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Vol. 5 • No. 3
Winter 2009
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America
NASA Mooned America
Kak NASA pokazalo Amerike Lunu [perevod s angliiskogo]
$26.00
Rene, R.
Did American Astronauts really travel to the moon? The question arises time
and again, engaging the minds on both sides of the Atlantic Ocean. An everincreasing number of skeptics point to inconsistencies in the official version
from NASA and that many facts of the American lunar missions remain
classified. There is another view: That NASA representatives – for some secret
purpose--are spreading rumors that the moon landing was a pure hoax. But
why would they do such a thing? During the Cold War, The two great powers
and their struggle for supremacy in space exploration was unusually fierce, and
each country aimed to win the space race at any cost. Many of the mysteries of
that terrible time have never been disclosed – until now! American engineer,
researcher, and writer Ralph Rene, dissatisfied with such explanations, takes on
the American Space Agency, peeling back the layers of secrecy. If you are
interested in some hidden history of America’s space program, this book is for
you... Translated from English. 256 p. ENAS: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
9785931969213. Item No: 835894B
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On Prairies Large: The Pipe of Peace and the Axe of War
Na prostorakh prerii: trubka mira i topor voiny
Stukalin, IU. V.
$26.00
The historical clashes of Native Americans and Europeans is the subject of this
book. The brave warriors and the skilled hunters lived for centuries in unity
with nature, but once the Europeans arrived, they died in large numbers and
were expelled from their lands. The book, based on the historical sources and
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Russian America
Russkaia Amerika
Burlak, V. N.
$29.00
Why was it necessary to create Russian colonies in the New World? Why were they
then ceded to the United States of America on such unfavorable terms for Russia?
How did the fate of the Russians in Alaska end after the famous land deal of 1867?
V.N. Burlak attempts to reveal the truth about the necessity of Russian America to
our Motherland. The short history of Russian America is an integral part of the
history of Russia. 384 p. Veche: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785953336. Item No:
835354B
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Dictionary
The Illustrated Glossary of Russian Language:
The Modern Version
Illiustrirovannyi tolkovyi slovar’ russkogo iazyka: sovremennaia versiia
Dal’, Vladimir Ivanovich
$37.00
“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Russian Language” of V.I. Dal - the
national pride of Russia and a true masterpiece of Russian literature. There
are approximately 200 thousand words and no less than 30 thousand
proverbs and sayings. Before you is a unique, fully illustrated contemporary
edition of this unique monument of the national language. Numerous
illustrations throughout - images of national history and the rich, tangible
culture of our people - make this dictionary a true encyclopedia of Russian
life. 287 p. EKSMO: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785699205776 Item No.
835847B
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Fiction
The White Dove of Cordoba
The Road of War
Belaia golubka Kordovy: roman
Rubina, Dina Il’inichna
$26.00
The seventh novel of D. Rubina begins a new era in her
work. Truly, no one on earth can say who he is. A genius
at forgery, in love with painting. A liar with the soul of
an artist. A noble adventurer, a Robin Hood of art, a
brilliant, charming rogue. This is the tragic and the
adventurous life of Zahar Kordovin, showcased in this
exciting thriller! 537 p. EKSMO: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
5699373438. Item No: 838719B
Doroga voiny
Bol’shakov, Valerii
$20.00
The heroes of “The Praetorian” and “The Centurion”
are on the warpath again. This time they will seek
treasures and battle enemies to save their friends and–
at the same time–the Roman Empire. Adventures,
battles, duels, barbarians, Romans, and, of course,
love! 410 p. AST/Astrel’-Spb/VKT: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170577675. Item No: 834636B
Piglet’s Perfect Body
Bikini
Bikini [perevod s pol’skogo]
$32.00
Vishnevskii, IA.
The new novel of Y.L. Vishnevsky follows the love
story of a German woman and an American man at
the end of World War II. Anna, a beautiful woman,
speaks English and dreams of a career of the
photographer. Believing her photographs of her
destroyed native land will win her fame, she travels
to New York, a city humming with possibilities
before traveling to Bikini atoll, a place awaiting
a terrible fate... Translated from Polish. 542 p.
AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785170616879.
Item No: 840751B
Ideal’noe telo Piatachka
Dontsova, Dar’ia
$24.00
Tanya Sergeeva is in tears. She even has never even had
a cat, and now she struggling with her new duties as a
zoo psychologist. Following the footprints of a missing
girl, Tanya comes to the mansion of the businessman
Herman Knabe. But now that Tanya is inside the house,
there are so many mysteries to explore: A ghost roams
and rings the bells, the maids disappear, and it is unclear
where the secret passage really leads. Only the dungeon
is left unexeplored, and Tanya walks straight into the
unknown! 384 p. EKSMO: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699365487. Item No: 839911B
The Cold Harbour
Blessed are the Poor in Spirit
Blazhenny nishchie dukhom
Bessmertnaia, Anna
$22.00
The Fates sometimes put men in strange situations:
A child whose father is serving a stint in the war
zone has the surname of the Blessed Saint. In the
year 1986, he is sent to Afghanistan, and the fate of
a Saint obtains new life in the story of an ordinary
Russian boy. The Gift of Insight is given in exchange
for future losses. Can you guess whether your
colleague is a sworn enemy? Is love of a woman
enough to heal the wounds of war? Are happy
endings possible in our time? 345 p. EKSMO:
Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785699319343.
The God of Rain
Bog dozhdia [roman o zapretnoi liubvi]
Kucherskaia, Maiia Aleksandrovna
$21.00
A novel of forbidden love, of walking on a tightrope, of
the sweetness of temptation, the darkness of the fall, the
limits of human freedom, and the difficulties of
adolescence. This novel recalls the greatest Russian prosemasters of the past, such as Nabokov and Tolstoy. It is
no accident that this novel was short listed for various
literary prizes and captured the “Student Booker” (2007).
349 p. AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
9785170569519. Item No: 835019B
Kholodnaia gavan’ [perevod s angliiskogo]
Ieits R.
$29.00
For the first time in Russian - One of the most
significant novels from the modern American master,
Richard Yates, author of “The Easter Parade” and “The
Roads of Change.” “The Cold Harbour” tells the tale
of two families brought together by chance, desperation,
and longing. Evan Shepard—from a small town on
Long Island—takes his father, a retired military man,
to Manhattan to see an ophthalmologist. When his
car breaks down in the middle of Greenwich Village,
his father knocks into the first door they come to and
asks to use the telephone - and in just a couple of hours
the lives of the Shepard family will become closely
intertwined with the Drakes. Translated from English.
192 p. Azbuka-klassika: St. Petersburg, 2009.
ISBN: 9785998500930. Item No: 835169B
The Year of Deception
God obmana [roman]
Gelasimov, Andrei
$23.00
A wealthy Russian gives his son, a difficult young
man who is intelligent and nervous, a new toy – one
unlucky employee of his own office. And so begins
an unlikely love story. 349 p. EKSMO: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699346721. Item No: 839562B
Cold Spring in Provence.
Chaika
Akunin, Boris
$20.00
Includes the comedy in two actions: “The Seagull” by
B. Akunin and the play of the same name by A.P.
Chehov. 192 p. OLMA Media Grupp: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785373024693. Item No: 839345B
Kholodnaia vesna v Provanse
Rubina, Dina
$18.00
The new novel by Dina Rubina is new in all senses of
the word: An unexpected and virtuosic somersault, it
showcases an absolute transformation of style by the
author. Open this novel and you will meet the
Babylonian crowd: Urban madmen and alcoholics,
Russian noblemen, exiles and the convicts, “white
colonialists,” and the “hunters of hashish”... 332 p.
EKSMO: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785699306206.
Item No: 838000B
Two Kingdoms
Chicken in Flight
Item No: 839555B
The Seagull
Dva tsarstva [rasskazy, skazki]
Petrushevskaia, Liudmila Stefanovna
$32.00
“Two Kingdoms” is a book of mysticism. In these
stories, the dead return to life and those in love live
forever, just like the ghosts of opera and poetry - they
cannot leave this world. After all, art is eternal, the
author tells us. The book consists of four sections:
Stories, “The Songs of the Eastern Slavs”, The Fairy
Tales, and the short mystical story “Three travels, or
the Possibility of Menippea.” 397 p. Amfora/TID Amfora
Sankt-Peterburg, 2009. ISBN: 9785367009408. Item
No: 840888B
Kuritsa v polete
Vil’mont, Ekaterina Nikolaevna
$20.00
She is a natural born cook, her creations are a delight to
the palate! But there no one in Ella’s life to share her
creations. The men appear in her life, and dissolve as if
cake in her mouth. Where is the one who will appreciate
her talents and accept her for who she is? 299 p.
AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785170467556.
Item No: 837972B
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Fiction, continued
A Graveyard for Lunatics
Lyalya, Natasha, Tom
Kladbishche dlia bezumtsev [perevod s angliiskogo]
Bredberi R.
$29.00
For the first time in Russian - the second novel in the
mystery trilogy featuring “Death is the Lonely Act” and
“Let’s All Kill Constance.” The action in this crime
detective noir-novel takes place in Hollywood. At a
midnight party in a graveyard adjacent to the studio
where he works, the narrator glimpses the dangling
papier-mâché corpse of a film magnate presumed killed
exactly 20 years earlier. Others are killed as well, instilling
panic on the set. But is this all to cover up what really
happened two decades ago? Featuring a monocle-wearing
Austrian-Chinese director Lenin’s ex-makeup man from
the Kremlin a gaunt, sermonizing actor named Jesus
Christ a feisty ex-movie queen who demands that “J.C.”
bless her and other oddballs! Translated from English.
