The Genius Under the Table: Growing Up Behind the Iron Curtain

Reducere. With a masterful mix of comic timing and disarming poignancy, Newbery Honoree Eugene Yelchin offers a memoir of growing up in Cold War Russia. Dram...

Reducere. A NEW YORK TIMES BEST SELLER"I was born at the beginning of it all, on the Red side--the Communist side--of the Iron Curtain." Through annotated il...

Reducere. Take a journey into the borderland of the red empire, during an ideological battle that saw the world ripped in half. Dare to step into communist C...

Reducere. Burning with desire to share the value of freedom, Antonina takes you from her plight in communist Bulgaria to the free shores of America. Followin...

Publisher: Oxford University Press IncAuthor(s): Malgorzata (Associate Professor of History, Associate Professor of History, University of Illinois...

Publisher: Thames & Hudson LtdAuthor(s): Royal Opera HouseIllustration(s): 40 Illustrations, colorNumber of pages: 40Publication date: 2022Dimensio...

Publisher: UCL PressAuthor(s): Miklos PetiIllustration(s): 8 Illustrations, black and whiteCollection: Literature and TranslationPublication date: ...

Reducere. Behind The Curtain: Volume 2Please note, this is Volume 2December 1968 saw a landmark court case in the appropriately named township of Credit Rive...

Reducere. Behind the Red Curtain, a Memoir is a true-life account told in the voice of a growing teenager. In this harrowing tale of coping and survival, the...

Publisher: Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, WydawnictwoAuthor(s): Graeme KirkpatrickNumber of pages: 234Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 169 x 240 x 15Co...

Reducere. In the not so distant future, as the planet burns, the nation reels from the effects of a pandemic, Truth is on the brink of extinction, and the la...

'I was 11 years old. I witnessed the mindless cruelty of human beings. The only peace was when I was surrounded by the dead.'Publisher: The History...

A passionately romantic and sexy novel from Beth Kery - fulfilling your every fantasy.

Reducere. A humorous collection of short stories that will keep you turning the pageHop into the author's DeLorean and travel back to a simpler and less comp...

Reducere. Velvet Meets the Iron Curtain is a true story of an unexpected revolution of the heart.This autobiography tells a story of a man born behind the Ir...

Reducere. Growing Up In The Near North Side Of Chicago is an oral history, turned into a chronicle, obtained by personal interviews with my childhood friends...

Alfred Bunn published these memoirs of his theatrical career in 1840. His account is written with a verve which makes it very readable, and provide...

Alfred Bunn published these memoirs of his theatrical career in 1840. His account is written with a verve which makes it very readable, and provide...

Reducere. This book is unique in that it not only discusses the internal decay and the external disasters which threaten the life of American people (in fact...

Reducere. A native of Queens, N.Y., Maestro Weibel was never in doubt about the avenue his future career would take. His talent and love for musical expressi...

Reducere. "I love a martini-- But two at the most. Three, I m under the table; Four, I m under the host." Raise a glass to Dorothy Parker s wit and wisdom. K...

Pursuing her passion for cooking was never an option when she was with Derek, and now Zoey relishes her independence.When Zoey's meets reclusive mi...

National Book Award Finalist TIME Magazine's #1 Nonfiction Book of 2012A New York Times Notable BookA Washington Post Top Ten Book of 2012Best Nonf...

At the end of the Second World War, the Soviet Union unexpectedly found itself in control of a huge swathe of territory in Eastern Europe. Stalin a...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Steven J. ZalogaIllustration(s): Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8pp of colour illustratio...

George Soros' web of influence is documented and exposed.Publisher: Permuted PressAuthor(s): Matt PalumboNumber of pages: 176Publication date: 2022...

Covering 25 years, Burmese Shadows is an unprecedented body of work which highlights, with stunning photographs, the reality of living and fighting...

A story of immense power and compassion-one that will move all who read it with its harrowing glimpse into the real world behind the headlines Tina...

Reducere. Dive into underwater scenes and swim with dolphins in this children's lift the flap book... Turn the pages of this delightful, interactive baby boo...

This volume shows not only how authenticity came to define a variety of social contexts, but also how it helped to lay the groundwork for the neoli...

Reducere. While the world was reading one story, God was writing another. In 1977, amidst the bitterly cold days of the frigid Cold War, a young couple respo...

Reducere. Another collection of true crime stories from the pages of the Anderson Valley Advertiser, Mendocino County's newspaper of record.

'A book so full of steel and compassion that it stands glitteringly apart' Rachel CuskMilena is a Red Princess living in a Soviet Satellite state i...

Will Allen is no ordinary farmer. A former basketball star, he's as tall as his truck, and he can hold a cabbage--or a basketball--in one hand. But...

Publisher: Pitchstone PublishingAuthor(s): Steve CunoNumber of pages: 320Publication date: 2021Dimensions: 161 x 237 x 28Cover type: HardbackRedesc...

Reducere. In 1946, in the midst of global turmoil and after being voted out of office, Winston Churchill made a trip to the unlikely venue of Fulton, Missour...

Reducere. Hank Zipzer is failing math, so he has to work with Heather Payne, resident class brain, to help get his grades up. At the same time, Hank s school...

You've gone on adventures with Cruz Coronado and his fellow recruits as they communicated with whales using the Universal Cetacean Communicator, ca...

Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing PLCAuthor(s): Steven J. (Author) ZalogaIllustration(s): Illustrated throughout with 40 photos and 8pp of colour il...

Reducere. Although history has swept James Anthony Bailey into the iconic shadow of P. T. Barnum, Bailey was the hard-working manager and the driving force b...

Reducere. WHAT IF...you could spend almost every day of your life at the circus?WHAT IF...you could travel with that circus around the world, seeing sights t...

Reducere. "Italics suspended " Johnny Cirucci has done it again. After unmasking the Illuminati in his first book Illuminati Unmasked, Johnny returns to give...

Redescopera farmecul lecturii si alege-ti de pe elefant.ro carti in limba engleza scrise de autori consacrati. Iti punem la dispozitie sute de mii ...

Reducere. Will Allen is no ordinary farmer. A former basketball star, he's as tall as his truck, and he can hold a cabbage--or a basketball--in one hand. But...

Reducere. Will Allen is no ordinary farmer. A former basketball star, he's as tall as his truck, and he can hold a cabbage--or a basketball--in one hand. But...

Reducere. Contributor(s): Author: Noble MararaAt age 16, in late 1991, Noble Marara joined the Rwandan Patriotic Front (RPF) that was fighting the army of th...

Exploring censorship imposed by corporate wealth and power, this book focuses on the energy industry in Wyoming, where coal, oil, and gas are pilla...