Books

In this extraordinary portrait of an enigmatic character, Antony Beevor brings readers closer than ever before to Rasputin’s scandalous life and death.

In February of 1917 Russia was a backwards, autocratic monarchy, mired in an unpopular war; by October, after not one but two revolutions, it had become the world’s first workers’ state, straining to be at the vanguard of global revolution.

Preserved: Vegetables brings the magic of pickles, ferments, and chutneys from all around the world to your home pantry.

Learn to infuse vodkas, make your own amaro, and brew beer and cider.  The recipes in this cookbook will take you on a preservation journey across the globe that spans hundreds of years of drink history. 

Preserved: Condiments brings together 25 recipes for the world’s most delicious sauces, spreads, relishes and chutneys, including Ajika, the Georgian hot pepper relish, salted preserved herbs known as Herbes salées, and Haitian pickled vegetable relish.

In this lyrical and artfully woven memoir, a short road trip to California’s Central Coast becomes an epic journey through family history, loss, and connection.

Both texts return us to Kundera’s much-missed living presence. Subtle and full of wit and irony, 89 Words followed by Prague, A Disappearing Poem is an homage to a literary legend and a reminder of just how prescient his words and insights are today.

In the definitive history on the subject, Frederick Taylor weaves together official history, archival materials, and personal accounts to tell the complete story of the Wall's rise and fall.

With beautiful pacing and emotionally astute moments, this small story succeeds brilliantly in structuring an identification between small cat and child that will have young readers returning to this book again and again.

Osip Mandelshtam, arguably the greatest Russian poet of the 20th century, died in a Stalinist prison camp at the age of 47. This volume collects the best of his work, including poems he was unable to publish in his lifetime.

In Soviet Scientific Institutes photographer Eric Lusito takes us on a journey through time, space and science. Gigantic control panels, monumental telescopes, inexplicable machinery, it is the first visual account of this once closed world.

A gorgeous 2027 calendar selection of Mucha's Art Nouveau masterworks.