448 p. EKSMO/Domino, 2009. ISBN: 9785699356331.
Item No: 840131B
Lialia, Natasha, Toma [povesti i rasskazy]
Murav’eva, Irina
$21.00
The collected essays and stories of Irina Muravyova,
gathering both previously published and new works,
including - “The Bear’s ABC”, which the magazine
“The New World” gave high praise. The story “The
Edge” was also well received and was included in
the collection of the 26 best works from international
women writers. The author is not afraid to touch the
hidden darkness of the human soul - where we, for
the most part, prefer not to look. 345 p.
EKSMO: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785699361830.
Item No: 839558B
On the Seventh Day: Stories
Na sed’moi den’: rasskazy
Etman, Aleksandr
$26.00
Alexander Etman, journalist, publisher and
Editor-in-Chief editor of the newspaper “New
Light” (Chicago), has lived in the United States
for almost 20 years. His first book published in
Russia includes stories about the troubles and
a joy of the latest wave of Russian emigrates.
These stories, both funny and sad, show the
people in different situations, create a unique
picture of life in American society, but the
important is, “...they are interesting to read”
(Dina Rubina). 381 p. Vremia: Moscow,
2009. ISBN: 9785969104433. Item No: 838349B
The Code of Loneliness
Kod odinochestva [roman]
Leont’ev, Anton
$16.00
Alex Spasovich dedicated his life to one purpose - the
revenge against his enemy, the villainous Athanasius
Bespalov, the man who stole his father’s invention and
became the richest man in Russia at the beginning of
20th century. His family devastated and ruined, Alex
swore Bespalov would pay. But when the daughter of
his enemy becomes his wife and the fates of two
families become intertwined, will their children and
grandchildren, unaware of the tragic history, avoid
the family curse? 413 p. EKSMO: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699336883. Item No: 838851B
Steep Guys
Krutye parni
Stella, Charli
$24.00
Jimmy Mandzhino, called “Beefcake” for an
extraordinary physical strength is hundred-per-cent
gunman gangster. He has recently come out of prison,
and he again gets to work. His dream is to join the
mob, to become the insider in the criminal clan of
Vineri. He is ready to do anything for the right to be
a member of the “family” and therefore he does not
shrink either blackmail, or violence, or murder. Two
honest cops, the detectives of the New York Police,
resist Jimmy. 224 p. TSentrpoligraf: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785952442900. Item No: 835809B
The Love Parade
Lavparad
Kondrashov, Aleksandr Ivanovich
$21.00
Anastasia Izotova is a talented, beautiful and beloved
TV anchorwoman. Her essays are deep, precise, and
ironic. The whole country is in love with her image
without seeing the real Anastasia. Sadly, she has to
pay the price of popularity: Her every day is filled
with work, work and more work. She has no time
for a private life. But once she gets texted with a
declaration of love, her life changes... 315 p. Molodaia
gvardiia: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785235032590.
Item No: 839019B
The Macedonian Criticism of French thought
Makedonskaia kritika frantsuzskoi mysli
[povesti i rasskazy]
Pelevin, Viktor
$18.00
The Collected Stories of Victor Pelevin. 314 p.
EKSMO: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785699246250.
Item No: 838844B
On the Sunny Side of the Street: A Novel
Na solnechnoi storone ulitsy: roman
Rubina, Dina
$31.00
“The sun was setting when he left the house with his
easel and walked to the field. There, leaning his easel
against a haystack, he pulled out a gun and shot
himself in the heart. But the hand that had always
obeyed the eye when holding the brush, this time
failed him: he shot himself in the the diaphragm. Dr.
Gachet, summoned to the bedside of the dying artist,
immediately sent a note to the artist’s brother. When
the brother burst into the room and rushed to the bed,
Vincent said: “Do not cry. The anguish still
remains…” 380 p. EKSMO: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
9785699263363. Item No: 837996B
Nagant: Novels and Short Stories
Nagant: povesti i rasskazy
Elizarov, Mikhail
$26.00
The collection includes the early works of Michael
Yelizarov, written in 2000-2005. The story “Fingernails”
and two dozen others, all different in style, brought
the author honour as one of the most expected debuts
of the decade. 302 p. Ad Marginem: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785911030421. Item No: 834561B
Ours
Nashi
Dovlatov, Sergei
$18.00
Twelve chapters of “Ours” were written by Dovlatov in
the early 1980’s as self-contained stories. The heroes of
the stories are real people and is a book showing how
“common sense” helps us maintain our dignity in the
most incredible real-life situations. 153 p. Azbukaklassika: Sankt-Peterburg, 2009. ISBN:
9785998501302. Item No: 839064B
The Adversaria
Obshchaia tetrad’ [esse, p’esa]
Moskvina, Tat’iana Vladimirovna
$22.00
Tatiana Moskvina – Famed author, script writer
and “The Hurricane of Modern Art Criticism.”
Loved, hated, and admired, she always writes what
she thinks. Written in a witty manner, this collection
includes criticisms and analysis of: “The Hen Ryaba,”
“The Promised Heaven,” “The Barber of Siberia,”
“The Da Vinci Code,” “Mother and Son,”
“The Idiot,” “Yesenin,” “The Day Patrol,”
“The Master and Margarita,” “Ilya of Murom
and Nightingale the Robber,” and “The Admiral.”
346 p. AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170597826. Item No: 838789B
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Fiction, continued
The Loneliness of Gargoyle
The Muscovy Tsar’s Baculi
Odinochestvo gargul’i
Chekalov, Denis
$19.00
Father Sylvester arrives Moscow from Novgorod.
An Angel has sent him a vision - he must find the
sacred book, brought to Russia centuries ago from
Constantinople. Peter promises to help Sylvester,
but soon Peter has to choose between his faith in
God and the life of his son. This novel of Dennis
Chekalov “The Loneliness of Gargoyle” continues
his new series of the historical fantasies. 305 p.
AST/Severo-Zapad Press/VKT: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170569922. Item No: 838776B
Posokh tsaria Moskovii
Gladkii, Vitalii
$23.00
Legend says that when in the presence of poison the
unicorn’s horn becomes misted and changes the color.
If you put a piece of horn in the poison, the horn will
foam and neutralize the poison. The Tsar Ivan the
Terrible also wanted to own a unicorn. The Unicorn
became the personal emblem of the tsar, its picture
appeared on the small state seal. However the unicorn
horn of Ivan the Terrible was a fake. The horn of the
unicorn forged by his staff not only did not save him,
but probably it was the cause of the Tsar’s premature
death. The new novel by Vitaly Gladkov opens the veil
of secrecy over the mysterious and horrible death of one
of the darkest rulers of Russia! 336 p. Veche: Moscow,
2009. ISBN: 9785953337847. Item No: 839893B
Autumn in St. Petersburg
Osen’ v Peterburge
$22.00
Coetzee, J.M.
Exploring the life of the most mysterious of all the Nobel
laureates, a twice winner of the “Booker Award” who
never appeared on the award presentation and whose
Nobel speech was devoted to Robinson Crusoe. A man
whose very name remained a mystery for years. Fyodor
Dostoevsky arrives from abroad and into St. Petersburg
he secretly slips into the world of the characters of his
works and novels-yet-to-be. The exacting reconstruction
of the realities of St. Petersburg of the time of
Dostoyevsky. 368 p. EKSMO/Domino: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699356379. Item No: 835796B
The Escape of BlackBerry
Pobeg kumaniki: roman
Eltang, Lena
$30.00
The hero of “The Escape of BlackBerry” is in
part of a long line of eternal heroes: Prince Myshkin,
Godunov-Cherdyntsev, the apprentice of the School
for Fools, the Passenger of the train Moscow-Petushki.
After reading this brilliant and exquisite novel
you begin to understand a little bit clearly
the meaning of “the breath of life.” 413 p.
AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785170599134.
Item No: 840837B
A Gift
Podarok [perevod s angliiskogo]
Ahern, Cecelia
$28.00
Businessman Lou Suffern has been gifted by fate. He has
everything and man could want: The perfect job, a
beautiful wife, lovely children, and a house fit for a
king. But he feels no joy, as he constantly has to
sacrifice time with those the near and dear to him for
the sake of his career. Then Lou meets a strange
homeless man, Gabe, and he helps him to get a job in
his company. In return, Gabe gives Lou a gift: He
grants him the wondrous ability to be in two places at
once. After that, Lou has time to be everywhere and
time to do everything. At last he finds his longed-for
happiness. But not for long ... Translated from English.
352 p. Inostranka: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
9785389006478. Item No: 840725B
Give Heart to Me, My Soldier
Poliubi menia, soldatik
Bykov, V. V.
$22.00
In 1942, a young man of eighteen is been drafted into the
Red Army. He fights in all hard battles of the Great
Patriotic War: He fights with the fascists and buries his
fallen comrades. He is gravely wounded and considered
the missing, his name tied to one of the mass graves of
the war. War is the central theme of Bykov’s creative
work, and all of his heroes are scared by life and death.
