Nonfiction

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"Astonishing, entertaining, and informative…. Jankowski … tells it in a way you have to listen. And sometimes you get so excited that you want to repeat his stories, to your friends." —from the foreword by Nick Thorpe, BBC News Central Europe Correspondent

"Pensive, engrossing . . . An impressive portrait of a country in a tumultuous time but also of a young woman in an equally tumultuous time." 
—Booklist (starred review) 

A satirical tour de force and a timeless historical timeline of the Trump era

“Mikhail Iossel is an intense and thoughtful force for decency in the world.” —George Saunders 

"Moldova tells this tale of ingenuity and disappointed hopes with considerable verve; his book is a page-turner." 
—Wall Street Journal

"[A] carefully researched but reader-friendly peregrination through the story of Poland. . . . I can say honestly . . . that The Essential Guide to Being Polish will not disappoint." 
—Krakow Post

"Kapllani treats the absurdities of nationalism in the Balkans—and everywhere—with mischief, wit and insight." 
—Boyd Tonkin, Independent (UK)

"A useful and entertaining appetizer for those who are interested in the past and present of Hungary and the Hungarians." —Paul Lendvai, author of The Hungarians

A journalist’s personal account of why one small European nation’s path away from liberal democracy carries vital lessons for us all. An unusually well-balanced, objective account.