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Author : Marii︠a︡ Bochkareva
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 366 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book Yashka, My Life as Peasant, Officer and Exile written by Marii︠a︡ Bochkareva and published by . This book was released on 1919 with total page 366 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Various authors
Publisher : TSK Group LLC
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 68 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book Russian Collection for Kids: Volume Two written by Various authors and published by TSK Group LLC. This book was released on 2024-04-01 with total page 68 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The first installment of the Russian Collection for Kids series included stories of strange creatures (a talking hen, anyone?) and fascinating journeys through unlikely places (like a music box). Volume two invites its young readers to visit with all sorts of animals and to explore different professions. This collection includes the following works: - About Elephants by Boris Zhitkov - About the Monkey by Boris Zhitkov - Pudya by Boris Zhitkov - Miracle Doctor by Alexander Kuprin - The Elephant by Alexander Kuprin - Ju-Ju by Alexander Kuprin - The Carpenter by Vladimir Odoyevsky - Chestnut by Anton Chekhov - The Blue Snake by Pavel Bazhov
Author : Maksim Gorky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 422 pages
Book Rating : 4.3/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Spy written by Maksim Gorky and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Maksim Gorky
Publisher : Good Press
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 266 pages
Book Rating : 4.4/5 (66 download)
Download or read book The Spy written by Maksim Gorky and published by Good Press. This book was released on 2023-10-25 with total page 266 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous Man" by Maksim Gorky, translated by Thomas Seltzer, is a literary masterpiece that delves into the life of a superfluous man, a character who is seen as unnecessary or extraneous in society. Gorky's work offers a poignant exploration of the human condition, alienation, and the search for meaning in a world that often marginalizes individuals. The novel is a thought-provoking and emotionally charged narrative that resonates with readers interested in Russian literature and existential themes.
Author : Максим Горький
Publisher : Litres
ISBN 13 : 504089418X
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.0/5 (48 download)
Download or read book The Spy written by Максим Горький and published by Litres. This book was released on 2021-12-02 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry
Publisher : Ballantine Books
ISBN 13 : 0593356012
Total Pages : 385 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (933 download)
Download or read book The Orchard written by Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry and published by Ballantine Books. This book was released on 2022-03-15 with total page 385 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four teenagers grow inseparable in the last days of the Soviet Union—but not all of them will live to see the new world arrive in this powerful debut novel, loosely based on Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard. “Spectacular . . . intensely evocative and gorgeously written . . . will fill readers’ eyes with tears and wonder.”—Minneapolis Star Tribune Coming of age in the USSR in the 1980s, best friends Anya and Milka try to envision a free and joyful future for themselves. They spend their summers at Anya’s dacha just outside of Moscow, lazing in the apple orchard, listening to Queen songs, and fantasizing about trips abroad and the lives of American teenagers. Meanwhile, Anya’s parents talk about World War II, the Blockade, and the hardships they have endured. By the time Anya and Milka are fifteen, the Soviet Empire is on the verge of collapse. They pair up with classmates Trifonov and Lopatin, and the four friends share secrets and desires, argue about history and politics, and discuss forbidden books. But the world is changing, and the fleeting time they have together is cut short by a sudden tragedy. Years later, Anya returns to Russia from America, where she has chosen a different kind of life, far from her family and childhood friends. When she meets Lopatin again, he is a smug businessman who wants to buy her parents’ dacha and cut down the apple orchard. Haunted by the ghosts of her youth, Anya comes to the stark realization that memory does not fade or disappear; rather, it moves us across time, connecting our past to our future, joys to sorrows. Inspired by Anton Chekhov’s The Cherry Orchard, Kristina Gorcheva-Newberry’s The Orchard powerfully captures the lives of four Soviet teenagers who are about to lose their country and one another, and who struggle to survive, to save their friendship, to recover all that has been lost.
Author : James Von Geldern
Publisher : Indiana University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780253211958
Total Pages : 448 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (119 download)
Download or read book Entertaining Tsarist Russia written by James Von Geldern and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1998-08-22 with total page 448 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Companion disc features recordings of popular songs and vaudeville skits performed by some of Russia's most famous singers and comics of early twentieth century.
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ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 828 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (321 download)
Download or read book Success Magazine written by and published by . This book was released on 1908 with total page 828 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Vasiliĭ Semenovich Grossman
Publisher : NYRB Classics
ISBN 13 : 1590173619
Total Pages : 233 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book The Road written by Vasiliĭ Semenovich Grossman and published by NYRB Classics. This book was released on 2010-09-28 with total page 233 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The writer whom Vasily Grossman loved most of all was Anton Chekhov. Grossman’s own short stories are no less accomplished than his novels, and they are remarkably varied. “The Dog” is about the first living creature to be sent into space and then returned to Earth. “The Road,” an account of the war from a mule in an Italian artillery regiment, can be read as a 4,000-word distillation of Life and Fate. “Mother” is based on a true story about an orphaned girl who was adopted by Nikolay Yezhov (head of the NKVD at the height of the Great Terror) and his wife; it includes brief portraits of Stalin and several important Soviet writers and politicians—all of them as seen through the eyes of the little girl or of her honest but uncomprehending peasant nanny. As well as a dozen stories—from “In the Town of Berdichev” (Grossman’s first published success) to “In Kislovodsk” (the last story he wrote)—this volume includes an unusual article about the life of a Moscow cemetery. It also contains two letters Grossman wrote to his mother, after her death at the hands of the Nazis, and the complete text of “The Hell of Treblinka,” one of the very first, and still among the most powerful, accounts of a Nazi death camp.
