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Author: Helen Constantine Publisher: OUP Oxford ISBN: 0191508381 Category : Literary Collections Languages : en Pages : 312
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Presenting stories which represent each layer of the city of Moscow, from the centre of power to the outer rings of desolate estates and tumbledown shacks, this fascinating collection offers a lively and varied portrait in fiction of Russia's mysterious capital city. The collection includes works by Russian authors ranging from Anton Chekhov and Yuri Koval to Larisa Miller and Marina Boroditskaia, collating nineteeth- and twentieth-century tales, as well those written by contemporary authors. The stories are intriguingly varied --an account of life in the city's infamous high security prison, a tale of a lady with a supernatural gift for repairing household devices, the story of another pitiful lost dog who nearly joins the Moscow Circus -- and together they shed light on the changing nature of Moscow society across the centuries. The next instalment in a series of successful translated anthologies of stories set in and around a particular European City. Moscow Tales combines two genres, travel writing and literary fiction and provides an insight into the lives of those who live in Moscow or have written about it.
Author: Ivan Alekseevich Bunin Publisher: ISBN: 0199559899 Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 410
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Fifteen tales from Russia's mysterious capital city provide an absorbing and many-sided portrait in fiction for readers who love travelling, armchair travellers, lovers of Russian literature, as well as those who love Moscow.
Author: Loren R. Graham Publisher: Indiana University Press ISBN: 0253000742 Category : Biography & Autobiography Languages : en Pages : 321
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"Graham has brilliantly encapsulated and interwoven the major features of Soviet and post-Soviet history in his riveting stories.... a splendid and extraordinary work." -- Edward Grant, author of God and Reason in the Middle Ages "A very lively read, indeed a real page turner... Graham's discussion of pressing ethical dilemmas displays a sureness of hand and a refreshing candor about his own struggles with the issues." -- Susan Solomon, University of Toronto The distinguished American historian of Russian and Soviet science Loren R. Graham recounts with warmth and wit his experiences during 45 years of traveling and researching in the Soviet Union and post-Soviet Russia, from 1960 to 2005. Present for many historic events during this period, Graham writes not as a political correspondent or an analyst, but as an ordinary American living through these years alongside Russian friends and critics. Graham befriended some of the leading scientists and politicians in Russia, but his most touching stories concern average Russians with whom he lived, worked, suffered, and exchanged views. Graham also writes of the ethical questions he confronted, such as the tension between independence of thought and political loyalty. Finally, he depicts the ways in which Russia has changed -- visually, politically, and ideologically -- during the last 15 years. These gripping, sometimes humorous, always deeply personal stories will engage and inform all readers with an interest in Russia during this tumultuous period of history.
Author: Matthew Brzezinski Publisher: Simon and Schuster ISBN: 0684869772 Category : Business & Economics Languages : en Pages : 324
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After awakening from its long communist slumber, Russia in the 1990s was a place where everything and everyone was for sale, and fortunes could be made and lost overnight. Into this free-market maelstrom stepped rookie Wall Street Journal reporter Matthew Brzezinski, who was immediately pulled into the mad world of Russian capitalism -- where corrupt bankers and fast-talking American carpetbaggers presided over the biggest boom and bust in financial history. Brzezinski's adventures take him from the solid-gold bathroom fixtures of Moscow's elite, to the last stop on the Trans-Siberian railway, where poverty-stricken citizens must buy water by the pail from the local crime lord, and back to civilization, to stumble into a drunken birthday bash for an ultra-nationalist politico. It's an irreverent, lurid, and hilarious account of one man's tumultuous trek through a capitalist market gone haywire -- and a nation whose uncertain future is marked by boundless hope and foreboding despair.
Author: Antonio J. Mendez Publisher: PublicAffairs ISBN: 1541762177 Category : True Crime Languages : en Pages : 272
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From the spymaster and inspiration for the movie Argo, discover the "real-life spy thriller" of the brilliant but under-supported CIA operatives who developed breakthrough spy tactics that helped turn the tide of the Cold War (Malcolm Nance). Antonio Mendez and his future wife Jonna were CIA operatives working to spy on Moscow in the late 1970s, at one of the most dangerous moments in the Cold War. Soviets kept files on all foreigners, studied their patterns, and tapped their phones. Intelligence work was effectively impossible. The Soviet threat loomed larger than ever. The Moscow Rules tells the story of the intelligence breakthroughs that turned the odds in America's favor. As experts in disguise, Antonio and Jonna were instrumental in developing a series of tactics -- Hollywood-inspired identity swaps, ingenious evasion techniques, and an armory of James Bond-style gadgets -- that allowed CIA officers to outmaneuver the KGB. As Russia again rises in opposition to America, this remarkable story is a tribute to those who risked everything for their country, and to the ingenuity that allowed them to succeed.
