Soviet Asia: Soviet Modernist Architecture in Central Asia (Murray Damon)(Pevná vazba)

Soviet Bus Stops (Murray Damon)(Pevná vazba)

Photographer Christopher Herwig first noticed the unusual architecture of Soviet-era bus stops during a 2002 long-distance bike ride from London to St. Petersburg. Challenging himself to take one good photograph every hour, Herwig began to notice surprisingly designed bus stops on otherwise

Central Peripheries - Nationhood in Central Asia (Laruelle Marlene)(Paperback / softback)

Central Peripheries explores post-Soviet Central Asia through the prism of

Soviet Space Dogs (Murray Damon)(Pevná vazba)

This book is dedicated to the Soviet Space Dogs, who played a crucial part in the Soviet Space program. These homeless dogs, plucked from the streets of Moscow, were selected because they fitted the program's criteria: weighing no more than 15 pounds, measuring no more than 14 inches in length,

Alcohol: Soviet Anti-Alcohol Posters (Murray Damon)(Pevná vazba)

Soviet propaganda against the demon drink: the latest in Fuel's Russian pop culture seriesFrom the acclaimed authors of the Russian Criminal Tattoo Encyclopaedias and Soviet Space Dogs comes Alcohol, a glorious and exhaustive collection of previously unpublished Soviet anti-alcohol posters. The

Soviet Seasons: Photographs by Arseniy Kotov (Murray Damon)(Pevná vazba)

The post-Soviet republics seen over four different seasons, by acclaimed Russian photographer, Instagram sensation and Soviet Cities author Arseniy KotovIn Soviet Seasons, Arseniy Kotov reveals unfamiliar aspects of the post-Soviet terrain in sublime photographs. From snow-blanketed Siberia in

Lost Heart of Asia (Thubron Colin)(Paperback / softback)

Thubron travelled throughout Central Asia in the wake of the break-up of the Soviet Union and documented the widespread social upheaval in a region reeling from political

Soviet Cities: Labour, Life & Leisure (Kotov Arseniy)(Pevná vazba)

The Soviet dream of modernist architecture for all, portrayed on the brink of its erasureIn recent years Russian cities have visibly changed. The architectural heritage of the Soviet period has not been fully acknowledged. As a result many unique modernist buildings have been destroyed or changed

Soviet & Russian Military A/C Asia (Gordon Yefim)(Pevná vazba)

After the end of World War II, the Soviet Union tried to exert its political influence on the Asian continent. A major pillar of this cold-war policy was the widespread supply of arms to the Continent including many combat, transport, training and utility aircraft. Soviet and Russian Military

Possession in Languages of Europe and North and Central Asia(Pevná vazba)

Godless Utopia: Soviet Anti-Religious Propaganda (Murray Damon)(Pevná vazba)

The iconography of atheism: Soviets against God 'We've finished the earthly tsars and we're coming for the heavenly ones ' Thus spoke the Soviet Union's first atheist propagandists as they declared war on 'the opium of the people' across the USSR. Soviet atheism is the great lost subject of the

Brutal Bloc Postcards: Soviet Era Postcards from the Eastern Bloc (Murray Damon)(Pevná vazba)

Brutalist hotels, avant-garde monuments and futurist TV towers: rare and previously unpublished vintage postcards from the Eastern BlocBrutal concrete hotels, futurist TV towers, heroic statues of workers--this collection of Soviet-era postcards documents the uncompromising landscape of the Eastern

Imagine Moscow: Architecture Propaganda Revolution (Steierhoffer Eszter)(Pevná vazba)

The Soviet city that was never built: six visions of Moscow from the great architects of modernist RussiaAfter the October Revolution of 1917, Lenin moved the Russian capital from the imperial, westward-looking city of St. Petersburg back to Moscow, the traditional heart of Russia. Moscow was to be

Holidays in Soviet Sanatoriums (Omidi Maryam)(Pevná vazba)

