opinionated volume packs useful, youthful information into a colorful format. Includes interviews with Czech notables, maps, photos and some of the funniest descriptions to ever grace a "guidebook." Each restaurant, shiop, hotel or site is given a nice, long description. The jazzy design, with text often printed against a dark background, looks interesteing but makes this book none too easy to read. What were they thinking? (CZH22, $19.95)
The Axe  •  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  •  Bernard Taper BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1996 •  PAPER  • 448 PAGES Taper sorts out the controversial legacy of the legendary choreographer in this study of his life. A newly added epilogue to this reprint of the original 1984 work examines how ballet been affected by Balanchine's death. (RUS193, $29.95)
Ballet 101, A Complete Guide to Learning and Loving the Ballet  •  Robert Greskovic REFERENCE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 512 PAGES A comprehensive, well-written primer to getting the most out of your trip to the ballet. Aimed at alleviating the intimidation often associated with the ballet, dance critic Robert Greskovic offers readers an excellent digest of the art. He includes an account of ballet's international history, a dancer's training, the logistics of performance and a detailed look at 12 influential ballets. (GEN263, $16.95)
The Ballets Russes and Its World  •  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, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and the Path to Independence  •  Anatol Lieven HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 454 PAGES Lieven explores the culture and personality of the Baltic peoples, their religious and national differences and relations with Russia and the West. Written by a London Times correspondent who interweaves interviews, observations and history to reveal post-Glasnost Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. (BLT02, $32.50)
Baroque and Rococo Art  •  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, $16.95)
Bela Bartok and Turn-of-the-Centry Budapest  •  Judith Frigyesi CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2000 •  PAPER  • 429 PAGES A look at Bartok's art and the social and culural life out of which it emerged in turn-of-the-century Hungary. Frigyesi's looks not only at Bartok but also the critic George Lukacs, and poet Endre Ady. (HGR35, $26.95)
Belarus, At a Crossroads in History  •  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, $32.00)
Belorussia, Western Russia, Ukraine, North Map  •  GeoCenter MAP A map of Belarus, the northern Ukraine and Western Russia at a scale of 1:750,000. (RUS137, $11.95)
Berlitz Russian Phrase Book & Dictionary  •  Berlitz Pocket Guides LANGUAGE & PHRASEBOOKS •  1998 •  PAPER  • 192 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  •  Killian Mullarney  •  Lars Svensson  •  Dan Zetterstrom  •  Peter J. Grant FIELD GUIDE •  2000 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES • FAVORITE This Princeton Field Guide features 3,500 illustrations by Killian Mullarney and Dan Zetterstrom. Color plates depict every species -- and sometimes several different variants -- for 722 birds found from the Urals to the Atlantic, Scandinavia to the Middle East. (FG47, $29.95)
Black Earth, A Journey Through Russia After the Fall  •  Andrew Meier TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 511 PAGES Meier, a journalist who covered Russia for "Time" from 1996-2001, ventures far outside the Kremlin gates for this account of typical Russians since the collapse of the Soviet Union. He focuses his report on South, North, East and West: war-torn Chechnya; the industrial northern city of Norilisk; the forgotten island of forgotten Sakhalin; and progressive St. Petersburg. An insightful portrait much in the spirit of David Remnick's "Resurrection." (RUS213, $28.95)
Black Earth, A Journey Through Russia After the Fall  •  Andrew Meier CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2005 •  PAPER  • 516 PAGES Meier, a journalist who covered Russia for Time from 1996-2001, ventures outside the Kremlin for this portrait of Russia and of the lives of typical Russians since the collapse of the Soviet Union. He travels South, North, East and West to war-torn Chechnya, the industrial northern city of Norilisk, forgotten Sakhalin, and progressive St. Petersburg. An insightful portrait much in the spirit of David Remnick's Resurrection. (RUS236, $15.95)
Black Night White Snow, Russia's Revolutions 1905-1917  •  Harrison Salisbury HISTORY •  1977 •  PAPER  • 746 PAGES A correspondent for the "New York Times" and the author of several fine books on Russia, Salisbury surveys the poets, prophets and religious fanatics that peopled this momentous era of Russian history. The book is an evocative, moving account of one of the great political tragedies of the 20th century -- brought to life in colorful detail. It begins with the execution of Lenin's brother for the attempted assassination of Tsar Alexander III, and goes on to paint a vivid picture of the fatal crush of the crowds at Tsar Nicolas II's coronation, Bloody Sunday, the abdication of the tsar, the storming of the Winter Palace in the October Revolution, the Communist takeover, and the first days of the emerging Soviet Union. (RUS12, $16.95)
