Random House New Releases - Travel - Russia

Fodor's Moscow & St. Petersburg by Fodor's

2013-11-05T00:30:00-05:00

Fodor's Moscow & St. Petersburg
Written by Fodor's

eBook, 392 pages | Fodor's | Travel - Russia | $15.99 | 978-0-7704-3281-2 (0-7704-3281-6)

Two cities with real Tsar Power, Moscow and St. Petersburg are the odd couple of Russia: one, the heart of the nation and home to the history-rich Kremlin, where rulers from Ivan the Terrible to Lenin have left their mark; the other, a city born of the passion of its founder, Peter the Great, and today a gigantic Faberge egg stuffed with great art, sunset-colored palaces, and lollipop-striped cathedrals. As more travelers than ever are making their own voyages by cruising the Volga river, which connects Moscow and St. Petersburg, Fodor's Moscow and St. Petersburg ebook edition also details many of the splendors of the connecting Golden Ring area.

EXPANDED COVERAGE: With its crew of local experts, this guide tracks Russia as it continues to trade in red star for four star. The pendulum has swung from sceptre to sickle and back again to sceptre---with a vengeance. The Alexander Palace in St. Petersburg (the last abode of Nicholas and Alexandra) is just the latest palace to be renovated; snowmobile tours now take you down the paths once traveled by the tsars in troikas; many hotel rooms in Moscow now go for $400 and up; and Moscow is now home to one of the world's most opulent restaurants, Turandot. But enough of Russia champagneskoye: the guide is also packed with bargain-hunter and insider finds, including those in our expanded Moscow hotel chapter. The performing arts scene gets attention with information about Moscow’s Mariinsky II, the spectacular new opera house (opening in May 2013) that, along with a modern concert hall and the historic Mariinsky Ballet Theater, creates an amazing arts complex.

SPECIAL FEATURES: An array of in-depth features helps travelers experience the cities,
including step-by-step walks through Moscow's and St. Petersburg's historic centers, and guides to the ins and outs of vodka drinking, food, and the famous banyas (baths).

Fodor's Moscow & St. Petersburg by Fodor's

2013-11-05T00:30:00-05:00

Fodor's Moscow & St. Petersburg
Written by Fodor's

Trade Paperback, 392 pages | Fodor's | Travel - Russia | $19.99 | 978-0-7704-3205-8 (0-7704-3205-0)

Two cities with real Tsar Power, Moscow and St. Petersburg are the odd couple of Russia: one, the heart of the nation and home to the history-rich Kremlin, where rulers from Ivan the Terrible to Lenin have left their mark; the other, a city born of the passion of its founder, Peter the Great, and today a gigantic Faberge egg stuffed with great art, sunset-colored palaces, and lollipop-striped cathedrals. As more travelers than ever are making their own voyages by cruising the Volga river, which connects Moscow and St. Petersburg, Fodor's Moscow and St. Petersburg also details many of the splendors of the connecting Golden Ring area.

EXPANDED COVERAGE: With its crew of local experts, this guide tracks Russia as it continues to trade in red star for four star. The pendulum has swung from sceptre to sickle and back again to sceptre---with a vengeance. The Alexander Palace in St. Petersburg (the last abode of Nicholas and Alexandra) is just the latest palace to be renovated; snowmobile tours now take you down the paths once traveled by the tsars in troikas; many hotel rooms in Moscow now go for $400 and up; and Moscow is now home to one of the world's most opulent restaurants, Turandot. But enough of Russia champagneskoye: the guide is also packed with bargain-hunter and insider finds, including those in our expanded Moscow hotel chapter. The performing arts scene gets attention with information about Moscow’s Mariinsky II, the spectacular new opera house (opening in May 2013) that, along with a modern concert hall and the historic Mariinsky Ballet Theater, creates an amazing arts complex.

SPECIAL FEATURES: An array of in-depth features helps travelers experience the cities, including step-by-step walks through Moscow's and St. Petersburg's historic centers, and guides to the ins and outs of vodka drinking, food, and the famous banyas (baths).

King of Russia by Eric Duhatschek

2012-11-13T00:30:00-05:00

King of Russia A Year in the Russian Super League
Written by Dave King and Eric Duhatschek

eBook | Emblem Editions | Sports & Recreation - Hockey; Travel - Russia | $14.99 | 978-1-55199-415-4 (1-55199-415-1)

A revealing look inside the Russian Super League by its first Canadian coach.

