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Empire of Extinction examines the environmental catastrophe resulting from Russia's expansion into the North Pacific,...  Read More >>

An authoritative introduction to the Crimean peninsula, This Blessed Land is the first book in English to trace...  Read More >>

"Es sind ""Berge von menschlichem Leid"" (T. LeÅ cenko), mit denen man konfrontiert ist, wenn man sich mit dem Leben...  Read More >>

"In 1982, the average Briton didn't know the Falkland Islands existed, let alone their status as a disputed British...  Read More >>

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A harrowing tale of courage and sacrifice at the limits of human endurance  Read More >>

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic, timeless works that have stood the test of...  Read More >>

A long-awaited history of this important Canadian regiment, The 104th (New Brunswick) Regiment of Foot in the War...  Read More >>

The Arctic journal of Patrick Cahill, Machinist's Mate on board the U.S.S. Rodgers, sent from San Francisco in 1881...  Read More >>

History books typically show Vancouver as a pioneer city built on forestry, fisheries, and tourism, but behind the...  Read More >>

A gripping true story of survival, bravery, and honor in the vast Arctic wilderness during World War II, from Mitchell...  Read More >>

Originally written for the private use of my sons in case I did not return, this narrative of events connected with...  Read More >>

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This study treats the Victorian Antipodes as a compelling site of romance and satire for middle-class writers who...  Read More >>

In the second half of the nineteenth century, an epic race was underway in some of the most brutal stretches on...  Read More >>

Winner of the Wolfson Prize 2013 and Herald Books of the Year 2014, this book revels in both the drama of the Kremlin...  Read More >>

The dramatic, never-before-told story of how a forbidden book in the Soviet Union became a secret CIA weapon in...  Read More >>

May it make its way around the world.’ Pasternak knew his novel would never be published in the Soviet Union as...  Read More >>

In May of 1956, an Italian publishing scout took a train to the Russian countryside to visit the country's most...  Read More >>

May it make its way around the world.’ Pasternak knew his novel would never be published in the Soviet Union as...  Read More >>

"John McCrae, a doctor and poet who served in Europe during the First World War, composed ""In Flanders Fields"",...  Read More >>

Josie Penny, a young Métis woman, left her isolated community at seventeen to make her fortune in Goose Bay. Haunted...  Read More >>