Roots -- War, college, and basketball -- Joyce, Teddy, and journalism -- From Kohn to Khrushchev -- "Govorit Moskva, govorit Moskva" ("Moscow calling, Moscow calling") -- Destalinization = Destabilization -- The "thaw"--Zhukov to Poznan -- Into the heartland -- A summertime brea…
Roots -- War, college, and basketball -- Joyce, Teddy, and journalism -- From Kohn to Khrushchev -- "Govorit Moskva, govorit Moskva" ("Moscow calling, Moscow calling") -- Destalinization = Destabilization -- The "thaw"--Zhukov to Poznan -- Into the heartland -- A summertime brea…
"A chronicle of the year that changed Soviet Russia?and molded the future path of one of America's pre-eminent diplomatic correspondents. 1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called "the year of the thaw"?a time when Stalin?s dark legacy of dictatorsh…
1956 was an extraordinary year in modern Russian history. It was called "the year of the thaw"--a time when Stalin's dark legacy of dictatorship died in February only to be reborn later that December. This historic arc from rising hope to crushing despair opened with a speech by…
"The memoir of a young diplomat's wife who must reinvent her dream of living in Paris-one dish at a time When journalist Ann Mah's diplomat husband is given a three-year assignment in Paris, Ann is overjoyed. A lifelong foodie and Francophile, she immediately begins plotting gas…
"The memoir of a young diplomat's wife who must reinvent her dream of living in Paris-one dish at a time When journalist Ann Mah's diplomat husband is given a three-year assignment in Paris, Ann is overjoyed. A lifelong foodie and Francophile, she immediately begins plotting gas…
"The true story of an extraordinary man, Gib Peters, and his solo journey along the Intracoastal Waterway from Key West to New York and back while suffering the ravages of Lou Gehrig's disease ... Part travelogue, part soul-searching meditation, it is the uplifting and sometimes…
The Principles of Uncertainty is an irresistible invitation to experience life through the psyche of Maira Kalman, one of this country's most beloved artists. The result is a book that is part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, part chapbook, and all Kalman. …
The Principles of Uncertainty is an irresistible invitation to experience life through the psyche of Maira Kalman, one of this country's most beloved artists. The result is a book that is part personal narrative, part documentary, part travelogue, part chapbook, and all Kalman. …