Author: Rett Ertl
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 9780972502719
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Nesting one inside the other, wooden matryoshka dolls are a favorite toy in Russian homes and are collected by enthusiasts around the world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, this volume tells the story of matryoshka production from the doll's first appearance in the toy making center of Sergiev Posad in 1899 through its contemporary interpretations by entrepreneurial artists. Each step in the manufacturing process?from the cutting of logs through the final lacquering of the dolls?is described in detail.
The Art of the Russian Matryoshka
Author: Rett Ertl
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 9780972502719
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Nesting one inside the other, wooden matryoshka dolls are a favorite toy in Russian homes and are collected by enthusiasts around the world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, this volume tells the story of matryoshka production from the doll's first appearance in the toy making center of Sergiev Posad in 1899 through its contemporary interpretations by entrepreneurial artists. Each step in the manufacturing process?from the cutting of logs through the final lacquering of the dolls?is described in detail.
Publisher: Jones & Bartlett Learning
ISBN: 9780972502719
Category : Antiques & Collectibles
Languages : en
Pages : 260
Book Description
Nesting one inside the other, wooden matryoshka dolls are a favorite toy in Russian homes and are collected by enthusiasts around the world. Illustrated throughout with color photographs, this volume tells the story of matryoshka production from the doll's first appearance in the toy making center of Sergiev Posad in 1899 through its contemporary interpretations by entrepreneurial artists. Each step in the manufacturing process?from the cutting of logs through the final lacquering of the dolls?is described in detail.
Masha and Her Sisters
Author:
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781452151595
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Meet Masha and her sisters in this charming die-cut novelty board book inspired by Russian nesting dolls. Featuring shaped pages with brightly painted edges, and culminating in a satisfying finale, these nestled dolls reinforce a sweet message: they may be different, but they're a perfect fit!
Publisher: Chronicle Books
ISBN: 9781452151595
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
Meet Masha and her sisters in this charming die-cut novelty board book inspired by Russian nesting dolls. Featuring shaped pages with brightly painted edges, and culminating in a satisfying finale, these nestled dolls reinforce a sweet message: they may be different, but they're a perfect fit!
Matryoshka
Author: John Andes
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781475942033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Lieutenant Anthony Sattill, head of Manhattans Crime Analysis Team, is assigned to investigate murders at the Neighborhood Financial & Legal Services. The case is very personal to Sattill because the wife of his best friend is one of the victims. The investigation starts with the murders at the storefront and wends its way to a rave, a street gang, the murder of a policewoman, a federal drug bust, and a beacon of hope to the downtrodden. Why do Sattills superiors allow his team to be lead investigators in this case that is well beyond the scope of their usual role in the Department? How can the team find the clues that unlock the mystery of a crime that leads to other crimes that give rise to even more questions? With federal agencies stonewalling them, Sattills team must connect diverse leads, disparate facts, and hidden meanings to reach the logical conclusion: that someone of great influence is behind these horrific events. As the team gets close to solving the case, evil lashes out until the final crime and its connection to the others reveals truth.
Publisher: iUniverse
ISBN: 9781475942033
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 308
Book Description
Lieutenant Anthony Sattill, head of Manhattans Crime Analysis Team, is assigned to investigate murders at the Neighborhood Financial & Legal Services. The case is very personal to Sattill because the wife of his best friend is one of the victims. The investigation starts with the murders at the storefront and wends its way to a rave, a street gang, the murder of a policewoman, a federal drug bust, and a beacon of hope to the downtrodden. Why do Sattills superiors allow his team to be lead investigators in this case that is well beyond the scope of their usual role in the Department? How can the team find the clues that unlock the mystery of a crime that leads to other crimes that give rise to even more questions? With federal agencies stonewalling them, Sattills team must connect diverse leads, disparate facts, and hidden meanings to reach the logical conclusion: that someone of great influence is behind these horrific events. As the team gets close to solving the case, evil lashes out until the final crime and its connection to the others reveals truth.
The Magic Nesting Doll
Author: Jacqueline K. Ogburn
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780142500651
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
After her grandmother dies, Katya finds herself in a kingdom where the Tsarvitch has been turned into living ice and she uses the magic nesting dolls her babushka had given her to try to break the curse.
Publisher: Puffin
ISBN: 9780142500651
Category : Fairy tales
Languages : en
Pages : 0
Book Description
After her grandmother dies, Katya finds herself in a kingdom where the Tsarvitch has been turned into living ice and she uses the magic nesting dolls her babushka had given her to try to break the curse.
