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154
(STORIES FROM DIFFERENT YEARS)
BABEL, ISAAC
ALEX KRASNOPOLSKY
A COLLECTION OF BABEL'S STORIES, INCLUDING MANY HITHERTO UNPUBLISHED WORKS APPEARING IN PRINT HERE FOR THE FIRST TIME.
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153
(THE ARCHIVE)
STEMLER, ELIYA
LYUDMILA TURKIYA
A NOVEL, SET IN COMMUNIST RUSSIA, ABOUT ARCHIVES AND THE PEOPLE WHO WORK IN THEM. THE AUTHOR USES THE SYMBOLISM OF THE ARCHIVE - WITH ITS HIDDEN DOCUMENTS - TO EXPLAIN THE SECRETIVENESS, STEALTH AND BETRAYAL OFTEN DISPLAYED UNDER THE COMMUNIST SYSTEM.
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152
(THE ROAD FROM GRODNO)
KLOVSKY, DANIEL
MIKHAIL BUZUKASHVILI
KLOVSKY, A RUSSIAN SCIENTIST, DESCRIBES HIS EXPERIENCES IN CONCENTRATION CAMPS UNDER THE NAZIS, AS WELL AS THE SOVIETS. THIS MOVING MEMOIR RECOUNTS THE SUFFERING ENDURED BY THE AUTHOR AS A YOUNG MAN, AND THE PSYCHOLOGICAL AND EMOTIONAL EFFECTS OF HIS EXPERIENCES.
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151
STORIES
ROMM, MIKHAIL
ALEX KRASNOPOLSKY
A MEMOIR BY THE RUSSIAN FILM DIRECTOR THAT DESCRIBES THE EFFECTS OF ANTI-SEMITISM ON RUSSIAN CULTURE. THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES THE PERSECUTION OF RUSSIAN JEWISH ARTISTS AND ARGUES PERSUASIVELY THAT THE RICHNESS AND CREATIVITY OF THE ARTS IN RUSSIA WAS DEPLETED WHEN JEWS WERE BARRED FROM PARTICIPATING.
RU4
150
(THE THEATER THAT WAS ELIMINATED)
OKUDZHAVA, BULAT
VICTOR PERSIK
IN THIS FAMILY CHRONICLE, OKUDZHAVA DESCRIBES HIS CHILDHOOD AND YOUTH AND TELLS HOW HE WAS AFFECTED, AT AN EARLY AGE, BY THE ARREST AND DISAPPEARANCE OF HIS FATHER, HIS MOTHER'S IMPRISONMENT AND THE PERSECUTION OF MANY FAMILY MEMBERS. AN IMPORTANT PERSONAL AND HISTORICAL DOCUMENT BY ONE OF RUSSIA'S GREATEST CONTEMPORARY WRITERS.
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149
THE UNFINISHED RESULTS
RYAZANOV, ELDAR
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
THE AUTHOR, A FILM DIRECTOR IN RUSSIA SINCE THE LATE 1950S, DISCUSSES HIS LIFE, LITERATURE, AND ART AND ADDRESSES VIEWER'S QUESTIONS ABOUT HIS WORK.
RU4
148
(THE THREE COMRADES)
REMARQUE, ERICH MARIA
VICTOR PERSIK
A NOVEL DESCRIBING THE 'LOST GENERATION' OF GERMANS AFTER WORLD WAR I.
RU4
146
(LITTLE MUK)
HAUFF, WILHELM
VALERIY KLUGMAN
A FAIRY TALE THAT CHRONICLES LITTLE MUK'S VOYAGES AND ADVENTURES.
RU4
144
RUSSKIE DNI ISIDORY DUNCAN
(RUSSIAN DAYS OF ISADORA DUNCAN)
DUNCAN, IRMA; MACDOUGALL, ALLAN ROSS
IRINA PEPLOV
DUNCAN'S DAUGHTER AND MACDOUGALL DESCRIBE THE CAREER, LOVES, AND TRAGIC DEATH OF THE FAMOUS DANCER. INCLUDED ARE DETAILS ON DUNCAN'S RELATIONSHIP WITH THE BOLSHEVIKS AND HER MARRIAGE TO SERGEY YESENIN.
RU4
143
(THE ODESSA FILE)
FORSYTH, FREDERICK
TATIANA EIDI
THE STORY OF A RUTHLESS ATTEMPT TO RE-ESTABLISH THE WORLDWIDE POWER OF THE NAZIS AND TO CARRY OUT HITLER'S FINAL SOLUTION.