Black Sea  •  Neal Ascherson CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1996 •  PAPER  • 306 PAGES A vivid and entertaining exploration of the Black Sea, with its unique mingling of cultures. Ascherson skillfully interweaves nature, politics, and culture as he describes both the history of the region and the current state of affairs. (RUS46, $18.00)
Blue Guide Budapest  •  Bob Dent GUIDEBOOK •  2001 •  A comprehensive guide to the art, architecture, museums, history and culture of Budapest. With 30 illustrations, maps and site diagrams, recommended restaurants, cafes and hotels. (HGR20, $18.95)
Blue Guide Czech and Slovak Republic  •  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  •  Jasper Tilbury GUIDEBOOK •  2004 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES A detailed guide to the jewel of Eastern Europe complete with practical information, maps and cultural and historical background of Prague and Central Bohemia. With a color map, site plans and line drawings. (CZH56, $21.95)
The Book of Images  •  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. With poems reflecting on his childhood in Bohemia. (GER122, $16.00)
The Book of Laughter and Forgetting  •  Milan Kundera LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 312 PAGES Called a novel, this book is actually equal parts fairy tale, autobiography, philosophical treatise and literary criticism. Kundera strings together loosely related short stories to form an original and entertaining look at Czech culture. (CZH17, $13.95)
Borderland, A Journey Through the History of Ukraine  •  Anna Reid HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 272 PAGES A lively survey of the traditions and history of Ukraine, organized geographically. Reid, who was for three years the Kiev correspondent for the Economist, combines first-person reports, interviews and history in this insightful portrait of the region. (RUS84, $17.00)
Bradt Guide Georgia  •  Tim Burford GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 288 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. Filled with photographs, maps and excellent travel information, including visiting Armenia on a three day visa. (CCS03, $25.99)
Bradt Guide Hungary  •  Jo Scotchmer  •  Adrian Phillips GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  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, $21.95)
Bradt Guide Serbia  •  Laurence Mitchell GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 320 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  •  Stanislaw Baranczak CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1992 •  PAPER  • 258 PAGES Poet and professor Stanislaw Baranczak, a fixture on the Eastern European intellectual scene in the second half of the 20th century, reflects on writers and writing in this collection of stimulating and insightful essays. (EUR139, $12.50)
The Bronze Horseman  •  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  •  Fyodor Dostoevsky  •  Larissa Volokhonsky  •  Richard Pevear LITERATURE •  1991 •  PAPER  • 832 PAGES Dostoyevsky's final masterpiece, the introspective, philosophical novel of four very different brothers dealing with the murder of their father. This edition is an acclaimed recent translation. (RUS108, $18.00)
Budapest Exit, A Memoir of Fascism, Communism and Freedom  •  Csaba Teglas BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1998 •  HARD COVER  • 162 PAGES Teglas writes with simplicity of coming of age in Budapest during the Nazi invasion, Stalinist takeover and the failed 1956 Hungarian revolution. Through it all, he got a degree, married and riased a family -- and ultimately escaped to the United States. (HGR36, $27.95)
Burning Lights  •  Bella Chagall  •  Marc Chagall  •  Norbert Guterman BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1988 •  PAPER  • 268 PAGES A memoir of growing up in the city of Vitebsk, Belarus in the beginning of the 20th century. Illustrated by the author's husband (famous artist Marc Chagall), this is a woman's story of life in traditional Belorussian society. (RUS122, $19.00)
C.I.S. and the Baltic States Map  •  Hildebrand MAP A reasonably detailed map of Western Russia and the Baltics (at a scale of 1:3.5 million) with a general all the states of the former USSR on the reverse at a scale of 1:15.7 million. The more detailed map includes not only the western portion of Russia, but much of Central Asia, right up to the Chinese border. (RUS22, $14.95)
Cadogan Guide Prague  •  Sadakat Kadri GUIDEBOOK •  2002 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES A comprehensive guide to Prague in the excellent British series featuring a 14-page section of full-page, full-color street maps and detailed listings of where to go and what to do. With 80 hotels and 155 restuarants, all described. (CZH48, $14.95)
Cambridge Companion to Modern Russian Culture  •  Nicholas Rzhevsky CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1998 •  PAPER  • 372 PAGES A collection of scholarly articles on Russian culture. (RUS295, $31.99)
St. Petersburg Map  •  Borch Maps 2005 •  MAP A detailed, laminated city plan of St. Petersburg at a scale of 1:11,000, with street index inset. Place names are in transliterated English. (RUS89, $7.95)
Candles in the Dark, A New Spirit for a Plural World  •  Barbara Baudot  •  Vaclav Havel ANTHOLOGY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 400 PAGES A thought-provoling and timely guide to putting globalization and public policy into a firm ethical context. With contributions by diverse scholars, politicians and advocates. (WLD36, $25.00)
