Typisch deutsch und trotzdem lustig Deutschland hat viel Liebenswertes zu bieten: Sparkassenberater, die von jeder Geldanlage abraten, Zeitungsenten aus Plüsch, ein findiges Finanzamt oder Vegetarier, die gerne Fleisch essen nur nicht das von Tieren. Außerdem gibt es bei uns die…
Based on an historical incident. The story is told by a half-English girl of eighteen whose grandfather is an exiled Russian aristocrat living in Paris. The grandfather is confronted by the Tsar's arch-enemy, a terrorist searching for the truth about an apparent double spy.
Russian oligarch Kiryl Androvonov has one rival: Vasilii Demidov. Luckily, Vasilii has an Achilles' heel - his younger, overprotected half-sister Alena. Kiryl's master plan is to seduce the tantalizingly beautiful Alena. Then, once he's had his fill, he'll use her to blackmail V…
Russian oligarch Kiryl Androvonov has one rival: Vasilii Demidov. Luckily, Vasilii has an Achilles' heel - his younger, overprotected half-sister Alena. Kiryl's master plan is to seduce the tantalizingly beautiful Alena. Then, once he's had his fill, he'll use her to blackmail V…
Russian oligarch Kiryl Androvonov has one rival: Vasilii Demidov. Luckily, Vasilii has an Achilles' heel - his younger, overprotected half-sister Alena. Kiryl's master plan is to seduce the tantalizingly beautiful Alena. Then, once he's had his fill, he'll use her to blackmail V…
Landers shows how the broad sweep of American history follows a consistent path from the first settlers to the present day and, by comparing this with Russia's imperial path, demonstrates the true nature of American global ambitions.
Landers shows how the broad sweep of American history follows a consistent path from the first settlers to the present day and, by comparing this with Russia's imperial path, demonstrates the true nature of American global ambitions.
Traces the life and literary career of Joseph Brodsky, describing the twentieth-century Russian poet's childhood, his expulsion from the Soviet Union, being awarded the Nobel Prize, and becoming America's poet laureate. The work of Joseph Brodsky, one of Russia's great modern p…
Challenging much of what we know about the Soviets in Afghanistan, the author provides an comprehensive, inside look at this little-understood episode using first-hand accounts and piercing analysis of the war.
The story of the Soviet occupation of Afghanistan is well known: the expansionist Communists overwhelmed a poor country as a means of reaching a warm-water port on the Persian Gulf. Afghan mujahideen upset their plans, holding on with little more than natural fighting skills, un…
