History of other lands books

A four volume edition of the writings of Anthony of Boston. It contains four books with various attempts to formulate...  Read More >>

This study examines Soviet science fiction cinema from 1957 to 1990 and its relation to the space age. The author...  Read More >>

This book is a comprehensive ethnography of everyday belonging among Russian speakers in Estonia and Kazakhstan....  Read More >>

""An introduction to, and refutation of, the seven most commonly held myths regarding the Russian Revolution""--...  Read More >>

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Within just 15 years the Soviet air defenses progressed from conventional AA guns and piston engine fighters to...  Read More >>

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The first book to uncover the hidden post-colonial history of architecture and urban planning in the Arctic.  Read More >>

Mehr noch als ein kulturpolitisches Kaleidoskop und mehr auch noch als eine physiognomische Vergegenwärtigung der...  Read More >>

Nel corso della sua storia la nobilta russa si e distinta per l'essere una nobilta al servizio dell'autocrazia dove...  Read More >>

Centinaia di migliaia di donne ucraine furono condannate al Gulag negli anni Quaranta e Cinquanta. Solo la meta...  Read More >>

One of the most famous works of Russian literature, a memoir about a writer's coming of age during World War I,...  Read More >>

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Focusing on the Goulburn-Murray Irrigation district in the southwest of the Murray-Darling basin – the largest irrigation...  Read More >>

The mesmerizing, larger-than-life tale of an eccentric adventurer who traversed some of the greatest frontiers of...  Read More >>

Chronicles the life of Peter Freuchen, a wildly eccentric Dane whose insatiable curiosity and unquenchable thirst...  Read More >>

"The legendary tale of Ernest Shackleton's grueling Antarctic expedition, recounted in riveting first-person detail...  Read More >>

"The legendary tale of Ernest Shackleton's grueling Antarctic expedition, recounted in riveting first-person detail...  Read More >>

This book tells the story of one of the United Nations’ most enduring and least known achievements: the adoption...  Read More >>

This book offers the first systematic analysis of Anglophone national histories of Russia. By deconstructing historical...  Read More >>

Smbat Sparapet's Chronicle is a major source for the history of the Armenian Kingdom of Cilicia. Roughly three-quarters...  Read More >>

""A beautifully written evocation of Ukraine's brutal past and its shaky efforts to construct a better future.""--Financial...  Read More >>

Following his acclaimed exploration of the vanished East Prussia, Forgotten Land, Max Egremont turns his attention...  Read More >>

Everyday War provides an accessible lens through which to understand what noncombatant civilians go through in a...  Read More >>