It is not the battle scenes that engage the reader, but the
moral choices of a man in a merciless arena of carnage.
This book includes the stories “To Go and Never
Return,” “The Swamp,” “Love Me, Soldier” and “The
wolf ’s Pit.” 384 p. EKSMO: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699373444. Item No: 840515B
The Hospital Ward: A Medical Novel
Priemnyi pokoi: vrachebnyi roman
Solomatina, Tat’iana IUr’evna
$18.00
This book immerses the reader in the lives of doctors
and patients. Of birth and death, teachers and students.
Family secrets and a generation growing up on the
ruins of the old empire. Of the denial of God, and the
acceptance of God’s commandments. Of the belief
that is no magic, and yet acknowledging it permeates
through everything. About wingless angels and
ruthless demons. And of course, love ... 316 p.
AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785170610501.
Item No: 838726B
The Sin
Grekh: roman v rasskazakh
Prilepin, Zakhar
$23.00
Zakhar Prilepin’s works of prose have risen to the top of
literature in recent years. His novels "The Pathology"
and “Sanka” were the finalists of prestigious literary
prizes such as “National Best Seller” and “Russian
Booker.” In this novel, “The Sin”, the hero, a the
talented, bright young man, who is able to love life to
the very end. Neither the working as a gravedigger, nor
the position of a bouncer, nor the Chechnya war turns him
into a skeptic. This book extols the longing to live a full
life… 254 p. Vagrius: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
9785969707603. Item No: 836673B
The Knight of the Iron Fist
Rytsar’ Zheleznogo Kulaka
Tikhomirov, Artem
$22.00
A stalwart knight roams on the world, always ready to
help the needy. He will defend people from the power
of the warlock, fight the dragon on the mountain, or
help an old lady cross the street. His name is Braga of
Shidama, called The Scarecrow for his monstrous
appearance. However, our hero believed he is an
enchanted human, not a monster, and someday his true
image and memory will return. But until that day, there
are heroic deed and adventures to undertake, for the
world is filled with cruel cannibals, evil witches, and
cunning elven princesses. 448 p. EKSMO: Moscow,
2009. ISBN: 9785699355563. Item No: 835797B
The Blind Spot
Slepoe piatno
Nochkin, Viktor
$26.00
“The Blind” is one of the most unlucky hunters.
However, it is he whom the famous Dietrich
Vandemeyer proposes to train...Dietrich is inclined to
an almost suicidal risk-taking, but “The Blind” has
nothing left to lose. But soon this strange team will
face a very unusual case: To investigate the mysterious
disappearance of hunters in one of the darkest areas of
“The Zone.” 384 p. AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170600328. Item No: 838729B
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Happiness is Possible
With the Vikings to Svalbard
Schast’e vozmozhno
Zaionchkovskii, O. V.
$28.00
The new novel by Oleg Zajaczkowski follows the life
and loves of a writer. A creator of strange fates, he
does not fear his own fate, watched with a nearly
Buddhist calm as his wife leaves him for another
man. Unexpectedly, accidentally, the eternal lovetriangle acquires a strange new shape and the
winner is... 317 p. AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170607334. Item No: 840726B
S vikingami na Sval’bard [povest’, ocherk]
Semenova, Mariia
$21.00
The new novel by Maria Semenova, the creator of
Russian Fantasy literature, set in the land of Vikings,
filled with adventure and intrigue. 444 p. Azbukaklassika: Sankt-Peterburg, 2009. ISBN:
9785998501517. Item No: 836728B
Terrorist
Terrorist [perevod s angliiskogo]
Updike, John
$29.00
The face future terrorists in American are the faces of
its child. The face of the youth growing up among the
poor working-class, in whose veins the explosive mixture
of Arabic and Irish blood flows... The face of an AfricanAmerican girl, growing up in hell of the youth gangs ...
The face of her friend, bogged down in the drug trade
and street violence... They are young, angry and ready
to act. Is America the giant melting pot of nationalities,
or is it a powder keg about to explode? And if it is so –
what can be done to keep the explosion from happening?
Translated from English. 319 p. AST/AST Moskva:
Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785170521494.
Item No: 840746B
The Tales of the East, or The Resort of
Broken Hearts
Skazki Vostoka, ili Kurort razbitykh serdets [roman]
Shilova, IUliia Vital’evna
$19.00
Is the profession of a journalist dangerous? Of course,
it is! Especially when covering military operations in
“hot spots” around the world. Veronica works for a
popular magazine, writing an article about Turkish
resorts. Her life is wonderful: She is married to a
wealthy man and loves her work. But her husband’s
business dealings bring trouble and Veronica is
kidnapped! Chained in a dank basement, she waits
for her ransom to be paid. But something goes wrong
... Instead of returning home, Veronica finds herself
first in a harem and later in a nightmarish illegal
brothel. 315 p. AST/AST Moskva: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170608423. Item No: 838747B
The Venus in the Russian Furs
Smert’ na brudershaft Muka razbitogo serdtsa
Akunin, Boris
$17.00
“The Death of Brotherhood” is a cycle of 10 novels in
the experimental genre of “novel-movie,” designed to
combine literary text with the visual images of the
cinema. “The Torture of the Broken Heart” describes
the dramatic episode of the First World War: The
clash of intelligence agents in neutral Switzerland.
262 p. AST/AST Moskva: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170604852. Item No: 838786B
Venera v russkikh mekhakh: povest’
Bronzova, Tat’iana
$25.00
Tatiana Bronzova - a new star in the Russian literature!
An actress, the wife of the People’s Artist of Russia,
Boris Shcherbakov, and a former head of the Moscow
Art Theater, now she is a scriptwriter for television and
film. In her debut novel “Venus in Russian furs,” she
turns to the time of dissidents, the KGB, and social
stagnation. The heroes of this tall live among the grand
scenery of Soviet Leningrad and bohemian Paris.
They come together through the years to prove each
other love, which neither the authoritarian Soviet
regime, nor the decades, nor the distances between
them can break. 299 p. Vagrius Plius: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785985250541. Item No: 839347B
Sleep, Pale Sister
The Thirst
The Death of Brotherhood. The Torture of the Broken
Heart
Temnyi angel
Harris, Joanne
$25.00
Artist Henry Chester knows about demons. They have
taken possession of him, and he hopes that the
innocence and the purity of Effie will save him.
However, his bright angel, his perfect little wife, turns
to be an ordinary earthly woman, with all the normal
passions. In order to keep Effie pure, Henry makes
her all the time to sleep. But his demons manifest
themselves in an unusual way, forcing his ruined soul
to unite with Effie’s in a mystical union to battle
against the misery of his spirit. 368 p.
EKSMO/Domino: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699349920. Item No: 838717B
Zhazhda [avtorskii sbornik]
Gelasimov, Andrei
$23.00
In “The Thirst,” Gelasimov disdains politics to focus
on the people involved the in the Chechen War,
former students and journalists who took up arms in
the conflict. Less concerned with the military
experience, this book focuses on the psychological
portraits of men returning from the war back to
normal life, looking at the conflict from the
perceptive of men as husbands, fathers, brothers,
and lovers. 315 p. EKSMO: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699346578. Item No: 839552B
Encyclopedias
The Russian State: Symbols and Awards
Western Europe and the United States
Rossiiskaia derzhava: simvoly i nagrady
Zapadnaia Evropa i SShA
$93.00
The book introduces the reader with the
rich history Russia’s national symbols and
heraldry. This book explains how the
formation of sovereign and state awards,
heraldry, and symbols began and how they
evolved into The National Emblem,
Flag, and National Anthem. 592 p.
OLMA Media Grupp: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785373021005.
Item No. 835356B
$86.00
“Western Europe and the United States”
is a comprehensive survey of events,
countries, cities of the Old and New World,
as well as the extensive gallery of historical,
social, political and religious figures from
the world of science and art of 16th-18th
centuries. 640 p. OLMA Media Grupp:
Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785373025072.
Item No. 835380B
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Folklore/mythology
The Heroic Rus: Russian Titans and Demigods
The Gods of the Slavic and Russian Paganism
Bogatyrskaia Rus’: russkie titany i polubogi
Prozorov, Lev
$23.00
A new look at the heroic past of Rus! A sensational
rethinking of Russian heroic epics! an explanation of
the ancient codes and secret parables! Do you know
that real Russian heroes cut their vanquished enemies
apart and made bowls out of human skulls? That they
committed ritual suicides, and buried their heroes in
pagan ceremonies? Russian heroes include menacing
war magicians, titans, werewolves and demigods – the
last heroes of the Aryan pantheon and heirs of the
great pagan era, when the Russian people were equal
with the gods, held the heavens on the shoulders, and
never bowed! 286 p. IAuza/Eksmo: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699360253. Item No: 839186B
Bogi slavianskogo i russkogo iazychestva: obshchie predstavleniia
$48.00
Gavrilov, D.
“The Gods of Slavic and Russian Paganism” address
people who wish to comprehend the origins of Slavic
and Russian culture. The author’s aim is not to offer
ready-made answers to the questions about the pagan
gods of our ancestors, but to encourage the reader to
find these answers themselves: To think, to compare
documented evidence. 288 p. Ganga: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785988820741. Item No: 840423B
The Tale of the Russian Land:
From the Ancient Times to Dmitry Donskoy
Skazaniia o Russkoi zemle: s drevneishikh vremen
do Dmitriia Donskogo
$47.00
Nechvolodov, A. D.
