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Patriot : A Memoir by Alexei Navalny EN
Description:
NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A NATIONAL BOOK CRITICS CIRCLE AWARD WINNER • BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR: THE NEW YORKER, THE ATLANTIC, NPR • The powerful and moving memoir of a fearless political opposition leader who paid the ultimate price for his beliefs. "Patriot is by turns funny, fiery, reflective and tragic, laced with Navalny’s trademark wry humor and idealism....a gutting personal account from a husband and father facing the reality that he will never be with his family again."—The New York Times "Honest"—The Washington Post • "Shocking"—The Atlantic • "Uplifting." —Vanity Fair "A testament t... continue
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Pescăruşul. Unchiul Vania by Anton Pavlovič Čehov RO
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„Oare cunoscutii si prietenii mei se poarta cu mine cum s-ar purta cu un om sanatos? «Ce mai scrii?» «Ce ne vei mai darui?» Mereu aceleasi cuvinte, aceleasi cuvinte! Si mi se pare ca toata atentia cunoscutilor, laudele si entuziasmul, toate sint numai inselaciune. Ma mint ca pe un bolnav, si uneori mi-e teama ca se vor apropia de mine pe furis, pe la spate, ca ma vor insfaca si ma vor duce ca pe Popriscin la balamuc!... Si asa mereu, pina la groapa, totul va fi dragut si scris cu talent; dragut si scris cu talent si nimic mai mult. Iar cind voi muri, cunoscutii me... continue
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Petersburg Tales: New Translation by Nikolai Gogol EN
UkraineDescription:
Written in the 1830s and early 1840s, these comic stories tackle life behind the cold and elegant façade of the Imperial capital from the viewpoints of various characters, such as a collegiate assessor who one day finds that his nose has detached itself from his face and risen the ranks to become a state councillor (‘The Nose’), a painter and a lieutenant whose romantic pursuits meet with contrasting degrees of success (‘Nevsky Prospect’) and a lowly civil servant whose existence desperately unravels when he loses his prized new coat (‘The Overcoat’). Also including the ‘Diary of Madman’, thes... continue
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Pnin by Vladimir Nabokov, Vladimir Vladimirovich Nabokov EN
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In this moving, amusing story of a seeming born loser at odds with the New World, there is all the pathos of a generation cruelly and irrecoverably severed from its past.
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Poveste despre dragoste şi întuneric by Amos Oz RO
IsraelDescription:
In Israelul de la jumatatea secolului XX, micul Amos isi petrece copilaria in intimitatea cartilor, a nesfarsitelor discutii intelectuale, pasionat fiind de marile intamplari ale istoriei, de sensul lor si inconjurat de membrii familiei sale, carturari autentici, care ii insufla dorinta de cunoastere. Inzestrat cu o imaginatie debordanta, Amos transfigureaza intamplarile istoriei, al caror martor implicat este, intr-o saga incitanta, evenimentele pastrand dramatismul perceput de copilul a carui sensibilitate contrasteaza puternic cu neverosimilul celei mai tulburi perioade din istoria lumii.
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Purge by Sofi Oksanen EN
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A blowfly. Unusually large, loud, and eager to lay its eggs. It was lying in wait to get into the kitchen, rubbing its wings and feet against the curtain as if preparing to feast. It was after meat, nothing else but meat. Deep in an overgrown Estonian forest, two women, one young, one old, are hiding. Zara, a murderer and a victim of sex-trafficking, is on the run from brutal captors. Aliide, a communist sympathizer and a blood traitor, has endured a life of abuse and the country's brutal Soviet years. Their survival now depends on exposing the one thing that kept them hidden... the truth.
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Read & Riot: A Pussy Riot Guide to Activism by Nadya Tolokonnikova EN
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"as indispensable to confronting, say, your domineering mother-in-law or your local city council as it is to helping foment an ongoing and ever-escalating insurrection against, say, a sexist, racist, nepotistic power-mad oligarchy threatening to destroy democracy as we know it...My advice: Buy one" - VOGUE A guerrilla guide to radical protest and joyful political resistance from artist, activist and Pussy Riot founder Nadya Tolokonnikova. The face of modern protest is wearing a brightly colored ski mask. Nadya Tolokonnikova, founding member of the Russian activist group Pussy Riot, is a creati... continue
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Red Gas : A Novel by Eduard Vladimirovich Topelberg EN
Country: Asia / 
Azerbaijan
Azerbaijan
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North Siberia: The huge gas line to Western Europe is in the last stages of construction. Soviet Prestige and a mammoth financial investment are at stake. Ten Days before the official inauguration there's a break-out from a labour camp. Two top officials are found gruesomely murdered. For Anna Kovina of the Criminal Investigation Department, the pressure is on to close the case before all hell breaks loose. But nothing is as it seems, and Anna's investigations uncover a dangerous world where high technology and higher finance clash with the ancient forces of primitive belief. And Ann... continue