Until now no Canadian had penetrated the coaching ranks of Russian hockey, but the year after the NHL lockout, Dave King became head coach of the Metallurg Magnitogorsk. From the beginning, King, Canada’s long-time national coach and former coach of both the Flames and Blue Jackets, realized he was in for an adventure. His first meeting with team officials in a Vienna hotel lobby included six fast-talking Russians and the “bag-man” — assistant general manager Oleg Kuprianov, who always carried a little black bag full of U.S. one hundred dollar bills.

The mission seemed simple enough: keep the old Soviet style combination play on offence, but improve the team’s defensive play — and win a Russian Super League Championship. Yet, as King’s diary of his time in Russia reveals, coaching an elite Russian team is anything but simple. King of Russia details the world of Russian hockey from the inside, intimately acquainting us with the lives of key players, owners, managers, and fans, while granting us a unique perspective on life in an industrial town in the new Russia. And introducing us to Evgeni Malkin, Magnitogorsk’s star and the NHL’s newest phenomenon.

From the Hardcover edition.

Letters from Russia by Anka Muhlstein

2012-04-25T00:30:00-05:00

Letters from Russia
Written by Astolphe De Custine
Introduction by Anka Muhlstein

eBook | NYRB Classics | Travel - Russia; History - Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union) | $24.95 | 978-1-59017-534-7 (1-59017-534-4)

The Marquis de Custine’s record of his trip to Russia in 1839 is a brilliantly perceptive, even prophetic, account of one of the world’s most fascinating and troubled countries. It is also a wonderful piece of travel writing. Custine, who met with people in all walks of life, including the Czar himself, offers vivid descriptions of St. Petersburg and Moscow, of life at court and on the street, and of the impoverished Russian countryside. But together with a wealth of sharply delineated incident and detail, Custine’s great work also presents an indelible picture—roundly denounced by both Czarist and Communist regimes—of a country crushed by despotism and “intoxicated with slavery.”

Letters from Russia, here published in a new edition prepared by Anka Muhlstein, the author of the Goncourt Prize-winning biography of Custine, stands with Tocqueville’s Democracy in America as a profound and passionate encounter with historical forces that are still very much at work in the world today.

Lost and Found in Russia by Susan Richards

2010-12-07T00:30:00-05:00

Lost and Found in Russia Lives in the Post-Soviet Landscape
Written by Susan Richards

Trade Paperback, 320 pages | Other Press | History - Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union); Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Travel - Russia | $15.95 | 978-1-59051-348-4 (1-59051-348-7)

After the fall of communism, Russia was in a state of shock. The sudden and dramatic change left many people adrift and uncertain—but also full of a tentative but tenacious hope. Returning again and again to the provincial hinterlands of this rapidly evolving country from 1992 to 2008, Susan Richards struck up some extraordinary friendships with people in the middle of this historical drama. Anna, a questing journalist, struggles to express her passionate spirituality within the rules of the new society. Natasha, a restless spirit, has relocated from Siberia in a bid to escape the demands of her upper-class family and her own mysterious demons. Tatiana and Misha, whose business empire has blossomed from the ashes of the Soviet Union, seem, despite their luxury, uneasy in this new world. Richards watches them grow and change, their fortunes rise and fall, their hopes soar and crash.
Through their stories and her own experiences, Susan Richards demonstrates how in Russia, the past and the present cannot be separated. She meets scientists convinced of the existence of UFOs and mind-control warfare. She visits a cult based on working the land and a tiny civilization founded on the practices of traditional Russian Orthodoxy. Gangsters, dreamers, artists, healers, all are wondering in their own ways, “Who are we now if we’re not communist? What does it mean to be Russian?” This remarkable history of contemporary Russia holds a mirror up to a forgotten people. Lost and Found in Russia is a magical and unforgettable portrait of a society in transition.

Lost and Found in Russia by Susan Richards

2010-12-07T00:30:00-05:00

Lost and Found in Russia Lives in the Post-Soviet Landscape
Written by Susan Richards

eBook, 352 pages | Other Press | History - Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union); Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Travel - Russia | $15.95 | 978-1-59051-369-9 (1-59051-369-X)

Russia - Culture Smart! by Anna King

2010-09-14T00:30:00-05:00

Russia - Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Written by Anna King

eBook, 168 pages | Kuperard | Travel - Russia; Reference - Etiquette; Business & Economics - Business Etiquette | $9.95 | 978-1-85733-574-3 (1-85733-574-0)

Culture Smart! provides essential information on attitudes, beliefs and behavior in different countries, ensuring that you arrive at your destination aware of basic manners, common courtesies, and sensitive issues. These concise guides tell you what to expect, how to behave, and how to establish a rapport with your hosts. This inside knowledge will enable you to steer clear of embarrassing gaffes and mistakes, feel confident in unfamiliar situations, and develop trust, friendships, and successful business relationships.

