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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. At the crossroads of empire and revolution, Russia: A...

A darkly comic dystopian odyssey, from one of Russia's leading contemporary novelists Garin, a country doctor, is desperately trying to reach the village of Dolgoye, where a mysterious epidemic is...

The book titled Gorbachev: Heretic in the Kremlin by the author Dusko Doder. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Author: Sean Mirski Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 512 What did it take for the United States to become a global superpower? The answer lies in a missing chapter of...

An epic novel of love, war and revolution from Mikhail Sholokhov, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature One of the most important Russian masterpieces of the 20th century, And...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBeneath the rigid ideological surface of Stalinist Russia, a quieter revolution was unfolding — one not of workers...

The book titled Deadly Illusions: The KGB Orlov Dossier Reveals Stalin's Master Spy by the author John Costello. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books What would happen if a doctor implanted the pituitary gland and testicles of a man into the body of a stray...

Yogev Ben-Ari has been sent to St Petersburg by the Mossad - ostensibly to set up business links. His life is solitary, ordered and lonely, until he meets Anna. Neither...

Chronicles the life of the Russian Jew and World War II correspondent for the Soviet Army who became a passionate critic of the new regime.

This revised edition has been completely re-set with an updated index and a new preface Isaiah Berlin witnessed the excesses of the Russian Revolution as a child, and in becoming...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: GoodCondition remarks: spine missing from the djAt the height of the Cold War, when the fate of civilisation seemed to hang in the balance...

It was one of those days when Inspector Porfiry Rostnikov should have stayed in bed. After braving a ferocious storm, Rostnikov arrives inside the Petrovka headquarters only to find three...

Michael Calvey's story starts with a dawn raid on his Moscow apartment by armed FSB agents, following accusations of embezzlement relating to a commercial deal turned sour. In truth, no...

Author: D. A. Mishani Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 288 Soul-shattering and profound detective novel from the international award-winning sensation. WHAT YOU DON'T KNOW CAN NEVER HURT YOU....

Edition: 1st uk ed.,Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed Markings: No markingsThe Man Who Walked Like A Bear plunges readers into the intricate world of Soviet-era Moscow, where...

A major new translation of one of Dostoyevsky's four great novels Pyotr and Stavrogin are the leaders of a Russian revolutionary cell. Their aim is to overthrow the Tsar, destroy...

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...

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...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedFew lives have intersected so dramatically with history as that of W. S. Woytinsky, whose memoir Stormy Passage chronicles five...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, small tear on back top corner of jacket. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding condition: Good - no loose pages or broken binding....

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedA killer with a taste for matrimony and a talent for vanishing acts meets his match in...

Author: Stuart M. KaminskyBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis gripping mystery, Rostnikov's Corpse, transports readers to the chilling streets of Soviet-era Moscow. It...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: minor tear on dj. Few writers embodied the turbulence of their age as completely as Maxim Gorky —...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew literary figures of the twentieth century provoke as much fascination and controversy as Mikhail Sholokhov, the Soviet Nobel laureate whose epic...

NB: This is a secondhand book in very good condition. See our FAQs for more information. Please note that the jacket image is indicative only. Author: Sergei Mironenko Format: Hardback...

Edition: First English EditionCondition remarks: Condition: Good for age. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition; lightly stained; yellowed boards. Page Condition: Yellowed. Markings: No markings. Binding condition:...

The Vintage Classics Russians Series - sumptuous editions of the greatest books to come out of Russia during the most tumultuous period in its history Read this stunning new translation...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Good, minimal wear. Page Condition: Good. Markings: No markings. Binding: Tight and intact. A cornerstone of Dostoevsky scholarship, Dostoyevsky: The Novel of Discord presents a...

The critically acclaimed author of The Madonnas of Leningrad ("Elegant and poetic, the rare kind of book that you want to keep but you have to share" -Isabel Allende), Debra...

Here is an eyewitness account of the six years of turbulent change from the Soviet Union to Russia. Jonathan Steele's three decades as a journalist covering that eternal nation have...

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Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A cornerstone of nineteenth-century Russian literature, Selected Tales gathers...

The book titled Richard Meinertzhagen: Soldier, Scientist and Spy by the author Mark Cocker. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA scholarly work of literary criticism and biography, this study presents a richly detailed portrait of Vsevolod Garshin,...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Small stains on block - does not extend internally. A landmark work in theatrical memoir and history, My...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: GoodFew writers have charted the abyss of the human soul with the relentless precision of Fyodor Dostoyevsky, and Malcolm V. Jones's Dostoyevsky:...

The book titled Dmytryshyn Imperial Russia 3e by the author Basil Dmytryshyn. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Slightly creased spine. Yellowed cover. Few names in the history of chess carry the electric...

'Thrilling, propulsive and terrifying' Simon Sebag Montefiore THE SECOND NOVEL FROM FORMER CIA OFFICER AND THE BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF ***THE TIMES THRILLER OF THE YEAR***DAMASCUS STATION ('One of the best...

Author: Milovan DjilasBinding: HardbackPublisher: Methuen, 1969Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: N/APages: FEP missing Markings: No markingsMilovan Djilas's The Unperfect Society presents a profound analysis of socialist ideology and its practical applications,...