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Dersu the Trapper

Dersu the Trapper

by V.K. Arseniev | Malcolm Burr

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 358 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Captain Arseniev's mesmerizing account of adventure, exploration and friendship in the Russian Far East, source for the Kurosowa film. (SIB24, $16.00)

Kamchatka, A Journal & Guide

Kamchatka, A Journal & Guide

by Diana Gleadhill

  • GUIDEBOOK
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 312 PAGES

This handsomely illustrated handbook introduces the nature, wildlife, history and people of Kamchatka in essays, a travel diary, maps and hundreds of color photographs. (ARC201, $24.95)

Kamchatka Map

Kamchatka Map

by ITMB

  • 2010
  • MAP

This double-sided map includes insets of Petropavlovsk-Kamchatsky, Geyser Valley and the Commander Islands. (RUS322, $10.95)

 
Russia Map

Russia Map


by International Travel Maps

  • 2011
  • MAP

A double-sided map covering the full route of the Trans-Siberian railway. (RUS264, $11.95)

Antler on the Sea, the Yup'ik and Chukchi of the Russian Far East

Antler on the Sea, the Yup'ik and Chukchi of the Russian Far East


by Anna Kerttula

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2000
  • PAPER
  • 240 PAGES

A portrait of the daily life, culture and economy of a typical village along the Chukotka Peninsula, written by an anthropologist who lived there for 18 months. (RUS100, $24.95)

Arctic Mirrors: Russia and the Small Peoples of the North

Arctic Mirrors: Russia and the Small Peoples of the North


by Yuri Sleskine

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 1996
  • PAPER
  • 456 PAGES

A fascinating overview of the 26 ethnic groups found in the Russian North, including Lapps, Eskimos, Aleuts, Uralic and Turkic nomads. (ARC22, $27.95)

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)

Siberia, A Cultural History

Siberia, A Cultural History


by Anthony Haywood

  • HISTORY
  • 2010
  • PAPER
  • 288 PAGES

Haywood offers a detailed, readable account of Siberian sights, cities and landscapes, tracing the history of the region from early indigenous cultures through Stalin's reign to the present. (SIB65, $16.95)

The Conquest of a Continent

The Conquest of a Continent


by W. Bruce Lincoln

  • HISTORY
  • 2007
  • PAPER
  • 528 PAGES

The marvelous Lincoln captures the ambition and avarice of fur trappers, Cossacks, military adventurers and the Soviets in this well-told, sweeping history. (SIB37, $26.95)

The Museum at the End of the World, Encounters in the Russian Far East

The Museum at the End of the World, Encounters in the Russian Far East


by Alexia Bloch | Laurel Kendall

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 231 PAGES

In this astute book, two anthropologists recount their 1998 journey in the footsteps of Franz Boas and the ambitious Jesup North Pacific Expedition (1897-1902), interweaving their own travels with history and ethnography. With chapters on travels in Chukotka, Magadan, Anadyr, Khabarovsk, Petropavlovsk and Esso in Kamchatka's central volcanic range. (SIB39, $29.95)

The Reindeer People, Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia

The Reindeer People, Living with Animals and Spirits in Siberia


by Piers Vitebsky

  • CULTURAL PORTRAIT
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 496 PAGES

Vitebsky captures the hardships, challenges and routines of everyday life of the Eveny people on the taiga of northeastern Siberia. (SIB48, $26.95)

Art of Siberia


by Valentina Gorbatcheva

  • ART & ARCHITECTURE
  • 2008
  • HARD COVER
  • 256 PAGES

An illustrated account of the art produced by the wide-ranging, diverse peoples of Siberia. (SIB60, $39.95)

North to the Orient

North to the Orient


by Anne Morrow Lindbergh

  • EXPLORATION
  • 1966
  • PAPER
  • 168 PAGES

A classic account of pioneering aviation, this wonderfully written memoir includes adventures in Petropavlovsk and the Russian Far East, Japan and the Yangtze. (ARC36, $12.95)

Tent Life in Siberia

Tent Life in Siberia


by George Kennan | Larry McMurtry

  • EXPLORATION
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 425 PAGES

Kennan's spirited account of his adventures among the people, little-known cultures and snow-capped volcanoes of Kamchatka and the Russian Far East, originally published in 1871. (RUS142, $17.95)

Bering, The Russian Discovery of America

Bering, The Russian Discovery of America


by Orcutt Frost

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2003
  • HARD COVER
  • 330 PAGES