Culture Smart! offers illuminating insights into the culture and society of a particular country. It will help you to turn your visit-whether on business or for pleasure-into a memorable and enriching experience. Contents include:

* customs, values, and traditions
* historical, religious, and political background
* life at home
* leisure, social, and cultural life
* eating and drinking
* do's, don'ts, and taboos
* business practices
* communication, spoken and unspoken

"Culture Smart has come to the rescue of hapless travellers." Sunday Times Travel

"... the perfect introduction to the weird, wonderful and downright odd quirks and customs of various countries." Global Travel

"...full of fascinating-as well as common-sense-tips to help you avoid embarrassing faux pas." Observer

"...as useful as they are entertaining." Easyjet Magazine

"...offer glimpses into the psyche of a faraway world." New York Times

Russian Journal by Andrea Lee

2008-12-10T00:30:00-05:00

Russian Journal
Written by Andrea Lee

eBook, 256 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Travel - Russia; Biography & Autobiography | $11.99 | 978-0-307-49036-0 (0-307-49036-X)

“A subtly crafted reflection of both the bleak and golden shadings of Russian life . . . Its tones belong more to the realm of poetry than journalism.” –The New York Times Book Review

At age twenty-five, Andrea Lee joined her husband, a Harvard doctoral candidate in Russian history, for his eight months’ study at Moscow State University and an additional two months in Leningrad. Published to enormous critical acclaim in 1981, Russian Journal is the award-winning author’s penetrating, vivid account of her everyday life as an expatriate in Soviet culture, chronicling her fascinating exchanges with journalists, diplomats, and her Soviet contemporaries. The winner of the Jean Stein Award from the National Academy of Arts and Letters–and the book that launched Lee’s career as a writer–Russian Journal is a beautiful and clear-eyed travel-writing classic.

“[Lee] takes us wherever she is, conveying a feeling of place and atmosphere that is the mark of real talent.”
–The Washington Post Book World

“A book of very great charm . . . [Lee] records what she saw and heard with unassuming delicacy and exactness.”
–Newsweek

From the Trade Paperback edition.

King of Russia by Eric Duhatschek

2008-09-30T00:30:00-05:00

King of Russia A Year in the Russian Super League
Written by Dave King and Eric Duhatschek

Trade Paperback, 264 pages | Emblem Editions | Sports & Recreation - Hockey; Travel - Russia | $19.99 | 978-0-7710-9570-2 (0-7710-9570-8)

Chasing the Sea by Tom Bissell

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

Chasing the Sea Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
Written by Tom Bissell

eBook, 416 pages | Vintage | Travel - Russia; History - Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union) | $13.99 | 978-0-307-42524-9 (0-307-42524-X)

In 1996, Tom Bissell went to Uzbekistan as a na•ve Peace Corps volunteer. Though he lasted only a few months before illness and personal crisis forced him home, Bissell found himself entranced by this remote land. Five years later he returned to explore the shrinking Aral Sea, destroyed by Soviet irrigation policies. Joining up with an exuberant translator named Rustam, Bissell slips more than once through the clutches of the Uzbek police as he makes his often wild way to the devastated sea.

In Chasing the Sea, Bissell combines the story of his travels with a beguiling chronicle of Uzbekistan’s striking culture and long history of violent subjugation by despots from Jenghiz Khan to Joseph Stalin. Alternately amusing and sobering, this is a gripping portrait of a fascinating place, and the debut of a singularly gifted young writer.

From the Trade Paperback edition.

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great by Hilde Hoogenboom

2007-12-18T00:30:00-05:00

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great
Written by Catherine the Great
Translated by Markus Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom

eBook, 352 pages | Modern Library | Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Travel - Russia | $11.99 | 978-0-307-43243-8 (0-307-43243-2)

Empress Catherine II brought Europe to Russia, and Russia to Europe, during her long and eventful reign (1762—96). She fostered the culture of the Enlightenment and greatly expanded the immense empire created by Czar Ivan the Terrible, shifting the balance of power in Europe eastward. Famous for her will to power and for her dozen lovers, Catherine was also a prolific and gifted writer.