The Captain's Daughter and Other Stories  •  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, $11.95)
The Castle, A New Translation, Based on the Restored Text  •  Franz Kafka  •  Mark Harman  •  Malcolm Pasley LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 328 PAGES The story of a man, known only as K, and his fruitless struggle to gain entrance into The Castle and all that the castle may represent. This new translation of Kafka's unfinished masterpiece does great justice to the author's powerful tale. (EUR68, $14.00)
Cathedrals and Castles, Building in the Middle Ages  •  Alain Erlande-Brandenburg ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 175 PAGES • HARD TO FIND ELSEWHERE A slim encyclopedia of the art, architecture and culture of the Middle Ages. This volume in the acclaimed "Discoveries" series features hundreds of drawings and color illustrations, a brief chronology and more information than you would imagine between its slim covers. Take it along to gain a better appreciation of the Middle Ages and its legacy in Europe. (MED07, $12.95)
Catherine the Great  •  Henri Troyat BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1994 •  PAPER  • 377 PAGES One of the world's most notable biographers creates a grand portrait of a great monarch. This Russian-born French biographer of Tolstoy, Chekhov, Turgenev, Pushkin, Dostoevsky, and Gogol weaves a rich tapestry of history that reads like a novel. Seizing power from her husband and second cousin Peter III, Catherine fights and beats the Turks, defeats rebellion, partitions Poland, raises the prestige of Russia in Europe by corresponding with French philosophers and buying western art, and brings vast new lands under her 34-year reign. (RUS10, $18.00)
Caucasus: Georgia, Armenia, Azerbaijan  •  Freytag & Berndt REFERENCE •  MAP A travel map of the Caucasus at a scale 1:1,000,000. (CCS01, $12.95)
Central Europe Map  •  Freytag & Berndt 2004 •  MAP A colorful physical relief map of Central Europe at a scale of 1:2,000,000. (EUR12, $11.95)
Central Europe, Enemies, Neighbors, Friends  •  Lonnie Johnson HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 351 PAGES An academic survey of the social, political, and economic past of Central Europe, and the conflicts that stir modern-day European politics. From medieval to modern times, the formative historical events of Germany, Poland, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, Austria, Hungary, Slovenia, and Croatia, are all introduced. Johnson is especially successful in analyzing the struggle of small nations in the face of imperial powers and how these experiences have created a diverse European heritage. With maps. Awarded an Outstanding Academic Book of 1997 by Choice. (EUR69, $39.95)
A Century of Ambivalence, The Jews of Russia and the Soviet Union, 1881 to the Present  •  Zvi Y. Gitelman HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 321 PAGES A strikingly illustrated history of Jewish life in Russia, originally published in 1988 and expanded for this second edition. With two new chapters on the fate of Jews and Judaism in the former Soviet Union, 200 black-and-white photographs from YIVO Institute for Jewish Research and three maps. Zvi Gitelman is Professor of Political Science and Director of the Jean and Samuel Frankel Center for Judaic Studies at the University of Michigan. (RUS172, $24.95)
Clara's Grand Tour, Travels With a Rhinoceros in Eighteenth-century Europe  •  Glynis Ridley HISTORY •  2006 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES The entertaining history of a most unusual eighteenth-century European celebrity. Clara the Indian rhinoceros was brought to Europe in 1741 by the Dutch sea captain Douwemout Van der Meer, and toured for seventeen years, to the delight of heads of state such as Louis XV and Frederick the Great. A marvelous and unique look at the introduction of Eastern wildlife into the Western world. (FRN536, $12.00)
Collected Stories  •  Franz Kafka LITERATURE •  1993 •  HARD COVER  • 560 PAGES A comprehensive antholgy of Kafka's stories in an Everyman's Library edition. (CZH61, $22.00)
The Collected Stories of Isaac Babel  •  Isaac Babel LITERATURE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 511 PAGES An authoritative edition of Isaac Babel's powerful short fiction, edited by his daughter Nathalie Babel and translated by award-winner Peter Constantine. This edition includes among its treasures his early Red Cavalry Stories and The Odessa Tales, masterpieces that draw on Babel's experiences. This work follows in the wake of the extraordinary Complete Works of Isaac Babel by the same team. (RUS171, $16.95)
The Coming Anarchy, Shattering the Dreams of the Post Cold War  •  Robert D. Kaplan TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES Topical essays by the prolific Robert Kaplan. (WLD51, $13.95)
Commonwealth of Independent States Map  •  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). The map of Western Russia is the same plate as that for Eastern Europe (Item EUR36). (RUS133, $12.95)
Communism, A History  •  Richard Pipes HISTORY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 192 PAGES A short, fiercely critical history of communism from the ideas of Karl Marx to the end of the 20th century by the Harvard historian and critic of the Soviet Union (which is the focus of much of the book). A volume in the excellent Modern Library chronicles series. (GEN367, $13.95)