Author: Various Publisher: Good Press ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 145
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"The Russian Garland, Being Russian Folk Tales" by Various. Published by Good Press. Good Press publishes a wide range of titles that encompasses every genre. From well-known classics & literary fiction and non-fiction to forgotten−or yet undiscovered gems−of world literature, we issue the books that need to be read. Each Good Press edition has been meticulously edited and formatted to boost readability for all e-readers and devices. Our goal is to produce eBooks that are user-friendly and accessible to everyone in a high-quality digital format.
Author: Jack V. Haney Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1317457765 Category : History Languages : en Pages : 497
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These stories of heroism and magic, and of terrifying encounters with Baba Yaga, Zmei the serpent and Koschchei the Immortal, represent at least one example of every wondertale type known in Russia.
Author: Catherine Flores Publisher: ISBN: 9781838022334 Category : Languages : en Pages : 50
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The Story Of Babushka colouring book is a companion book that goes alongside the illustrated children's book "The Story Of Babushka" The book comes with over forty-five wonderful line-drawn illustrations ready for children to colour in! Recommended use with colouring pencils, and crayons. Please note this book comes without the written story and is meant to compliment the written story.
Author: Arthur Ransome Publisher: DigiCat ISBN: Category : Fiction Languages : en Pages : 949
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This collection represents a thoughtful and beautifully illustrated selection of some of the finest Russian fairy and folk tales for people of all ages:_x000D_ Picture Fables for the Little Ones:_x000D_ The Cock and the Bean_x000D_ The Goat and the Ram_x000D_ The Hungry Wolf_x000D_ The Peasant and the Bear_x000D_ The Dog and the Cock_x000D_ King Frost_x000D_ The Bear's Paw_x000D_ The Bear and the Old Man's Daughters_x000D_ The Straw Ox_x000D_ The Fox and the Blackbird_x000D_ Fairy Tales:_x000D_ Snegorotchka _x000D_ Fire Bird_x000D_ Winged Wolf_x000D_ Self-Playing Harp_x000D_ Seven Brothers_x000D_ Ivan_x000D_ Story of the Golden Mountain_x000D_ Robber Nightingale_x000D_ Renowned Hero_x000D_ Mild Man_x000D_ Duck with Golden Eggs_x000D_ Bulat the Brave_x000D_ Tsarevich and Ivashka with White Smock_x000D_ Knight Yaroslav and Princess Anastasia _x000D_ The Golden Mountain _x000D_ Morozko _x000D_ Flying Ship _x000D_ Muzhichek-As-Big-As-Your-Thumb _x000D_ Tsarevich Ivan _x000D_ Tale of Little Fool Ivan_x000D_ Little Feather of Fenist _x000D_ Peasant Demyan _x000D_ Enchanted Ring _x000D_ Brave Labourer _x000D_ Sage Damsel _x000D_ Prophetic Dream _x000D_ Two Out of the Knapsack _x000D_ Marko and Vasily_x000D_ Muscovite Folk Tales:_x000D_ The Fiend_x000D_ The Dead Mother_x000D_ The Dead Witch_x000D_ The Treasure_x000D_ The Cross-Surety_x000D_ The Awful Drunkard_x000D_ The Bad Wife_x000D_ The Golovikha_x000D_ The Three Copecks_x000D_ The Miser_x000D_ The Fool and the Birch-Tree_x000D_ The Mizgir_x000D_ The Smith and the Demon_x000D_ Ivan Popyalof_x000D_ The Norka_x000D_ Marya Morevna_x000D_ Koshchei the Deathless_x000D_ The Water Snake_x000D_ The Water King and Vasilissa the Wise_x000D_ The Baba Yaga_x000D_ Vasilissa the Fair_x000D_ The Witch_x000D_ The Witch and the Sun's Sister_x000D_ Emilian the Fool_x000D_ Witch Girl_x000D_ Headless Princess_x000D_ Soldier's Midnight Watch_x000D_ Warlock_x000D_ Fox-Physician_x000D_ Fiddler in Hell_x000D_ Ride on the Gravestone_x000D_ Two Friends_x000D_ Shroud_x000D_ Coffin-Lid_x000D_ Two Corpses_x000D_ Dog and the Corpse_x000D_ Soldier and the Vampire_x000D_ Elijah the Prophet and Nicholas_x000D_ Priest with the Greedy Eyes_x000D_ Hasty Word.....
Author: Neil Cornwell Publisher: Routledge ISBN: 1134260776 Category : Literary Criticism Languages : en Pages : 1020
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First Published in 1998. This volume will surely be regarded as the standard guide to Russian literature for some considerable time to come... It is therefore confidently recommended for addition to reference libraries, be they academic or public.
Author: Helen Constantine
Author: Ivan Alekseevich Bunin
Author: Loren R. Graham
Author: Matthew Brzezinski
Author: Antonio J. Mendez
Author: Various
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Author: Jack V. Haney
Author: Catherine Flores
Author: Arthur Ransome
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