Offered book in two volumes, this work presents the
works of major artists of the 19 thru 20 centuries,
allowing the reader to understand the history of
their country and know the outstanding deeds of
their ancestors. 400 p. Veche: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785953338257. Item No: 839168B
Midnight Sun: The Gods Death and
Resurrection in Ancient Egypt
Polunochnoe solntse: smert’ i vozrozhdenie
Boga v Drevnem Egipte [perevod s angliiskogo]
Elford, A. F.
$40.00
Alan Alford, the famous English explorer and writer,
put forth a new theory about the creation of the
Great Pyramid. He theorizes that the Egyptian
religion was really the worship of creation, and the
Great Pyramid was a monument to the act of
creation. Built as a symbol of the rebirth of the
universe, they buried Pharaohm, seen as a Diety
beneath it to symbolize dying and rebirth to eternal
life. To prove his theory, Alford indicates analyses
the untouched burial chamber of Cheops. Hidden
in a distant and secluded area of the monument, this
chamber has been almost completely ignored by
archaeologists. If this theory is correct, scientists will have
to reconsider the many of Egyptology’s most treasured
ideas. Translated from English. 400 p. Veche: Moscow,
2009. ISBN: 9785953322119. Item No: 840262B
Legends and Traditions of Brittany Knights
Legendy i rytsarskie predaniia Bretani
Spens, L’iuis
$23.00
Renowned folklorist Lewis Spence collects in this
volume ancient tales of knights, kings and saints,
guiding the reader down the fascinating road of
myth and folklore. The legends of druids, giants,
naiads, elves, and spirits of the forests are told
alongside tales of dark magic and the shining
legends of the King Arthur. The author rounds out
the narrative with the facts from British history,
including information about ancient monuments
and folk traditions. 320 p. TSentrpoligraf: Moscow,
2009. ISBN: 9785952443396. Item No: 835072B
Dictionary
The Dictionary of Contemporary Foreign Words: Late
20th – early 21st century: Over 3,000 Words and Phrases
Contemporary Etymological Dictionary of Russian
Language: Clarification of Complicated Orthograms
Slovar’ noveishikh inostrannykh slov: konets XX — nachalo XXI vv.:
bolee 3000 slov i slovosochetanii
Shagalova, E. N.
$51.00
The dictionary contains more than 3000 foreign words
and phrases, many of which have never been recorded in
previous dictionaries and references. These are
words that have appeared in Russian language
during the last two decades, mainly drawn from
the English language. The dictionary includes the
vocabulary of various thematic groups: social and
political, computer science, computer engineering,
network technology, economics, business, finance,
trade, advertising, etc. Each entry includes the
word or phrase, definitions, grammatical
characteristics, and etymology. Designed for a
wide range of readers. 943 p. AST/Astrel’:
Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785170614882.
Item No: 840801B
Sovremennyi etimologicheskii slovar’ russkogo iazyka: ob’’iasnenie trudnykh orfogramm: okolo 6000 trudnykh dlia napisaniia slov
Glinkina, L. A.
$22.00
This dictionary contains over 6000 words from the
modern Russian language which cause the greatest
difficulties for beginning writing and which are
included in common study lists for memorizing as the
“vocabulary words”. The purpose of the dictionary is
to show how by knowing the etymology of the word it
is easy to understand its spelling. The information on
each word given includes: its normative version, stress,
the partial nesting, the interpretation of basic
definations. 379 p. AST/Astrel’/VKT: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170605323. Item No: 840306B
The Dictionary of Correct Pronunciation in the Modern
Russian Language
Slovar’ pravil’nogo proiznosheniia v sovremennom russkom iazyke
Mudrova, I. A.
$21.00
We offer to our readers a dictionary covering the
latest changes in the Russian language. The entries
do not don’t differ radically from the academic
norms, but they are given in a simplified manner
compared to the standard rulebook form. This
simplification allows a wider audience to use our
dictionary. 283 p. TSentrpoligraf: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785952444560. Item No: 840304B
Contemporary Phraseological Dictionary of Russian language: Over 1,600 Phraseological Entries
Sovremennyi frazeologicheskii slovar’ russkogo iazyka: okolo 1600 frazeologicheskikh edinits
Zhukov, A. V.
$23.00
This dictionary includes about 1600 phrases. These are
mostly used in today’s newspaper and other media as
fixed expressions of Russian literary language. The
Idioms are arranged in the dictionary alphabetically.
Synonyms, antonyms and the possible variants of
fixed expressions are also given. The examples of
idiomatic use are drawn from the texts of the most
popular newspapers. At the end of the dictionary
are two appendixes. Designed for a wide range of
readers. 443 p. AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170595259. Item No: 840308B
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Guidebooks
Brittany and Normandy
Through the Mysterious Places of Russia
Bretan’ i Normandiia
Nosik, Boris
$34.00
“Brittany and Normandy,” by bestseller Boris Nosik,
opens a new cycle of “Sweet France.” This book is for
those who love both entertaining and educational
travels, and who love France, its history, and its culture.
You will tour two historical provinces of the country,
Brittany and Normandy, which are famous for their
amazing natural beauty and numerous architectural
monuments, as well as the remarkable people who lived
and continue live in these lands. 400 p. Raduga:
Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785050069139. Item No:
835465B
Po zagadochnym mestam Rossii
Perepelitsyn, A. A.
$22.00
Many consider the era of geographical discoveries
over, and our planet - especially Russia - has been
mapped and explored. Not true! Geographical,
zoological, and archaeological discoveries of world
importance can be made in the most populated area.
For many years the author has been collecting
information about neglected, unstudied objects both
natural and historical. This book explores lost
prehistoric buildings and monuments of paganism,
anomalous geography, and unknown animals. The
readers will discover fascinating information about
remote corners of Russia! 384 p. Veche: Moscow,
2009. ISBN: 9785953319133. Item No: 839178B
Moscow: Samoteka: the Description of the
old Moscow district in the basin of the Neglinka river and the
Naprudnaya: from the Trubnaya square to the village Sushchev
and to the Mary’s Grove and from Sretenka and Veshanskih to
Karetny Rayd and Krasnoarmeusky
Moskva: Samoteka: opisanie starinnogo moskovskogo raiona v basseine
rek Neglinki i Naprudnoi: ot Trubnoi ploshchadi do sela Sushcheva i
Mar’inoi Roshchi i ot Sretenki i Meshchanskikh do Karetnogo Riada i
Krasnoarmeiskoi
Gorbunov, IUrii Sergeevich
$37.00
The book is based on the extensive evidence
collected by the author, and tells about one of the
most unique areas of old Moscow. Samoteka is not
only the area to the north of the Kremlin and
around the modern Colored Boulevard, Trubnaya,
Sadovaya-Samotechnaya Street, Olympic Prospect.
Samoteka is an entire world with its own customs
and traditions, myths and legends a world, alas,
almost lost to us. The author, born and raised in
Samoteka, shares his impressions and observations,
describes the history and architecture of this region
of Moscow, and explains the formation and settling of
streets and alleys. The reader can uncover information
about virtually every house located here. For a wide range
of readers, Muscovites, students, pupils and teachers, and
anyone interested in the history of Moscow. 397 p.
Molodaia gvardiia: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
9785235032279. Item No: 839011B
Mysterious St.Petersburg: The Guide Book
Peterburg anomal’nyi: putevoditel’
Potapov, Aleksandr
$21.00
Long ago a man called St. Petersburg, “A city of horror, a
palace of fear.” His name is lost forever in the annals of
history, but his definition has become a calling card
of the cultural capital. Why does St.Petersburg, the
capital of imperial Russia from 1712 to 1918,
frighten so many people? Perhaps, we can find the
answer in the magical spells frequent fogs and rains,
where the city buildings seem to be lost. The city,
century after century, has become steeped in
mysteries, crimes, and tragedies. This book presents
the most well-known haunts of St. Petersburg.
160 p. Maior/Izdatel’ A.I. Osipenko: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785985510904. Item No: 839099B
Italy: Wine, Food, Love
Italiia: vino, eda, liubov’ [perevod s angliiskogo]
Taker, M.
$35.00
Traveling in Italy, American actor Michael Tucker and
his wife, actress Jill Eikenberry, purchased a small house
among the hills of Umbria. There, they began a new
life in which there were only two priorities: Eat tasty
food and drink good wine. This book features many
fascinating travel notes, and is written simply, with
humor and a keen attention to details. Translated from
English. 285 p. Amfora/TID Amfora: St. Petersburg,
2009. ISBN: 9785367010565. Item No: 840136B
The Moscow Region: Phenomenon, Mysteries, Wonders:
The Guide-Book
Podmoskov’e: fenomeny, anomalii, chudesa: putevoditel’
$22.00
Gavrilov, L. G.
This book continues a series of the guidebooks,
started with the first volume - “Moscow. Phenomena,
Mysteries, Wonders”, and is a continuation of the
first book: What is Moscow without the Moscow
outer region? The reader will delve into the mysteries
and riddles of the near suburbs. The authors of the
books work with unexplained phenomena both manmade and natural every day and claim that any
“unexplained” phenomena is simply a poorly
explained event and our next step in science. The
reader learns what was secret: Invented, specially
created mysteries and legends to conceal the truth.
