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  • A Kingdom and a Village

    A One-Thousand-Year History of Moscow

    by Simon Morrison ...
    **An erudite and entertaining history of Moscow, a city defined by its survival and reinvention, and whose rich history offers crucial insight into contemporary global politics"A magisterial account of Moscow that reveals the city’s history and something of its soul through countless interwoven stories and colorful characters. . . . A gripping and enlightening journey.”—Ben Rhodes, New York Times ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

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    A Kingdom and a Village

    A One-Thousand-Year History of Moscow

    by Simon Morrison ...
    Narrated by Curt Ford ...

    Unabridged

    15 hours 48 min

    **An erudite and entertaining history of Moscow, a city defined by its survival and reinvention, and whose rich history offers crucial insight into contemporary global politics"A magisterial account of Moscow that reveals the city’s history and something of its soul through countless interwoven stories and colorful characters. . . . A gripping and enlightening journey.”—Ben Rhodes, New York Times ... Read more

    $28.00 USD

    Also available as: eBook

    Also available as: eBook

  • Lina & Serge

    The Love and Wars of Lina Prokofiev

    by Simon Morrison ...
    This account of the renowned composer's neglected wife—including her years in a Soviet prison—is "a story both riveting and wrenching" ( Kirkus Reviews, starred review).Serge Prokofiev was one of the twentieth century's most brilliant composers yet is an enigma to historians and his fans. Why did he leave the West and move to the Soviet Union despite Stalin's crimes? Why did his astonishing ... Read more

    $18.79 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume VI

    by Robert Sheckley, Bill Doede, William Morrison, Michael Shaara, Ruth Wainwright, Simon Eisner, Jack Sharkey, Dean Evans, Fritz Leiber, Jim Harmon, Sydney van Scyoc ...
    The awesome, amazing, stupendously excellent sixth volume of the Golden Age of Science Fiction! Featuring: Proof of the Pudding, by Robert Sheckley Green Grew the Lasses, by Ruth Wainwright The Luckiest Man in Denv, by Simon Eisner The Awakening, by Jack Sharkey Orphans of the Void, by Michael Shaara The Moons of Mars, by Dean Evans A Bad Day for Sales, by Fritz Leiber How to Make Friends, by Jim ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Golden Age of Science Fiction - Volume V

    by Bill Doede, William Morrison, Michael Shaara, Simon Eisner, Jack Sharkey, Fritz Leiber, Jim Harmon, Sydney van Scyoc, Dean Evans ...
    The awesomeness of the Golden Age of Science Fiction continues, with Volume V! Sail through space, visit rival galaxies, and suffer the void! Volume V contents include: The Moons of Mars, by Dean Evans Orphans of the Void, by Michael Shaara The Luckiest Man in Denv, by Simon Eisner The Awakening, by Jack Sharkey A City Near Centaurus, by Bill Doede How to Make Friends, by Jim Harmon A Bad Day for ... Read more

    $0.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Stories of Hope and Wonder, in Support of UK Healthcare Workers

    by Ian Whates, Adrian Tchaikovsky, M.R. Carey, Tade Thompson, Peter F. Hamilton, Ian McDonald, Adam Roberts, Jaine Fenn, Tim Pears, Frances Hardinge, Lesley Glaister, Stephen Baxter, Christopher Priest, Lauren Beukes, Lavie Tidhar, Jane Rogers, Emmi Itäranta, Ian Watson, Ramsey Campbell, Lisa Tuttle, Priya Sharma, Eric Brown, Simon Clark, Robert Shearman, Jon Courtenay Grimwood, Mark Lawrence, Tim Lebbon, RJ Barker, Blake Morrison ...
    An anthology released to raise funds for the NHS and UK Healtcare workers. Fifty-three stories, 253,000 words of fiction, including several pieces that are original to this volume. A treasury of stories from some of the finest writers of science fiction, literary fiction, fantasy, horror, and more.Introduction by Ian WhatesLast Contact – Stephen BaxterSlink-Thinking – Frances HardingeGossamer – ... Read more