The Complete Stories  •  Franz Kafka LITERATURE •  1995 •  PAPER  • 486 PAGES All of Kafka's stories, including The Metamorphosis, A Hunger Artist, and In The Penal Colony. Edited by Nahum Glatzer with a foreword by John Updike. (CZH47, $15.00)
A Concise History of Bulgaria  •  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. Second edition. (BGR01, $25.99)
A Concise History of the Russian Revolution  •  Peter Dimock  •  Richard Pipes HISTORY •  1996 •  PAPER  • 431 PAGES A scholarly analysis of the Russian revolution by Harvard Scholar Richard Pipes, from the events that catalyzed the revolution, to its conclusion and aftermath. Includes glossary, chronology, and photographs of important players of the Revolution. (RUS98, $17.00)
Confessions of a Fallen Standard-Bearer  •  Andrei Makine LITERATURE •  2001 •  PAPER  • 144 PAGES The celebrated contemporary Russian author follows two ideologically fervent boys, Arkady and Alyosha, as they come of age in post-Stalin Soviet Union. (RUS136, $21.95)
Contemporary Jewish Writing In Hungary: An Anthology  •  Eva Forgacs  •  Susan Robin Suleiman ANTHOLOGY •  2003 •  PAPER  • 520 PAGES This anthology of Hungarian authors both famous (Pulitzer Prize winner Imre Kertesz) and never-before-published-in-English (too many to name) contains a mixture of novel and memoir excerpts, short stories and poetry. The authors span the generations from pre-World War II to post-Communist. The editors are distinguished in their own rights, Suleiman a Comparative Literature professor at Harvard, Forgacs an art history professor formerly of the Hungarian Academy of Crafts and Designs. (HGR39, $24.95)
The Cossacks  •  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, $11.95)
The Cossacks, An Illustrated History  •  John Ure HISTORY •  2001 •  HARD COVER  • 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. With 105 color and 30 black and white illustrations. Interestingly, Ure challenges the notion that the Cossacks are no longer influential (or evident), detailing their involvement in Chechnya, Bosnia and other places. (RUS135, $45.00)
Cracks in the Iron Closet, Travels in Gay and Lesbian Russia  •  David Tuller TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 344 PAGES A soul-searching reporter from the San Francisco Chronicle out and about in 1990s Russia. Tuller mixes travelogue with history, social analysis, and lots of comentary on his circle of friends and aquaintances (including the lesbian he fell for). It's an intimate, slightly surreal portrait of an emerging gay subculture in modern Russia. (RUS149, $15.00)
Crime and Punishment  •  Fyodor Dostoevsky  •  David McDuff LITERATURE •  2002 •  PAPER  • 647 PAGES The greatest detective story ever told and an inspiration to Freud in developing his psychoanalytic theory, this thriller of murder and redemption, set in St. Petersburg and redolent of its atmosphere, details the tragic, personal consequences of isolation, alienation, cynicism, and nihilism and sets the stage for the great social tragedy to come in the 20th century. (RUS18, $14.00)
The Crown Jewels, The British Secrets at the Heart of the KGB's Archives  •  Nigel West  •  Oleg Tsarev HISTORY •  1999 •  HARD COVER  • 384 PAGES A lively account of Soviet intelligence activity in Britain from the end of World War I to the late 1950s. West is a prolific British military historian specializing in espionage. (SPY21, $50.00)
Culture Smart! Czech Republic  •  Nicole Rosenleaf Ritter GUIDEBOOK •  2005 •  PAPER A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture. (CZH64, $9.95)
Culture Smart! Hungary  •  Brian McLean GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 168 PAGES A concise, well-illustrated and practical guide to local customs, etiquette and culture, equally of interest to the traveler and business person. (HGR45, $9.95)
Czech and Slovak Republics Map  •  Freytag & Berndt 2006 •  MAP A detailed, fully indexed map to the Czech and Slovak Republics at a scale of 1:400,000. It is also the most detailed map available of the route of the Danube between Regensburg and Budapest. Published in Austria. (EUR35, $12.95)
Czecho/Slovakia: Ethnic Conflict, Constitutional Fissure, Negotiated Breakup  •  Eric Stein HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 386 PAGES A fascinating, scholarly account of Stein's experiences consulting on constitutional reform in Czechoslovakia. A Czech-born professor of law at the University of Michigan, Stein was asked by Havel and the government to participate in drafting the democratic constitution (a process which ultimately resulted in the orderly breakup of the country). In addition to his own experiences and research, Stein interviews dozens of politicians and others about the failure to reach agreement. (CZH40, $29.95)
Danube  •  Claudio Magris CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2008 •  PAPER  • 416 PAGES • COMING IN OCTOBER A gifted novelist's stimulating journey down the Danube from its source in the heart of what once was the Austro-Hungarian Empire through the Balkans to the Black Sea. The book is an intellectually charged, evocative portrait of the places and personalities of Central Europe. Magris is an erudite, cerebral guide with a penchant for history. On some level, this wholly unclassifiable book is a travelogue. (EUR58, $16.00)
