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  • The Mongols and the Islamic World

    From Conquest to Conversion

    by Peter Jackson ...
    An epic historical consideration of the Mongol conquest of Western Asia and the spread of Islam during the years of non-Muslim rule The Mongol conquest of the Islamic world began in the early thirteenth century when Genghis Khan and his warriors overran Central Asia and devastated much of Iran. Distinguished historian Peter Jackson offers a fresh and fascinating consideration of the years of ... Read more

    $32.99 USD

  • Socialism Betrayed

    Behind the Collapse of the Soviet Union

    "A fresh multi-faceted look at the overthrow of the Soviet State, the dismemberment of the Soviet Union, and the campaign to introduce capitalism from above. Roger Keeran and Thomas Kenny have given us a clear and powerful Marxist analysis of the momentous events which most directly shaped world politics today, the destruction of the USSR, the 'Superpower' of socialism."-Norman Markowitz, author ... Read more

    $8.99 USD

  • Afgantsy: The Russians in Afghanistan, 1979-1989

    The Russians in Afghanistan 1979-89

    The story of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is well known: the expansionist Communists overwhelmed a poor country as a means of reaching a warm-water port on the Persian Gulf. Afghan mujahideen upset their plans, holding on with little more than natural fighting skills, until CIA agents came to the rescue with American arms. Humiliated in battle, the Soviets hastily retreated. It's a great ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Genocide by Famine

    The word Holodomor means the deliberate mass murder by famine from which there is no salvation. Ukrainians use this name when referring to the National Catastrophe of 1932 – 33. We begin with the fact that the Holodomor was one of the most important events not only in Ukraine’s history but also in 20th century world history. Without understanding this, it is difficult to grasp the nature of ... Read more

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  • The Fate of the Russian Revolution

    Lost Texts of Critical Marxism vol.1

    This book opens with a quotation from Albert Einstein, stating the case for socialism. Einstein, like almost every great mind of the 20th century who concerned himself or herself with the welfare of the working people, wanted common ownership and a democratic planned economy. But Einstein was stumped by the enigma of the USSR. He saw that there "the planned economy" was "accompanied by the ... Read more

    $3.45 USD

  • Croatia: A Nation Forged in War

    by Marcus Tanner ...
    From the ashes of former Yugoslavia an independent Croatian state has arisen, the fulfillment, in the words of President Franjo Tudjman, of the Croats' "thousand-year-old dream of independence." Yet few countries in Europe have been born amid such bitter controversy and bloodshed: the savage war between pro-independence forces and the Yugoslav army left about one-third of the country in ruins and ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Cossacks

    Their History and Country

    “Had I just 10,000 Cossacks, I would have conquered the whole world.”– Napoleon BonaparteCossacks are a group of predominantly East Slavic-speaking people who became known as members of democratic, self-governing, semi-military communities, predominantly located in Ukraine and in Russia. They inhabited sparsely populated areas and islands in the lower Dnieper, Don, Terek, and Ural river basins and ... Read more

    $0.99 USD

  • The Caucasus:An Introduction

    An Introduction

    In this fascinating book, noted journalist Thomas de Waal--author of the highly acclaimed Black Garden--makes the case that while the Caucasus is often treated as a sub-plot in the history of Russia, or as a mere gateway to Asia, the five-day war in Georgia, which flared into a major international crisis in 2008, proves that this is still a combustible region, whose inner dynamics and history ... Read more

    $88.99 USD

  • The Firm : The Inside Story Of The Stasi

    by Gary Bruce ...
    Based on previously classified documents and on interviews with former secret police officers and ordinary citizens, The Firm is the first comprehensive history of East Germany's secret police, the Stasi, at the grassroots level. Focusing on Gransee and Perleberg, two East German districts located north of Berlin, Gary Bruce reveals how the Stasi monitored small-town East Germany. He paints an ... Read more

    $24.99 USD

  • The Devil's Garden

    A War Crimes Investigator's Story

    In 2002 John Cencich traveled to a safe house in Belgrade to interview the former head of a Yugoslav secret intelligence agency. In less than an hour, Cencich had what he needed: corroboration of information provided by another spy. This evidence would be used against Slobodan Milo?evic in his war crimes trial at The Hague. For the veteran United Nations war crimes investigator, however, the ... Read more

    $29.95 USD

  • ARMENIA: A Journey Through History

    For most people of Armenian descent, both young and old, there has always been a pressing need to learn about their cultural heritage; their legacy as an ancient people with a highly advanced culture. ARMENIA: A Journey Through History answers that need. In it, Dr. Avakian presents the reader a wealth of information about the Armenian people, their history, their significant events, their ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Kosovo : What Everyone Needs To Know

    by Tim Judah ...
    On February 17, 2008, Kosovo declared its independence, becoming the seventh state to emerge from the break-up of the former Yugoslavia. A tiny country of just two million people, 90% of whom are ethnic Albanians, Kosovo is central-geographically, historically, and politically-to the future of the Western Balkans and, in turn, its potential future within the European Union. But the fate of both ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Ukraine's Orange Revolution

