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The Red Atlas: How the Soviet Union Secretly Mapped the World by John Davies
RRP: £25.00£22.30Nearly thirty years after the end of the Cold War, its legacy and the accompanying Russian-American tension continues to loom large. Russia's access to detailed information on the United States and its allies may not seem so shocking in this day of data... -
A Nasty Little War: The West's Fight to Reverse the Russian Revolution by Anna Reid 9781529326765
RRP: £25.00£15.95A BBC HISTORY MAGAZINE BOOK OF THE YEAR'Chillingly original' Max Hastings'A vivid and sparkling account, full of colour and dark drama' Observer'Brilliantly depicts a disastrous failure' Antony Beevor'Witty and elegant . . . Excellent background to... -
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 9781843430858
RRP: £16.99£10.21The Gulag Archipelago is Solzhenitsyn's masterwork, a vast canvas of camps, prisons, transit centres and secret police, of informers and spies and interrogators and also of heroism, a Stalinist anti-world at the heart of the Soviet Union where the key to... -
The Gulag Archipelago by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn 9781784871512
RRP: £14.99£9.04'[The Gulag Archipelago] helped to bring down an empire. Its importance can hardly be exaggerated' Doris Lessing, Sunday Telegraph ... -
Stalin: A Biography by Robert Service
RRP: £16.99£10.13Drawing on a wealth of unexplored material - available for the first time since the collapse of the former Soviet Union - Robert Service's biography of Stalin is the most authoritative yet published. It concentrates not simply on Stalin as dedicated... -
The Romanovs: 1613-1918 by Simon Sebag Montefiore
RRP: £14.99£8.13The Romanovs were the most successful dynasty of modern times, ruling a sixth of the world's surface. How did one family turn a war-ruined principality into the world's greatest empire? And how did they lose it all?This is the intimate story of twenty... -
Sovietistan: A Journey Through Turkmenistan, Kazakhstan, Tajikistan, Kyrgyzstan and Uzbekistan by Erika Fatland
RRP: £14.99£9.32"A mesmerising trip across Central Asia . . . A fascinating travelogue" Financial TimesSHORTLISTED FOR EDWARD STANFORD/LONELY PLANET DEBUT TRAVEL WRITER OF THE YEAR 2020An unforgettable journey through the former Soviet Republics, by a prizewinning... -
The Story of Russia by Orlando Figes
RRP: £25.00£16.53A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History 'The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'A magnificent, magisterial thousand year... -
The Dissident: Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner by David Herszenhorn 9781538709450
RRP: £25.00£15.55THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and became President Vladimir Putin's most formidable rival-so despised that the... -
High Caucasus: A Mountain Quest in Russia’s Haunted Hinterland by Tom Parfitt
RRP: £25.00£15.95SHORTLISTED FOR THE EDWARD STANFORD TRAVEL BOOK OF THE YEAR 'A thrilling, profound masterpiece' NICHOLAS CRANE'One of our great travel writers' LUKE HARDING'A travel book for our time' SARA WHEELERA breath-taking memoir of Tom Parfitt's remarkable 1,000... -
Abyss: The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 by Max Hastings
RRP: £30.00£19.53A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings 'the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis' Daily Telegraph The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Tsarist and Communist Russia 1855-1964 by Sally Waller 9780198354673
£36.28Please note this title is suitable for any student studying: Exam Board: AQA Level/Subject: AS and A Level History First teaching: September 2015 First exams: June 2017 Retaining well-loved features from the previous editions, Tsarist and... -
Access to History: Democracy and Dictatorships in Germany 1919-63 for OCR Second Edition by Geoff Layton
£26.80Exam Board: AQA, Edexcel, OCR & WJECLevel: A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Give your students the best chance of success with this tried and tested series, combining in-depth analysis, engaging narrative and... -
Hodder GCSE History for Edexcel: Russia and the Soviet Union, 1917-41 by John Wright
