Gaming the iron curtain

Iron Curtain

At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin and

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Dragon Age Inquisition Socha 1/4 Iron Bull 58 cm

The Iron Bull is a massive engine of destruction. He stands tall and fearless in the face of monstrous creatures. With a firm stance, a study grip and his trusty greataxe, he makes sure that he is standing tall at the end of the fight. The Iron Bull is a force to be reckoned with! Gaming Heads is proud to present the Dragon Age: Inquisition - Iron Bull 1/4th statue, stand...

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Curtain and the Wall

From the Arctic Circle to the Turkish border, a landmark journey along the old Iron Curtain, tracing the history of the Cold War and meeting the peopl

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Curtain and the Wall

A landmark journey along the full length of the old Iron Curtain - from the Arctic Circle to Turkey's eastern border - tracing the history of the Cold

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Paradise from Behind the Iron Curtain

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Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1975–90

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Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1946–60

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Tanks at the Iron Curtain 1960–75

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Iron Curtain : A Love Story - Vesna Goldsworthy

<p>Two worlds on the brink of change in a love story doomed to disasterMilena is a Red Princess living in a Soviet Satellite state in the 1980s. She enjoys limitless luxury and limited freedom; the end of the Cold War seems unimaginable.When she meets Jason, a confident British poet, Milena is appalled by his political naivety and his poor choice of footwear. Still,...

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Zeď: Jak jsem vyrůstal za železnou oponou - Sís Petr (The Wall: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain)

Zcela ojedinělá kniha, která malým čtenářům přibližuje dobu komunismu, léta 1948–1989, kdy za „železnou oponou“ v Československu žili, pracovali a snili obyčejní lidé. Velmi očekávaný projekt v New Yorku usazeného českého výtvarníka a spisovatele. Celobarevné vydání kombinuje kresby, komiks a autentické obrazové deníky.

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Útěcha bydlením. Život soukromého sběratele za železnou oponou. The Life of a Private Collector Behind the Iron Curtain.

Specifické poměry v totalitním Československu zrodily kvalitativně novou střední třídu, lišící se od střední třídy první republiky, která pro nás zůstává symbolem prosperující moderní demokracie.

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Útěcha bydlením - Život soukromého sběratele za železnou oponou. The Life of a Private Collector Behind the Iron Curtain. - Jiří Pátek

<p>Specifické poměry v totalitním Československu zrodily kvalitativně novou střední třídu, lišící se od střední třídy první republiky, která pro nás zůstává symbolem prosperující moderní demokracie. Představitelé této nové střední třídy neměli finanční zázemí svých předchůdců z doby mezi válkami, disponovali však vysokou mírou vzdělanosti a kritickým postojem vůči s...

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The Fastidious Assassins

Presents a critique of communism and how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain. This work examines the revolutions in France and Russia, and argue

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Jetliners of the Red Star

This is a story that has never been told before, pulling back the Iron Curtain to reveal the lives of the jet airliners of the Soviet Union, full of p

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Wolf Children of the Eastern Front

When the Iron Curtain falls in the early 1990s, the incredible life stories of the last surviving victims of WWII emerge: German children who had been

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Tourism and Travel during the Cold War

The Iron Curtain was not an impenetrable divide, and contacts between East and West took place regularly and on various levels throughout the Cold War

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The Great Return

In the beginning of the 21st century, Europe opened its borders to the countries from behind the Iron Curtain. Since then, over 100 million citizens, including Slovaks gained the freedom to move West without a visa. Now, a decade after the East-West exodus, our pioneers are returning home.Telling the stories of international Slovaks who left, learned and returned, 58 voic...

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Cyclist Who Went Out in the Cold

'Bill Bryson on two wheels' IndependentScaling a new peak of rash over-ambition, Tim Moore tackles the 9,000km route of the old Iron Curtain on a tiny

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The Great Return - Zuzana Palovic

<p>In the beginning of the 21st century, Europe opened its borders to the countries from behind the Iron Curtain. Since then, over 100 million citizens, including Slovaks gained the freedom to move West without a visa. Now, a decade after the East-West exodus, our pioneers are returning home. </p><p> Telling the stories of international Slovaks who left,...