The Danube Cycleway, Donaueschingen to Budapest  •  John Higginson GUIDEBOOK •  2003 •  PAPER  • 168 PAGES A compact, practical guide to the 85-mile biking route along the Danube from Donaueschingen in Bavaria though Austria to Budapest. (CEU20, $18.95)
Days of Defeat and Victory  •  Yegor Gaidar HISTORY •  1999 •  HARD COVER  • 342 PAGES Gaidar, an architect of Yeltsin reforms, offers his lively, candid views on the dramatic events of the 1990s in this eyewitness account and memoir. (RUS231, $30.00)
The Death of Achilles, A Novel  •  Boris Akunin  •  Andrew Bromfield MYSTERY •  2006 •  PAPER The fourth book in the series starring Russian detective Erast Petrovich Fandorin, set in Moscow in 1882. (RUS291, $12.95)
The Decline and Fall of the Soviet Empire: Forty Years that Shook the World, from Stalin to Yeltsin  •  Fred Coleman HISTORY •  1997 •  PAPER  • 480 PAGES Having spent three years in Russia as a correspondent for the Associate Press, Coleman provides an insightful account of post-Stalin Russia. Coleman's main argument is that the disintegration of communism was inevitable with the death of Stalin. He also argues that the US overestimated Soviet power and Western influences could have facilitated the fall of the Soviet Union, prior to 1990. (RUS97, $19.95)
Defiance, The Bielski Partisans  •  Nechama Tec HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 304 PAGES Led by Tuvia Bielski and his brothers, a group of Jews in 1940s Belorusssia, known as the Bieleksi Partisans, mounted an armed rescue Jewish Europeans, saving hundreds from the Holocaust. This is their story, as gathered through interviews by Holocaust surviver Nechama Tec. (RUS120, $26.75)
The Devils  •  Fyodor Dostoevsky  •  David Magarshack LITERATURE •  1954 •  PAPER  • 704 PAGES (RUS309, $13.00)
Doctor Zhivago  •  Boris Pasternak  •  Max Hayward  •  Manya Harari LITERATURE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 592 PAGES This epic story of life and love -- set against the backdrop of the first half of the 20th century -- takes in both World Wars and the Revolution. Banned in Russia upon publication in the 1950s, it was later made into the classic film by David Lean. (RUS222, $15.95)
Dreams of My Russian Summers, A Novel  •  Andrei Makine LITERATURE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 256 PAGES In this widely praised first novel, Makine writes evocatively of the coming of age of a young boy in the Soviet Union of the 1960's and 70's. (RUS266, $14.00)
Dvorak and His World  •  Michael Beckerman MUSIC •  1993 •  PAPER  • 296 PAGES This volume about the famed Czech composer is divided into two parts: the first is a collection of essays dealing with his relations to his country and other composers, while the second is a set of letters, early reviews, and other documents. Together, they provide an interesting view of his personal life and his influence on the world around him. (CZH23, $27.95)
Eastern Europe Map  •  Freytag & Berndt MAP A detailed travel map of Eastern Europe at a scale of 1:2,000,000 with the Baltic States, Belarus, Ukraine and Russia from St. Petersburg to Moscow and the Black Sea. Place names are in the local language and Cyrillic. (EUR36, $11.95)
The Eastern Front, 1914-1917  •  Norman Stone HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES A classic study of Russia's contribution to the First World War. First published in 1975, before Soviet archives were opened, this work details the Russian defeat and how it affected the 1917 revolution. (WAR76, $16.95)
Echoes of a Native Land, Two Centuries of a Russian Village  •  Serge Schmemann CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  1999 •  PAPER  • 350 PAGES The author, a Pulitzer Prize-winning journalist based in Moscow, draws on his knowledge of Russia, family photographs, letters and memoirs to tell the story of the czarist past and present realities of his ancestral home outside Moscow. (RUS27, $19.00)
Ecological Imperialism: The Biological Expansion of Europe, 900-1900  •  Alfred W. Crosby NATURAL HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 370 PAGES A pleasure to read, this book is the moving tale of how early explorers, colonists and settlers inadvertently reshaped our biological world. It is the story of the displacement of native plants and animals, transfer of disease and other exchanges of organisms, good and bad, between the old and new world. Second, updated edition. (NAT22, $24.99)
Economic and Social History of Medieval Europe  •  Henri Pirenne HISTORY •  1936 •  PAPER  • 224 PAGES • COMING IN 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. It gives a concise picture of medieval Western Europe, including social disturbances, economic and social catastrophes, famine and the Black Death. A separate section on the North Sea and the Baltic contains specific references to the Hanseatic League. (EUR18, $15.00)
Empire, The Russian Empire and Its Rivals  •  Dominic Lieven HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 528 PAGES (RUS296, $22.00)
The Empress & the Architect, British Architecture and Gardens at the Court of Catherine the Great  •  Dmitri Shvidkovsky ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1996 •  HARD COVER  • 273 PAGES A gorgeous oversize survey of the 18th-century palaces, towns, parks and gardens in Russia designed by Charles Cameron, the Scottish architect to the court of Catherine the Great. With 190 black-and-white and 100 color illustrations, including architectural drawings and engravings, watercolors and modern color photographs. Shvidkovsky is a leading historian of Russian architecture. Appropriate attention is devoted to Catherine's Palace at Pushkin (Tsarkoye Selo) and Pavlovsk. (RUS259, $80.00)
