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Naive young Masha Mironova arrives in Moscow at the turn of the century with a modest inheritance and a determination to shed her provincial Siberian upbringing. As soon as she alights in Moscow, she becomes Columbine, a reckless and daring young woman with eccentric outfits and a pet snake worn as a necklace. Columbine soon discovers the Lovers of Death - a small group of poets who conduct seances to determine death's next chosen lover. The string of suicides resulting from the group have drawn attention, and gentleman detective Erast Fandorin investigates.

The Treasury of Amaterasu was inaccessible even to the Goddess's own descendants, but it opened for me. But what will I find inside? Did Amaterasu leave something in there for me, as a sign from our past? And if so, what could it be? A message? A warning? The truth? Or perhaps some kind of artifact?

In Unleashed, Johnson takes listeners through all the big decisions during his time in power and why he took them. The challenges and crises, how they were resolved—or not—and how he nearly died from Covid; riots; crime; the London Olympics, and so much more. Johnson writes about his role in Brexit and the constitutional sea-change in British politics in 2019 with his landslide election victory.

Im russischen Zarenreich aufgewachsen, erlebt der Moskauer Arzt Juri Andrejewitsch Shiwago den Ausbruch der Oktoberrevolution. Alle Hoffnungen auf eine glänzende Karriere werden mit der neuen Ordnung zerstört und er beschließt, mit seiner Familie auf ein Landgut reicher Verwandter zu ziehen. Das Familienidyll gerät ins Wanken, als Shiwago Lara wiedertrifft, die er in einem Lazarett kennenlernte. Sein halbes Leben lang arbeitete Boris Pasternak an diesem Roman, der in der Sowjetunion nicht publiziert werden durfte, und erhielt dafür 1958 den Literaturnobelpreis.

Banned in the Soviet Union until 1988, Doctor Zhivago is the epic story of the life and loves of a poet-physician during the turmoil of the Russian Revolution. Taking his family from Moscow to shelter in the Ural Mountains, Yuri Zhivago finds himself embroiled in a battle between the Whites and the Reds and in love with the beautiful nurse Lara.

Little Starhorodivka, a village of three streets, lies in Ukraine's Grey Zone, the no-man's-land between loyalist and separatist forces. Thanks to the lukewarm war of sporadic violence and constant propaganda that has been dragging on for years, only two residents remain: retired safety inspector turned beekeeper Sergey Sergeyich and Pashka, a 'frenemy' from his schooldays. With little food and no electricity, under ever-present threat of bombardment, Sergeyich's one remaining pleasure is his bees.

Desde muy niño, Boris sabe que es diferente. Muy temprano se detectan problemas de motricidad y dislexia, y el pequeño actúa con unos gestos y una forma de hablar amaneradas. Los adultos dicen que su madre, Belén, una bailarina de renombre, y su padre, crítico de cine, rodean al niño de malas compañías. En Caracas se habla de sus amigos intelectuales y de toda esa gente homosexual con la que ella trabaja. También que Boris está enamorado de Gerardo, el hijo de la influyente periodista Altagracia Orozco.

Ignore the tapping on the window. Don't leave the guardhouse after 3 AM. If you hear your shift partner calling out for help - run. These are only some of the rules the security guards that work for The Company need to follow in order to survive their shifts. A veteran guard recounts the grim experiences on his job that he narrowly survived - and those of the other guards who weren't as lucky.

Eli Abramowitz works in his parents’ deli in Williamsburg. Not a bad job during the Depression. His family is his whole world—almost. He spends every Sunday at the movies and hopes to hit it big as a Hollywood screenwriter. But how can he tell his parents that one day he’ll be leaving? Across town, Evelyn Rosenstein’s father works for the mob—undoubtedly the reason they’re doing so well. Definitely the reason she’s not allowed any farther than their mailbox unescorted.

Explore Marcus Aurelius' enduring wisdom with "Stoic Quotes About Life, Love & Success," a fascinating anthology chosen by Boris Mullayev. The stoic ideas of ancient Rome and the unrelenting demands of modern life are bridged by this deep collection of wisdom. Listeners will learn how the Stoic principles of virtue, self-control, and reason may set the groundwork for happiness and personal development through Mullayev's insightful comments. Discover how to separate oneself from the turmoil of the outside world and discover inner calm, just as Aurelius did more than two millennia ago.