Fluent in French, Russian, and German, Catherine published political theory, journalism, comedies, operas, and history, while writing thousands of letters as she corresponded with Voltaire and other public figures. The Memoirs of Catherine the Great provides an unparalleled window into eighteenth-century Russia and the mind of an absolute ruler.

With insight, humor, and candor, Catherine presents her eyewitness account of history, from her whirlwind entry into the Russian court in 1744 at age fourteen as the intended bride of Empress Elizabeth I’s nephew, the eccentric drunkard and future Peter III, to her unhappy marriage; from her two children, several miscarriages, and her and Peter’s numerous affairs to the political maneuvering that enabled Catherine to seize the throne from him in 1762. Catherine’s eye for telling details makes for compelling reading as she describes the dramatic fall and rise of her political fortunes.

This definitive new translation from the French is scrupulously faithful to her words and is the first for which translators have consulted original manuscripts written in Catherine’s own hand. It is an indispensable work for anyone interested in Catherine the Great, Russian history, or the eighteenth century.

From the Hardcover edition.

Russia - Culture Smart! by Anna King

2007-10-23T00:30:00-05:00

Russia - Culture Smart! the essential guide to customs & culture
Written by Anna King

Trade Paperback, 168 pages | Kuperard | Travel - Russia; Reference - Etiquette; Business & Economics - Business Etiquette | $9.95 | 978-1-85733-352-7 (1-85733-352-7)

Literary St. Petersburg by Elaine Blair

2007-06-26T00:30:00-05:00

Literary St. Petersburg A Guide to the City and Its Writers
Written by Elaine Blair

Trade Paperback, 140 pages | Little Bookroom | Travel - Russia | $16.95 | 978-1-892145-37-6 (1-892145-37-5)

Much of Russian literature is St. Petersburg literature: set in the city, about the city, or written by writers who lived there. For each of the fifteen profiled writers, there is a biographical sketch focusing on his or her relationship to the city and a sense of his or her work, along with a list of St. Petersburg sites associated with the writer and the literary works.

Travelers can wander through the museum where a teenage Vladimir Nabokov romanced his girlfriend and see the prison where Anna Akhmatova was inspired to write her poem about the Great Terror. They can find the statue that comes to life in Pushkin’s poem The Bronze Horseman and visit the square where Crime and Punishment’s murderer/hero kneels to ask God’s forgiveness.

The images included are particularly striking: a photo taken in the courtroom where the young Joseph Brodsky made his electrifying defense of his credentials as a poet; a portrait of Akhmatova, a symbol of artistic integrity in the face of the most severe persecution; and documentary photographs spanning the upheavals of twentieth century Russia.

Authors included are: Anna Akhmatova, Andrei Bely, Aleksandr Blok, Joseph Brodsky, Fyodor Dostoevsky, Nikolai Gogol, Daniil Kharms, Vladimir Mayakovsky, Osip Mandelstam, Vladimir Nabokov, Alexander Pushkin, Leo Tolstoy, Ivan Turgenev, Yevgeny Zamyatin, Mikhail Zoshchenko.

Russian Journal by Andrea Lee

2006-06-20T00:30:00-05:00

Russian Journal
Written by Andrea Lee

Trade Paperback, 256 pages | Random House Trade Paperbacks | Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Travel - Russia; Biography & Autobiography | $14.95 | 978-0-8129-7665-6 (0-8129-7665-7)

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great by Hilde Hoogenboom

2006-06-13T00:30:00-05:00

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great
Written by Catherine the Great
Translated by Markus Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom

Trade Paperback, 352 pages | Modern Library | Biography & Autobiography - Historical; Biography & Autobiography - Personal Memoirs; Travel - Russia | $15.95 | 978-0-8129-6987-0 (0-8129-6987-1)

Chasing the Sea by Tom Bissell

2004-10-12T00:30:00-05:00

Chasing the Sea Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
Written by Tom Bissell

Trade Paperback, 416 pages | Vintage | Travel - Russia; History - Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union) | $18.00 | 978-0-375-72754-2 (0-375-72754-X)

Letters from Russia by Anka Muhlstein

2002-04-30T00:30:00-05:00

Letters from Russia
Written by Astolphe De Custine
Introduction by Anka Muhlstein