144 p. Izdatel’ A. I. Osipenko: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785985510898. Item No: 835504B
The best USA Cities: New York, Las Vegas,
Chicago, Los Angeles, San Francisco
Luchshie goroda SShA: N’iu-Iork, Las-Vegas,
Chikago, Los Andzheles, San-Frantsisko
Ar’e, Lev
$32.00
A Guide to the New World. Without little difficulty
you can make a list of thousands of attractions in the
USA. Each of America’s great cities has its own look
and unique spirit. What makes these cities so special
and distinctive? What can you not afford to miss
when visiting? Fascinating walks in New York, Las
Vegas, Chicago, Los Angeles, and San Francisco are
waiting for you! 536 p. EKSMO: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699333622. Item No: 835679B
Prague
Praga
IArovinskaia, Tat’iana
$31.00
Destination Prague! The best attractions of the city await
you! Marina Tsvetaeva, Franz Kafka, Mozart are here for
you to discover. Prague: Mystical, romantic. In this
guide-book are thousands of opportunities to spend
every waking minute in Prague. The Orange guide to
Prague - as always, exceptional written. 304 p. EKSMO:
Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785699346332. Item No:
840351B
Walks Through Pre-Peter Moscow
Progulki po dopetrovskoi Moskve
Besedina, M. B.
$27.00
They say that pre-Petrine Moscow was one of the
most beautiful cities in the world. That city no longer
exists. The curved streets, these palaces of the massive
timber, the grain mills in the center of the city. In
this new book by Mary Besedina, we’ll make a
fascinating trip to the past and see the old face of
Moscow. 318 p. Astrel’/Olimp: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785271239632. Item No: 840275B
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Children’s Books
The Shape of My Dream
My Toys: for Reading in Kindergarten
Bal moei mechty [povest’]
Lubenets, Svetlana
$18.00
“They left me! They abandoned me, while they went
abroad! Why would they do this to me...” So goes
the thinking of Dasha Kazantseva of her parents, who
sent her away to boarding school. But the worst was
not the strict discipline or strange school uniform. It
was that only the girls were accepted there! 153 p.
EKSMO: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785699350131.
Item No: 835126B
Moi igrushki: dlia chteniia v detskom sadu [stikhi]
Bokova, Tat’iana Viktorovna
$15.00
This book is constructed with thick pages, making it
easy for young children’s fingers to handle as they arel
introduced to the wonderful poetry of Tatiana Side.
10 p. Planeta detstva/Astrel’/AST: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170588893. Item No: 835101B
Russian Tales
Russkie skazki
Kuz’mina, L.
$35.00
This book is like a box of treasures from over the
centuries. A collection of the most fascinating and
wonderful Russian fairy tales in it, this edition is
filled excellent illustrations and makes a wonderful
gift! 184 p. Attikus: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
9785389005976. Item No: 835667B
The Carousel in the Head
Karusel’ v golove
Goliavkin, Viktor Vladimirovich
$27.00
The amusing, ironic, and entertaining stories by famous
children’s writer Victor Golyavkin included in
the home reading program for elementary
school. When reading the stories and the
novel “My Good Father,” both children and
adults will derive joy learning from a wise
man - the author of this book. 224 p.
Makhaon: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
9785389005303. Item No: 838715B
Castor and the Paints
Kastor i kraski
Klinting, Lars
$24.00
Castor the Beaver is a smart and resourceful sort.
He knows how to bake pies, sew, do woodwork, and even
repair a flat tire! This time, Castor and his friend
Fripp will paint a locker. Which color to choose?
How to keep the spray from falling
to the floor? What to do if you need green paint,
but only have yellow and blue? Loved by
children in over twenty countries, Castor’s
creator - the legendary writer and artist Lara
Klinting - recently had in his honor a special
award established to encourage young illustrators.
36 p. Otkrytyi mir: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785974301728. Item No: 835802B
Slyboots Ozzy
Khitriuga Ozzi [perevod s angliiskogo]
Razumeeva, IU. V.
$25.00
Fifi Forget-Me-Not and the Flower Kids invite you to
their wonderful world. Zhuzhzhik makes the
most delicious honey, Rosie sews dresses for her
friends, Violetta is an artist, while Makovka has
her own shop! Bully Ozzie and his friends will
show how you shouldn’t behave, and inquisitive
Fifi will surely think of give a good lesson to
these boorish and lazy people. The amusing and
instructive stories will bring joy to your children!
Translated from English. 30 p. ROSMEN-Press:
Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785353041504. Item
No: 835609B
Candies
Konfety [stikhi]
Grigor’ev, Oleg Evgen’evich
$12.00
This wonderfully illustrated book includes the
joyous poetry of O. Grigoryev. For children of
preschool age. 6 p. AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170613557. Item No: 838823B
Rasmus, Pontus and Bungler
Rasmus, Pontus i Rastiapa
$24.00
Lindgren, Astrid
What could be more interesting than to sneak in
the mansion of the rich baron at night? Except as
iust to have a peek at the world-famous sword
swallower, Alfredo! But when the robbers kidnapped
an innocent puppy Tyapa, the eleven-year-old Rasmus
and Pontus took on the decisive action. 178 p.
AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785170579822.
Item No: 835824B
The Newest Rules of Conduct for Educating Children
Samye novye pravila povedeniia dlia vospitannykh detei
Shalaeva, Galina Petrovna
$27.00
When parents allow their children go out doors, they try
to protect them from dangers, but their warnings are
boring and ignored by most children. In this
excellently illustrated book, different situations that
your child can face in the winter, spring, summer
and autumn are simulated. The child learn what
may happen if you stay too long in the sun, what
are the risks the falling icicles, frozen ponds,
poisonous mushrooms and berries, how to deal with
wild and domestic animals, and how to avoid injury
when swimming. After reading this amusing book,
children will feel more responsibility for their safety,
and the entertaining exercises at the end of each topic
will be an excellent final test of knowledge. The book
is a wonderful present to any child. 239 p. Astrel’/AST:
Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785170579563.
Item No: 835136B
Grandpa’s David’s Tales
Skazki dedushki Davida [Pouchitel’nye prikliucheniia
maloletok prodvinutogo pokoleniia Dostovernye vraki
pro to, kak possorilis’ koshki i sobaki]
Mepurishvili, David Georgievich
$24.00
A collection of poems, the result of the collaborative
work of David G. Mepurishvili and his daughter, Eteri.
85 p. A2-A4: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785979800226.
Item No: 840369B
The Great Ustug: The Native Land of Father Frost
Velikii Ustiug: rodina Deda Moroza
Danilova, Liubov’
$19.00
For several centuries the Great Ustyug was the largest
trade and cultural center in northern Russia. This book
explored the death of the city Gloeden - the elder brother
of Ustyug and the construction of a fortress in Ustyug
around the year 1147. We will follow the famed
explorers Semen Dezhnev, Fedot Popov, Vladimir
Poyarkov, Erofei Khabarov, and Vladimir Atlasov.
Separate chapters of the book describe the crafts of
Ustyug (wrought iron and dinking die,
shemogodskaya carving on birch bark) and the
northern-style of needlework - spinning, weaving,
embroidery. The tale “Not Melting Stars” will draw
you into a world where Father Frost dominates.
Young readers will visit the ancestral lands of the
winter wizard, will get acquainted with its inhabitants and
guests. This book is written for ages 9-12 years old, but
parents will also enjoy losing themselves in this magical
world of the revived fairy tale. 47 p. Belyi gorod:
Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785779317450. Item No:
837454B
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Children’s Books
Poetry, Stories
The Big Book of Adventures for Girls
Stikhi, rasskazy, povesti
Pivovarova, I. M.
$25.00
This collection includes the most loved poems, short
stories, and novels by the classical children’s writer,
Irina Pivovarova. 350 p. Astrel’/AST: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170577187. Item No: 835669B
Bol’shaia kniga prikliuchenii dlia devochek
Lubenets, S.
$25.00
Svetlana Lubenets: “The Discotheque for Sleeping
Beauty.” How does an ordinary girl feel when she
suddenly finds herself in a maelstrom of mysteries and
adventures? Luciena Karavaeva lived a simple life, until
one day an explosion rang out at the school
discotheque, and the school journal vanishes from the
teachers’ lounge. Later, a thief breaks into the Karavaevs’
flat, taking nothing except a small clay statuette ... And
it seems, Luciena knows this intruder! Vera Ivanova:
“How to Glue Together a Broken Heart?” What to do
when it seems your heart is broken, and your life is over?
Runaway for a risky adventure, or course! That’s what
Karina and Marina decided to do when their boyfriends
broke off the relationships. The girls decided to boycott
all the boys and to go to St.Petersburg...In the car of
Karina’s ex-boyfriend! Tatiana Tronina: “Extreme
Dreamer” Perhaps Lisa is not terrible clever, but all her
live she has dreamed about being in the center of some
extraordinary event! Now the boy of her dreams sits next
to her, but he refuses to take part in Lisa’s risky adventure.
Lisa decides to find out what the suspicious characters
hanging about the library are planning. Will the boy of
her dreams leave Lisa to the mercy of cruel fate in a
dangerous situation? 384 p. EKSMO: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699357376. Item No: 835611B
The Mysterious Element
Zagadochnaia stikhiia
$29.00
Il’ina, L. L.
