A story of hope, love and purpose for anyone who has ever loved a rescue dog.With wry wit, deep insight, and vivid anecdotes, Tim McHugh gives voice to the family pet and delves into the place where t
Eisenstein's last, unfinished masterpiece is a strange, complex and haunting film. Commissioned personally by Stalin in 1941, Ivan the Terrible placed Eisenstein in the paradoxical situation of having
Although highly intelligent, well-read, and deeply religious, Ivan the Terrible (1530-1584) favored a life of unbridled licentiousness and bestial cruelty for much of his reign. Proclaimed tsar in 154
Ivan is still having problems. He refuses to join the Communist youth organisations and his classmates make fun of him because of it. Ivan is finding it difficult to make friends as the young people
Tolstoy’s most famous novella is an intense and moving examination of death and the possibilities of redemption, here in a powerful translation by the award-winning Richard Pevear and Larissa Volokhon
Ivan can't believe it. He didn't think anyone would allow a Christian to win the prize, but he won the All-Moscow History prize. He will get the chance to travel to America but the journey is full o
Ivan and his sister Katya are going to the great Moscow circus to see their new friend Volodia perform the amazing triple somersault on this trapeze. But in spite of the fun they can't forget that Vo
Ivan may not be the most popular boy in the school but he is the best football player they have. However, some of the other boys think that Ivan should not be allowed to play on the school team becau
Ivan and Katya are in the thick of another adventure - Smuggling! can they carry out a smuggling operation right under the noses of the suspicisous government officials in Soviet Russia?Can they get t
It is generally assumed that the military reforms which propelled Russia into the modern world were due solely to the genius of Peter the Great. In fact, his reforms were built upon changes that had t
Leo Tolstoy combined detailed physical description with perceptive psychological insight to sweep aside the sham of surface appearances and lay bare man’s intimate gestures, acts, and thoughts. Murder
A thematic examination of Solzhenitsyn's novel offers a biographical overview of the author, critical essays by varied experts, and a discussion of concurrent historical events.
Elise lives in occupied Berlin, under Russian rule. Her husband, Erich, is in France with the German army, then becomes a prisoner of war. Divided and alone, each struggles to cope in a dangerous and
Ivan Navarro is known internationally for his sociopolitically charged sculptures of neon and fluorescent light. The sculptures and installations of Ivan Navarro grow out of the legacy of minimalism
