Author: Latasha N. Dyer
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450067751
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Chance often brings two people together, but it can also tear them apart. In Latasha Dyer’s romance novel A Georgia Love Story, fate plays a large role in bringing Freddie and Etta Mae together; however, it also has something else in store for them. As luck would have it, a rather unpleasant surprise awaits the couple – a revelation so shocking it may just be the thing that breaks them apart. Is their love strong enough to withstand this test? Can it conquer all? Find out in the emotional and heart-warming conclusion of A Georgia Love Story.
From Odessa with Love
Author: Vladislav Davidzon
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781680539660
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"Born in Tashkent, raised in Moscow and New York City, an editor in Odessa, a correspondent in Paris, there seems nowhere Davidzon hasn't been, no one he hasn't met. The result is a distinctive voice and eye, an eclectic mix of the cultural critic, the political analyst and the liberal cosmopolitan, evident from the first page of this delightful book" - Mark Galeotti, University College London and Royal University Services Institute The Tashkent-born Russian-American literary critic, editor, essayist, and journalist Vladislav Davidzon has been covering post-Soviet Ukraine for the past ten years, a tumultuous time for that country and the surrounding world. The 2014 "Revolution of Dignity" heralded a tremendous transformation of Ukrainian politics and society that has continued to ripple and reverberate throughout the world. These unprecedented events also wrought a remarkable cultural revolution in Ukraine itself. In late 2015, a year and a half after the 2014 Revolution swept away the presidency of the Moscow-leaning kleptocratic President Viktor Yanukovich, Davidzon and his wife founded a literary journal, The Odessa Review, focusing on newly emergent trends in film, literature, painting, design, and fashion. The journal became an East European cultural institution, publishing outstanding writers in the region and beyond. From his vantage point as a journalist and editor, Davidzon came to observe events and know many of the leading figures in Ukrainian politics and culture, and to write about them for a Western audience. Davidzon later found himself in the center of world events as he became a United States government witness in the Ukraine scandal that shook the presidency of Donald Trump. This eagerly anticipated debut tells the real story of what happened in Ukraine from the keen and resilient perspective of an observer at its center.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781680539660
Category : Political Science
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
"Born in Tashkent, raised in Moscow and New York City, an editor in Odessa, a correspondent in Paris, there seems nowhere Davidzon hasn't been, no one he hasn't met. The result is a distinctive voice and eye, an eclectic mix of the cultural critic, the political analyst and the liberal cosmopolitan, evident from the first page of this delightful book" - Mark Galeotti, University College London and Royal University Services Institute The Tashkent-born Russian-American literary critic, editor, essayist, and journalist Vladislav Davidzon has been covering post-Soviet Ukraine for the past ten years, a tumultuous time for that country and the surrounding world. The 2014 "Revolution of Dignity" heralded a tremendous transformation of Ukrainian politics and society that has continued to ripple and reverberate throughout the world. These unprecedented events also wrought a remarkable cultural revolution in Ukraine itself. In late 2015, a year and a half after the 2014 Revolution swept away the presidency of the Moscow-leaning kleptocratic President Viktor Yanukovich, Davidzon and his wife founded a literary journal, The Odessa Review, focusing on newly emergent trends in film, literature, painting, design, and fashion. The journal became an East European cultural institution, publishing outstanding writers in the region and beyond. From his vantage point as a journalist and editor, Davidzon came to observe events and know many of the leading figures in Ukrainian politics and culture, and to write about them for a Western audience. Davidzon later found himself in the center of world events as he became a United States government witness in the Ukraine scandal that shook the presidency of Donald Trump. This eagerly anticipated debut tells the real story of what happened in Ukraine from the keen and resilient perspective of an observer at its center.
