Cultural Region/Russian
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Lady Death: The Memoirs of Stalin’s Sniper
$32.95 Read moreThe wartime memoir of Lyudmila Pavlichenko is a remarkable document: the publication of an English language edition is a significant coup. Pavlichenko was World War II’s best scoring sniper and had a … [more below]
- Series: Greenhill Sniper Library
- Author: Pavlichenko, Lyudmila
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 272
- Publish Date: May 03 2018
- ISBN10: 1784382701
- Language: English
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The Tiger: A True Story of Vengeance and Survival
$23.00 Add to cartNATIONAL BESTSELLER – A gripping story of man pitted against nature’s most fearsome and efficient predator. This “travelogue about tiger poaching in Russia’s far east opens up a new genre … [the] co… [more below]
- Series: Vintage Departures
- Author: Vaillant, John
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 352
- Publish Date: May 03 2011
- ISBN10: 0307389049
- Language: English
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Betrayal in Berlin: The True Story of the Cold War’s Most Audacious Espionage Operation
$19.99 Add to cart“A riveting and vivid account. … A remarkable story. … It reads like a Hollywood screenplay.” —Foreign Affairs
The astonishing true story of the Berlin Tunnel, one of the West’s greatest espionage
- Author: Vogel, Steve
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 544
- Publish Date: September 15 2020
- ISBN10: 0062449605
- Language: English
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The Fool of the World and the Flying Ship: A Russian Tale
$24.99 Read moreWhen the Czar proclaims that he will marry his daughter to the man who brings him a flying ship, the Fool of the World sets out to try his luck and meets some unusual companions on the way.
The Fool o- Author: Ransome, Arthur
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 48
- Publish Date: January 01 1968
- ISBN10: 0374324425
- Language: English
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Stalin: Waiting for Hitler, 1929-1941
$30.00 Add to cart“Monumental.” —The New York Times Book Review
Pulitzer Prize-finalist Stephen Kotkin has written the definitive biography of Joseph Stalin, from collectivization and the Great Terror to the conflict- Author: Kotkin, Stephen
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1184
- Publish Date: November 20 2018
- ISBN10: 0143132156
- Language: English
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Dog Star
$8.99 Add to cartBased on an incredible true story, Carnegie Medal nominee and New York Times-bestselling author Megan Shepherd crafts a harrowing, propulsive girl-and-her-dog tale that will linger in your heart long
- Author: Shepherd, Megan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 224
- Publish Date: March 28 2023
- ISBN10: 1250854016
- Language: English
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The Endless Steppe: Growing Up in Siberia
$9.99 Add to cartThis is the remarkable true story of a family during one of the bleakest periods in history, a story that “radiates optimism and the resilience of the human spirit” (Washington Post).
In June 1941, th
- Author: Hautzig, Esther
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: June 12 2018
- ISBN10: 006440577X
- Language: English
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Swan: The Life and Dance of Anna Pavlova
$17.99 Read more“Spare, poetic words sit as lightly as snowflakes.”–Wall Street Journal
“An enchanting glimpse of a dancer whose name has come to be synonymous with her most famous role.”–School Library Journal, sta… [more below]- Author: Snyder, Laurel
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 52
- Publish Date: August 18 2015
- ISBN10: 1452118906
- Language: English
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Varenka
$19.95 Read moreA story of friendship and faith.
Varenka lives contently in her cottage in the woods, until passersby warn her that war has broken out. Pack up a bundle and come along with us. But Varenka can’t leave- Author: Watts, Bernadette
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: October 25 2022
- ISBN10: 0735845077
- Language: English
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Babushka Baba Yaga
$8.99 Add to cartFrom the beloved New York Times bestselling author-illustrator of Thank You, Mr. Falker and Pink and Say.
Baba Yaga is a witch famous throughout Russia for eating children, but this Babushka Baba Yaga- Author: Polacco, Patricia
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 32
- Publish Date: January 25 1999
- ISBN10: 069811633X
- Language: English
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Joseph Stalin (a Wicked History)
$5.95 Read moreExplore the life of Joseph Stalin.