RU4
142
KORICHNYE LAVKI. SANATORIY POD KLEPSIDROY
THE RESORT NEAR KLEPSIDRA
SCHULZ, BRUNO
VALERY RADER
TWO SHORT NOVELS THAT ILLUSTRATE THE AUTHOR'S POLISH AND JEWISH ROOTS AND DEPICT THE WONDERS OF EVERYDAY LIFE. SHULZ WAS KILLED BY THE NAZIS IN 1942.
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140
(ISRAEL-A JEWISH DESTINY)
KONSTANTINOVSKY, ILYA
ANATOLI Y FOUM
A LOOK AT THE COUNTRY OF ISRAEL AND ITS JEWISH POPULATION. THE BOOK ALSO FOCUSES ON THE JEWS WHO STILL REMAIN IN THE SOVIET REPUBLIC.
RU4
133
THE PROVOCATION OF THE CENTURY
SHEINIS, ZINOVIY
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKIY
THE AUTHOR'S OBSERVATIONS OF LIFE DURING THE ERA OF STALIN AND BREZHNEV. SHEINIS EXAMINES THE DOMESTIC AND FOREIGN POLICIES OF THE SOVIET UNION IN THAT TIME AS WELL AS IN OTHER HISTORICAL PERIODS.
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131
(THE REVOLT)
BEGIN, MENACHEM
BORIS DOBRYANSKY
IN THIS WORK, WRITTEN IN 1950, THE AUTHOR DISCUSSES HIS LIFE, HIS OPPONENTS, AND THE FORMATION AND DEVELOPMENT OF THE STATE OF ISRAEL.
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129
ISTORIA YEVREYEV Z DREVNEISHIX VREMEN PO SHESTIDNEVNUYU VOINUY
A HISTORY OF JEWS
ROTH, CECIL
OLEG EFREMOV
A HISTORY OF THE JEWS FROM THE BIBLICAL ERA, THROUGH WORLD WAR II, THE ESTABLISHMENT OF ISRAEL, TO THE LATE TWENTIETH CENTURY. IT IS TOLD AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE JEWS' SOCIAL, RELIGIOUS, AND CULTURAL DEVELOPMENT.
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128
OSTANOVITE SAMOLET - YAH SLEZU!
STOP THE AIRPLANE - I WANT TO GET OFF
SEVELA, EPHRAIM
YULIYA GARMIL
IN THIS BOOK, WRITTEN IN 1973, THE AUTHOR RELATES HOW THE SOVIET JEWS ARE TRYING TO FIND THEIR PLACE IN THEIR MOTHERLAND, IN THE LAND OF THEIR ANCESTORS, AND IN THE ABUNDANCE OF THE U.S.
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127
(TOUCHES TO A PORTRAIT)
GUBERMAN, IGOR
VALERY RADER
A JOURNALIST, WHILE TRACKING THE FATE OF NICHOLAS BRUN IN THE NEWSPAPER AND STORIES, COMES ACROSS LIFE ACCOUNTS OF NUMEROUS PEOPLE SENT TO THE CONCENTRATION CAMPS AT DIFFERENT TIMES IN THE SOVIET ERA.
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126
PASTERNAK, BORIS
VALERIY KLUGMAN
A NOVEL ABOUT THE 1917 RUSSIAN REVOLUTION THAT FOCUSES ON A NATION CONVULSED BY WAR AND THE INTIMATE DRAMA OF ONE MAN'S STRUGGLE TO SURVIVE. ZHIVAGO, A POET, A SURGEON, A HUSBAND, AND A LOVER, TOUCHES AND ALTERS THE LIVES OF MANY, INCLUDING TANYA, THE GENTILE WOMAN HE MARRIES, AND LARA, THE WOMAN HE CANNOT FORGET.
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125
(THE OVERLOADED ARK)
DURRELL, GERALD
AN ACCOUNT OF THE AUTHOR'S TRIP TO THE BRITISH CAMEROON REPUBLIC WHERE HE WENT TO COLLECT MAMMALS AND REPTILES; HE BROUGHT BACK OVER ONE HUNDRED CRATES OF SPECIMENS FOR THE BRITISH ZOO.
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122
VZGLYANI NA DOM SVOY, PYTNIK!
(LOOK AT YOUR HOME, TRAVELLER!)
SHTEMLER, ILYA
ANATOLY FOUMANCHUK
THE STORY OF A GROUP OF PEOPLE WHOSE FATE LANDED THEM IN ISRAEL.
