Eastern Europe category: 1864 books
Let Our Fame Be Great
Journeys Among the Defiant People of the Caucasus
Language: English
Release Date: August 3, 2010
The jagged peaks of the Caucasus Mountains have hosted a rich history of diverse nations, valuable trade, and incessant warfare. But today the region is best known for atrocities in Chechnya and the 2008 war between Russia and Georgia.
In Let Our Fame Be Great, journalist and Russian expert...
by Barbara Tornquist-Plewa
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
Language: English
Release Date: January 1, 2003
Discussing the complex weave of cultural links and the different religious and linguistic groups that have been living side by side in the Balkans for centuries, this anthropological study is the result of a project initiated to create a network of scholars from Scandinavia and the Yugoslav successor...
by Ivor Roberts
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2016
Conversations with Miloševic is a firsthand portrayal of the so-called Butcher of the Balkans, the Serbian president whose ambitions sparked the Bosnian conflict. At its heart the book is a portrait of an autocrat who rode the tiger of nationalism to serve his own ends and to promote those who furthered...
Eurasianism and the European Far Right
Reshaping the Europe–Russia Relationship
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2015
The 2014 Ukrainian crisis has highlighted the pro-Russia stances of some European countries, such as Hungary and Greece, and of some European parties, mostly on the far-right of the political spectrum. They see themselves as victims of the EU “technocracy” and liberal moral values, and look for...
Nihil Obstat
Religion, Politics, and Social Change in East-Central Europe and Russia
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Nihil Obstat—Latin for "nothing stands in the way"—examines the interplay between religion and politics in East-Central Europe and Russia. While focusing on the postcommunist, late twentieth century, Sabrina P. Ramet discusses developments as far back as the eleventh century to explain...
William the Silent
William of Nassau, Prince of Orange, 1533-1584
Language: English
Release Date: February 27, 2018
In this book, first published in 1944, the distinguished historian C. V. Wedgwood takes as her subject here the figure of William, Count of Nassau and Prince of Orange, who led the revolt of the Netherlands against the Spain of Philip II. The book is not only a masterpiece of biographical writing...
Serbia - Culture Smart!
The Essential Guide to Customs & Culture
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Serbia, a landlocked country at the crossroads of Central and Southeastern Europe, covers the southern part of the Pannonian plain and the central part of the Balkans. The dominant power in the former Yugoslavia, it has had a bad press in the West. However, the truth is much more nuanced and interesting...
Berlin & Gdansk Travel Guide
Attractions, Eating, Drinking, Shopping & Places To Stay
Language: English
Release Date: August 23, 2015
Berlin is a cosmopolitan metropolis with some of the most dynamic art, theatre, opera, and music in Europe. This is a modern city yet profoundly historic. Berlin is the capital of Germany, a vibrant city that has fully overcome it cold war and wartime experiences. Gdansk’s shipyards and longstanding...
by The Non Fiction Author
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: August 22, 2017
“Dobar Dan!” (“Hello” in Croatian)
Croatia has rapidly become one of Europe’s most trendy places to visit. However, it still doesn’t feel like a tourist country. It’s come a long way since it’s long fight for independence in the 1990s. If there's an upside to the constant transition,...
by Dervla Murphy
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 30, 2016
Shortly after the execution of Nicolae Ceaușescu, Dervla Murphy travelled to Romania and found a nation both exhilarated and bewildered by revolution. Eager to explore a country that had hitherto been inaccessible to outsiders, Murphy describes in lucid detail a journey on two planes: cycling and...
Then They Started Shooting
Children of the Bosnian War and the Adults They Become
Language: English
Release Date: September 23, 2013
Remarkable insight and sensitivity . . . deepen[s] our understanding of human resilience and how people rebuild their lives from tragic circumstances.” -KENNETH ROTH, Executive Director, Human Rights Watch
The stories in this book are eloquently and poignantly recounted, and offer a vital,...
The Balkan Wars 1912-1913
Prelude to the First World War
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2002
In The Balkan Wars 1912-1913, Richard Hall examines the origins, the enactment and the resolution of the Balkan Wars, during which the Ottoman Empire fought a Balkan coalition of Bulgaria, Greece, Montenegro and Serbia.
The Balkan Wars of 1912 - 1913 opened an era of conflict in Europe at the...
by Douglas Thompson
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to the beautiful port/city of Gdańsk, Poland.
Gdańsk (also known by its German name Danzig) along with nearby Sopot and Gdynia are often referred to as the Tricity area with Gdańsk being considered the most beautiful city on the Baltic Sea, having...
by Patricia Holmes
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: July 17, 2012
Our illustrated travel guide will take you to Montenegro. Montenegro is in the Balkans and on the Adriatic Sea. It borders Croatia and Bosnia and Herzegovina to the north, Serbia to the northeast, Kosovo to the east, and Albania to the south. To the west of Montenegro is the Adriatic Sea. Montenegro's...