Trade Paperback, 672 pages | NYRB Classics | Travel - Russia; History - Russia (pre- & post-Soviet Union) | $24.95 | 978-0-940322-81-3 (0-940322-81-1)

The Marquis de Custine's record of his trip to Russia in 1839 is a brilliantly perceptive, even prophetic, account of one of the world's most fascinating and troubled countries. It is also a wonderful piece of travel writing. Custine, who met with people in all walks of life, including the Czar himself, offers vivid descriptions of St. Petersburg and Moscow, of life at court and on the street, and of the impoverished Russian countryside. But together with a wealth of sharply delineated incident and detail, Custine's great work also presents an indelible picture--roundly denounced by both Czarist and Communist regimes--of a country crushed by despotism and "intoxicated with slavery."

Letters from Russia, here published in a new edition prepared by Anka Muhlstein, the author of the Goncourt Prize-winning biography of Custine, stands with Tocqueville's Democracy in America as a profound and passionate encounter with historical forces that are still very much at work in the world today.

Random House New Releases - Travel - Russia

Fodor's Moscow & St. Petersburg by Fodor's

Fodor's Moscow & St. Petersburg Written by Fodor's

Fodor's Moscow & St. Petersburg by Fodor's

Fodor's Moscow & St. Petersburg Written by Fodor's

King of Russia by Eric Duhatschek

King of Russia A Year in the Russian Super LeagueWritten by Dave King and Eric Duhatschek

Letters from Russia by Anka Muhlstein

Letters from Russia Written by Astolphe De Custine Introduction by Anka Muhlstein

Lost and Found in Russia by Susan Richards

Lost and Found in Russia Lives in the Post-Soviet LandscapeWritten by Susan Richards

Lost and Found in Russia by Susan Richards

Lost and Found in Russia Lives in the Post-Soviet LandscapeWritten by Susan Richards

Russia - Culture Smart! by Anna King

Russia - Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & CultureWritten by Anna King

Russian Journal by Andrea Lee

Russian Journal Written by Andrea Lee

King of Russia by Eric Duhatschek

King of Russia A Year in the Russian Super LeagueWritten by Dave King and Eric Duhatschek

Chasing the Sea by Tom Bissell

Chasing the Sea Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central AsiaWritten by Tom Bissell

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great by Hilde Hoogenboom

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great Written by Catherine the Great Translated by Markus Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom

Russia - Culture Smart! by Anna King

Russia - Culture Smart! the essential guide to customs & cultureWritten by Anna King

Literary St. Petersburg by Elaine Blair

Literary St. Petersburg A Guide to the City and Its WritersWritten by Elaine Blair

Russian Journal by Andrea Lee

Russian Journal Written by Andrea Lee

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great by Hilde Hoogenboom

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great Written by Catherine the Great Translated by Markus Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom

Chasing the Sea by Tom Bissell

Chasing the Sea Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central AsiaWritten by Tom Bissell

Letters from Russia by Anka Muhlstein

Letters from Russia Written by Astolphe De Custine Introduction by Anka Muhlstein

Fodor's Moscow & St. Petersburg
Written by Fodor's

Fodor's Moscow & St. Petersburg
Written by Fodor's

King of Russia A Year in the Russian Super League
Written by Dave King and Eric Duhatschek

Letters from Russia
Written by Astolphe De Custine
Introduction by Anka Muhlstein

Lost and Found in Russia Lives in the Post-Soviet Landscape
Written by Susan Richards

Lost and Found in Russia Lives in the Post-Soviet Landscape
Written by Susan Richards

Russia - Culture Smart! The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Written by Anna King

Russian Journal
Written by Andrea Lee

King of Russia A Year in the Russian Super League
Written by Dave King and Eric Duhatschek

Chasing the Sea Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
Written by Tom Bissell

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great
Written by Catherine the Great
Translated by Markus Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom

Russia - Culture Smart! the essential guide to customs & culture
Written by Anna King

Literary St. Petersburg A Guide to the City and Its Writers
Written by Elaine Blair

Russian Journal
Written by Andrea Lee

The Memoirs of Catherine the Great
Written by Catherine the Great
Translated by Markus Cruse and Hilde Hoogenboom

Chasing the Sea Lost Among the Ghosts of Empire in Central Asia
Written by Tom Bissell

Letters from Russia
Written by Astolphe De Custine
Introduction by Anka Muhlstein