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ALTYN-TOLOBAS. PRIKLYUCHENIYA MAGISTRA
ALTYN-TOLOBAS: THE ADVENTURES OF A MASTER OF HUMANITIES
AKUNIN, BORIS
IGOR MUSHKATIN
IN 17TH CENTURY MOSCOW, BEFORE THE TIME OF PETER THE GREAT, CAPTAIN VAN DORN RACES TO FIND A DOCUMENT PURPORTED TO BE A FIFTH GOSPEL BEFORE HIS ENEMY CAN GET IT. HIS ADVENTURE HAS REPURCUSSIONS FOR HIS 20TH CENTURY DESCENDANT, NICHOLAS, AN ENGLISHMAN WHO FINDS HIMSELF IN RUSSIA, SURROUNDED BY DEAD BODIES AND A MYSTERIOUS SONG. © 2000
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522
DALEKO DO APRELYA
TOO FAR TO THE MONTH OF APRIL
DRABKINA, ALLA
LYUDMILA MUSHKATINA
FICTION.
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PRIGOVOR
THE VERDICT
SHEPETINSKIY, YAKOV
VITALIY KRUGMAN
FICTION.
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TEMNY TSVETOK
THE DARK FLOWER
GALSWORTHY, JOHN
VALERIY KLUGMAN
THE STORY IS DIVIDED INTO THREE EPOCHS, "SPRING," "SUMMER"AND "AUTUMN" THREE GREAT PASSIONS IN A MAN'S LIFE BELONGING RESPECTIVELY TO HIS YOUTH, HIS MATURITY AND HIS MIDDLE AGE. OF THE THREE WOMEN WHO SUCCESSIVELY INSPIRE THESE THREE PASSIONS, THE FIRST MIGHT ALMOST HAVE BEEN HIS MOTHER, THE SECOND WAS OF SUITABLE AGE TO BE HIS WIFE, AND THE THIRD COULD EASILY BEEN HIS DAUGHTER. © 2002
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POD POKROVOM PYANOGO LESA
THE DRUNKEN FOREST
DURRELL, GERALD
LYUDMILA MUSHKATINA
DURRELL, A NATURALIST, SPENT SIX MONTHS IN SOUTH AMERICA IN 1954, COLLECTING ANIMALS FOR BRITISH ZOOS. IN ADDITION TO MAKING OBSERVATIONS OF ANIMAL BEHAVIOR, HE ENCOUNTERED DRAMATIC AND HUMOROUS HUMAN PROBLEMS, INCLUDING A REVOLUTION IN ARGENTINA, A CRAZED CARPENTER, AND AN ECCENTRIC HOUSEKEEPER, WHO ALSO HAPPENS TO BE THE LOCAL MADAM. © 1998
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518
IMYA POTERPEVSHEGO NIKTO
THE NAME OF THE VICTIM IS NO ONE
MARININA, ALEXANDRA
IGOR MUSHKATIN
MYSTERY.
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517
OBESCHANIE NA RASSVETE
A PROMISE AT THE DAWN
GARI, ROMEN
IGOR MUSHKATIN
THE MEMOIRS OF THE DIPLOMAT AND FILM-MAKER FROM HIS BIRTH IN MOSCOW (1914) THROUGH THE LIBERATION OF PARIS AFTER WORLD WAR II...HIS DESCRIPTION OF HIS MOTHER MADE HER A LEGEND IN FRENCH LITERATURE AS THE EPITOME OF MATERNAL LOVE. © 2001
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516
ALHIMIK
THE ALCHEMIST
KOELYO, PAOLO
IGOR MUSHKATIN
AN ANDALUSIAN SHEPHERD BOY NAMED SANTIAGO TRAVELS FROM HIS HOMELAND IN SPAIN TO THE EGYPTIAN DESERT IN SEARCH OF A TREASURE BURIED IN THE PYRAMIDS. ON HIS JOURNEY, HE MEETS A GYPSY WOMAN, A MAN WHO CALLS HIMSELF KING, AND AN ALCHEMIST, ALL OF WHOM POINT HIM IN THE DIRECTION OF HIS QUEST. SOON, SANTIAGO'S TREASURE HUNT FOR WORLDLY GOODS BECOMES A DISCOVERY OF THE TREASURES FOUND WITHIN OUR HEARTS. TENTH ANNIVERSARY EDITION, WITH NEW AUTHOR'S INTRODUCTION, © 2003
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515
PUT CHEREZ RAVNINY
THE PLAINS OF PASSAGE
AUEL, JEAN M.
