Books

Acclaimed journalist Julia Ioffe tells the story of modern Russia through the history of its women, from revolution to utopia to autocracy.

A poetic and fiercely moving Russian novel of tradition, change, and thwarted desire by an internationally celebrated writer from the Indigenous Nenets community of northern Siberia. 

Arguably the jewel in the crown of Russia’s greatest writer, Yevgeny Onegin is Alexander Pushkin’s sublime masterpiece of love, death, dueling, rivalry, identity and the search for happiness.

Woodlore invites readers young and old to walk among the trees and watch nature's cycles unfold as time-honored tales and traditions mark the turning of the seasons.

A gorgeous collection from cult classic Polish author Bruno Schulz: 15 of the most captivatingly strange and beautiful short stories ever written.

This book, a labor of love by St. Petersburg-born cartoonist and illustrator, Andrey Feldshteyn, is from the ongoing TMORA exhibition of antiwar political cartoons by cartoonists from Ukraine and Russia in response to the Russian aggression in Ukraine.

In 1945 Isaiah Berlin met Anna Akhmatova almost by chance in what was then Leningrad. The brief time they spent together one long November evening was a transformng experience for both, and has become a cardinal moment in modern literary history.

In this astonishing new work from one of our greatest and most entertaining storytellers, Ian Frazier trains his perceptive, generous eye on Siberia.

By delving into the life of Catherine the Great, this acclaimed biographer reveals the rich tapestry of Russia’s past,

A groundbreaking exposé showing how the arts—alongside diet, sleep, exercise and nature—are the forgotten fifth pillar of health.

This is the first time that photographs of the spectacular locations of the Soviet Buran space program have been published in a book.

A tortured genius, a sensitive soul, and a great composer burdened by the weight of his private desires, Tchaikovsky’s life is explored in full by the incomparable John Suchet.