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The Romanovs
Autocrats of All the Russians
Written by W. Bruce Lincoln
Format: Trade Paperback, 864 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: July 5, 1983
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-27908-6 (0-385-27908-6)
For three centuries—beginning with the accession of Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov in 1613—the Romanov Dynasty ruled Russia. Its reign ended with the execution of Nicholas II and Alexandra in the early 20th century. Noted Russian scholar W. Bruce Lincoln has brilliantly portrayed the achievement, significance and high drama of the Dynasty as... Read more >
Autocrats of All the Russians
Written by W. Bruce Lincoln
Format: Trade Paperback, 864 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: July 5, 1983
Price: $25.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-27908-6 (0-385-27908-6)
For three centuries—beginning with the accession of Mikhail Feodorovich Romanov in 1613—the Romanov Dynasty ruled Russia. Its reign ended with the execution of Nicholas II and Alexandra in the early 20th century. Noted Russian scholar W. Bruce Lincoln has brilliantly portrayed the achievement, significance and high drama of the Dynasty as... Read more >
Double Cross
The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Written by Ben Macintyre
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: Crown
On Sale: July 31, 2012
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-88875-4 (0-307-88875-4)
In his celebrated bestsellers Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat, Ben Macintyre told the dazzling true stories of a remarkable WWII double agent and of how the Allies employed a corpse to fool the Nazis and assure a decisive victory. In Double Cross, Macintyre returns with the untold story of the grand... Read more >
The True Story of the D-Day Spies
Written by Ben Macintyre
Format: Hardcover, 416 pages
Publisher: Crown
On Sale: July 31, 2012
Price: $26.00
ISBN: 978-0-307-88875-4 (0-307-88875-4)
In his celebrated bestsellers Agent Zigzag and Operation Mincemeat, Ben Macintyre told the dazzling true stories of a remarkable WWII double agent and of how the Allies employed a corpse to fool the Nazis and assure a decisive victory. In Double Cross, Macintyre returns with the untold story of the grand... Read more >
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Hope Against Hope
A Memoir
Written by Nadezhda Mandelstam
Translated by Max Hayward
Introduction by Clarence Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: March 30, 1999
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-75316-9 (0-375-75316-8)
Hope Against Hope is one of the greatest testaments to the value of literature and imaginative freedom ever written. Praising Nadezhda Mandelstam's classic memoir, Joseph Brodsky wrote that it "amount[s] to a Day of Judgement on earth for her age," adding, "her memoirs are something more than a testimony to her times... Read more >
A Memoir
Written by Nadezhda Mandelstam
Translated by Max Hayward
Introduction by Clarence Brown
Format: Trade Paperback, 480 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: March 30, 1999
Price: $23.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-75316-9 (0-375-75316-8)
Hope Against Hope is one of the greatest testaments to the value of literature and imaginative freedom ever written. Praising Nadezhda Mandelstam's classic memoir, Joseph Brodsky wrote that it "amount[s] to a Day of Judgement on earth for her age," adding, "her memoirs are something more than a testimony to her times... Read more >
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Written by Robert K. Massie
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-40877-8 (0-345-40877-2)
“[A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in the hands of a master storyteller.”—The Wall Street Journal
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess... Read more >
Written by Robert K. Massie
Format: Trade Paperback, 672 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: September 18, 2012
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-40877-8 (0-345-40877-2)
“[A] tale of power, perseverance and passion . . . a great story in the hands of a master storyteller.”—The Wall Street Journal
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure German princess... Read more >
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman
Written by Robert K. Massie
Format: Hardcover, 656 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-45672-8 (0-679-45672-4)
A 2011 Publishers Weekly Best Book (Top Ten Pick)
A 2011 New York Times Notable Book
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and... Read more >
Written by Robert K. Massie
Format: Hardcover, 656 pages
Publisher: Random House
On Sale: November 8, 2011
Price: $35.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-45672-8 (0-679-45672-4)
A 2011 Publishers Weekly Best Book (Top Ten Pick)
A 2011 New York Times Notable Book
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and... Read more >
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Nicholas and Alexandra
Written by Robert K. Massie
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: February 1, 2000
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-43831-7 (0-345-43831-0)