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121
GORKY, MOSKVA DALEYE VEZDYEH
(GORKY, MOSCOW AND BEYOND)
SAKHAROV, ANDREI
THIS BOOK CONSISTS OF REMINISCENCES BY THE RUSSIAN AUTHOR ABOUT HIS EXILE TO GORKY, THE BEGINNING OF PERESTROIKA, AND HIS THOUGHTS AND REFLECTIONS ABOUT THE FATE AND FUTURE OF HIS COUNTRY.
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120
(PSALMS/ CHILD KILLER)
GORENSCHTEIN, FRIEDRICH
LEV KOTTLYAR
PSALMS IS A REALISTIC AND CRUEL NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE SOVIET COUNTRY BEGINNING WITH THE TIME OF COLLECTIVIZATION AND THROUGH THE TIME OF STAGNATION. CHILD KILLER IS A DRAMA ABOUT THE EXECUTION OF THE PRINCE ALEKSEY, THE SON OF KING PETER I.
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118
THE WALKS AROUND THE SHED
GUBERMAN, IGOR
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKY
THE AUTHOR'S MEMOIRS OF HIS YEARS AS A PRISONER IN A SOVIET LABOR CAMP.
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117
(SCHINDLER'S LIST)
KENEALLY, THOMAS
ZINOVYI AVRUTIN
THE STORY OF OSKAR SCHINDLER, A GERMAN INDUSTRIALIST WHO, DURING WORLD WAR II, USED HIS OWN RESOURCES TO BUILD A CONCENTRATION CAMP FACTORY NEAR CRACOW, WHERE HE SHELTERED JEWS. KENEALLY BASES MUCH OF HIS WORK UPON THE TESTIMONY OF 'SCHINDLER'S JEWS.'
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116
(A GREEN STREET)
APPEL, ASPAR
ANATOLY FOUMANCHUK
A COLLECTION OF STORIES WHICH DEPICT THE LIFE OF THE SOVIET PEOPLE WITH REALISM AND BITTERNESS.
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115
T'MA V KONTSE TUNELYA/MOYA ZOLOTAYA TYOSCHA
(DARKNESS AT THE END OF THE TUNNEL/MY GOLDEN MOTHER-IN-LAW)
NAGIBIN, YURIY
YULIYA GARMIL
NAGIBIN HAS WRITTEN THIS NOVEL IN THE FORM OF A CONFESSION IN WHICH HE ADMITS THAT THE RAMPANT ANTI-SEMITISM IN RUSSIA MAKES IT VERY HARD TO BE A JEW THERE. BUT THE AUTHOR ULTIMATELY DECIDES THAT IT WOULD BE EVEN HARDER FOR HIM TO BE A RUSSIAN.
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113
(HIGH SPEED)
GOLYAVKIN, VICTOR
VALERIY KLUGMAN
A COLLECTION THAT CONSISTS OF AN AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL NOVELLA, 'THE HARP AND BOXING,' AND SOME SHORT STORIES.
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112
(POEMS)
TARKOVSKIY, ARSENIY
THIS BOOK BY THE WELL-KNOWN POET CONTAINS SOME OF HIS MOST FAMOUS LYRICAL AND PHILOSOPHICAL VERSES.
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110
TAINSTVENNOYE PROISHESTVIYE V STYLSE
(THE MYSTERIOUS AFFAIR AT STYLES)
CHRISTIE, AGATHA
A MYSTERY SET IN A LARGE COUNTRY HOUSE IN ENGLAND DURING THE FIRST WORLD WAR. AN OLD LADY IS MURDERED AND DETECTIVE HERCULE POIROT MUST FIGURE OUT WHO DID IT.
RU4
108
(BLOOD ACCUSATION)
BORSHCHAGOVSKII, ALEXANDR
VICTOR PERSIK
A DETECTIVE NOVEL BASED ON THE MATERIALS OF THE JUDICIAL INQUIRY OF THE JEWISH ANTI-FASCIST COMMITTEE.
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107
(MEMOIRS)
RAIKIN, ARKADY
VICTOR PERSIK
RAIKIN, A WELL-KNOWN THEATER DIRECTOR AND ACTOR, WRITES ABOUT HIS LIFE AND WORK DURING THE KRUSHCHEV AND BREZHNEV ERAS. CONSIDERED BY MANY OF HIS ADMIRERS TO HAVE BEEN 'THE CONSCIENCE OF HIS GENERATION,' RAIKIN HAD A STRONG INFLUENCE ON RUSSIAN CULTURE.