£24.11Exam Board: Pearson EdexcelLevel: GCSESubject: HistoryFirst teaching: September 2016First exams: June 2018Endorsed for EdexcelEnable students to achieve their full potential while ensuring pace, enjoyment and motivation with this popular series from the... -
1812: Napoleon's Fatal March on Moscow by Adam Zamoyski
RRP: £19.99£13.33Adam Zamoyski's bestselling account of Napoleon's invasion of Russia and his catastrophic retreat from Moscow, events that had a profound effect on European history. In 1812 the most powerful man in the world assembled the largest army in... -
My Russia: War or Peace? by Mikhail Shishkin
RRP: £18.99£11.63In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't know enough about it. So what is the real story behind Putin's autocratic regime and its invasion of Ukraine?In My Russia:... -
Cilka's Journey: The Sunday Times bestselling sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris
RRP: £9.99£6.52Cilka's Journey is the million copy bestselling sequel to the phenomenon The Tattooist of Auschwitz.Don't miss the conclusion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz Trilogy, Three Sisters. Available now.'She was the bravest person I ever met'Lale Sokolov, The... -
The Spy and the Traitor: The Greatest Espionage Story of the Cold War by Ben MacIntyre
RRP: £10.99£7.12THE NO.1 SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER An exciting Cold War story about a KGB double agent, by one of Britain's greatest historians and the ultimate gift for anyone who loves a good spy thriller!'The best true spy story I have ever read' John le... -
My Revision Notes: Edexcel AS/A-level History: Russia 1917-91: From Lenin to Yeltsin by Robin Bunce
RRP: £10.50£10.07Exam Board: EdexcelLevel: AS/A-levelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: June 2016Target success in Edexcel AS/A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam... -
Red Notice: A True Story of Corruption, Murder and One Man's Fight for Justice by Bill Browder
RRP: £10.99£7.77'An unburdening, a witness statement and a thriller all at the same time ... electrifying.' The TimesI have to assume that there is a very real chance that Putin or members of his regime will have me killed some day. If I'm killed, you will know who did... -
Russia: Revolution and Civil War 1917-1921 by Antony Beevor 9781474610162
RRP: £10.99£7.05'A masterpiece of history'DAILY TELEGRAPHBetween 1917 and 1921 a devastating struggle took place in Russia following the collapse of the Tsarist empire. Many regard this savage civil war as the most influential event of the modern era. An incompatible... -
Not One Inch: America, Russia, and the Making of Post-Cold War Stalemate by M. E. Sarotte
RRP: £16.99£15.68A leading expert on foreign policy reveals how tensions between America, NATO, and Russia transformed geopolitics A Foreign Affairs Best Book of 2021 and winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize "Sarotte has the receipts, as it were: her authoritative... -
The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom by Slavomir Rawicz
RRP: £10.99£7.05'I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves'Slavomir RawiczSlavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19 November 1939 he was... -
The Story of Russia: 'An excellent short study' by Orlando Figes
RRP: £10.99£7.32A 2022 BOOK OF THE YEAR FOR: Sunday Times * Irish Times * Spectator * Financial Times * Telegraph * Aspects of History 'The history book you need if you want to understand modern Russia' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'A magnificent, magisterial thousand year... -
Oxford AQA History for A Level: Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-1953 Revision Guide by Rob Bircher
£11.51This Revolution and Dictatorship: Russia 1917-1953 Revision Guide is part of the bestselling Oxford AQA History for A Level series developed by Sally Waller. Written to match the new AQA specification, this series helps you deepen your historical... -
The Showman: The Inside Story of the Invasion That Shook the World and Made a Leader of Volodymyr Zelensky by Simon Shuster 9780008599171
RRP: £22.00£14.31'This book offers a front row seat to history as it is being made' ANNE APPLEBAUM 'This is the Zelensky book we've been waiting for' CATHERINE BELTON 'An elegant... -
Cilka's Journey: The Sunday Times bestselling sequel to The Tattooist of Auschwitz by Heather Morris 9781785769047