Nicholas and Alexandra offers a fascinating account of the last of the Romanov dynasty, the love affair of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra, their family, their involvement with Rasputin, and the revolution that transformed imperial Russia. Read more >
Written by Robert K. Massie
Format: Trade Paperback, 640 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: February 1, 2000
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-43831-7 (0-345-43831-0)
Nicholas and Alexandra offers a fascinating account of the last of the Romanov dynasty, the love affair of Tsar Nicholas II and his wife, Alexandra, their family, their involvement with Rasputin, and the revolution that transformed imperial Russia. Read more >
Peter the Great: His Life and World
Written by Robert K. Massie
Format: Trade Paperback, 928 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 12, 1981
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-29806-5 (0-345-29806-3)
Against the monumental canvas of 17th- and 18th-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great–one of the most extraordinary rulers in history. He brought Russia from the darkness of its own Middle Ages into the Enlightenment and transformed it into the power that has its legacy in... Read more >
Written by Robert K. Massie
Format: Trade Paperback, 928 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: October 12, 1981
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-345-29806-5 (0-345-29806-3)
Against the monumental canvas of 17th- and 18th-century Europe and Russia, unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great–one of the most extraordinary rulers in history. He brought Russia from the darkness of its own Middle Ages into the Enlightenment and transformed it into the power that has its legacy in... Read more >
Potemkin
Catherine the Great's Imperial Partner
Written by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 4, 2005
Price: $21.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7717-5 (1-4000-7717-6)
Prince Grigory Potemkin was Catherine the Great's lover, secret husband, and partner in ruling the Russian Empire. Their affair was so tumultuous, they negotiated an arrangement that allowed them to share power while they were free to take other lovers. But they never stopped loving each other, and their enduring relationship... Read more >
Catherine the Great's Imperial Partner
Written by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Format: Trade Paperback, 688 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: January 4, 2005
Price: $21.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7717-5 (1-4000-7717-6)
Prince Grigory Potemkin was Catherine the Great's lover, secret husband, and partner in ruling the Russian Empire. Their affair was so tumultuous, they negotiated an arrangement that allowed them to share power while they were free to take other lovers. But they never stopped loving each other, and their enduring relationship... Read more >
Stalin
The Court of the Red Tsar
Written by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Format: Trade Paperback, 848 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $21.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7678-9 (1-4000-7678-1)
This widely acclaimed biography provides a vivid and riveting account of Stalin and his courtiers—killers, fanatics, women, and children—during the terrifying decades of his supreme power. In a seamless meshing of exhaustive research and narrative élan, Simon Sebag Montefiore gives us the everyday details of a monstrous life.
We see Stalin playing... Read more >
The Court of the Red Tsar
Written by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Format: Trade Paperback, 848 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: September 13, 2005
Price: $21.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-7678-9 (1-4000-7678-1)
This widely acclaimed biography provides a vivid and riveting account of Stalin and his courtiers—killers, fanatics, women, and children—during the terrifying decades of his supreme power. In a seamless meshing of exhaustive research and narrative élan, Simon Sebag Montefiore gives us the everyday details of a monstrous life.
We see Stalin playing... Read more >
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Young Stalin
Written by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-9613-8 (1-4000-9613-8)
Based on ten years' astonishing new research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic, dangerous boy became a student priest, romantic poet, gangster mastermind, prolific lover, murderous revolutionary, and the merciless politician who shaped the Soviet Empire in his own brutal image: How Stalin became Stalin.
“Brilliantly researched. . ... Read more >
Written by Simon Sebag Montefiore
Format: Trade Paperback, 528 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: October 14, 2008
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-1-4000-9613-8 (1-4000-9613-8)
Based on ten years' astonishing new research, here is the thrilling story of how a charismatic, dangerous boy became a student priest, romantic poet, gangster mastermind, prolific lover, murderous revolutionary, and the merciless politician who shaped the Soviet Empire in his own brutal image: How Stalin became Stalin.