The End of Eurasia, Russia on the Border Between Geopolitics and Globalization  •  Dmitri Trenin HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 345 PAGES A thought provoking analysis of Russia's foreign policy by the deputy director of the Carnegie Moscow Center (and a retired Russian army officer). Trenin -- who argues for a Euro-centered Russia and integration with the West -- looks at Russia's western face, its southern borders with the Islamic republics of Central Asia and the far east, increasingly dominated by China. (RUS163, $24.95)
The Engineer of Human Souls  •  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, $14.95)
Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse  •  James E. Falen  •  Aleksandr Sergeevich Pushkin LITERATURE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 240 PAGES A master work by one of Russia's most respected poets. Set in early 19th-century Russia, Pushkin's verse novel tells the tale of three men and three women, interwoven with a variety of literal philosophical and autobiographical tangents. (RUS101, $9.95)
Eugene Onegin, A Novel in Verse  •  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, $22.95)
Eyewitness Guide Moscow  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2007 •  PAPER  • 263 PAGES An outstanding guide to Moscow, its culture, history and attractions, with excellent local maps, site plans and hundreds of color photographs. It includes a select, annotated listing of recommended hotels, restaurants, cafes and shops. (RUS164, $23.00)
Eyewitness Guide Prague  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 264 PAGES This superb guide to Prague features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the celebrated city's attractions. Handsome, convenient and up-to-date, this is the guide to carry. (CZH01, $23.00)
Eyewitness Guide Vienna  •  Eyewitness Guides GUIDEBOOK •  2008 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES This superb guide to Vienna features color photography, dozens of excellent neighborhood maps and a district-by-district synopsis of the city's attractions. An extensive timeline of Viennese history, suggested walks in the city, a chapter on day trips in the region, and helpful listings of accommodations, restaurants and shops are also included. (AST01, $23.00)
Faberge in the Royal Collection  •  Caroline De Guitaut ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2003 •  HARD COVER  • 240 PAGES A handsome study of Faberge art and the British Royal Family. Includes essays on the history of the collection, royal collectors, and Faberge's enduring influence. With 220 illustrations, 200 in color. (RUS215, $50.00)
The Face of Russia: Anguish, Aspiration and Achievement in Russian Culture  •  James H. Billington ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 296 PAGES A companion volume to the PBS television series, this is a well informed, entertaining guide to key figures in the history of Russian art and culture. The book is divided into three parts: The Monks, Aristocrats and Masses. Billington covers icon painting, literature of Gogol, Musogsky's music and Eisentstein's ground-breaking films. (RUS54, $16.00)
Fatelessness  •  Imre Kertesz  •  Tim Wilkinson LITERATURE •  2004 •  PAPER  • 288 PAGES This powerful novel by a Pulitzer Prize-winner tells the story of a teenage boy deported from Hungary to the Nazi death camps in 1944. It's drawn from Kertesz's own experiences in Auschwitz and Buchenwald. In a new tranlsation by Tim Wilkinson. (CEU26, $13.95)
Fathers and Sons  •  Ivan Turgenev LITERATURE •  1975 •  PAPER  • 295 PAGES This book is the original exploration of the generation gap, where the progressive, atheistic and scientific nihilism of the radical Bazarov clashes with the traditional values of his elders. The most accessible of the great Russian novelists, Turgenev was the first to create the modern revolutionary, the outsider, and the first to structure his story around the psychology of his characters instead of plot. More accurately translated than other Turgenev classics (RUS19, $12.00)
The First Circle  •  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn  •  Thomas Whitney LITERATURE •  1997 •  PAPER  • 580 PAGES Set in Moscow, Solzhenitsyn's The First Circle follows the fate of Gleb Nerzhin, his scientist colleagues and fellow prisoners and how they negotiate the horrors of Soviet Russia in the years following WWII. Like his protagonist, the author was a mathematician forced to work in a Stalinist-era prison run as a research institute. Solzhenitsyn was the winner of the 1970 Nobel Prize for Literature. (RUS260, $16.95)
First Person, An Astonishingly Frank Self-Portrait by Russia's President  •  Vladimir Putin HISTORY •  2000 •  PAPER  • 208 PAGES A book-length series of interviews with Russia's leader, organized chronologically. The question and answer sessions cover the man, his politics and rise to power. Translated by Catherine A. Fitzpatrick. (RUS161, $16.00)
Five Plays  •  Anton Chekhov  •  Ronald Hingley LITERATURE •  1998 •  PAPER  • 294 PAGES A comprehensive collection of Chekhov's major plays, including "Ivanov," "The Seagull," "Uncle Vanya," "Three Sisters," and "The Cherry Orchard." (RUS88, $8.95)