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106
FAKULTET NENUSZNICH VESHCHEY
(THE FACULTY OF UNNECESSARY THINGS)
DOMBROVSKIY,URIY
LEV KOTTLYAR
THIS NOVEL DEPICTS HOW THE SPIRIT AND CULTURE OF RUSSIA WAS DESTROYED DURING THE YEARS OF STALIN'S TYRANNY.
RU4
103
(SAGA ABOUT 'SKATE')
BRACKETT, LEEIGH
A NOVEL ABOUT OTHER WORLDS THAT ATTEMPTS TO DEMONSTRATE PROBLEMS IN OUR OWN WORLD.
RU4
100
(THE BLUE CUP)
GAIDAR, ARKADIY
A LYRICAL STORY FOR CHILDREN THAT ATTEMPTS TO TEACH KINDNESS, JUSTICE, AND SENSITIVITY.
RU4
97
(JEW'S CONFESSION)
MELIKHOV, ALEXANDER
VALERY RADER
A HUMOROUS NOVEL THAT SEEKS TO DEMONSTRATE WHAT IT MEANS TO BE PART OF A 'PEOPLE.'
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96
THE WALKS WITH PUSHKIN
TERTZ, ABRAHAM (ANDREI SINYAVSKY)
VALENTINA YARAVOYA
IN THIS BOOK, WHICH WAS WRITTEN IN A CONCENTRATION CAMP, THE AUTHOR ELECTS HIMSELF AS A REPRESENTATIVE OF THE ARTIST, AND BELIEVES IN THEIR INDEPENDENCE FROM STATE REGULATIONS, DEMANDS, OR ESTABLISHMENTS.
RU4
93
(SHAPIRO THE BULLFIGHTER)
SHARGORODSKIE, ALEKSANDR & LEV SHARG
MOISEY LEYBE
A BOOK OF HUMOROUS SHORT STORIES BY TWO RUSSIAN WRITERS WHO EMIGRATED TO ISRAEL.
RU4
91
(THE DOG)
MARKISH, DAVID
YULIA GARMIL
THIS IS A STORY ABOUT THE LIFE OF THE RUSSIAN WRITER AND DISSIDENT, VLADIMIR SOLOVYOV AND HIS ADVENTURES IN PARIS, VIENNA, ROME, NEW YORK AND FINALLY TEL AVIV.
RU4
90
(HARRY FROM DUSSELDORF)
DEICH, ALEXANDER
VALERY RADER
A NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE OF HEINRICH HEINE.
RU4
88
(VISOTSKY ON TAGANKAH )
VISOTSKY, B.
THE AUTHOR'S PERSONAL RECOLLECTIONS INCLUDING THE PERFORMANCE OF SOME OF HIS SONGS.
RU4
87
MINUTY NA RAZMYSHLENIIYA. RASSKAZY OB ARTISTAX NA ZONE
TIME OF REFLECTION
TIKHVINSKIIY, VLADIMIR
VALERIY KRUGMAN
STORIES ABOUT THE AUTHOR, WHO PERFORMED BEFORE THE TROOPS DURING WORLD WAR II.
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86
(THE NOTES OF THE NAIVE PERSON)
AVERCHENKO, ARKADIY
NOTES BY A WELL-KNOWN RUSSIAN WRITER WHO DID NOT ACCEPT THE OCTOBER REVOLUTION IN 1917 AND REFUSED TO DISGUISE HIS FEELINGS.
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83
VOSPOMINANIYA O VASILIE GROSSMANE
(RECOLLECTIONS OF VASILY GROSSMAN)
LIPKIN, SEYMOUR & ANNA BEHRZER
VALERIY KLUGMAN
THE AUTHORS OFFER THEIR RECOLLECTIONS ABOUT THE SOVIET WRITER, VASILY GROSSMAN, AND HIS FAMOUS WORK, 'LIFE AND FATE.' THEY RECOUNT VARIOUS ASPECTS OF HIS LIFE AND THE FATE OF HIS BOOK WHEN HE WAS ARRESTED BY THE KGB DURING THE STALINIST ERA.
RU4
82
ZAMOK I DRUGHIYE PROIZVEDENIYA
(THE CASTLE AND OTHER WORKS)
KAFKA, FRANZ
IN HIS WORKS, KAFKA ATTEMPTS TO DEPICT THE IMPACT OF A WORLD IN WHICH REALITY AND UNREALITY MAY COEXIST. THIS IS REFLECTED IN K, A LAND SURVEYOR, WHO STRUGGLES WITH THE DIM AWARENESS THAT THE CASTLE MAY CONTAIN FRIENDS AND FOES.