“Brilliantly researched. . ... Read more >
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Gertruda's Oath
A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II
Written by Ram Oren
Translated by Barbara Harshav
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
On Sale: August 3, 2010
Price: $14.99
ISBN: 978-0-385-52719-4 (0-385-52719-5)
"Written with impressive talent and suspense, this true story will appeal to many." --Elie Wiesel
Michael Stolowitzky, the only son of a wealthy Jewish family in Poland, was just three years old when war broke out and the family lost everything. His father, desperate to settle his business affairs, travels to France... Read more >
A Child, a Promise, and a Heroic Escape During World War II
Written by Ram Oren
Translated by Barbara Harshav
Format: Trade Paperback, 320 pages
Publisher: Doubleday Religion
On Sale: August 3, 2010
Price: $14.99
ISBN: 978-0-385-52719-4 (0-385-52719-5)
"Written with impressive talent and suspense, this true story will appeal to many." --Elie Wiesel
Michael Stolowitzky, the only son of a wealthy Jewish family in Poland, was just three years old when war broke out and the family lost everything. His father, desperate to settle his business affairs, travels to France... Read more >
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My Silent War
The Autobiography of a Spy
Written by Kim Philby
Foreword by Graham Greene
Introduction by Phillip Knightley
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: September 24, 2002
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-75983-3 (0-375-75983-2)
In the annals of espionage, one name towers above all others: that of H.A.R. “Kim” Philby, the ringleader of the legendary Cambridge spies. A member of the British establishment, Philby joined the Secret Intelligence Service in 1940, rose to the head of Soviet counterintelligence, and, as MI6’s liaison with the CIA... Read more >
The Autobiography of a Spy
Written by Kim Philby
Foreword by Graham Greene
Introduction by Phillip Knightley
Format: Trade Paperback, 256 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: September 24, 2002
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-75983-3 (0-375-75983-2)
In the annals of espionage, one name towers above all others: that of H.A.R. “Kim” Philby, the ringleader of the legendary Cambridge spies. A member of the British establishment, Philby joined the Secret Intelligence Service in 1940, rose to the head of Soviet counterintelligence, and, as MI6’s liaison with the CIA... Read more >
Communism
A History
Written by Richard Pipes
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6864-4 (0-8129-6864-6)
With astonishing authority and clarity, Richard Pipes has fused a lifetime's scholarship into a single focused history of Communism, from its hopeful birth as a theory to its miserable death as a practice.
At its heart, the book is a history of the Soviet Union, the most comprehensive reorganization of human... Read more >
A History
Written by Richard Pipes
Format: Trade Paperback, 192 pages
Publisher: Modern Library
On Sale: August 5, 2003
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-8129-6864-4 (0-8129-6864-6)
With astonishing authority and clarity, Richard Pipes has fused a lifetime's scholarship into a single focused history of Communism, from its hopeful birth as a theory to its miserable death as a practice.
At its heart, the book is a history of the Soviet Union, the most comprehensive reorganization of human... Read more >
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A Concise History of the Russian Revolution
Written by Richard Pipes
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 26, 1996
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-74544-0 (0-679-74544-0)
Pipes' masterly works The Russian Revolution and Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime are regarded as the classic treatments of the seminal transforming event of the twentieth century. Pipes has now distilled that two-volume account into a brilliant new history that is likely to become the standard one-volume account of the Russian... Read more >
Written by Richard Pipes
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 26, 1996
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-74544-0 (0-679-74544-0)
Pipes' masterly works The Russian Revolution and Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime are regarded as the classic treatments of the seminal transforming event of the twentieth century. Pipes has now distilled that two-volume account into a brilliant new history that is likely to become the standard one-volume account of the Russian... Read more >
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Russia Under the Bolshevik Regime
Written by Richard Pipes
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 4, 1995
Price: $21.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76184-6 (0-679-76184-5)