The first modern biography of the great explorer -- and an excellent account of still little-known regions of Kamchatka and the Russian Far East. The author draws on new evidence to reinvigorate the life and adventures of the seafaring Dane. (SIB33, $35.00)

In Siberia

In Siberia


by Colin Thubron

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2001
  • PAPER
  • 304 PAGES
  • FAVORITE

Thubron captures the beauty, personality, contradictions and harsh nature of this huge land in this classic account of a 15,000-mile, cross-continental odyssey from the Yenisei to Baikal, Khabarovsk and Magadan. (SIB14, $14.99)

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)

Steller's Island: Adventures of a Pioneer Naturalist in Alaska

Steller's Island: Adventures of a Pioneer Naturalist in Alaska


by Dean Littlepage

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 256 PAGES

The riveting tale of Vitus Bering's great six-year expedition from Kamchatka to Alaska -- and of naturalist Geog Steller's celebrated discoveries in Russia and the New World. (ALA242, $17.95)

The Bloody White Baron

The Bloody White Baron


by James Palmer

  • BIOGRAPHY/MEMOIR
  • 2011
  • PAPER
  • 274 PAGES

Palmer turns his biography of the rabidly anti-Semitic madman Baron Nikolai Maximilian von Ungern-Sternberg -- and his improbable reign as the last Khan of Mongolia -- into a fascinating tale of politics run amok in Mongolia and the Russian Far East. (MGL66, $15.99)

The Great Railway Bazaar

The Great Railway Bazaar


by Paul Theroux

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 384 PAGES

Theroux's account of his journeys across Asia by train display the writer's inimitable 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. (ASA40, $14.95)

The Other Side of Russia, A Slice of Life in Siberia and the Russian Far East

The Other Side of Russia, A Slice of Life in Siberia and the Russian Far East


by Sharon Hudgins

  • TRAVEL NARRATIVE
  • 2004
  • PAPER
  • 319 PAGES

A warm, insightful account of contemporary cultural and social life in Vladivostok, Irkutsk and other places in the Russian Far East, where the author traveled in the 1990s. (SIB30, $22.95)

A Dream in Polar Fog

A Dream in Polar Fog


by Yuri Rytkheu | Ilona Yazhbin Chavasse

  • LITERATURE
  • 2006
  • PAPER
  • 337 PAGES

A lyrical tale of life in the Arctic, traditional ways, and cultural encounters, this absorbing novel follows the fate of a young Canadian explorer stranded among the Chukchi people on the edge of the Bering Sea. (SIB44, $15.00)

White Sky, Black Ice

White Sky, Black Ice


by Stan Jones

  • MYSTERY
  • 2003
  • PAPER
  • 264 PAGES

In this first rate murder mystery state trooper Nathan Active returns to Chukchi from Anchorage to confront a memorable cast of characters -- and figure out why two young men have killed themselves. (ALA164, $14.00)

Steller's History of Kamchatka


by Georg Wilhelm Steller

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2003
  • PAPER

Steller's handwritten notes on Kamchatka and the Kamchadals, written in 1743-1744 after Bering's Second Kamchatka Expedition, are here translated into English for the first time. (SIB36, $34.95)

The Tiger, A True Story of Vengeance and Survival

The Tiger, A True Story of Vengeance and Survival


by John Vaillant

  • NATURAL HISTORY
  • 2012
  • PAPER
  • 320 PAGES

The chilling true story of Yuri Trush's hunt for a man-eating tiger set against the backdrop of Russia's most remote frontier, where the native people worship tigers but poachers threaten their survival. (SIB66, $16.00)

Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia

Birds of East Asia: China, Taiwan, Korea, Japan, and Russia


by Mark Brazil

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2009
  • PAPER
  • 520 PAGES

Brazil's comprehensive guide, featuring 234 color plates, includes Japan, Taiwan and the islands along with the adjacent areas of Asia from Kamchatka to Korea. (JPN332, $39.95)

Marine Mammals of Alaska

Marine Mammals of Alaska


by Kate Wynne

  • FIELD GUIDE
  • 2013
  • FLEXI-BOUND
  • 75 PAGES

Designed for use in the field, this indispensable guide features large color photographs, key information and detailed range maps for all the whales, seals and other marine creatures of Alaska and the Bering Sea across to Russia. (ALA08, $25.00)

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