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The Suitcase
Several years after emigrating from the USSR, the author discovers the battered suitcase he had brought with him gathering dust at the back of a wardrobe. As he opens the suitcase, …
Belisarius & Antonina
A unique look at a powerful marriage in the celebrated age of Justinian Belisarius and Antonina were titans in the Roman world some 1,500 years ago. Belisarius was the most …
Alexander II: The Last Great Tsar
Profiles the Romanov Dynasty tsar as one of Russia's most forward-thinking rulers, documenting his efforts to redefine history by bringing freedom to his country, the use of …
Munch 1912 Im Sonderbund Coln
I, Maya Plisetskaya
Maya Plisetskaya, one of the world’s foremost dancers, rose to become a prima ballerina of Moscow’s Bolshoi Ballet after an early life filled with tragedy and loss. In this …
The Apartment: A Century of Russian History
20th-century Russian history comes to life through six generations of a family in their Moscow apartment The Apartment: A Century of Russian History explains the true history of …
The Little Devil and Other Stories
In a dilapidated and isolated old house, something peculiar seems to happen whenever the town’s bestial exterminator visits. On a seemingly bucolic country estate, the head of the …
A Dog's Heart
"There is absolutely no necessity to learn how to read; meat smells a mile off, anyway. Nevertheless, if you live in Moscow and have a brain in your head, you'll pick up reading …
Untraceable
In 2018, a former Russian secret agent and his daughter were poisoned with a lethal neurotoxin that left them slumped over on a British park bench in critical condition. The story …
Regional Perspectives of Nature-based Solutions for Water: Benefits and Challenges
Nature-based solutions (NbS) are solutions inspired or supported by nature. They include ecosystem conservation and restoration measures, as well as the creation or enhancement of …
A Present Past: Titan and Other Chronicles
"A tour de force--exquisite and gripping."--Philippe Sands, author of East West Street, The Ratline, and The Last ColonyThe Soviet and post-Soviet world, with its untold multitude …