The beautifully illustrated and written in lively, vibrant
prose, this book about the myths and legends of water
will excite inquisitive readers. The author showcases
an extensive knowledge of fairy tales, myths, and
legends related to this mysterious element. The book
is divided into two parts. The first is devoted to water
as a natural resource, answeinrg such questions as: How
much water is on the earth – above and below ground
– and how did it form on our planet? In the second
part of the book. the reader learns the basic properties
of water. 132 p. Nestor-Istoriia: Sankt-Peterburg, 2009.
ISBN: 9785981873089. Item No: 836663B
Bad Advice: Tales and Puzzles: Poems, Tales, Riddles
Vrednye sovety: skazki i zadachki: stikhi, skazki, zagadki
Oster, Grigorii Bentsionovich
$21.00
In this book you will meet characters from
animated cartoons of your own childhood and
introduce your young listener to helpful
advice, such as counting: how many pairs of shoes
two twins have when one of them has lost his
right shoe and the other the left. For parents to
read to children. 399 p. AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170467877. Item No: 835138B
Dances with Pirates
Tantsy s piratami
Ivanova, V.
$21.00
The sea, sun, and a cruise on a luxury liner! Sashulya
Aleshina should be on the top of the world, but
why is she so sad that she hides in her cabin? Because
of a small mistake neither the cruise on the Indian
Ocean, nor the antics of faithful friends, nor treasurehunting make Sasha happy. Strange events take
place on the board of “The Queen of the Seas,” sweep
Sashulya up in a mystery, and in her hands is the key
to an ancient treasure. 192 p. EKSMO: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699376. Item No: 840788B
The Large Collection of Adventures
Bol’shaia kollektsiia prikliuchenii
Verkin, Eduard
$20.00
“The Planet of Monsters”: And why instead to the
beautiful planet Dawn, with its warm sea and pink
beaches, was I sent to train on the ice-covered moon of
Jupiter? My teachers must hate me, but I am not a fool. I
understand how to escape by sneaking aboard the
automatic cargo ship. Only the ship arrived at the wrong
planet ... “Friday - Game Over”: It’s not just an annual
written test - this is a chance to go to Bulgaria on
vacation! Such is the class award for winning the annual
writing contest. But it seems that someone is cheating!
The best students are one after another dropping out of
the contest: Karina with a broken arm, Jirka is scalded with
boiling water, Jeka suffers a concussion... “The Puppet
Master”: Can you hate? Are you ready to do anything to
destroy your enemies? Or perhaps you’ve reached a
stalemate, where only a miracle can save you? Well, come
inside! This store is not easy to find, but it’s worth the
search. Here you will be offered a simple and effective way
to deal with your enemies. The Price? A little money
and a little blood... 395 p. EKSMO: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699290864. Item No: 838028B
Religion
The Apostle Paul
Apostol Pavel
Deko, Alen
$33.00
The story of the Apostle Paul, a contemporary of
Jesus Christ, who devoted his life to the spread of
Christian teachings. Many researchers believe that
Paul was the founder of the Christian religion, and
no one doubts that the “self-proclaimed” apostle was
the apostle of universal of Christianity. History has
not preserved the details of Paul’s life, but much can
be learned from the extant texts, written by both
the apostle and his followers and disciples. 288 p.
Molodaia gvardiia: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785235032378. Item No: 838711B
The Notes of the Priest’s Wife:
The Peculiarities of the Life of the Russian Clergy
Zapiski popad’i: osobennosti zhizni russkogo dukhovenstva
Sysoeva, IUliia
$23.00
The simple women of the time dressed as a
shapeless creature in the old-fashioned grey dress
of the last century, in worn down-at-heel shoes,
and bound their hair under a simple kerchief.
When they see fashionable and richly-dressed
woman, and they know she is the priest’s wife,
they are genuinely surprise. 253 p. Vremia: Moscow,
2009. ISBN: 9785969104556. Item No:
839050B
Peter, Paul and Mary Magdalene: The Followers of Jesus in Stories and Legends
Petr, Pavel i Mariia Magdalina: posledovateli Iisusa v istoriiakh i legendakh [perevod s angliiskogo]
Erman, B. D.
$42.00
This book by Bart Herman explores the three most significant figures in the history of Christianity
behind Christ himself. Their names are surrounded by a shroud of sanctity and mystery, around which,
for two thousand years, legends have been born. What is truth and what is fiction? What gave rise to the
legends? 376 p. Ves’ Mir: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785777702463. Item No: 840303B
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Biographies/Memoirs
“Ten Years of Negotiations are Better than
One Day of War”: Memoirs of Andrei Andreevich
Gromyko: To 100th birthday
“Luchshe desiat’ let peregovorov, chem odin den’ voiny”:
vospominaniia ob Andree Andreeviche Gromyko:
k 100-letiiu so dnia rozhdeniia
$34.00
Also known as “Mr. Nyet” in the West, from
1957 to 1985, he headed the Ministry of
Foreign Affairs of the Soviet Union. During
these years, he strongly defended the
interests of the country through the difficult
period of the Cold War. His experience is of
the great importance today and presented
here is a collection of writings of and by the
distinguished diplomat, including more
than thirty articles by Soviet and Russian
scientists and diplomats who have passed
through the school of diplomatic skills run by of A.A.
Gromyko. The foreword to the book is written by the
Minister of Foreign Affairs of Russia, Sergey Lavrov. The
grandson of the Soviet Minister and Doctor of Political
Sciences, Alexey Gromyko, is the editor of this collection.
317 p. Ves’ Mir: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785777704443.
Item No: 836807B
Alexander Nevsky
Aleksandr Nevskii
Bogdanov, Andrei Petrovich
$23.00
The author, a Doctor of Historical Sciences, uses the
original primary sources carefully checked for accuracy
to reveal the life of Holy Prince Alexander Nevsky. He
lays bare Nevsky’s life clearly and in such exquisite
detail that the reader can put himself in the shoes of
the great hero, trying to deal with the weight of the
problems and tragedy of a man who sacrifices
everything to save Holy Russia. Serious but accessible
to a general audience, this study of the life of the
Holy Prince presents an opportunity to gain a
clear understanding of his heroic deeds. 320 p.
Veche: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785953335638.
Item No: 840039B
The Chief Protector of the Tsar: The Life Story of the
Leader of Nicholas II’s Bodyguard
Zhandarm s tsarem v golove: zhiznennyi put’ rukovoditelia lichnoi
okhrany Nikolaia II
Kolokolov, Boris Georgievich
$33.00
This book by Boris Kolokolov attempts to deduce–on
the basis of extensive archival and literary memoirs–
how Emperor Nicholas II’s security and protection
was established. The Head of the Physical Protection
of the Emperor from 1906 to 1916, Major-General
A.I. Spiridovich, is both one of the most prominent
figures of Russian politics and security at the turn of
the 19th-20th centuries and as the chronicler of the
Russian revolutionary movement. 582 p. Molodaia
gvardiia: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785235032231.
Item No: 838948B
Pushkin: From the Lyceum
to the Second Stream
Pushkin: ot Litseia do Vtoroi rechki
Kariakin, IU. F.
$26.00
This small booklet is a most fascinating look at
Pushkin and the notes for “The diary of a Russian
Reader” complied by writer and philosopher Yuri
Kryakin. Neither an academic nor literary work,
but the living word on the living poet. 160 p.
Raduga: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785050071118.
Item No: 835708B
Pushkin: 1799-1837
Pushkin: 1799-1837
$185.00
Bogatyrev, E. A.
The 2009 year marks the 210 anniversary of the birth of the
Russian poet Alexander Pushkin. The publication of this
album “Pushkin. 1799-1837,” was prepared by the State
Pushkin Museum in celebration of the anniversary. The
biography of the poet in the context of history, art, culture
and the way of life of the era are illuminaed. Particular
attention is paid to Pushkin’s life in Moscow: His
childhood, marriage, the first happy months of the family
life in the house on Arbat, to the Moscow themes of
Pushkin’s works and, of course, to the indisputable fact
of Moscow’s influence in the formation and
development of the poetic talent of this genius of
Russian and the world literature. This work includes
portraits of Pushkin, his friends, acquaintances, and the
cities he lived in around Russia. This priceless piece of cultural
heritage creates a unique image of Pushkin’s era. 304 p. Moskovskie
uchebniki i Kartolitografiia: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785785312401.
Item No: 840116B
Ivan the Terrible and Peter the Great: The Tsar Assumed
and the Tsar Forged
Ivan Groznyi i Petr Pervyi: tsar’ vymyshlennyi i tsar’ podlozhnyi
Nosovskii, G. V.
$19.00
Two of the interesting and mysterious eras of Russian
history – the reigns of Ivan the Terrible and Peter the
Great’s reign – are represented in the book. These two
periods are considered to be the times of greatest change
in Russian history, greatly influencing the future
development of the country. The first part of the book is
devoted to the reign of Ivan the Terrible. The second
part of the book is devoted to new facts which were
discovered in the course of the study of Ivan the
Terrible. It also turns out that in the history of Peter I
there is some mystery associated with the tsar’s name.
Did another rule Russia under the name of Peter the
Great? 123 p. AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
9785170582402. Item No: 835370B
One Hundred Great Names of Russia
Sto velikikh imen Rossii
Kubeev, M. N.
