Nina Serpinskaya's ‘Flirting with Life’ is a personal document that captures the daily life of the bourgeoisie and intelligentsia of the Silver Age. The author, embodying the image of a ‘starlet’ of the Moscow bohemia of the early 20th century, describes her life in art and everyday life. Her observations on the socialist transformations after the revolution are particularly interesting. The...

The dictionary contains about 16 thousand words and over 4 thousand phraseological units. The author has been collecting reduced colloquial vocabulary from literary and oral materials for many years, thus creating a unique dictionary that enriches Russian lexicography. The dictionary is intended for all those interested in the development of their native language, as well as for linguists,...

In an epic trilogy, Philip Pullman unlocks the door to a world parallel to our own, but with a mysterious slant all its own. D?mons and winged creatures live side by side with humans, and a mysterious entity called Dust just might have the power to unite the universes--if it isn't destroyed first. Here, the three paperback titles in Pullman's heroic fantasy series are united in one dazzling...

Introduction written by Steven Cohen. Vladimir Bukharin, brother of the famous Nikolai, was one of of the first Red Directors of Soviet industry and was active in the textile industry. Shortly after his brother's trial, Vladimir was arrested in 1938 and served in labor camps and exile for 18 years. In 1961 he was finally rehabilitated and lived the rest of his days in Moscow.

Voenno-Istoricheskaia Biblioteka. Cherno-belye fotografii. Alfavitnyi ukazatel' imen (po stranam).

Originally published in 1911, the author later became the leader of the Kadet Party in Russia, after the Soviet Revolution, he emigrated to and settled in New York City.