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1	The Madonnas of Leningrad more books like this by Debra Dean add to wishlist Bit by bit, the ravages of age are eroding Marina's grip on the everyday. see all copies from $2.53! new only from $7.63! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
2	A Peace to End All Peace: The Fall of the Ottoman Empire and the Creation of the Modern Middle East more books like this by David Fromkin add to wishlist This history charts the post-World War I efforts by the Allies to deal with the fall of the Ottoman Empire, and how decisions made then influenced the region's history and geopolitics for the rest of the century (and beyond). These efforts included creating new states and entities, including what was to become Iraq, Jordan, Lebanon, and, later, ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $12.90! \| first editions \| SVS
3	The charm school more books like this by Nelson DeMille add to wishlist An American tourist unwittingly picks up an escaped prisoner of war on the road in Russia and gets caught in an international spy web. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.28! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
4	Crime and Punishment more books like this by Fyodor M Dostoevsky add to wishlist This 1866 novel is Dostoevsky's great fictional study of the criminal mind, in the character of the student Raskolnikov, who murders an aged pawnbroker. Initially, Raskolnikov believes that the killing was entirely justified, but as the novel proceeds he becomes tortured by his guilt, and begins to question all his most passionately held beliefs. ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
5	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 $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
6	Thirteen Days: A Memoir of the Cuban Missile Crisis more books like this by Robert F Kennedy add to wishlist This volume presents Senator Robert F. Kennedy's perspective on the Cuban Missile Crisis of October 1962, 13 days during which the world seemed on the brink of nuclear war. Kennedy was U.S. Attorney General at the time, which gave him a firsthand perspective on his brother's negotiations with Soviet leader Nikita Khrushchev. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.64! \| first editions \| SVS
7	The Gulag Archipelago, 1918-1956: An Experiment in Literary Investigation more books like this by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn add to wishlist Solzhenitsyn's gripping epic masterpiece, the searing record of four decades of Soviet terror and oppression, in one abridged volume, authorized by the author see all copies from $1.99! new only from $8.59! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
8	Last of the Breed more books like this by Louis L'Amour add to wishlist In this thriller, a Native American Air Force pilot must rely on his wits and survival skills after escaping from a Russian prison as he begins a long, lonely trek across the Bering Strait to freedom in the U.S. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $3.65! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
9	War & Peace more books like this by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Count add to wishlist Leo Tolstoy's WAR AND PEACE is an epic war novel, an exploration of family ties, and a manifesto of Tolstoy's beliefs. Against the background of Napoleon's invasion of Russia in the early 1800s, WAR AND PEACE spans the social spectrum, depicting three families--their love affairs, intellectual struggles, and personal conflicts--and the cataclysmic ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.77! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
10	Peter the Great more books like this by Robert K Massie add to wishlist "Enthralling . . . As fascinating as any novel and more so than most." The New York Times Book Review The Pulitzer Prize-Winning Bestseller by the author of DREADNOUGHT. Against the monumental canvas of seventeenth- and eighteenth-century Europe and Russia unfolds the magnificent story of Peter the Great, one of the most extraordinary rulers in ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.43! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
11 view cover	One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich more books like this by Aleksandr Isaevich Solzhenitsyn add to wishlist In this, the only English translation authorised by Aleksandr Solzhenitzyn, ONE DAY IN THE LIFE OF IVAN DENISOVICH stands as a classic of contemporary literature. It is an unforgettable portrait of the world of Stalin's forced work camps, and remains one of the most extraordinary literary documents of its time. It confirmed Solzhenitzyn's stature ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
12 view cover	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 $3.00! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