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81
(JOURNEY INTO THE WHIRLWIND)
GINZBURG, EUGENIA
EDUARD KAMENETSKIY
RECOLLECTIONS BY THE AUTHOR OF HER 18 YEARS IN SOVIET SLAVE LABOR CAMPS. GINZBURG IS THE MOTHER OF THE RUSSIAN WRITER VASSILY AKSYONOV.
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79
BURNAYA ZHIZN LASIKA ROYTSHVANCERA
(THE STORMY LIFE OF LAZIK ROITSCHWANTZ)
ERENBURG, ILYA
IRINA PEPLOV
IN THIS SATIRE THAT ATTEMPTS TO EXPOSE CORRUPTION, LAZIK ROITSCHWANTZ, A TAILOR, UNDERGOES A SERIES OF PICARESQUE ADVENTURES IN WHICH HE IS EITHER THE EXPLOITED INNOCENT OR A CHARLATAN EXPLOITING OTHERS.
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78
ZNAMENITIYEH YEVREYI: KRATKIYE BIOGRAPHII
(FAMOUS JEWS)
BROITMAN, EMMANUIL, ED.
VALERY RADER
BIOGRAPHIES OF JEWS WHO HAVE ACHIEVED PROMINENCE AS SCIENTISTS, POLITICIANS, NOBEL PRIZE WINNERS, HEROES OF THE WARSAW GHETTO, AND AS RELIGIOUS THINKERS AND PHILOSOPHERS.
RU4
77
(HEDVA AND ME)
MEGED, AHARON
VIKTORIA ANDREEVA
A HUMOROUS STORY ABOUT THE ADVENTURES OF THE ISRAELI SHLEMIK AND HIS WIFE HEDVA WHO LEAVE THEIR KIBBUTZ FOR LIFE IN THE HEART OF THE CITY OF TEL AVIV.
RU4
76
MONYA TZATZKIS ZNAMENOSETC
(MONYA TZATZKIS THE FLAG BEARER)
SEVELA, EPHRAIM
VALERY RADER
STORIES BY A PLAYWRIGHT AND FILM DIRECTOR ABOUT A JEW FROM LITVA WHO BECAME A SOLDIER IN THE SOVIET ARMY DURING WORLD WAR II.
RU4
74
(LIFE AND FATE)
GROSSMAN, VASILY
VALERIY KLUGMAN
A HISTORICAL NOVEL OF THE USSR DURING THE YEARS 1941 TO 1945. GROSSMAN ANALYZES RUSSIAN LIFE UNDER STALIN AND COMPARES STALIN TO HITLER. HE ALSO CHRONICLES THE RISE OF BROWN AND RED FASCISM AND THE FATE OF THE SOVIET PEOPLE, ESPECIALLY THE JEWS.
RU4
72
(FADING STARS)
KOPELMAN, SIMON
YULIYA GARMIL
A BOOK THAT RECOUNTS HOW MANY FAMOUS AND TALENTED RUSSIAN AUTHORS AND ACTORS WERE LIMITED IN THEIR ABILITY TO ACHIEVE BECAUSE OF THEIR JEWISHNESS.
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71
(WE LEAVE RUSSIA)
SCHMOOKLER, YULIA
IRINA PEPLOV
A COLLECTION OF HUMOROUS STORIES THAT DEPICT THE EVERYDAY LIVES OF ORDINARY PEOPLE. INCLUDED IS A STORY ABOUT A FAMILY MAKING PLANS TO EMIGRATE TO ISRAEL AND ONE ABOUT A WOMAN IN A HOSPITAL MATERNITY WARD.
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70
(MY FIRST WAR)
LAZARIS, VLADIMIR
VALERY RADER
A WAR DIARY IN WHICH THE AUTHOR INTERVIEWS YOUNG ISRAELI JEWISH SOLDIERS WHO ORIGINALLY EMIGRATED FROM THE USSR. EACH SOLDIER DISCUSSES HIS OWN VISION OF WAR, LIFE, AND DEATH.
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69
TVOY VOSEMNADTSATY VEK PREKRASEN NASH SOYUZ
(YOUR 18TH CENTURY, HOW BEAUTIFUL IS OUR UNION...)