Author : Maksim Gorky
Publisher : Prabhat Prakashan
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 241 pages
Book Rating : 4./5 ( download)
Download or read book The Spy: The Story of A Superfluous Man written by Maksim Gorky and published by Prabhat Prakashan. This book was released on 2021-01-01 with total page 241 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous Man by Maksim Gorky: Delve into the complexities of personal identity and societal roles with Maksim Gorky's "The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous Man." Through this narrative, readers follow the journey of a protagonist who grapples with his place in society and the yearning for authenticity. Key Aspects of the Book "The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous Man by Maksim Gorky": Character Psychology: The narrative delves into the internal struggles and psychological conflicts of the protagonist, offering readers insight into his thoughts, emotions, and reflections. Existential Themes: "The Spy" explores existential themes related to individual identity, purpose, and the search for meaning in a world that often imposes societal roles and expectations. Social Critique: The story critiques societal norms and the constraints that society places on individuals, raising questions about the consequences of conforming to or resisting these norms. Maksim Gorky was a Russian author known for his contributions to literature and his exploration of social and psychological themes. Through The Spy: The Story of a Superfluous Man, Gorky presents readers with a narrative that challenges assumptions about identity and societal roles.
Author : Franklin Pierce Adams
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 300 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (2 download)
Download or read book The Book of Diversion written by Franklin Pierce Adams and published by . This book was released on 1925 with total page 300 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : Matt Rader
Publisher : Harbour Publishing
ISBN 13 : 0889710392
Total Pages : 192 pages
Book Rating : 4.8/5 (897 download)
Download or read book What I Want to Tell Goes Like This written by Matt Rader and published by Harbour Publishing. This book was released on 2015-07-15 with total page 192 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: What I Want to Tell Goes Like This is an intensely original first short story collection from acclaimed poet Matt Rader. The last story, "All This Was a Long Time Ago," is the 2014 winner of the Jack Hodgins Founders' Award for fiction from The Malahat Review, and other offerings from the collection have appeared in Event, The New Quarterly, Grain, Joyland, Forget Magazine and the Rusty Toque. Rader's command of tension is masterful in these dark, off-kilter stories that are largely set in the context of the working/labour class in and around the Comox Valley on Vancouver Island, BC. They alternate between exploring the history of severe labour struggles in the area over a century ago, and the present-day experiences of people sliding through transitional, ambiguous moments in their relationships and sexuality. The juxtaposition of the two time periods seems to hint at the echoes of the harsh, violent legacy of the earlier age and its power struggles that continue to resonate in contemporary life. In What I Want to Tell Goes Like This, we are witness to the controversial shooting death of infamous union activist Albert "Ginger" Goodwin by a police constable in 1918; to the squalor of tent cities erected on the Royston Bay mudflats during the Great Vancouver Coal Strike of 1912-14; to two boys’ experimentation with sexual violence at the end of a secluded logging road; and to clarity and companionship found in a small cabin by the sea as a son cares for his dying father—a rough man who abandoned him when he was eight. In Rader's artful tales of grit and mystery, danger never feels far away.
Author : James Thomas Farrell
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 462 pages
Book Rating : 4.:/5 (1 download)
Download or read book Fellow Countrymen written by James Thomas Farrell and published by . This book was released on 1937 with total page 462 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Author : George Saunders
Publisher : Random House
ISBN 13 : 1984856049
Total Pages : 433 pages
Book Rating : 4.9/5 (848 download)
Download or read book A Swim in a Pond in the Rain written by George Saunders and published by Random House. This book was released on 2021-01-12 with total page 433 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • From the Booker Prize–winning author of Lincoln in the Bardo and Tenth of December comes a literary master class on what makes great stories work and what they can tell us about ourselves—and our world today. LONGLISTED FOR THE PEN/DIAMONSTEIN-SPIELVOGEL AWARD • ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR: The Washington Post, NPR, Time, San Francisco Chronicle, Esquire, Milwaukee Journal Sentinel, Town & Country, The Rumpus, Electric Lit, Thrillist, BookPage • “[A] worship song to writers and readers.”—Oprah Daily For the last twenty years, George Saunders has been teaching a class on the Russian short story to his MFA students at Syracuse University. In A Swim in a Pond in the Rain, he shares a version of that class with us, offering some of what he and his students have discovered together over the years. Paired with iconic short stories by Chekhov, Turgenev, Tolstoy, and Gogol, the seven essays in this book are intended for anyone interested in how fiction works and why it’s more relevant than ever in these turbulent times. In his introduction, Saunders writes, “We’re going to enter seven fastidiously constructed scale models of the world, made for a specific purpose that our time maybe doesn’t fully endorse but that these writers accepted implicitly as the aim of art—namely, to ask the big questions, questions like, How are we supposed to be living down here? What were we put here to accomplish? What should we value? What is truth, anyway, and how might we recognize it?” He approaches the stories technically yet accessibly, and through them explains how narrative functions; why we stay immersed in a story and why we resist it; and the bedrock virtues a writer must foster. The process of writing, Saunders reminds us, is a technical craft, but also a way of training oneself to see the world with new openness and curiosity. A Swim in a Pond in the Rain is a deep exploration not just of how great writing works but of how the mind itself works while reading, and of how the reading and writing of stories make genuine connection possible.
