Cultural Region/Eastern Europe
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Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge
$15.95 Add to cartA groundbreaking masterpiece of early European modernism originally published in 1910, The Notebooks of Malte Laurids Brigge unspools the vivid reflections of the titular young Danish nobleman and poe
- Author: Rilke, Rainer Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 256
- Publish Date: November 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1324066083
- Language: English
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Sovietistan: Travels in Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan
$18.95 Add to cartAn unforgettable journey through Central Asia, one of the most mysterious and history-laden regions of the world.
Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan, and Uzbekistan became free of the So- Author: Fatland, Erika
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 480
- Publish Date: July 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1643137697
- Language: English
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I Will Protect You: A True Story of Twins Who Survived Auschwitz
$9.99 Add to cartThe illuminating and deeply moving true story of twin sisters who survived Nazi experimentation, against all odds, during the Holocaust.
Eva and her identical twin sister, Miriam, had a mostly happy- Author: Kor, Eva Mozes
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 240
- Publish Date: October 03 2023
- ISBN10: 0316460605
- Language: English
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To Build a Better World: Choices to End the Cold War and Create a Global Commonwealth
$19.99 Add to cartA deeply researched international history and “exemplary study” (New York Times Book Review) of how a divided world ended and our present world was fashioned, as the world drifts toward another great … [more below]
- Author: Zelikow, Philip
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 528
- Publish Date: September 08 2020
- ISBN10: 1538764687
- Language: English
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He: Shorter Writings of Franz Kafka
$19.00 Add to cartA new selection of Franz Kafka’s shorter fiction and nonfiction work, selected and with a preface by Book of Numbers author Joshua Cohen.
“Being asked to write about Kafka is like being asked to descr- Author: Kafka, Franz
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: February 22 2022
- ISBN10: 0374538948
- Language: English
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Notes from Underground
$6.99 Add to cart“The political cataclysms and cultural revolutions of our century . . . confirm the status of Notes from Underground as one of the most sheerly astonishing and subversive creations of European fiction… [more below]
- Author: Dostoyevsky, Fyodor
- Binding: Mass Market Paperbound
- Page Count: 176
- Publish Date: October 01 1983
- ISBN10: 0553211447
- Language: English
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Ukraine at War: Street Art, Posters + Poetry
$40.00 Read moreA unique book that showcases how Ukrainian society is expressing itself through art.
War came to Ukraine in February 2022; it was uninvited–although not entirely unexpected given Russia’s steady, mas- Author: Sarhandi-Williams, Daoud
- Binding: Hardcover
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: November 14 2023
- ISBN10: 1623717264
- Language: English
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Chernobyl: The History of a Nuclear Catastrophe
$21.99 Add to cartA Chernobyl survivor and the New York Times bestselling author of The Gates of Europe “mercilessly chronicles the absurdities of the Soviet system” in this “vividly empathetic” account of the worst nu… [more below]
- Author: Plokhy, Serhii
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 432
- Publish Date: March 10 2020
- ISBN10: 154161707X
- Language: English
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Into the Carpathians: A Journey Through the Heart and History of Central and Eastern Europe (Part 1: The Eastern Mountains) [Deluxe Color Ed
$29.95 Add to cartBronze Medal, 2016 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards: Best Regional Non-Fiction – Europe. Finalist, 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Travel.
An engaging and informative chronicle of a hik
- Series: Into the Carpathians #1
- Author: Sparks, Alan E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: December 10 2015
- ISBN10: 1633931536
- Language: English
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Stolen Girl
$8.99 Add to cartA companion to Making Bombs for Hitler and The War Below, this novel follows a Ukrainian girl who was kidnapped as a child to be raised by a Nazi family.