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The Rodchenkov Affair - Grigorij Rodčenkov

<p>***Winner of the William Hill Sports Book of the Year, 2020 - the inside story of the Russian doping programme by the man behind it all*** One of the Financial Times's 'Fifty people who shaped the decade' 'The biggest sports scandal the world has ever seen' In 2015, Russia's Anti-Doping Centre was suspended by the World Anti-Doping Agency (WADA) following reve...

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Václav Havel The Power of the Powerless in the 20th Century

This biography is not just about Václav Havel and his legacy, but about the history of Central Europe in the 20th Century. It offers a foundation that anyone interested in this history should know. ***** Václav Havel grew up during the great historical upheavals of the Second World War and the division of Europe by the Iron Curtain. Later he would make his own mark on his...

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Václav Havel The Power of the Powerless in the 20th Century - Martin Vopěnka; Eva Bartošová

Anotace: This biography is not just about Václav Havel and his legacy, but about the history of Central Europe in the 20th Century. It offers a foundation that anyone interested in this history should know. Václav Havel grew up during the great historical upheavals of the Second World War and the division of Europe by the Iron Curtain. Later he would make ...

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Václav Havel The Power of the Powerless in the 20th Century - Martin Vopěnka

<p>Václav Havel grew up during the great historical upheavals of the Second World War and the division of Europe by the Iron Curtain. Later he would make his own mark on history. Was he more powerful as a president struggling to bring a more human dimension to politics, or as a prisoner of the communist regime, acting in accordance with his conscience?</p><...

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Teddy Floppy Ear - The Race (PC) DIGITAL

People of Animalville got a carting fever and you must help one of them reach for the championship. Take the wheel, choose a kart, decide which character from 'Teddy Floppy Ear’ universe you want, and start the wild ride! Compete all day long on nightly and daily tracks that span around the beautiful and colorful countryside. Play in one of many modes including Time...

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Lessons: the new novel from the author of Atonement - Ian McEwan

<p>Lessons is an intimate yet universal story of love, regret and a restless search for answers. While the world is still counting the cost of the Second World War and the Iron Curtain has descended, young Roland Baines's life is turned upside down. Stranded at boarding school, his vulnerability attracts his piano teacher, Miriam Cornell, leaving scars as well as a ...

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The Christian roots of European identity. A central European perspective

The multi-authored monograph The Christian Roots of European Identity: A Central European Perspective offers views on European identity from academics based at universities in Central Europe: Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, the University of Prešov, Slovakia, and the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland. Because of the high relevance of Is...

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Teddy Floppy Ear - The Race (PC) DIGITAL (PC)

People of Animalville got a carting fever and you must help one of them reach for the championship. Take the wheel, choose a kart, decide which character from 'Teddy Floppy Ear&rsquo; universe you want, and start the wild ride! Compete all day long on nightly and daily tracks that span around the beautiful and colorful countryside. Play in one of many modes inclu...

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The Christian roots of European identity. A central European perspective - Sládek Karel

Anotace: The multi-authored monograph The Christian Roots of European Identity: A Central European Perspective offers views on European identity from academics based at universities in Central Europe: Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, the University of Prešov, Slovakia, and the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland. Because of the high relev...

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The Christian roots of European identity. A central European perspective - Karel Sládek

<p>The multi-authored monograph The Christian Roots of European Identity: A Central European Perspective offers views on European identity from academics based at universities in Central Europe: Charles University in Prague, Czech Republic, the University of Prešov, Slovakia, and the Pontifical University of John Paul II in Krakow, Poland. Because of the high releva...

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Secret Betrayal of Britain's Wartime Allies

First-hand recollections of post-war activities on both sides of the Iron Curtain.

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Aberdeen European Nights

Aberdeen FC: European Nights takes the reader on a nostalgic romp around the continent, crossing beyond the Iron Curtain and building a fortress at ho

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Brief Loves That Live Forever

Did sex bring down the Iron Curtain? An orphan reflects on the unbreakable bond between love and freedom in the Soviet Union...

