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This series of biographies presents the great composers against the background of their times. Each draws on personal letters and recollections, engravings, paintings and, when they exist, photographs, to present...

Shostakovich: A Life Remembered is a unique study of the great composer Dimitri Shostakovich drawn from the reminiscences and reflections of his contemporaries. Using much material never previously published in...

Author: Lev Ozerov Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 272 Lev Ozerov's finest book, Portraits Without Frames comprises fifty intimate, skilfully crafted accounts of meetings with important figures, ranging from fellow...

Part of the Penguin Classics' fresh new editions of Tolstoy's major works - including Antony Briggs' stunning new translation of War and Peace In 1851, at the age of twenty-two,...

The Vintage Classics Russians Series - sumptuous editions of the greatest books to come out of Russia during the most tumultuous period in its history The great Russian 20th-century novel...

A new selection of seven of Dostoyevsky's best short stories, translated by Ronald Meyer The Gambler and Other Stories is Fyodor Dostoyevsky's collection of one novella and six short stories...

The greatest Russian novel of the twentieth century. The great Russian 20th-century novel from the Sunday Times bestselling author of Stalingrad. Life and Fate is an epic tale of a...

A unique collection bringing together acknowledged masterpieces from classic authors such as Chekhov and Gogol and a rich selection from less familiar writers. From the reign of the Tsars in...

Turgenev's collection of insights into Russia and the lives of those who live there Turgenev's first major prose work is a series of twenty-five Sketches- the observations and anecdotes of...

A mystery story about love, the cosmos and other fictional universes *PRE-ORDER HARUKI MURAKAMI'S NEW NOVEL, THE CITY AND ITS UNCERTAIN WALLS, NOW* A mystery story about love, the cosmos...

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Berlin, 1920s: a beacon of culture and hedonism, but a political mess. The streets are crowded with war veterans, beggars, prostitutes and madmen, desperately chasing any means to secure a...

An unprecedented account of the history of Russian architecture and its previously unrecognized links to the Western tradition This is the first book to show the development of Russian architecture...

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...

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Author: Rupert Christiansen Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 384 Serge Diaghilev was the Russian impresario who is often said to have invented the modern art form of ballet. Commissioning such...

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Winner of the Plutarch Award for Best Biography PEN Literary Award Finalist National Book Critics Circle Award Finalist New York Times Notable Book Washington Post Notable Book Boston Globe Best...

Condition remarks: Condition: Ex-Library with usual markings. From the pen of Mikhail Sholokhov, the 1965 Nobel Prize winner for Literature, One Man's Destiny stands as a poignant testament to the...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded, no tears; price clipped. Page Condition: yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: No markings visible. Binding: Intact. A landmark work of literary...

In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't know enough about it. So what...

A Russian heir to Charles Dickens, Leskov is one of the great, underrated voices of nineteenth-century Russia An outsider from the literary establishment of his day, Nikolai Leskov is one...

Author: Victor Shklovsky; Olga Shartse (trans.)Binding: HardbackPublished: Progress Publishers, 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsVictor Shklovsky's Lev Tolstoy presents a compelling and unconventional examination of the iconic Russian...

It may be difficult to imagine today, but Arturo Toscanini-recognized widely as the most celebrated conductor of the twentieth century-was once one of the most famous people in the world....

Author: Roy A. MedvedevBinding: HardbackPublished: Cambridge University Press, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a meticulous examination of the complex and often contentious literary biography...

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The book titled Moscow and Beyond, 1986 to 1989 by the author Andrei Sakharov. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't know enough about it. So what...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: good, worn/faded (refer to image). Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. Few artistic lives embody the brutal contradictions...

Author: Haruki Murakami Format: Hardback Number of Pages: 256 A special hardback edition of Murakami's classic love story, Sputnik Sweetheart. Published in this new gift edition, with an introduction from...

The book titled Tchaikovsky: A Biography by the author Anthony Holden. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image"Mastering the Endgame," authored by Mikhail Shereshevsky and Leonid Slutsky across two volumes, instructs serious chess players...

In his timely new book, Mikhail Shishkin, argues that Russia is not a 'riddle wrapped in a mystery inside an enigma': we just don't know enough about it. So what...

Condition remarks: Condition: Good to fair. Jacket: No dust jacket. Page Condition: Good - possible tanning. Markings: possible previous owner inscription. A landmark of Russian literature, Who Can Be Happy...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageVaslav Nijinsky — the name alone conjures visions of impossible leaps, otherworldly grace, and a genius so blazing...

Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly imagined work of historical fiction, White Stag of Exile chronicles the turbulent life of Hungarian composer and pianist...

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.

This volume includes Family Happiness; The Kreutzer Sonata; The Devil and Father Sergius. The four stories are all about love, but they take very different attitudes towards it. Tolstoy knows...