993円 Homecoming by Joseph Wechsberg (24,000 words, 24 illustrations) Published by Knopf in 1946 as an expanded version of a two-part New Yorker article. Joseph Wechsberg and his wife left Czechoslovakia for America in 1938. Sent with the US Army to liberate Europe from the Nazis, Wechsberg returns to ...

1,657円 Prague Farewell by Heda Margolius Kovály (68,000 words and 8 photographs) Note: Under A Cruel Star first appeared in the UK under the title Prague Farewell; except for title and cover, both eBooks are identical "A story of the human spirit as its most indomitable... one of the outstanding autobio...

599円 3 works of Simon Dubnow Jewish historian, writer and activist (1860-1941) This ebook presents a collection of 3 works of Simon Dubnow. A dynamic table of contents allows you to jump directly to the work selected. Table of Contents: History of the Jews in Russia and Poland - Volume I History of th...

9,616円 Facing the Nazi Past examines how the communist East viewed the events of these years very differently from West Germany during the Cold War. Following the unification of Germany, these contrasting memories of the Third Reich have contributed to a new perspective on this period of German history....

12,269円 With a foreword by Seymour Lipset, Hoover Institution and George Mason University, USA The Fall examines one of the twentieth century's great historical puzzles: why did the communist-led regimes in Eastern Europe collapse so quickly and why was the process of collapse so different from country t...

12,767円 This welcome second edition of A History of Eastern Europe provides a thematic historical survey of the formative processes of political, social and economic change which have played paramount roles in shaping the evolution and development of the region. Subjects covered include: Eastern Europe ...

2,334円 In the long-awaited follow-up to her Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag, acclaimed journalist Anne Applebaum delivers a groundbreaking history of how Communism took over Eastern Europe after World War II and transformed in frightening fashion the individuals who came under its sway. At the end of World...

3,045円 The first complete history of Central Eurasia from ancient times to the present day, Empires of the Silk Road represents a fundamental rethinking of the origins, history, and significance of this major world region. Christopher Beckwith describes the rise and fall of the great Central Eurasian em...

1,350円 In 1946 ominous clouds are gathering on the narrow horizon of Lupoaia (Valley of the Wolves), a little village in Transylvania, where traditions, steeped in prejudice and superstition, have endured over many generations. The Second World War is over but the lives of the villagers are thrown into ...

12,933円 After the collapse of communism there was a widespread fear that nationalism would pose a serious threat to the development of liberal democracy in the countries of central Europe. This book examines the role of nationalism in post-communist development in central Europe, focusing in particular o...

777円 “Rebecca West’s magnum opus . . . one of the great books of our time.” ーThe New Yorker Written on the brink of World War II, Rebecca West’s classic examination of the history, people, and politics of Yugoslavia illuminates a region that is still a focus of international concern. A magnificent bl...

827円 Prezenta lucrare dedicată istoriei instituţiei Securităţii regimului comunist din România, în perioada 1948-1964, îşi propune să sintetizeze numeroasele studii, articole, documente şi lucrări memorialistice publicate în ţară şi peste hotare, la care autorul a adăugat propria contribuţie istoriogr...