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Author
Series
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Pub. Date
2001
Language
English
Formats
Description
This book is intended to capture the interest of anyone who has been attracted to Russian culture through the greats of Russian literature, either through the texts themselves, or encountering them in the cinema, or opera.
Rather than a conventional chronology of Russian literature, the book will explore the place and importance of literature of all sorts in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into being? What shaped...
Publisher
Chronicle Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"An illustrated collection of traditional Russian folktales"--
This collection of folktales will sweep you away to the birch forests and ornate palaces of Russia. Blending whimsical magic with magnificient drama, these traditional stories come to life alongside intricate contemporary art in special illustrated edition. --Back cover.
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
©2015.
Language
English
Description
"In A Mountain of Crumbs, Elena Gorokhova describes coming of age behind the Iron Curtain and leaving her mother and her motherland for a new life in the United States. Now, in Russian Tattoo, Elena learns that the journey of an immigrant is filled with everyday mistakes, small humiliations, and a loss of dignity. Cultural disorientation comes in the form of not knowing how to eat a hamburger, buy a pair of shoes, or catch a bus. But through perseverance...
Author
Publisher
Broadside Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
Jarrett, a Fox News legal analyst, reveals the real story behind Hillary Clinton's deep state collaborators in government and exposes their nefarious actions during and after the 2016 election. He reveals how persons within the FBI and Barack Obama's Justice Department worked improperly to help elect Hillary Clinton and defeat Donald Trump in the 2016 presidential election.
68) Russian Dolls
Publisher
Genius Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006.
Language
English
Description
We find Xavier back after "L'Auberge Espagnole" and he is 30-years-old now. Xavier's life is one disappointment after another. A chance meeting could be the answer for both his career and love life, but will it end up in heartbreak?
70) The Russian cage
Author
Series
Gunnie Rose novels volume 3
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Picking up right where A Longer Fall left off, this thrilling third installment follows Lizbeth Rose as she takes on one of her most dangerous missions yet: rescuing her estranged partner, Prince Eli, from the Holy Russian Empire. Once in San Diego, Lizbeth is going to have to rely upon her sister Felicia, and her growing Grigori powers to navigate her way through this strange new world of royalty and deception in order to get Eli freed from jail...
Author
Publisher
Tate Publishing
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
"Russian Revolutionary Posters tells the story of the development of the Soviet poster, from the revolutionary period through to the death of Stalin, revealing the way in which tumultuous events within the Soviet Union were matched by equally dramatic shifts in graphic art and design. Written and designed by David King, one of the world's foremost experts on Soviet art and himself an internationally acclaimed graphic designer, the publication features...
Author
Series
Very Short introductions volume 646
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
©2020.
Language
English
Description
"The Russian Economy: A Very Short Introduction introduces readers to the dimensions of the Russian economy that are often ignored by the media and public figures, or exaggerated and misunderstood. In doing so, it shows how Russia's economy is one of global significance, and helps explain why many of Russia's enduring features, such as the heavy hand of the state and the emphasis on military-industrial production, have persisted despite the immense...
Author
Series
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
This is a new history of Russia's revolutionary era as a story of experience-of people making sense of history as it unfolded in their own lives and as they took part in making history themselves. The major events, trends, and explanations, reaching from Bloody Sunday in 1905 to the final shots of the civil war in 1921, are viewed through the doubled perspective of the professional historian looking backward and the contemporary journalist reporting...
Author
Publisher
Gold Star Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
When the Detroit Red Wings were rebooting their franchise after more than two decades of relative futility, they knew the best place to find world-class players who could help turn things around more quickly were conscripted servants behind the Iron Curtain. All they had to do then was make history by drafting them, then figure out how to get them out. That's when the Wings turned to Keith Gave, the newsman whose clandestine mission to Helsinki, Finland,...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
To reach the pinnacle of success in the famously competitive Russian ballet, you have to be able to withstand pain. Tough-as-nails Mariska grew up in a household where corporal punishment was the norm, so she has what it takes to make it to the very top of the dance world. Over time, she begins to find a kind of solace in her suffering. When this gorgeous young girl starts to blossom sexually, she finds her new sensual awareness and her predilection
...76) Russian Red
Publisher
FiGa Films
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
Marta and Manu are two Brazilian actresses that decide to move to Moscow to study the Stanislavski method. There, wrapped around a complex love triangle, they must overcome their differences to survive in a different country.
77) Russian Ark
Publisher
Kino Lorber
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Russian
Description
Russian filmmaker Alexander Sokurov (THE SUN) broke boundaries with his dreamlike vision of the Hermitage in St. Petersburg, RUSSIAN ARK. It's the first feature-length narrative film shot in a single take (on digital video, using a specially designed disc instead of tape). RUSSIAN ARK is shot from the point-of-view of an unseen narrator, as he explores the museum and travels through Russian history. The audience sees through his eyes as he witnesses...
78) Russian Dolls
Publisher
StudioCanal
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
Français
Description
Xavier, the hero of L'Auberge Espagnole, is off on yet another adventure. This time he's hopping back and forth between Paris, London and Saint Petersburg, jumping in and out of bed again with lots and lots of women. Five years after his return from Barcelona, Xavier is faced with the ultimate challenge: growing up in a world full of contradictions. As he ricochets back and forth between money problems, creative challenges and his ever-turbulent love...
Author
Publisher
Duke Classics
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
Today, Leo Tolstoy is best remembered for his masterpieces War and Peace and Anna Karenina, both epic, sweeping works that unfold on a grand scale. But Tolstoy also dabbled in short-form fiction, and the results are similarly remarkable. This volume brings together a number of Tolstoy's shorter pieces, including A Russian Proprietor and The Three Deaths.
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