Books

A groundbreaking and gripping literary detective novel set in Soviet-era Russia, from the award-winning author of Laurus and The Aviator

A startling and revelatory examination of Nabokov’s life and works—notably Pale Fire and Lolita—bringing new insight into one of the twentieth century’s most enigmatic authors.

The acclaimed author of Sovietistan travels along the seemingly endless Russian border and reveals the deep and pervasive influence it has had across half the globe.

In the deft hands of Eugene Vodolazkin, The Aviator paints a vivid, panoramic picture of life in Russia at the beginning of the 20th century, richly evoking the sights, sounds and political turmoil of those days.

A Volga Tale recounts the story of a people, a republic, a nation, a tale that begins in quietude, flows and grows mighty, crosses space and time, like the Volga River itself.

The Story of Russia is a fresh approach to the thousand years of Russia’s history, concerned as much with the ideas that have shaped how Russians think about their past as it is with the events and personalities comprising it.

Supra shares over 100 of the dishes that come together to make Georgian cuisine a true celebration of its country's unique climate, history and culture.

A definitive collection of short works by the popular Soviet satirist includes pieces that give expression to the experiences of everyday citizens in the buerecratic leviathin that was the Soviet Union.

The definitive story of a game so great, even the Cold War couldn't stop it

From former NPR Moscow correspondent Gregory Feifer comes an incisive portrait that draws on vivid personal stories of the forces that have shaped the Russian character for centuries-and continue to do so today.

A New York Times bestseller, this definitive history of Ukraine is “an exemplary account of Europe’s least-known large country” (Wall Street Journal).

A Chernobyl survivor and award-winning historian "mercilessly chronicles the absurdities of the Soviet system" in this "vividly empathetic" account of the worst nuclear accident in history.