Iron Curtain: The Crushing of Eastern Europe, 1944-1956 (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback)

Iron Curtain - The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-56 (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback / softback)

At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and his secret police set out to convert a dozen radically different countries to a completely new political and moral system: Communism

Russian Journal (Steinbeck Mr John)(Paperback / softback)

Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report for the New York Herald Tribune. This title deals with the two artists, who at the height of their powers, answer their needs to document human

Cold War Spy Stories from Eastern Europe (Glajar Valentina)(Pevná vazba)

During the Cold War, stories of espionage became popular on both sides of the Iron Curtain, capturing the imagination of readers and filmgoers alike as secret police quietly engaged in surveillance under the shroud of impenetrable secrecy. And curiously, in the post-Cold War period there are no

Between East and West - Across the Borderlands of Europe (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback / softback)

As Europe's borderlands emerged from Soviet rule, the author travelled from the Baltic to the Black Sea, through Lithuania, Belarus, Ukraine and the Carpathian mountains. Rich in vivid characters and stories of tragedy and survival, this book illuminates the soul of a place, and the secret history

Behind the Curtain - Football in Eastern Europe (Wilson Jonathan)(Paperback / softback)

From the war-ravaged streets of Sarajevo, where turning up for training involved dodging snipers' bullets, to the crumbling splendour of Budapest's Bozsik Stadium, where the likes of Pusk s and Kocsis masterminded the fall of England, the landscape of Eastern Europe has changed immeasurably since

The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881 (Bartal Israel)(Paperback)

The Jews of Eastern Europe, 1772-1881 Israel Bartal. Translated by Chaya Naor 'The book represents a remarkable achievement. Bartal presents the broad contours of nineteenth-century East European Jewish history even as he reworks them into a nontraditional narrative. He offers readers basic

Performance Art in Eastern Europe Since 1960 (Bryzgel Amy)(Paperback)

This is the first comprehensive academic study of the history of performance art in Eastern Europe. It is a comparative study that covers twenty-one countries across the region, highlighting the unique contribution of these artists to the genre of performance

Gulag: A History (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback)

In this magisterial and acclaimed history, Anne Applebaum offers the first fully documented portrait of the Gulag, from its origins in the Russian Revolution, through its expansion under Stalin, to its collapse in the era of glasnost. The Gulag--a vast array of Soviet concentration camps that held

Twilight of Democracy - The Failure of Politics and the Parting of Friends (Applebaum Anne)(Pevná vazba)

Cross of Iron (Heinrich Willi)(Paperback)

Cross of Iron, first published in English in 1956 as The Willing Flesh, is a classic, realistic novel of a German Army platoon trapped behind Russian lines on the Eastern Front in World War II. Author Willi Heinrich (1920-2005) served in the heavily mauled 101st J ger Division, and was himself

Driving Back the Nazis - The Allied Liberation of Western Europe, Autumn 1944 (King Martin)(Paperback / softback)

From Peoples Into Nations: A History of Eastern Europe (Connelly John)(Pevná vazba)

A sweeping narrative history of Eastern Europe from the late eighteenth century to today In the 1780s, the Habsburg monarch Joseph II decreed that henceforth German would be the language of his realm. His intention was to forge a unified state from his vast and disparate possessions, but his action

Mamushka: Recipes from Ukraine and Eastern Europe (Hercules Olia)(Pevná vazba)

A celebration of the food, flavors, and heritage of Eastern Europe--from the Black Sea to Baku, Kiev to Kazakhstan--Mamushka features over 100 recipes for fresh, delicious, and unexpected dishes from this dynamic yet underappreciated region. Olia Hercules was born in Ukraine and lived in Cyprus for

Red Famine - Stalin's War on Ukraine (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback / softback)

In 1932-33, nearly four million Ukrainians died of starvation, having been deliberately deprived of food. It is one of the most devastating episodes in the history of the twentieth century. With unprecedented authority and detail, Red Famine investigates how this happened, who was responsible, and

Red Famine: Stalin's War on Ukraine (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback)

NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER - A revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes, the consequences of which still resonate today, as Russia has placed Ukrainian independence in its sights once more--from the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron

Hitler Versus Stalin: The Eastern Front 1943 - 1944: Kursk to Bagration (Cornish Nik)(Paperback)

Crossing the Bridges (Jedruch Eva Cristina Hoffman)(Paperback)

At the turn of the twentieth century, Central and Eastern Europe was a configuration of nations dominated by three empires: Austrian, German and Russian, whose borders promised to be set in concrete. The Austrian Empire was a multi-ethnic entity of countries that had been absorbed over time. Among

Riding the Iron Rooster - By Train Through China (Theroux Paul)(Paperback / softback)

Paul Theroux left Victoria Station in April thinking that taking eight trains across Europe, Eastern Europe, the USSR and Mongolia would be the easy way to get to the Chinese border. The reality, of course, was very different. In fact, Theroux experienced a decidedly odd and unexpected trip to

Twilight of Democracy: The Seductive Lure of Authoritarianism (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback)

NATIONAL BESTSELLER - 'How did our democracy go wrong? This extraordinary document ... is Applebaum's answer.' --Timothy Snyder, author of On Tyranny The Pulitzer Prize-winning historian explains, with electrifying clarity, why elites in democracies around the world are turning toward nationalism

Gulag Voices: An Anthology (Applebaum Anne)(Paperback)

A unique anthology of Gulag memoirs, edited and annotated by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Anne Applebaum Anne Applebaum wields her considerable knowledge of a dark chapter in human history and presents a collection of the writings of survivors of the Gulag, the Soviet concentration camps. Although

Revolution 1989 - The Fall of the Soviet Empire (Sebestyen Victor)(Paperback / softback)

For more than 40 years after the Second World War the Iron Curtain divided Europe physically, with 300 km of walls and barbed wire fences; ideologically, between communism and capitalism; psychologically, between people imprisoned under totalitarian dictatorships and their neighbours enjoying

Art Nouveau Prague (Wittlich Petr)(Paperback)

Na přelomu 19. a 20. století prochází Praha zásadní proměnou: stává se opět reprezentačním centrem života českého národa a vyrůstá ve velkoměsto s požadavky modernosti, jež se ovšem neobejde bez rozsáhlejší asanace pražského Starého Města. Vedle staveb v

Edge of Empires: A History of Georgia (Rayfield Donald)(Paperback)

Located at the crossroads of Western Asia and Eastern Europe, Georgia is a country of rainforests and swamps, snow and glaciers, and semi-arid plains. It has ski resorts and mineral springs, monuments and an oil pipeline. It also has one of the longest and most turbulent histories in the Christian

Sherman Firefly vs. Tiger: Normandy 1944 (Hart Stephen)(Paperback)

The German Tiger heavy tank was a monster of a machine that dominated the battlefields of Europe. One of the most feared weapons of World War II, the Tiger gained an aura of invincibility that was only shattered by the introduction of the Sherman Firefly during the summer of 1944. Specifically