RRP: £14.99£10.12Cilka's Journey is the million copy bestselling sequel to the phenomenon The Tattooist of Auschwitz.Don't miss the conclusion to The Tattooist of Auschwitz Trilogy, Three Sisters. Available now.'She was the bravest person I ever met'Lale Sokolov, The... -
The Fall of Yugoslavia by Misha Glenny
RRP: £10.99£7.77Misha Glenny's acclaimed account of the war in former Yugoslavia contains substantial new material that discusses the end of the five-year conflict and looks ahead to an uneasy future in this turbulent region. Writing in the Evening Standard, Fitzroy... -
The Unwomanly Face of War by Svetlana Alexievich
RRP: £9.99£7.11'A must read' - Margaret Atwood'It would be hard to find a book that feels more important or original' - Viv Groskop, ObserverExtraordinary stories from Soviet women who fought in the Second World War - from the winner of the Nobel Prize in... -
Dead Mountain: The Untold True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident by Donnie Eichar
RRP: £10.99£7.41A New York Times and Wall Street Journal Nonfiction Bestseller! - What happened that night on Dead Mountain?The mystery of Dead Mountain: In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation... -
My Revision Notes: OCR A-level History: Russia and its Rulers 1855-1964 by Andrew Holland
RRP: £10.50£10.07Exam Board: OCRLevel: A-LevelSubject: HistoryFirst Teaching: September 2015First Exam: Summer 2016Target success in OCR A-level History with this proven formula for effective, structured revision; key content coverage is combined with exam preparation... -
The Gates of Europe: A History of Ukraine by Serhii Plokhy
RRP: £10.99£7.77THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER FROM THE AWARD-WINNING AUTHOR OF CHERNOBYL: HISTORY OF A TRAGEDY'An indispensable guide to the tragic history of a great European nation' Sunday Telegraph'This is present-minded history at its most urgent. Anyone wanting to... -
Abyss: World on the Brink, The Cuban Missile Crisis 1962 by Max Hastings
RRP: £10.99£7.12A Times History Book of the Year 2022 From the #1 bestselling historian Max Hastings 'the heart-stopping story of the missile crisis' Daily Telegraph The 1962 Cuban Missile Crisis was the most perilous... -
Putin's Russia by Anna Politkovskaya
RRP: £12.99£9.09Anna Politkovskaya turns her steely gaze on President Putin and his early regime in this explosive book.From Putin's tyrannical grip on ordinary citizens to rampant corruption in highest ranks of the government, as well as Mafia dealings, scandals in the... -
The Shortest History of the Soviet Union by Sheila Fitzpatrick 9781913083403
RRP: £8.99£6.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781913083403Author Sheila FitzpatrickFormat PaperbackPage Count 244Imprint Old Street PublishingPublisher Old Street Publishing -
A Short History of Russia by Mark Galeotti
RRP: £12.99£9.09'Fascinating... One of the most astute political commentators on Putin and modern Russia' Financial Times'An amazing achievement' Peter FrankopanCan anyone truly understand Russia?Russia is a country with no natural borders, no single ethos, no true... -
From Russia with Blood: Putin's Ruthless Killing Campaign and Secret War on the West by Heidi Blake
RRP: £9.99£6.64'A real life thriller, packed with characters that even John le Carre couldn't dream of. If this doesn't scare you, then you're not paying attention.' Oliver Bullough They thought they would be safe in Britain. They were wrong. ... -
War With Russia: A Menacing Account by General Sir Richard Shirreff
RRP: £10.99£7.92The chilling political thriller dangerously close to becoming reality 'This is key reading. Full of foresight, by General turned prophet.' Dr. Peter Caddick-Adams'Make no mistake: if Russia marches into the Baltics it means nuclear war.' Damian... -
The Cold War: A World History by Odd Arne Westad
RRP: £16.99£12.28'Masterly ... a book of resounding importance for appraising our global future as well as understanding our past' Richard Davenport-Hines, The Times Literary Supplement, Books of the Year'A masterful survey that will set the standard for Cold War... -
Overreach: The Inside Story of Putin's War Against Ukraine by Owen Matthews
RRP: £25.00£16.83Winner of the Pushkin House Book Prize 2023 *A Telegraph Book of the Year* A Times Best Book of Summer 2023 *Shortlisted for the...