Pipes describes the Civil War, the attempts to export the revolution abroad, and the solidification of the Communist state in the early 1920s. He argues that the Russian Revolution was an intellectual, rather than a class uprising; that it was steeped in terror from its very outset; and that it was... Read more >
Written by Richard Pipes
Format: Trade Paperback, 608 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 4, 1995
Price: $21.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-76184-6 (0-679-76184-5)
Pipes describes the Civil War, the attempts to export the revolution abroad, and the solidification of the Communist state in the early 1920s. He argues that the Russian Revolution was an intellectual, rather than a class uprising; that it was steeped in terror from its very outset; and that it was... Read more >
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The Russian Revolution
Written by Richard Pipes
Format: Trade Paperback, 976 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 5, 1991
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-73660-8 (0-679-73660-3)
In this monumental history of the Russian Revolution, Pipes argues convincingly that the Russian Revolution was an intellectual, rather than a class, uprising; that it was steeped in terror from its very outset; and that it was not a revolution at all but a coup d'état. Pipes goes on to examine... Read more >
Written by Richard Pipes
Format: Trade Paperback, 976 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: November 5, 1991
Price: $30.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-73660-8 (0-679-73660-3)
In this monumental history of the Russian Revolution, Pipes argues convincingly that the Russian Revolution was an intellectual, rather than a class, uprising; that it was steeped in terror from its very outset; and that it was not a revolution at all but a coup d'état. Pipes goes on to examine... Read more >
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Three "Whys" of the Russian Revolution
Written by Richard Pipes
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 27, 1997
Price: $13.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77646-8 (0-679-77646-X)
"It is my considered judgment that, had it not been for the Russian Revolution, there would very likely have been no National Socialism; probably no Second World War and no decolonization; and certainly no Cold War, which once dominated our lives. I will attempt here to distill the essence of my... Read more >
Written by Richard Pipes
Format: Trade Paperback, 96 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 27, 1997
Price: $13.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-77646-8 (0-679-77646-X)
"It is my considered judgment that, had it not been for the Russian Revolution, there would very likely have been no National Socialism; probably no Second World War and no decolonization; and certainly no Cold War, which once dominated our lives. I will attempt here to distill the essence of my... Read more >
The Last Tsar
The Life and Death of Nicholas II
Written by Edvard Radzinsky
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 15, 1993
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-46962-3 (0-385-46962-4)
Translated by Marian Schwartz. Russian historian Edvard Radzinsky has compiled sources never before available-including the tsar's and tsaritsa's diaries and firsthand accounts of the slayings-to create a vivid portrait of the monarch and the royal family's last days. Included is documentation that links the actual order to execute the imperial family... Read more >
The Life and Death of Nicholas II
Written by Edvard Radzinsky
Format: Trade Paperback, 496 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: June 15, 1993
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-46962-3 (0-385-46962-4)
Translated by Marian Schwartz. Russian historian Edvard Radzinsky has compiled sources never before available-including the tsar's and tsaritsa's diaries and firsthand accounts of the slayings-to create a vivid portrait of the monarch and the royal family's last days. Included is documentation that links the actual order to execute the imperial family... Read more >
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The Rasputin File
Written by Edvard Radzinsky
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: December 4, 2001
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-48910-2 (0-385-48910-2)
From the bestselling author of Stalin and The Last Tsar comes The Rasputin File, a remarkable biography of the mystical monk and bizarre philanderer whose role in the demise of the Romanovs and the start of the revolution can only now be fully known.
For almost a century, historians could only speculate... Read more >
Written by Edvard Radzinsky
Format: Trade Paperback, 576 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: December 4, 2001
Price: $19.95
ISBN: 978-0-385-48910-2 (0-385-48910-2)
From the bestselling author of Stalin and The Last Tsar comes The Rasputin File, a remarkable biography of the mystical monk and bizarre philanderer whose role in the demise of the Romanovs and the start of the revolution can only now be fully known.
