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Nutritional and Health Aspects of Food in Eastern Europe
Nutritional and Health Aspects of Food in Eastern Europe provides an analysis of traditional and ethnic foods from Eastern Europe, including selections from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania. The book addresses history of use, origin, composition and preparation, ingredient origin, nutritional aspects, and the effects on health for various foods and food products in each of these countries. In addition, it presents both local and international regulations, while also providing suggestions on how to harmonize these regulations to promote global availability of these foods. - Analyzes nutritional and health claims relating to Eastern European foods - Includes traditional and ethnic foods from Russia, Belarus, Ukraine, Estonia, Latvia and Lithuania - Explores both scientific and anecdotal diet-based health claims - Examines if foods meet regulatory requirements and how to remedy non-compliance - Reviews the influence of historical eating habits on today's diets
Distinguished Criticism on Theater, Film and Television
This volume assembles Pulitzer Prize-decorated critical reviews from 22 journalists in various fields of the performing arts, containing, among others, the names of these artists: Opera Singers Luciano Pavarotti, Grace Bumbry, Leontyne Price and Placido Domingo; Film Actors Barbara Stanwyck, Jessica Lange, Katharina Hepburn and Tom Cruise; TV Hosts Dean Martin, Matt Lauer, Howard Cosell and David Letterman; Orchestra Conductors George Szell, John Barbirolli, Leonard Slatkin and Seiji Ozawa; Movie Directors Roman Polanski, Federico Fellini, Billy Wilder and Steven Spielberg.
New York Magazine
New York magazine was born in 1968 after a run as an insert of the New York Herald Tribune and quickly made a place for itself as the trusted resource for readers across the country. With award-winning writing and photography covering everything from politics and food to theater and fashion, the magazine's consistent mission has been to reflect back to its audience the energy and excitement of the city itself, while celebrating New York as both a place and an idea.
The New World Order According to Putin
In 2014 Vladimir Putin gave a speech at the Valdai International Discussion Club XI session on 24 October 2014, in Sochi City. The overall meeting's theme was "The World Order: New Rules or a Game without Rules?" In a 40-minute speech Putin underlined the depth of the rift between Moscow and the West accusing the United States of endangering global security by imposing a "unilateral diktat" on the rest of the world and shifted blame for the Ukraine crisis onto the West. The Financial Times called the speech "one of most important foreign policy statements". In addition, this edition is enriched with the complete articles, essays, executive orders, statements and speeches of Vladimir Putin which paint a full picture of his stance toward Ukraine and Russia's position in the world.
Ballet 101
Presents a look at the world of dance; an analysis of ballet movement, music, and history; a close-up look at popular ballets; and a host of performance tips.
The Political Economy of Pension Policy Reversal in Post-Communist Countries
This book examines how and why policies are reversed by focusing on post-communist backtracking on pension privatization.
The Politics of Bad Governance in Contemporary Russia
In this book, Vladimir Gel’man considers bad governance as a distinctive politico-economic order that is based on a set of formal and informal rules, norms, and practices quite different from those of good governance. Some countries are governed badly intentionally because the political leaders of these countries establish and maintain rules, norms, and practices that serve their own self-interests. Gel’man considers bad governance as a primarily agency-driven rather than structure-induced phenomenon. He addresses the issue of causes and mechanisms of bad governance in Russia and beyond from a different scholarly optics, which is based on a more general rationale of state-building, polit...
Russian Invasion of Ukraine: Identity, History & Conflict
On 24 February 2022, Russia invaded Ukraine in a major escalation of the Russo-Ukrainian War, which began in 2014. Following the 2014 Ukrainian Revolution, Russia annexed Crimea, and Russian-backed paramilitaries seized part of the Donbas region of south-eastern Ukraine, which consists of Lugansk and Donetsk oblasts, sparking a regional war. In March 2021, Russia began a large military build-up along its border with Ukraine, eventually amassing up to 190,000 troops and their equipment. Despite the build-up, denials of plans to invade or attack Ukraine were issued by various Russian government officials up to the day before the invasion. On 21 February 2022, Russia recognized the Donetsk Peop...
