CRIME AND PUNISHMENT (non illustrated) by Constance Garnett $0.99
Crime and Punishment focuses on the mental anguish and moral dilemmas of Rodion Romanovich Raskolnikov, an impoverished ex-student from St. Petersburg who formulates and executes a plan to kill an unscrupulous pawnbroker for her money. Raskolnikov argues that with the pawnbroker's money he can perform good deeds to counterbalance the crime, while ridding the world of a worthless parasite. This...
ANNA KARENINA (non illustrated) by Constance Garnett $0.99
Summary of Parts 1-6Part 1:A crisis develops in the Oblonsky household when Dolly finds out about her husband's affair. Stiva's sister, Anna Karenina, arrives to reconcile the couple and dissuades Dolly from getting a divorce. Konstantin Levin, Stiva's friend, arrives in Moscow to propose to the eighteen year old Kitty Shtcherbatsky. She refuses him, for she loves Count Vronsky, a dashing army...
Catherine the Great: Portrait of a Woman by Random House $35.00
The Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and The Romanovs returns with another masterpiece of narrative biography, the extraordinary story of an obscure young German princess who traveled to Russia at fourteen and rose to become one of the most remarkable, powerful, and captivating women in history.Born into a minor noble family, Catherine transformed...
Nicholas and Alexandra: The Classic Account of the Fall of the Romanov Dynasty by Random House Trade Paperbacks $20.00
The story of the love that ended an empireIn this commanding book, Pulitzer Prize–winning author Robert K. Massie sweeps readers back to the extraordinary world of Imperial Russia to tell the story of the Romanovs’ lives: Nicholas’s political naïveté, Alexandra’s obsession with the corrupt mystic Rasputin, and little Alexis’s brave struggle with hemophilia. Against a lavish backdrop...
Long Walk by Constable $108.54
First published in 1956, an account of a young Polish cavalry officer who was arrested by the Russians, tortured and sentenced to 25 years forced labour. Describes his 3 month journey from Moscow to the prison camp in Siberia, his escape with 6 companions and their journey across the Gobi desert to Tibet and freedom.
RENDEZVOUS IN MAJORCA by SSI, Inc. Publishing $4.99
In 1946, a beautiful woman attempting to conceal her past on the serene Mediterranean Isle of Majorca is clandestinely recruited into a secret organization controlled by ex-Prime Minister Winston Churchill and the British Royals, to thwart the growing threat of Communism across Europe. . .Thrown into a cauldron of danger created by the KGB and unknown assassin's of MI6 and OSS (later the CIA) at...
The Grand Inquisitor (Penguin Great Ideas) by Penguin (Non-Classics) $10.00
For the true bibliophile and design-savvy book lover, here is the next set of Penguin's celebrated Great Ideas series by some of history's most innovative thinkers. Acclaimed for their striking and elegant package, each volume features a unique type-driven design that highlights the bookmaker's art. Offering great literature and great design at great prices, this series is ideal for readers who...
Death on the Silk Road by Robert Banis $8.97
Death on the Silk RoadBy Russell R. Miller:Is a contemporary traveler’s tale of deceit, deception and international intrigue, involving an ordinary man facing extraordinary circumstances in a highly unusual location.Charlie Connelly, a retired international executive with tenuous ties to the Central Intelligence Agency finds himself on a consulting project for a global banking corporation...
A Short History Of Russia by Nabu Press $27.75
This is a reproduction of a book published before 1923. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or were introduced by the scanning process. We believe this work is culturally important, and despite...
A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Walker Books $15.95
From beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human history.Throughout human history. certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with authority and charm, six of them have had a surprisingly pervasive influence on the course of history, becoming the defining drink during a pivotal historical period.A History of the World in 6 Glasses tells...