$49.00
The recent television poll called “The Name of
Russia” showed the people’s great interest in the
country’s history and outstanding figures. In this
book “100 Great People of Russia”, the people
who built the Russian state are represented. There
is Prince Alexander Nevsky, Peter I, Catherine II.
The reader discovers the great inventions of
Mendeleev, Tupolev’s jets, the unfortunate fate of
the singer Chaliapin, and the distinctive work of
the artist Repin. Nearly 600 illustrations highlight
this presentation of prominent Russians. 256 p.
Veche: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785953339919.
Item No: 835371B
The Dynasty’s Fate
Sud’ba dinastii
Shirokorad, A. B.
$27.00
The new book of contemporary writer-historian A.
Shirokorad answers many of the questions connected
to members of the Imperial House of the Romanovs.
What was their fate in exile? Whose side did they
take during the Second World War? And, finally, the
main question: is the restoration of the monarchy in
Russia possible in the 21st century? 469 p. AST/Astrel’:
Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785170588787.
Item No: 840048B
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History
10 myths about the Great Patriotic War
Hitler in Antarctica: The Last Secret of the Third Reich
10 mifov o Velikoi Otechestvennoi voine
Emel’ianov, IU. V.
$23.00
The Great Patriotic War did not end in May of 1945.
The Great Patriotic War is still rages - a war for the
minds, hearts, and souls of our children and the
sacred memory of the Great Victory. It is the people’s
memory that is the main target of the enemies of
Russia - both external and internal. In recent years
the streams of mud, the waterfalls of lies have been
poured on the history of World War II. This book
refutes most of the restructuring, a most vicious and
vile anti-Soviet myth about the Second World War.
The book unmasks the slanderers against Russia,
exposing the revisionist lies about our victory. 352 p.
EKSMO: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785699347704.
Item No: 835374B
Gitler v Antarktide: posledniaia taina III Reikha
Teplitsyn, V. L.
$22.00
This sensational book illuminated the ultimate mystery
of the 3rd Reich. Based on recently declassified
documents and correspondence of Nazi leaders, the
book proves that, despite the official version, Adolf
Hitler did not commit suicide on April 30, 1945: he was
evacuated Berlin. Where did Hitler hide after the fall of
the “Thousand-Year Reich”? In the Alps? In Latin
America? Or even farther away? The sensational book
answers many of these questions, refuting the lies of the
official history and solving the greatest mystery of the
20th century. 256 p. IAuza-press: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
9785995500780. Item No: 840237B
10 Myths about Ukraine
10 mifov ob Ukraine
Shumeiko, Igor’
$22.00
When Gogol’s “Taras Bulba” was called “The Little
Russian Iliad” the comparison was not as exaggerated as it
seemed at first glance. On the scale of events and the
tragic fates the history of the Ukraine is quite
comparable to the Homeric era - and is mythology
just as vibrant. The myths of Russia and the Ukraine
the Polish and Jewish myths Cossack and Swedish
myths are so closely intertwined that it is difficult for
the Ukraine to untangle this knot, to separate fantasy
from reality. The new book analyses the most popular
of these myths, the most defining, critical, and key
themes of the history of the Ukraine - from the collapse
of Slavic unity to Pereiaslav Rada from the Polish
yoke to the Revolution and the Famine from Mazeppa
to Yushchenko from the Battle of Poltava to the Orange
Coup. 416 p. IAuza-press: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785995500759. Item No: 840359B
England: From Stonehenge to Magna Carta
Japan: History of the Country
IAponiia: istoriia strany
$30.00
Teims, Richard
Japan has always been a secretive country, a mystery
to people of European descent. Japan is an unusual,
exotic, and at times, incomprehensible to Europeans.
Since the geographical discovery of Japan by the
Europeans, attempts to understand this country and
to reproduce its unique charm have been continuous.
416 p. EKSMO/ Midgard: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699369041. Item No: 839926B
History of France: From Ancient Times to
Present Day
Istoriia Frantsii: ot drevneishikh vremen do nashikh
dnei [perevod s angliiskogo]
Littlvud, I.
$28.00
The book explores in detail the history of France
from the ancient times to the present day. Translated
from English. 224 p. AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170562046. Item No: 835891B
History of Russian State: 6th Century to early 16th
Century
Angliia: ot Stounkhendzha do Velikoi khartii vol’nostei
Azimov, Aizek
$23.00
How could one of the greatest powers in the history of
mankind arise from a constantly captured island? How
was Stonehenge built? How did the Vikings, Romans,
Saxons and others influence on the development of
politics, religion, science, and culture in England?
Azimov, in a breezy and exciting style, considers the
history of the Britons from the very beginning up to
when Magna Carta was signed, a document that
heavily influenced the further development of human
civilization. 384 p. EKSMO: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699369751. Item No: 840368B
Istoriia gosudarstva Rossiiskogo ot VI veka do nachala XVI veka
Karamzin, N. M.
$51.00
“The History of the State of Russia” is a fundamental
study written by the renowed author and historian,
N.M. Karamzin. A love for the motherland, a desire
to know the truth about history, the need to
understand the event from the inside - these are the
principles which guide the author’s work. Created
in the 19th century, his book is still of great interest
to both historians and everyday readers. 318 p.
AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785170609710.
Item No: 840684B
The Gallipoli Cross of the Russian Army
History of the FRG: First Citizens Triumphs and Mistakes
Gallipoliiskii krest Russkoi Armii
$130.00
“The Gallipoli Cross of the Russian Army” is a tribute to
memory to the Russian Army and our compatriots who
were forced to flee their homeland during the Civil War.
The Army of General Wrangel spent the whole year in
Turkey, on the shore of the Dardanelles, marking the
beginning of the Russian emigration. Not everyone
could overcome hardships and sufferings in exile:
nearly 350 of our people rest forever in the Turkish
land. In memory of them, in 1921 the stone mound
was erected by the Gallipoli citizens. The Earthquake
of 1949 destroyed the monument. The first part of
the book is devoted to the restoration of the
monument and its opening, held on May 17, 2008.
The second part of the book - “The Russians in
Gallipoli” - is the recounting of memories of the Gallipoli
people, published in Berlin in the 1920s. 399 p.
Sibirskaia Blagozvonnitsa/TSentr natsional’noi
Slavy/Fond Sviatogo Vsekhval’nogo apostola Andreia
Pervozvannogo: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785913621467.
Item No: 840251B
Istoriia triumfov i oshibok pervykh lits FRG [perevod s nemetskogo]
Knopp G.
$36.00
A History of Federal Republic of Germany focusing
on the Federal Chancellors, from Konrad Adenauer
to Helmut Kohl. To be Chancellor was stressful
work: Possibly the most difficult position in all of
post-war German democracy. Eight years in the
position - two standard terms – could wear down
even the strongest person, but each of these six
men become a symbol of the German Republic in
the second half of the 20th century. Knopp paints
for the reader a vivid portrait of the rulers of West
Germany, the history of their victories and defeats,
triumphs and mistakes in the struggle against the
heavy legacy of the Second World War as they
strove for peace, freedom and prosperity in
post-war Germany. Translated from German.
412 p. AST/Astrel’: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785170587834. Item No: 840467B
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History, continued
History of the Venetian Republic
The Other Day: 1971-1980: Our Era
Istoriia Venetsianskoi respubliki
Norvich, Dzhon
$39.00
Venice, Queen of the Seas. Once it commanded
unlimited power and wealth before its decline. The
historic luxury and treachery of the rulers of the
medieval city-state was terrified. Travelers stood
amazed the beauty of Venetian palaces even as they
and recounted the horror the gruesome and
mysterious of the Council of Ten, which the slightest
disobedience against led to an anonymous death or
imprisonment in the worst prisons of Europe. What
drove the unprecedented flowering of the Venetian
Republic? What caused of its downfall? 896 p.
AST/AST Moskva: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
9785170571536. Item No: 839934B
Namedni: 1971-1980: nasha era
Parfenov, L.
$97.00
The epic documentary series “The Other Day, 19612003” has been repeatedly shown on TV, released on
video and DVD. But the Soviet era, it turns out, is
not a thing of the past, but continues to influence
Russia’s current direction. The materials of the
project have been revised, expanded and
supplemented. More than 500 illustrations were
selected to each book. There are four 4 volumes
planned. The book-album is quite a different format
than the television series, but the principle of
construction - the assembly “of people, events, and
phenomena” year after year - is still evident. 272 p.
Attikus: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785389005754. Item
No: 835085B
The Cold War: Politicians, Commanders, Intelligence Officers
Kholodnaia voina: politiki, polkovodtsy, razvedchiki
$27.00
Mlechin, Leonid
The true story of the Cold War is filled with unsolved
riddles and mysteries: Political intrigue, intelligence
operations, human delusions, and the ambitions of
rulers. In this new book by Leonid Mlechin, the main
battles of the Cold War and the biographies of those
who led it - political leaders, military, and intelligence
personnel, are exposed. The text is accompanied
with a selection of rare photographs. 608 p.
TSentrpoligraf: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
9785952444027. Item No: 840346B
Fancy Hobbies from Brilliant Petersburg:
idols, records, amusing incidents
Modnye uvlecheniia blistatel’nogo Peterburga:
kumiry, rekordy, kur’ezy
Glezerov, Sergei Evgen’evich
$25.00
Sergei Glaser continues the story (began by the
publication of “St. Petersburg to the North of the
Neva”) of the history of the northern urban fringe of
St. Petersburg. For the first time, the vast history if the
region is thoroughly explored and the text is
illuminated with a full range of unique illustrative
material. 622 p. TSentrpoligraf/MiM-Del’ta: Moscow,
2009. ISBN: 9785952442535. Item No: 835302B
Bulgakov’s Moscow
Moskva bulgakovskaia
Boiadzhieva, L. V.
