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1	The Whisperers: Private Life in Stalin's Russia more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes add to wishlist The award-winning author of "A Peoples Tragedy" and "Natashas Dance" has written this landmark account of what private life was like for Russians in the worst years of Soviet repression. see all copies from $6.35! new only from $11.96! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes add to wishlist A New York Times Notable Book for 2002. see all copies from $3.00! new only from $10.85! \| first editions \| SVS
3	A People's Tragedy: A History of the Russian Revolution more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes, Professor Orlando Figes add to wishlist This multi-award book is history on an epic yet human scale. Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, "A People's Tragedy" offers a profound account of the Russian Revolution for a new generation. "Certain to become one of the seminal studies".--"The Philadelphia Inquirer". Photos. ... see all copies from $9.95! new only from $12.50! \| first editions \| SVS
4	International Women's Stories, the Penguin Book of more books like this by Various, Kate Figes (Editor) add to wishlist Gathers thirty-three short stories that reflect the changes and expectations in women's lives around the world. see all copies from $5.60! new only from $8.50! \| SVS
5	Interpreting the Russian Revolution: The Language and Symbols of 1917 more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes, Boris Kolonitsk, Boris Kolonitskii add to wishlist This is the first book in any language to offer a comprehensive analysis of the political culture of the Russian Revolution. Orlando Figes and Boris Kolonitskii examine the diverse ways that language and other symbols - including flags and emblems, public rituals, songs, and codes of dress - were used to identify competing sides and to create new ... see all copies from $3.55! new only from $18.00! \| first editions \| SVS
6	A People's Tragedy more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes add to wishlist An account of the Russian Revolution, written by a distinguished historian and Fellow of Trinity College, Cambridge. Figes emphasizes the real cost of the Bolshevik coup d'etat--in lives, material progress, and moral decency--for the people of the former Soviet Union. In direct opposition to more than half a century of communist propaganda ... see all copies from $12.99! new only from $28.76! \| first editions
7	The History of Pugachev more books like this by Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin, Earl Sampson (Translator), Orlando Figes (Introduction by) add to wishlist The appearance of Pushkin's The History of Pugachev was greeted with suspicion and hostility by Nicholas I, who had restricted Pushkin's access to the records of the Pugachev Rebellion and who insisted on censoring the book before publication. The Tsar insisted that Pushkin change the title from The History of Pugachev to The History of the ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.00!
8	Light: With Monet at Giverny: A Novel more books like this by Eva Figes add to wishlist Reprinted for the first time in nearly 25 years, this shimmering short novel gives an extraordinary portrait of a day in the life of an artist at work and at home. In prose as luminous as the colours Monet is using to portray his beloved garden, Eva Figes guides us through the day, from the dawn ('midnight blueblack growing grey and misty') ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.40!
9	Peasant Russia, Civil War: The Volga Countryside in Revolution, 1917-1921 more books like this by Dr. Orlando Figes add to wishlist From the preface Many historians outside the Soviet Union have sought to explain why the Bolsheviks won the civil war. Some have focused on the military history of 1918-20. Others have connected the victory of the Red Army to the growth of the Soviet State. But none has made a detailed study of the relationship between the Bolsheviks and the ... see all copies from $18.46! new only from $34.95!
10	Life after birth more books like this by Kate Figes add to wishlist A look at the physical, sensory, emotional, and psychological changes that many women go through after the birth of their first child. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	Journey to Nowhere: One Woman Looks for the Promised Land more books like this by Eva Figes add to wishlist In the spring of 1939, six-year-old Eva Unger (later Figes) came to settle in London. Born in Berlin, her middle-class Jewish family managed to get out of Nazi Germany, leaving behind friends, relatives and their penniless, orphan housemaid, Edith. Ten years later, with Eva assimilated into post-war British society, word arrived from Edith in ... see all copies from $3.07! new only from $3.92! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	The Big Fat Bitch Book for Girls more books like this by Kate Figes add to wishlist Why do women excel at bitching? And are there ways to do it well? In this unique and entertaining book, Kate Figes explores girltalk, the way bitching erupts amongst teenage girls, the tenacity of female stereotypes as well as essential guidance on being the best kind of bitch - strong and self-assured rather than the bitch that needs to put other ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.00! \| SVS
13 view cover	What About Me, Too? by Kate Figes add to wishlist Some readers will have already met GP Sue, her daughters Frankie and Lola, her husband Matthew, and their unexpected surprise addition to the family, Tom. In this delightful sequel, we are a year on...Sue is a GP, her busy life filled with demanding but lovable patients, demanding but lovable children, a husband, and a new dog. But she has just ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $15.00!
14 view cover	Tales of Innocence and Experience: An Exploration more books like this by Eva Figes add to wishlist "Tales of Innocence and Experience" is a captivating exploration of the relationship between a grandmother and her granddaughter as a second baby is about to be born. Alive to the special sweetness of the relationship, Figes also explores the darker side of childhood. How in fairy tales such as "Snow White", "Little Red Riding Hood" and "Hansel ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $9.18! \| first editions
15	Ghosts more books like this by Eva Figes add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Tales of Innocence and Experience: Grandmothers and Granddaughters: A Very Special Relationship more books like this by Eva Figes add to wishlist This captivating memoir explores the relationship between the author and her young granddaughter, whose questions about Figes's upbringing unwittingly opens a door into the author's privileged childhood in Germany. But when the Nazis rose to power, Figes and her family fled to England, leaving her own grandparents behind. see all copies from $2.55! new only from $3.65! \| first editions
17	Tragedy & Social Evolution more books like this by Eva Figes add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $32.00! \| first editions
18 view cover	The Terrible Teens by Kate Figes add to wishlist Living with teenagers can be more stressful and emotional than anything parents have previously experienced. While there are dozens of books on development in young children, books on adolescent development and how to cope are almost non-existent. Kate Figes redresses the balance. Based on the advice of experts and interviews with parents and ... see all copies from $2.53! new only from $13.00!
19 view cover	What About Me? by Kate Figes add to wishlist Sue is a forty-six year old GP, mother of two, wife of one. Frankie is her elder daughter, just fourteen, ready to start out in life. The pair are diametrically opposite in years and energy, yet both teeter on the brink of the next big thing. For Sue, forty-six meeting fourteen is where menopause matches adolescence, anxiety is a mother's middle ... see all copies from $2.53! first editions
20 view cover	Sex and Subterfuge: Women Writers to 1850 more books like this by Eva Figes add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
21	Patriarchal attitudes. more books like this by Eva Figes add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	The Penguin Book of International Women's Stories more books like this by Kate Figes add to wishlist This anthology brings together a vast array of writing from women around the world. The stories mirror the changes and expectations of women's lives everywhere, reflecting the diversity of their experience while also pooling established writers with new talent. see all copies from $1.99! first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	What About Me? by Kate Figes add to wishlist Sue is a 45-year-old GP, trying hard to marry work and family life while coping with the symptoms of her encroaching menopause. Her daughter Frankie, is just 14, beautiful and fun, but also at the age of swift change when teenagers can be at their least attractive, focused only on clothes, friends and boys. As Sue remembers all the agonies and ... see all copies from $2.53! first editions
24 view cover	Little Eden by Eva Figes add to wishlist see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions
25	Winter journey by Eva Figes add to wishlist see all copies from $7.50! first editions

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