On December 16, 1960, almost a week before Christmas, a United Air Lines jet and TWA passenger plane collided over Staten Island, New York. The TWA Super Constellation fell to the ground in Staten Island and the United jet. fatally damaged, limped on into the skies over Brooklyn, finally crashing to earth at a busy intersection in the Park Slope neighborhood of Brooklyn. This is the story of those flights, and the disaster than ensued. Culled from contemporaneous accounts, later day interviews and recollections, and official reports, the story puts the reader there on the spot, when it ...

In their Noon Universe novels, they imagined twenty-second-century Earth as a space-faring communist utopia, devoted to guiding the progress of civilization on alien worlds. But as the authors became increasingly disillusioned with life in the Soviet Union, their Noon Universe stories grew darker and more complex as well. The Waves Extinguish the Wind provides the epic conclusion to the Noon Universe saga, as eighty-nine-year-old Maxim Kammerer looks back at his most earth-shattering investigation, which brought an entire era of human civilization to an end.

Journalist and author Boris Kachka sets out on a journey, determined to discover how to turn a childhood dream into a real career. Becoming a Veterinarian is a behind-the-scenes, honest, and inspiring look at the day-to-day life of a veterinarian through the eyes of four people who have made this career their life’s work.

Im Land der Träume ist ganz schön was los! Das NEINhorn hat die KönigsDOCHter nämlich geschubst. Krass, oder? Sie war aber auch voll garstig. Vielleicht wollte sie sogar selber schubsen. Doch leider, leider hat die KönigsDOCHter heute Geburtstag und wegen der Schubserei lädt sie das NEINhorn nicht zu ihrer Feier mit Hüpfburg und Clowns und Trötenkröten-Orchester ein! Nicht mal von der Torte darf das NEINhorn probieren. Und das Turnier kurz nach vier wird es auch verpassen. Der WASbär meint, ein schönes Geschenk, würde alles wieder in Ordnung bringen. Also macht sich das NEINhorn grummelnd auf die Suche.

While I’ve been cooling my heels in Africa, things have been happening at a furious pace back home. Zombies have founded a city right next to mine, and the nearest human settlements are now united and busy sharpening their knives. Meanwhile, traitors weave their webs of intrigue within the Architects Clan itself, and a numberless horde of zombies is moving relentlessly toward us from China. And these are just some of the problems I’m going to have to solve as soon as I get home.

Anna Karenina is one of the most nuanced characters in world literature, and we return to her and the novel she propels again and again. Remarkably, there has not yet been an examination of Leo Tolstoy specifically through the lens of this novel. Critic and Professor Bob Blaisdell unravels Tolstoy’s family, literary, and day-to-day life during the period that he conceived, drafted, abandoned, and revised Anna Karenina. In the process, we see where Tolstoy’s life and his art intersect in obvious and unobvious ways.

"À 7 ans, j’ai été condamné à mort pour un crime que j’ignorais. Ce n’était pas une fantaisie d’enfant qui joue à imaginer le monde, c’était une bien réelle condamnation." B. C. Boris Cyrulnik a échappé à la mort que lui promettait une idéologie meurtrière. Un enfant qu’on a voulu tuer et qui toute sa vie a cherché à comprendre pourquoi, pourquoi une telle idéologie a pu prospérer. Pourquoi certains deviennent-ils des "mangeurs de vent", qui se conforment au discours ambiant, aux pensées réflexes, parfois jusqu’à l’aveuglement, au meurtre, au génocide ?

Television producer Charlie Trager spends his days working with beautiful women on a daytime talk show. But underneath his cool façade, there’s a hollow spot in his heart, waiting for the right man to ease his loneliness. Then he meets the show’s next guest, a handsome young politician with a bad case of nerves—and a secret that could turn both their lives upside down.

https://www.solgoodmedia.com Listen to hundreds of audiobooks, thousands of short stories, and ambient sounds all ad free! Discover "The Boris Karloff Collection," a spine-chilling anthology of episodes featuring the legendary horror actor. This collection highlights Karloff's best radio performances, filled with suspense, terror, and supernatural elements. A must-listen for horror enthusiasts and fans of classic radio, this collection offers timeless scares and thrills.

It is taken for granted in the knowledge economy that companies must employ the most talented performers to compete and succeed. Many firms try to buy stars by luring them away from competitors. But Boris Groysberg shows what an uncertain and disastrous practice this can be.