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Pushkin Blues eBook Series

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  • A Short Life of Pushkin

    by Robert Chandler ...
    Series Book 1 - Pushkin Blues
    A short yet fascinating account of Russia's most celebrated writer.In Robert Chandler's exquisite biography, literary giant Alexander Pushkin, lauded as the Russian Shakespeare, is examined as writer, lover and public figure. Chandler explores his relationship to politics and provides a fascinating glimpse of the turbulent history Pushkin lived through. The book acts as a succinct guide to anybody ... Read more

    $9.99 USD

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  • Russian Legends: The Life and Legacy of Rasputin

    by Charles River Editors ...
    *Discusses the legends of Rasputin's life and death*Includes pictures of Rasputin and important people and places in his life.*Includes a Table of ContentsA lot of ink has been spilled covering the lives of historys most influential figures, but how much of the forest is lost for the trees? In Charles River Editors Russian Legends series, readers can get caught up to speed on the lives of Russias ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The German Campaign in Russia: 1940-1942

    WWII: Strategic & Operational Planning: From Directive Barbarossa to the Battle for Stalingrad

    by U.S. Department of Defense ...
    U.S. Department of Defense's book 'The German Campaign in Russia: 1940-1942' provides a comprehensive analysis of the pivotal years of World War II when Germany turned its attention towards the Eastern Front. The book meticulously details the military strategies, battles, and key events during this tumultuous period. Written in a straightforward and factual style, the book offers a wealth of ... Read more

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  • Gallipoli & the Middle East 1914–1918

    From the Dardanelles to Mesopotamia

    by Edward J Erickson ...
    Series series History of WWI
    The war in the Middle East was a struggle between the Ottoman Turks, British, French and Russians for control of the lands and peoples held by the Ottoman Empire since the 1400s. Although known as the 'Sick Man of Europe', the empire still controlled significant parts of the Middle East. Intense diplomatic pressure from Germany culminated in a decision to join the Central Powers in October 1914. ... Read more

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  • Modern Russian Poetry: An Anthology (1921)

    by Alexander Pushkin ...
    This early anthology of Russian poetry was compiled and translated by Deutsch and Yermolinksy and was originally published in 1921. It provides a fascinating and absorbing collection of some of the work of Russia’s greatest poets from the nineteenth and early twentieth centuries. Deutsch and Yermolinksy provide a comprehensive and informative look at the subject, making this work a valuable ... Read more

    $9.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Andrei Voznesensky: Five Poems

    by Andrey Kneller ...
    Andrei Voznesensky (May 12, 1933 – June 1, 2010) was one of the most original and daring poets of the Soviet Era. As a 14-year old, he sent his poems to Boris Pasternak, and soon became his apprentice. He graduated as an architect in 1957, but a fire in the institute, which was symbolic to young Voznesensky, caused him to reconsider his career and he chose instead to focus on his poetry. His first ... Read more

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  • A World Transformed

    by George H. W. Bush, Brent Scowcroft ...
    It was one of the pivotal times of the twentieth century--during George Bush's presidency, an extraordinary series of international events took place that materially changed the face of the world. Now, former President Bush and his national security advisor, Brent Scowcroft, tell the story of those tumultuous years.Here are behind-the-scenes accounts of critical meetings in the White House and of ... Read more

    $13.99 USD

  • Fearful Majesty: The Life and Reign of Ivan the Terrible

    by Benson Bobrick ...
    Ivan the Terrible - the name evokes the legend of a cruel and dangerously insane tyrant. Fearful Majesty explores that legend and exposes the man, his nature, and his time. This acclaimed biography of one of Russia's most important and tyrannical rulers is not only a rich, readable biography, it is also surprisingly timely, revealing how many of the issues Russia faces today have their roots in ... Read more

    $6.99 USD

  • Russian America

    An Overseas Colony of a Continental Empire, 1804-1867

    by Ilya Vinkovetsky ...
    From 1741 until Alaska was sold to the United States in 1867, the Russian empire claimed territory and peoples in North America. In this book, Ilya Vinkovetsky examines how Russia governed its only overseas colony, illustrating how the colony fit into and diverged from the structures developed in the otherwise contiguous Russian empire. Russian America was effectively transformed from a remote ... Read more

    $39.59 USD

  • Stalin's Last Generation : Soviet Post-War Youth and the Emergence of Mature Socialism

    Soviet Post-War Youth and the Emergence of Mature Socialism

    by Juliane Fürst ...
    Stalin's last generation' was the last generation to come of age under Stalin, yet it was also the first generation to be socialized in the post-war period. Its young members grew up in a world that still carried many of the hallmarks of the Soviet Union's revolutionary period, yet their surroundings already showed the first signs of decay, stagnation, and disintegration. Stalin's last generation ... Read more

    $43.19 USD

  • The Greatest Catastrophe of the 20th Century. Or, How the Soviet Union Disintegrated in 1991.

    SHORT STORY # 31. Nonfiction series #1 - # 60.

    by Alla P. Gakuba ...
    Series Book 31 - Nonfiction series
    The Soviet Union disintegration in 1991 was a curse and not a blessing for the USA and the Western Europe. Their economies eventually spiraled down due to rampant laws of a fee market economy, categorized by "expansion in all directions without any restrictions."The USA is sinking from $20 trillion debts, and $17 trillion personal debts; middle class disappeared; 1 in 2 Americans live in poverty ... Read more

    $1.99 USD

  • Persistent Forms

    Explorations in Historical Poetics

    Edited by Ilya Kliger, Boris Maslov ...
    Series series Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics
    Since the mid-1980s, attempts to think history and literature together have produced much exciting work in the humanities. Indeed, some form of historicism can be said to inform most of the current scholarship in literary studies, including work in poetics, yet much of this scholarship remains undertheorized.Envisioning a revitalized and more expansive historicism, this volume builds on the ... Read more

    $71.09 USD