The Fixer  •  Bernard Malamud LITERATURE •  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. Based on true events, the book confronts anti-semitism in Russia during the first decades of the 20th century. This classic novel (first published in 1966) was the first book ever to win both a National Book Award and a Pulitzer Prize. (RUS271, $15.00)
Fodor's Moscow and St. Petersburg  •  Christopher and Melanie Rice GUIDEBOOK •  2006 •  PAPER  • 275 PAGES This comprehensive guide in the Fodor's Gold series features solid practical information on sights, excursions, restaurants, hotels and nightlife. With a chapter on the cities of the Golden Ring. Fifth edition. (RUS03, $19.95)
Following Balanchine  •  Robert Garis BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR •  1997 •  PAPER  • 260 PAGES Part art criticism, part personal memoir, this work is an homage to an artist by a passionate fan who watched his legacy unfold. English professor and dance critic Robert Garis describes how Balanchine's ballets prompted his own self-discovery. (RUS194, $28.00)
Food in Russian History and Culture  •  Joyce Toomre  •  Musya Glants FOOD •  1997 •  PAPER Food is the chosen lens for the 14 cultural historians who contributed essays to this scholarly, wide-ranging book. Topics range from Tolstoy's vegetarianism to starvation under Stalin to Soviet restaurants. (RUS143, $19.95)
From Nyet to Da: Understanding the Russians  •  Yale Richmond CULTURAL PORTRAIT •  2003 •  PAPER  • 219 PAGES A cultural portrait of the Russians for the traveler, covering Russia's geography and culture, character, state and society. With chapters on "Personal Encounters" and "Negotiating with Russians." Richmond is a former U.S. Foreign Service Officer who spent 20 years in Russia. (RUS96, $23.95)
From Three Worlds, New Ukrainian Writing  •  Ed Hogan  •  Askold Melnyczuk  •  Michael Naydan ANTHOLOGY •  1996 •  PAPER  • 282 PAGES Contemporary short stories, poems, and excerpts from novels make up this anthology of writing from 15 native Ukrainians. (RUS118, $12.95)
From Union to Commonwealth  •  Gail Lapidus HISTORY •  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, $27.99)
Galina, A Russian Story  •  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  •  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, $21.95)
The Glance of Countess Hahn-Hahn (Down the Danube)  •  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. Its protagonist is a heroic traveler who communicates in a series of telegrams, narratives and dreamlike monologues. The novel doubles as a stunning travelogue of the Danube from the Black Forest to the Black Sea. (HGR11, $19.00)
The Golem  •  Gustave Meyrink LITERATURE •  1990 •  PAPER  • 190 PAGES The famous mystical, terrifying novel of the supernatural set in Prague's Jewish Ghetto in 1890. (CZH41, $9.95)
The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War  •  Jaroslav Hasek  •  Cecil Parrott LITERATURE •  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 (where he is captured by his own troops). A mischief-maker, bohemian and drunk, Hasek demonstrated his wit in this classic novel of the Czech character and preposterous nature of war. This unabridged Penguin Classics edition, as translated by Cecil Parrott, includes the original illustrations by Josef Lada. (CZH11, $16.00)
Gorbachev and Yeltsin As Leaders  •  George Breslauer HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 3831 PAGES An astute, balanced political analysis. Breslauer -- a professor at Berkeley -- has also published Khrushchev and Brezhnev as Leaders: Building Authority in Soviet Politics (1982). (RUS156, $27.99)
The Gothic Enterprise, A Guide to Understanding the Medieval Cathedral  •  Robert A. Scott ART & ARCHITECTURE •  2005 •  PAPER  • 307 PAGES Scott, whose interest in the history of cathedrals began when he first saw the magnificent Cathedral Church of the Blessed Virgin Mary in Salisbury, England, takes his reader on a historical, architectural and sociological tour of the magnificent spires and stained-glass windows that dot the landscape of Europe. It's an accessible, personable overview. (EUR190, $17.95)
Great Country Houses of Central Europe: The Czech Republic, Slovakia, Hungary, Poland  •  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. Lord Michael Pratt, a British scholar specializing in modern European history, focuses on 30 estates throughout Central Europe. With 380 illustrations, 350 in full color. (CEU34, $95.00)
The Great History of the Russian Ballet, Its Art and Choreography  •  Elisabeth Souritz  •  Evdokia Belova  •  E. Bocharnikova ART & ARCHITECTURE •  1999 •  HARD COVER  • 208 PAGES An illustrated history of the Russification of ballet. For over two centuries the Russians have revolutionized and made this imported art form their own. This work, compiled by a team of scholars, chronicles the history of the discipline under the guidance of Petipa, Tchaikovsky, Diaghilev and more. With illustrations, designs, portraits and photographs. (RUS195, $55.00)
The Great Jewish Cities of Central and Eastern Europe  •  Eli Valley GUIDEBOOK •  1999 •  HARD COVER  • 538 PAGES Subtitled "A Travel Guide and Resource Book to Prague, Warsaw, Cracow, and Budapest," this guidebook covers the Jewish history and attractions of these major European cities. With suggested walks, site descriptions and information on each city's Jewish traditions, this is the most comprehensive guide of its type available. (EUR95, $72.00)