Nadia is haunted by World War II. Her memories … [more below]
- Author: Skrypuch, Marsha Forchuk
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 208
- Publish Date: September 01 2020
- ISBN10: 1338665146
- Language: English
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Red Horizons: The True Story of Nicolae and Elena Ceausescus’ Crimes, Lifestyle, and Corruption
$24.99 Add to cartIn 1987, Lt. Gen. Ion Mihai Pacepa, the highest ranking defector ever from the Eastern bloc, published RED HORIZONS, his expose of the unchecked power and corruption of Nicolae Ceausecu, then the Roma… [more below]
- Series: Cold War Classics
- Author: Pacepa, Ion Mihai
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 456
- Publish Date: April 15 1990
- ISBN10: 0895267462
- Language: English
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Art of Lithuanian Cooking
$16.95 Add to cart” . . . a culinary showcase of palate-pleasing regional delights.”-The Midwest Book Review
“Here is a collection of Lithuanian recipes that will be welcome on any table.”-The International Cookbook Rev
- Author: Gieysztor de Gorgey, Maria
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 244
- Publish Date: July 01 2001
- ISBN10: 0781808995
- Language: English
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One Soldier’s War
$24.00 Add to cartOne Soldier’s War is a visceral and unflinching memoir of a young Russian soldier’s experience in the Chechen wars that brilliantly captures the fear, drudgery, chaos, and brutality of modern combat. … [more below]
- Author: Babchenko, Arkady
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 416
- Publish Date: February 03 2009
- ISBN10: 0802144039
- Language: English
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More than a Grain of Truth: The official true story behind the film Mr. Jones, starring James Norton
$24.98 Add to cartThe true story behind the film Mr. Jones, starring James Norton.
“In pursuit of his investigations he shrank from no risk… He had the almost unfailing knack of getting at things that mattered” – Davi
- Author: Colley, Margaret Siriol
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 450
- Publish Date: December 13 2021
- ISBN10: 1839014768
- Language: English
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On the Road to Lviv
$19.00 Add to cartPrismatic and polysemous, On the Road to Lviv invites us on an odyssey across Ukraine in the hour of war. “This chronicle/ Took shape the day the war began, which was/ My 65th birthday,” writes legend
- Author: Merrill, Christopher
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 116
- Publish Date: October 15 2023
- ISBN10: 9798987924136
- Language: English
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DK Eyewitness Top 10 Prague
$14.99 Read moreBest known for its picture-perfect buildings and gorgeous river views, Prague also offers eccentric museums, cool art galleries and quirky bars in abundance.
Make the most of your trip to the City of- Series: Pocket Travel Guide
- Author: Dk Eyewitness
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 160
- Publish Date: September 26, 2023
- ISBN10: 0241621232
- Language: English
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Black Lamb and Grey Falcon: A Journey Through Yugoslavia
$32.00 Add to cart“Rebecca West’s magnum opus . . . one of the great books of our time.” —The New Yorker
Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West’s classic examination of the history, people, and politics … [more below]- Author: West, Rebecca
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 1232
- Publish Date: February 01 2007
- ISBN10: 014310490X
- Language: English
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Playing Time in Tongues
$12.00 Add to cart“With this rich first collection of prose poetry, Vita Lerman’s contemplations on time, memory, creative process, and transformation crystalize a reality where the personal is mythical, death is a par
- Author: Lerman, Vita
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 78
- Publish Date: April 21 2023
- ISBN10: 1959118285
- Language: English
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Notes from the Underground and the Gambler
$12.95 Add to cartOne of the most profound and disturbing works of nineteenth-century literature, Notes from the Underground is a probing and speculative work, often regarded as a forerunner to the Existentialist movem… [more below]
- Series: Oxford World’s Classics (Paperback)
- Author: Dostoevsky, Fyodor
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 320
- Publish Date: August 01 2008
- ISBN10: 0199536384
- Language: English
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Into the Carpathians: A Journey Through the Heart and History of Central and Eastern Europe (Part 1: The Eastern Mountains) [Black and White
$17.95 Add to cartBronze Medal, 2016 Independent Publisher (IPPY) Book Awards: Best Regional Non-Fiction – Europe. Finalist, 2016 Next Generation Indie Book Awards: Travel.
An engaging and informative chronicle of a hik
- Author: Sparks, Alan E.
- Binding: Paperback
- Page Count: 342
- Publish Date: May 05 2017
- ISBN10: 1633932427
- Language: English
