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  • The Vicious Circle 1832–1864

    A History of the Polish Intelligentsia – Part 2

    Series Libro 8 - Studies in History, Memory and Politics
    The three-part work provides a first synthetic account of the history of the Polish intelligentsia from the days of its formation to World War I. Part two (1832-1864) analyses the growing importance of the intelligentsia in the epoch marked by the triumph of the Polish romanticism. The stress is put on the debates of the position of intelligentsia in the society, as well as on tensions between ... Leer más

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  • A Degenerate World

    Series Libro 14 - Studies in History, Memory and Politics
    Modernism and pessimism seem to go hand in hand. What are the sources of the historical pessimism we see in the legions of writers and thinkers over the past three centuries who saw modern civilization as degenerate and despicable, happily marching to its own doom? Why did so many educated and intelligent people despise the innovations that were the work of their contemporaries? This book focuses ... Leer más

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  • Best Russian Short Stories

    Captivating Tales from Russian Literary Tradition

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    "Best Russian Short Stories" is a remarkable anthology that gathers some of the most poignant narratives from the rich tradition of Russian literature. Spanning the 19th and 20th centuries, it showcases the unique thematic depth and stylistic diversity of Russian short fiction. Featuring masterful works by luminaries such as Anton Chekhov, Leo Tolstoy, and Ivan Turgenev, this collection immerses ... Leer más

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  • The Reconstruction of Nations: Poland, Ukraine, Lithuania, Belarus, 1569�1999

    Modern nationalism in northeastern Europe has often led to violence and then reconciliation between nations with bloody pasts. In this fascinating book, Timothy Snyder traces the emergence of Polish, Ukrainian, Lithuanian, and Belarusian nationhood over four centuries, discusses various atrocities (including the first account of the massive Ukrainian-Polish ethnic cleansings of the 1940s), and ... Leer más

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  • The Vienna I Knew: Memories of a European Childhood

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  • The Double

    Series series Fyodor Dostoevsky - Starbooks Classics Collection
    The Double is a novella written by Fyodor Dostoyevsky. It was first published on January 30, 1846 in the Fatherland Notes. The Double centers on a government clerk who goes mad, obsessed by the idea that a fellow clerk has usurped his identity. It deals with the internal psychological struggle of its main character, Yakov Petrovich Golyadkin, who repeatedly encounters someone who is his exact ... Leer más

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  • The Future of Nostalgia

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  • Armies of the Russo-Polish War 1919–21

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    Series Libro 497 - Men-at-Arms
    In 1918 war broke out for Poland's independence, involving the the Poles, the Red and White Russian armies, at least two different Ukrainian forces, and Allied intervention troops.The armies that fought these campaigns were extraordinarily varied in their uniforms and insignia, equipment and weapons, and when peace was signed in 1921, Poland had achieved recognised nationhood for the first time ... Leer más

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  • To Walk with the Devil

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