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Here the first three books of Paustovsky's epic autobiography - long unavailable in English - appear in a splendid new translation by Douglas Smith. Taking the reader from Paustovsky's Ukrainian youth, his family struggling on the verge of collapse, throu
Here the first three books of Paustovsky's epic autobiography - long unavailable in English - appear in a splendid new translation by Douglas Smith. Taking the reader from Paustovsky's Ukrainian youth, his family struggling on the verge of collapse, throu
Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour: Memories of Soviet Russia traces Yelena Lembersky's childhood in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in the 1970s and '80s. Her life is upended when her family decides to emigrate to America, but instead her mother is charged wi
Like a Drop of Ink in a Downpour: Memories of Soviet Russia traces Yelena Lembersky's childhood in Leningrad (Saint Petersburg) in the 1970s and '80s. Her life is upended when her family decides to emigrate to America, but instead her mother is charged wi
Книга охватывает период с древности до начала ХХ века. Автор выстраивает единую линию развития военного исскуства и раскрывает основные этапы становления стратегии на примерах крупнейших битв древности, Средневековья, нового и новейшего времени. Книга сопровождается богатым иллюстрированным материалом (более 100 схем и таблиц)
Книга охватывает период с древности до начала ХХ века. Автор выстраивает единую линию развития военного исскуства и раскрывает основные этапы становления стратегии на примерах крупнейших битв древности, Средневековья, нового и новейшего времени. Книга сопровождается богатым иллюстрированным материалом (более 100 схем и таблиц)
Ukraine is a country caught in a political tug of war: looking East to Russia and West to the European Union, this pivotal nation has long been a pawn in a global ideological game. And since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014 in response to the U
Ukraine is a country caught in a political tug of war: looking East to Russia and West to the European Union, this pivotal nation has long been a pawn in a global ideological game. And since Russia's annexation of Crimea in March 2014 in response to the U
A museum of-and travel guide to-the Soviet past, The Soviet Century explores in evocative detail both the largest and smallest aspects of life in the USSR, from the Gulag, the planned economy, the railway system, and the steel city of Magnitogorsk to cook
A museum of-and travel guide to-the Soviet past, The Soviet Century explores in evocative detail both the largest and smallest aspects of life in the USSR, from the Gulag, the planned economy, the railway system, and the steel city of Magnitogorsk to cook
In this remarkable book, Karl Schlogel unravels the interconnected histories of two of the world's most celebrated perfumes. In tsarist Russia, two French perfumers û Ernest Beaux and Auguste Michel û developed related fragrances honouring Catherine the G
In this remarkable book, Karl Schlogel unravels the interconnected histories of two of the world's most celebrated perfumes. In tsarist Russia, two French perfumers û Ernest Beaux and Auguste Michel û developed related fragrances honouring Catherine the G