Eastern category: 10105 books
Eastern Europe Unmapped
Beyond Borders and Peripheries
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2017
Arguably more than any other region, the area known as Eastern Europe has been defined by its location on the map. Yet its inhabitants, from statesmen to literati and from cultural-economic elites to the poorest emigrants, have consistently forged or fathomed links to distant lands, populations, and...
by F. A. Bell
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 12, 2017
In this excellent small tome F. A. Bell delves into the mysteries of the Masonic Order of the Eastern Star including the role and history of the women who shaped and served the order.
“The spirit of modernity now pervades even our Ancient Mysteries, so that they must bear the stamp of recent...
Long Awaited West
Eastern Europe since 1944
Language: English
Release Date: October 6, 2017
What is Eastern Europe and why is it so culturally and politically separate from the rest of Europe? In Long Awaited West, Stefano Bottoni considers what binds these countries together in an increasingly globalized world. Focusing on economic and social policies, Bottoni explores how Eastern Europe...
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Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: September 27, 2017
The collection of essays in Secret Agents and the Memory of Everyday Collaboration in Communist Eastern Europe addresses institutions that develop the concept of collaboration, and examines the function, social representation and history of secret police archives and institutes of national memory...
Knights in Arms
Prose Romance, Masculinity, and Eastern Mediterranean Trade in Early Modern England, 1565-1655
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2016
Drawing from medieval chivalric culture, the prose romance was a popular early modern genre featuring stories of courtship, combat, and travel. Flourishing at the same moment as the growing English trade with the Eastern Mediterranean, prose romances adopted both Eastern settings and new conceptions...
Environmentalism in Central and Southeastern Europe
Historical Perspectives
Language: English
Release Date: March 17, 2017
Consisting of 12 chapters, the book presents the rise and development of environmentalism, environmental history as a discipline, and the history of environmental movements in the Central and South Eastern European region from an international point of view.
The chapters—written by scholars...
Poland and the Western Powers 1938-1938
A Study in the Interdependence of Eastern and Western Europe
Language: English
Release Date: December 15, 1968
This study has two objectives. The first is to explain the nature and historical roots of the problems facing Polish foreign policy in 1938–39 and the manner in which they were approached by the men who shaped and directed Polish diplomacy. The second is to illustrate the political interdependence...
Social Currents in Eastern Europe
The Sources and Consequences of the Great Transformation
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2012
Social Currents in Eastern Europe traces the diverse social currents that have developed alongside and interacted with political and economic forces to bring about change in Eastern Europe. In this second edition—which significantly updates and expands the previous edition to include a new introduction,...
by Rawia Bishara, Jumana Bishara
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: September 13, 2018
Tangy lemony tabbouleh, smoky, rich baba ghanouj, beautifully spiced lamb shank...the recipes in Olives, Lemons & Za'atar provide something irresistible for every occasion. These dishes represent the flavours of Rawia's Middle Eastern childhood with recipes copied faithfully from family cookbooks...
Unknown Fronts
The "Eastern Turn" in First World War History
Language: English
Release Date: February 1, 2017
One hundred years ago Europe unleashed a storm of violence upon the world: The First World War had an enormous impact on the lives of Europeans, European history and culture. To this day, the iconic images of trench warfare in Belgium and France are burned onto our retinas, the names of its major...
by Kwan-Yuk Sit
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2008
This book opens the door to Eastern religious and cultural practices in an attempt to shed light on the teachings implicit in The Lords Prayer. It uses simple analogies and inspiring anecdotes to unveil seemingly subtle and obscure Eastern concepts. It paves a path for Self-realization along the trail...
by Lao Tzu
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Language: English
Release Date: March 1, 2012
Tao (the Way) is one of the most profound and influential of the world's spiritual traditions, and the Tao Te Ching (The Book of the Way and Its Virtue) has left its imprint on Far Eastern philosophy, art, and literature for over two thousand years. This classic of meditative insight was an important...
Feasts
From the Sunday Times no.1 bestselling author of Persiana & Sirocco
Language: English
Release Date: September 7, 2017
THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER
'Ghayour is responsible for making Persian food fashionable, and her new book does not disappoint. It is a joyous celebration of gathering friends and family around a table laden with abundance.' - Sunday Times Ireland
'Sabrina Ghayour knows how to throw a party: serve big...
by Tom Fort
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
Language: English
Release Date: April 1, 2010
'You have to be on your guard when you go back to special places. You may be able to locate them easily enough on the map, but maps tell only one story. Times change and places and people with them. The memory plays curious tricks, and things aren't always as you remember or expect.'
Twenty...