Books for Summer Reading
Summer, 2009
The following are a handful of books that have recently come to our attention. Most have been recently published or updated and provide a wide range of interesting material.
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The Foreign Policy of Russia: Changing Systems, Enduring Interests
By Robert H. Donaldson and Joseph L. Nagee
M.E. Sharpe, 2009
Political scientists Donaldson and Nogee broaden the focus of George F. Kennan's classic Russia and the West Under Lenin and Stalin and offer a sweeping yet concise overview of Russia's role and behavior in international politics from tsarist times to the present. They cautiously conclude that the current "multipolar" environment might lead to a more cooperative approach by Russia's current leaders.
Lonely Planet, Russia. 5th Edition
By Simon Richmond
Lonely Planet, 2009
Lonely Planet's newest edition of their popular guidebook to Russia.
Sherlock Holmes in Russia
By Alex Auswaks (Translator)
Robert Hale, 2009
In these works by Russian authors, now classics in Russia, Sherlock Holmes and Watson travel to Russia, master the language, and fight crime and corruption.
Tajiki Reference Grammar for Beginners
By Nasrullo Khojayori and Mikael Thompson
Georgetown University Press, 2009
Tajiki Reference Grammar for Beginners features straightforward explanations of Tajiki grammar and pronunciation along with examples of the concepts.
Red Star Over Russia: A Visual History of the Soviet Union
By David King
Tate Publishing, 2009
Through an array of material including posters, photographs, paintings, magazine covers, book jackets, advertisements, pamphlets and other rare ephemera, "Red Star Over Russia" captures events as they unfold, providing a visual history of the dramatic birth and eventual decline of the Soviet Union.
Soviet Karelia. Politics, Planning and Terror in Stalin's Russia, 1920-1939
By Nick Baron
Routledge, 2009
This book traces the evolution of Soviet Karelia in the early Soviet period, discussing amongst other things how political relations between Moscow and the regional leadership changed over time; the nature of its spatial, economic and demographic development; and the origins of the massive repressions launched in 1937 against the local population.
Animation for Russian Conversation
By Maria Alley, Jason Merrill, and Julia Mikhailova
Focus Publishing/R. Pullins Co, 2008
Drawing on numerous classics of Russian animation, this text is designed for a wide range of learners from advanced novice to intermediate to provide interesting authentic cultural materials in the study of the language. Each lesson is based on a well known and available animation and provides exercises in Russian language skills and a springboard to the discussion of Russian culture.
Soviet Fates and Lost Alternatives: From Stalinism to the New Cold War
By Stephen F. Cohen
Columbia University Press, 2009
Focusing on missed opportunities - roads taken and not taken - in Soviet and post-Soviet history, and the fates of leaders who represented them, the book treats major (and controversial) developments from the 1920s to the present.
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