The Great Railway Bazaar, By Train through Asia  •  Paul Theroux TRAVEL NARRATIVE •  2006 •  PAPER  • 384 PAGES Theroux's vintage 1970s journeys across Asia by Train, displaying all his talent for portraiture, ego and the dismissive aside. It's great fun. He takes every two-bit train he can find from London across Europe, Turkey and the Middle East, India, Japan and China, returning home via the Trans-Siberian Express. (ASA40, $14.95)
The Grooves of Change, Eastern Europe at the Turn of the Millennium  •  J.F. Brown HISTORY •  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, $23.95)
Growing Pains, Russian Democracy and the Election of 1993  •  Jerry F. Hough  •  Timothy J. Colton HISTORY •  1998 •  PAPER  • 745 PAGES An in-depth analysis of Russia's 1993 election -- the first since the collapse of the Soviet Union -- with attention given to campaigns, parties, personalities and the electoral process. (RUS75, $26.95)
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. I  •  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. This is the first volume in "The Gulag Archipelago" trilogy. (RUS113, $21.95)
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. II  •  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn  •  Thomas Whitney LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 712 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. This is the second (and by some considered the best) in "The Gulag Archipelago" trilogy. (RUS74, $21.95)
The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: Vol. III  •  Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn  •  Thomas Whitney LITERATURE •  2007 •  PAPER  • 570 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. This is the third volume in "The Gulag Archipelago" trilogy. (RUS114, $21.95)
Gulag, A History  •  Anne Applebaum HISTORY •  2004 •  PAPER  • 677 PAGES A massive, fascinating and thoroughly unsettling history of Russia's infamous gulags by Anne Applebaum, noteworthy for its expansive view, effortless prose and prodigious research. Instituted in the aftermath of the Revolution and expanded during the reign of Stalin, this system of prison camps was simultaneously the Soviet Union's darkest secret and their greatest industrial asset. Millions died and millions more slaved in mines and factories. Winner of the Pulitzer Prize. (SIB34, $16.95)
Hadji Murad  •  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. Tolstoy, who spent four years in the Russian army in the Caucasus, based his story on a real-life mountain warrior. Originally published posthumously in 1923, this edition includes an introduction by John Burt Foster that puts the novel in its historical context. (CCS18, $11.95)
The Haunted Land, Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism  •  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. Winner of both the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award. (EUR54, $16.95)
The Heart of a Dog  •  Mikhail Bulgakov  •  Michael Glenny LITERATURE •  1999 •  PAPER  • 82 PAGES A comic tale -- and deadpan parable of the Russian revolution -- this novella opens with the memorable line: Ooow-ow-ooow-owow. Oh, look at me, I'm dying. Bulgakov makes great fun of boring everyday life in the Soviet Union in this high-spirited story of a dog who receives the testicles and pituitary glands of a recently decreased man. By the author of the superb "Master and Margarita." (RUS127, $13.00)
Heart of Europe, The Past in Poland's Present  •  Norman Davies HISTORY •  2001 •  PAPER  • 483 PAGES A history of Poland in reverse chronology from the Solidarity Movement to early civilization, condensed from the author's definitive three-volume history. (PLD06, $21.95)
Here Is Where We Meet  •  John Berger LITERATURE •  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. "The dead don't stay where they are buried," the protagonist's mother tells him, and this becomes the mantra for this most unusual journey through Europe's history and people. (EUR189, $14.00)
Hippocrene Language and Travel Guide to Ukraine  •  Linda Hodges  •  George Chumak GUIDEBOOK •  2004 •  PAPER  • 387 PAGES • COMING IN NOVEMBER An insightful, personal travel guide to the region with chapters on Kiev, Crimea and Odessa, as well as an overview of the history of Ukraine. It opens with a chapter entitled "Developing a Ukrainian Perspective" and includes key phrases and language instruction throughout the book. This is the guide to getting the most out of an extended visit. Fourth edition. (RUS52, $18.95)
Historical Atlas of Central Europe  •  Paul Mogocsi HISTORY •  2002 •  PAPER  • 232 PAGES An influential, authoritative survey of maps and shifting borders in the region from the Middle Ages until the present. With dozens of superb color maps illuminating the history and ethnic complexity of this bewildering part of the world. The atlas covers the region from Poland, Lithuania, and the eastern part of Germany to Greece and western Turkey and extends in time from the early fifth century to the present. (EUR33, $45.00)
A History of Hungary  •  Peter F. Sugar  •  Peter Hanak  •  Tibor Frank HISTORY •  1994 •  PAPER  • 438 PAGES With experts contributing chapters on their areas of interest, this book is an excellent survey of the political and cultural history of the nation. (HGR06, $20.95)
A History of Modern Hungary, 1867 -1994