VALERIY KRUGMAN
THE FOURTH BOOK IN THE "EARTH'S CHILDREN" SERIES FOLLOWS AYLA, WHO HAS NO MEMORY OF HER OWN PEOPLE, AND HER MATE JONDALAR, WHO YEARNS TO RETURN TO HIS, AS THEY JOURNEY ACROSS THE PREHISTORIC CONTINENT. © 1998
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VOLCHENOK ITRO. POVESTI I RASKAZI
(THE PUP NAMED ITRO. STORIES)
LUXEMBURG, ELI
LYUDMILA MUSHKATINA
FICTION.
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513
SLEZY I MOLITVY DURAKOV
FOOLS TEARS AND PRAYERS
KANOVICH, GREGORY
LYUDMILA MUSHKATINA
FICTION.
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512
MORSKOY VOLK
THE SEA WOLF
LONDON, JACK
VIKTOR PERSIK
WITH ELEMENTS OF NATURALISM AND ROMANTIC ADVENTURE, THIS NOVEL STARS HUMPHREY VAN WEYDEN, A REFINED CASTAWAY WHO IS PUT TO WORK ON THE MOTLEY SCHOONER GHOST. THE SHIP IS RUN BY BRUTAL WOLF LARSEN, WHO, DESPITE HIS INTELLIGENCE AND STRENGTH, IS ANTISOCIAL AND SELF-DESTRUCTIVE. HARDENED BY HIS ARDUOUS EXPERIENCES AT SEA, HUMPHREY DEVELOPS STRENGTH OF BOTH BODY AND WILL, PROTECTING ANOTHER CASTAWAY, MAUD BREWSTER, AND FACING DOWN THE INCREASINGLY DERANGED LARSEN. ORIGINAL ENGLISH LANGUAGE © 1904
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VERA, NADEZHDA, LYUBOV
(FAITH, HOPE, LOVE)
BEZELYANSKIY, YURIY
VIKTOR PERSIK
PORTRAITS OF WOMEN
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VIKING
(VIKING)
SEVELA, EFRAIM
ALEXANDER KRASNAPOLSKY
ALGIRDASA POZERY, A FAMOUS POET LAUREATE FROM LITHUANIA, UNDERGOES A SERIOUS SPIRITUAL CRISIS. HE IS KNOWN AS A "SAD VIKING" WHO DESPERATELY TRIES TO FIND HIMSELF AND HIS PLACE IN THIS WORLD. BUT THE ONLY PLACE HE FEELS COMFORTABLE IS THE WORLD OF HIS DREAMS, THE WORLD OF HIS POETRY. ©
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XLADNOKROVNOYE UBIYSTVO
(IN COLD BLOOD)
CAPOTE, TRUMAN
VIKTOR PERSIK
RUSSIAN TRANSLATION OF THE AMERICAN NOVELIST'S ACCOUNT OF A TRUE CRIME. ©
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SESTRY
(SISTERS)
TOLSTAYA, TATIANA & NINA
SOFIA GOLDENBERG
TOLSTOY'S GRANDDAUGHTERS SHARE A SIMILAR VISION OF THE WORLD. TATYANA IS A JOURNALIST, WHILE HER SISTER NATALIA IS AN AUTHOR OF SHORT STORIES.
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STRASTI PO CHAYKOVSKOMY
PASSION OF TCHAIKOVSKY
VOLKOV, SOLOMON
VIKTOR PERSIK
THROUGH "CONVERSATIONS" BETWEEN THE AUTHOR (A WELL-KNOWN MUSIC EXPERT) AND THE GREAT CHOREOGRAPHER GEORGE BALANCHINE, A PORTRAIT EMERGES OF PETER TCHAIKOVSKY, THE COMPOSER FOR WHOM DESTINY IS INSEPARABLE FROM THE WORLD OF MUSIC.
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MAMA
MOTHER
SEVELA, EFRAIM
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
A SON SEARCHES FOR HIS MOTHER.
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499
GOVORIT MOSKVA
(THIS IS MOSCOW SPEAKING)
DANIEL, YULI
LARISSA VOLOSHIN
FICTION
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498
ZAVTRAK U TIFFANI
(BREAKFAST AT TIFFANY'S)
CAPOTE, TRUMAN
VIKTOR PERSIK
A RUSSIAN TRANSLATION OF THE CLASSIC ROMANCE ABOUT A CHARMING YOUNG WOMAN WHO ARRIVES IN NEW YORK.
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497
UBIT PERESMESHNIKA
(TO KILL A MOCKINGBIRD)
LEE, HARPER
LYUDMILLA PAYKINA
A RUSSIAN TRANSLATION OF THE CLASSIC STORY OF RACISM AND JUSTICE IN THE AMERICAN SOUTH, AS SEEN THROUGH THE EYES OF A LAWYER'S YOUNG DAUGHTER.