Matryoshka
Author: Katherine Johnson
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1925384640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
When Sara Rose returns to live in her recently deceased grandmother’s Tasmanian cottage, her past and that of her mother and grandmother is ever-present. Sara’s grandmother, Nina Barsova, a Russian post-war immigrant, lovingly raised Sara in the cottage at the foot of Mt Wellington but without ever explaining why Sara’s own mother, Helena, abandoned her as a baby. Sara, a geneticist, also longs to know the identity of her father, and Helena won’t tell her. Now, estranged not only from her mother, but also from her husband, Sara raises her daughter, Ellie, with a central wish to spare her the same feeling of abandonment that she experienced as a child. When Sara meets an Afghani refugee separated from his beloved wife and family, she decides to try to repair relations with Helena – but when a lie told by her grandmother years before begins to unravel, a darker truth than she could ever imagine is revealed. Matryoshka is a haunting and beautifully written story about the power of maternal love, and the danger of secrets passed down through generations.
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
ISBN: 1925384640
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 306
Book Description
When Sara Rose returns to live in her recently deceased grandmother’s Tasmanian cottage, her past and that of her mother and grandmother is ever-present. Sara’s grandmother, Nina Barsova, a Russian post-war immigrant, lovingly raised Sara in the cottage at the foot of Mt Wellington but without ever explaining why Sara’s own mother, Helena, abandoned her as a baby. Sara, a geneticist, also longs to know the identity of her father, and Helena won’t tell her. Now, estranged not only from her mother, but also from her husband, Sara raises her daughter, Ellie, with a central wish to spare her the same feeling of abandonment that she experienced as a child. When Sara meets an Afghani refugee separated from his beloved wife and family, she decides to try to repair relations with Helena – but when a lie told by her grandmother years before begins to unravel, a darker truth than she could ever imagine is revealed. Matryoshka is a haunting and beautifully written story about the power of maternal love, and the danger of secrets passed down through generations.
Matryoshka
Author: Dr. Divya Joshi
Publisher: Clever Fox Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Matryoshka is an ensemble of 100 poems, closely knit and woven together with the thread of creativity and cosmos. The narrative is constructed around four sections ‘Pretenses’, ‘Silence’, ‘Romance ‘and ‘Siblings’. Individual poems communicate a discrete story, yet harmonize with all others like a whole. Stacking dolls are associated with family and fertility in the Russian culture and symbolize the unity between mind, body, spirit, heart and soul. According to Indian philosophy all matter is composed of five basic elements — panchamahabhutas — which inhere the properties of earth (prithvi), water (jala), fire (tejas), wind (vayu) and space (akasha). This collection is about the inextricable bond between Man and Nature, wherein the metaphor of nesting dolls Matryoshka in the title represents Prithvi (mother Earth) and the four sections as elements of the cosmic creation. Matryoshka is a unique collection of poems unfolding the journey of life in its kaleidoscopic forms.
Publisher: Clever Fox Publishing
ISBN:
Category : Juvenile Nonfiction
Languages : en
Pages : 106
Book Description
Matryoshka is an ensemble of 100 poems, closely knit and woven together with the thread of creativity and cosmos. The narrative is constructed around four sections ‘Pretenses’, ‘Silence’, ‘Romance ‘and ‘Siblings’. Individual poems communicate a discrete story, yet harmonize with all others like a whole. Stacking dolls are associated with family and fertility in the Russian culture and symbolize the unity between mind, body, spirit, heart and soul. According to Indian philosophy all matter is composed of five basic elements — panchamahabhutas — which inhere the properties of earth (prithvi), water (jala), fire (tejas), wind (vayu) and space (akasha). This collection is about the inextricable bond between Man and Nature, wherein the metaphor of nesting dolls Matryoshka in the title represents Prithvi (mother Earth) and the four sections as elements of the cosmic creation. Matryoshka is a unique collection of poems unfolding the journey of life in its kaleidoscopic forms.
The Matryoshka Memoirs
Author: Sasha Colby
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1778522122
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A granddaughter explores the story of her Ukrainian grandmother’s survival of Hitler’s forced labor camps Irina Nikifortchuk was 19 years old and a Ukrainian schoolteacher when she was abducted to be a forced laborer in the Leica camera factory in Nazi Germany. Eventually pulled from the camp hospital to work as a domestic in the Leica owners’ household, Irina survived the war and eventually found her way to Canada. Decades later Sasha Colby, Irina’s granddaughter, seeks out her grandmother’s story over a series of summer visits and gradually begins to interweave the as-told-to story with historical research. As she delves deeper into the history of the Leica factory and World War II forced labor, she discovers the parallel story of Elsie Kühn-Leitz, Irina’s rescuer and the factory heiress, later imprisoned and interrogated by the Gestapo on charges of “excessive humanity.” This is creative nonfiction at its best as the mystery of Irina’s life unspools skillfully and arrestingly. Despite the horrors that the story must tell, it is full of life, humor, food, and the joy of ordinary safety in Canada. The Matryoshka Memoirs takes us into a forgotten corner of history, weaving a rich and satisfying tapestry of survival and family ties and asking what we owe those who aid us.
