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Theory of Shadows
Author: Paolo Maurensig Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 192 On the morning of March 24, 1946, the world chess champion Alexander Alekhine was found dead in his hotel room in...
The Gulag Archipelago: (Abridged edition)
Solzhenitsyn's masterwork about those who dared to oppose Stalin and the lives shaped, devastated and wasted by the Soviet regime. Solzhenitsyn spent eleven years in labour camps and in exile....
The First Circle
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket - paperback. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A towering achievement of twentieth-century literature, The...
The Russian Question
Few living Russians speak with greater authority on their country s prospects, and few have Solzhenitsyn s genius for provoking a creative debate. Steeped as he is in Russia s...
One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich: Popular Penguins
This brutal glimpse of Russia under Stalin shocked the world when it first appeared. Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible...
Nikita's Childhood
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Condition remarks:Book: Poor Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A tender and luminous work of autobiographical fiction, Nikita's Childhood chronicles the sun-drenched days of...
Solzhenitsyn And The Secret Circle
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodBehind the Iron Curtain, where literature was both weapon and contraband, one woman found herself at the centre of one...
Prussian Nights
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWritten in secret while its author served on the front lines of the Second World War, Prussian Nights...
Candle In The Wind
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Written during the Soviet era and smuggled to the...
Alekhine's Defence
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Condition remarks:Book: AcceptableJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Minimal markings in grey lead. Few chess openings carry the mystique and daring of Alekhine's Defence, the provocative...
Solzhenitsyn
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The First Circle
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Alekhine's Best Games Of Chess: 1938-1945
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Edition: repr.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedIn the twilight years of Alexander Alekhine's reign as World Chess Champion, a series of games were played that stand as...
Murder in the Gulag: The Life and Death of Alexei Navalny
'Murder in the Gulag is brilliant journalistic writing: punchy, eloquent, page-turning and factual. It's a powerful reminder of what an extraordinary man Navalny was' - Roland Oliphant, TelegraphThe gripping sequel...
The Dissident: Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner
THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and became President Vladimir...
Candle In The Wind
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA powerful work of dramatic literature by Nobel Prize-winning Russian author Alexander Solzhenitsyn, Candle...
Pushkin
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: Previous owner. Binding condition: Good. Few literary lives burned as brilliantly — or as briefly — as that...
The Dissident: Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner
THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and became President Vladimir...
Pushkin And Russian Literature
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Chipped, torn with minor damage. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: none. Binding condition: Binding intact. Few figures in world literature cast as long a shadow...
Rebuilding Russia
Breaking the silence that marked his 16-year exile, the voice of Alexander Solzhenitsyn has again been heard in the Soviet Union. Initially at the urging of the editors of "Komsomolskaya...
The Dissident: Alexey Navalny: Profile of a Political Prisoner
THE DISSIDENT is the story of how one fearless man, offended by the dishonesty and criminality of the Russian political system, mounted a relentless opposition movement and became President Vladimir...
Solzhenitsyn's Political Thought
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Condition remarks: Condition: New in original shrink wrap. Jacket: New. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good. A rigorous work of political philosophy, Solzhenitsyn's Political Thought presents a...
Alek.: The extraordinary life of a Sudanese Refugee
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Alexander Solzhenitsyn
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One of the most important literary biographies of recent times, this is not only the story of one of the century's greatest writers, but the history of Russia itself. A...
The Complete Prose Tales Of Alexandr Sergeyevitch Pushkin
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Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light tanning on foxing on block, some tide lines on internal pages but mainly...
Eugene Onegin: A Novel in Verse
A sparkling new translation of Pushkin's masterpiece Eugene Onegin is the master work of the poet whom Russians regard as the fountainhead of their literature. Set in 1820s Russia, Pushkin's...
Alexander Pushkin: A Celebration of Russia's Best-loved Writer
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The book titled Alexander Pushkin: A Celebration of Russia's Best-loved Writer by the author A. D. P. Briggs. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...
The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great
Author: Alex Rowson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a...
The Poet And The Revolution: Aleksandr Blok's The Twelve
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Faded, no tears. Page Condition: Good; light foxing on book block. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm. At the turbulent crossroads of art and political...
Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn: Critical Essays And Documentary Materials
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew writers of the twentieth century provoked as much controversy, admiration, and political fury as Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn, and...
The Queen of Spades and Selected Works
The Queen of Spades is Pushkin's prose masterpiece, a gripping tale of avarice, obsession, madness and cards. This wonderful collection also includes the keenly and sympathetically observed story The Stationmaster...
My Best Games Of Chess: 1908-1923
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Edition: 2nd pr.,Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Chipped dj with some loss. A legend's mind laid bare on the...
Max Euwe: The Biography
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFew lives in the world of competitive chess are as compelling as that of Max Euwe, the mild-mannered...
Pushkin: A Biography
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Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Some marks and specks on blue cloth. Binding remains tight. From the shadow of imperial Russia emerges...
The Russian Revolution
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Author: Alan MooreheadBinding: HardbackPublished: COLLINS WITH HAMISH HAMILTON, 1958Condition:Book: AcceptableJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Reading copy with markingsCondition remarks: Minimal markings in grey lead. This compelling...
Shad Hadid and the Alchemists of Alexandria
Author: George JreijeFormat: Paperback, 130mm x 194mm, 256g, 384 pagesPublished: HarperCollins Publishers Inc, United States, 2023 You are invited to the Alexandria Academy . . .Twelve-year-old Shad Hadid has never...
Victory Celebrations; Prisoners; The Love-Girl And The Innocent: Three Plays
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Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very Good, minimal wear, no tears. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and intact. No stickers or labels visible. This landmark collection...
The First Circle
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Set within the claustrophobic confines of a sharashka—a specialized...
The Oak And The Calf: Sketches Of Literary Life In The Soviet Union
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Condition remarks: Condition: Very good. Jacket: Very good, with minor wear to edges. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Firm and intact. Labels: None. The Oak and the...
The Young Alexander: The Making of Alexander the Great
Author: Alex Rowson Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 512 'Popular history at its very best, thought-provoking and accessible. Underpinned by serious research, and written with panache, it summons up a...
The Tales of Ivan Belkin
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: worn/faded, chipping and tears but still structural (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A masterpiece...
The Life Of Aleksandr Blok (Two-Volume Set)
$150.00 AUD
Condition remarks: Condition: Very Good. Jacket: Very good, minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Avril Pyman's two-volume biography stands as the definitive English-language account of Aleksandr Blok, the...