Douglas Smith
Author
Language
English
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"On the centenary of the death of Rasputin comes a definitive biography that will dramatically change our understanding of this fascinating figure. A hundred years after his murder, Rasputin continues to excite the popular imagination as the personification of evil. Numerous biographies, novels, and films recount his mysterious rise to power as Nicholas and Alexandra's confidant and the guardian of the sickly heir to the Russian throne. His debauchery...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2012, ©2012.
Language
English
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Epic in scope, precise in detail, and heartbreaking in its human drama, a history of the aristocracy caught up in the maelstrom of the Bolshevik Revolution and the creation of Stalin's Russia. A story of how a centuries-old elite, famous for its glittering wealth, was dispossessed and destroyed along with the rest of old Russia.
Author
Series
Wicked years volume 4
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Description
Maguire returns with the final installment in his transformative work, a thrilling and compulsively readable saga in which the fate of Oz is decided at last. The stirring, long-awaited conclusion to the extraordinary bestselling series begun with "Wicked," "Out of Oz" is a magical journey rife with revelations and reversals, reprisals and surprises--the hallmarks of the brilliant and unique imagination of Maguire.
Author
Publisher
New York Review Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"In 1943, Konstantin Paustovsky, the Soviet Union's most revered author, started out on his masterwork - The Story of a Life; a grand, novelistic memoir of a life lived on the fast-unfurling frontiers of Russian history. Eventually published over six volumes, it would cement Paustovsky's reputation as the voice of Russia around the world, and see him nominated for the Nobel Prize in Literature. Newly translated by Guggenheim fellow Douglas Smith,...
Publisher
The Orchard
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
A charming coming-of-age love story about a sensitive boy (Douglas Smith) whose rare disorder and eccentric family render him an outsider - until Laura (Zoë Kravitz) swims her way into his life. Nominated for the Ibero-American Opera Prima Award at the **Miami Film Festival**. *"A gentle charmer punctuated with a series of nicely judged performance and an increasing sense of magical realism." - Mark Adams, **Screen International***
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A beautifully illustrated, large-format study of Yellowstone's birdlife, written by a team of renowned Park ornithologists and wildlife biologists"--
"A beautifully illustrated survey of Yellowstone's breathtaking birdlife, written by a team of renowned ornithologists and wildlife biologists. Established in 1872, Yellowstone National Park is the oldest and arguably the most famous national park in North America, attracting millions of visitors each...
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
In 2020, it will have been twenty-five years since one of the greatest wildlife conservation and restoration achievements of the twentieth century took place: the reintroduction of wolves to the world’s first national park, Yellowstone. Eradicated after the park was established, then absent for seventy years, these iconic carnivores returned to Yellowstone in 1995 when the US government reversed its century-old policy of extermination and—despite...
11) Sleepover
Publisher
MGM
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Rules will be broken tonight! Alexa Vega stars in this irresistible comedy about four best friends who embark on a zany scavenger hunt against their ''popular girl'' rivals! Bursting with hilarious hijinks, glorious girl-power and maybe even a first kiss or two, SLEEPOVER is a high-spirited, high-stakes romp that's ''topped with sprinklings of Cinderella enchantment'' (The Seattle Times)! Featuring an all-star cast that includes Brie Larson, Jane...
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