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An Art Lover's Guide to Florence
No city but Florence contains such an intense concentration of art produced in such a short span of time. The sheer number and proximity of works of painting, sculpture, and …
Social Identity in Imperial Russia
A panoramic view of Russian imperial society from the era of Peter the Great to the Revolution in 1917. Combining scholarship reading with archival research, it focuses on the …
St. Maximus the Confessor's "Questions and Doubts"
Despina D. Prassas's translation of the Quaestiones et Dubia presents for the first time in English one of the Confessor's most significant contributions to early Christian …
Memoir of a Gulag Actress
In an abridged translation that retains the grace and passion of the original, Klots and Ufberg present the stunning memoir of a young woman who became an actress in the Gulag. …
Stories from a Siberian Village
A cultural phenomenon in his day—an award-winning film director and actor who also wrote novels, plays, and movie scripts—Vasily Shukshin (1929–1974) is renowned for his mastery of …
G. B. Shaw
The Search for Historical Meaning
Praised by President Richard Nixon as his favorite read for 1987, The Search for Historical Meaning presents the postwar American conservative movement against a background of …
Rule of Law
"Rule of law"—the idea that the law is the nation's sovereign authority—has served as a cornerstone for constitutional theory and the jurisprudence of liberty. When law reigns over …
Russian Conservatism
Russian Conservatism examines the history of Russian conservative thought from the beginning of the nineteenth century to the present. Robinson charts the contributions made by …
Witchcraft in Russia and Ukraine, 1000–1900
This sourcebook provides the first systematic overview of witchcraft laws and trials in Russia and Ukraine from medieval times to the late nineteenth century. Witchcraft in Russia …
Women of the Catacombs
The memoirs presented in Women of the Catacombs offer a rare close-up account of the underground Orthodox community and its priests during some of the most difficult years in …