EIDELMAN, NATHAN
ALEXANDER KRASNOPOLSKIY
A BOOK ABOUT THE HISTORY AND FATE OF THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE DURING TIMES OF UPHEAVAL IN THE COUNTRY.
RU4
67
(MUSICIAN WHO JUST ARRIVED)
OKUDZHAVA, BULAT
VALERY RADER
A COLLECTION OF AUTOBIOGRAPHICAL STORIES.
RU4
66
(THE GOSPEL OF THE EXECUTIONER)
VAINER, ARCADY & GEORGE
VALENTINA YARAVOYA
THE AUTHORS FOCUS ON THE STALINIST ERA AND DEPICT HOW THE SOVIET PEOPLE SUFFERED UNDER THAT REGIME. VOL 2 (VOL.1 - RU4-00057)
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64
SOBRANIYE SOCHINENIY V DVUX TOMAX
(COLLECTED WORKS IN TWO VOLUMES)
TERTZ, ABRAHAM (ANDREI SINYAVSKY)
THIS EDITION INCLUDES ALL THE PRINCIPLE WORKS OF THE AUTHOR WITH HIS PHILOSOPHICAL REFLECTIONS ABOUT LITERATURE, HISTORY, AND THE FATE OF RUSSIA AND ITS PEOPLE.
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63
(SHORT STORIES)
CHEKHOV, ANTON
EMILIYA MAGAZINER-VITMANOVICH
A COLLECTION OF STORIES BY THE RUSSIAN AUTHOR AND DRAMATIST. THESE STORIES ILLUSTRATE CHEKHOV'S PERCEPTIONS OF RUSSIA AND THE RUSSIAN PEOPLE.
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62
MY ARBAT
OKUDZHAVA, BULAT
A COMPILATION OF VERSES AND SONGS WRITTEN BY THE AUTHOR.
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60
(FROM TWO TO FIVE)
CHUKOVSKY, KORNEY
VALERIY KLUGMAN
A COLLECTION OF STATEMENTS MADE BY CHILDREN BETWEEN THE AGES OF TWO AND FIVE.
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57
PETLVA I KAMEN V ZELYONOY TRAVE
(THE LOOP AND THE STONE IN THE GREEN GRASS)
VAINER, ARCADY & GEORGE
YULIYA GARMIL
THE AUTHOR DISCUSS THE DIFFICULTIES OF BEING JEWISH IN THE SOVIET UNION AND GIVE AN ACCOUNT OF THE MURDER OF A FAMOUS SOVIET ACTOR. VOL 1 (VOL.2 - RU4-00066)
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56
(THE SAD CLOWN)
SHARGORODSKY, LEV & ALEXANDR
EDUARD KAMENETSKIY
THE STORY OF A RUSSIAN WRITER, HIS CHILDHOOD IN LENINGRAD, AND HIS LIFE AFTER HE EMIGRATED.
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55
BRATYA. EVREYSKAYA LEGENDA
(BROTHERS. A HEBREW LEGEND)
FREEDMAN, FLORENCE B.
VICTOR PERSIK
THE AUTHOR TELLS A STORY LACED WITH MAGIC AND MYSTERY THAT DEMONSTRATES THE BOND BETWEEN BROTHERS.
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54
(THE TENTH CIRCLE)
GUY, DAVID
LEV KOTTLYAR
THE FIRST OF THESE TWO NOVELLAS IS A STORY ABOUT ONE OF STALIN'S BODYGUARDS. THE SECOND ONE GIVES AN ACCOUNT OF THE MINSK GHETTO DURING WORLD WAR II.
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53
(THE ABANDONED RUSSIA)
PERELMAN, VICTOR
MOISEY LEYBENGRUB
RECOLLECTIONS BY A SOVIET JOURNALIST ABOUT THE POLITICAL AND SOCIAL LIFE IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
RU4
52
(HELLO FROM ODESSA)
SICHKIN, BORIS
EDUARD KAMENETSKIY
A HUMOROUS LOOK AT THE PEOPLE AND LIFE IN RUSSIA AND THE UNUSUAL EVENTS THAT REGULARLY OCCUR.
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51
KNIGA EVREISKIKH AFORIZMOV
THE BOOK OF JEWISH MAXIMS AND DEFINITIONS
DZHIN, NODAR
VICTOR PERSIK
A COLLECTION OF JEWISH MAXIMS AND DEFINITIONS.
