Eastern European category: 472 books
Dacia
Land of Transylvania, Cornerstone of Ancient Eastern Europe
Language: English
Release Date: May 16, 2009
This book tells the little known story of Dacia, the powerful and rich land that became Transylvania and Romania. This kingdom was once the cornerstone of Eastern Europe. By A.D. 1, Dacia was the third largest military power in Europe, after the Romans and Germans. Most historians mistook the Dacians...
History of Russia and Eastern Europe
A Concise Outline
Language: English
Release Date: January 4, 2019
Jack J. Kanski brings us a concise, illustrated book covering the history of Russia and Eastern Europe, presenting the histories of ten countries. The book begins with the history of Russia from the ancient Kievan State to the present Russian Federation under Vladimir Putin.
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by Jerzy Lukowski, Hubert Zawadzki
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Language: English
Release Date: January 31, 2019
Poland is a tenacious survivor-state: it was wiped off the map in 1795, resurrected after the First World War, apparently annihilated again in the Second, and reduced to satellite status of the Soviet Union after 1945. Yet it emerged in the vanguard of resistance to the USSR in the 1980s, albeit as...
by Nader Freij
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: May 24, 2015
Chicken Shawarma, Beef Artichoke Stew, Roasted Sweet Potatoes with Pistachios… from the host of the critically acclaimed Fit Chef Show Laziez (How Delicious), Nader Freij, comes this cookbook filled with healthy but easy to prepare Middle Eastern recipes.
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by Maria Khalife
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Language: English
Release Date: June 8, 2016
Middle Eastern food draws on the exotic taste of various styles of cooking and combines them in a blend of unusual yet simple tastes for mouthwatering dishes. Middle Eastern food is easy to prepare, wonderful to look at and offers an amazing variety of healthy dishes, making it the ideal cooking style...
Antisemitism in an Era of Transition
Continuities and Impact in Post-Communist Poland and Hungary
Language: English
Release Date: April 14, 2014
The post-Communist transition in Eastern Central Europe has brought about democratic reform, liberalized economies and accession to the European Union, but also the emergence of political movements that revert to antisemitic rhetoric and arguments. This volume compares the genealogies and impact of...
From Stone to Flesh
A Short History of the Buddha
Language: English
Release Date: April 12, 2013
We have come to admire Buddhism for being profound but accessible, as much a lifestyle as a religion. The credit for creating Buddhism goes to the Buddha, a figure widely respected across the Western world for his philosophical insight, his teachings of nonviolence, and his practice of meditation....
An Edible Mosaic
Middle Eastern Fare with Extraordinary Flair [Middle Eastern Cookbook, 80 Recipes]
Language: English
Release Date: November 6, 2012
Create a culinary mosaic with this Middle Eastern cookbook!
When Faith Gorsky married her Syrian husband, she was introduced to a cultural and culinary world that would forever change how she experienced food and cooking. Gorsky's mother-in-law took her under her wing, and in 6 months gave...
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Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2018
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2018
Remembering the Jagiellonians is the first study of international memories of the Jagiellonians (1386–1596), one of the most powerful but lesser known royal dynasties of Renaissance Europe. It explores how the Jagiellonian dynasty has been remembered since the early modern period and assesses its...
by Arto der Haroutunian
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
Language: English
Release Date: March 23, 2009
“Peppered with anecdotes on life, food, and Middle Eastern culture, this book will provide real foodies with a classic they can enjoy for years to come” (The Oxford Time).
This wide-ranging treasury of recipes from the Middle East—with dishes from the plains of Georgia to Afghanistan,...
by Arto der Haroutunian
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Language: English
Release Date: March 19, 2014
Arto der Haroutunian’s “masterpiece . . . If you know nothing of Middle Eastern desserts and sweets, then you might feel transported to a different world” (Cooking by the Book).
From the renowned cookbook author comes Sweets & Desserts from the Middle East, widely regarded as the seminal...
Eastern Europe Since 1970
Decline of Socialism to Post-Communist Transition
Language: English
Release Date: December 22, 2015
From the hardening grip of Soviet domination under Brezhnev to the collapse of communism and its aftermath, Bulent Gokay provides the essential introduction to Eastern Europe in the last quarter of the twentieth century. The Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia in 1968 spelt the end of reformist communism...
The Near Abroad
Socialist Eastern Europe and Soviet Patriotism in Ukraine, 1956-1985
Language: English
Release Date: June 16, 2017
From the Soviet perspective, Eastern Europe was the near abroad – more accessible than the capitalist West, yet also unambiguously foreign. Observing their western neighbours, citizens of the USSR developed new ideas about the role of states, borders, and national identities in the Soviet empire.
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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...