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Showing 1 - 12 of 12 results for “michael rouland”
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  • Cinema in Central Asia

    Rewriting Cultural Histories

    Edited by Michael Rouland, Gulnara Abikeyeva, Birgit Beumers ...
    Series series KINO - The Russian and Soviet Cinema
    Cinema in Central Asia is the first comprehensive and up-to-date account of the cinema of Kazakhstan, Kyrgyzstan, Tajikistan, Turkmenistan and Uzbekistan from its origins to the present day. Bringing together specialists from Central Asia, Russia, Europe and the United States, this companion to the cinema of the region combines serious scholarly study with practical accessibility to construct an ... Read more

    $29.19 USD

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    The Lost Lives of the Daughters of Nicholas and Alexandra

    by Helen Rappaport ...
    A 12-WEEK NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER"Helen Rappaport paints a compelling portrait of the doomed grand duchesses." —People magazine"The public spoke of the sisters in a gentile, superficial manner, but Rappaport captures sections of letters and diary entries to showcase the sisters' thoughtfulness and intelligence." —Publishers Weekly (starred review)From the New York Times bestselling autho... ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • The Caucasus

    An Introduction

    by Thomas de Waal ...
    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

    $62.99 USD

  • Where the Iron Crosses Grow

    The Crimea 1941–44

    by Robert Forczyk ...
    The Crimean Peninsula was the setting for the destruction of a number of armies in World War II, both Soviet and German.When the Soviets fortified Sevastopol in 1941 it heralded the beginning of a period of intense fighting over the Crimea. In this remarkable work, acclaimed author Robert Forcyzk assembles new research to investigate the intense and barbaric fighting for the region in World War II ... Read more

    $12.29 USD

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  • A Fiery Peace in a Cold War

    Bernard Schriever and the Ultimate Weapon

    by Neil Sheehan ...
    The US-Soviet arms race, told through the story of a colorful and visionary American Air Force officer—melding biography, history, world affairs, and science to transportthe reader back and forth from individual drama to world stage."Compulsively readable and important.” —The New York Times Book ReviewIn this never-before-told story, Neil Sheehan—winner of the Pulitzer Prize and the National Book ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

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  • The Balkans in World History

    by Andrew Baruch Wachtel ...
    Series series New Oxford World History
    In the historical and literary imagination, the Balkans loom large as a somewhat frightening and ill-defined space, often seen negatively as a region of small and spiteful peoples, racked by racial and ethnic hatred, always ready to burst into violent conflict. The Balkans in World History re-defines this space in positive terms, taking as a starting point the cultural, historical, and social ... Read more

    $26.59 USD

  • Rethinking the Soviet Experience

    Politics and History since 1917

    by Stephen F. Cohen ...
    Series series Galaxy Books
    In this wide-ranging and provocative book, Stephen F. Cohen cuts through Cold War stereotypes of the Soviet Union to arrive at fresh interpretations of that country's traumatic history and its present-day political realities. Cohen's lucidly written, revisionist analysis reopens an array of major historical questions. As he probes Soviet history, society, and politics, Cohen demonstrates how this ... Read more

    $22.79 USD

  • Medieval Russian Fortresses AD 862–1480

    by Konstantin S Nossov ...
    Series Book 61 - Fortress
    A history of the key fortresses that dominated the landscape of medieval Russia from its legendary foundations in the 9th century to its conquest by the Mongols and the eventual rise to power of the principality of Muscovy.According to Russian legend, in the year AD 862 the Slav tribes of what is now European Russia invited a number of Scandinavian princes to rule over them. However, on the death ... Read more

    $14.29 USD

  • El Servicio Secreto Soviético

    Geopolítica, #25

    by H Cookridge ...
    Series Book 25 - Segunda guerra mundial
    De vez en cuando acontecimientos dramáticos, tales como los procesos judiciales contra los "espías atómicos", la deserción de Petrov en Australia, Gouzenko en Canadá y Khokhlov en Berlín, miembros estos de la M. V. D., o el descubrimiento de actividades de espionaje soviético en la Gran Bretaña u otros países occidentales, arrojaron cierta luz acerca de los alcances del servicio secreto soviético. ... Read more

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  • Conspirator

    Lenin in Exile

    by Helen Rappaport ...
    Helen Rappaport's Conspirator is a vivid account of Vladimir I. Lenin's years of exile in Europe, showing that this often-overlooked period shaped the life of one of the 20th century's most important figures. In the years leading up to the Russian Revolution, Lenin traveled between the capital cities of Europe, developing a complex network of collaborators and co-conspirators that would play a ... Read more

    $12.99 USD

  • Surviving the Gulag

    A German Woman's Memoir

    by Ilse Johansen ...
    Translated by Hans Rudolf Gahler ...
    One woman's story of her struggle to survive while imprisoned in a Soviet gulag following World War II."The terrified yell of my comrades makes me stop. I drop the potatoes into the grass and turn around. He has pulled out the pistol and is taking aim. Slowly I come back."Surviving the Gulag is the first-person account of a resourceful woman who survived five grueling years in Russian prison camps ... Read more

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  • 12 Who Don't Agree

    The Battle for Freedom in Putin's Russia

    by Valery Panyushkin ...
    Translated by Marian Schwartz ...
    "Portraits of a group of mostly young Muscovites . . . Some of [Panyushkin's] sketches are political fables of inspiring selflessness and courage" ( Star Tribune).In Twelve Who Don't Agree, journalist Valery Panyushkin profiles twelve Russians from across the country's social spectrum, including: a politician, a journalist, an army officer, an author, a bank manager, a laborer, and a university ... Read more

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