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George MacDonald Phantastes
A young man named Anodos experiences dream like adventures in Fairy Land, where he meets tree spirits, endures the presence of the overwhelming shadow, journeys to the palace of the fairy queen, and searches for the spirit of the earth. The story conveys a profound sadness and a poignant longing for death. George MacDonald (1824-1905) was a Scottish author, poet and Christian minister. A pioneer of fantasy literature, he was the mentor of Lewis Carroll. Among his notable works are "Phantastes"...
Engels | 6 uur 29 minuten (300 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Leo Tolstoj The Death of Ivan Ilyitch
The Death of Ivan Ilyich, first published in 1886, is a novella by Leo Tolstoy, one of the masterpieces of his late fiction, written shortly after his religious conversion of the late 1870s. The novel tells the story of the death, at age 45, of a high court judge in 19th century Russia. Living what seems to be a good life, his dreadful relationship with his wife notwithstanding, Ivan Ilyich Golovin bangs his side while putting up curtains in a new apartment intended to reflect his family's superior...
Engels | 2 uur 32 minuten (114 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
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Leo Tolstoj Father Sergius
The story begins with the childhood and exceptional and accomplished youth of Prince Stepan Kasatsky. The young man is destined for great things. He discovers on the eve of his wedding that his fiancée Countess Mary Korotkova has had an affair with his beloved Tsar Nicholas I. The blow to his pride is massive, and he retreats to the arms of Russian Orthodoxy and becomes a monk. Many years of humility and doubt follow. He is ordered to become a hermit. Despite his being removed from the world, he...
Engels | 1 uur 56 minuten (89 MB) | SAGA Egmont, København | 2017
Luisterboek (digitaal)
Alexis Averbuck | James Bainbridge | Mark Baker | Oliver Berry | Greg Bloom | Karla Zimmerman Europe
Non-fictie
Engels | 1247 pagina's | Lonely Planet, Carlton, Victoria | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Jan Banning Red utopia
Fotoboek over overblijfselen van de communistische ideologie in India, Italië, Nepal, Portugal en Rusland, 100 jaar na de Russische Revolutie.
Non-fictie
Engels | Nederlands | 141 pagina's | Ipso Facto Publishers, Utrecht | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Masha Gessen The future is history
how totalitarianism reclaimed Russia
Engels | 515 pagina's | Riverhead Books, New York | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Gearóid Ó Tuathail Near abroad
Putin, the West, and the contest over Ukraine and the Caucasus
Historische achtergronden van het huidige geopolitieke conflict rond de Krim tussen Rusland en Oekraïne en de rol van het Westen daarbij.
Non-fictie
Engels | 387 pagina's | Oxford University Press, New York, NY | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Robert Service The last of the tsars
Nicholas II and the Russian Revolution
Non-fictie
Engels | 382 pagina's | Pegasus Books, New York | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Maria Alyokhina Riot Days
Autobiografisch verslag van een lid van de Russisch feministische punkband Pussy Riot. Ze vertelt over het protest tegen Poetin, het schijnproces en haar tijd in het strafkamp.
Non-fictie
Engels | 195 pagina's | Allen Lane, London | 2017
Gedrukt boek
Erika Fatland The border
a journey around Russia: through North Korea, China, Mongolia, Kazakhstan, Azerbaijan, Georgia, Ukraine, Belarus, Lithuania, Poland, Latvia, Estonia, Finland, Norway and the Northeast Passage
Non-fictie
Engels | 611 pagina's | MacLehose Press, Quercus, London | 2020
Gedrukt boek
Nikolaj V. SSorin-Chajkov Two Lenins
a brief anthropology of time
Aan de land van de levens en tijdperken van Sovjetleider Lenin (rond de jaren '20) en de Siberische jager met de bijnaam Lenin die het uiteenvallen van de Sovjet-Unie heeft meegemaakt in de jaren '90 van de vorige eeuw, onderzoekt de auteur de invloed van tijd op antropologisch en etnohistorisch onderzoek.
Non-fictie
Engels | 150 pagina's | HAU Books, Chicago, IL | 2017
Gedrukt boek