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Coming into the Country
• John McPhee
CULTURAL PORTRAIT •
1976 •
PAPER
• 438 PAGES
• FAVORITE
An outstanding portrayal of frontier life in Alaska, this is among the finest of this gifted writer's works. Beautifully written, it's an even-handed look at environmental issues, as well as a hilarious portrait of some unforgettable Alaskan characters. Originally published in "The New Yorker."
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Culture Smart! Russia
• Anna King
GUIDEBOOK •
2007 •
PAPER
• 168 PAGES
A concise, no-nonsense guide to local customs, etiquette and culture with a short overview of the land and people along with practical travel advice.
(RUS361, $9.95) |
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Russian Short Stories
• Robert Chandler
LITERATURE •
2006 •
PAPER
• 396 PAGES
Part of the Penguin Classics series, this anthology brings together literature from the most important Russian writers of the last two centuries, including well-known authors like Pushkin, Gogol, Dostoevsky, Chekhov and Tolstoy and lesser-known greats like Zoshchenko (a Soviet satirist), Teffi (a female humorist who escaped after the October Revolution) and Varlam Shalamov (a Gulag survivor).
(RUS288, $18.00) |
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North to the Orient
• Anne Morrow Lindbergh
EXPLORATION •
1966 •
PAPER
• 168 PAGES
A classic account of pioneering aviation, this wonderfully written memoir of the great circle route from New York to the Tokyo includes Anne Morrow Lindbergh's adventures in Petropavlovsk and the Russian Far East, Japan and the Yangtze.
(ARC36, $12.95) |
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