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Text: English, Russian --This text refers to an out of print or unavailable edition of this title.

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From Publishers Weekly
"How do you explain a state in decay?" the author of this engrossing, beautifully written book asks about a country where "the death of an ideology has displaced millions," a third of the households are poor, and epidemics of HIV, TB, suicide, drug abuse and alcoholism are rife. Meier, a Moscow correspondent for Time magazine from 1996 to 2001, attempted t...

The New York Times
Each book is a visual as well as informational feast about a particular place. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Ingram
The Hermitage Art Gallery in the Winter Palace is just one of the splendid travel destinations covered in this comprehensive guide to St. Petersburg, written by a former resident of the area. Features in this helpful guidebook include suggestions for daytrips and excursions beyond the city, details on where to view the best examples of architecture, place names and sights...

Inside Flap Copy
No matter what your budget or whether it's your first trip or fifteenth, Fodor's Gold Guides get you where you want to go. In this completely up-to-date guide our experts who live in Moscow and St. Petersburg give you the inside track, showing you all the things to see and do -- from must-see sights to off-the-beaten-path adventures, from shopping to outdoor fun...

Book Description

With its world-famous old town and pulsating cultural scene, Prague is one of Europe's most exciting destinations. This comprehensive and fully updated guide shows you the best of what’s on offer.

• be in the know — insightful coverage of Prague’s artistic & architectural heritage
• eat, drink, and be merry — finds the finest ...

From Library Journal
Richardson's thorough history and detailed information on sightseeing, lodgings, and restaurants paired with the glossy, colorful Eyewitness guide provide a well-rounded picture of trekking in and around Moscow.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Isabel Allende
Indispensable...takes the traveler on a splendid journey through the extensive map of the Russian soul.

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From Library Journal
The most comprehensive guide to the area, with a chapter on Russia's noncontiguous Kaliningrad region, this guide combines background information, cultural insights, and information on practicalities. Outdoor activities range from stork spotting to bobsledding and bungee jumping.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to an o...

Book Description

One comprehensive guide, one diverse region: get under the skin of Eastern Europe from the slopes of Slovenia to the history of Hungary with this essential and practical companion.

Covers Albania, Belarus, Bosnia-Hercegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Czech Republic, Estonia, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Macedonia, Moldova, Moscow & St Petersburg, Poland, Romania, ...

From the Back Cover

Here's an up to the minute, insider's look at how Russians live and work and how they feel about everything from family to religion to entertainment. Explore The Russian Way of doing things, and you'll uncover a fascinating world imbued with kindness, generosity, superstition, and surprises.

Russian character comes to life as you follow favorite ...

Book Description

From the Kremlin's glittering towers to avant-garde art exhibits, bohemian clubs to haute-russe cuisine, discover Moscow's unique spirit with this in-depth and indispensable guide.

• eat, drink and be merry with extensive listings of restaurants, bars and clubs
• understand it all with historical and cultural notes, including a special sec...

From Publishers Weekly
Angus didn't know the Yenisey River existed until he came across its name in a book while researching another trip. The Yenisey, he learned, is the world's fifth-longest river, flowing 5,500 kilometers (3,300 miles) from western Mongolia to the Arctic Circle, and had never been run from source to sea. That kind of challenge proved irresistible to the Canad...

Inside Flap Copy
"A rich and readable introduction to the whole sweep of Russian cultural and intellectual history from Kievan times to the post-Khruschev era." - Library Journal. Illustrations, references, index.

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Language Notes
Text: English

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Language Notes
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From Publishers Weekly
In this collection of wine-soaked stories, former Time journalist Steavenson recounts her adventurous two years living in the former Soviet republic of Georgia. Few journalists would have the gumption to do on assignment what the now 32-year-old Steavenson did on a whim-leave a job in Time's London office in the late 1990s for the relatively volatile regio...

From Library Journal
Coauthored by a writer of Ukrainian ancestry and another of Ukrainian nativity, this unusual combination of language instruction, sightseeing guide, and travel survival kit works by keeping it simple. Useful to all visitors, especially those visiting family.
Copyright 1999 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition.

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Amazon.com
Richard Feynman, brilliant physicist and inspirational teacher, wasn't much for coats and ties. He lived a life that the adjective "bohemian" doesn't begin to cover, scripting percussion scores for avant-garde ballet troupes, musing over life's imponderables, and delighting and annoying his many friends with odd-duck questions--all the while teaching generations of st...

Amazon.com
In Siberia explores a region of astonishments, where "white cranes dance on the permafrost, where a great city floats lost among the ice floes, where mammoths sleep under glaciers." Colin Thubron's latest chronicle also delivers its subject from rumor into reality. An expanse larger than the entire United States, Siberia is undoubtedly a country of contrasts, w...

From Publishers Weekly
Polish journalist Kapuscinski offers a travelogue account of the collapse of the Soviet system and the difficulties of creating genuine democracy from what has been left behind.
Copyright 1995 Reed Business Information, Inc.

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Language Notes
Text: English, Russian

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From Library Journal
Jones, a descendant of the Sheremetev clan of the Romanov dynasty, lived in Russia from 1991 to 1994. During this time of glasnost and perestroika, she became friends with many Russian people and was able to explore their culture and food. Her culinary journey through Russia resulted in a book that is part travel memoir and part cookbook. Arranged by season ...