Eastern category: 10105 books
Borders Up!
Eastern Europe through the bottom of a glass
Language: English
Release Date: January 27, 2015
One would assume that with the collapse of Communism, East Europeans would drink much less than before. A democratic society should surely be able to provide many more means of escape than alcohol – books, free press, foreign travel and the cornucopia of consumer goods.
The reality, however,...
by Diana Darke
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: April 23, 2014
Turkey is one of the world's most popular tourist destinations and yet the rugged plateaus stretching east from Istanbul are rarely explored. Unique in offering in-depth coverage of this region, east of Ankara, Bradt's Eastern Turkey is the only guide to unlock the full mysteries of this little-known...
by Tim Johnson
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
Language: English
Release Date: February 25, 2013
Master Arthur Rosenfeld, in addition to being a world-renowned author and authority on the spiritual dimensions of Eastern thinking for a Western world, was the first westerner to be ordained a monk at the Chun Yang (Pure Yang) Taoist monastery in Guangzhou, China, in 2012.In 2011, Master Rosenfeld...
by Robert A. Kann, Zdenek David
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: May 1, 2017
The Peoples of the Eastern Habsburg Lands, 1526-1918
The Politics of Greed
How Privatization Structured Politics in Central and Eastern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: October 12, 2006
With the dissolution of the Soviet Empire, it seemed that market capitalism had triumphed and that democracy might replace authoritarian regimes. Economic reformers in the former Eastern Bloc rushed to liberalize prices and transfer state assets to private hands. They assumed that private owners in...
We Wait You
Waiting on God in Eastern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: September 1, 2010
“We wait you. Why did you take so long?” –Taryn Hutchison was asked this poignant question after her lecture on democracy to a class in Bucharest, Romania. Communism had just fallen. “We waited forty- five years for the Americans to come and set us free. We used to say that even if you were coming...
Eastern Europe 1945-1969
From Stalinism to Stagnation
Language: English
Release Date: May 12, 2014
Here is an essential short guide to the history of Eastern Europe under the early decades of communist rule. The study explores the communists attempt to transpose a uniform economic and social system across the region copied from the Soviet model. Dr Fowkes shows how this did not always succeed and...
Europe Faces Europe
Narratives from Its Eastern Half
Language: English
Release Date: July 1, 2017
How is Europe identified in narratives from its eastern periphery? This is the core question of this volume. Its chapters map narratives of Europe rooted in East Europe, as they circulate in phenomenological philosophy, news journalism, social movements, literary texts, visual art and popular music....
by Idries Shah
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: August 1, 2018
Many countries claim Nasrudin as a native, although few have gone so far as Turkey in exhibiting a 'grave' of the wisest fool who ever lived, and holding an annual Nasrudin Festival. He is the greatest, most intriguing, character of folklore found in any Eastern land. Versions of his back-to-front...
New Feast
Modern middle eastern vegetarian
Language: English
Release Date: November 1, 2014
New Feast is the result of Greg and Lucy Malouf’s delicious new food adventure: a collection of more than 130 modern Middle Easterninspired vegetarian recipes that celebrate the freshness, flavour and generosity of this exciting cuisine.Designed to share, plates can be mixed-and-matched around...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: October 23, 2015
During the Cold War, jazz became a cultural weapon that was employed by both sides to advance their interests. This volume explores the history and roles of jazz in Poland, the German Democratic Republic (GDR), Czechoslovakia, Hungary, the Soviet Union, and the Baltic States by means of several case...
by Ashish Dalela
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: October 1, 2016
Why did I choose to name this collection “Western Questions, Eastern Answers”? Philosophy and science in the West have largely been practiced with the aim to understand the present world. A number of theories have been propounded, none of which are free of problems. Philosophy and science in the...
Stag & Hen Party Guide, Eastern Europe
Attractions, Eating, Drinking, Shopping & Places To Stay
Language: English
Release Date: June 19, 2015
Stags behaving badly? You better believe it, but with all that cheap beer, who can blame them? After all, the women are all drop dead gorgeous and boys will be boys, right? Back in the bad old days of the Soviet Union, much of Eastern Europe was pretty much forbidden territory to the average Joe....
Into the Carpathians: A Journey Through the Heart and History of Central and Eastern Europe (Part 1
The Eastern Mountains)
Language: English
Release Date: November 3, 2015
A compelling chronicle of a hiking and wildlife research expedition along the length of the Carpathian Mountains, from Romania to Poland, some 1,700 miles as the crow flies. (This volume, Part 1, covers the first half of the journey, through Romania and Ukraine.) On the trail of wolves, we are led...