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PO KOM ZVONIT KOLOKOL
(FOR WHOM THE BELL TOLLS)
HEMINGWAY, ERNEST
LYDUMILLA PAYKINA
THE STORY OF ROBERT JORDAN, A YOUNG AMERICAN IN THE INTERNATIONAL BRIGADE. A TALE OF LOYALTY AND COURAGE, LOVE AND DEFEAT, AND THE TRAGIC DEATH OF AN IDEAL.
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ZOLOTOYA SERIA YUMORA
(THE GOLDEN SERIES OF HUMOR)
GURIN, GREGORIIY
VIKTOR PERSIK
THIS ANTHOLOGY INCLUDES OLD COMIC STORIES, NEW MONOLOGUES, AND IRONIC MEMOIRS. THE BOOK IS PART OF THE "GOLD SERIES OF HUMOR," WHICH SELECTS WORKS OF THE MOST INTERESTING AND FAMOUS RUSSIAN AUTHORS. © 2000
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491
Y REK BABYLONA
(BY THE RIVERS OF BABYLON)
YOFFE
VIKTOR PERSIK
FICTION.
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488
ZASTOLYE C POETAMI
(DINNER WITH POETS)
REZNIKOV, ALEX
VIKTOR PERSIK
FICTION
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486
SMERT GERONTOLOGA
(THE DEATH OF THE GERONTOLOGIST)
KANDEL, FELIX
VIKTOR PERSIK
FICTION.
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YERUSALIMSKIY JURNAL
(JERUSALEM REVIEW)
COMPILATION
VICTOR PERSIK
AN ANTHOLOGY OF RUSSIAN LITERATURE PUBLISHED IN ISRAEL. COMBINED # 2, # 6 AND 6/2000.
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BEDNIYE, ZLIYE, LUBIMIYE
(POOR, BAD, LOVED)
ULITSKAYA, LYUDMILA
LARISA VOLOSHIN
TRAGEDY AND COMEDY REACH BIBLICAL PROPORTIONS IN THESE SHORT STORIES ABOUT ORDINARY PEOPLE AND EVENTS FROM STALINIST TIMES THROUGH THE POST-PERESTROIKA ERA, INCLUDING THE LIVES OF RUSSIAN EMIGRANTS IN NEW YORK.
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BORSCH DLYA TOSKYUSCHEGO OLE
(BORSCHT FOR THE RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT)
RATNER, DINA
YURIY VOTYAKOV
LIFE THE WAY IT IS - ILLNESS, LOVE, HATE, DESTINY.
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UVIDET DEREVO
(TO LAY EYES ON A TREE)
VISHNEVETSKAYA, MARINA
VALERIY KLUGMAN
THE AUTHOR EXPLORES THE WORLD THROUGH THE EYES OF HER CHARACTERS, MOST OF WHOM LIVE IN THE CAPTIVITY OF THEIR OWN IMAGINATION. THE AUTHOR ALWAYS GIVES THEM HOPE "TO SEE A TREE," THAT IS, TO RISE ABOVE THE MOMENT, TO UNDERSTAND EACH OTHER, AND TO BELIEVE IN ONESELF. © 2000
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476
KRATKAYA ISTORIYA EVREEV
(BRIEF HISTORY OF JEWISH PEOPLE)
DUBNOV, S.M.
VALERIY KLUGMAN
THIS BOOK COVERS A HUGE PERIOD IN THE HISTORY OF JEWISH PEOPLE, FROM ANCIENT TIMES UP TO THE 19TH CENTURY. INCLUDED ARE CHAPTERS ABOUT HISTORY OF JEWISH PEOPLE DURING AND AFTER THE PERSIAN DOMINION, THE GREEK RULE OVER JUDEA, MEDIEVAL HISTORY, AND NEWER JEWISH HISTORY IN EUROPE. © 1997
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475
MASHA I FELIKS
(MASHA AND FELIX)
TOKAREVA, VIKTORIYA
LYUDMILA MUSHKATINA
FICTION.
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474
NESKOLKO VESELYX I GRUSTNYX ISTORIY O DANIILE HARMSE I EVO DRUZYAX
(SEVERAL MERRY AND SAD STORIES ABOUT DANIEL HARMS AND HIS FRIEND
SHISHMAN, SVYATOZAR
IGOR MUSHKATIN
FICTION.
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473
PROZA
(THE PROSE)
PETRUSHEVSKAYA, LYUDMILA
LYUDMILA MUSHKATINA
THIS NEW BOOK BY LYUDMILA PETRUSHEVSKAYA INCLUDES HER NEW NOVELS AND STORIES ALREADY KNOWN TO READERS. THE CHARACTERS IN THE BOOK ARE PEOPLE WITH WHOM WE WORK, OR WHO LIVE IN THE SAME NEIGHBORHOOD. THE AUTHOR TELLS THE STORIES OF THE ORDINARY PEOPLE WHO HAVE EXTRAORDINARY LIVES. © 1996
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472
PUTESHESTVIE V STRANU 'ZEKA'
A TRIP TO THE COUNTRY OF INCARSERATED
IYUDAMARGOLIN, YULIY
IGOR MUSHKATIN
FICTION.