$25.00
Moscow was a special, mystical city to Mikhail
Bulgakov. Here, he fell in love, married, worked, played
in the theater, was published, lived in poverty, and died.
Here he became famous, made enemies, was persecuted
and exalted, raised high and crushed. 252 p.
Astrel’/Olimp: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785271233067.
Item No: 835607B
Moscow Through the Eyes of the Strangers
Moskva glazami inozemtsev
Danilova, Nina
$26.00
Diaries, notes, memoirs of foreigners who have visited
Moscow for the last 500 years are collected in the
volume. Each entry and writer comes from a different
background: Diplomats, merchants, travelers,
international adventurers, writers, and tourists. Their
portraits of Moscow also differ: Some found the city
attractive, the other did not. 224 p. Anagramma: Moscow,
2009. ISBN: 9785903646401. Item No: 839294B
The Truth about the First World War
Pravda o Pervoi mirovoi voine
Liddel, Gart, B.
$24.00
This war, in which more than 10 million people lost
their lives, was a catastrophe that destroyed four
empires, including Russia. This tragedy devastated
Europe and touched the fate of all humanity.
This classical work is considered one of the best
analytical reviews of the First World War. 480 p.
EKSMO: Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785699360369.
Item No: 839155B
Hitler’s Last Hope
Posledniaia nadezhda Gitlera
Vasil’chenko, Andrei
$22.00
“Where is Wenk?” - This hysterical scream became the
death cry of the Third Reich. At the end of April 1945
even the most fanatical Nazis knew their regime was
coming to an end. Only one man did not lose hope:
Adolf Hitler. Hitler’s last hope was General Walter
Wenk, the commander of the 12th Army, ordered to
relieve Berlin, throw off the Red Army and turn the
tide of war. Hitler did not know and refused to believe
that Wenk’s Army was nothing more the pitiful
remnants of the defeated German army, gathered
together in misery and expecting defeat. The
counterattack of the 12th Army on Berlin was doomed
to failure, Hitler’s last hope turned out to be an empty
mirage, and his desperate deathbed appeal: “Where is
Wenk?” went unheard. 320 p. IAuza-press: Moscow,
2009. ISBN: 9785995500544. Item No: 835065B
Novgorod’s Russia
Rus’ Novgorodskaia
Tulupov, Viacheslav Gennad’evich
$21.00
Novgorod - a city with a long history, for years overshadowed by the gold-domed capital of Russia. Now,
1150 years after its founding, the Republican rival of
the Tsar’s Moscow appears before us in all its grandeur
on the pages of books and articles devoted to it. This
book by Vyacheslav Tulupov considers the origin of the
Novgorod Republic, its rise, and how its death was
brought about by political, economic, social and
spiritual factors. 286 p. EKSMO/Algoritm: Moscow,
2009. ISBN: 9785699363926. Item No: 839190B
The Destinies of Fashion
Sud’by mody
Vasil’ev, Aleksandr
$35.00
These exciting articles lay bare the history of fashion, in
its entirety- from ancient Egypt to modern Russia. It
gives biographies and tales of legendary fashion
designers, artists, and performers from Coco Chanel
and Elsa Schiaparelli to the stars of silent movies and
ballet, and from bohemia of the present day. Fashion is
not just a profession, but a personal love of the author.
462 p. Al’pina non-fikshn: Moscow, 2009. ISBN:
9785916710205. Item No: 839490B
Such an Amazing Ligovka
Takaia udivitel’naia Ligovka
Veksler, Arkadii
$39.00
Ligovskiy Prospect has long remained in the shadows,
overlooked by historians, researchers and experts in the
creation of St. Petersburg as the capital city. In the book,
for the first time are the details of the Ligovsky Prospect:
The history of the development of this territory, the first
and subsequent owners of the buildings, and its most
famous residents. A brief survey of architectural
characteristics is also given with contemporary
photographs of the houses. 656 p. TSentrpoligraf:
Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785952444546. Item No:
840358B
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History, continued
Lenin’s Testament
Stand up: Stalin Comes: The Secret Magic of the Leader
Zaveshchanie Lenina
Balandin, Rudol’f Konstantinovich
$23.00
The last years of Lenin’s life have always fascinated
historians and journalists. During this period of
the life Lenin wrote the articles considered to
be his political testament. Fragments and passages
in these works still causing disputes and arguments.
The author of this book, R.K. Balandin, proves
that Lenin, in spite of his poor health, was able
to identify the major obstacles facing the young
Soviet state and planned programs to overcome
them. 285 p. Algoritm: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785926506799. Item No: 835023B
Vstat’: Stalin idet: tainaia magiia Vozhdia
Balandin, R. K.
$23.00
“Stalin left an indelible impression on us. His
influence on people was irresistible. When he
entered the hall at the Yalta Conference, all of us,
as if at his command, stood up...” Franklin Roosevelt,
H.G. Wells, Lion Feuchtwanger, and many other
great contemporaries of Stalin could affix their
signatures behind these words by Winston Churchill
all of them in due time gave way to the “personality
cult” of Stalin, admitted his fascinating, magical
influence on others. What was the secret of this
phenomenon? This book is the first scientific
investigation into phenomenon of the “Cult
of Personality,” including deep analysis of the “Magic
of Stalin.” 352 p. EKSMO/IAuza: Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785699355464. Item No: 835898B
Art/Architecture
The Architect F.O. Shekhtel: On the 150th Anniversary of
His Birth
Arkhitektor F.O. Shekhtel’: k 150-letiiu so dnia rozhdeniia
Demkina, S. M.
$33.00
The book is devoted to the life and the creative works of
the famous Russian architect F. Shekhtel - the creator of
the house on M. Nikitskaya, 6. The collection
includes articles about the personality of the
architect and on his masterpieces, about the
architectural style art nouveau as a phenomenon of
the artistic life of the late nineteenth-the early
twentieth centuries., about the architectural
uniqueness of the mansion, where the museumapartment of M. Gorky is located. The book is
addressed to a wide audience, to the fans of Russian
architecture, painting and literature. 46 p. Institut
mirovoi literatury RAN (IMLI): Moscow, 2009.
ISBN: 9785920803313. Item No: 840775B
Russian Arts: From Antiquity to Avant-Garde
Russkoe iskusstvo ot drevnosti do avangarda
Likhachev, D. S.
$100.00
A handsome volume dedicated to Russian art
from antiquity to the avant-garde. The essays
selected by the author show an overwhelming
pride for Russian culture and its creative works.
The book includes articles by D. Likhachev
showing that Russia has always been on the one
hand a part of European culture, and on the
other hand, Russian art has always been possessed
of extraordinary originality. “The most typical
feature of Russian culture,” wrote Likhachev, “is
Russian universalism. The art, created by the
Russian people is the moral force that aids
people in all difficult circumstances...” 480 p.
Iskusstvo-SPb: Sankt-Peterburg, 2009.
ISBN: 9785210016140.
Item No. 840314B
500 Masterpieces of Russian Painting
500 shedevrov russkoi zhivopisi: ot russkogo klassitsizma
XVIII veka do russkogo avangarda XX veka
Getashvili, Nina Viktorovna
$125.00
A general survey of Russian art from the 18th
century to the first decades of the 20th century.
The content of this album does not attempt to
be comprehensive, encyclopedic coverage, but
is created from a desire to make the wonderful
paintings in provincial museums and collections
accessible to the widest audience. Each
reproduction includes a brief commentary
evaluating the significance of that painting
within the creative works of the author and
the history of Russian art. 543 p. EKSMO:
Moscow, 2009. ISBN: 9785699280285. Item No. 838915B
The Hermitage Museum: Western European Paintings
Ermitazh: zapadnoevropeiskaia zhivopis’
Singaevskii, Vadim
$63.00
The State Hermitage Museum is the largest museum
of Russia, offering the greatest collection of
monuments of culture and art from ancient times to
the present day. This book can only show a sampling
of the collection, since there are more than 75,000
paintings from Western European masters in the
permanent displays. 256 p. AST/Poligon: Moscow,
2009. ISBN: 9785170562459. Item No: 839119B
St. Petersburg in Watercolors, Engravings
and Lithographs of the 18th to 19th Centuries
from the Collection of the State Hermitage Museum
Sankt-Peterburg v akvareliakh, graviurakh i litografiiakh
XVIII-XIX vekov iz sobraniia Gosudarstvennogo Ermitazha
$54.00
How did the embankments of the Neva
look two or three centuries ago? How did
the Palace Square, without the Alexander
Column, appear? What did people do in
the meadow of the Tsarina and in the
Champ de Mars? Artists A. Zubov, M.
Makhaev, B.Patersen, A. Martynov, K.
Beggrow, C.Coleman, V.Sadovnikov and
other masters eyewitnessed and
preserved for posterity the appearance
and atmosphere of life of the young and
beautiful city on the Neva. 207 p. ARKA:
Sankt-Peterburg, 2009. ISBN: 9785912080470.
Item No: 839118B
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