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(THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY)
CHRISTIE, AGATHA
IGOR MUSHKATIN
THIS BOOK CONTAINS TWO HERCULE POIROT MYSTERIES; "THE SITTAFORD MYSTERY" AND "THE HOTEL BERTRAM."
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(ENCHANTED BY DEATH)
ALEKSIYEVICH, SVETLANA
LUIDMILA MUSHKATINA
A COMPILATION OF THE AUTHOR'S NOTES FOR FUTURE BOOKS AS WELL AS ESSAYS WHOSE TOPICS INCLUDE WARS AND ATROCITIES.
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340
LARGER THAN LIFE
PEREVOZTSHIKOV, VALERY
VALERY KLUGMAN
A COLLECTION OF V. VYSOTSKY'S INTERVIEWS AS WELL AS MEMOIRS OF HIS FRIENDS, RELATIVES AND COLLEAGUES.
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THE BREAD OF TRIBULATION
MUSAKHAMOV, VALERY
LUIDMILA MUSHKATINA
THE CONTEMPLATIONS OF A MAN IN THE THROES OF A "MIDDLE-AGE" CRISIS.
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ABRAM PETROVICH GANNIBAL - PRADED PUSHKINA
(ABRAHAM PETROVICH HANNIBAL - PUSHKIN'S GREAT GRANDFATHER)
FEINBERG, ILYA
VALERY KLUGMAN
THIS BOOK BY A FAMOUS RUSSIAN LITERARY CRITIC IS A COLLECTION OF PUSHKIN'S WORKS WRITTEN AT VARIOUS STAGES OF HIS LIFE.
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337
UNIZHENNYE I OSKORBLYONNYE
(THE INSULTED AND INJURED)
DOSTOYEVSKY, FYODOR M.
LUIDMILA MUSHKATINA
THE CHARACTERS IN THIS NOVEL FACE THE CHOICE OF BEING EITHER RICH OR POOR AT THE EXPENSE OF THEIR WELL-BEING.
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336
SINGER, ISAAC BASHEVIS
IGOR MUSHKATIN
SET IN PRE-WORLD WAR II WARSAW, IT IS THE STORY OF A YOUNG WRITER-PLAYWRIGHT AND HIS LOVE FOR FOUR WOMEN.
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(RABBI ZALMAN'S DESCENDANTS)
KULIBAK, MOISEY
IGOR MUSHKATIN
A PORTRAIT OF SHTETL JEWS, THE DESCENDANTS OF RABBI ZALMAN.
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330
(THE ADMIRAL'S DAUGHTER)
FYODOROVA, VICTORIA; FRANKEL, HANSL
TATIANA EIDINOVA
THE STORY OF A LOVE AFFAIR BETWEEN AN AMERICAN ADMIRAL AND A RUSSIAN ACTRESS AND THE PRICE SHE PAID FOR HER MOMENT OF HAPPINESS.
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329
(THE TRAP)
MATUTE, ANNA-MARIA
A NOVEL ABOUT SEVERAL GENERATIONS OF A FAMILY WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF A DIARY.
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THROUGH THE WHITE NIGHTS
BEGIN, MENACHEM
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
DURING THE TIME THAT HE SERVED AS PRIME MINISTER OF ISRAEL, MENACHEM BEGIN WROTE OF HIS EIGHT YEARS IN A RUSSIAN PRISON AND THE LEVEL OF SPIRITUALITY THAT ALLOWED HIM TO SURVIVE.
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MY CLOCK MOVES DIFFERENTLY
CHEKHOVA, OLGA
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
AUTOBIOGRAPHY.
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ISAAC DUNAYEVSKY. BIG CONCERT
MINCHYONOK, DIMITRY
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
A BIOGRAPHY ABOUT THE FAMOUS RUSSIAN COMPOSER ISAAK DUNAYEVSKY.
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THE EXECUTIONERS AND VICTIMS
STOLAROV, KIRILL
VICTOR PERSIK
A HISTORY OF THE CIRCUMSTANCES SURROUNDING THE DEATHS OF ABAKUMOV AND BERIA AS WELL AS THE DETAILS OF THE ARRESTS OF SOLZHENITSIN AND OTHERS.