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471
NOVY SLADOSTNY STIL
(A NEW SWEET STYLE)
AKSENOV, VASILIY
VALERIY KLUGMAN
LEXANDER "SASHA" KORBACH, A SINGER/COMPOSER/PLAYWRIGHT, COMES TO THE UNITED STATES TO START A NEW LIFE, AND TO SEARCH FOR A NEW STYLE OF ARTISTIC EXPRESSION. VASILY AKSYONOV DRAWS A SHARP PORTRAIT OF A FLAWED BUT RESILIENT HERO WHO WANDERS THROUGH HIS NEW HOMELAND IN SEARCH OF HAPPINESS AND A RATIONAL LIFE. THIS IS A STORY ABOUT DISPLACEMENT AND RELOCATION, DESPAIR AND REDEMPTION, COMMUNISM AND CAPITALISM, LOVE AND SEX, ART AND COMMERCE. © 1998
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LYUDI I LOZHI/ RUSSKIE MASONY DVADTSATOGO STOLETIYA
(PEOPLE AND LODGES/ RUSSIAN MASONS OF THE 20TH CENTURY)
BERGEROVA, NINA
THE BOOK IS BASED ON UNIQUE ARCHIVAL SOURCES. IT CONTAINS A HISTORY AND THE DESCRIPTION OF MASONIC RITUALS, INTERPRETATION OF SPECIAL TERMS, AND THE BIOGRAPHIC DICTIONARY OF RUSSIAN MASONS. NINA BERZEROVA'S FASCINATING BOOK IS ADDRESSED NOT ONLY TO THE EXPERTS AND HISTORIANS, BUT ALSO TO ALL READERS WHO ARE INTERESTED IN THIS TOPIC. © 1997
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VERDIKT
(THE VERDICT)
GRISHAM, JOHN
IGOR MUSHKATIN
MYSTERY.
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465
SAMSON NAZAREY
JABOTINSKY, VLADIMIR ZEV
VALERIY KLUGMAN
THIS NOVEL BY WELL-KNOWN JEWISH WRITER, POET AND PUBLIC FIGURE VLADIMIR ZABOTINSKY IS BASED ON THE BIBLICAL STORY OF SAMSON IN THE BOOK OF JUDGES. SAMSON NAZAREY, A MAN OF EXTRAORDINARY FORCE, HAS BEEN CALLED BY GOD TO RESCUE THE PEOPLE. WRITTEN IN 1927, THE NOVEL WAS NEVER PUBLISHED IN RUSSIA. © 1990
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463
PRIKLUCHENIYA GLUPOVO GLIKMANA
(THE ADVENTURES OF FOOLISH GLIKMAN)
DEPS, MAN
FICTION.
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462
MOYA ZHIZH (AUTOBIOGRAFIYA)
(MY LIFE- AUTOBIOGRAPHY)
MEIR, GOLDA
VALERIY KLUGMAN
FOR THE FIRST TIME, WE EXPERIENCE IN HER OWN WORDS HOW IT HAPPENED THAT THIS AMAZING WOMAN, BORN IN RUSSIA AND BROUGHT UP IN MILWAUKEE, BECAME THE PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL AND ONE OF THE POLITICAL GIANTS OF THE TIME. MRS. MEIR WRITES REVEALINGLY NOT ONLY ABOUT THE FAMOUS ISRAELIS WITH WHOM SHE WORKED SO INTIMATELY, SUCH AS DAVID BEN-GURION AND MOSHE DAYAN, BUT ALSO ABOUT THE WORLD LEADERS WHOM SHE ENCOUNTERED, SUCH AS PRESIDENT KENNEDY, PRESIDENT NIXON, PRESIDENT DE GAULLE, AND PRIME MINISTER WILSON. REPLACES RAISA KOFMAN'S RECORDING OF THIS BOOK. © 1993
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CHTO BILO I CHEVO NE BILO I KOECHTO ESHCHO
(WHAT WAS, WHAT WASN'T, AND SOMETHING ELSE)
BOGOSLOVSKIY, NIKITA
IGOR MUSHKATIN
AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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NOVAYA ROSSIYA V POSTELI, NA PANELI I V LYUBVI
NEW RUSSIA IN BED AND IN LOVE
TOPOL, EDUARD
IGOR MUSHKATIN
A HUMOROUS EXPLANATION OF A SEX REVOLUTION IN A "NEW" RUSSIA
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MY
WE ARE
ZAMAITIN, EVGENI
VALERY KLUGMAN
A DIARY OF THE PERSON WHO LIVES IN THE FUTURISTIC " IDEAL CITY" WHERE ALL ATTEMPTS OF HUMAN INDIVIDUALITY ARE FORBIDDEN.
