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1	Anna Karenina more books like this by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Count add to wishlist Tolstoy's great novel, one of his last works of fiction, tells the story of a harmless flirtation that gradually develops into a destructive passion: the love affair between Anna Karenina and Count Vronsky. Anna turns to Vronsky, a dashing military man, as a refuge from her passionless marriage to a pompous, chilly bureaucrat--a move that results ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	Brothers Karamazov more books like this by Fyodor M Dostoevsky add to wishlist THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV states and exemplifies Dostoevsky's most urgent concerns as a writer: the struggle between faith and the lack of it, the nature of love and hate, the question of God's existence, and generational conflict. The latter is represented in his novel by the father, Fyodor Karamazov, and his four very different sons: the saintly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.30! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
3	In the First Circle: The First Uncensored Edition more books like this by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzheni'tsyn add to wishlist The thrilling cold war masterwork by the nobel prize winner, published in full for the first time Moscow, Christmas Eve, 1949.The Soviet secret police intercept a call made to the American embassy by a Russian diplomat who promises to deliver secrets about the nascent Soviet Atomic Bomb program. On that same day, a brilliant mathematician is ... see all copies from $11.35! new only from $11.35! \| SVS
4	None dare call it conspiracy more books like this by Gary Allen add to wishlist see all copies from $4.90! new only from $11.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	Fathers & Sons more books like this by Ivan Sergeevich Turgenev add to wishlist Considered by many to be Turgenev's best novel, FATHERS AND SONS is an unsentimental depiction of the conflict between the radical young and their conservative elders. The hostile reception of this controversial story led Turgenev to leave Russia permanently and settle in Western Europe. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Doctor Zhivago more books like this by Boris Leonidovich Pasternak add to wishlist The publication of DOCTOR ZHIVAGO was surrounded by great controversy. Pasternak's manuscript received a cool reception from Soviet publishers in Moscow, and the author, despairing of ever seeing the book in print, had a copy of the manuscript submitted to an Italian publisher. As a result, the first publication of the book was in Italy in 1956. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Russian Revolution more books like this by Sheila Fitzpatrick add to wishlist The Russian Revolution had a decisive impact on the history of the twentieth century. Now, following the collapse of the Soviet regime and the opening of its archives, it is possible to step back and see the full picture. In this classic work, the author incorporates data from archives that were previously inaccessible not only to Western but also ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.17! \| first editions \| SVS
8	Special Assignments: The Further Adventures of Erast Fandorin more books like this by B Akunin (Boris) add to wishlist Two new adventures for Boris Akunin's well-loved, inimitable hero in which Erast Fandorin faces two very different adversaries: one, a deft, comedic swindler and master of disguise, whose machinations send ripples spreading through the carefully maintained calm of Moscow in 1886, and the other a brutal serial killer, driven by an insane, maniacal ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.97! \| first editions \| SVS
9	We the Living more books like this by Ayn Rand add to wishlist A philosophical novel from Russian-born Ayn Rand, who was known for her belief in the concept of "enlightened self-interest." It portrays the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human beings who demand the right to live their own lives and pursue their own happiness. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.30! \| first editions \| SVS
10	One Palestine, complete : Jews and Arabs under the British mandate more books like this by Tom Segev add to wishlist This Middle East history covers the years of the British Mandate, assessing British views toward Zionists and Arabs, major policy decisions, key personalities, armed resistance, and the efforts before and after WWII to establish a Jewish homeland. A New York Times Editors' Choice for 2000. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.57! \| first editions
11 view cover	The Bloody White Baron: The Extraordinary Story of the Russian Nobleman Who Became the Last Khan of Mongolia more books like this by James Palmer add to wishlist In the history of the modern world, there have been few characters more sadistic, sinister, and deeply demented as Baron Ungern-Sternberg. An anti-Semitic fanatic with a penchant for Eastern mysticism and a hatred of communists, Baron Ungern-Sternberg took over Mongolia in 1920 with a ragtag force of White Russians, Siberians, Japanese, and native ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.48! \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	Hero of Our Time more books like this by M y Lermontov add to wishlist Despite his obvious talents and natural abilities, Pechorin is restless and bored. Travelling from the civilised world of society drawing rooms, to the wilds of the Southern Caucasus, he embarks upon a quest for motivation and stimulation. But rather than finding the impetus he so craves, he instead becomes increasingly alienated from those around ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.35! \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	Notes from Underground more books like this by Fyodor M Dostoevsky add to wishlist A novel that marks not only the frontier between 19th- and 20th-century literature but the divide between two centuries' notion of the self. This highly philosophical work was the beginning of Dostoyevsky's serious literary career. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	The brothers Karamazov more books like this by Fyodor Dostoyevsky add to wishlist THE BROTHERS KARAMAZOV states and exemplifies Dostoevsky's most urgent concerns as a writer: the struggle between faith and the lack of it, the nature of love and hate, the question of God's existence, and generational conflict. The latter is represented in his novel by the father, Fyodor Karamazov, and his four very different sons: the saintly ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	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 $10.50! new only from $11.00! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Ten Days That Shook the World more books like this by John Reed add to wishlist In TEN DAYS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD, American journalist John Reed recounts the events of the Bolshevik Revolution in October and November 1917 that brought Lenin and Trotsky to power, establishing the Communist government that would rule the Soviet Union for most of the rest of the 20th century. Present in Petrograd [St. Petersburg] as a reporter ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.95! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	David Golder, the Ball, Snow in Autumn, the Courilof Affair more books like this by Irene Nemirovsky, Dr. Sandra Smith (Translator), Claire Messud (Introduction by) add to wishlist This one volume collects four of Nmirovskys earlier novels--all of them newly translated, and all, except "David Golder," available in English for the first time. see all copies from $8.49! new only from $9.95! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Demons more books like this by Fyodor M Dostoevsky, Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Joseph Frank (Introduction by) add to wishlist During a time of revolution, Nikolay Stavrogin, a brilliant but alienated young aristocrat, becomes a criminal, a degenerate, and an exploiter of women because of his inability to feel genuine emotion. Dostoyevsky hoped, in this novel, to rally the Russian upper classes to turn away from their own nihilistic self-absorption and identify with the ... see all copies from $4.99! new only from $10.75! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Anastasia: The Last Grand Duchess more books like this by Carolyn Meyer add to wishlist A novel in diary form in which the youngest daughter of Czar Nicholas II describes the privileged life her family led up until the time of World War I and the tragic events that befell them. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	The Adolescent more books like this by Fyodor M Dostoevsky add to wishlist "Not till J. D. Salinger created Holden Caulfield has there ever been so convincing a portrait of an adolescent."-Toronto Daily Star see all copies from $1.99! new only from $9.58! \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	Behind the Urals: An American Worker in Russia's City of Steel more books like this by John Scott add to wishlist "Students reading Scott have come away with a real appreciation of the hardships under which these workers built Magnitogorsk and of the nearly incredible enthusiasm with which many of them worked." -- Ronald Grigor Suny "A genuine grassroots account of Soviet life -- a type of book of which there have been far too few." -- William Henry ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $18.02! \| first editions \| SVS
22 view cover	Travail and Triumph more books like this by Michael T Phillips, Judith Pella add to wishlist The aristocratic Fedorcenko family of St. Petersburg and a humble peasant family from Katyk, the Burenins, both face an uncertain future when revolutionaries plot to overthrow the tsar. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.99! \| first editions
23 view cover	Three Whys of the Russian Revolution more books like this by Dr. Richard Pipes add to wishlist 'It is my considered judgement that, had it had not been for the Russian Revolution, there would very likely have been no National Socialism; probably no Second World War and no decolonization; and certainly no Cold War, which once dominated our lives. I will attempt here to distill the essence of my books "The Russian Revolution" and "Russia ... see all copies from $2.73! new only from $7.18! \| SVS
24 view cover	The White Guard more books like this by Mikhail Bulgakov add to wishlist "The White Guard" records, in polyphonic exuberance, the turbulent months of 1918 as experienced by the Turbins, a wealthy family in Kiev buffeted by the Russian Civil War. The Turbins are supporter of the White Army, and their hopes rise and fall with its successes and failures versus the Reds. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $11.09! \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	A House Divided more books like this by Michael T Phillips, Judith Pella add to wishlist In the turmoil of late nineteenth century Russia, Anna, a servant to the Fedorcenko family, is torn between her love for Prince Sergei Fedorcenko and concern for her brother, Paul, who has joined the revolutionaries trying to overthrow the tsar. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.78!

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