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A History of the World in Six Glasses
by Tom Standage  
Powells.com Staff Pick Like Nathaniel's Nutmeg, Longitude, and other enjoyable histories that explore the indelible influences of a singular topic, Tom Standage takes the subject of beverages and purposes that the ages have each had their signature drink. Here he explores the...
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The Last Tsar: The Life and Death of Nicholas II
by Edvard Radzinsky Publisher Comments Russian playwright and historian Radzinsky mines sources never before available to create a fascinating portrait of the monarch, and a minute-by-minute account of his terrifying last days. Updated For The...
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Where the Sea Breaks Its Back: The Epic Story of Early Naturalist Georg Steller and the Russian Exploration of Alaska
by Corey Ford Synopsis Author Corey Ford documents the moving story of naturalist George Steller, who served on the 1741-42 Russian Alaska expedition with explore Vitus Bering....
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Natasha's Dance : a Cultural History of Russia (02 Edition)
by Orlando Figes Publisher Comments History on a grand scale-an enchanting masterpiece that explores the making of one of the world's most vibrant civilizations "A People's Tragedy, wrote Eric Hobsbawm, did "more to help us understand the Russian Revolution than any other book I know." Now,...
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The Sino-Soviet Split: Cold War in the Communist World (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)
by Lorenz M. Luthi Review Lorenz Lthi has made good use of a vast quantity of declassified documents and memoirs from the former Soviet bloc, China, and Western countries and has also drawn extensively on the secondary literature. His fascinating book will be a crucial resource...
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Gulag: A History
by Anne Applebaum
Publisher Comments The Gulag — the vast array of Soviet concentration camps — was a system of repression and punishment whose rationalized evil and institutionalized inhumanity were rivaled only by the Holocaust. The Gulag entered the world's historical...
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Russian Revolution a Very Short Introduction
by S A Smith Publisher Comments This concise, accessible introduction provides an analytical narrative of the main events and developments in Soviet Russia between 1917 and 1936. It examines the impact of the revolution on society as a whole--on different classes, ethnic groups, the...
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The Many Deaths of Tsar Nicholas II: Relics, Remains and the Romanovs (Routledge Studies in the History of Russia and Eastern Europ)
by Wendy Slater Publisher Comments How did Nicholas II, Russia??'s last Tsar, meet his death? Shot point blank in a bungled execution by radical Bolsheviks in the Urals, Nicholas and his family disappeared from history in the Soviet era. But in the 1970s, a local geologist and a crime...
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Bandits and Partisans: The Antonov Movement in the Russian Civil War (Pitt Russian East European)
by Erik C. Landis Publisher Comments Beginning in the fall of 1920, Aleksandr Antonov led an insurgency that became the largest armed peasant revolt against the Soviets during the civil war. Yet by the summer of 1921, the revolt had been crushed, and popular support for the movement had all...
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Ivan's War : Life and Death in the Red Army (06 Edition)
by Catherine Merridale Publisher Comments A powerful, groundbreaking narrative of the ordinary Russian soldier's experience of the worst war in history, based on newly revealed sources. Of the thirty million who fought, eight million died, driven forward in suicidal charges, shattered by...
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Nicholas I : Emperor and Autocrat of All the Russias (88 Edition)
by W. Bruce Lincoln Book News Annotation **** The Indiana U. Press edition (1978) is cited in BCL3. A scholarly biography that provides a view of Russian autocracy. Annotation c. Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)...
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A History of Russia
by George Vernadsky Synopsis Generally recognized as the standard one-volume history of Russia, this monumental work describes Russia's growth from the times of the nomadic tribes to the present Cold War and examines the social, religious, and cultural as well as the political and...
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History of Russia, Central Asia and Mongolia : Inner Eurasia From Prehistory To the Mongol Empire (98 Edition)
by David Christian Publisher Comments Comporte des râefâerences bibliographiques et un index....
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The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia
by Orlando Figes Publisher Comments From the award-winning author of A People’s Tragedy and Natasha’s Dance, a landmark account of what private life was like for Russians in the worst years of Soviet repression There have been many accounts of the public aspects of...
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The Sino-Soviet Split: Cold War in the Communist World (Princeton Studies in International History and Politics)
by Lorenz M. Luthi Review Lorenz Lthi has made good use of a vast quantity of declassified documents and memoirs from the former Soviet bloc, China, and Western countries and has also drawn extensively on the secondary literature. His fascinating book will be a crucial resource...
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Russia in Search of Itself
by James H Billington Publisher Comments In the turbulent decade since the collapse of the Soviet Union, conditions have worsened considerably for many Russians, and a wide-ranging debate has raged over the nature and destiny of their country. In Russia in Search of Itself, James H. Billington,...
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Reinterpreting Russian History: Readings, 860-1860s
by Daniel H Kaiser Publisher Comments The first comprehensive reader in Russian history in almost two decades, this collection includes primary and secondary material, much of which has never before been published in English, reflecting the latest scholarship on the subject. Supplemented by...
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A Small Corner of Hell: Dispatches from Chechnya
by Anna Politkovskaya Publisher Comments Chechnya, a 6,000-square-mile corner of the northern Caucasus, has struggled under Russian domination for centuries. The region declared its independence in 1991, leading to a brutal war, Russian withdrawal, and subsequent "governance" by bandits and...
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Royal Russia: The Private Albums of the Russian Imperial Family
by Carol Townend Publisher Comments This splendid album of rare and unpublished photographs from the Romanovs' own albums is an intimate portrait of the private and public lives of the family of Nicholas II, Russia's last tsar. This unique collection is taken from the personal album of the...
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The Oligarchs: Wealth and Power in the New Russia
by David Hoffman Publisher Comments David Hoffman, former Moscow bureau chief for The Washington Post, sheds light onto the hidden lives of Russia's most feared power brokers: the oligarchs. Focusing on six of these ruthless men Hoffman reveals how a few players managed to take over Russia'...
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