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Peter Buck Feller

The Last Gasp of William Schwarzfeller

Peter Buck Feller's father disappeared in Moscow in 1938, when Feller was just six months old. As a young boy he asked his mother about him, but his questions invariably went unanswered. Decades later, af…

Mark B Smith

Exit Stalin

To those of us in the West, the Soviet Union is synonymous with Stalinism. The common view of the USSR is of a brutal regime that squelched dissent and oversaw a drab, terrified society. Yet as Cambridge …

Riikkamari Muhonen

The Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow

The Peoples' Friendship University in Moscow is the first close analysis of the history of the most important educational institute in the USSR for educating students from the Global South. Through her an…

James Verini

The Theater

In the tradition of John Hersey's Hiroshima , a terse and piercing look at a critical episode in the Ukraine War, from the award-winning author of They Will Have to Die Now.In March of 2022, three weeks a…

Iryna Ramanava,

The Branding of the Red Dragon

This book examines the relationships between the peasantry and the authorities; both central and local ones; through the prism of the political events of 1937-1939.During the All-Union Census of the USSR …

El Mustapha Lahlali

Arabic Media and the Ukrainian Conflict

Focused on two renowned Arabic networks, Al-Jazeera and Al-Arabiyya, this book examines Arabic media discourses and strategies adopted in the coverage of the conflict in Ukraine.Providing an in-depth text…

Mikhail Zygar

The Dark Side of the Earth

Named a Best History Book of the Year by The Times (London)From "one of the most thoughtful Russian writers of our time" (Yulia Navalnaya) comes "an extraordinarily revealing account" …

Huseyn Aliyev

Who Fights for Governments?

Exploring why, when and under which circumstances individuals decide to take up arms mobilizing for pro-government militias, Huseyn Aliyev draws on insights from long-standing ethnographic fieldwork among…

Peter Iljitsch Tschaikowsky (1840-1893)

The Nutcracker op. 71

Yuri Felshtinsky, Michael Stanchev

Blowing up Ukraine

How Putin has plotted with mounting violence since 1999 to subdue the Ukrainians and how the population resisted through "Maidan" revolutions and what the impact of the Kremlin's aggression on g…

Jamison R. Firestone

Rule Of Lies Exaiie Pb

'This book is NUTS! - in the best possible way. A relentless roller coaster ride through the heaven and hell of modern Russia' PETER POMERANZEV'Written with all the pace and energy of a John Grisham novel…

Cassio de Oliveira

Our Best Friend in America

In 1960, the popular Soviet magazine Krokodil dubbed Mark Twain the USSR's "American Friend No. 1." This surprised neither the Kremlin nor the magazine's readers: Twain and especially his Missis…

Russia's War on Ukraine and the Crisis of World Order

Russia's war on Ukraine has been closely watched and widely debated worldwide. These discussions extend beyond the war itself to encompass its implications for the world order and the future of globalisat…

Shaun Walker

The Illegals

The definitive history of Russia's most secret spy program, from the earliest days of the Soviet Union to Putin's invasion of Ukraine, and a revelatory examination of how that hidden history shaped both R…

Society and Intellectual Life in Russia

Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 have transformed the conditions of intellectual and public life in Russia. This volume examines how war has accelerated lon…

Society and Intellectual Life in Russia

Russia's annexation of Crimea in 2014 and full-scale invasion of Ukraine in 2022 have transformed the conditions of intellectual and public life in Russia. This volume examines how war has accelerated lon…

Dilawar Hussain

The Senate of Pakistan and Regional Representation

In the first major book on the Senate of Pakistan since its creation in 1973, Dilawar Hussain explores its institutional history, membership, constitutional powers and key functions and how these have cha…

Dilawar Hussain

The Senate of Pakistan and Regional Representation

In the first major book on the Senate of Pakistan since its creation in 1973, Dilawar Hussain explores its institutional history, membership, constitutional powers and key functions and how these have cha…

Tharik Hussain

Muslim Europe

'Vital, important' WILLIAM DALRYMPLE 'Perspective-shattering' CAROLINE SANDERSON 'Offers a fresh, bracing perspective on European history' THE TIMESFor over 1,400 years, Muslims have been an integral part…