    $7.99 USD

  • Transatlantic Drift

    The Ebb and Flow of Dance Music

    by Katie Milestone, Simon A. Morrison ...
    Series series Reverb
    Transatlantic Drift explores the emergence and evolution of nightclubs and electronic dance music from the 1950s onwards. It traces the rhythmic journey of dance music, following the pulse as it bounced between Europe, North America and the Caribbean. Music, dance styles and nightclub spaces are not created in isolation; they are shaped by collective influences and shared experiences. This book ... Read more

    $16.39 USD

  • Dostoevsky’s The Gambler

    The Allure of the Wheel

    by Svetlana Evdokimova, Richard J. Rosenthal, Joachim I. Krueger, David J. Grüning, Robert L. Jackson, Vladimir Golstein, Evgenia Cherkasova, Jeff Love, Octavian Gabor, Andrea Oppo0, Carol Apollonio1, Simon Morrison2 ...
    Fyodor Dostoevsky’s novel The Gambler is one of the most profound literary works to treat the phenomenon of gambling with a remarkable depth of psychological analysis and a wide-ranging cultural and philosophical exploration of obsessive behavior, from addictive gambling to erotic passion. This novel delves into the cultural, psychological, and philosophical issues surrounding games of chance such ... Read more

    $97.19 USD

  • Mirror in the Sky

    The Life and Music of Stevie Nicks

    by Simon Morrison ...
    A stunning musical biography of Stevie Nicks that paints a portrait of an artist, not a caricature of a superstar.Reflective and expansive, Mirror in the Sky situates Stevie Nicks as one of the finest songwriters of the twentieth century.This biography from distinguished music historian Simon Morrison examines Nicks as a singer and songwriter before and beyond her career with Fleetwood Mac, from ... Read more

    Was $23.99 USD Now $18.99 USD

    Also available as: Audiobook

    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Three Loves for Three Oranges

    Gozzi, Meyerhold, Prokofiev

    by Caryl Emerson, Alberto Beniscelli, Giulietta Bazoli, Domenico Pietropaolo, Ted Emery, Natalya Baldyga, Raissa Raskina, Vadim Shcherbakov, Laurence Senelick, Julia Galanina, Inna Naroditskaya, Natalia Savkina, Simon A. Morrison, John E. Bowlt ...
    Series series East European Music Studies
    In 1921, Sergei Prokofiev's Love for Three Oranges**—one of the earliest, most famous examples of modernist opera—premiered in Chicago. Prokofiev's source was a 1913 theatrical divertissement by Vsevolod Meyerhold, who, in turn, took inspiration from Carlo Gozzi's 1761 commedia dell'arte*****–***infused theatrical fairy tale. Only by examining these whimsical, provocative works together can we ... Read more

    $44.99 USD

  • Roxy Music's Avalon

    by Simon A. Morrison ...
    Series series 33 1/3
    Having designed Roxy Music as an haute couture suit hand-stitched of punk and progressive music, Bryan Ferry redesigned it. He made Roxy Music ever dreamier and mellower-reaching back to sadly beautiful chivalric romances. Dadaist (punk) noise exited; a kind of ambient soft soul entered. Ferry parted ways with Eno, electric violinist Eddie Jobson, and drummer Paul Thompson, foreswearing the broken ... Read more

    $12.79 USD

  • Dancefloor-Driven Literature

    The Rave Scene in Fiction

    by Simon A. Morrison ...
    Almost as soon as 'club culture' took hold - during the UK's Second Summer of Love in 1988 - its sociopolitical impact became clear, with journalists, filmmakers and authors all keen to use this cultural context as source material for their texts. This book uses that electronic music subculture as a route into an analysis of these principally literary representations of a music culture: why such ... Read more

    $34.79 USD