Moonlight in Odessa
Author: Janet Skeslien Charles
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608192326
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A tale inspired by the Russian mail-order bride industry finds young engineer Daria landing a secretary job at a foreign firm and redirecting her licentious boss toward a more willing mistress before taking work with a matchmaking agency, through which she meets an American teacher who fails to attract her as strongly as an irresponsible mobster. Includes reading-group guide. Reprint.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing USA
ISBN: 1608192326
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 350
Book Description
A tale inspired by the Russian mail-order bride industry finds young engineer Daria landing a secretary job at a foreign firm and redirecting her licentious boss toward a more willing mistress before taking work with a matchmaking agency, through which she meets an American teacher who fails to attract her as strongly as an irresponsible mobster. Includes reading-group guide. Reprint.
Odessa Memories
Author: Nicolas V. Iljine
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295983450
Category : Odesa (Ukraine)
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
"Both a visual treat and a serious exploration of Odessa's rich history, culture, and social fabric, this book stands alone as a sumptuous homage to a storied city that has inspired affinity and curiosity all over the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Publisher: University of Washington Press
ISBN: 0295983450
Category : Odesa (Ukraine)
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
"Both a visual treat and a serious exploration of Odessa's rich history, culture, and social fabric, this book stands alone as a sumptuous homage to a storied city that has inspired affinity and curiosity all over the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Odessa Again
Author: Dana Reinhardt
Publisher:
ISBN: 0385739567
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
When nine-year-old Odessa Green-Light stomps out her frustration at being sent to her room after shoving her annoying little brother, one particularly big stomp sends Odessa flying through the floorboards and mysteriously she lands 24 hours back in time.
Publisher:
ISBN: 0385739567
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 210
Book Description
When nine-year-old Odessa Green-Light stomps out her frustration at being sent to her room after shoving her annoying little brother, one particularly big stomp sends Odessa flying through the floorboards and mysteriously she lands 24 hours back in time.
A Georgia Love Story
Author: Latasha N. Dyer
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450067751
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Chance often brings two people together, but it can also tear them apart. In Latasha Dyer’s romance novel A Georgia Love Story, fate plays a large role in bringing Freddie and Etta Mae together; however, it also has something else in store for them. As luck would have it, a rather unpleasant surprise awaits the couple – a revelation so shocking it may just be the thing that breaks them apart. Is their love strong enough to withstand this test? Can it conquer all? Find out in the emotional and heart-warming conclusion of A Georgia Love Story.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1450067751
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 175
Book Description
Chance often brings two people together, but it can also tear them apart. In Latasha Dyer’s romance novel A Georgia Love Story, fate plays a large role in bringing Freddie and Etta Mae together; however, it also has something else in store for them. As luck would have it, a rather unpleasant surprise awaits the couple – a revelation so shocking it may just be the thing that breaks them apart. Is their love strong enough to withstand this test? Can it conquer all? Find out in the emotional and heart-warming conclusion of A Georgia Love Story.
Love Poems
Author: Alexander Pushkin
Publisher: Alma Books
ISBN: 0714545937
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
One of the many aspects of Alexander Pushkin's immense contribution to Russian language and literature, and perhaps the one he is most popular for, is his mastery of the love poem, a genre which he perfected like few others before or after him.This volume contains a selection of his most famous and enduring verse explorations of love, such as 'I Loved You', 'Night' and 'I Well Recall a Wondrous Meeting', pieces which are crowning achievements of the European canon and still have the same timeless emotional resonance today.
Publisher: Alma Books
ISBN: 0714545937
Category : Poetry
Languages : en
Pages : 225
Book Description
One of the many aspects of Alexander Pushkin's immense contribution to Russian language and literature, and perhaps the one he is most popular for, is his mastery of the love poem, a genre which he perfected like few others before or after him.This volume contains a selection of his most famous and enduring verse explorations of love, such as 'I Loved You', 'Night' and 'I Well Recall a Wondrous Meeting', pieces which are crowning achievements of the European canon and still have the same timeless emotional resonance today.