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321
(THE WOMAN IN WHITE)
COLLINS, WILKIE
IGOR MUSHKATIN
IN THE WORDS OF THE AUTHOR; 'THIS IS A STORY ABOUT WHAT A WOMAN CAN OVERCOME AND WHAT A MAN CAN ACHIEVE.'
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SOBRANIE PROZY V TREX TOMAX
(A COLLECTION OF STORIES IN THREE VOLUMES )
DOVLATOV, SERGEY
IGOR MUSHKATIN
THREE VOLUMES OF WORKS BY FAMOUS RUSSIAN WRITER.
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(JACKIE O)
KELLEY, KITTY
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
A BIOGRAPHY OF JACQUELINE KENNEDY ONASSIS.
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313
(THE LAST WEAPON)
TURIN, ALEXANDER
VICTOR PERSIK
THE AUTHOR USES THE MIDDLE EAST AS A BACKDROP IN THIS KGB THRILLER.
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312
BRAGINSKY, ALEXANDER
VICTOR PERSIK
A BIOGRAPHY OF THE FAMOUS FRENCH FILM STAR.
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311
(ABOVE THE ABYSS IN LIES)
NOVODVORSKAYA, VALERIYA
VICTOR PERSIK
FOR MANY YEARS, MENTALLY RETARDED PEOPLE IN RUSSIA WERE CONSIDERED INSANE. THE AUTHOR, ONE OF THE LEADERS OF THE DEMOCRATIC MOVEMENT, EXPRESSES HER OPINIONS AND SHARES HER IDEAS ABOUT THE EVENTUAL FATE OF RUSSIA AND ITS PEOPLE.
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(THE SUN OF THOSE WHO COMMIT SUICIDE)
BAUCH, EFRAIM
IGOR MUSHKATIN
THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THIS NOVEL IS A RUSSIAN IMMIGRANT ARTIST IN ITALY WHO IS TRYING TO FIND HIS PLACE IN A NEW ENVIRONMENT. ALSO INCLUDED IN THE BOOK ARE A NUMBER OF ESSAYS THAT DEAL WITH THE PSYCHOLOGICAL ASPECTS OF LIFE.
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V POISKACH GRUSTNOGO BEIBY
(IN SEARCH OF A SAD BABY, TWO STORIES ABOUT AMERICA)
AKSYONOV, VASILIY
IGOR MUSHKATIN
THERE ARE TWO NOVELS IN THIS BOOK. ONE WAS WRITTEN IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION. THE OTHER WAS WRITTEN AFTER THE AUTHOR EMIGRATED TO AMERICA.
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(SELECTED WORKS)
CHUKOVSKAYA, LYDIYA
LUDMILA MUSHKATINA
A COLLECTION OF STORIES AND MEMOIRS BY A FAMOUS RUSSIAN WRITER.
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MYSTERY
HAILEY, ARTHUR
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
MYSTERY.
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(PRINCESS DIANA)
BERRY, WENDY
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF THE LATE ENGLISH PRINCESS DIANA.
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298
OCHERKI PO ISTORII EVREEV ODESSY
(ESSAYS ON THE HISTORY OF ODESSA JEWS)
KOTLER, Y.
VICTOR PERSIK
THIS IS A COMPREHENSIVE HISTORY OF THE JEWISH COMMUNITY IN ODESSA INCLUDING THE JEWISH NEIGHBORHOODS AND THE WAY IN WHICH THE JEWS CONTRIBUTED TO THE CULTURE OF THE CITY.
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(THE NOTES ON PUSHKIN)
PUSHCHIN, IVAN
VALERY KLUGMAN
A MEMOIR OF THE GREAT RUSSIAN POET BY ONE OF HIS FORMER SCHOOLMATES.
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THE APPLAUSE
GURCHENKO, LUIDMILA
VICTOR PERSIK
THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE LIFE OF A FAMOUS RUSSIAN ACTRESS AND HER DIFFICULT ROAD TO SUCCESS.