For almost a century, historians could only speculate... Read more >
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Stalin
The First In-depth Biography Based on Explosive New Documents from Russia's Secret Archives
Written by Edvard Radzinsky
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 18, 1997
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-47954-7 (0-385-47954-9)
From the author of the seminal The Last Tsar comes the most remarkable and definitive book yet to emerge from the fall of the U.S.S.R. With full access to the top-secret Presidential Archives, KGB archives, never-before-seen marginalia in books from Stalin's library, diaries, hundreds of interviews, and more, Radzinsky traces the arc... Read more >
The First In-depth Biography Based on Explosive New Documents from Russia's Secret Archives
Written by Edvard Radzinsky
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
Publisher: Anchor
On Sale: August 18, 1997
Price: $20.00
ISBN: 978-0-385-47954-7 (0-385-47954-9)
From the author of the seminal The Last Tsar comes the most remarkable and definitive book yet to emerge from the fall of the U.S.S.R. With full access to the top-secret Presidential Archives, KGB archives, never-before-seen marginalia in books from Stalin's library, diaries, hundreds of interviews, and more, Radzinsky traces the arc... Read more >
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Stalin and His Hangmen
The Tyrant and Those Who Killed for Him
Written by Donald Rayfield
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: December 13, 2005
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-75771-6 (0-375-75771-6)
Stalin did not act alone. The mass executions, the mock trials, the betrayals and purges, the jailings and secret torture that ravaged the Soviet Union during the three decades of Stalin’s dictatorship, were the result of a tight network of trusted henchmen (and women), spies, psychopaths, and thugs. At the top... Read more >
The Tyrant and Those Who Killed for Him
Written by Donald Rayfield
Format: Trade Paperback, 592 pages
Publisher: Random House Trade Paperbacks
On Sale: December 13, 2005
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-0-375-75771-6 (0-375-75771-6)
Stalin did not act alone. The mass executions, the mock trials, the betrayals and purges, the jailings and secret torture that ravaged the Soviet Union during the three decades of Stalin’s dictatorship, were the result of a tight network of trusted henchmen (and women), spies, psychopaths, and thugs. At the top... Read more >
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Lenin's Tomb
The Last Days of the Soviet Empire
Written by David Remnick
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 26, 1994
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-75125-0 (0-679-75125-4)
Chosen by The New York Times Book Review and Time as one of the best books of the year, Lenin’s Tomb has the moral authority of Nadezhda Mandelstam and the narrative power of John Reed. This monumental account of the collapse of the Soviet Union combines the vision of the best... Read more >
The Last Days of the Soviet Empire
Written by David Remnick
Format: Trade Paperback, 624 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: April 26, 1994
Price: $18.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-75125-0 (0-679-75125-4)
Chosen by The New York Times Book Review and Time as one of the best books of the year, Lenin’s Tomb has the moral authority of Nadezhda Mandelstam and the narrative power of John Reed. This monumental account of the collapse of the Soviet Union combines the vision of the best... Read more >
Resurrection
Written by David Remnick
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 26, 1998
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-75023-6 (0-375-75023-1)
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Remnick chronicles the new Russia that emerged from the ash heap of the Soviet Union. From the siege of Parliament to the farcically tilted elections of 1996, from the rubble of Grozny to the grandiose wealth and naked corruption of today's Moscow, Remnick chronicles a society so... Read more >
Written by David Remnick
Format: Trade Paperback, 432 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: May 26, 1998
Price: $16.00
ISBN: 978-0-375-75023-6 (0-375-75023-1)
Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Remnick chronicles the new Russia that emerged from the ash heap of the Soviet Union. From the siege of Parliament to the farcically tilted elections of 1996, from the rubble of Grozny to the grandiose wealth and naked corruption of today's Moscow, Remnick chronicles a society so... Read more >
The Haunted Land
Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
Written by Tina Rosenberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 19, 1996
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-74499-3 (0-679-74499-1)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award
In The Haunted Land Rosenberg examines how four newly democratic countries in Eastern Europe--East Germany, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic--are dealing with the memories of forty years of communism. As these nations struggle to atone for the crimes committed during their... Read more >
Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism
Written by Tina Rosenberg
Format: Trade Paperback, 464 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: March 19, 1996
Price: $17.95
ISBN: 978-0-679-74499-3 (0-679-74499-1)
Winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book Award
In The Haunted Land Rosenberg examines how four newly democratic countries in Eastern Europe--East Germany, Poland, Slovakia, and the Czech Republic--are dealing with the memories of forty years of communism. As these nations struggle to atone for the crimes committed during their... Read more >
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Echoes of a Native Land
Two Centuries of a Russian Village
Written by Serge Schmemann
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 22, 1999
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-75707-8 (0-679-75707-4)
Tracing the lives of his Russian forebears, Serge Schmemann, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times, tells a remarkable story that spans the past two hundred years of Russian history.
First, he draws on a family archive rich in pictorial as well as documentary treasure to bring us into the... Read more >
Two Centuries of a Russian Village
Written by Serge Schmemann
Format: Trade Paperback, 368 pages
Publisher: Vintage
On Sale: February 22, 1999
Price: $19.00
ISBN: 978-0-679-75707-8 (0-679-75707-4)
Tracing the lives of his Russian forebears, Serge Schmemann, Pulitzer Prize-winning foreign correspondent for the New York Times, tells a remarkable story that spans the past two hundred years of Russian history.
First, he draws on a family archive rich in pictorial as well as documentary treasure to bring us into the... Read more >
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