Of Lodz and Love
Author: Chava Rosenfarb
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815605775
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In Of Lodz and Love, Chava Rosenfarb revisits her themes of the the shtetl and pre-Holocaust Poland, of economic and political oppression, and of the upheavals that would herald a new Jewish national and political awakening. The story takes Yacov, son of Hindele, and Binele, the daughter of the chalk vendor Yossele Abedale, to the industrial town of Lodz during the first years of Poland's independence, both before and after the country entered the war with the Bolsheviks. The would-be young lovers evolve separately against the backdrop of the city's own struggle for economic survival. In sometimes tragic turns, they make their way in the strange urban culture, rapidly acquiring the skills to survive. Translated from the original Yiddish, this book serves as prologue and as counterpoint to the urbanization of Jewish life in Poland. In its elegance and subtle wit, and overwhelming human dignity, it is not only the testimony of a vanished world, but a powerful love story.
Publisher: Syracuse University Press
ISBN: 9780815605775
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 372
Book Description
In Of Lodz and Love, Chava Rosenfarb revisits her themes of the the shtetl and pre-Holocaust Poland, of economic and political oppression, and of the upheavals that would herald a new Jewish national and political awakening. The story takes Yacov, son of Hindele, and Binele, the daughter of the chalk vendor Yossele Abedale, to the industrial town of Lodz during the first years of Poland's independence, both before and after the country entered the war with the Bolsheviks. The would-be young lovers evolve separately against the backdrop of the city's own struggle for economic survival. In sometimes tragic turns, they make their way in the strange urban culture, rapidly acquiring the skills to survive. Translated from the original Yiddish, this book serves as prologue and as counterpoint to the urbanization of Jewish life in Poland. In its elegance and subtle wit, and overwhelming human dignity, it is not only the testimony of a vanished world, but a powerful love story.
In the Tunnel of Love
Author: Marco Ristuccia
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3947714068
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
The Tunnel of Love in Klevan (Northwest Ukraine) has become known in recent years as an Internet phenomenon and is now considered one of the most romantic tourist destinations in the world. - The authors were on site, searching for romance, and portrayed the visitors as well as the tunnel with its contradictory history. With 124 pages, 95 photos and numerous texts, this photography art book deals with several aspects of the leafy tunnel in 5 chapters: atmospheric pictures convey the fairytale atmosphere; a large report and interviews with Ukrainian couples illustrate the current situation of Ukraine; an unexpected discovery tells of the painful past.
Publisher: BoD – Books on Demand
ISBN: 3947714068
Category : Photography
Languages : en
Pages : 125
Book Description
The Tunnel of Love in Klevan (Northwest Ukraine) has become known in recent years as an Internet phenomenon and is now considered one of the most romantic tourist destinations in the world. - The authors were on site, searching for romance, and portrayed the visitors as well as the tunnel with its contradictory history. With 124 pages, 95 photos and numerous texts, this photography art book deals with several aspects of the leafy tunnel in 5 chapters: atmospheric pictures convey the fairytale atmosphere; a large report and interviews with Ukrainian couples illustrate the current situation of Ukraine; an unexpected discovery tells of the painful past.
Pitt
Author: Robert C. Alberts
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822979780
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
This is a history of a major American university from its birth on the western frontier in the eighteenth century through its two-hundredth anniversary. Told primarily through the stories of its energetic and sometimes eccentric chancellors, it's a colorful and highly readable chronicle of the University of Pittsburgh. The story begins in the early spring of 1781, when an ambitious young Philadelphia lawyer named Hugh Henry Brackenridge crossed the Alleghenies to seek his opportunity in Pittsburgh. "My object,"?he wrote, "was to advance the country [Western Pennsylvania] and thereby myself." He founded Pittsburgh Academy, later to be the Western University of Pennsylvania and then the University of Pittsburgh, and lived to see the school grow along with the city. Author Robert C. Alberts, mines the University archives and describes many issues for the first time. Among them is the role played by the Board of Trustees in the conflicts of the administration of Chancellor John Gabbert Bowman, including the firing of a controversial history professor, Ralph Turner; the resignation of the legendary football coach, Jock Sutherland; and a Board investigation into Bowman's handling of faculty and staff. We see Pitt's decade of progress under Edward Litchfield (1956-165), who gambled that the millions of dollars he spent . . . would be forthcoming form somewhere or someone; but who, as it turned out was mistaken." Pitt became a state-related university in August 1966, but financial stability was achieved gradually during the administration of Chancellor Wesley W. Posvar. The ensuing crisis of the 1960s and early 1970, caused by the Vietnam War, and the student protests that accompanied it, are described in rich detail. The history then follows Pitt's emergence as a force in international higher education; the institution's role in fostering a cooperative relationship with business; and its entry into the postindustrial age of high technology. The story of Pitt reflects all the struggles and the hopes of the region. As Alberts writes in his preface, "There was drama; there was tragedy; there was indeed controversy and politics. There were, unexpectedly, rich veins of humor, occasionally of comedy."
