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Three Sisters (1900) is a drama in four acts by Russian playwright and short story writer Anton Chekhov. It was first performed at the Moscow Art Theatre in 1901, directed by acclaimed actor Konstantin Stanislavski-who also played the role of Aleksandr Ignatyevich Vershinin, a philosophizing artillery officer in love with middle Prozorov sister Masha. Reviews were mixed at first, but as the play continued to run, Three Sisters became a popular success,...
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From the author of the National Book Award-winning novel Homeless Bird comes "an absorbing saga"* about a young heroine coming of age in the tumultuous years leading up to the Russian revolution.
Gripping, accessible historical fiction that's perfect for schools and classrooms, as well as for fans of Ruta Sepetys and Elizabeth Wein.
In the fall of 1914, safe behind palace walls, Katya Ivanova sees St. Petersburg as a magical place.
The daughter...
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A shrewd investigator and an expert marksman, Special Agent Alexandra LaDuca can handle any case the FBI gives her. Or can she? While on loan from the U.S. Department of the Treasury, Alex is tapped to accompany a Secret Service team during an American Presidential visit to Ukraine. Her assignment: to keep personal watch over Yuri Federov, the most charming and most notorious gangster in the region. Against her better judgment-and fighting a feeling...
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When federal agent Alexandra LaDuca travels to Egypt to investigate the possible sighting of a former mentor, she is thrown into the deadliest game of double cross in her career. An American woman working alone, she must rely on her wits, her training, and her skill with lethal weapons not just to succeed, but also to survive. A CIA agent whom she believed to be dead appears to be alive; and why is he dressing like an Arab and speaking Russian? Tough,...
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One Russian night in 1934, Marya and Georgi's parents disappear. Despite high risks, Katya and Misha had spoken against the government. The children, alone and desperate, fear the worst. Will they ever see their parents again? But all it takes is one crumpled letter to give Marya and Georgi hope and send them on a dangerous mission to reunite their family. They must steal away in the dark of night, escape the city, and find passage to the great Siberian...
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Learn Russian: Russian Survival Phrases, Volume 2 Preparing for a trip to Russia? The Survival Phrases, Volume 2 series is designed to provide world travelers with essential phrases in multiple languages and cultural insight you will not find in a textbook. Our experienced teachers possess the linguistic expertise to help you comprehend the fundamentals of the language and the experience to help you navigate the pitfalls and pleasantries of their...
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When a mysterious relic is stolen from a Madrid museum, people are dying to discover its secrets. Literally. U.S. Treasury agent Alexandra LaDuca returns from Conspiracy in Kiev to track down the stolen artwork, a small carving called The Pietà of Malta. It seems to be a simple assignment, but nothing about this job is simple, as the mysteries and legends surrounding the relic become increasingly complex with claims of supernatural power. As aggressive,...
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Audio training course designed specifically for English speakers and containing 17 theme based lessons covering the everyday situations. Each lesson consists of English tutorials, vocabulary, and complete live conversations. Essentials such as greetings, shopping, telling the time, asking for directions, elements of Russian business etiquette, such cultural concepts as The Russian soul, how to date someone in Russian and even a short poem by Alexander...
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Second volume in the popular Easy Russian series offering Russian language learning in easy to absorb audio format, designed specifically for English speakers. The audio course features phonetics, elements of Russian grammar, rich cultural content and native Russian speakers. It can be used as a stand-alone course or in combination with other training materials. No additional software or special equipment necessary.
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Finished with Lower Beginner? Not quite ready for Intermediate? Welcome to Beginner Russian. Master the basics of Russian conversation! Start speaking Russian in minutes, and learn key vocabulary, phrases, and grammar in just minutes more with Beginner Russian. Our native Russian hosts break down all the sentences, grammar and more in a simple, easily understandable way! Here are a few topics covered in this audiobook: Russian Cases Basic Adjectives...
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Start speaking Russian in minutes, and grasp the language, culture and customs in just minutes more with Upper Beginner Russian, Volume 1, a completely new way to learn Russian with ease! Upper Beginner Russian, Volume 1, will have you speaking with proper pronunciation from the very first lesson and arm you with cultural insight and other information to utterly shock and amaze your Russian friends.With each lesson, you will master a target phrase...
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Earworms MBT Rapid Russian Vol 2 – This is your personal audio language trainer with 200+ essential words and phrases anchored into your long-term memory with great music! This 2nd of 3 volumes, is your survival kit for use when travelling abroad on a business trip or vacation for more conversational items allowing you to talk about yourself, past, present and future, express opinions, chat and even flirt.
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"Myths do not flow through the pipes of history," writes Viktor Shklovsky, "they change and splinter, they contrast and refute one another. The similar turns out to be dissimilar." Published in Moscow in 1970 and appearing in English translation for the first time, Bowstring is a seminal work, in which Shklovsky redefines estrangement (ostranenie) as a device of the literary comparatist-the "person out of place," who has turned up in a period where...
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La hija ilegítima del zar de Rusia, Leonida, llega a la residencia de Stefan, duque de Huntley, con secretos... y una misión. Mientras busca unos documentos que están ocultos en la enorme biblioteca de Stefan, es la anfitriona perfecta, y también la espía perfecta.
Stefan, fascinado por su inmaculada belleza y su aire de misterio, se acerca a ella de una manera íntima... y Leonida, aunque tiene obligaciones hacia su familia y su país, se siente...
17) Intriga de amor
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Desde los fastuosos salones de baile de Londres hasta los palacios radiantes de la Rusia zarista, la autora de éxito Rosemary Rogers vuelve con una magnífica historia de amor peligroso y lealtades divididas.
Desesperada por escapar de un padrastro lascivo, Brianna Quinn le pide refugio al duque de Huntley, un amigo de la infancia. Sin embargo, sus esperanzas se desvanecen cuando se da cuenta de que Edmond, el hermano gemelo del duque, está haciéndose...
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Emma Linley-Kirov estaba dispuesta a hacer un pacto con el mismísimo diablo para rescatar a su hermana, que había sido secuestrada. El irresistible y apuesto Dimitri Tipova era un granuja, un seductor... y el único hombre que podía ayudarla, aunque lo que le motivaba era una fría venganza. Emma decidió correr el riesgo de confiar en él, pero... ¿a qué precio?
Dimitri era un príncipe de los bajos fondos de San Petersburgo que poseía riquezas,...
19) Russian Stories
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Twelve superb tales by Chekhov, Tolstoy, Dostoevsky, Pushkin, Bunin, other masters. Excellent word-for-word English translations on facing pages. Also teaching and practice aids, Russian-English vocabulary, biographical/critical introductions to each selection, study questions, more. Especially helpful are the stress accents in the Russian text, usually found only in primers.
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Shklovsky: Witness to an Era is a blend of riotous anecdote, personal history, and literary reflection, collecting interviews with Viktor Shklovsky conducted by scholar Serena Vitale in the '70s, toward the end of the great critic's life, and in the face of interference and even veiled threats of violence from the Soviet government. Shklovsky's answers are wonderfully intimate, focusing particularly on the years of the early Soviet avant-garde, and...
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