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288
SPETSOPERATSII LUBTANKA I KREML 1930-1950
(SPECIAL OPERATIONS 1930-1950)
SUDOPLATOV, PAVEL
ALEXANDR KRASNOPOLSKUIY
AN ACCOUNT OF FAMOUS KGB OPERATIONS DURING THE YEARS 1930-1950
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CHEREZ GODY I RASSTOYANIYA
(THROUGH YEARS AND SPACE)
TROYANOVSKY, OLEG
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
A MEMOIR BY A FAMOUS RUSSIAN DIPLOMAT ABOUT HIS PERSONAL AND PROFESSIONAL LIVES.
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(JEWS IN MOSCOW)
RAZZON, ALEXANDER
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
THIS IS AN OVERVIEW OF THE HISTORY AND TRADITIONS OF THE JEWS IN MOSCOW.
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(ELDERLY NOTES)
GUBERMAN, IGOR
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
IN HIS MEMOIRS, GUBERMAN REFLECTS ON A WIDE RANGE OF TOPICS INCLUDING LOVE, FRIENDSHIP, JOY AND SORROW.
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(MEMOIRS)
SAMOYLOV, DAVID
VICTOR PERSIK
THESE MEMOIRS FROM ONE OF RUSSIA'S MODERN POETS INCLUDE RECOLLECTIONS OF HIS LIFE AS WELL AS AN INTERESTING SOCIAL-PSYCHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS OF HIS COUNTRY.
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+1000 EVREJSKICH ANEKDOTOV
+1000 JEWISH JOKES
RUSKINA, GLORIA, COMPILED BY
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
A COMPILATION OF JEWISH JOKES AS WELL AS HUMOROUS ANECDOTES FROM FAMOUS JEWISH WRITERS AND ACTORS.
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COMPILATION BY AGATA CHRISTIE
CHRISTIE, AGATHA
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
THREE NOVELS OF INTRIGUE BY THE GRAND DAME OF DETECTIVE STORIES.
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(ANATOMY OF A DIVORCE)
BAZIN, HERVE
IGOR MUSHKATIN
A PSYCHOLOGICAL NOVEL ON DIVORCE FROM THE WOMAN'S POINT OF VIEW. ORIGINALLY PUBLISHED IN FRENCH AS 'MADAM X'.
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TY DOLZHNA ETO VSYO ZABYT
(YOU HAVE TO FORGET ALL OF THIS)
KEYS-KUNA, LENA
TATIANA EIDINOVA
THE AUTHOR'S ACCOUNT OF THE MANY YEARS THAT SHE AND HER FAMILY WERE REFUSED PERMISSION BY THE RUSSIAN GOVERNMENT TO EMIGRATE TO ISRAEL.
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273
(THE FOURTH PROSE)
MANDELSHTAM, OSSIP
VALERY KLUGMAN
THIS BOOK BY ONE OF RUSSIA'S GREATEST POETS (1891-1938) INCLUDES WORKS MANDELSHTAM CREATED IN THE 1920S AND '30S.
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IVANOV AND RABINOVICH OR I GO TO HAIFA
(IVANOV AND RABINOVICH OR "I GO TO HAIFA!")
KUMIN, VLADIMIR
LUDMILA MUSHKATINA
THE AUTHOR ADDRESSES THE SUBJECT OF EMIGRATION WITH HUMOR AND IRONY.
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270
(MAIMONIDES' PHILOSOPHY)
BEHLENJKIY, M. S
VALERY KLUGMAN
THE AUTHOR HAS WRITTEN A NUMBER OF BOOKS ON PHILOSOPHY. IN THIS BOOK HE RELATES THE LIFE AND THEORIES OF MAIMONIDES, ONE OF JUDAISM'S GREATEST PHILOSOPHERS.
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THE AFFAIR WITH A PRESIDENT
KOSTOKOV, VYACHESLAV
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
THIS IS A BOOK ABOUT POLITICAL LIFE IN RUSSIA IN THE 90S. THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON PRESIDENT YELTSIN AND HIS INNER CIRCLE.
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(JEWISH TOPICS)
GROSSMAN, VASILY
LUDMILA MUSHKATINA
A COLLECTION OF STORIES WHICH SPAN THE YEARS BETWEEN THE FIRST AND SECOND WORLD WARS. INCLUDED ARE STORIES OF NAZI ATROCITIES.