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Rebel

An essay on the nature of human revolt, this book makes a critique of communism, how it had gone wrong behind the Iron Curtain, and the resulting tota

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So Near, So Far. Czech art 1947–1960 in international socio-cultural contexts

Czech visual art between 1947 and 1960 has never before been considered in a broader European context that avoids the stereotype of the “Iron Curtain.”

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Russian Journal

Just after the iron curtain fell on Eastern Europe John Steinbeck and acclaimed war photographer, Robert Capa ventured into the Soviet Union to report

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Last Frontier

An undercover mission beyond the Iron Curtain to recover a defected scientist goes disastrously wrong – a classic early Cold War thriller from the ac

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Wolf Messing

This Wolf Messing memoir by Tatiana Lungin presents a revealing portrait of one of the greatest psychic performers of the 20th century. Lungin chronicles Messing's incredible life and career, and provides an inside look at psychic research behind the Iron Curtain. Born a Polish Jew, young Messing gained an international reputation as the world's gre...

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Book of Laughter and Forgetting

Commissioned and closely monitored by Milan Kundera himself, this new translation brings a clarity and unmatched fidelity to the author's original text. Widely held as a work of genius, "The Book of Laughter and Forgetting" is the novel that first brought him to the forefront of the international literary scene. Rich in stories, characters and imaginative range, it was wr...

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Geopolitics and Geoculture

This is the third volume of Immanuel Wallerstein's essays to appear in Studies in Modern Capitalism, following the immensely successful collections The Politics of the World Economy and The Capitalist World Economy. Written between 1982 and 1989, these pieces offer Wallerstein's perspective on the events of this period, and the background to his interpretation of the mome...

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So Near, So Far. Czech art 1947-1960 in international socio-cultural contexts - Marie Klimešová,Hana Rousová

Anotace: Czech visual art between 1947 and 1960 has never before been considered in a broader European context that avoids the stereotype of the "Iron Curtain." At the same time, when looking at this period, certain clichés and stereotypes are repeatedly perpetuated, hindering the understanding of the true nature and position of Czech art during this period within t...

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So Near, So Far. Czech art 1947-1960 in international socio-cultural contexts - Hana Rousová

<p>Czech visual art between 1947 and 1960 has never before been considered in a broader European context that avoids the stereotype of the "Iron Curtain.” At the same time, when looking at this period, certain clichés and stereotypes are repeatedly perpetuated, hindering the understanding of the true nature and position of Czech art during this period within th...

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Last Days in Old Europe : Trieste ´79, Vienna ´85, Prague ´89 - Richard Bassett

<p>In 1979 Richard Bassett set out on a series of adventures and encounters in central Europe which allowed him to savour the last embers of the cosmopolitan old Hapsburg lands and gave him a ringside seat at the fall of another ancien regime, that of communist rule. From Trieste to Prague and Vienna to Warsaw, fading aristocrats, charming gangsters, fractious diplo...

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Prague Spring - Simon Mawer

<p>'Prague Spring is a wonderfully atmospheric portrait of the city as well as a political and historical thriller with dashes of espionage. It is as brilliant as anything he has written, which is saying a lot' The Times It's the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitc...

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Prague Spring

It's the summer of 1968, the year of love and hate, of Prague Spring and Cold War winter. Two English students, Ellie and James, set off to hitch-hike across Europe with no particular aim in mind but a continent, and themselves, to discover. Somewhere in southern Germany they decide, on a whim, to visit Czechoslovakia where Alexander Dubcek's 'socialism with a human face'...

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Masaryk Station - Downing David

Anotace: Berlin, early 1948. The city, still occupied by the four Allied powers, still largely in ruins, has become the cockpit of a new Cold War, and as spring unfolds its German inhabitants live in fear of the Soviets enforcing a Western withdrawal. Here, as elsewhere in Europe, the legacies of the War have become entangled in the new Soviet-American conflict, creating...