Architecturally diverse and ideologically staunch, Soviet sanatoriums were intended to edify and invigorateVisiting a Soviet sanatorium is like stepping back in time. Originally built in the 1920s, they afforded workers a place to holiday, courtesy of a state-funded voucher system. At their peak

Soviet Metro Stations (Herwig Christopher)(Pevná vazba)

From the author of Soviet Bus Stops, an underground trip through the Soviet Metro'For us,' said Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev in his memoirs, 'there was something supernatural about the Metro.' Visiting any of the dozen or so Metro networks built across the Soviet Union between the 1930s and

East Asia Strategic Review - China's Rising Strategic Ambitions in Asia(Pevná vazba)

Presents Indian perspectives on the growing influence of China in Asia. These perspectives are particularly seen in the light of expanding Chinese political and economic engagement in Asia. As a major country in Asia, the Indian perspectives contribute the necessary input towards the ongoing debate

Soviet Signs and Street Relics (Guilbeau Jason)(Pevná vazba)

Russia's forgotten world of avant-garde public signage--the latest in Fuel's collectible Soviet seriesFor this volume, French photographer Jason Guilbeau has used Google Street View to virtually navigate Russia and the former USSR, searching for examples of a forgotten Soviet empire. The subjects

A Ride to Khiva: An Adventure in Central Asia (Burnaby Fred)(Paperback)

A memoir of the author's 1875 trek across Central Asia to the newly conquered Uzbek city of Khiva. The Russians had seized the city two years earlier and closed it to all European travelers. Burnaby's covert mission aimed to determine if the Russians were using it as a springboard for an invasion

Tupolev Tu-144: The Soviet Supersonic Airliner (Gordon Yefim)(Pevná vazba)

Developed in the 1960s/1970s, the Tu-144 was the Soviet Union's only practical venture into supersonic commercial aviation. Though its career was all too brief, it was a major technological achievement for the Soviet aircraft industry. The book provides in-depth coverage of the 'Concordski,'

Stalin's Secret Weapon - The Origins of Soviet Biological Warfare (Rimmington Anthony)(Pevná vazba)

A chilling reassessment of the Soviet Union's advances in biological warfare, and the West's inadvertent

Soviet Design: From Constructivism to Modernism 1920-1980 (Krasnyanskaya Kristina)(Pevná vazba)

The Soviet Union left behind a vast design heritage that is largely unknown in the West. Unlike Soviet-era architecture and graphic design, interior design from this period has not been thoroughly investigated. For the first time, this book offers a comprehensive survey of Soviet interior design

Sketch with Asia: Manga-Inspired Art and Tutorials by Asia Ladowska (Ladowska Asia)(Pevná vazba)

Following on from Asia Ladowska's hugely popular online and weekly #SketchwithAsia challenge, is a book filled with Manga-inspired art, tips, and

New Developments in Islamic Economics: Examples from Southeast Asia (Ab Rahman Asmak)(Pevná vazba)

New Developments in Islamic Economics: Examples from Southeast Asia investigates the latest developments in a vibrant and fast-moving area of practical financial and economic study. This book is primarily focused on Malaysian contexts, while also presenting perspectives from Indonesia and

Capital Market Integration in South Asia: Realizing the Saarc Opportunity (Aiyer Sourajit)(Pevná vazba)

Capital Market Integration in South Asia: Realizing the SAARC Opportunity discusses the potential Capital Market Products/Activities which can create closer inter-linkage of the South Asian capital markets and help local/global investors benefit from this economic opportunity. While some ideas may

Soviet Visuals (Bortsova Varia)(Pevná vazba)

A bizarrely funny, nostalgic collection of images of life under the Soviet Union - from the Instagram and Twitter accounts that have amassed a following of more than 1 million. Welcome to the USSR. Marvel at the wonders of the space race Delight in the many fine delicacies of food and drink Revel