В процессе формирования тоталитарного режима в Советской России переломным моментом явился 1922 г. Переход к нэпу ознаменовался ужесточением борьбы с инакомыслящими: политическими оппонентами, Церковью, интеллигенцией и др. В сборнике впервые объединен корпус основных источников, содержащих сведения о репрессивной политике советской власти в конце 1921 - начале 1923 годов, кульминацией...

Novels and short stories by Aleksei Tolstoy written from 1909 to 1944. The book includes fragments of memoirs of Korney Chukovsky about his friendship with the author.

Vanity Fair is William Thackery’s masterpiece satire of English society in the Regency era of English history, and includes the Napoleonic war period. It is the story of a poor orphan of humble birth, Becky Sharp, and her ascension to the top of the upper-class social order. A born ‘operator,’ and ‘social climber,’ narcissistic Becky focuses upon raising her social and financial position by...

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).

The book includes the story The Curious Case of Benjamin Button and 14 short stories (Tales of the Jazz Age). True American classics.

The Rosy Crucifixion: Sexus. Plexus. Nexus. Three books under one cover. Sexus is the first volume of a series called The Rosy Crucifixion, in which Miller completes his major life work. It was written in the United States during World War II, and first published in Paris in 1949. Of this remarkable project, Lawrence Durrell has said: ‘The completion of his seven-volume autobiography, if it...

ets of Norway's capital in pursuit of nourishment. In four episodes he meets a number of more or less mysterious persons, the most notable being Ylajali, a young woman with whom he has a semi-sexual encounter. This woman haunts him and he attempts to refind her to no avail. The character falls into traps of his own making, and with a lack of food, warmth and basic comfort, his mind turns slowly...

el centers on the Compson family, former Southern aristocrats who are struggling to deal with the dissolution of their family and its reputation. The novel is separated into four distinct sections. The first, April 7, 1928, is written from the perspective of Benjamin Benjy Compson, a 33-year-old man with severe mental handicaps. The second section, June 2, 1910, focuses on Quentin Compson,...