Vladimir: 813 books

Vladimir Jakopanec, autor romana U zamci Nefretitis i zbirke kratkih priča Omorina, u svom novom romanu Heretici inspiriran je posve novom temom, koja u nas još uvijek nije dovoljno obrađena. U fokusu njegova promišljanja ovoga puta je sudar novih, iluzornih i starih, okoštalih društvenih i...

Considered one of Russia’s greatest philosophers, Vladimir Soloviev (1853–1900) was also a theologian, historian, poet, and social and political critic. His works have emerged to enjoy renewed attention in post–Soviet Russia, and his concerns echo in contemporary discussions of politics, law, and...

Nabokov nos da las pautas para una lectura sagaz, heterodoxa y apasionante de estos libros prodigiosos. Vladimir Nabokov, lejos de generalidades y teorizaciones, enseña a leer a sus alumnos, a «acariciar los detalles» y a apasionarse con la lectura de Jane Austen, de Dickens y Stevenson,...

Lecciones magistrales en las que Nabokov, un genio de la literatura, indaga en la obra de los grandes escritores del pasado. Vladimir Nabokov, exiliado de su país y con pocas esperanzas de regresar algún día, estaba capacitado como nadie para introducir a sus alumnos en la obra de los grandes...

En un solo volumen, la edición definitiva de los cuentos de Vladimir Nabokov. Vladimir Nabokov, aunque fundamentalmente conocido por su obra maestra, la novela Lolita (1955), fue también un prolífico autor de narrativa breve. La producción en este ámbito se extiende a lo largo de más...

This darkly comic memoir “reveal[s] much about the poverty, drunkenness, political corruption, anti-Semitism, and fundamental absurdity of rural life in the Soviet 1960s” (Deborah A. Field author of Private Life and Communist Morality in Khrushchev’s Russia).   Welcome to Gradieshti, a Soviet...

Following the Russian Revolution, the cultural and political landscape of Russia was strewn with contradictions. The dictatorship, censorship and repression of the Communist party existed alongside private enterprise, the black market and open debates on Socialism. In Russian Society and politics...

The contributors in this interdisciplinary collection address the problem of interconnection between the study of the “Other,” either Russian or American, and the shaping of national identities in the two countries at different stages of US–Russian relations. The focus of research interests...

The State and Revolution (1918), by Vladimir Lenin (Rus. Ленин, Владимир Ильич), describes the role of the state in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat. About...

From Vladimir Ross, Russia's rising star, master stories author, the most shocking stories of the year - all before your coffee gets cold.Thomas' glory days are over. He's been reduced to a drunk who lives a sad life with a miserable woman in a foreign country. Although surrounded by...

Leading specialists and activists from Russia and the USA join, in this volume, to offer a searching assessment of human rights in their own countries and in the world at large. They reflect on past history, present problems associated with system breakdown and decline, and the obstacles and opportunities...

Russia today represents one of the major examples of the phenomenon of “electoral authoritarianism” which is characterized by adopting the trappings of democratic institutions (such as elections, political parties, and a legislature) and enlisting the service of the country’s essentially authoritarian...

Opening, middlegame and endgame are the three universally recognized stages of a game of chess, but what about the art of preparation? Winning starts with planning before the game, teaches legendary chess trainer Vladimir Tukmakov in this enlightening and entertaining work on a neglected subject.Exploring...

Qui est Vladimir Poutine ? Un tsar autoritaire ? Un James Bond manipulateur formé au sein des services secrets, qui met en danger la paix internationale ? Ou bien au contraire un dirigeant clairvoyant, antithèse du politiquement correct, qui défend les intérêts de son propre pays et l'équilibre...