{"product_id":"between-east-and-west-across-the-borderlands-of-europe-9780525433187","title":"Between East and West: Across the Borderlands of Europe","description":"\u003cb\u003eIn the summer and fall of 1991, Anne Applebaum, Pulitzer Prize-winning author of \u003ci\u003eGulag\u003c\/i\u003e and \u003ci\u003eIron Curtain\u003c\/i\u003e, took a three month road trip through the freshly independent borderlands of Eastern Europe. She deftly weaves the harrowing history of the region and captures the effects of political upheaval on a personal level.\u003c\/b\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003eAn extraordinary journey into the past and present of the lands east of Poland and west of Russia--an area defined throughout its history by colliding empires. Traveling from the former Soviet naval center of Kaliningrad on the Baltic to the Black Sea port of Odessa, Anne Applebaum encounters a rich range of competing cultures, religions, and national aspirations. \u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e In reasserting their heritage, the inhabitants of the borderlands attempt to build a future grounded in their fractured ancestral legacies. In the process, neighbors unearth old conflicts, devote themselves to recovering lost culture, and piece together competing legends to create a new tradition. Rich in surprising encounters and vivid characters, \u003ci\u003eBetween East and West\u003c\/i\u003e brilliantly illuminates the soul of the borderlands and the shaping power of the past.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=AUTH-10692030\"\u003eAnne Applebaum\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Anchor Books\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/13\/2017\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 336\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBinding Type:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.70lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 7.90h x 5.10w x 0.70d\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9780525433187\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN10:\u003c\/b\u003e 052543318X\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eBISAC Categories:\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-NON\"\u003eNon-Classifiable\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-NON000000\"\u003eNon-Classifiable\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-HIS\"\u003eHistory\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-HIS032000\"\u003eRussia \u0026amp; the Former Soviet Union\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e- \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=CAT-TRV\"\u003eTravel\u003c\/a\u003e | \u003ca href=\"https:\/\/sureshotbooks-com.myshopify.com\/search?type=product%2Carticle%2Cpage\u0026amp;q=BISAC-TRV023000\"\u003eRussia\u003c\/a\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eAbout the Author\u003c\/b\u003e\u003cbr\u003eAnne Applebaum is a columnist for \u003ci\u003eThe Washington Post\u003c\/i\u003e and the author of several history books, including G\u003ci\u003eulag\u003c\/i\u003e, which won the Pulitzer Prize for Nonfiction, and \u003ci\u003eIron Curtain, \u003c\/i\u003ewhich was a National Book Award Finalist. She is a former visiting professor at the London School of Economics, a former member of \u003ci\u003eThe\u003c\/i\u003e \u003ci\u003eWashington Post\u003c\/i\u003e editorial board, a former deputy editor of \u003ci\u003eThe Spectator\u003c\/i\u003e magazine, and a former Warsaw correspondent of \u003ci\u003eThe Economist\u003c\/i\u003e. Her essays appear in \u003ci\u003eThe New York Review of Books\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eThe New Republic, Foreign Policy \u003c\/i\u003eand\u003ci\u003e Foreign Affairs\u003c\/i\u003e. \u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cbr\u003e www.anneapplebaum.com","brand":"Anchor Books","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":42698115154157,"sku":"9780525433187","price":17.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0550\/8097\/6621\/products\/img_31a7bfd5-91ae-44ac-aab1-75eda159807e.jpg?v=1649895334","url":"https:\/\/sureshotbooks.com\/products\/between-east-and-west-across-the-borderlands-of-europe-9780525433187","provider":"SureShot Books Publishing LLC","version":"1.0","type":"link"}