The wicked ways of some of the most ruthless rulers to walk the earth are revealed in these thrilling biographies (A Wicked History) about men and women so monstrous,… [more below]
- Series: Wicked History
- Author: McCollum, Sean
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 128
- Publish Date: September 01 2010
- ISBN10: 0531223558
- Language: English
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Russia For Kids: People, Places and Cultures – Children Explore The World Books
$14.99 Add to cartLet’s visit Russia without leaving the comforts of home. Yes, it’s possible through this educational book. You will get to learn about the country, its people, and its rich history and traditional as … [more below]
- Author: Baby Professor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 42
- Publish Date: April 01 2016
- ISBN10: 1683056213
- Language: English
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Stalin’s Last Crime: The Plot Against the Jewish Doctors, 1948-1953
$18.99 Add to cartA new investigation, based on previously unseen KGB documents, reveals the startling truth behind Stalin’s last great conspiracy.
On January 13, 1953, a stunned world learned that a vast conspiracy had
- Author: Brent, Jonathan
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 17 2004
- ISBN10: 0060933100
- Language: English
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Russia: Myths and Realities
$27.95 Read moreAn expert historian and former ambassador to Moscow unlocks fact from fiction to reveal what lies at the root of the Russian story.
Churchill remarked that Russia is a riddle wrapped in a mystery insi- Author: Braithwaite, Rodric
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 252
- Publish Date: October 04 2022
- ISBN10: 1639362886
- Language: English
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Dancing on Bones: History and Power in China, Russia and North Korea
$36.99 Add to cartHistory didn’t end. Democracy didn’t triumph. America’s leading role in the world is no longer assured. Instead, autocrats and populist strongmen are on the rise, and the global order established afte… [more below]
- Author: Stallard, Katie
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 304
- Publish Date: May 02 2022
- ISBN10: 0197575358
- Language: English
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Soviet Cities: Labour, Life & Leisure
$34.95 Read moreThe Soviet dream of modernist architecture for all, portrayed on the brink of its erasure
In recent years Russian cities have visibly changed. The architectural heritage of the Soviet period has not be
- Author: Kotov, Arseniy
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 06 2020
- ISBN10: 1916218415
- Language: English
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Russian in 10 Minutes a Day: Language Course for Beginning and Advanced Study. Includes Workbook, Flash Cards, Sticky Labels, Menu Guide, Software,
$44.95 Read more“RUSSIAN in 10 minutes a day” is a complete, hands-on language learning experience! Interactive computer Sticky Labels, Flash Cards and special activities add a fun twist and you’ll learn faster than … [more below]
- Series: 10 Minutes a Day
- Author: Kershul, Kristine K.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 132
- Publish Date: November 24 2015
- ISBN10: 1931873348
- Language: English
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The Red Ripper: Inside the Mind of Russia’s Most Brutal Serial Killer
$22.00 Add to cartThe shocking true story of the Russian serial killer who brutally murdered more than fifty victims–and evaded capture for over a decade.
By the time he was brought to trial in 1992, Soviet serial ki- Author: Conradi, Peter
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 266
- Publish Date: November 15 2016
- ISBN10: 1504040163
- Language: English
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Putin’s World: Russia Against the West and with the Rest
$42.00 Add to cartFrom renowned foreign policy expert Angela Stent comes a dissection of how Putin created a paranoid and polarized world — and increased Russia’s status on the global stage.
How did Russia manage to em… [more below]- Author: Stent, Angela
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 448
- Publish Date: February 26 2019
- ISBN10: 1455533025
- Language: English
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From Chernobyl with Love: Reporting from the Ruins of the Soviet Union
$21.95 Add to cart2019 Foreword Indies Award, Gold
In the wake of the fall of the Berlin Wall, the late twentieth century was a time of unprecedented hope for dem
2020 Independent Book Publishers Awards, Bronze Medal- Author: Cengel, Katya
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 310
- Publish Date: May 01 2023
- ISBN10: 1640125728
- Language: English
