Molotovs Magic Lantern

Author : Rachel Polonsky
Publisher : Farrar, Straus and Giroux
ISBN 13 : 1429974907
Total Pages : 530 pages
Book Rating : 4.05/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Molotov's Magic Lantern written by Rachel Polonsky and published by Farrar, Straus and Giroux. This book was released on 2011-01-11 with total page 530 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When the British journalist Rachel Polonsky moves to Moscow, she discovers an apartment on Romanov Street that was once home to the Soviet elite. One of the most infamous neighbors was the ruthless apparatchik Vyacheslav Molotov, a henchman for Stalin who was a participant in the collectivizations and the Great Purge—and also an ardent bibliophile. In what was formerly Molotov's apartment, Polonsky uncovers an extensive library and an old magic lantern—two things that lead her on an extraordinary journey throughout Russia and ultimately renew her vision of the country and its people. In Molotov's Magic Lantern, Polonsky visits the haunted cities and vivid landscapes of the books from Molotov's library: works by Chekhov, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Akhmatova, and others, some of whom were sent to the Gulag by the very man who collected their books. With exceptional insight and beautiful prose, Polonsky writes about the longings and aspirations of these Russian writers and others in the course of her travels from the Arctic to Siberia and from the forests around Moscow to the vast steppes. A singular homage to Russian history and culture, Molotov's Magic Lantern evokes the spirit of the great artists and the haunted past of a country ravaged by war, famine, and totalitarianism.

Author : Rachel Polonsky
Publisher :
ISBN 13 :
Total Pages : 388 pages
Book Rating : 4.26/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Molotov's Magic Lantern written by Rachel Polonsky and published by . This book was released on 2010 with total page 388 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:

Author : Rachel Polonsky
Publisher : Macmillan
ISBN 13 : 0374211973
Total Pages : 413 pages
Book Rating : 4.74/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Molotov's Magic Lantern written by Rachel Polonsky and published by Macmillan. This book was released on 2011-01-04 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: After moving to Moscow, British journalist Polonsky discovers the apartment of Stalin's henchman, Vyacheslav Molotov, and uncovers an extensive library and an old lantern--two things that lead her on a journey throughout Russia, which ultimately renews her vision of the country and its people.

Author : Max Brooks
Publisher : Broadway Books
ISBN 13 : 0770437400
Total Pages : 434 pages
Book Rating : 4.04/5 ( download)

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Download or read book World War Z written by Max Brooks and published by Broadway Books. This book was released on 2013 with total page 434 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: An account of the decade-long conflict between humankind and hordes of the predatory undead is told from the perspective of dozens of survivors who describe in their own words the epic human battle for survival, in a novel that is the basis for the June 2013 film starring Brad Pitt. Reissue. Movie Tie-In.

Author : William R. Forstchen
Publisher : St. Martin's Press
ISBN 13 : 9780765356864
Total Pages : 532 pages
Book Rating : 4.64/5 ( download)

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Download or read book One Second After written by William R. Forstchen and published by St. Martin's Press. This book was released on 2011-04-26 with total page 532 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Book 1 in the "John Matherson" trilogy.

Author : Mark Bray
Publisher : John Hunt Publishing
ISBN 13 : 1782791256
Total Pages : 342 pages
Book Rating : 4.56/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Translating Anarchy written by Mark Bray and published by John Hunt Publishing. This book was released on 2013-09-27 with total page 342 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Translating Anarchy tells the story of the anti-capitalist anti-authoritarians of Occupy Wall Street who strategically communicated their revolutionary politics to the public in a way that was both accessible and revolutionary. By “translating” their ideas into everyday concepts like community empowerment and collective needs, these anarchists sparked the most dynamic American social movement in decades.

Author : Rachel Polonsky
Publisher : Cambridge University Press
ISBN 13 : 9780521621793
Total Pages : 276 pages
Book Rating : 4.98/5 ( download)

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Download or read book English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Renaissance written by Rachel Polonsky and published by Cambridge University Press. This book was released on 1998-11-05 with total page 276 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The turn of the nineteenth century, a time of exceptional creativity in Russia, was also a time of great receptivity to foreign cultural influences. Among the most important of these were English poetry and aesthetic thought, which gave new impetus to the Russian imagination. This 1998 book is a study of the Russian reception of English literature from Romanticism to aestheticism, focusing particularly on the reception by Russian poets of Shelley, Ruskin, Pater, Frazer and Wilde. Framing this account is a pioneering exploration of the intellectual background to these influences in comparative scholarship, illuminating a common interest in myth, folklore, anthropology, and the origins of language. This book discusses the relationship between Russian conceptions of national identity, literary influence and the origins of comparative literary history.

