A biography of the two boxing brothers Vitalii and Vladimir Klichko.

Officials of Pre-revolutionary Russia: Biographies (19 - beginning of 20th century). Reference list of literature on their life and work. This volume covers period from 1801-1855.

The first collected works of Academician Andrei Dmitrievich Sakharov (1921-1989) include 'Memories' (in three volumes), a collection of articles, letters, speeches and interviews 'Anxiety and Hope' (in two volumes), as well as the first published novel-document ' Diaries of Andrei Sakharov and Elena Bonner (in three volumes). The first volume publishes the beginning of the documentary novel by...

This book presents readers with an 'epistolary' look at Ilia Ilf. This first unabridged edition contains letters to his wife and friends, which were written over a 15 year period (1921-1936). There are no letters to Evgenii Petrov, however, since the two were practically never parted. The envelopes have stamps from Odessa, Moscow, Leningrad, and also cities in Europe and the United States....

Since his speech at the Democratic National Convention in 2004, Obama has captured attention as reporters, politicos, and ordinary citizens have wondered if he might be the nation's first black president. Chicago Tribune reporter Mendell argues that although Obama's rise to the national stage might seem unplanned, it is the outcome of a carefully calculated strategy by an ambitious man. Mendell...