Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever
Crimean-Congo haemorrhagic fever (CCHF) is a potentially lethal viral disease spread by the bite of infected ticks. CCHF is limited to areas of Eastern Europe, the Middle East, the former Soviet Union, Central Asia, China, tropical Africa and ... [... more]
Better Health |
Sheila Cole
"As a child growing up in Toronto, Canada, and then Los Angeles, I was painfully aware that my family was different. My parents, Jewish immigrants from Eastern Europe, looked foreign, spoke English poorly, and-having only a few years of night ... [... more]
Harper Collins |
Nanami Shiono
For over a century after the fall of Constantinople in 1453, the Ottoman Empire enjoyed an almost unbroken series of victories in Eastern Europe and throughout the Eastern Mediterranean. In 1571, the Republic of Venice and Pope Pius V worked ... [... more]
Random House |
Aleksander Wat
In My Century the great Polish poet Aleksander Wat provides a spellbinding account of life in Eastern Europe in the midst of the terrible twentieth century. Based on interviews with Nobel Prize winner Czeslaw Milosz, My Century describes the ... [... more]
Random House |
E.V. Cernenko
Though the 'Scythian period' in the history of Eastern Europe lasted little more than 400 years, the impression these horsemen made upon the history of their times was such that a thousand years after they had ceased to exist as a sovereign ... [... more]
Random House |
Ruth Ellen Gruber
Journalist, author, and travel expert Ruth Ellen Gruber presents a new edition of her acclaimed 1992 guide to Jewish heritage sites in Eastern Europe. Widely acknowledged as the best and most comprehensive book of its kind, this is the only ... [... more]
Random House |
Tina Rosenberg
The Pulitzer Prize-winning look at the collapse of Communism in Eastern Europe Facing Europe's Ghosts After Communism The Haunted Land Tina Rosenberg [... more]
Random House |
Antonin Kratochvil
Broken Dream 20 Years of War in Eastern Europe Antonin Kratochvil [... more]
Random House |
Richard Lourie
In My Century the great Polish poet Aleksander Wat provides a spellbinding account of life in Eastern Europe in the midst of the terrible twentieth century. Based on interviews with Nobel Prize winner Czeslaw Milosz, My Century describes the ... [... more]
Random House |
David Lindholm
Wielding their swords in the name of their faith, the crusaders originally set out to reclaim Jerusalem and its surrounding territory in the Middle East. Increasingly, however, Eastern Europe and the last remaining bastions of pagan Europe became ... [... more]
Random House |
Tart Cherries: A Hardy Fruit Crop For New Zealand
Tart cherries (Prunus cerasus) are widely grown in Europe (particularly Eastern Europe) and North America. Each of these regions produces a different type of tart cherry. In Europe, most tart cherries are of the Ripe fruit of Schattenmorelle at ... [... more]
HortNET New Zealand |
Hungarian Puli
The Puli's forefathers were likely to have originated in Western Asia. Once the working companions of nomadic tribesman, breeders claim these tribes brought these dogs across to Eastern Europe. Despite almost dying out during the Second World ... [... more]
Burke's Backyard |
