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Hope Against Hope
1970, Author Nadezhda Mandelstam by Marsh Moyle If you want to love a people you have to learn to weep over their tragedies. This book takes us into the heart of the Soviet tragedy through the lif...
cultural insight
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Conversations with an Executioner
1981, Author Kazimierz Moczarski An incredible 255 day long interview with the German Officer who liquidated the Jewish Ghetto in Warsaw at the end of the Second World War. This book will give you...
cultural insight
Poland
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
The Unquiet Ghost - Russians Remember Stalin
2003, Author Adam Hochschild by Marsh Moyle "Over 20 Million people died during Stalin's quarter-Century Reign of terror. Only with the advent of glasnost could Russians openly confront their memorie...
cultural insight
Russia
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Cafe Europe - Life after Communism
1996, Author Slavenka Drakulic by Marsh Moyle A series of observations from around Central Europe after the fall of the Iron Curtain. It captures the mood of Europe at that time and more importantly...
cultural insight
communism
Central Europe
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Borderland - A Journey Through the History of Ukraine
1997, Author Anna Reid by Marsh Moyle Tells the history of Ukraine through a travelogue. A fascinating set of cultural insights and well written - A good introduction. Borders are hard to define. ...
cultural insight
Ukraine
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Ukraine - A History
2000, Author Orest Subtelny Comprehensive history of Ukraine - 700+ pages Originally written in 1988 updated in 2000 University of Toronto Press
cultural insight
history
Ukraine
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Natasha's Dance - A Cultural History of Russia
2002, Author Orland Figes by Marsh Moyle If knowledge comes by the pound this book will supply lots of it. Over 700 pages of insight into the history and culture or Russia. The Chapter: In search of...
cultural insight
Russia
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Black Earth - A Journey Through Russia after the Fall
2003, Author Andrew Meier by Marsh Moyle This book is a rich insight for those who want to feel the struggles, contradictions and joys of Russian life. It reads easily. Explores Russians five corners...
cultural insight
Russia
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Pushkin's Children - Writings on Russia and Russians
2003, Author Tolstaya Tatyana by Marsh Moyle This book gives an insight into Russia at two levels. The subject matter discusses the real struggles and issues of daily life and give insight into the re...
cultural insight
Russia
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Necessary Lies - Poland
2000, Author Eva Stachniak by Marsh Moyle This novel is a great introduction to the moral dilemmas of Life in Central and Eastern Europe. It captures the mood and tensions of relationships in Commun...
cultural insight
Poland
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
In the Memory of the Forest
1997, Author Charles T. Powers A book that takes you deep in to the transition of Poland from Communism to what followed. The story takes place in a village east of Warsaw. It gives insight in to t...
cultural insight
Poland
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
Death in Danzig
2006, Author Stefan Chwin The transitions that have shaped Europe are lived out in the lives of ordinary people. Danzig was a German town that became Polish as the Russians closed in at the end of ...
cultural insight
Poland
Tuesday, 27 January 2009
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