Author : Dick Bruna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 25 pages
File Size : 44,9 Mb
Release : 1997-01-01
Category : Children's stories
ISBN : 0749829966
Boris in the Snow
Dick Bruna
Boris In The Snow
Boris In The Snow Book in PDF, ePub and Kindle version is available to download in english. Read online anytime anywhere directly from your device. Click on the download button below to get a free pdf file of Boris In The Snow book. This book definitely worth reading, it is an incredibly well-written.
Nikolay Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Gerald Seaman
Author : Gerald Seaman
Publisher : Routledge
Page : 408 pages
File Size : 46,7 Mb
Release : 2014-12-17
Category : Music
ISBN : 9781317646181
Nikolay Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov by Gerald Seaman Pdf
Nikolay Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov: A Research and Information Guide, Second Edition is an annotated bibliography of all substantial, relevant published resources relating to the Russian composer. First published in 1988, this revised and expanded volume incorporates new information about the composer appearing over the last two decades, including literary publications, articles and reviews. Other sections provide a brief biographical sketch, selective discography, chronology and list of Rimsky-Korsakov’s works.
Boris Bear
Dick Bruna
Author : Dick Bruna
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 0 pages
File Size : 47,7 Mb
Release : 2010
Category : Bears
ISBN : 159226011X
Boris Bear by Dick Bruna Pdf
A bear spends an autumn day preparing for the coming of cold weather.
Shrouds in the Snow
Linda Boris
Author : Linda Boris
Publisher : Unknown
Page : 88 pages
File Size : 52,6 Mb
Release : 2018-12-15
Category : Electronic
ISBN : 1791733077
Shrouds in the Snow by Linda Boris Pdf
On December 16, 1960, less than a week before Christmas, a United Air Lines jet and TWA passenger plane collided over Staten Island, New York. The TWA Super Constellation fell to the ground in Staten Island and the United jet. fatally damaged, limped on into the skies over Brooklyn, finally crashing to earth at a busy intersection in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. This is the story of those flights, and the disaster than ensued. Culled from contemporaneous accounts, later day interviews and recollections, and official reports, the story puts the reader there on the spot, when it happened and throughout the aftermath. Though almost 60 years ago, the human factors, reactions, and emotions, endure and in fact are timeless.
Minotaur and Other Stories
Salvatore Difalco
Author : Salvatore Difalco
Publisher : Lulu.com
Page : 216 pages
File Size : 50,7 Mb
Release : 2019-03-10
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781925536799
Minotaur and Other Stories by Salvatore Difalco Pdf
"Salvatore Difalco's fiction is a finely blended mix of toughness, street-smart insights and violence, along with flashes of tenderness and compassion. (His stories) are thoughtful, enigmatic ... drawing the reader in with sharp detail, poetic phrasing and recognizable characters. Though we're dealing with thugs, prostitutes and crackheads, they are all folks you'll feel uncomfortably at home with. That's Difalco's magic: scrape characters from the bottom of society's bowl and reveal them in literary daylight as powerless dreamers, failed mothers, caged creatures." Matthew Firth, 'Front & Centre'
The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Horror
Stephen Jones
Author : Stephen Jones
Publisher : Robinson
Page : 606 pages
File Size : 45,9 Mb
Release : 2010-03-25
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781849014380
The Mammoth Book of the Best of Best New Horror by Stephen Jones Pdf
For twenty years The Mammoth Book of Best New Horror has been recognized as the world's foremost annual showcase of horror and dark fantasy fiction. Now, with one story from each year in which it has been published, from 1989 to 2008, representing the work of dozens of authors, many of them acknowledged as the foremost practitioners of the genre, multi-award-winning editor Stephen Jones looks back on two decades of superb writing to bring readers the ultimate horror fiction anthology. With names such as Ramsey Campbell, Christopher Fowler, Neil Gaiman, Michael Marshall Smith, Paul J. McAuley and Lisa Tuttle, this collection represents a true landmark in horror fiction publishing. Praise for Stephen Jones: 'Horror's last maverick.' - Christopher Fowler 'Stephen Jones . . . has a better sense of the genre than almost anyone in this country.'- Lisa Tuttle, The Times Books 'The best horror anthologist in the business is, of course, Stephen Jones.' - Roz Kavaney, Time Out 'Edited by Stephen Jones, a member of that tiny band of anthologists whose work is so reliably good that you automatically reach out and grab hold of any new volume spotted if you are wise.'- Gahan Wilson, Realms of Fantasy 'One of the genre's most enthusiastic cheerleaders.' - Publishers Weekly 'Horror readers owe Stephen Jones a lot.' - Rue Morgue 'Edited by the prolific and reliable Stephen Jones.' - SFX Magazine 'Jones performs his usual exemplary job.' - Starlog (UK) 'A new horror anthology from Stephen Jones is always an event' - Dennis Etchison
Bloody Oil
Lev Amusin
Author : Lev Amusin
Publisher : iUniverse
Page : 261 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2011-01-14
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781450270175
Bloody Oil by Lev Amusin Pdf
It is November of 1993, and forty-eight-year-old Boris Goryanin realizes he never would have believed it if someone had told him six months earlier of all that he had experienced. He has been kidnapped and nearly killed by the Russian mafia, only to be rescued from death by Lady Melissa Spencer, a beautiful British aristocrat who would later become his mistress. As he flies over the ocean, Boris knows his life has been turned upside down. Now he just needs to figure out how to make things right again. Boris regrets his fateful decision to accept a proposal from Gavrila Petrovich Kravchuk, the president of a Russian financial-trading corporation. The power-hungry Kravchuk will step on anyone to get what he wants; after Boris realizes Kravchuk has been the mastermind behind his capture, he decides to take matters into his own hands. In this compelling historical novel based on true events, a saga of undying love is created in the midst of a bitter conflict between oil giants, international financial rogues, and a bloodthirsty mafia. The man caught in the middle of it all must determine whom he can trust and who is deceiving himbefore it is too late.