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(YOUR OWN)
KARELIN, LAZAR
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
THE BOOK CONSISTS OF TWO NOVELS. THE FIRST ONE DEALS WITH RECENT EVENTS IN RUSSIA INCLUDING THE CHANGES IN THE GOVERNMENT. THE SECOND NOVEL IS A FICTIONALIZED ACCOUNT OF THE EARTHQUAKE IN ASLIKHABAD IN 1948.
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(BETWEEN MAN AND MAN)
SHTAL, ABRAHAM
MICHAEL BUZUKASHVILI
THIS IS A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS AND STORIES BY SUCH FAMOUS AUTHORS AS O'HENRY, DE MAUPASSANT AND TOLSTOY.
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THE LION OF JUDAH
OSTROVSKY, VICTOR
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
MOSSAD CASE OFFICER NATAN STONE IS CALLED IN TO INVESTIGATE TERRORIST ACTIVITY THAT THREATENS TO UNDERMINE MIDDLE EAST PEACE TALKS. MEANWHILE A FORMER NAZI AND HIS SYRIAN ALLIES PLOT TO FRAME STONE TO PROTECT THEIR MOSSAD MOLE. STONE MUST FIND THE REAL TRAITOR IN ORDER TO CLEAR HIMSELF.
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MIDRASH SAYS - BEMIDBAR
WEISSMAN, MOSHE, RABBI
SOFIA GOLDEN
THIS NARRATIVE OF THE BOOK OF BEMIDBAR IS COMPILED FROM MATERIAL FOUND BOTH IN THE AGGADOS OF THE TALMUD AND IN THE MIDRASH. IN THIS ADAPTATION, NOT TRANSLATION, 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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(FEAR NO EVIL)
SHARANSKY, NATAN
VICTOR PERSIK
THE CHARISMATIC, CONTROVERSIAL SOVIET DISSIDENT AND JEWISH ACTIVIST NATAN SHARANSKY IS WORLD-RENOWNED FOR HIS COURAGEOUS DEFIANCE OF THE KREMLIN. THIS IMPORTANT DOCUMENT IS A TOTALLY COMPELLING, FIRST-PERSON ACCOUNT OF SHARANSKY'S HARROWING YEARS IN KGB CUSTODY, TOLD WITH AMAZINGLY STRONG CANDOR AND WIT.
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(THE THORNBIRDS)
MCCOLLOUGH, COLLEEN
VALERY KLUGMAN
THIS IS A SWEEPING SAGA OF A FAMILY AND FORBIDDEN LOVE SET AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF RURAL AUSTRALIA.
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(JEWISH PARK)
KANOVICH, GRIGORY
IGOR MUSHKATIN
THIS NOVEL, WRITTEN IN THE FORM OF A MEMOIR, TELLS THE STORY OF ITZHAK MALKIN AND HIS FRIENDS, SURVIVORS OF WORLD WAR II, WHO MEET DAILY IN THE 'PARK OF UNWANTED JEWS' IN VILNIUS.
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KROVAVAYA SHUTKA. KNIGA 1, 2
(THE BLOODY HOAX) VOL 1,2
ALEICHEM, SHOLOM
VALERY KLUGMAN
TWO SCHOOL FRIENDS EXCHANGE IDENTITIES SO THAT THE GENTILE GRISHA CAN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE SUFFERING OF JEWISH HERSHKE IN THE CZARIST RUSSIA OF 1912-13.
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STORIES FOR CHILDREN AND GROWNUPS
ASHKENAZI, LUDWIG
LUDMILA MUSHKATINA
A COLLECTION OF STORIES AND SHORT NOVELS BY A FAMOUS CZECH AUTHOR.
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(GONE WITH THE WIND) VOLS. 1 & 2
MITCHELL, MARGARET
TATIANA EIDINOVA
LIFE, LOVE AND PASSION IN THE OLD SOUTH TOLD AGAINST A BACKDROP OF THE CIVIL WAR.
COMBINED 241 AND 256
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(MOTHERS AND DAUGHTERS)
BONNER, ELENA
CNTL LIBRARY FOR THE BLIND
THIS MEMOIR BY THE WIFE OF THE FAMOUS CIVIL RIGHTS ACTIVIST ANDREI SAKHAROV FOCUSES ON HER MOTHER AND GRANDMOTHER AND THEIR FAMILIES.
