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  • A History of Russian Literature

    by Andrew Kahn, Mark Lipovetsky, Irina Reyfman, Stephanie Sandler ...
    Russia possesses one of the richest and most admired literatures of Europe, reaching back to the eleventh century. A History of Russian Literature provides a comprehensive account of Russian writing from its earliest origins in the monastic works of Kiev up to the present day, still rife with the creative experiments of post-Soviet literary life. The volume proceeds chronologically in five parts, ... Read more

    $60.79 CAD

  • Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow

    Translated by Irina Reyfman, Andrew Kahn ...
    by Alexander Radishchev ...
    Series series
    Alexander Radishchev’s Journey from St. Petersburg to Moscow is among the most important pieces of writing to come out of Russia in the age of Catherine the Great. An account of a fictional journey along a postal route, it blends literature, philosophy, and political economy to expose social and economic injustices and their causes at all levels of Russian society. Not long after the book’s ... Read more

    $23.19 CAD

  • From Pushkin to Popular Culture

    Essays by Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy

    by Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy ...
    Series series Ars Rossica
    This volume includes many of the best essays by Catharine Theimer Nepomnyashchy (1951-2015), one of the most original scholars of Russian culture of her generation. Nepomnyashchy’s broad interests ranged from Pushkin to contemporary Russian popular culture. Her work speaks to issues that remain central to Slavic studies today, including imperialist impulses and rhetoric in Russian culture; the ... Read more

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  • The Icon and Axe

    An Interpretative History of Russian Culture

    by James Billington ...
    "A sweeping, intricate description of Russian cultural history, spanning the pre-Romanov era through six centuries to the reign of Joseph Stalin. Flowing with ease through time and topic — from art to music, literature, philosophy, mythology and more — the book provides readers with an alluring portrayal of Russia’s proud heritage. Its impressive scope and lasting insights have made it a ... Read more

    $15.99 CAD

  • Conversations with Isaiah Berlin

    by Ramin Jahanbegloo ...
    An illuminating and witty dialogue with one of the greatest intellectual figures of the twentieth century. Ramin Jahanbegloo's interview with Isaiah Berlin grew into a series of five conversations which offer an intimate view of Berlin and his ideas. They include discussions on pluralism and liberty as well as the thinkers and writers who influenced Berlin. This revised edition provided an ... Read more

    $8.69 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Essays in Skepticism. Illustrated

    by Bertrand Russell ...
    Bertrand Russell, one of the most influential philosophers of the 20th century, was a tireless advocate of reason, skepticism, and intellectual freedom. Essays in Skepticism is a thought-provoking collection that showcases Russell’s sharp analytical mind and unwavering commitment to truth in an era often clouded by dogma, superstition, and ideological rigidity. Through these essays, he challenges ... Read more

    $0.99 CAD

  • Russian Literature

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Catriona Kelly ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    This book is intended to capture the interest of anyone who has been attracted to Russian culture through the greats of Russian literature, either through the texts themselves, or encountering them in the cinema, or opera. Rather than a conventional chronology of Russian literature, the book will explore the place and importance of literature of all sorts in Russian culture. How and when did a ... Read more

    $7.59 CAD

  • Fallen Leaves

    Last Words on Life, Love, War, and God

    by Will Durant ...
    Praised as a “revelatory” book by The Wall Street Journal, this is the last and most personal work of Pulitzer Prize–winning author and historian Will Durant, discovered thirty-two years after his death.The culmination of Will Durant’s sixty-plus years spent researching the philosophies, religions, arts, sciences, and civilizations from across the world, Fallen Leaves is the distilled wisdom of ... Read more

    $18.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • The Russian Idea

    by Nikolai Berdyaev ...
    Translated by R. M. French ...
    Series series Library of Russian Philosophy
    In this powerful, moving book, first published in 1946, Berdyaev is not so interested in the empirical details of Russian history as he is in "the thought of the Creator about Russia." The "Russian idea" is thus a mystical notion. Religion and philosophy--not economics or politics--determine history and society.Berdyaev begins his story in the nineteenth century, tracing the lineage of such ... Read more

    $12.35 CAD

  • Russian Literature

    by Andrew Baruch Wachtel, Ilya Vinitsky ...
    Series series Cultural History of Literature
    For most English-speaking readers, Russian literature consists of a small number of individual writers - nineteenth-century masters such as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Turgenev - or a few well-known works - Chekhov's plays, Brodsky's poems, and perhaps Master and Margarita and Doctor Zhivago from the twentieth century. The medieval period, as well as the brilliant tradition of Russian lyric poetry ... Read more

    $33.99 CAD

  • The Anti-Christ

    by Friedrich Wilhelm Nietzsche ...
    Translated by H. L. Mencken ...
    Tangle with one of the most astoundingly vexing minds that the Western philosophical canon has ever produced. In The Anti-Christ, Nietzsche first defined his concept of the will to power, the animating force that he sees as the motivation behind most human behavior. Whether you are a non-believer or a committed Christian, Nietzsche's detailed critique of the Christian ethos is a masterwork of ... Read more

    $5.69 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Warped Mourning

    Stories of the Undead in the Land of the Unburied

    by Alexander Etkind ...
    Series series Cultural Memory in the Present
    After Stalin's death in 1953, the Soviet Union dismantled the enormous system of terror and torture that he had created. But there has never been any Russian ban on former party functionaries, nor any external authority to dispense justice. Memorials to the Soviet victims are inadequate, and their families have received no significant compensation. This book's premise is that late Soviet and post ... Read more

    $32.99 CAD