Lara's Gift
Annemarie O'Brien
Author : Annemarie O'Brien
Publisher : Yearling
Page : 210 pages
File Size : 44,8 Mb
Release : 2014-07-22
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9780307931757
Lara's Gift by Annemarie O'Brien Pdf
In 1914 Russia, Lara is being groomed by her father to be the next kennel steward for the Count's borzoi dogs unless her mother bears a son, but her visions, although suppressed by her father, seem to suggest she has a special bond with the dogs.
East of Troost
Ellen Barker
Author : Ellen Barker
Publisher : She Writes Press
Page : 311 pages
File Size : 44,7 Mb
Release : 2022-09-06
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781647422301
East of Troost by Ellen Barker Pdf
Under the guise of a starting-over story, this novel deals with subtle racism today, overt racism in the past, and soul-searching about what to do about it in everyday living. East of Troost’s fictional narrator has moved back to her childhood home in a neighborhood that is now mostly Black and vastly changed by an expressway that displaced hundreds of families. It is the area located east of Troost Avenue, an invisible barrier created in the early 1900s to keep the west side of Kansas City white, “safely” cordoned off from the Black families on the east side. When the narrator moves back to her old neighborhood in pursuit of a sense of home, she deals with crime, home repair, and skepticism—what is this middle-aged white woman doing here, living alone? Supported by a wise neighbor, a stalwart dog, and the local hardware store, we see her navigate her adult world while we get glimpses of author Ellen Barker’s real life there as a teenager in the sixties, when white families were fleeing and Black families moving in—and sometimes back out when met with hatred and violence. A regional story with universal themes, East of Troost goes to the basics of human behavior: compassion and cruelty, fear and courage, comedy and drama.
In the Here and There
Valerii︠a︡ Narbikova
Author : Valerii︠a︡ Narbikova
Publisher : Ardis Publishers
Page : 160 pages
File Size : 51,7 Mb
Release : 1999
Category : Fiction
ISBN : UOM:39015054302248
In the Here and There by Valerii︠a︡ Narbikova Pdf
A romantic comedy in which two sisters fall in love with the same man, a sculptor. He loves one of the sisters, but accidentally finds himself in bed with the other. By a Russian writer.
The Girl from the Hermitage
Molly Gartland
Author : Molly Gartland
Publisher : Eye & Lightning Books
Page : 241 pages
File Size : 54,8 Mb
Release : 2020-04-23
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9781785631894
The Girl from the Hermitage by Molly Gartland Pdf
Galina was born into a world of horrors. So why does she mourn its passing? SHORTLISTED: Impress Prize LONGLISTED: Bath Novel Award LONGLISTED: Grindstone Novel Award It is December 1941, and eight-year-old Galina and her friend Vera are caught in the siege of Leningrad, eating soup made of wallpaper, with the occasional luxury of a dead rat. Galina's artist father Mikhail has been kept away from the front to help save the treasures of the Hermitage. Its cellars could now provide a safe haven, provided Mikhail can navigate the perils of a portrait commission from one of Stalin's colonels. Nearly forty years later, Galina herself is a teacher at the Leningrad Art Institute. What ought to be a celebratory weekend at her forest dacha turns sour when she makes an unwelcome discovery. The painting she embarks upon that day will hold a grim significance for the rest of her life, as the old Soviet Union makes way for the new Russia and Galina's familiar world changes out of all recognition. Warm, wise and utterly enthralling, Molly Gartland's debut novel guides us from the old communist world, with its obvious terrors and its more surprising comforts, into the glitz and bling of 21st-century St Petersburg. Galina's story is at once a compelling page-turner and an insightful meditation on ageing and nostalgia. 'A beautifully written book that takes you right into the characters' world. Highly recommended' LUCINDA HAWKSLEY
Koshka's Tales
James Mayhew
Author : James Mayhew
Publisher : eBook Partnership
Page : 80 pages
File Size : 49,9 Mb
Release : 2020-05-01
Category : Juvenile Fiction
ISBN : 9781913634735
Koshka's Tales by James Mayhew Pdf
