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The Ringing Cedars of Russia (The Ringing Cedars, Book 2)
Vladimir Megre
Ringing Cedars Press, 2008
Life-Changing
This review is for the whole series of "Ringig Cedars" books: The main message of these books is brought forth in an extremely powerful way, and has changed my perspective on life forever more. I resonate deeply wth Anastasia's perpective on the value of creating our ...
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The Possessed: Adventures with Russian Books and the People Who Read Them
Elif Batuman
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2010
Young Turk
Please be patient. I will get to the book in a moment, but first I want to explain why this very good book matters.
My Polish grandmother was an austere, white-haired woman perpetually irked by her descent into the middle class. She believed that a lady ...
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War and Peace (Vintage Classics)
Leo Tolstoy
Vintage, 2008
Worth Reading
I have compared and read many different translations of W&P over a period of 40 years and find this one by Pevear and Volkonsky to be at the top of the pile. The Briggs translation, published almost at the same time, is distinctly "British" in idiom and reads like ...
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City of Thieves: A Novel
David Benioff
Plume, 2009
This novel is more than worth your time
Benioff's grandfather's tale of surviving WWII Russia. Remarkable. Vivid. Couldn't stop reading. Seriously great read.
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Anastasia (The Ringing Cedars, Book 1)
Vladimir Megre
Ringing Cedars Press, 2008
the books are good
I'm finishing my last book and already ordered the 10th one.
People are crazy :) they concentrate so much on whether Anastasia exists or not and miss the main points in the books. I don't think it's relevant whether Anastasia exists, although I do believe she does.
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The Long Walk: The True Story of a Trek to Freedom
Slavomir Rawicz
The Lyons Press, 2006
Excellent True Story
This is an incredible story. I've recommended this book to a very good friend of mine and he also thought it was VERY good. I'm getting another copy so I can give it to someone else.
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Winter Garden
Kristin Hannah
St. Martin's Press, 2010
A MUST READ!
I've been a Kristin Hannah fan, but not a rapid one. When the opportunity to read this book for Amazon Vine came up, I was very pleased to be reading her writings again. (It's going to be hard to review this book without giving the big twist away, so please bear with ...
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The Brothers Karamazov
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2002
Paramount challenge to the reader intellect
The most powerful work on characters I have ever read and a continuous challenge to my reasoning word after word, statement after statement, chapter after chapter. As a leftover gift this story will provide you unanswered phylosophical questions human beings have ever ...
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Anna Karenina (Oprah's Book Club)
Leo Tolstoy
Penguin Classics, 2004
Great deal
Used book. Cover slightly warped, but otherwise in great shape. Totally worth the price. Why waste money on a new book, honestly?
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The New Penguin Russian Course: A Complete Course for Beginners (Penguin Handbooks)
Nicholas J. Brown
Penguin (Non-Classics), 1996
Well-written text at a good price
The title says it all. If you are taking a college course, using Pimsleur, etc., then this text will be a very useful and affordable supplement. It does a great job describing the structure of the Russian language and how it differs from others, along with providing ...
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The Russian Dreambook of Color and Flight
Gina Ochsner
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 2010
Dreambook
I entered another world, a world of magical, enchanting, heartbreaking souls. As Russia moves from the darkness of a totalitarian state into the "light" of whatever this transformation yields, I found myself wondering whether it is better to live in the darkness or ...
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He Leadeth Me
Walter J. Ciszek, Daniel Flaherty
Ignatius Press, 1995
He Leadeth Me
This is one of the best Spiritual Books I have ever read. If you have trouble with God or you idea of God this is a must read. This book will help people with addictions and works well with a twelve step program.
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English-Russian, Russian-English Dictionary
Kenneth Katzner
Wiley, 1994
A must for every American!
Watch Video Here: http://www.amazon.com/review/R3NJITG1WX6DQX This is my review
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Crime and Punishment
Fyodor Dostoevsky
Vintage, 1993
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoyevsky
This is the story of Rodion Romanych, a young man disenchanted with life who murders two people in cold blood in an effort to jazz it up a little. The crime's consequences, however, are able to get into his innermost self, leading him down a path of psychological ...
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Doctor Zhivago
Boris Pasternak
Pantheon, 1997
It deserves 100 stars!!
My favorite book of all time!!! I just LOVE it... I read it almost six times!
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