Author : Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev
Publisher : Penn State Press
ISBN 13 : 0271028610
Total Pages : 872 pages
Book Rating : 4.2/5 (71 download)
Download or read book Memoirs of Nikita Khrushchev written by Nikita Sergeevich Khrushchev and published by Penn State Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 872 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Nikita Khrushchev&’s proclamation from the floor of the United Nations that &“we will bury you&” is one of the most chilling and memorable moments in the history of the Cold War, but from the Cuban Missile Crisis to his criticism of the Soviet ruling structure late in his career, the motivation for Khrushchev&’s actions wasn&’t always clear. Many Americans regarded him as a monster, while in the USSR he was viewed at various times as either hero or traitor. But what was he really like, and what did he really think? Readers of Khrushchev&’s memoirs will now be able to answer these questions for themselves (and will discover that what Khrushchev really said at the UN was &“we will bury colonialism&”). This is the second volume of three in the only complete and fully reliable version of the memoirs available in English. In the first volume, published in 2004, Khrushchev takes his story up to the close of World War II. In the first section of this second volume, he covers the period from 1945 to 1956, from the famine and devastation of the immediate aftermath of the war to Stalin&’s death, the subsequent power struggle, and the Twentieth Party Congress. The remaining sections are devoted to Khrushchev&’s recollections and thoughts about various domestic and international problems. In the second and third sections, he recalls the virgin lands and other agricultural campaigns and his dealings with nuclear scientists and weapons designers. He also considers other sectors of the economy, specifically construction and the provision of consumer goods, administrative reform, and questions of war, peace, and disarmament. In the last section, he discusses the relations between the party leadership and the intelligentsia. Included among the Appendixes are the notebooks of Nina Petrovna Kukharchuk, Khrushchev&’s wife.
Author : Yoram Kaniuk
Publisher : New York Review of Books
ISBN 13 : 1590176480
Total Pages : 205 pages
Book Rating : 4.5/5 (91 download)
Download or read book 1948 written by Yoram Kaniuk and published by New York Review of Books. This book was released on 2012-11-27 with total page 205 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Sixty years after fighting in Israel's War of Independence, Yoram Kaniuk tries to remember what exactly did—and did not—happen in his time as a teenage soldier in the Palmach. The result is a touchingly poignant and hauntingly beautiful memoir that the author himself considers a work of fiction, for what is memory but one's own story about the past? Eschewing self-righteousness in favor of self-criticism, Kaniuk's book, winner of the 2010 Sapir Prize for Literature, is the tale of a younger man told by his older, wiser self—the self who realizes that wars are pointless, and that he and his friends, young men from good homes forming an offbeat band of brothers, were senseless to see glory in the prospect of dying young. But it is also a painful, shocking, and tragically relevant homage to the importance of bearing witness to the follies of the past, even—or especially—when they are one's own.
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Publisher : Chicago Review Press
ISBN 13 : 1613746865
Total Pages : 260 pages
Book Rating : 4.6/5 (137 download)
Download or read book Women Heroes of World War I written by and published by Chicago Review Press. This book was released on 2014-06-01 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Women Heroes of World War I brings to life the brave exploits of 16 women from around the world who served their countries at a time when most of them didn’t even have the right to vote. Readers meet 17-year-old Frenchwoman Emilienne Moreau, who assisted the Allies as a guide and set up a first-aid post in her home; Russian peasant Maria Bochkareva, who joined the Imperial Russian Army, was twice wounded in battle and decorated for bravery, and created and led the all-women combat unit the Women’s Battalion of Death; and American journalist Madeleine Zabriskie Doty, who risked her life to travel twice to Germany during the war. Resented, watched, and pursued by spies, she was determined to report back the truth. These and other suspense-filled stories of daring girls and women from the United States, United Kingdom, France, Russia, Belgium, Romania, and Australia are told through the use of engaging narrative, dialogue, direct quotes, and document and diary excerpts. Introductory material opens each section to provide solid historical context, and each profile includes informative sidebars and “Learn More” lists of relevant books and websites, making this a fabulous resource for students, teachers, parents, libraries, and homeschoolers. Kathryn J. Atwood is the author of Women Heroes of World War II and editor of Code Name Pauline: Memoirs of a World War II Special Agent. She has contributed to War, Literature, and the Arts, PopMatters.com, Midwest Book Review, and Women’s Independent Press. She lives in the suburbs of Chicago.