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GOD PERVYI
(THE FIRST YEAR)
TSEMACH, SHLOMO
FICTION.
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NEVYNOSIMAYA LIEGKOST BYTIYA
THE UNBEARABLE LIGHTNESS OF EXISTENCE
KUNDERA, MILAN
IGOR MUSKHATIN
A YOUNG WOMAN IN LOVE WITH A MAN WHO IS TORN BETWEEN THE LOVE OF HER AND HIS INCORRIGIBLE WOMANIZING.
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453
SO CTAROY RYNOCHNOY PLOCSHADI
(FROM THE OLD MARKET PLACE)
BULOV, JOSEPH
IGOR MUSHKATIN
YOSIK, AN UNDERSIZED BUT PRECOCIOUS JEWISH BOY, DESCRIBES THE CHAOTIC EVENTS IN VILNIUS, THE FORMER CAPITOL OF LITHUANIA, DURING THE FIRST TWO DECADES OF THE TWENTIETH CENTURY. AMONG THOSE EVENTS ARE POGROMS, A WAR, PESTILENCE, A REVOLUTION, AND ANTI-SEMITISM.
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ISXOD
EXODUS (PARTS I AND II)
URIS, LEON
IGOR MUSHKATIN
JEWS WHO SURVIVED THE HOLOCAUST ARRIVE ON A SHIP NAMED EXODUS AND HELP TO BUILD THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
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450
EDO I EINAM
(IDO AND EINAM)
AGNON, YOSEF
IGOR MUSHKATIN
TWO SHORT NOVELS STRESSING THE UNIVERSAL FAILURE OF COMMUNICATION BETWEEN GOD AND MAN, AND MAN AND MAN.
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447
TRI ZHENSHCHINY
(THREE WOMEN)
LAZARIS, VLADIMIR
VICTOR PERSIK
THE LIVES OF THREE WOMEN, TWO FROM RUSSIA AND ONE FROM ITALY, AND THEIR PARTICIPATION IN THE ZIONIST MOVEMENT
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446
BEG NA KOROTKIE DISTANCYI
SPRINT
GOLAN, SHAMAY
YURIY VOTYAKOV
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES OF THE IZRAELI WRITER WRITTEN ORIGINALLHY IN HEBREW.
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442
SUDBA SOVETSKIX PEREBEZHCHIKOV
THE FATE OF RUSSIAN DEFECTORS
SHEPHERD, GORDON BROOK
LYUDMILA MARGOLINA
THIS WORK DETAILS THE FLIGHT OF THE FIRST SOVIET DEFECTORS OR POLITICAL REFUGEES FROM THE SOVIET UNION DURING THE PERIOD FROM 1917-1953.
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437
VSE TECHET
(FOREVER FLOWING)
GROSSMAN, VASILY
A NOVEL ABOUT STALIN'S REGIME.
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SEMYA OPPERMAN
(THE OPPERMANS)
FEUCHTWANGER, LION
THE NOVEL FOCUSES ON THE SCIENTIST'S FAMILY IN GERMANY BEFORE WORLD WAR II. THE SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC SITUATION OF THAT TIME SERVES AS A BACKGROUND TO THIS STORY.
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ZHIT S BIBLIEY
(LIVING WITH THE BIBLE)
MOSHE DAYAN
VIKTOR PERSIK
MOSHE DAYAN, WHO WAS ISRAEL'S FIRST FOREIGN MINISTER, OFFERED PORTRAITS OF BIBLICAL CHARACTERS FUSED WITH HIS OWN KNOWLEDGE OF THE HISTORY OF THE HOLY LAND.
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EVREISKIYE GEROYI
(THE JEWISH HEROES)
WEILERSTEIN,SADIE ROSE
VIKTOR PERSIK
THE STORIES ABOUT THE PROPHETS DURING BIBLICAL TIMES.
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427
BOG NE ZHYVET V LESY
THE G-D DOESN'T LIVE IN THE WOODS
HELEN BURKO
LANA KISILEVICH
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL BY THE AUTHOR WHO CONVERTED FROM JUDAISM TO CHRISTIANITY IN ORDER TO MARRY THE MAN SHE LOVED. SHE WRITES OF HER LIFE FROM EARLY CHILDHOOD TO ADULTHOOD THROUGH THE HORRORS OF WORLD WAR II.
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426
SKAZOCNYE ISTORII RABI NAHMANA IZ BRASLAVA
THE STORIES OF RABBI NACHMAN OF BRESLOV
TRANSLATED BY RABBI AVIGDOR GANZ
VIKTOR PERSIK
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF RABBI NACHMAN OF BRESLOV (1772-1810), THE GREAT GRANDSON OF THE FOUNDER OF HASIDISM WHO DESPITE HIS SHORT LIFE AND BECAUSE OF HIS VAST KNOWLEDGE OF THE TORAH AND KABBALAH DEVELOPED A LARGE COMMUNITY OF HASIDIM WHO FOLLOW HIS TEACHINGS TO THIS DAY.
