Eastern Europe 15

Kniha Blahoslava Havránka zachycuje autentické vzpomínky pamětníka, rodáka ze Svaté a milovníka křivoklátského kraje, který očima svého dětství poodkrývá události na Berounsku od roku 1939, přes vál……続きを見る

Nikdo se jich neptal. Neměli na výběr. V těžkých válečných letech museli sloužit režimu, který popíral základní lidská práva. Biografický román z každodenního života v zázemí i na frontě na konci dr……続きを見る

Kniha zachycuje sled osobností, které stály v čele někdejšího královského města Plzně a společně s ním prožívaly časy, které následovaly od jeho založení okolo roku 1295 až do roku 1948. Publikace s……続きを見る

In Februar 2014 waren genau 100 Jahre seit der Inbetriebnahme der elektrischen Lokalbahn zwischen Pressburg (heute Bratislava) und Wien vergangen. Diese Bahn ist längst eingestellt, da sie die ……続きを見る

In The Left Side of History Kristen Ghodsee tells the stories of partisans fighting behind the lines in Nazi-allied Bulgaria during World War II: British officer Frank Thompson, brother of the great……続きを見る

The writer of this memoir, Aaron Starkman, was barely 20 years old, when he was driven in into the Nazi Hitler hell. He decided to keep a diary, where he made notes of everything that was happening.……続きを見る

One of the most coherent and comprehensive personal accounts of the Russian Revolution, of the nature of the Bolshevik State from its birth in 1917 through to its suppression of both the Kronstadt u……続きを見る

Family mysteries often remain tangled for decades, just waiting for someone to pick up the thread and begin to unravel the web. Filled with questions, the author puzzles over her family history. Wha……続きを見る

In this scholarly yet intensely personal history, author Edina Becirevic explores the widespread ethnic cleansing that occurred in Bosnia and Herzegovina from 1992 through 1995, war crimes and crime……続きを見る

The rulers of the Byzantine Empire and its commonwealth were protected both by their own soldiers and by a heavenly army: the military saints. The transformation of Saints George, Demetrios, Theodor……続きを見る

The German invasion of Russia was Hitlers biggest gamble in his quest for Lebensraum in the East and it was at Stalingrad that his gamble failed. Stalingrad is a comprehensive history of the greates……続きを見る

Dear HannaーA biography of pacifist Martin J. Zimmer based on letters from the Eastern Front during WW II by Rudolf Alois Zimmer, is a rare eyewitness account of the plight of both civilians and sol……続きを見る

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**“Sweeping and replete with alluring detail . . . [a] haunting yet ultimately optimistic examination of the human condition as found in Romania.”ーAlison Smale, The New York Times Book Review From ……続きを見る

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Drawing on recently released Soviet archival materials, Hunger and War investigates state food supply policy and its impact on Soviet society during World War II. It explores the role of the state i……続きを見る

One of the most important realist novelists of nineteenth-century Ukraine, Ivan Nechui-Levyts'kyi was caricatured and then forgotten by a generation of literary modernists who rejected his aesthetic……続きを見る

As a playwright, a dissident, and a politician, Václav Havel was one of the most important intellectual figures of the late twentieth century. Working in an extraordinary range of genres – poetry, p……続きを見る

An autobiography unlike other literary forms shows the ego of an author. Aleksandra Ziolkowska-Boehm’s ego is delicate, fascinating, and courageous. Some fragments are almost like a movie with inter……続きを見る

Set in a Hungarian estate on the edge of the Carpathian Mountains, this “lucid and crisp” memoir is a clear-eyed elegy to a countryーand a marriageーtorn apart by World War II (The New Yorker) Best ……続きを見る

Dass die wechselvolle Geschichte der Ukraine nicht ohne ihr heikles Verhältnis zu Russland zu verstehen ist, hat die russische Invasion im Februar 2022 der Weltgemeinschaft drastisch vor Augen gefüh……続きを見る

Join a mature woman's journey first year teaching English. The writer says, 'this is the book I would have loved to read before I began my teaching journey overseas.' Single with an empty nest seeki……続きを見る

Estonia is a small European Union country (population 1.3 million but physically the size of Netherlands and Switzerland) at the historic interface of East and West, Europe and Russia, free from Sov……続きを見る

"This is a fascinating local story with major implications for studies of nationalism and regional identities throughout Europe more generally." ---Dennis Sweeney, University of Alberta "James Bjork……続きを見る

The 2014 Ukrainian crisis has highlighted the pro-Russia stances of some European countries, such as Hungary and Greece, and of some European parties, mostly on the far-right of the political spectr……続きを見る

Rich with a history stretching back thousands of years and endowed with an Eastern heart and a Western mind, the Mediterranean island of Cyprus is a tourist destination for millions of visitors from……続きを見る

The Republic of Moldova claims a European lineage reaching back in time long before its 14th century accession to statehood. In the 15th century, it managed against all odds to avoid being conquered……続きを見る

The political map of Eastern Europe changed dramatically in December 1991 when the leaders of Belarus, Russia, and Ukraine huddled together in a Bielavieza Forest retreat and decided to dissolve the……続きを見る

With the dissolution of the Soviet Empire, it seemed that market capitalism had triumphed and that democracy might replace authoritarian regimes. Economic reformers in the former Eastern Bloc rushed……続きを見る

Originating in India, the Gypsies arrived in Europe around the 14th century, spreading not only across the entirety of the continent but also immigrating to the Americas. The first Gypsy migration i……続きを見る