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Deniss Hanovs, Valdis T¿raudkalns

Powdered Fakes

This study examines the 18th century Russian court culture as a political frame for legitimacy of the new empress Elizabeth, daughter of Peter I, who seized power after a coup d'état in November 1741 and …

Alison K Smith, Tricia Starks, Matthew P Romaniello

A Frozen State

Cold runs through Russian history and culture as an enemy, an opportunity, an adventure, and a metaphor. Drawing on the expertise of a broad range of scholars, this volume offers new insights into Russia'…

Vladimir Golstein

Fathers and Sons

This book traces an explosive and dynamic pattern-generational interaction and conflict---in the last two centuries of Russian history. Reform, revolutions, terrorism and dictatorship, and their cultural …

Heaven Sent: The Rise Of New Pop 1979 - 1983

»New Pop« war eine Sehnsucht. Punk hatte die britische Musikindustrie aufgerüttelt - und, was noch wichtiger war, eine Generation von Kunststudenten, angehenden Musikern und anderen inspiriert, die ein Ge…

Jacob Miller

Mixed up Moods

Katharina Wiedlack

Under Western Eyes

The book explores the New Cold War between Western and Russian media, focusing on LGBTIQ+, femininity, masculinity, racial diversity, and disability. It interrogates how while trying to claim liberal valu…

Katharina Wiedlack

Under Western Eyes

The book explores the New Cold War between Western and Russian media, focusing on LGBTIQ+, femininity, masculinity, racial diversity, and disability. It interrogates how while trying to claim liberal valu…

Orthodox Shrines of the Russian North

Male Choir of Valaam Singing Culture Institute

The Dark Heart of Russia

An essential experts' guide to the sinister culture of contemporary Russia: Ben Hodges, Bill Browder, Fiona Hill, David Petraeus, John Sweeney, Julia Davis, Luke Harding, Mark Galeotti, Owen Matthews, Pet…

Eliot Borenstein

The Politics of Fantasy

What happened when J. K. Rowling's mega-blockbuster--born in the United Kingdom and launched to global heights by Hollywood and the full force of Western marketing--came knocking on President Putin's door…

Felix Cowan

The Kopeck Press

This book explores the rich history of Russia's penny press, highlighting the dynamic relationship between readers and journalists in shaping a democratic political culture leading up to the 1917 Revoluti…

Tharik Hussain

Muslim Britain

Written by award-winning author Tharik Hussain, Muslim Britain and Ireland is a unique, groundbreaking travel guidebook about the largely ignored historic and contemporary Muslim heritage and culture of t…

Marina Korneeva, David Gillespie,

The History of Russian Literature on Film

"The first comprehensive history of Russian literature on film, analyzing the changing cinematic art and politics of adaptation between 1895 and the present"--

Filip Kovacevic

KGB Literati

Once out of active service, many former spies have turned to writing spy fiction. They drop the dagger and pick up the pen. Some are very successful, like James Bond's creator Ian Fleming or the novelists…

Sumac

May You Be Held

Produktinformation Das Trio Aaron Turner (ISIS, Old Man Gloom), Brian Cook (Russian Circles) und Nick Yacyshyn (Baptists) macht da weiter, wo die Band mit ihrem von der Kritik hochgelobten Album "Love i…

Sumac

May You Be Held (Limited Edition) (Tan with Black Splatter Vinyl)

Produktinformation Das Trio Aaron Turner (ISIS, Old Man Gloom), Brian Cook (Russian Circles) und Nick Yacyshyn (Baptists) macht da weiter, wo die Band mit ihrem von der Kritik hochgelobten Album "Love i…

Peter Pomerantsev

Nothing Is True and Everything Is Possible

A journey into the glittering, surreal heart of twenty-first-century Russia, where even dictatorship is a reality show "A gripping and unsettling account." ---Washington PostProfessional killers…

Sumac

May You Be Held

Produktinformation Das Trio Aaron Turner (ISIS, Old Man Gloom), Brian Cook (Russian Circles) und Nick Yacyshyn (Baptists) macht da weiter, wo die Band mit ihrem von der Kritik hochgelobten Album "Love i…

Ani Kokobobo

Leo Tolstoy

"The Tolstoy that emerges from this volume is a thinker who resists easy answers, explores contradictions, and seeks deeper reconciliation. This collection presents him as an open-ended conversation …