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(SELECTED WRITINGS)
PASTERNAK, BORIS
LYUDMILA MUSHKATINA
TWO NOVELS AND AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH BY THE FAMOUS RUSSIAN WRITER AND POET GIVE US AN INTIMATE LOOK AT PASTERNAK'S CIRCLE OF FRIENDS.
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(THE STORY OF MY LIFE)
ZHABOTINSKY, VLADIMIR
VALERY KLUGMAN
THIS COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE FAMOUS HERO INCLUDES THE AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL ESSAY 'STORY OF MY LIFE' WHICH DESCRIBES HIS LIFE UNTIL WORLD WAR I.
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THE ARTIST'S BOOK
KAZAKOV, MICHAEL
ALEX KRASNOPOLSKY
THE AUTHOR, A FAMOUS RUSSIAN ACTOR WHO RECENTLY EMIGRATED TO ISRAEL, SHARES HIS FEELING AND THOUGHTS ABOUT THE UNEASY SITUATIONS IN BOTH COUNTRIES. HE ALSO SHARES HIS MEMORIES OF THE ARTISTS HE HAS KNOWN AS WELL AS THEIR VIEWS ON VARIOUS SUBJECTS.
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SHEMOT VOL. 1 AND 2
WEISSMAN, RABBI MOSHE
TATIANA EIDINOVA
THE SECOND BOOK OF THE BIBLE. FOR MORE INFORMATION SEE R202.
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VOLNYE ZEMETKI K RODOSLOVNOY ANDREYA SACHAROVA
(FREE NOTES ABOUT ANDREI SAKHAROV'S FAMILY TREE)
BONNER, ELENA
LEV KOTLYAR
THIS IS A BACKGROUND HISTORY OF THE FAMOUS SOVIET HUMAN RIGHTS ACTIVIST.
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(THE SECRET MISSIONS)
SHEBOSHYN, LEONID
ALEX KRASNOPOLSKY
THE AUTHOR, A FORMER OFFICER IN THE SOVIET INTELLIGENCE SERVICE OFFERS A REVEALING LOOK AT SOME OF THE METHODS USED BY THE AGENCY.
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DOM KOTORY POSTROIL SWIFT
(THE HOUSE THAT WAST BUILT BY SWIFT)
GORIN, GREGORY
LEV KOTLYAR
THIS IS A BIOGRAPHY OF THE AUTHOR'S LIFE AND INCLUDES MONOLOGUES FOR STAND-UP COMICS, PLAYS AND SCRIPTS.
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MUZHSKOY RAZGOVOR V RUSKOY BANE
(CONVERSATIONS AMONG MEN )
SEVELLA, EFRAIM
CEN. LIB. FO
SATIRIST EFRAIM SEVELLA RIDICULES EVERY FACET OF LIFE IN RUSSIA.
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MUSIC LESSONS
RUBINA, DINA
LYUDMILA MUSHKATINA
A COMPILATION OF STORIES OF A PSYCHOLOGICAL NATURE WRITTEN AT DIFFERENT PERIODS. INCLUDED ARE SUCH TITLES AS 'FATHERS AND SONS' AND 'MORALITY.'
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224
KROVAVAYA SHUTKA. KNIGA 1.
(THE BLOODY HOAX) VOL 1
ALEICHEM, SHOLOM
VALERY KLUGMAN
TWO SCHOOL FRIENDS EXCHANGE IDENTITIES SO THAT THE GENTILE GRISHA CAN BEGIN TO UNDERSTAND THE SUFFERING OF JEWISH HERSHKE IN THE CZARIST RUSSIA OF 1912-13.
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223
(NIGHT SEARCH)
ALEKSIN, ANATOLIY
A COLLECTION OF SHORT STORIES AND MEMOIRS.
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221
ODIN INTELLIGENT USELSYA NA DOROGE
(ONE INTELLECTUAL SAT ON THE ROAD)
RUBINA, DINA
LYUDMILA MUSHKATINA
A COLLECTION OF SHORT NOVELS AND STORIES BY THE RUSSIAN JEWISH AUTHOR WHO EMIGRATED TO ISRAEL.
