Cultural Region/Russian
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Russia’s War Against Ukraine: The Whole Story
$14.99 Add to cart- Author: Edele, Mark
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 192
- Publish Date: August 08 2023
- ISBN10: 0522879837
- Language: English
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Spomenik Monument Database
$34.95 Add to cartA guidebook to the wild world of communist minimalism in Tito’s Yugoslavia
Spomenik–the Serbo-Croat/Slovenian word for monument–refers to the memorials built in Tito’s Republic of Yugoslavia from the
- Author: Niebyl, Donald
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: August 28 2018
- ISBN10: 0995745536
- Language: English
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Selected Poems of Oksana Zabuzhko
$20.00 Add to cartClytemnestra plotting her husband’s murder, Ophelia criticizing her creator, and a report from Chernobyl all offer the poet occasions for reflections marked by a sophisticated wit and a philosophical
- Author: Zabuzhko, Oksana
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 108
- Publish Date: February 21 2022
- ISBN10: 1734641630
- Language: English
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Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour: Memories of Soviet Russia
$19.95 Add to cartTold in the dual points of view, Like A Drop of Ink in a Downpour is a clear-eyed look at the reality of life in the Soviet Union during the Cold War, giving us an insider’s perspective on the roots o… [more below]
- Author: Lembersky, Yelena
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 220
- Publish Date: January 18 2022
- ISBN10: 164469669X
- Language: English
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Checkpoint Charlie: The Cold War, the Berlin Wall, and the Most Dangerous Place on Earth
$19.99 Add to cartA “constantly captivating…well-researched and often moving” (The Wall Street Journal) history of Checkpoint Charlie, the famous military gate on the border of East and West Berlin where the United S… [more below]
- Author: MacGregor, Iain
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: November 10 2020
- ISBN10: 1982100044
- Language: English
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How to Get Really Good at Russian: Learn Russian to Fluency and Beyond
$8.99 Add to cartMillions of people learn Russian but only a very small percentage of learners can actually speak it fluently. Why is that?
People in general are quick to point out that some are naturally built more
- Author: Polyglot, Language Learning
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 90
- Publish Date: January 22 2019
- ISBN10: 1950321045
- Language: English
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No Harmless Power: The Life and Times of the Ukrainian Anarchist Nestor Makhno
$39.95 Add to cart- Author: Allison, Charlie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 236
- Publish Date: August 22 2023
- ISBN10: 9798887440323
- Language: English
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The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB
$29.99 Read moreThe Sword and the Shield is based on one of the most extraordinary intelligence coups of recent times: a secret archive of top-level KGB documents smuggled out of the Soviet Union which the FBI has de… [more below]
- Author: Andrew, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 736
- Publish Date: August 29 2000
- ISBN10: 0465003125
- Language: English
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Defiance
$17.98 Add to cartThe prevailing image of European Jews during the Holocaust is one of helpless victims, but in fact many Jews struggled against the terrors of the Third Reich. In Defiance, Nechama Tec offers a riveti… [more below]
- Author: Tec, Nechama
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: December 26 2008
- ISBN10: 0195376854
- Language: English
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Ibn Fadlan and the Land of Darkness: Arab Travellers in the Far North
$18.00 Add to cartA fascinating collection of medieval Arabic travel writing in an important new translation
Between the ninth and fourteenth centuries, Arab explorers journeyed widely and frequently into the far north,… [more below]- Series: Penguin Classics
- Author: Ibn Fadlan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: January 31 2012
- ISBN10: 0140455078
- Language: English
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Stalin: The Court of the Red Tsar
$25.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – This widely acclaimed biography of a Soviet dictator and his entourage during the terrifying decades of his supreme power transforms our understanding of the Marxist leader and R… [more below]
- Author: Montefiore, Simon Sebag
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 848
- Publish Date: September 13 2005
- ISBN10: 1400076781
- Language: English
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I Will Show You How It Was: The Story of Wartime Kyiv
$28.99 Read more“A story of searing clarity from Ukraine’s frontlines of an unfathomably resilient, freedom loving people who refuse to bend to Putin’s assault on truth and human life.”–Nicole Perlroth
“Destined to b- Author: Ponomarenko, Illia
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 288
- Publish Date: May 07 2024
- ISBN10: 1639733876
- Language: English
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Reinventing Collapse: The Soviet Experience and American Prospects-Revised & Updated
$24.99 Add to cartA guide to the decline of the American empire for individuals, families and communities
The United States is in steep decline. Plagued by runaway debt, a shrinking economy, and environmental catastr
- Author: Orlov, Dmitry
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: June 01 2011
- ISBN10: 0865716854
- Language: English
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Kachka: A Return to Russian Cooking
$44.00 Add to cartCelebrated Portland chef Bonnie Frumkin Morales brings her acclaimed Portland restaurant Kachka into your home kitchen with a debut cookbook enlivening Russian cuisine with an emphasis on vibrant, loc
- Author: Morales, Bonnie Frumkin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 400
- Publish Date: November 14 2017
- ISBN10: 1250087600
- Language: English
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Putin and the Return of History: How the Kremlin Rekindled the Cold War
$35.00 Read moreAn original history of Russia’s thousand-year past, tracing the forces and the myths that have shaped Putin’s politics and rekindled the Cold War.
Vladimir Putin’s invasion of Ukraine has reshaped his- Author: Sixsmith, Martin
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 368
- Publish Date: March 19 2024
- ISBN10: 1399409867
- Language: English
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Old Songs: Poems
$17.00 Add to cart“Olga Sedakova is a writer of global significance. . .the publishing of this collection is a welcome stage in the reception of her exceptional genius in the West.” So writes Rowan Williams in his fore
- Author: Sedakova, Olga
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 98
- Publish Date: September 12 2023
- ISBN10: 1639821414
- Language: English
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After the Romanovs: Russian Exiles in Paris from the Belle Époque Through Revolution and War
$25.00 Add to cartFrom Helen Rappaport, the New York Times bestselling author of The Romanov Sisters comes After the Romanovs, the story of the Russian aristocrats, artists, and intellectuals who sought freedom and ref
- Author: Rappaport, Helen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1250777208
- Language: English
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Kennan: A Life Between Worlds
$66.58 Read moreA definitive biography of the U.S. diplomat and prize-winning historian George F. Kennan
The diplomat and historian George F. Kennan (1904-2005) ranks as one of the most important figures in American- Author: Costigliola, Frank
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 648
- Publish Date: January 17 2023
- ISBN10: 0691165408
- Language: English
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Red Phoenix Rising: The Soviet Air Force in World War II
$27.99 Add to cartChoice Outstanding Academic Title
A groundbreaking account of the Soviet Air Force in World War II, the original version of this book, Red Phoenix, was hailed by the Washington Post as both “brilliant- Series: Modern War Studies
- Author: Hardesty, Von
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: July 01 2021
- ISBN10: 070063293X
- Language: English
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The Russian Revolution: A New History
$21.99 Add to cartA “powerful revisionist history” (Times UK) illuminating the tensions and transformations of the Russian Revolution
In The Russian Revolution, acclaimed historian Sean McMeekin traces the events whic- Author: McMeekin, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 496
- Publish Date: March 16 2021
- ISBN10: 1541675487
- Language: English