RU4
50
VAYSMAN, ZINOVY
MOISEY LEYBENGRUB
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS ABOUT THE LIVES OF JEWS IN THE FORMER SOVIET UNION.
RU4
48
BAMBUKOVAYA KOLYBEL. ISTORIYA YEVREYSKOGO OTSA
THE BAMBOO CRADEL. A JEWISH FATHER'S STORY
SHVARTZBAUM, ABRAHAM
VALENTINA YAROVAYA
THE TRUE STORY OF A CHILDLESS AMERICAN COUPLE WHO ADOPTED THE NEWBORN BABY GIRL THEY FOUND ABANDONED IN A RAILROAD STATION IN TAIWAN. THE AUTHOR DESCRIBES HOW THIS CHAIN OF EVENTS LED HIM AND HIS WIFE BACK TO THEIR JEWISH HERITAGE.
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47
(THE ASSISTANT)
MALAMUD, BERNARD
YULIYA GARMIN
THE STORY OF A JEWISH GROCER AND HIS FAMILY STRUGGLING TO BETTER THEIR LIVES IN A DIFFICULT WORLD.
RU4
46
(MY FATHER'S HOUSE)
ALON, YIGAL
EDUARD KAMENETSKY
AN AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE LIFE OF THE ISRAELI FOREIGN MINISTER, YIGAL ALON. HE GREW UP IN A FARMING VILLAGE DURING THE 1920S AND 1930S AMONG THE PIONEERS OF PALESTINE.
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42
THE ENTEBBE OPERATION
DAN, URI
EDUARD KAMENETSKY
THE AUTHOR PROVIDES AN ACCOUNT OF THE ISRAELI RESCUE OF A HIJACKED PLANE AT THE ENTEBBE AIRPORT IN UGANDA.
RU4
39
(TRIAL AND ERROR)
WEIZMANN, CHAIM
SVETLANA PERELMUTER
THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF THE RUSSIAN CHEMIST WHO BECAME A ZIONIST LEADER. WEIZMANN WAS PRESIDENT OF THE WORLD ZIONIST ORGANIZATION, THE JEWISH AGENCY FOR PALESTINE, AND THE HEBREW UNIVERSITY OF JERUSALEM. HE DESCRIBE HIS INVOLVEMENT IN THE FIGHT FOR ZIONISM THAT CULMINATED IN HIS BEING CHOSEN THE FIRST PRESIDENT OF ISRAEL.
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36
PO TROPAM EVREISKOY ISTORII
THE PATHWAYS THROUGH JEWISH HISTORY
SAMUELS, RUTH
BORIS DOBRYANSKY & ED KAMENETSKIY
SAMUELS TRACES JEWISH HISTORY FROM ITS BIBLICAL BEGINNINGS WITH ABRAHAM AT UR THROUGH ISRAEL'S SIX DAY WAR IN 1967.
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34
THE LEGENDS OF OUR TIME
WIESEL, ELIE
EDUARD KAMENETSKIY
THE STORIES IN THIS BOOK, DERIVED FROM WIESEL'S EXPERIENCE AND EMBELLISHED BY HIS IMAGINATION, TRANSPORT THE READER TO WIESEL'S CHILDHOOD TOWN, TO THE CONCENTRATION CAMP WHERE HE WAS INTERNED, AS WELL AS TO THE LABYRINTH OF HIS EXPERIENCES AFTER HE WAS LIBERATED.
RU4
33
(DEAR, 18)
URIS, LEON
IGOR MUSHKATIN
A NOVEL ABOUT THE WARSAW GHETTO AND THE POLISH JEWS WHO FOUGHT DESPERATELY TO DIVEST THEMSELVES OF NAZI RULE. REMAKE OF MOISEY LEYBENGRUB'S 1993 RECORDING OF THE 1989 RUSSIAN TRANSLATION.
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31
TAYNA SUDNA 'EXODUS' - 1947
THE MYSTERY OF THE BOAT "EXODUS"
DEROGY, JACQUES
IRINA PEPLOV
STHIS IS A TRUE ACCOUNT OF THE EXODUS WHICH, IN 1947, SET OUT FOR PALESTINE WITH A GROUP OF HOLOCAUST SURVIVORS. THE REFUGEES ENCOUNTERED BRITISH FORCES IN TERRITORIAL WATERS OFF THE COAST OF ISRAEL, BUT, WITH THE HELP OF ISRAELI JEWS, MANAGED A HEROIC RESPONSE IN THE FACE OF EXTREME DANGER.
