Russian Travel Bookstore

Travel Books

Insight Guides Russia : With Chapters on Ukraine and Belarus ~ Anna Benn (Editor) / Paperback / Published 1998. Synopsis: Much more than a guide to museums, monuments and mountains. It also reveals Russia and the Russians, profiling people, explaining their values and highlighting their culture. It touches on Russia's important history but also provides current maps and information on where to go and what to see. The best overall guide we've found.

The Trans-Siberian Rail Guide ~ Robert Strauss / Paperback / Published 1996. Synopsis: Detailing the three major routes--the Trans-Siberian, Trans-Mongolian, and Trans-Manchurian and their natural branches and extensions--this comprehensive guide offers the ultimate in rail travel. Central Asia and the Silk Route, Indo-China, North Korea and the Russian Far East via Alaska are explored. 8 color & 20 b&w photos. 60 maps.

Baikal : Sacred Sea of Siberia ~ Peter Matthiessen, et al / Paperback / Published 1995. Synopsis: The 1990 journey of Matthiessen, Paul Winter and a group of Russian environmentalists who traveled around Siberia's Lake Baikal, the world's oldest and deepest lake, containing one-fifth of the planet's fresh water, is chronicled in diary form. Norton's 50 color photos enhance the text. A portion of the royalties go to Baikal Watch. Map.

Do's and Don'ts Around the World : A Country Guide to Cultural and Social Taboos and Etiquette : Russia and the Independent States ~ Gladson I. Nwanna / Paperback / Published 1998. Don't make any mistakes when traveling in Russia. Learn how Russian customs and traditions differ from yours. Your Russian hosts will appreciate your efforts to learn about them.

Russia by Rail (Bradt Guides) ~ Athol Yates / Paperback / Published 1996. Synopsis: This guide covers over 50 major cities, 300 towns and villages and 24 separate rail routes in Russia, Belarus & Ukraine. The first two chapters provide an overview of the 3 countries and practical preparations for your trip. The third chapter and bulk of this guide is devoted to the major rail routes through the 3 countries. Each route contains information on what you are seeing through the window and the places you pass through.

Reeling in Russia ~ Fen Montaigne / Hardcover / Published 1998 Synopsis: This is a terriffic book that is much more than a travelog or fishing tale. It captures the essence of the New Russia and its citizens from the perspective of a traveler with an inquiring mind. It's a true-to-life account of daily existance, with all the trials that Russians face. Montaigne explores the future of Russia through those he meets as he travels all across Russia. We highly recommend it.

Open Lands : Travels Through Russia's Once Forbidden Places
~ Mark Taplin Hardcover - 375 pages 1 Ed edition (December 1997) Synopsis: Following the collapse of the Soviet Union, the author visited seven cities and region previously hidden from foreign eyes by the Communist Government. Everywhere he went he found a collapsing economy, mass graves, destroyed churches and labor camps (many still in use). But he also found the Russian people and the Russian spirit. The people Taplin meets all come alive on the page and he gives readers and infectious hope of a people struggling to be reborn. Feel the strength that makes Russians into survivors.

Learn Russian the Fast and Fun Way by Thomas R., Jr. Beyer (Paperback). Learn some Russian before you travel. The emphasis is on the Russian needed by tourists and businesspeople, as well as young people, in the newest addition to Barron's Fast and Fun Way language series. Cheerful illustrations, grammar and vocabulary flash cards, learning exercises in the form of games and puzzles, and a special pull-out bilingual dictionary with a food and drink guide are just a sampling of the attractive features that help make learning Russian an adventure.

Health Care Books

An Unhealthy Decade : A Sociological Study of the State of Public Health in Russia, 1990-1999 (Acta Universitatis Stockholmiensis. Stockholm Studies in Sociology. N.S. 10) by Per Carlson
Our Price: $46.50 This item will be published in September 2000. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives.
Paperback - 164 pages (September 2000)

Russia's Torn Safety Nets : Health and Social Welfare During the Transition

by Mark G. Field (Editor), Judyth L. Twigg (Editor)
Our Price: $49.95
Availability: Usually ships within 24 hours.
Hardcover - 304 pages (May 2000)
Covers the full spectrum of health and social issues. Excellent!

The Russian Health Care Crisis : History, Evaluation, and Recommendations by David E. Powell ~ Paperback (September 2000) ~Twentieth Century Fund; ISBN: 0870783734 ~ This item will be published in September 2000. You may order it now and we will ship it to you when it arrives.

AIDS in Post-Communist Russia and Its Successor States ~ Christopher Williams / Hardcover / Published 1995 (Special Order) Booknews, Inc. , 12/01/95 Chapters cover the international context to AIDS in the former Soviet Union; methodology and theory; AIDS in Russia and the successor states; AIDS and the health care system; health promotion and AIDS awareness; media treatments of AIDS in the former Soviet Union; the role of non-governmental organizations and the gay movement; and lessons for the future. Distributed by Ashgate. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.

Improving Women's Health Services in the Russian Federation : Results of a Pilot Project (World Bank Technical Paper, 404) Patricia Stephenson (Editor) / Hardcover / Published 1998 (Special Order) A must for those interest in Woman's health in Russia

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