Author : Allain Rhett
Publisher : WeldonOwn+ORM
ISBN 13 : 1681885999
Total Pages : 210 pages
Book Rating : 4.95/5 ( download)

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Download or read book The Official MacGyver Survival Manual written by Allain Rhett and published by WeldonOwn+ORM. This book was released on 2019-09-17 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Handy (and often hilarious) hacks from the resourceful TV hero. Includes illustrations! For over thirty years, the name MacGyver has been synonymous with astonishing feats of ingenuity, from fixing a car with nothing but water and egg whites to busting out of jail using a hairpin and a pair of repurposed handcuffs to, of course, saving the world with his favorite weapon, a simple paperclip. What you might not know is that every trick that the resourceful secret agent pulls off on CBS’s hit show has been tested and fact-checked by experts, and really works . . . most of the time. No one is saying that you should craft a DIY airplane out of trash bags and a lawnmower engine. But with this book, you could. The first official how-to guide to the MacGyver universe, this book is packed with drawings and step-by-step descriptions of the hacks that made this character the world’s most resourceful secret agent. It’s lots of fun for fans of the new hit series as well as the classic show that started it all—or anyone who enjoys a bit of applied physics and clever problem-solving.

Author : Fray Baroque
Publisher :
ISBN 13 : 9781620490167
Total Pages : pages
Book Rating : 4.61/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Queer Ultraviolence written by Fray Baroque and published by . This book was released on 2013-10-01 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This new slimmer version of QUV brings you all the punch of the first edition at half the price. With a new introduction, this prisoner friendly version is a must have. "Let's be explicit: We are criminal queer anarchists and this world is not and can never be enough for us. We want to annihilate bourgeois morality and make ruins of this world. We're here to destroy what is destroying us. Let's be speaking of revolt. We are tracing the lineage of our queer criminality and charting the demise of the social order. And oh the nectar from which we drink: lesbian pirates raging the seas, queer rioters setting cop cars ablaze, sex parties amidst the decay of industrialism, bank robbers wearing pink triangles, mutual aid networks among sex workers and thieves, gangs of trannyfags bashing-the-fuck-back. We've been assured that each day could be our last. As such we've chosen to live as if every day is. In turn, we promise that the existent's days are numbered."

Author : Orlando Figes
Publisher : Metropolitan Books
ISBN 13 : 1466862890
Total Pages : 544 pages
Book Rating : 4.90/5 ( download)

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Download or read book Natasha's Dance written by Orlando Figes and published by Metropolitan Books. This book was released on 2014-02-11 with total page 544 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: History on a grand scale--an enchanting masterpiece that explores the making of one of the world's most vibrant civilizations A People's Tragedy, wrote Eric Hobsbawm, did "more to help us understand the Russian Revolution than any other book I know." Now, in Natasha's Dance, internationally renowned historian Orlando Figes does the same for Russian culture, summoning the myriad elements that formed a nation and held it together. Beginning in the eighteenth century with the building of St. Petersburg--a "window on the West"--and culminating with the challenges posed to Russian identity by the Soviet regime, Figes examines how writers, artists, and musicians grappled with the idea of Russia itself--its character, spiritual essence, and destiny. He skillfully interweaves the great works--by Dostoevsky, Stravinsky, and Chagall--with folk embroidery, peasant songs, religious icons, and all the customs of daily life, from food and drink to bathing habits to beliefs about the spirit world. Figes's characters range high and low: the revered Tolstoy, who left his deathbed to search for the Kingdom of God, as well as the serf girl Praskovya, who became Russian opera's first superstar and shocked society by becoming her owner's wife. Like the European-schooled countess Natasha performing an impromptu folk dance in Tolstoy's War and Peace, the spirit of "Russianness" is revealed by Figes as rich and uplifting, complex and contradictory--a powerful force that unified a vast country and proved more lasting than any Russian ruler or state.