The Bones of Berdichev: The Life and Fate of Vasily Grossman
By: John Garrard
4.19
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
Born a Russian Jew and an ardent patriot of the Soviet motherland, Vasily Grossman rationalized awa…
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1. One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
By: None , H.T. Willetts , Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn
3.98
Format: 182 pages, Paperback
The only English translation authorized by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn First published in the Soviet… read more
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- russia
- 20th century
"A couple of ounces ruled your life."-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
"It's all so arty there's no art left in it."-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
"Two roubles. Worn notes that didn't rustle."-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
"Гении не подгоняют трактовку под вкус тиранов!"-None, One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich
2. Uncle Tom’s Cabin
By: Harriet Beecher Stowe
3.91
Format: 438 pages, Paperback
The narrative drive of Stowe's classic novel is often overlooked in the heat of the controversies s… read more
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"Liberty! -- Electric word!"-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"Some jokes are less agreeable than others"-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"Still waters run deepest, they used to tell me."-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
"What man has nerve to do, man has not nerve to hear."-Harriet Beecher Stowe, Uncle Tom’s Cabin
3. Madame Bovary
By: Gustave Flaubert , Margaret Mauldon , Malcolm Bowie , Mark Overstall
3.70
Format: 329 pages, Paperback
Madame Bovary is the debut novel of French writer Gustave Flaubert, published in 1856. The characte… read more
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"Every notary carries about inside him the debris of a poet."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"Speech is a rolling-mill that always thins out the sentiment."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"How oft the warmth of the sun above Makes a pretty young girl dream of love."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
"For him the universe did not extend beyond the circumference of her petticoat."-Gustave Flaubert, Madame Bovary
4. The Three Musketeers
By: Alexandre Dumas , Richard Pevear , John Lee
4.09
Format: 625 pages, Paperback
First published in 1844, The Three Musketeers is the most famous of Alexandre Dumas' historical nov… read more
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"All for one and one for all."-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
"Love is the most selfish of all the passions."-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
"The merit of all things lies in their difficulty."-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
"I do not cling to life sufficiently to fear death."-Alexandre Dumas, The Three Musketeers
5. Dead Souls
By: Nikolai Gogol , Robert A. Maguire
3.98
Format: 464 pages, Paperback
Chichikov, a mysterious stranger, arrives in a provincial town and visits a succession of landowner… read more
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"Keep not money, but keep good people's company."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"Also, though not over-elderly, he was not over-young."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"A word aptly uttered or written cannot be cut away by an axe."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
"A Russian peasant scratching the back of his head means many different things."-Nikolai Gogol, Dead Souls
6. Rosemary's Baby
By: Ira Levin
3.56
Format: 336 pages, Hardcover
Rosemary and Guy Woodhouse, an ordinary young couple, settle into a New York City apartment, unawar… read more
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7. Kon-Tiki: Across The Pacific In A Raft
By: Thor Heyerdahl
4.39
Format: None pages, Paperback
Five men in search of a mythical hero journey from Peru to Polynesia in this classic account of nau… read more
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8. Dawn (The Night Trilogy #2)
By: Elie Wiesel , Frances Frenaye
3.66
Format: 320 pages,
Elisha is a young Jewish man, a Holocaust survivor, and an Israeli freedom fighter in British-contr… read more
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9. The White Guard
By: Mikhail Bulgakov , Michael Glenny
4.00
Format: 158 pages, Paperback
The White Guardis less famous than Mikhail Bulgakov's comic hit, The Master and Margarita, but it i… read more
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10. An Armenian Sketchbook
By: Vasily Grossman , Elizabeth Chandler , Robert Chandler
4.20
Format: 240 pages, Paperback
An NYRB Classics Original Few writers had to confront as many of the last century's mass tragedies … read more
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11. Forever Flowing
By: Vasily Grossman , Thomas P. Whitney
3.91
Format: 163 pages, Paperback
The novel tells the story of Ivan Grigoryevich, who has returned to Russia after thirty years in th… read more
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12. Natasha's Dance: A Cultural History of Russia
By: Orlando Figes
3.52
Format: 257 pages,
History on a grand scale-an enchanting masterpiece that explores the making of one of the world's m… read more
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13. Life and Fate
By: Vasily Grossman , Robert Chandler
4.09
Format: 156 pages,
Life and Fate is an epic tale of a country told through the fate of a single family, the Shaposhnik… read more
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14. Fathers and Sons
By: Ivan Turgenev , None , None
3.99
Format: 244 pages, Mass Market Paperback
Bazarov—a gifted, impatient, and caustic young man—has journeyed from school to the home of his fri… read more
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"He has no faith in principles, only in frogs."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"Death's an old story, but new for each person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"I look up to heaven only when I want to sneeze."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
"However, I know myself as a very unhappy person."-Ivan Turgenev, Fathers and Sons
15. The Case of Comrade Tulayev
By: Susan Sontag , Willard R. Trask , Victor Serge
3.12
Format: None pages, Paperback
One cold Moscow night, Comrade Tulayev, a high government official, is shot dead on the street, and… read more
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16. Reading Lolita in Tehran
By: Azar Nafisi
4.20
Format: 172 pages,
Every Thursday morning for two years in the Islamic Republic of Iran, a bold and inspired teacher n… read more
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17. My Name Is Barbra
By: Barbra Streisand
4.20
Format: 1040 pages, Hardcover
The long-awaited memoir by the superstar of stage, screen, recordings, and television. Barbra St… read more
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"Fame is a hollow trophy. No matter who you are, you can only eat one pastrami sandwich at a time."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Once again I was struck by the power of music. Somehow, it can be the connective tissue between souls."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"There are some things I hope we can all agree upon: The antidote to lies is truth, the remedy to war is peace, and the solution to hate is love."-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
"Language gives us an insight into the way women are viewed in a male-dominated society . . . A man is commanding—a woman is demanding. A man is forceful—a woman is pushy. A man is uncompromising—a wo…"-Barbra Streisand, My Name Is Barbra
18. Long Island (Eilis Lacey, #2)
By: Colm Tóibín
3.82
Format: 294 pages, Hardcover
From the beloved, critically acclaimed New York Times bestselling author comes a spectacularly movi… read more
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19. Stalingrad
By: Vasily Grossman
4.28
Format: 1088 pages, Paperback
Vasily Grossman’s Life and Fate has been hailed as a twentieth-century War and Peace. However, Life… read more
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"But once, when she was singing his praises, her mother interrupted 'No, no, I've seen too many young people like that - both when I was a student in Petersburg and when I was in exile in Siberia. The…"-Vasily Grossman, Stalingrad
"There are people who like to ascribe only the basest of motives to the actions of others. This is not always because they act basely themselves; often they would not dream of acting as they suspect o…"-Vasily Grossman, Stalingrad
20. The Ungrateful Refugee
By: Dina Nayeri
4.05
Format: 368 pages, Hardcover
A Finalist for the 2019 Kirkus Prize in Nonfiction "Nayeri combines her own experience with thos… read more
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"Unlike economic migrants, refugees have no agency; they are no threat. Often, they are so broken, they beg to be remade into the image of the native. As recipients of magnanimity, they can be pitied.…"-Dina Nayeri, The Ungrateful Refugee
21. The Bones of Berdichev: The Life and Fate of Vasily Grossman
By: John Garrard
4.19
Format: 437 pages, Hardcover
Born a Russian Jew and an ardent patriot of the Soviet motherland, Vasily Grossman rationalized awa… read more
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- soviet union
- world war ii
- nonfiction
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