5,955円 The history of the Balkans incorporates all the major historical themes of the 20th Century--the rise of nationalism, communism and fascism, state-sponsored genocide and urban warfare. Focusing on the centuries opening decades, War in the Balkans seeks to shed new light on the Balkan Wars through...

2,061円 Alan Palmer traces the history of the Baltic region from its early Viking days and its time under the Byzantine Empire through its medieval prime when the Baltic Sea served as one of Europe’s central trading grounds. Palmer addresses both the strong nationalist sentiments that have driven Baltic ...

1,500円 "Wie auf einem Schiff" fühlte sich Thomas Mann in seinem Niddener Ferienhaus. Und in der Tat können die drei Sommer 1930–1932, welche die Manns im Fischerdorf Nidden auf der Kurischen Nehrung verlebten, einer schmalen Halbinsel zwischen Ostsee und Kurischem Haff, als eine Art Vor-Exil gelten, bev...

0円 Reseña del editor: El libro de Sandra Kalniete constituye un elocuente y conmovedor testimonio de la vida de su familia y de toda la nación letona: de su destino compartido durante más de cincuenta años de ocupación. Es un férreo alegato en contra de la inhumana represión perpetrada por Unión Sov...

87,060円 This excellent reference source brings together hard-to-find information on the constituent units of the Russian Federation. The introduction examines the Russian Federation as a whole, followed by a chronology, demographic and economic statistics, and a review of the Federal Government. The seco...

1,459円 Sarajevo, 28 June 1914: The story of the assassination that changed the world. A historical account of the assassination of Archduke Franz Ferdinand. Using newly available sources and older material, David James Smith brilliantly reinvestigates and reconstructs the events which subsequently deter...

0円 Chantons la Liberté : la Révolution lettone et la chute de l'empire soviétique raconte l'histoire des hommes et des femmes très courageux qui se sont réunis en 1988 dans de larges mouvements démocratiques pour exiger de l'Union soviétique la liberté de la Lettonie qui leur fut confisquée en 1940....

2,255円 A prize-winning, magisterial history of World War I from the perspective of the defeated Central Powers **For the Central Powers, the First World War started with high hopes for an easy victory. But those hopes soon deteriorated as Germany's attack on France failed, Austria-Hungary's armies suffe...

3,980円 Folklore in the Baltic History: Resistance and Resurgence is about the role of folklore, folklore archives, and folklore studies in the contemporary history of Estonia, Latvia, and Lithuaniaーtogether called the Baltic countries. They were occupied by Russia, by Germany, and lastly by the USSR at...

619円 Originally published in 1957, Sisu, "Even Through a Stone Wall" is the English-language edition of the memoirs of the Social Democratic premier of Finland of 1917, Oskari Tokoi. Included are his account of events in Helsinki and Russo-Finnish relations during 1917, the Finnish civil war, and the ...

300円 "The History of the Standard Oil Company" is an exposé about the Standard Oil Company, run by oil tycoon John D. Rockefeller, the richest figure in American history. The inspiration behind this book was largely fueled by author's childhood experiences. Her father worked for Standard Oil and lived...

10,280円 Throughout Eastern Europe, the unexpected and irrevocable fall of communism that began in the late 1980s presented enormous challenges in the spheres of politics and society, as well as at the level of individual experience. Excitement, uncertainty, and fear predicated the shaping of a new order,...