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419
VOZVYSHAYUTSHIY OBMAN
THE ENNOBLING DECEIT
KONCHALOVSKY, ANDREY
VICTORIYA RAGOLSKY
THE AUTHOR, AN ACTOR AND PRODUCER, TELLS ABOUT HIS LIFE, PEOPLE HE KNEW AND WOMEN HE LOVED.
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418
MEZH PESKAMY I NEBESNOY SINIU
(BETWEEN SAND AND BLUE SKY)
NACHUM GUTMAN & EHUD BEN-EZER
VIKTOR PERSIK
AN ACCOUNT OF THE CULTURAL LIFE IN TEL AVIV BY THE AUTHORS WHO LIVED THERE DURING ITS FOUNDING.
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417
HADAS
FINE, ESTER
VIKTOR PERSIK
THIS NARRATIVE BY A YOUNG GIRL IN ANCIENT TIMES TELLS OF THE WAR THAT WAS FOUGHT IN GAMLA.
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416
POET POVESTI O BIALIKE
(A POET BIALIK'S STORY)
LEAH NAOR
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE GREAT CONTEMPORARY JEWISH POET.
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415
DVOE DRUZEY VYSHLI V PUT
(TWO FRIENDS ON THE ROAD)
Y. TSHERNOVITZ & M. LOBE
LANA KISILEVICH
A YOUNG JEWISH BOY TRAVELS FROM ISRAEL TO ITALY IN THE HOPE OF FINDING HIS YOUNGER SISTER FROM WHOM HE BECAME SEPARATED DURING THE WAR.
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DVE DIANY
(THE TWO DIANAS)
DUMAS, ALEXANDER
IGOR MUSHKATIN
THE KING'S COURT IN FRANCE IS THE BACKDROP FOR THIS NOVEL BY THE FAMOUS FRENCH AUTHOR.
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410
WOLF MESSING
NEPOMNYASHCHIY, N., ED.
VALERY KLUGMAN
A BIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE FIRST SOVIET PARAPSYCHOLOGIST.
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408
ZOLOTAYA SERIYA YUMORA
(THE GOLD SERIES OF HUMOR)
TRUSHKIN, ANATOLY
ALEX KRASNOPOLSKY
A COLLECTION OF MONOLOGUES AND ANECDOTES BY A FAMOUS RUSSIAN WRITER.
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406
CHTO PEREZHIL NASH NAROD
(HOW OUR PEOPLE SURVIVED)
DAGAN, BAT-SHEVA
ALEKSANDR KRASNOPOLSKIY
A BOOK OF POETRY FOR CHILDREN WHICH DEPICTS THE HORRORS OF THE HOLOCAUST AND HOW THE JEWISH PEOPLE SURVIVED.
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403
ZAPAX SHOKOLADA
(THE SMELL OF CHOCOLATE)
VOINOVICH, VLADIMIR
ALEXANDR KRASNOPOLSKIY
A BOOK ABOUT LIFE IN THE SOVIET UNION AFTER WORLD WAR II.
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402
VYSHEL MECYAC IZ TYMANA
(THE MOON APPEARED IN THE FOGGY SKY)
VISHNIVETSKAYA, MARINA
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES WRITTEN BY A CONTEMPORARY RUSSIAN AUTHOR.
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397
NIEZVESTNYI DOVLATOV
(THE UNKNOWN DOVLATOV)
DOVLATOV, SERGEY
VALERIY KLUGMAN
AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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391
SHUTY
THE JESTERS)
MARKISH, DAVID
VICTOR PERSIK
BLACK COMEDY AND DISTURBING EVENTS IN THE HISTORY OF RUSSIA AT THE TURN OF THE 18TH CENTURY MIX IN THIS PROVOCATIVE NOVEL ABOUT PETER THE GREAT AND HIS THREE REAL-LIFE JEWISH ADVISERS, SHAFIROV, DIVIER AND LACOSTA. IN HIS NOVEL SPANNING A HALF-CENTURY, FROM 1689 PAST PETER'S DEATH IN 1738, MOSCOW-BORN ISRAELI WRITER MARKISH CONJURES THIS WORLD IN A STYLE THAT RENDERS IT TERRIBLE AND PUCKISH AT ONCE AND GIVES A GOOD SENSE OF THE FINE LINE ONCE WALKED BY EUROPEAN JEWS WITH AMBITION, AS THEY MADE THEMSELVES CLEVER AND HARMLESS, JESTERS TO THOSE IN POWER.
