A major contribution to the historiography of twentieth century Russia, The Bolsheviks in Power shines a revealing spotlight on the fateful first year of Soviet rule in Petrograd. It examines events that profoundly shaped the Soviet political system that endured through generations.

A revisionist look at Khrushchev and his denunciation of Stalin and Stalin's terror.

Stefan Zweig based his biography of Marie Antoinette, who became the Queen of France at the age of fifteen, on the correspondence between her and her mother, and her great love the Count Axel von Fersen. Zweig analyzes the chemistry of a woman’s soul from her intimate pleasures to her public suffering as a Queen under the weight of misfortune and history. Zweig describes Marie Antoinette in the...

1922 marked the beginning of the transition of Soviet Russia into a totalitarian society. The beginnings of NEP also brought with a crackdown on against those not sharing the new ideology: political opponents, the clergy, the intelligentsiia and more. This volume represents the first time that such an exhaustive array of documents have been published covering the critical years from the end...

The successful English naval blockade of Germany (and Austro-Hungary), meant that the only source of iron ore for the Central Powers was neutral Sweden. Both the English and Russian fleets ran operations to disrupt and prevent iron ore from reaching the enemy. This book examines and reviews the ships and tactics of these operations.

A detailed collection of documents on the course and evolution of Perestroika related to its main architect, Alexander Iakovlev. One of the first Russians to come to the US on a Fulbright in the 1950s (together with Oleg Kalugin), Iakovlev became the leading thinker and architect of perestroika and glasnost under M S Gorbachev. Vital collection for anyone interested in contemporary Russian...

A collection of six poems by Tatiana Nikolina: Straw House Lane, Beavers' Song, Hippopotamus, Scandal at the Zoo, Walrus, Lilac Wind. Illustrations on every page.

The book presents the history of France from ancient times to the present day. The book is presented in the form of a chronicle highlighting year by year critical milestones in French history.

This edition contains foreword by Dmitry Nabokov (Vladimir Nabokov's son), translation of the novel's text into Russian, foreword by the translator Gennady Barabtarlo, and the original text of Laura in English (images of the flash cards with Nabokov's handwriting and transcribed text).