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Glasnost in Context
This truly unique volume brings together theoretical discussions of liberalizations with studies focused on literature, theatre and the visual arts. To the analysis of developments in selected Eastern European regions...
When Shrimps Learn to Whistle
Following the success of his memoirs "The Time of My Life", Denis Healey turns his attention in this lively and penetrating collection of essays to the themes which underlie the...
On the Trail of Genghis Khan: An Epic Journey Through the Land of the
$15.00 AUD
Grand Prize Winner, Banff Mountain Festival Book Competition The relationship between man and horse on the Eurasian steppe gave rise to a succession of rich nomadic cultures. Among them were...
The Palgrave Concise Historical Atlas of Eastern Europe
This reference is a guide to a full understanding of the complicated history of Eastern Europe. Addressing the need for a comprehensive map collection for reference and classroom use, the...
China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord
A compelling, expansive history of the relationship between China and Russia, from the seventeenth century to the present Russia and China, the largest and most populous countries in the world,...
The Curtain and the Wall: A Modern Journey Along Europe's Cold War
The Iron Curtain divided the continent of Europe, north to south, with the Berlin Wall as its most visible, infamous manifestation. Since the Cold War ended and these borders came...
Open Letters: Selected Writings, 1965-1990
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Spanning twenty-five years, this historic collection of writings shows Vaclav Havel's evolution from a modestly known playwright who had the courage to advise and criticize Czechoslovakia's leaders to a newly...
Collapse: The Fall of the Soviet Union
A major study of the collapse of the Soviet Union-showing how Gorbachev's misguided reforms led to its demise "A deeply informed account of how the Soviet Union fell apart."-Rodric Braithwaite,...
The Stories Old Towns Tell: A Journey through Cities at the Heart of
A fascinating journey through Europe's old towns, exploring why we treasure them-but also what they hide about a continent's fraught history Historic quarters in cities and towns across the middle...
China and Russia: Four Centuries of Conflict and Concord
A compelling, expansive history of the relationship between China and Russia, from the seventeenth century to the present Russia and China, the largest and most populous countries in the world,...
Foul Days: Book One of The Witch's Compendium of Monsters
'A fresh, gritty world bursting with wonderful characters' ALLISON SAFT, author of A Far Wilder Magic ' A fast-paced thrill ride with immersive worldbuilding' FRANCES WHITE, author of Voyage of...
Against the Flow
A journey through Eastern Europe 'You have to be on your guard when you go back to special places. You may be able to locate them easily enough on the...
Sovietistan: A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan,
"A mesmerising trip across Central Asia . . . A fascinating travelogue" Financial Times SHORTLISTED FOR EDWARD STANFORD/LONELY PLANET DEBUT TRAVEL WRITER OF THE YEAR 2020 An unforgettable journey through...
The Gates of Europe (Revised Edition): A History of Ukraine
A 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...
Chesnok: Cooking from My Corner of the Diaspora: Recipes from Eastern
Chesnok: Recipes with Love from Eastern Europe, the Caucasus, and Beyond is Polina Chesnakova's third cookbook, a love letter to the food of her childhood. Born in Ukraine to Russian...
The S.S. Officer's Armchair: Uncovering the Hidden Life of a Nazi
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Based on documents discovered concealed within a simple chair for seventy years, this gripping investigation into the life of a single S.S. officer during World War Two encapsulates the tragic...
The Eastern Front: A History of the First World War
The definitive history of the Eastern Front in WWI, from the bestselling author of The Western Front In the second volume of his landmark First World War trilogy, Professor Nick...
Developments in East European Politics
Eastern Europe is changing dramatically. Communist governments have been replaced, economies are being privatised, older nationalisms are reawakening. Developments in Eastern European Politics provides an analytic guide to the politics...
Revolution And Transition In East-central Europe: Second Edition
Eastern and Western Europe continue to change in their relationship to one another and in their ongoing dynamic with the post-Soviet states. Economic development, electoral upheaval, and the Bosnian crisis...
Russia Upside Down: An Exit Strategy for the Second Cold War
A former CIA officer and the creator of the hit TV series The Americans makes the case that America's policy towards Russia is failing--and we'll never fix it until we...
Barbarossa: How Hitler Lost the War
The gripping bestselling account of the largest military campaign ever, by the much-acclaimed WW2 historian Operation Barbarossa, Hitler's invasion of Russia in June 1941, aimed at nothing less than a...
Beyond the Wall: East Germany, 1949-1990
The definitive new history of East Germany by a highly acclaimed historian In 1990, a country disappeared. When the iron curtain fell, East Germany simply ceased to be. For over...
Landscapes of Communism: A History Through Buildings
An evocative historical journey in search of the landscapes that communism built During the course of the twentieth century, communism took power in Eastern Europe and remade the city in...
Russian Emigre Short Stories from Bunin to Yanovsky
A landmark anthology of extraordinary Russian writers, revealing the full story of the emigre experience in their own words Fleeing Russia amid the chaos of the Russian Revolution and subsequent...
Economic Transition in Central and Eastern Europe: Planting the Seeds
Analysing the key problems facing the transition countries in Central and Eastern Europe, this accessible book describes the legacy of the central planners, the progress achieved so far and the...
The Austrian Revolution
The definitive work on Eastern Europe's revolutionary period and the unique working-class experiment of Red Vienna.This is the story of the decline and fall of an empire, a region devastated...
The Curtain and the Wall: A Modern Journey Along Europe's Cold War Border
Author: Timothy PhillipsFormat: Hardback, 153mm x 234mm, 695g, 480 pagesPublished: Granta Books, United Kingdom, 2022The Iron Curtain divided the continent of Europe, north to south, with the Berlin Wall as...