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(FEAR OF LOVE)
DE REMIER, HENRI
LYUDMILA MUSHKATINA
THE MAIN CHARACTERS IN THESE TWO NOVELS ARE LOOKING FOR LOVE IN PARIS AND VENICE.
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219
(ANOTHER LIFE)
TRIFONOV, YURI
LYUDMILA MUSHKATINA
A NOVEL THAT DEALS WITH SOVIET INTELLECTUALS DURING THE BREZHNEV YEARS. AFTER THE THAW INITIATED BY KHRUSHCHEV'S GOVERNMENT, PEOPLE ANTICIPATED REAL CHANGES IN TERMS OF DEMOCRACY, FREEDOM AND JUSTICE. THIS WAS NOT TO BE AND THE NOVEL'S NARRATOR, AN HISTORIAN, DIES TRAGICALLY.
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214
(THE BLACK BOX)
OZ, AMOS
VICTOR PERSIK
'THE BLACK BOX' TRACES THE LIFE OF A HAPPILY REMARRIED WOMAN WHO REMAINS OBSESSIVELY ATTACHED TO HER EX-HUSBAND. TRANSLATED FROM THE HEBREW.
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212
(BREAD AND MATZOT)
DUBNOVA-ERLICH, SOFIA
VICTOR PERSIK
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF A RUSSIAN JEWISH WOMAN WHO DISPLAYED GREAT COURAGE AND SELFLESSNESS DURING MAJOR UPHEAVALS IN THE HISTORY OF THE SOVIET UNION. THE BOOK INCLUDES SOME OF DUBNOVA-ERLICH'S POETRY FROM HER VOLUME 'POEMS OF DIFFERENT YEARS.'
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210
(ARIA WITH PEARLS)
VARIOUS AUTHORS
A COLLECTION OF DETECTIVE STORIES FROM ALL OVER THE WORLD TRANSLATED INTO RUSSIAN.
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THE ELEVEN MEETINGS
VAISFELD, ILYA
ALEX KRASNOPOPOLSKIY
THE AUTHOR SHARES HIS RECOLLECTIONS OF SERGEY EISENSHTEYN, ALEXANDER DERSHENKO, GRIGORIY KOZINTSEV AND OTHER RUSSIAN FILM MAKERS HE HAS KNOWN THROUGH THE YEARS.
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PRIKLUCHENIYA MAJORA ZVYAGINA
THE ADVENTURES OF MAJOR ZVYAGIN)
VELLER, MIKHAIL
TATIANA EIDINOVA
THE MAIN CHARACTER OF THIS NOVEL SPENDS HIS LIFE TRYING TO CHANGE PEOPLE'S DESTINIES. HE TEACHES THEM HOW TO SUCCEED BECAUSE HE IS CONVINCED THAT HUMAN BEINGS ARE CAPABLE OF DOING ANYTHING.
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204
(A CERTAIN FINKELMEYER)
ROZINER, FELIX
LEV KOTLYAR
THIS FICTIONALIZED VIEW OF A DISSIDENT'S LIFE AFFORDS A COMPLEX ACCOUNT OF RUSSIAN SOCIETY, CULTURE AND POLITICS UNDER STALIN. UNABLE TO PUBLISH HIS POETRY FOR POLITICAL REASONS, POET FINKELMEYER 'TRANSLATES' VERSES OF SOME LITTLE-KNOWN ETHNIC MINORITY. HE IS DISCOVERED AND ACCUSED OF PARASITISM.
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198
MIDRASH RASSKAZYVAET. VOL. 2 - BERAISHIS
MIDRASH SAYS VOL.2
WEISSMAN, RABBI MOSHE
ALEX KRASNOPOLSKY
AN INTERPRETATION OF THE BOOK OF GENESIS IN LIGHT OF SOURCES FOUND BOTH IN THE AGGADAH OF THE TALMUD AND IN VARIOUS MIDRASH.
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197
DVE NOVELLY: NA CHYOM DERZHITSYA MIR/VECHNYI SHAX
(ON WHAT THE WORLD STANDS/ETERNAL CHECKMATE)
NERAS, YITZCHOK
TWO NOVELLAS DEALING WITH RUSSIAN JEWISH LIFE UNDER NAZI OCCUPATION.
