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The dramatic and little-known story of how, in the summer of 1920, Lenin came within a hair's breadth of shattering the painstakingly constructed Versailles peace settlement and spreading Bolshevism……続きを見る

Apariţia revistei „VITRALII...” - publicaţie a veteranilor din serviciile de informaţii secrete române - este expresia unui interes naţional, evident şi imperativ, conjugat cu o necesitate so……続きを見る

Cartea România în decembrie 1989. De la revolta populară la lovitura de stat îl are ca autor pe profesorul universitar Corvin Lupu, istoric cunoscut în România şi &ici……続きを見る

The Grooves of Change is the culmination of J. F. Brown’s esteemed career as an analyst of Eastern Europe. He traces events in this diverse and disruption-riddled region from the communist era to th……続きを見る

1941-ieji – metai, amžiams įsirėžę į Leningrado (dab. Sankt Peterburgo) atmintį. Jais prasidėjo negailestingiausia žmonijos istorijoje miesto blokada, nusinešusi per 750 000 gyvybių. Iki jos karas a……続きを見る

Russia's engagement with Germany on the Eastern Front during World War II was ferocious, unprecedented and bloody, costing millions of civilian and military lives. In this challenging new book, Lee ……続きを見る

A radical and exciting history of a city – its culture, its people and its politics – that refreshes our image of Europe’s past and of the writing of history itself. In Berlin, history is tangible. ……続きを見る

Adam Zamoyski first wrote his history of Poland two years before the collapse of the Soviet Union. This substantially revised and updated edition sets the Soviet era in the context of the rise, fall……続きを見る

What has happened in Poland? Poland has erupted four times in the last twenty five years, but only the events of 1980 have had comprehensive media coverage. As a result, many questions have been rai……続きを見る

Sometimes a city can be like a bird. Just as the magpie is an inveterate collector, hoarding beautiful eclectic bits to line its nest, so Prague retains fragments from bygone regimes and centuries p……続きを見る

Siberia has had an interesting history, quite distinct from that of Russia. Absolutely vast, containing many non-Russian nationalities, and increasingly important at present because of its huge ener……続きを見る

Apariţia revistei „VITRALII...” - publicaţie a veteranilor din serviciile de informaţii secrete române - este expresia unui interes naţional, evident şi imperativ, conjugat cu o necesitate so……続きを見る

Replica of 1908 edition by Longmans, Green, and Co., London, New York; Bombay, and Calcutta.
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John Frederick Baddeley (July 1854 – ……続きを見る

Lost in Translation: A Life in a New Language by Eva Hoffman (107,000 words) The late poet and memoirist Czeslaw Milosz wrote, "I am enchanted. This book is graceful and profound." Since its publica……続きを見る

Noah Prylucki (1882-1941), a leading Jewish cultural and political figure in pre-Holocaust Eastern Europe, was a proponent of Yiddishism, a movement that promoted secular Yiddish culture as the basi……続きを見る

"An extraordinary memoir.” Luba Vinogradova, co-author of A Writer at War: A Soviet Journalist With the Red Army, 1941-1945 “An important contribution to our understanding of the Second Worl……続きを見る

One of Neil Gaiman’s favourite scary stories for children. Set within a world of sorcery and wizardry, much like an 18th Century Harry Potter, Krabat tells the story of a 14-year-old beggar boy lure……続きを見る

**The astonishing, never-before-told story of the greatest rescue mission of World War IIーwhen the OSS set out to recover more than 500 airmen trapped behind enemy lines in Yugoslavia. “An amazing,……続きを見る

‘It is unlikely that a clearer, more stimulating account of the Russians’ extraordinary period of imperial history will be written.’ Philip Marsden, Spectator Geoffrey Hosking’s landmark book provid……続きを見る

In 1202, zealous Western Christians gathered in Venice determined to liberate Jerusalem from the grip of Islam. But the crusaders never made it to the Holy Land. Steered forward by the shrewd Veneti……続きを見る

The Children of Odin by Padraic Colum Long ago, in a Northern paradise called Asgard, dwelt many gods and goddesses. They were wise and they were beautiful. They lived in peace, untouched by evil...……続きを見る

Apariţia revistei „VITRALII...” - publicaţie a veteranilor din serviciile de informaţii secrete române - este expresia unui interes naţional, evident şi imperativ, conjugat cu o necesitate so……続きを見る

Speaking to My Country by Jan Masaryk; Foreword by Madeleine Albright; Biographical Note by Helen Epstein (69,000 words) First published in 1944, these speeches deserve study by contemporary student……続きを見る

“Powerful… definitive… Rohde tells the Srebrenica story with all the shades of gray the truth demanded.” ーThe Washington Post In 1996, at the height of the Bosnian wars, a correspondent for The Chr……続きを見る

When Ermentrude, a young Gothic woman, leaves home to gain her independence, she enters a world of perilous events, romance, and adventure. Caught between her love of exploring Middle Earth and the ……続きを見る

This book examines folk music and dance revival movements in Russia, exploring why this folk culture has come to represent Russia, how it has been approached and produced, and why memory and traditi……続きを見る

As Antony Beevor cast new light on the Battle of Stalingrad, Alexandra Richie here unearths the traumatic story of one of the last major battles of World War II, in which the Poles fought off German……続きを見る

The Pulitzer Prize-winning look at the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe 続きを見る

The Routledge Companion to Central and Eastern Europe since 1919 is a compact and comprehensive reference guide to the area, from the Treaty of Versailles to the present day. With particular focus o……続きを見る

In The Modern Balkans, historian Richard C. Hall gives a complete account of the historical events that have shaped the Balkan region of Southeastern Europe. Originally separated from the rest of Eu……続きを見る