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ZAPISKI O MIKHAILE BULGAKOVE
(NOTES ABOUT MIKHAIL BULGAKOV)
YANOVSKAYA, LYDIYA
VICTOR PERSIK
A BIOGRAPHY OF RUSSIAN AUTHOR MIKHAIL BULGAKOV WHICH SPANS A PERIOD OF THIRTY YEARS OF HIS LIFE AND WORK.
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389
ALKA ALLOCHKA, ALLA BORISOVNA
BELYAKOV, ALEXEY
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
A BIOGRAPHY OF A POPULAR RUSSIAN SINGER.
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EVREI PO STRANICAM ISTORII
(JEWS IN HISTORY)
ASINOVSKI, S. & YOFFE, E.
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
A HISTORY OF JEWISH PEOPLE.
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386
MNE SKUCHNO BEZ DOVLATOVA
(I MISS DOVLATOV)
REIN, EUGENE
VICTOR PERSIK
THE LIFE OF THE AUTHOR IN WHICH HE GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF HIS RELATIONSHIPS WITH THE MANY FAMOUS RUSSIAN ARTISTS OF HIS GENERATION.
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383
ELEGIYA MICHAILA TALYA
(THE EULOGY OF MICHAEL TAL)
LANDAU, SALLY
SOFIA GOLDENBERG
A MEMOIR OF HER LIFE WITH THE RUSSIAN CHESS PLAYER MICHAEL TAL WRITTEN BY HIS SECOND WIFE.
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382
CHASTNAYA KOLLEKTSIIYA
(PRIVATE COLLECTION)
SIMONOV, ALEKSSEY
VICTOR PERSIK
THE SON OF A FAMOUS AUTHOR WRITES ABOUT HIS LIFE AS WELL AS THE LIVES OF OTHER WRITERS HE HAS KNOWN.
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381
PRO YO, PRO ETO
(ABOUT THIS, ABOUT THAT)
RAYKIN, MAXIM
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
MEMOIRS OF THE BROTHER OF THE FAMOUS RUSSIAN ACTOR ARKADY RAYKIN.
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OCHERKI OB ANNE AXMATOVOY
(THE NOTES ABOUT ANNA AKHMATOVA - VOL. 1, 1938-1941)
CHUKOVSKAYA, LIDIYA
VALERY KLUGMAN
THE AUTHOR AND HER SUBJECT ARE VERY GOOD FRIENDS. HER NOTES ALLOW THE READER TO PERCEIVE THE GREATNESS OF PROBABLY THE BEST RUSSIAN POETESS TO GRACE THE TWENTIETH CENTURY.
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378
SPASIBO SERDTSE
(THANK YOU, MY HEART)
UTYOSOV, LEONID
ALEXANDER KRASNAPOLSKY
A MEMOIR WRITTEN BY A FAMOUS SOVIET ARTIST.
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377
ZHIZN PODARENNAYA DVAZHDY
THE DOUBLE GIFT OF LIFE
BAKLANOV, GRIGORIY
VICTOR PERSIK
AN ACCOUNT OF LIFE IN RUSSIA AFTER WORLD WAR II, THROUGH THE "THAW" DURING KHRUSHCHEV'S GOVERNMENT UNTIL PERESTROIKA. THIS BOOK IS WRITTEN IN AN INTERESTING AND SIMPLISTIC MANNER.
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375
AKADEMIK LANDAU, KAK MY ZHILI
(PROFESSOR LANDAU, THE WAY WE LIVED)
LANDAU-DROBANTSEVA, KORA
VICTOR PERSIK
AN IN-DEPTH BIOGRAPHY OF THE LIFE OF RUSSIAN PHYSICIST AND NOBEL LAUREATE LEV LANDAU.
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373
EVREI SHUTYAT
(JEWISH HUMOR)
STOLOVICH, L.
VICTOR PERSIK
AN ANTHOLOGY OF JEWISH HUMOR.
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371
ESLI NASTUPIT ZAVTRA
(IF TOMORROW COMES)
SHELDON, SIDNEY
VICTOR PERSIK
A NOVEL ABOUT THEFT IN THE BUSINESS WORLD BY A POPULAR AMERICAN AUTHOR.
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370
NOVIY BLIZHNIY VOSTOK
(THE NEW MIDDLE EAST)
PERES, SHIMON
VICTOR PERSIK
ISRAELI STATESMAN AND FORMER PRIME MINISTER SHIMON PERES EXPRESSES HIS VIEWS ON MIDDLE EAST POLITICS TODAY.
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366
PYATYI UGOL
(THE FIFTH CORNER)
METTER, ISRAEL
VICTOR PERSIK
THE STORY OF A TRAGIC LOVE AFFAIR TOLD AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF RUSSIAN LIFE.
