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In the late 18th century, the silver mines in western Montana had brought prosperity to the region while attracting bandits as well. The first and only Female Sheriff of the Western states was born and she protected her town from the menace the outlaws presented.

Dans la nuit du 18 au 19 janvier 2011, Laëtitia Perrais a été enlevée à 50 mètres de chez elle, avant d'être poignardée et étranglée. Il a fallu des semaines pour retrouver son corps. Elle avait 18 ans. Ce fait divers s'est transformé en affaire d'État : Nicolas Sarkozy, alors président de la République, a reproché aux juges de ne pas avoir assuré le suivi du "présumé coupable", précipitant 8 000 magistrats dans la rue. Ivan Jablonka a rencontré les proches de la jeune fille et les acteurs de l'enquête, avant d'assister au procès du meurtrier en 2015.

Ivan Bunin received the 1933 Nobel Prize in Literature "for the strict artistry with which he has carried on the classical Russian traditions in prose writing." Aristocrat to the core, Bunin somehow remained connected to the land and people and keenly felt their pulse of life. His acute observations resulted in the accurate and unforgettable characters who populated his writing. His love for punctuation and punctilious choice of words is legendary. Reading Bunin's stories is one of the best ways to understand the mysterious Russian soul and begin to understand one of Russia's greatest periods of literature.

“Oblomovismo” è un modo di vivere, anzi, una malattia, il cui termine viene coniato dall’amico del protagonista di questo romanzo di Gonciarov, diventato famoso per la proverbiale pigrizia. Ma non è solo Oblomov, di cui si parla, è tutta la Russia, la vecchia Russia del 1859, anno in cui fu scritto il libro, che viene salutata con un addio nelle pagine finali del libro.L’edizione letta è della UTET, 1932, tradotta e ridotta a cura di Giorgio Leblanc.Cornice musicale : Eugene Onegin, di Tchaikovsky.

Every 5 Millennia, the world is put to the test and a hero must arise and take the sacred Talisman back to be combined with the other relics that the Pantheon of the Gods created to govern the path of all men on earth... It has been 5 Millennia and more, and now its time or another hero to arise.

Originally published in 1860, Ivan Turgenev’s First Love follows a 16-year-old boy’s infatuation with an older princess, who has moved in next door.

Noveno episodio de la serie documental Mujeres en pie de guerra. La Unión Soviética vivió años convulsos y las mujeres rusas alcanzaron un protagonismo hasta entonces no reconocido. Las mujeres, consideradas último recurso bélico, recibieron igualmente entrenamiento militar general y según algunos datos, hasta un millón de mujeres lucharon en las filas del ejército. Estas son algunas de sus historias.

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In this classic, coming of age story, the winds of change are sweeping over pre-revolutionary Russia. It is a turbulent era of conflict between the Russian nobles and the radical new ideas of the youth. Two friends, Bazarov and Arkady, find themselves entangled in misunderstandings and romantic intrigues.

"Zapiski ohotnika" - sbornik rasskazov Ivana Sergeevicha Turgeneva, pechatavshihsya v 1847-1851 godah v zhurnale "Sovremennik" i vypushchennyh otdel'nym izdaniem v 1852 godu. Tri rasskaza napisany i prisoedineny avtorom k sborniku znachitel'no pozzhe.

Until recently, most Europeans believed that their post-Cold War security order held universal appeal and could be a model for the rest of the world.

Che voi siate viaggiatori, esploratori dell’ignoto nel mondo e nella vita, o turisti, a caccia di ricordi tangibili o meno, oppure , come accade più spesso, una miscela dei due, ecco che questa guida porterà i vostri passi proprio là dove il vostro cuore è diretto.Le pennellate abbozzeranno appena un quadro di cui voi sarete l’autore, perché, pur limitate dal poco tempo disponibile, metteranno in sintonia il vostro spirito con i vostri passi, lungo le strade di Firenze.

"Рудин" - роман Ивана Сергеевича Тургенева, герой которого пополняет галерею "лишних людей" XIX века. "Роман стал погребальным венком на гробе всех старых рассказов Тургенева о тех абстрактных русских натурах, устраняющихся и пассирующих перед явлениями, ими же и вызванными на свет".

Short stories have always been a sort of instant access into an author’s brain, their soul and heart. They can lift our lives into locations, people and experiences with a sweep of landscape, narration, feelings and emotions that is difficult to achieve elsewhere. Some you may disagree with but they will get you thinking; about our choices and about those you would have made. If this volume takes you on a path to discover more of these miniature masterpieces then we have all gained something.

Both Beth and Ivan Misner have recovered from cancer using alternative medicine without using conventional cancer treatments. This is their story of Beth's eight-month journey to heal breast cancer. Naturopath Betty Wells Runkle's expertise with nutrition adds to the story, and Dr. Mohammad Nikkhah's fingerprints are found throughout, including the recipe section for skin and hair care coming right out of your kitchen.

Ser un referente para varias generaciones y mantenerse en la cumbre del mundo de la música desde hace cuarenta años no es una tarea fácil. Y más si eres mujer y si nunca has tenido reparos en tomar las riendas de tu vida y de tu carrera (lidiando con las críticas, el machismo, la censura… y el paso del tiempo).

D Esperanza tenía solo trece años cuando fallecieron sus cuidadores, su querida abuela y su tío. Ya que ambos de sus padres se encontraban trabajando y viviendo en Estados Unidos, D quedó solo en su pequeño pueblo en Honduras. Rápidamente se dio cuenta de que simplemente no podía ganar suficiente dinero para sobrevivir, por lo que tomó la difícil decisión de emprender el viaje al norte acompañado de sus primos con la esperanza de reunirse con sus padres en Estados Unidos.

An audiobook adaptation of Turgenev's story set on the outskirts of Moscow, in the house of an old widow. The story was written in 1854 by Ivan Turgenev, a great Russian novelist of the nineteenth century. Turgenev wrote Mumu with such vivid images and reflections of the state of tsarist Russia that this piece, together with his other stories, was credited with having influenced public opinion in favour of the abolition of serfdom in 1861.

Luis Alfredo J. A. vive en un edificio verde, cubierto enteramente por enredadera. De alguna forma, es un edificio invisible o, al menos, demasiado sutil. Sin duda: se trata de un edificio elusivo al servicio postal. Luis Alfredo J. A. escribe cartas, una todos los días. Es un epistolero profesional. Luis Alfredo J. A. es también un esquizofrénico paranoide.

In the Aldridge family, nothing's off limits - no dream is too big, no achievement is unreachable, and there are no rules to hold anyone back. It's 1980 in New Rochelle, New York, and 17-year-old Shawn, the baby of the family, is a lost soul trying to find his own way in the grit and grime of nearby New York. As the rest of the family focuses on making his violin prodigy sister famous and rescuing their cousin from a cult, Shawn dates not one, but two girls - one a Times Square peep show dancer and the other a virginal neighborhood girl.