Alter L. Litvin tells describes what life was really like for professional Soviet historians under regimes from Lenin to Gorbachev, and assesses the efforts made since 1991 to create a more truthful picture of the Russian past. Passionate yet fair-minded, this is the first account of the subject to appear in English.

The second edition of the Macmillan English Dictionary contains a wealth of new material, while building on the innovative features that won it two prestigious awards. It is specially designed to help learners to understand English, use English and be more aware of how English works.

Furniture Treasury (Mostly Of American Origin), two volumes in one, unabridged. All Periods of American Furniture with Some Foreign Examples in America Also American Hardware and Household Utensils (Five Thousand Illustrations with Descriptions on the Same Page)

The second edition of the Macmillan English Dictionary contains a wealth of new material, while building on the innovative features that won it two prestigious awards. It is specially designed to help learners to understand English, use English and be more aware of how English works.

Buswell (Korean & Chinese Buddhism, UCLA), a strong editorial board, and 250 contributors from around the world have produced an outstanding encyclopedia that succeeds in its aim to document the range and depth of the Buddhist tradition in its many manifestations. Intended for nonspecialists, some 470 scholarly, signed, and highly readable entries, ranging from 50 to 40,000 words in length, address Buddhist history and doctrines from cultural and national perspectives worldwide. The entries also address sacred texts and significant places, people, and schools. Each concludes with a bibliography of scholarly works, many of which, however, will prove difficult to locate in public or smaller academic libraries. Access to the alphabetically arranged entries is effectively augmented by a detailed subject index, a thematic listing of entries, and plentiful cross references.

In this perceptive analysis of the Arab sheikhdoms of the Gulf, Peter Lienhardt discusses the common social patterns manifest in their tribal structure, the relations between men and women, the economics of pearl fishing, the growth of towns, and the complex relationship between the ruling shaikhs and their subjects. The advent of oil wealth radically altered the economic and social conditions of the region, but the sheikhs have continued to play an important political role in their modern states.