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RUSSKAYA KUXNYA V IZGNANII
(THE RUSSIAN KITCHEN IN EXILE)
VAIL, PETER & GENIS, ALEXANDER
LEV KOTLYAR
A BOOK FILLED WITH RECIPES AS WELL AS AN INQUIRY INTO THE MYSTERIOUS RUSSIAN SOUL.
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(THE COUNTRY ROADS)
CHMIELEWSKA, JOANNA
LEV KOTLYAR
THE STORY FOCUSES ON A WOMAN'S TRAVELS THROUGH HER NATIVE POLISH COUNTRYSIDE ACCOMPANIED BY HER ELDERLY PARENTS AND THREE AUNTS. THE GROUP SPEND THEIR TIME TRYING TO UNRAVEL THE MYSTERY OF DAYS LONG PAST.
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193
POSLEDNIY POLITICHEVSKIY PROCESS STALINA ILI NESOSTOYAVSHIYSYA GENOCID
THE LAST POLITICAL TRIAL OF STALIN
LYASS, FEDOR
ALEX KRASNOPOLSKIY
THIS BOOK CHRONICLES LIFE IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION IN THE PERIOD IMMEDIATELY FOLLOWING WORLD WAR II. THE AUTHOR FOCUSES ON THE FATE OF THE JEWS, IN PARTICULAR THE DOCTOR'S PLOT.
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(MIXED FEELINGS)
MISHIN, MICHAEL
ALEX KRASNOPOLSKY
A COLLECTION OF SATIRICAL MONOLOGUES.
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PEOPLE OF ODESSA
RATUSHINSKAYA, IRINA
ALEX KRASNOPOLSKIY
A NOVEL OF CONTEMPORARY LIFE ABOUT SIMPLE PEOPLE WHO HAVE BEEN THROUGH GREAT TURMOIL.
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183
(FAIRY TALES FOR GROWN-UPS)
VOINOVICH, VLADIMIR
ALEX KRASNOPOLSKY
SATIRICAL SKETCHES OF LIFE IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
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182
(THE CRAZY ONES)
KUMIN, VLADIMIR
LEV KOTLYAR
THE THREE STORIES IN THIS BOOK WERE LATER MADE INTO MOVIES.
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178
(EXPANSION)
SEMYONOV, JULIAN
MICHAEL BURUKASHVILI
AN ACTION-PACKED NOVEL THAT TAKES PLACE IN SPAIN AT THE END OF THE 1940S ABOUT A SOVIET SPY NAMED MAXIM ISAEV-SHTIRLITZ.
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173
VOSPLAMENYAUCHAYA VZGLYADOM
(FIRESTARTER)
KING, STEPHEN
A YOUNG GIRL HAS THE POWER TO START FIRES WHEN ANGERED.
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172
(THE PELICAN BRIEF)
GRISHAM, JOHN
TWO SUPREME COURT JUSTICES HAVE BEEN ASSASSINATED. DARBY SHAW, A YOUNG LAW STUDENT, HAS WRITTEN A LEGAL BRIEF THAT WILL SHAKE THE WASHINGTON ESTABLISHMENT AND HAVE HER SUDDENLY FEARING FOR HER LIFE.
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171
(THE BREATH OF FREEDOM)
OKUDZHAVA, BULAT
LYUDMILA MARGOLINA
Autobiography.
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(AN OLD MAN)
TRIFONOV, YURY
THE OLD MAN OF THIS NOVEL REVIEWS HIS PAST DURING THE TIME OF THE RUSSIAN REVOLUTION. AS HE QUESTIONS WHETHER OR NOT HE HAS LIVED A PROPER AND MORAL LIFE, THE AUTHOR ANALYZES MANY OF THE PROBLEMS THAT CONCERN SOVIET INTELLECTUALS.
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168
(PASSION'S PROMISE)
STEEL, DANIELLE
AN EARLY BOOK BY STEEL ABOUT LIVES, LOVES AND PROMISES.
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167
(THE MUSHROOM OF MY LIFE)
EPPEL, ASUR
TATIANA EIDINOVA
IN THESE STORIES, THE AUTHOR GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE VARIOUS LIFESTYLES IN THE SUBURB OF MOSCOW WHERE HE SPENT HIS CHILDHOOD.
