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Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy

Translated by Constance Garnett, Introduction by Leonard J. Kent and Nina Berberova

Pulitzer Prize-winning playwright David Mamet’s Uncle Vanya is a sparkling restoration of a masterpiece of the modern stage, marked by Mamet’s finely tuned ear for dialogue and memorable poetic imagery. In "Uncle Vanya," a retired professor and his beautiful young wife return to the country estate left by his deceased first wife to find themselves overwhelmed by the stagnant inevitability of the rituals of their... (more)

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy

This massive chronicle, to which Leo Tolstoy (1828-1910) devoted five whole years shortly after his marriage, portrays Russian family life during and after the Napoleonic war.

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

Dostoyevsky's Crime and Punishment is the penetrating study of a man who commits murder, convinced of the murder's justice, but suffering mentally nonetheless. It was first published in 1866 in twelve monthly installments of The Russian Messenger, a prestigous publication and an outlet for Tolstoy and Turgenev.

His Butler's StoryEdward Limonov

His Butler's Story

by Edward Limonov

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The Day Watch

by Sergei Lukyanenko

The second book in the internationally bestselling fantasy series, Day Watch begins where Night Watch left off, set in a modern-day Moscow where the 1,000-year-old treaty between Light and Dark maintains its uneasy balance through careful vigilance from the Others. The forces of darkness keep an eye during the day, the Day Watch, while the agents of Light monitor the nighttime. Very senior Others called the... (more)

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The Twilight Watch

by Sergei Lukyanenko

Night Watch and Day Watch , the first two books in this remarkable series, established Sergei Lukyanenko as a breathtakingly bold talent. Part fantasy, part vampire story, and part detective potboiler, this is the most successful science fiction series of all time in Russia and a true international sensation. In America, Fox Searchlight released the film adaptation of Night Watch to rapturous reviews, and... (more)

Engineering Physical Metallurgy

by Y. Lakhtin

This book is intended for the engineering personnel of metallurgical and metalworking plants. It may also be of value for students of engineering institutes and technical schools. This book deals with the basic principles of general physical metallurgy: structure of metals, plastic deformation, and recrystallization in metals. It also considers equilibrium diagrams for binary and ternary systems, the... (more)

Anna Karenina (Norton Critical Editions)L.N. Tolstoy

Anna Karenina (Norton Critical Editions)

by L.N. Tolstoy

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by Yevgeny Zamyatin

The long-suppressed Russian masterpiece that goes beyond 'Brave New World' and '1984'. Part science fiction, part parable, part debate as to the role of reason in human life. A bitter indictment against regimentation, conformity and the depersonalization of the individual. One of the great novels of the 20th century. A brilliant, imaginative arraignment to totalitarianism.

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Night Watch

by Sergei Lukyanenko

The Night Watch series has caused a sensation never before seen in Russia -- its popularity is frenzied and unprecedented, and driven by a truly great, epic story. In 2005 Fox Searchlight announced it had acquired the Russian film adaptation for an American release. Interest in the books here is now set to reach a fever pitch. Set in modern day Moscow, Night Watch is a world as elaborate and imaginative as... (more)

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

by Aylmer Maude, J. D. Duff, Leo Tolstoy

Murder, greed, lust, vanity, love-four of Tolstoy's most famous and essential stories in one volume.

Transparent Things (Vintage International)

Transparent Things (Vintage International)

by Vladimir Nabokov

A novel of dreams, memory and the past recaptured; murder, madness, imprisonment...and a final sentimental journey.

The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings, 1947-2005

The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings, 1947-2005

by Edward E. Ericson

This reader, compiled by renowned Solzhenitsyn scholars Edward E. Ericson, Jr., and Daniel J. Mahoney in collaboration with the Solzhenitsyn family, provides in one volume a rich and representative selection of Solzhenitsyn's voluminous works. Reproduced in their entirety are early poems, early and late short stories, early and late "miniatures" (or prose poems), and many of Solzhenitsyn’s famous—and... (more)

Anything Can HappenGeorge Papashvily, Helen Waite Papashvily

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Anna Karenina

by Leo Tolstoy

Uncle Vanya

by Anton Chekhov

War and Peace

by Leo Tolstoy

Crime and Punishment

by Fyodor Dostoevsky

His Butler's Story

by Edward Limonov

The Day Watch

by Sergei Lukyanenko

The Twilight Watch

by Sergei Lukyanenko

Engineering Physical Metallurgy

by Y. Lakhtin

Anna Karenina (Norton Critical Editions)

by L.N. Tolstoy

We

by Yevgeny Zamyatin

Night Watch

by Sergei Lukyanenko

The Death of Ivan Ilyich

by Aylmer Maude, J. D. Duff, Leo Tolstoy

Transparent Things (Vintage International)

by Vladimir Nabokov

The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings, 1947-2005

by Edward E. Ericson

Anything Can Happen

by George Papashvily