Cultural Region/Eastern Europe
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Freedom to Win: A Cold War Story of the Courageous Hockey Team That Fought the Soviets for the Soul of Its People–And Olympic Gold
$28.95 Read moreA classic David & Goliath tale, complete with colorful heroes, cold-hearted villains, and nail-biting games–with the hockey rink serving as an arena for a nation’s resistance.
During the height of th- Author: Scheiner, Ethan
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: July 04 2023
- ISBN10: 1639363513
- Language: English
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A Nasty Little War: The Western Intervention Into the Russian Civil War
$32.00 Add to cartThe first comprehensive history of the failed Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War, a decisive turning point in the relationship between Russia and the West
Overlapping with and overshadowed- Author: Reid, Anna
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: February 06, 2024
- ISBN10: 1541619668
- Language: English
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The Crusades: The Authoritative History of the War for the Holy Land
$24.00 Add to cartThe Crusades is an authoritative, accessible single-volume history of the brutal struggle for the Holy Land in the Middle Ages. Thomas Asbridge–a renowned historian who writes with “maximum vividness
- Author: Asbridge, Thomas
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: March 08, 2011
- ISBN10: 0060787295
- Language: English
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The Good Soldier Svejk and His Fortunes in the World War: Translated by Cecil Parrott. with Original Illustrations by Josef Lada.
$22.00 Add to cartDiscover “perhaps the funniest novel ever written” (The Guardian ), now beautifully reissued
“The classic comic novel of the First World War.” —The New Yorker – “A literary masterpiece.” —New York Re
- Author: Hasek, Jaroslav
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 784
- Publish Date: August 07 2018
- ISBN10: 0062835440
- Language: English
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View with a Grain of Sand: Selected Poems
$18.99 Add to cartWINNER OF THE NOBEL PRIZE FOR LITERATURE
A remarkable, graceful collection from one of Europe’s most prominent and celebrated poets.
In these 100 poems, Wislawa Szymborska portrays a world of astonishin
- Author: Szymborska, Wislawa
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: April 25 2024
- ISBN10: 0156002167
- Language: English
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Safe Area Gorazde
$24.99 Add to cartPraised by The New York Times, Brill’s Content and Publishers Weekly, Safe Area Gorazde is the long-awaited and highly sought after 240-page look at war in the former Yugoslavia. Sacco (the critically… [more below]
- Author: Sacco, Joe
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: January 17 2002
- ISBN10: 1560974702
- Language: English
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The Mysterious Affair at Styles
$25.00 Add to cartChiltern Publishing creates the most beautiful editions of the world’s finest literature. Your favorite classic titles in a way you have never seen them before; the tactile layers, fine details and be
- Series: Chiltern Classic
- Author: Christie, Agatha
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 255
- Publish Date: July 11, 2023
- ISBN10: 1914602188
- Language: English
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The Master and Margarita
$16.00 Add to cartA masterful translation of one of the great novels of the 20th century
Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. Full of pungency and wit, this luminous work is Bulgak- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Bulgakov, Mikhail
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: January 01, 2001
- ISBN10: 0141180145
- Language: English
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Voices from Chernobyl: The Oral History of a Nuclear Disaster
$29.00 Read moreAn account of the worst nuclear reactor accident in history from the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
On April 26, 1986, the Chernobyl nuclear reactor accident contaminated as much as three
- Series: Lannan Selection
- Author: Alexievich, Svetlana
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: June 28, 2005
- ISBN10: 1564784010
- Language: English
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The Ottomans: Khans, Caesars, and Caliphs
$24.99 Add to cartA “panoramic and thought-provoking” (The Guardian) history of the Ottoman dynasty, revealing a diverse empire that straddled East and West
The Ottoman Empire has long been d- Author: Baer, Marc David
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 576
- Publish Date: October 10 2023
- ISBN10: 1541673794
- Language: English
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Russian Tales: Traditional Stories of Quests and Enchantments
$24.95 Add to cartRediscover the magic of Russian folktales in a breathtaking illustrated edition.
This collection of traditional stories will sweep you away to the birch forests and ornate palaces of Russia. You’ll me- Series: Traditional Tales
- Author: Mirtalipova, Dinara
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 07 2021
- ISBN10: 1797209698
- Language: English
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Rick Steves Budapest
$22.99 Add to cartNow more than ever, you can count on Rick Steves to tell you what you really need to know when traveling through Budapest. Admire opulent Golden Age architecture, soak in a thermal bath, and wander th… [more below]
- Series: Rick Steves
- Author: Steves, Rick
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: November 21, 2023
- ISBN10: 164171381X
- Language: English
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Secondhand Time: The Last of the Soviets
$23.00 Add to cartNEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER – A symphonic oral history about the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the emergence of a new Russia, from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature
NA- Author: Alexievich, Svetlana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 21, 2017
- ISBN10: 0399588825
- Language: English
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The Angel Makers: Arsenic, a Midwife, and Modern History’s Most Astonishing Murder Ring
$32.99 Read more“The angel makers is a true-crime story like no other-a 1920s midwife who may have been the century’s most prolific killer, leading a murder ring of women responsible for the deaths of at least 160 me… [more below]
- Author: McCracken, Patti
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 336
- Publish Date: March 14 2023
- ISBN10: 0063275031
- Language: English
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Bloodlands: Europe Between Hitler and Stalin
$22.99 Add to cartFrom the author of the international bestseller On Tyranny, the definitive history of Hitler’s and Stalin’s politics of mass killing, explaining why Ukraine has been at the center of Western history f
- Author: Snyder, Timothy
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 592
- Publish Date: April 26, 2022
- ISBN10: 1541600061
- Language: English
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The Horde: How the Mongols Changed the World
$18.95 Add to cartCundill Prize Finalist
The Mongols are known for one thing: conquest. But in this first comprehensive history
A Financial Times Book of the Year
A Spectator Book of the Year
A Five Books Book of the Year- Author: Favereau, Marie
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 384
- Publish Date: September 06, 2022
- ISBN10: 0674278658
- Language: English
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Midnight in Chernobyl: The Untold Story of the World’s Greatest Nuclear Disaster
$21.99 Add to cartA New York Times Best Book of the Year
From journal
A Time Best Book of the Year
A Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year
2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner- Author: Higginbotham, Adam
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 560
- Publish Date: February 04, 2020
- ISBN10: 1501134639
- Language: English
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The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine
$22.99 Add to cartA New York Times bestseller, this definitive history of Ukraine is “an exemplary account of Europe’s least-known large country” (Wall Street Journal).
As Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle wi- Author: Plokhy, Serhii
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: May 25, 2021
- ISBN10: 1541675649
- Language: English
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Lonely Planet Croatian Phrasebook & Dictionary
$9.99 Add to cartNever be stuck for words with our extensive dictionary. Our phrasebooks give you a comprehensive mix of practical and social words and phrases. Chat with the locals and discover their culture, a guara
- Series: Phrasebook
- Author: Ivetac
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: April 16 2019
- ISBN10: 178657554X
- Language: English