    The remarkable popular protest in Kiev and across Ukraine following the cooked presidential election of November 2004 has transformed the politics of eastern Europe. Andrew Wilson witnessed the events firsthand and here looks behind the headlines to ascertain what really happened and how it will affect the future of the region.It is a dramatic story: an outgoing president implicated via secret ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Vilnius Poker

    Translated by Elizabeth Novickas ...
    Detailing a man's mental breakdown—and his obsessions with a seductress named Lolita, the omnipresent "them," and the need to uncover what's "really going on"—Vilnius Poker is an epic, paranoid novel about the surreal absurdities and horrors of life under Soviet rule. In the words of Kirkus Reviews, "think of it as The Matrix behind the Iron Curtain—unsettling and profoundly interesting." ... Read more

    $8.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Ukrainians

    Unexpected Nation, Fourth Edition

    by Andrew Wilson ...
    The most acute, informed, and up-to-date account available today of Ukraine and its people, now in its fourth edition.   “An interesting and provocative read, which will, one hopes, contribute to the Western understanding of what Ukraine is and why it matters.”—Volodymyr Kulyk, Harvard Ukrainian Studies “A spirited and eminently learned investigation of who Ukranians say that they are, how they ... Read more

    $21.99 USD

  • Islam Without a Veil: Kazakhstan's Path of Moderation

    Kazakhstan, a former Soviet republic in Central Asia that has been under the leadership of President Nursultan Nazarbayev since independence in 1991, has proven that a mostly Muslim nation can be active on the international scene. Its leaders have worked fervently to bridge the ugly schism that has developed since the 9/11 attacks and the subsequent invasions of Arab and Muslim lands byWestern ... Read more

    $16.95 USD

  • Inside the New Russia

    Your Source of Information

    by Vitaly Michka ...
    “Only the Russians live in Russia, right?”“It is very cold over there, isn’t it?”“Who are these Russians?”You will find answers to these and other similar questions in this book. We worked hard so you can have first-hand information about Russia. We encourage you to go ahead and explore this beautiful country with its good people who are often taken for enemies simply because their government was ... Read more

    $5.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Crime of Chernobyl: The Nuclear Goulag

    Hundreds of books, long and short, have been written about the Chernobyl tragedy. Few people are left indifferent once they understand a little about the biggest technological catastrophe in history. Wladimir Tchertkoff’s book “The Crime of Chernobyl - the Nuclear Gulag” occupies a central place in this library aboutChernobyl.Many journalists, like Wladimir Tchertkoff, a documentary film maker for ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Не суди

    У этой повести – два автора: отец (своими дневниками и письмами) и сын (прямой речью). Отец родился в конце позапрошлого века, сын – в 1937 году. Этот страшный для огромной страны год – трагическая черта, разделившая отца и сына на много лет. Вернувшись домой через 17 лет, отец, в страстном желании вновь служить родине и партии, которые отобрали у него лучшие годы жизни, наткнулся на непреодолимую ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Kim

    Kim (Kimball O'Hara) (1901) by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is a novel that “unfolds against the backdrop of The Great Game, the political conflict between Russia and Britain in Central Asia. It is set after the Second Afghan War which ended in 1881, but before the Third, probably in the period 1893–98. The novel is notable for its detailed portrait of the people, culture, and varied religions of ... Read more

    $0.74 USD

  • The Tragedy of Patton A Soldier's Date With Destiny

    Could World War II's Greatest General Have Stopped the Cold War?

    "Better to fight for something than live for nothing." — General George S. PattonIt is 75 years since the end of WW II and the strange, mysterious death of General George S. Patton, but as in life, Patton sets off a storm of controversy.The Tragedy of Patton: A Soldier's Date With Destiny asks the question: Why was General Patton silenced during his service in World War II? Prevented from ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Black Wind, White Snow

    The Rise of Russia's New Nationalism

    Charles Clover, award-winning journalist and former Moscow bureau chief for the Financial Times, here analyses the idea of "Eurasianism," a theory of Russian national identity based on ethnicity and geography. Clover traces Eurasianism’s origins in the writings of White Russian exiles in 1920s Europe, through Siberia’s Gulag archipelago in the 1950s, the dissolution of the Soviet Union in the ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Archipiélago Gulag

    (Edición Completa )

    Un clásico de la literatura rusa, el trabajo del autor ganador del premio Nobel Alexandr Solzhenitsyn. Un hito en la literatura testigo, el Archipiélago Gulag denunció los terrores del estalinismo en los campos de trabajos forzados de la ex Unión Soviética, mezclando historias y reconstrucción histórica con la propia experiencia del autor, que pasó ocho años preso. Archipiélago Gulag - Un ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Like a Bomb Going Off

    Leonid Yakobson and Ballet as Resistance in Soviet Russia

    by Janice Ross ...
    Everyone has heard of George Balanchine. Few outside Russia know of Leonid Yakobson, Balanchine’s contemporary, who remained in Lenin’s Russia and survived censorship during the darkest days of Stalin. Like Shostakovich, Yakobson suffered for his art and yet managed to create a singular body of revolutionary dances that spoke to the Soviet condition. His work was often considered so culturally ... Read more

    $32.99 USD