13 view cover	The Sword and the Shield: The Mitrokhin Archive and the Secret History of the KGB more books like this by Christopher Andrew, Vasili Mitrokhin add to wishlist This book is based on secret documents (reportedly about 6 trunks' worth) which were smuggled out of Russia by Vasili Mitrokhin, who worked in the KGB archive. Historian and intelligence expert Christopher Andrew tells of Mitrokhin's disenchantment with the KGB and his effort to to build his own secret archive of information, which he smuggled out ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $2.37! \| first editions \| SVS
14 view cover	Master and Margarita more books like this by Mikhail Bulgakov add to wishlist An ironic parable on power and its corruption, on good and evil, and on human frailty and the strength of love. The Devil appears in Moscow accompanied by a retinue of characters including a large vodka-drinking, pistol toting, black cat named Behemoth, the beautiful Margarita, and a writer known only as "The Master." These characters are joined ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $6.95! \| first editions \| SVS
15 view cover	Life and Fate more books like this by Vasily Grossman add to wishlist An epic tale of Soviet Union during the Second World War, centering on the Battle of Stalingrad. The author was arrested by the K.G.B. on the completion of this novel. It was smuggled out of the Soviet Union on microfilm over twenty years later. see all copies from $3.85! new only from $13.75! \| first editions \| SVS
16 view cover	Russian Stories: A Dual-Language Book more books like this by Gleb Struve (Editor) add to wishlist Twelve tales by such masters as Chekhov, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, others. Excellent word-for-word English translations on facing pages, plus teaching and study aids, Russian/English vocabulary, biographical/critical introductions, more. see all copies from $6.00! new only from $7.02! \| first editions \| SVS
17 view cover	The Thirteenth Tribe more books like this by Arthur Koestler add to wishlist This book traces the history of the ancient Khazar Empire, a major but almost forgotten power in Eastern Europe, which in the Dark Ages converted to Judaism. Khazaria was finally wiped out by the forces of Ghengis Khan, but evidence indicates that the Khazars themselves migrated to Poland and formed the cradle of Western Jewry. see all copies from $8.00! new only from $8.90! \| first editions \| SVS
18 view cover	Essence of Decision: Explaining the Cuban Missile Crisis more books like this by Graham T Allison add to wishlist One of the most influental political science works written in the post World War II era, the original edition of Essence of Decision is a unique and fascinating examination of the pivotal event of the cold Cold War. Not simply revised, but completely re-written, the Second Edition of this classic text is a fresh reinterpretation of the theories ... see all copies from $1.99! new only from $16.31! \| first editions \| SVS
19 view cover	Great Short Works of Leo Tolstoy more books like this by Leo Nikolayevich Tolstoy, Count add to wishlist A collection of short fiction by the distinguished Russian writer includes the story Alyosha the Pot, as well as such novellas as The Cossacks, The Death of Ivan Ilych, Family Happiness, Master and Man, The Devil, The Kreutzer Sonata, Father Serguis, and Hadgi Maurat. Reprint. 20,000 first printing. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $4.99! \| first editions \| SVS
20 view cover	Vampire Armand more books like this by Anne Rice add to wishlist "The Vampire Chronicles" continue. With the body of Lestat lying comatose nearby, 500-year-old Armand, first introduced in "Interview with the Vampire", tells the story of his life: his childhood in Istanbul, his enslavement, both sexual and vampiric, to the ancient vampire Marius, and his devotion to his non-vampire children. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $1.99! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
21 view cover	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
22 view cover	The Great Game: The Struggle for Empire in Central Asia more books like this by Peter Hopkirk add to wishlist IN see all copies from $5.00! new only from $10.85! \| first editions \| SVS
23 view cover	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
24 view cover	Darkness at noon more books like this by Arthur Koestler add to wishlist N. S. Rubashov, an old guard Communist, falls victim to an unnamed government; with outstanding psychological insight, Koestler traces his story through arrest, imprisonment and trail in a classic novel which, when first published, famously drew attention to the nature of Stalin's regime. see all copies from $1.99! new only from $5.98! \| signed copies \| first editions \| SVS
25 view cover	Invitation to a beheading more books like this by Vladimir Nabokov add to wishlist Written in Berlin in 1934, "Invitation to a Beheading" contains all the surprise, excitement and magical intensity of a work created in two brief weeks of sustained inspiration. It takes us into the fantastic prison-world of Cincinnatus, a man condemned to death and spending his last days in prison not quite knowing when the end will come. Nabokov ... see all copies from $3.74! new only from $8.22! \| first editions \| SVS

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