Brave princes, evil witches and beautiful maidens abound as the tales of Koshka, the wise old story-telling cat, unfold. James Mayhew has drawn inspiration from the traditional stories and art style of old Russia to re-tell five enchanting tales in this re-published edition of a children's classic.Stories include: The Tale of the Snowmaiden The Tale of Sadko the Minstrel The Tale of Iven, the Greywolf and the Firebird The Tale of Vassilisa the Fair and Baby Yaga Tsar Saltan and Koshka the Cat'I loved the constant references to stories as inherently magical and powerful, full of rare secrets that you would be justified in sailing "e;beyond thrice-nine realms and over the seven seas"e; in search of. Thankfully, readers and listeners (and lovers of illustration) only need open this magic box to be immediately transported.' Dr Nick Campbell, writer, researcher and bookseller'Every children's book deserves to be lavishly-illustrated, a task taken on by the author himself. It's herd to say which are better, the words or the pictures. But at the end of the day, it hardly matters because they complement each other perfectly in a book that captures the essence of the old-fashioned Noel of traditional story-telling.' The Bay magazine, 2019'It's the energy that shines out in the boldness, the verve, the lack of reticence that says: Look at this beautiful thing! Look again! It's the kind of work that welcomes readers (because in this book, James has written the words too!) as well as spectators. The combination is a real joy. [...] Today's children are lucky to have this version of the stories. And James Mayhew is lucky to have Graffeg realising that we need them as much as we did in 1993.' Adele Geras'Here is a fabulous collection of folk tales from Russia by James Mayhew, written in luminous language and accompanied by equally luminous artwork... Beyond the classroom, I will be recommending it to boys and girls in Year 4 who still love the accessibility of traditional fairy stories but need to develop their reading stamina and confidence with a little more challenge. I am hoping it will provide a gateway to longer novels such as The House with Chicken Legs or Harry Potter.' Books for Topics
The Question of Miracles
Elana K. Arnold
Author : Elana K. Arnold
Publisher : Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Page : 245 pages
File Size : 55,8 Mb
Release : 2015
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN : 9780544334649
The Question of Miracles by Elana K. Arnold Pdf
Following the death of her best friend, Iris and her family move to Oregon for a fresh start in this middle-grade story of miracles, magic, rain, hope, and a hairless cat named Charles.
Winter Garden
Beryl Bainbridge
Author : Beryl Bainbridge
Publisher : Abacus
Page : 167 pages
File Size : 41,7 Mb
Release : 2010-08-26
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780748125296
Winter Garden by Beryl Bainbridge Pdf
Quiet and reliable, Douglas Ashburner has never been much of a womaniser. So when he begins an extra-marital affair with Nina, a bossy, temperamental artist with a penchant for risky sex, he finds adultery a terrible strain. He tells his wife that he needs a rest, so she happily packs him off for a fishing holiday in the Highlands. Only, unknown to her, Douglas is actually flying off to Moscow with Nina, as a guest of the Soviet Artists' Union. It is then that things begin to get very complicated indeed...
The Zhivago Affair
Peter Finn,Petra Couvée
Author : Peter Finn,Petra Couvée
Publisher : Vintage
Page : 412 pages
File Size : 49,8 Mb
Release : 2014-06-17
Category : History
ISBN : 9780307908018
The Zhivago Affair by Peter Finn,Petra Couvée Pdf
Drawing on newly declassified government files, this is the dramatic story of how a forbidden book in the Soviet Union became a secret CIA weapon in the ideological battle between East and West. In May 1956, an Italian publishing scout took a train to a village just outside Moscow to visit Russia’s greatest living poet, Boris Pasternak. He left carrying the original manuscript of Pasternak’s first and only novel, entrusted to him with these words: “This is Doctor Zhivago. May it make its way around the world.” Pasternak believed his novel was unlikely ever to be published in the Soviet Union, where the authorities regarded it as an irredeemable assault on the 1917 Revolution. But he thought it stood a chance in the West and, indeed, beginning in Italy, Doctor Zhivago was widely published in translation throughout the world. From there the life of this extraordinary book entered the realm of the spy novel. The CIA, which recognized that the Cold War was above all an ideological battle, published a Russian-language edition of Doctor Zhivago and smuggled it into the Soviet Union. Copies were devoured in Moscow and Leningrad, sold on the black market, and passed surreptitiously from friend to friend. Pasternak’s funeral in 1960 was attended by thousands of admirers who defied their government to bid him farewell. The example he set launched the great tradition of the writer-dissident in the Soviet Union. In The Zhivago Affair, Peter Finn and Petra Couvée bring us intimately close to this charming, passionate, and complex artist. First to obtain CIA files providing concrete proof of the agency’s involvement, the authors give us a literary thriller that takes us back to a fascinating period of the Cold War—to a time when literature had the power to stir the world. (With 8 pages of black-and-white illustrations.)