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(JEWISH GENERALS)
SVERDLOV, FYODOR
ALEX KRASNOPOLSKY
HERE ARE BIOGRAPHIES OF JEWISH GENERALS AND ADMIRALS WHO SERVED DURING THE WARS IN SOVIET RUSSIA. APPROXIMATELY 450,000 JEWS SERVED IN ALL RANKS OF THE SOVIET ARMED FORCES DURING WORLD WAR II.
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KGB V SMOKINGE VOL. 1 AND 2
(KGB IN TUXEDO) VOL 1 AND 2
MALTSEVA, VALENTINA
ANATOLIY FOURMANTCHUK
A DETECTIVE NOVEL BASED ON ACTUAL EVENTS THAT OCCURRED DURING THE CLANDESTINE WAR BETWEEN THE KGB, FBI AND OTHER SECRET SERVICE ORGANIZATIONS.
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(58 AND A HALF)
FRIED, VALERIY
THE AUTHOR, A PLAYWRIGHT WITH AT LEAST 30 RUSSIAN MOVIES TO HIS CREDIT, WROTE THIS NOVEL ABOUT A FRIENDSHIP THAT SURVIVED SOVIET PRISONS AND LABOR CAMPS.
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(MASTER AND MARGARITA)
BULGAKOV, MIKHAIL
VALERIY KLUGMAN
IN THIS COLLECTION OF NOVELLAS, THIS RUSSIAN AUTHOR TELLS STORIES AS DIVERSE AS THAT OF JESUS AND PONTIUS PILATE, AND LIFE IN RUSSIA DURING THE FIRST TWENTY YEARS FOLLOWING THE REVOLUTION.
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(IMMORTALITY)
KUNDERA, MILAN
LUIDMILA MUSHKATINA
FICTION.
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(MY SINGLE FATE)
FINK, LEV
ALEX KRASNOPOLSKY
THIS IS AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S 17 YEARS IN STALINIST PRISON CAMPS AND HIS RETURN TO NORMAL LIFE AS AN ART AND THEATER CRITIC. HE INCLUDES OBSERVATIONS ON THE MORAL AND PERSONAL RESPONSIBILITY OF THE WRITER TO SOCIETY.
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(INSTEAD OF ME)
TOKAREVA, VIKTORIYA
LYUDMILA TURKIYA
A ROMANTIC NOVEL SET IN CONTEMPORARY RUSSIA.
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(CHILD OF DEATH)
KLEIN, ALEXANDER
LEV KOTLYAR
AS A YOUNG MAN, KLEIN SERVED IN THE SOVIET ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II. HE DESCRIBES HIS CAPTURE BY THE NAZIS AND HIS SUBSEQUENT IMPRISONMENT, AFTER THE WAR, IN SOVIET LABOR CAMPS.
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PO SLEDAM SUDBY MOYEGO POKOLENIYA
ON THE FOOTSTEPS OF MY GENERATION
VOYTOLOVSKAYA, ADDA
HELEN SERAPOVA
THE AUTHOR, A VICTIM OF THE PURGES, WRITES ABOUT THE PERIOD OF MASS TERROR UNDER STALIN. SHE DESCRIBES, IN DETAIL, HOW THE BEST PART OF THE REVOLUTIONARY GENERATION WAS SYSTEMATICALLY DESTROYED.
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(THE BROTHERS)
BAR-ZOHAR, MICHAEL
MIKHAIL BUZUKASHVILI
WHEN HIS MOTHER AND STEPFATHER ARE KILLED DURING THE STALINIST PURGES, ALEX GORDON IS SMUGGLED TO AN AUNT IN BROOKLYN, NEW YORK AND HIS HALF-BROTHER DIMITRI IS PLACED IN A MILITARY ORPHANAGE IN RUSSIA. DIMITRI BECOMES A KGB KILLER AND ALEX JOINS THE CIA IN ORDER TO WAGE A LIFELONG WAR AGAINST DIMITRI AND HIS EVIL SCHEMES.
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WONDERING STARS
SHOLOM ALEICHEM
LEV KOTLYAR
A NOVEL BY THE FAMOUS YIDDISH WRITER ABOUT TWO JEWISH ACTORS AND THEIR ADVENTURES IN THE THEATER.
