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    Eastern Europe!: Everything You Need to Know About the History (and More) of a Region that Shaped Our World and Still Does
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    Eastern Europe!: Everything You Need to Know About the History (and More) of a Region that Shaped Our World and Still Does
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    Eastern Europe!: Everything You Need to Know About the History (and More) of a Region that Shaped Our World and Still Does

    By Tomek Jankowski

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    About this ebook

  • The critically acclaimed, first comprehensive, English-language informative AND highly entertaining overview of a region of vital importance to the European--and global--economy and that represents the ancestry of tens of millions of North Americans and others throughout the world
  • Sales of some 6,000 print copies at $24.95 since 2013 and has been widely⎯and very well⎯reviewed (39 customer reviews at Amazon, 4.5 stars).
  • The first book to demystify a region whose history has helped shape our own, but that to date has been addressed comprehensively only by scholarly works
  • Ideal for students, businesspeople, travelers, and history buffs
  • The author combines extensive experience in the region, a degree in history from a leading university, and years as an analyst in the corporate world--and vouched for by scholars. Events will include not only bookstores and libraries but also colleges and companies that do business in the corporate world.
    • LanguageEnglish
    PublisherNew Europe Books
    Release dateMay 20, 2014
    ISBN9780985062330
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    • 4/5
      bookshelves: history, nonfiction, e-book, food-glorious-food, published-2013, teh-demon-booze, tongue-firmly-in-cheek, autumn-2013, lifestyles-deathstyles Read from September 19 to 26, 2013 NetGalley: Steerforth Press, New Europe BooksFrom the blurb: When the legendary Romulus killed his brother Remus and founded the city of Rome in 753 BCE, Plovdiv -- today the second-largest city in Bulgaria -- was already thousands of years old.Now the stage is set for some interesting history.Dedicated to my wife,Magda,For putting up with me,and all the books.The tone is light and accessible as shown by the opening: Section I: Wherein we take a look at some of Eastern Europe's key attributes today, and get a sense for the lay of the land, as it were. So put on your rubber gloves and snap 'em on tight; we're going in.Nothing now will stop me diving in with affable Jankowski as guide...Not 'brief' in terms of page count (500) yet under terms of the sweeping subject the strapline is correct, it is a brief introduction.Joyously written with verve and panache, this is a primer of all thinks Eastern European, and that doesn't mean just Russia.*Cram packed with photographs, maps, illustrations where my favourite is near the end, a map of Europe divided into beer, wine and vodka regions. I shall try out the recipes too.Great fun, and I learnt a lot. However he beginning section on languages did get me down as it is not something I am that interested in, so it dropped a star.* One reviewer has this on just one named shelf: Russia! And that is with all the maps imcluded tsk tskCross-posted to aNobii, LibraryThing, BookLikes, Goodreads, NetGalley1 like
    • 4/5
      This is a highly readable history of Eastern Europe from medieval times to near the present-day. The author has done an incredible amount of research and provides the reader a look of the region as a whole and by country within that region for several periods of history. I read an e-galley version of this book on my Kindle, and there were formatting issues present in the book. Severalsentenceswereruntogetherlikethis -- often for 1.5 lines or so, making it difficult to read. There was text that was in languages other than English, but it was always translated later. One of my biggest issues with reading non-fiction in electronic book format is that end notes are not very accessible. Such was the case here. I have sometimes seen publishers who provide hyperlinks in the text to the end notes, but this one, at least in its e-galley format, did not do so. The author did insert humor into his narrative from time to time. I found his comment regarding bibliographies (with the bibliography) entertaining. The book is well-indexed. Of course, it is almost impossible to use that index in the electronic version of the book without additional formatting which was not present in the e-galley. This review is based on an e-galley provided by the publisher through NetGalley with the expectation that a review would be written.
    • 3/5
      I was reluctant to read this book because it was so long. But some of my ancestral roots come from this area so I endured. History is not always light reading and this was no exception. However Jankowski does a pretty good job here and lightens things up with witty and interesting side topics throughout the book. Eastern Europe can be summed up as one vast battleground throughout history and unfortunately the story unfolds and marches on as one battle after another. Human nature is such that we may see this trend continue on into the future as we are currently witnessing the rumblings from Russia.
    • 4/5
      it gets a little dry sometimes, cannot be avoided and the author does its best to keep it going.worthwhile your time for those who are interested in how East-Europe got its shape.recommended