RU4
29
(JEWISH HOLIDAYS)
KOZODOY, RUTH
A DESCRIPTION OF THE BIBLICAL FESTIVALS AND THE MODERN JEWISH HOLIDAYS.
RU4
23
AKIBA
FINKELSTEIN, LOUIS
ERNST GOLOSOV
A BIOGRAPHY OF RABBI AKIVA, THE SECOND-CENTURY RABBI, THINKER, AND POLITICAL LEADER WHO DIED A MARTYR'S DEATH. THE RABBI'S STORY IS TOLD AGAINST THE BACKDROP OF THE ROMAN PERSECUTION OF JEWS AND JEWISH NATIONAL LIFE IN ANCIENT ISRAEL.
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21
SELECTED WORKS
BUBER, MARTIN
BORIS DOBRYA
A COLLECTION OF ESSAYS BY THE TWENTIETH-CENTURY JEWISH PHILOSOPHER.
RU4
18
(IN THE STORM)
ALEICHEM, SHOLOM
ROSE SAVRANS
SET IN A SMALL RUSSIAN TOWN IN THE CZARIST ERA OF OPPRESSION AND POGROMS, THIS NOVEL FOLLOWS SEVERAL FAMILIES THROUGH TRAGEDY, TRIUMPH, FRIENDSHIP, AND LOVE.
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17
SUBBOTA, PRAZDNIKI I BUDNI. ZAKONY I OBYCHAYI
(SABBATH, HOLIDAYS & WEEKDAYS. LAWS AND CUSTOMS OF JEWISH LIFE)
GRENVALD, ZEEV
STELLA YASKINA
THE AUTHOR EXPLAINS JEWISH LAWS AND CUSTOMS.
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SERIYA 'MESTO RABOTY' - VRACHY I MEDSESTRY
(PLACES OF WORK - DOCTORS AND NURSES)
EDITED BY LAZERIS,VLADIMIR
DR. MARTIN LEVIN
PART OF A SERIES ABOUT RUSSIAN JEWISH PROFESSIONALS WHO IMMIGRATED TO ISRAEL. THE AUTHOR INCLUDES INTERVIEWS WITH SOME OF THE NEWLY ARRIVED IMMIGRANTS.
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(BLOOD ACCUSATION)
SAMUEL, MAURICE
SOPHIA RAIGO
IN 1911, MENDEL BEILISS, A JEWISH WORKMAN, WAS ACCUSED OF MURDERING A CHRISTIAN BOY IN KIEV IN ORDER TO USE HIS BLOOD FOR THE MAKING OF PASSOVER MATZOS. IN ADDITION TO DESCRIBING THE RESULTING TRIAL, THIS BOOK PRESENTS THE POLITICAL BACKGROUND TO THE AFFAIR, CHARACTER PORTRAITS, AND REACTIONS TO THE TRIAL IN RUSSIA AND BEYOND.
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(THE AGE OF WONDERS)
APPELFELD, AHARON
EDUARD KAMENETSKIY
THE AUTHOR TELLS THE STORY OF BRUNO, A 10-YEAR-OLD AUSTRIAN BOY WHOSE FATHER RENOUNCES HIS JEWISHNESS DUE TO ANTI-SEMITIC PRESSURE. THIRTY YEARS LATER, BRUNO RETURNS FROM ISRAEL TO AUSTRIA AND FINDS HIMSELF CONFRONTING THE GHOSTS OF HIS PAST.
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(JEWS, GOD AND HISTORY)
DIMONT, MAX
BORIS DOBRYANSKY
A HISTORICAL LOOK AT THE CIVILIZATIONS IN WHICH JEWISH CULTURE FLOURISHED.
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(CHILDHOOD AND OTHER STORIES)
BABEL, ISAAC
BORIS DOBRYANSKY
THE STORIES PRESENTED HERE HAVE BEEN CHOSEN FROM TWO ANTHOLOGIES, 'THE COLLECTED STORIES' AND 'YOU MUST KNOW EVERYTHING'. IN 1970, BABEL WAS POSTHUMOUSLY AWARDED THE BNAI BRITH HERITAGE AWARD FOR EXCELLENCE IN LITERATURE.
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IT MIGHT BE A DREAM
ROTH, HENRY
BORIS DOBRYANSKY
THIS IS A NOVEL ABOUT THE LIFE OF A SMALL JEWISH BOY WHO IMMIGRATES FROM EASTERN EUROPE TO NEW YORK AT THE BEGINNING OF THE CENTURY.