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Masaryk Station - David Downing

<p>Berlin, early 1948. The city, still occupied by the four Allied powers, still largely in ruins, has become the cockpit of a new Cold War, and as spring unfolds its German inhabitants live in fear of the Soviets enforcing a Western withdrawal. Here, as elsewhere in Europe, the legacies of the War have become entangled in the new Soviet-American conflict, creating ...

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Last Days In Old Europe - neuveden

Anotace: The final decade of the Cold War, through the eyes of a laconic and elegant observer In 1979 Richard Bassett set out on a series of adventures and encounters in central Europe which allowed him to savour the last embers of the cosmopolitan old Hapsburg lands and gave him a ringside seat at the fall of another ancien regime, that of communist rule. From Trieste t...

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Last Days in Old Europe : Trieste ´79, Vienna ´85, Prague ´89 - Richard Bassett

<p>The final decade of the Cold War, through the eyes of a laconic and elegant observer In 1979 Richard Bassett set out on a series of adventures and encounters in central Europe which allowed him to savour the last embers of the cosmopolitan old Hapsburg lands and gave him a ringside seat at the fall of another ancien regime, that of communist rule. From Trieste ...

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Časopis White Dwarf 2023/6 (Issue 489) + Boarding Action Structure Tiles

Here’s what you can look forward to in the June issue: CONTACT! Letters, questions and pictures of miniatures sent in by you, our readers. WORLDS OF WARHAMMER It’s pronunciation 101 with Callum Davis. This time the Leagues of Votann are in the spotlight INSIDE THE STUDIO What have we been painting and playing in the studio recently? Find out right here! WARHAMMER 40,0...

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Games-Workshop Časopis White Dwarf 2023/6 (Issue 489) + Boarding Action Structure Tiles

White Dwarf is Games Workshop's premium Warhammer magazine, packed with amazing content each month such as new rules and background, short stories, regular columns, special guests and more. Here’s what you can look forward to in the June issue:CONTACT!Letters, questions and pictures of miniatures sent in by you, our readers.WORLDS OF WARHAMMERIt’s pronunciation 101 w...

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Přes železnou oponu - desková hra - autorů kolektiv

<p>Od konce druhé světové války do roku 1991 byla Evropa násilně rozdělena na Východ a Západ. Na Východě panovaly totalitní komunistické diktatury, charakterizované porušováním všech základních lidských práv, zatímco na Západě vznikly vyspělé demokratické státy založené na principech svobodné politické soutěže, dodržování lidských práv a zásad právního státu. Komuni...

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Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire (PC) Steam

Even if the regime is totally inept and corrupt, don't suppose for a moment that you as the liberator will be greeted with open arms. JAGGED ALLIANCE 2: WILDFIRE brings you back to Arulco. The population is being terrorized by a reckless army; in the meantime the main export goods are drugs. Subversion and fraudulence has infiltrated all levels of local government an...

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Jagged Alliance 2: Wildfire (PC) Steam (PC)

Even if the regime is totally inept and corrupt, don't suppose for a moment that you as the liberator will be greeted with open arms.JAGGED ALLIANCE 2: WILDFIRE&nbsp;brings you back to Arulco. The population is being terrorized by a reckless army; in the meantime the main export goods are drugs. Subversion and fraudulence has infiltrated all levels of local gover...

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Transcend ESD265C 1TB, USB 10Gbps Type C, Externí SSD disk (3D NAND flash), kompaktní rozměry, šedý

Transcend ESD265C 1TB, USB 10Gbps Type C, Externí SSD disk (3D NAND flash), kompaktní rozměry, šedý Externí přenosný SSD disk Kompaktní rozměry Kapacita: 1 TB Rychlost čtení/zápis až 1050/950 MB/s Vstupní rozhraní disku: USB Typ-C Rozměry: 81.4 mm x 33.6 mm x 7.5 mm Hmotnost pouhých 31 gramů Barva: šedá Externí rozhraní/konektivita: USB 3.2/USB Typ-C Balení obsahuje kab...

