For greater insight into the culture and complicated history of Ukraine, we present these titles.
Ukrainian Phrasebook & Dictionary
Planet Lonely, Marko Pavlyshyn
With Lonely Planet's Ukrainian Phrasebook, let no barriers - language or culture - get in your way. Grab this phrasebook and drop into Lviv, the pulsating heart of Ukraine, take in the holy monastery of Kyevo-Pecherska Lavra in Kyiv, or hike, bi
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Lonely Planet Eastern Europe
Mark Baker
This edition includes Kaliningrad for the first time, alongside Albania and Macedonia and covers all of Eastern Europe. Regional itineraries offer a mix of classic and less travelled routes. Maps are included throughout
View in CatalogPutin's War Against Ukraine
Taras Kuzio
The West has woken up to the uncomfortable fact that Russia has long believed it is at war with them, the most egregious example of which is Vladimir Putin's hacking of the US elections. For Western governments, used to believing in the post-Col
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David Patrikarakos
A leading foreign correspondent looks at how social media has transformed the modern battlefield, and how wars are fought Modern warfare is a war of narratives, where bullets are fired both physically and virtually. Whether you are a president or a t
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Oksana Maksymchuk, Max Rosochinsky
The poems collected in this volume engage with the events and experiences of war, reflecting on the themes of alienation, loss, dislocation, and disability; as well as justice, heroism, courage, resilience, generosity, and forgiveness. The anthology
Read More View in CatalogI'll Never Change My Name
Valentin Chmerkovskiy
"Val embodies what it means to live the American dream." — Robin Roberts, Good Morning America Valentin Chmerkovskiy, the world championship-winning and beloved Dancing with the Stars ballroom dancer invites fans into his life as never be
Read More View in CatalogBeginner Pysanky: Ukrainian Easter Eggs
Lorrie Popow, Donna Wolfe
Lorrie Popow and Donna Wolfe have loved the art of pysanky since both of them have been children. This book is a step-by-step tutorial on how to create the beautiful egg art that originated in Ukraine a very long time ago. Text, illustrations, and fu
Read More View in CatalogManual for Survival: A Chernobyl Guide to the Future
Kate Brown
A chilling exposé of the international effort to minimize the health and environmental consequences of nuclear radiation in the wake of Chernobyl. Dear Comrades! Since the accident at the Chernobyl power plant, there has been a detailed analysis of
Read More View in CatalogUkraine: What Everyone Needs to Know
Serhy Yekelchyk
This volume is an updated edition of Serhy Yekelchyk's 2015 publication, The Conflict in Ukraine. It addresses Ukraine's relations with the West from the perspective of Ukrainians. It looks at what we know about alleged Ukrainian interferen
Read More View in CatalogUkraine and Russia
Paul D'Anieri
D'Anieri explores the dynamics within Ukraine, between Ukraine and Russia, and between Russia and the West, that emerged with the collapse of the Soviet Union and eventually led to war in 2014. Proceeding chronologically, this book shows how Ukr
Read More View in CatalogSilence Is the Sound of Fear
Moritz Küstner
In March 2014, Vladimir Putin signed an agreement that declared Crimea to be a part of the Russian Federation. The annexation of the peninsula was preceded by a controversial referendum, and neither the referendum nor the annexation have so far been
Read More View in CatalogI Want You to Know We're Still Here
Esther Safran Foer
Esther Safran Foer grew up in a home where the past was too terrible to speak of. The child of parents who were each the sole survivors of their respective families, for Esther the Holocaust loomed in the backdrop of daily life, felt but never discus
Read More View in CatalogAnatomy of a Genocide
Omer Bartov
“A substantive contribution to the history of ethnic strife and extreme violence” (The Wall Street Journal) and a cautionary examination of how genocide can take root at the local level—turning neighbors, friends, and family against one another
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Anne Applebaum
"From the author of the Pulitzer Prize-winning Gulag and the National Book Award finalist Iron Curtain, a revelatory history of one of Stalin's greatest crimes--the consequences of which still resonate today. In 1929 Stalin launched his pol
Read More View in CatalogSummer Kitchens
Olia Hercules
Olia Hercules owes some of her earliest and fondest memories to the 'summer kitchens' of her parents, grandparents, neighbours and friends in Ukraine. These small buildings are separate from the main house, and always positioned near a frui
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Tatyana Nesteruk
Authentic Recipes for the Hearty, Comforting Foods of Eastern Europe Bring the warming, fresh and savory flavors of Ukraine, Russia, Poland and beyond into your kitchen with this beautiful and personal collection of family recipes passed down through
Read More View in CatalogMamushka
Olia Hercules
The Ukrainian-born chef presents “a gorgeous love letter to the food of her homeland” with this vibrant and varied collection of recipes (SAVEUR). In Mamushka, Olia Hercules takes readers and home cooks on a culinary tour of Eastern Europe—from
Read More View in CatalogThe Gates of Europe
Serhii Plokhy
A New York Times bestseller, this definitive history of Ukraine is “an exemplary account of Europe’s least-known large country” (Wall Street Journal). As Ukraine is embroiled in an ongoing struggle with Russia to preserve its territorial integr
Read More View in CatalogLessons from the Edge
Marie Yovanovitch
An inspiring and urgent memoir by the former U.S. ambassador to Ukraine—a pioneering diplomat who spent her career advancing democracy in the post-Soviet world, and who electrified the nation by speaking truth to power during the first impeachment
Read More View in CatalogMidnight in Chernobyl
Adam Higginbotham
Early in the morning of April 26, 1986, Reactor Number Four of the Chernobyl Atomic Energy Station exploded, triggering history’s worst nuclear disaster. In the thirty years since then, Chernobyl has become lodged in the collective nightmares of th
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