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365
ZHARKOYE LETO POLKOVNIKA ABELYA
(COLONEL ABEL'S HOT SUMMER)
TARASOV, DMITRY
ALEXANDER KRASNAPOLSKY
A BOOK ABOUT THE SOVIET INTELLIGENCE OFFICER RUDOLPH ABEL.
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362
POVESTI I RASSKAZY
(NOVELLAS AND SHORT STORIES)
CHEKHOV, ANTON
LYUDMILA MUSHKATINA
AN ANTHOLOGY OF THIS FAMOUS RUSSIAN AUTHOR'S NOVELLAS AND SHORT STORIES.
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360
MIDRASH RASSKAZYVAYET. VAYIKRA
THE MIDRASH SAYS - VAYIKRA
WEISSMAN, RABBI MOSHE
TATIANA EIDINOVA
THIS NARRATIVE ON THE BOOK OF VAYIKRA IS COMPILED FROM MATERIAL FOUND BOTH IN THE AGGADOS OF THE TALMUD AND IN THE MIDRASH. THE BOOK DOES NOT CONSTITUTE A TRANSLATION, BUT RATHER AN ADAPTATION OF THE MIDRASH. THE AUTHOR SEEKS TO CAPTURE THE SPIRIT AND PRESENT THE IDEAS EXPLAINED BY THE CLASSICAL COMMENTARIES OF THE TORAH AND THE MIDRASH.
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ANDREY MIRONOV I YA
(ANDREY MIRONOV AND I)
YEGOROVA, TATYANA
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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POVEST O ZHIZNI
(A NOVELLA ABOUT LIFE)
PAUSTOVSKY, KONSTANTIN
LUIDMILA MUSHKATINA
IN THIS AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVEL, THE AUTHOR CONVEYS HIS ENCHANTMENT WITH LIFE ITSELF.
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357
TOSKA PO DOMY
(MISSING HOME)
KARABCHIEVSKY, YURI
VALERY KLUGMAN
THIS BOOK CONTAINS THE NOVEL ALEXANDER ZIBBER'S LIFE AND TWO NOVELLAS.
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356
MOTSART:ISSLEDOVATELSKIY ETUD
(THE MOZART:RESEARCH)
CHICHERIN, GEORGY
VALERY KLUGMAN
THIS WORK ON THE GREAT COMPOSER WAS WRITTEN BY A MAN WHO WAS BOTH AN OUTSTANDING DIPLOMAT AND PEOPLE'S COMMISAR OF FOREIGN AFFAIRS.
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353
BESEDY O STRESSE I ZDOROVYE
(TALKS ABOUT STRESS AND HEALTH)
LEIN, IRINA
VICTOR PERSIK
THE AUTHOR WRITES ABOUT STRESS AND THE IMPACT IT HAS ON PEOPLE'S HEALTH.
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351
MOSKVA, KAK MNOGO V ETOM ZVUKE!
(MOSCOW, HOW MUCH THERE IS IN THIS SOUND!)
NAGIBIN, YURIY
VALERY KLUGMAN
THESE ESSAYS DEAL WITH THE PRESERVATION OF ARCHITECTURE IN MOSCOW.
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349
NE PLACH, KAZACHKA!
(DO NOT CRY COSSACK GIRL!)
MORDYUKOVA, NONNA
LYUDMILA MUSHKATINA
THE AUTHOR, A RUSSIAN ACTRESS, GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF HER LIFE.
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347
KRITIKA, ISTORIYA, AUTOBIOGRAPHIYA
(THE CRITIQUE,THE HISTORY, THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY)
PUSHKIN, ALEXANDER
VALERY KLUGMAN
IN THE FIRST OF SIX VOLUMES, PUSHKIN'S NOTES AND ESSAYS GIVE US THE OPPORTUNITY TO FOLLOW HIS TRAIN OF THOUGHT ON A VARIETY OF SUBJECTS.
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346
TEORIYA PARADOKSA
(THE THEORY OF A PARADOX)
MESHCOV, ZEEV
VICTOR PERSIK
USING VARIOUS COMMENTARIES, THE AUTHOR ATTEMPTS TO RECONCILE THE SPIRITUAL AND MATERIAL ASPECTS OF OUR WORLD.
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VOT IDET MESSIAH
(HERE COMES THE MESSIAH)
RUBINA, DINA
VICTOR PERSIK
THE AUTHOR IS A RUSSIAN JEW WHO IS NOW LIVING IN ISRAEL. RUBINA'S USE OF PROSE MAKES BOTH THIS AND HER OTHER NOVELS VERY POPULAR.
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ROMAN, POVESTI
(NOVEL, NOVELLAS)
AITMATOV, CHINGIS
IGOR MUSHKATIN
THIS BOOK CONTAINS A COMPLETE NOVEL AND TWO NOVELLAS.
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