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Transcend ESD265C 2TB, USB 10Gbps Type C, Externí SSD disk (3D NAND flash), kompaktní rozměry, šedý

Transcend ESD265C 2TB, USB 10Gbps Type C, Externí SSD disk (3D NAND flash), kompaktní rozměry, šedý Externí přenosný SSD disk Kompaktní rozměry Kapacita: 2 TB Rychlost čtení/zápis až 1050/950 MB/s Vstupní rozhraní disku: USB Typ-C Rozměry: 81.4 mm x 33.6 mm x 7.5 mm Hmotnost pouhých 31 gramů Barva: šedá Externí rozhraní/konektivita: USB 3.2/USB Typ-C Balení obsahuje kab...

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Transcend ESD265C 500GB, USB 10Gbps Type C, Externí SSD disk (3D NAND flash), kompaktní rozměry, stříbrný

Transcend ESD265C 500GB, USB 10Gbps Type C, Externí SSD disk (3D NAND flash), kompaktní rozměry, šedý Externí přenosný SSD disk Kompaktní rozměry Kapacita: 500 GB Rychlost čtení/zápis až 1050/950 MB/s Vstupní rozhraní disku: USB Typ-C Rozměry: 81.4 mm x 33.6 mm x 7.5 mm Hmotnost pouhých 31 gramů Barva: šedá Externí rozhraní/konektivita: USB 3.2//USB Typ-C Balení obsahuj...

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Transcend ESD265C 500GB, USB 10Gbps Type C, Externí SSD disk (3D NAND flash), kompaktní rozměry, stříbrný (TS500GESD265C)

Transcend ESD265C 500GB, USB 10Gbps Type C, Externí SSD disk (3D NAND flash), kompaktní rozměry, šedý Externí přenosný SSD disk Kompaktní rozměry Kapacita: 500 GB Rychlost čtení/zápis až 1050/950 MB/s Vstupní rozhraní disku: USB Typ-C Rozměry: 81.4 mm x 33.6 mm x 7.5 mm Hmotnost pouhých 31 gramů Barva: šedá Externí rozhraní/konektivita: USB 3.2//USB Typ-C Balení obsahuj...

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Transcend ESD265C 1TB, USB 10Gbps Type C, Externí SSD disk (3D NAND flash), kompaktní rozměry, šedý (TS1TESD265C)

Transcend ESD265C 1TB, USB 10Gbps Type C, Externí SSD disk (3D NAND flash), kompaktní rozměry, šedý Externí přenosný SSD disk Kompaktní rozměry Kapacita: 1 TB Rychlost čtení/zápis až 1050/950 MB/s Vstupní rozhraní disku: USB Typ-C Rozměry: 81.4 mm x 33.6 mm x 7.5 mm Hmotnost pouhých 31 gramů Barva: šedá Externí rozhraní/konektivita: USB 3.2/USB Typ-C Balení obsahuje kab...

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Transcend ESD265C 2TB, USB 10Gbps Type C, Externí SSD disk (3D NAND flash), kompaktní rozměry, šedý (TS2TESD265C)

Transcend ESD265C 2TB, USB 10Gbps Type C, Externí SSD disk (3D NAND flash), kompaktní rozměry, šedý Externí přenosný SSD disk Kompaktní rozměry Kapacita: 2 TB Rychlost čtení/zápis až 1050/950 MB/s Vstupní rozhraní disku: USB Typ-C Rozměry: 81.4 mm x 33.6 mm x 7.5 mm Hmotnost pouhých 31 gramů Barva: šedá Externí rozhraní/konektivita: USB 3.2/USB Typ-C Balení obsahuje kab...

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Přes železnou oponu - desková hra - Karol Madaj; Luděk Navara; Peter Rendek; Neela Winkelmannová

Anotace: Od konce druhé světové války do roku 1991 byla Evropa násilně rozdělena na Východ a Západ. Na Východě panovaly totalitní komunistické diktatury, charakterizované porušováním všech základních lidských práv, zatímco na Západě ...

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