1. Content: Provide a comprehensive overview of the work, focusing on its major themes, methodology, and analysis. Position the book within the relevant field, compare it to similar studies, and evaluate its strengths, weaknesses, and overall value. Feel free to recommend the book to specific types of readers.

2. Language: Book reviews should be written in concise and clear English, aiming for around 1,000-2,500 words. Use technical language appropriately, avoiding unnecessary complexity and jargon. Keep in mind that readers may not be specialists in the book’s field, so make the review self-explanatory and accessible even without reading the book.

3. Formatting: The heading of the review should follow the format: Author. Title. Place of publication, Publisher, Date of publication, Number of pages, and ISBN. For example: Russian Practices of Governance in Eurasia: Frontier Power Dynamics, Sixteenth Century to Nineteenth Century. By Gulnar T. Kendirbai. London: Routledge, 2020. 246 pp. (ISBN:9780429515729).

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