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  • My Brain on Fire

    Paris and Other Obsessions

    by Leonard Pitt ...
    This is Leonard Pitt’s story of growing up the misfit in Detroit in the 1940s and 50s. In a later age he would have been put on Ritalin and paraded before psychiatrists because he couldn’t pay attention in school. In 1962, at the end of a misguided foray towards a career in advertising he took the ultimate cure, a trip to Paris. He thought it would only be a visit. He stayed seven years. There in ... Read more

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  • Privatization and Transition in Russia in the Early 1990s

    Series series Routledge Explorations in Economic History
    Few economic events have caused such controversy as the privatization process in Russia. Some see it as the foundation of political and economic freedom. For others it was economics gone wrong, and ended in "Russians stealing money from their own country". As Russia reasserts itself, and its new brand of capitalism, it is ever more important that policy makers and scholars understand the roots of ... Read more

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  • Mastering the Art of Soviet Cooking

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  • Brussels Noir

    Series series Akashic Noir
    "Brussels, Belgium's cosmopolitan, multilingual capital, has it[s] criminal underside, as shown in the 13 dark—and sometimes darkly humorous—stories" ( Publishers Weekly).From the historic city center to the Palais de Justice to the pubs, this collection contains crime fiction tales, often with a touch of the surreal and the dystopian, that reveal the stranger and seamier side of the city known as ... Read more

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  • Peter the Great

    by Jacob Abbott ...
    What Jacob Abbott really appreciates is his ability to uncover and animate well-known characters. So, for example, he did with Peter the Great. Most of the story is dedicated to the achievements of the great leader. But at the same moment he can describe the cruelty that lives in Peter the Great. What was particularly interesting in this book was Peter’s conflict with his son Alexis; it was an ... Read more

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  • Paris

    The Biography of a City

    by Colin Jones ...
    From the Roman Emperor Julian, who waxed rhapsodic about Parisian wine and figs, to Henry Miller, who relished its seductive bohemia, Paris has been a perennial source of fascination for 2,000 years. In this definitive and illuminating history, Colin Jones walks us through the city that was a plague-infested charnel house during the Middle Ages, the bloody epicenter of the French Revolution, the ... Read more

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  • Wall Street and the Bolshevik Revolution

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    Series series Guide de conversation Assimil
    Book DescriptionVisiting Paris, Nice or the French countryside ? The creator of the famous language-learning method has developed this indispensable companion for your break or business trip to France.°Getting started with French : 21 mini-lessons°Useful words and phrases°Phonetic pronunciations°Essential vocabulary for a range of contexts ... Read more

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  • Khrushchev's Cold War

    The Inside Story of an American Adversary

    “Contains unsettling insights into some of the most dangerous geopolitical crises of the time.”—The EconomistThis acclaimed study from the authors of “One Hell of a Gamble” brings to life head-to-head confrontations between the Soviet premier Nikita Khrushchev and Presidents Eisenhower and Kennedy. Drawing on their unrivaled access to Politburo and KGB materials, Aleksandr Fursenko and Timothy ... Read more

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  • The Court of the Last Tsar

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    by Greg King ...
    **It was the most magnificent court in Europe—**a world of fairy-tale opulence, ornate architecture, sophisticated fashion, extravagant luxury, and immense power. In the last Russian imperial court, a potent underlying mythology drove its participants to enact the pageantry of medieval, Orthodox Russia—infused with the sensibilities of Versailles—against a backdrop of fading Edwardian splendor, ... Read more

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  • A Paris Moment

    by Gordon Cope ...
    When Linda Cope is offered a one-year posting in the world's most popular destination, Paris, husband/writer Gord goes along for the ride. Gord and Linda settle into an apartment on rue Barbette on the Right Bank of the Seine in Le Marais, a neighbourhood rich in controversy, culture, and craziness—in short, their kind of place.Gord finds his role in the "cast" of Le Marais as a Canadian ... Read more

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