Publisher: University of Pittsburgh Press
ISBN: 0822979780
Category : History
Languages : en
Pages : 593
Book Description
This is a history of a major American university from its birth on the western frontier in the eighteenth century through its two-hundredth anniversary. Told primarily through the stories of its energetic and sometimes eccentric chancellors, it's a colorful and highly readable chronicle of the University of Pittsburgh. The story begins in the early spring of 1781, when an ambitious young Philadelphia lawyer named Hugh Henry Brackenridge crossed the Alleghenies to seek his opportunity in Pittsburgh. "My object,"?he wrote, "was to advance the country [Western Pennsylvania] and thereby myself." He founded Pittsburgh Academy, later to be the Western University of Pennsylvania and then the University of Pittsburgh, and lived to see the school grow along with the city. Author Robert C. Alberts, mines the University archives and describes many issues for the first time. Among them is the role played by the Board of Trustees in the conflicts of the administration of Chancellor John Gabbert Bowman, including the firing of a controversial history professor, Ralph Turner; the resignation of the legendary football coach, Jock Sutherland; and a Board investigation into Bowman's handling of faculty and staff. We see Pitt's decade of progress under Edward Litchfield (1956-165), who gambled that the millions of dollars he spent . . . would be forthcoming form somewhere or someone; but who, as it turned out was mistaken." Pitt became a state-related university in August 1966, but financial stability was achieved gradually during the administration of Chancellor Wesley W. Posvar. The ensuing crisis of the 1960s and early 1970, caused by the Vietnam War, and the student protests that accompanied it, are described in rich detail. The history then follows Pitt's emergence as a force in international higher education; the institution's role in fostering a cooperative relationship with business; and its entry into the postindustrial age of high technology. The story of Pitt reflects all the struggles and the hopes of the region. As Alberts writes in his preface, "There was drama; there was tragedy; there was indeed controversy and politics. There were, unexpectedly, rich veins of humor, occasionally of comedy."
Love and Russian Literature
Author: Ira B. Nadel
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350115037
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Russia haunted the British cultural imagination throughout the 20th century – whether as a romantic source of literary and political inspiration or as a warning of creeping totalitarianism. In this new book, Ira Nadel, charts the story of that influence through the work of some of the key figures in British literature across the century, including Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham, Jane Harrison, Virginia Woolf, and H.G. Wells. Framed by the story of two romantic encounters, between Walter Benjamin and the actress Asja Lacis in Moscow in 1926 and between Isaiah Berlin and Anna Akhmatova in 1945, Love and Russian Literature casts a vivid new light on the ways in which responses to Russia shaped the history of British modernism.
Publisher: Bloomsbury Publishing
ISBN: 1350115037
Category : Literary Criticism
Languages : en
Pages : 337
Book Description
Russia haunted the British cultural imagination throughout the 20th century – whether as a romantic source of literary and political inspiration or as a warning of creeping totalitarianism. In this new book, Ira Nadel, charts the story of that influence through the work of some of the key figures in British literature across the century, including Joseph Conrad, Somerset Maugham, Jane Harrison, Virginia Woolf, and H.G. Wells. Framed by the story of two romantic encounters, between Walter Benjamin and the actress Asja Lacis in Moscow in 1926 and between Isaiah Berlin and Anna Akhmatova in 1945, Love and Russian Literature casts a vivid new light on the ways in which responses to Russia shaped the history of British modernism.