Publisher: ECW Press
ISBN: 1778522122
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 264
Book Description
A granddaughter explores the story of her Ukrainian grandmother’s survival of Hitler’s forced labor camps Irina Nikifortchuk was 19 years old and a Ukrainian schoolteacher when she was abducted to be a forced laborer in the Leica camera factory in Nazi Germany. Eventually pulled from the camp hospital to work as a domestic in the Leica owners’ household, Irina survived the war and eventually found her way to Canada. Decades later Sasha Colby, Irina’s granddaughter, seeks out her grandmother’s story over a series of summer visits and gradually begins to interweave the as-told-to story with historical research. As she delves deeper into the history of the Leica factory and World War II forced labor, she discovers the parallel story of Elsie Kühn-Leitz, Irina’s rescuer and the factory heiress, later imprisoned and interrogated by the Gestapo on charges of “excessive humanity.” This is creative nonfiction at its best as the mystery of Irina’s life unspools skillfully and arrestingly. Despite the horrors that the story must tell, it is full of life, humor, food, and the joy of ordinary safety in Canada. The Matryoshka Memoirs takes us into a forgotten corner of history, weaving a rich and satisfying tapestry of survival and family ties and asking what we owe those who aid us.
Matryoshka Infinities
Author: M.J. Rumyantsev
Publisher: XinXii
ISBN: 3981456009
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
‘Matryoshka Infinities’ is the first in a series of literary works written by M.J.Rumyantsev. Science fiction of a different kind, written for more philosophically minded readers. A collection of 19 short stories. Prospective readers are cautioned that this book, despite of its genre, does not contain any descriptions of or references to: - loud explosions of stars or space ships, to be heard in an otherwise empty space surrounding them, - evil aliens and inter-stellar wars fought to either conquer new domains or bring about long awaited freedom to the already conquered solar systems. Although the book is written in English to convey the thoughts of all characters depicted in it, most of them neither speak it as their mother tongue nor do they have the faintest idea what ‘English’ is. It also does not contain those awkward first contact scenes in which English is used as lingua franca throughout the known Universe, from the very first sentence uttered. To compensate for the appalling lack of the above-mentioned features though, this book will present its readers with quite a few interesting scientific and moral concepts, some of which might be a bit ahead of their time, with some others going well into the depths of history. For those of a more curious nature, the book does not end with its last chapter and its end is to be found elsewhere.
Publisher: XinXii
ISBN: 3981456009
Category : Philosophy
Languages : en
Pages : 94
Book Description
‘Matryoshka Infinities’ is the first in a series of literary works written by M.J.Rumyantsev. Science fiction of a different kind, written for more philosophically minded readers. A collection of 19 short stories. Prospective readers are cautioned that this book, despite of its genre, does not contain any descriptions of or references to: - loud explosions of stars or space ships, to be heard in an otherwise empty space surrounding them, - evil aliens and inter-stellar wars fought to either conquer new domains or bring about long awaited freedom to the already conquered solar systems. Although the book is written in English to convey the thoughts of all characters depicted in it, most of them neither speak it as their mother tongue nor do they have the faintest idea what ‘English’ is. It also does not contain those awkward first contact scenes in which English is used as lingua franca throughout the known Universe, from the very first sentence uttered. To compensate for the appalling lack of the above-mentioned features though, this book will present its readers with quite a few interesting scientific and moral concepts, some of which might be a bit ahead of their time, with some others going well into the depths of history. For those of a more curious nature, the book does not end with its last chapter and its end is to be found elsewhere.
The Last Matryoshka
Author: Raymond Van Zleer
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490748628
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
THE LAST MATRYOSHKA The Wolfpire Saga VOLUME IV Books 7 & 8 Yang : Unveilings In a Moskva courtroom, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. In order to give permanence to the Dream, Ilyana Yurievna Kirakova must be convicted, then put to death for her crimes. There is only one major problem: The ones who must condemn her are her most loyal followers. Those who turned the Dream into a living reality. They want to spare her, unaware that doing so will destroy the Dream and more. It will unleash Hell, for if the Dream dies, the antichrists conquest of the world will then be total and complete. Equally a concern is Petr, the CIA man who knows who Ilyana really is. He too will do everything he can to save her, including reveal her. A revelation that could also potentially destroy the Dream. Thus, this has become a time of trial and struggle, love, fear, and loss, unleashed amidst the uncompromising final battle. A battle the wolfpire desperately needs to win even though victory will likely cost her everything she personally wants and loves. It could even cost her, her actual life. Yin : The Ultimate Gift The Tragic, Joyful, Uplifting Conclusion. Bonus Material The Constitution of the Federatsiya Narodov.
Publisher: Trafford Publishing
ISBN: 1490748628
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 394
Book Description
THE LAST MATRYOSHKA The Wolfpire Saga VOLUME IV Books 7 & 8 Yang : Unveilings In a Moskva courtroom, the fate of the world hangs in the balance. In order to give permanence to the Dream, Ilyana Yurievna Kirakova must be convicted, then put to death for her crimes. There is only one major problem: The ones who must condemn her are her most loyal followers. Those who turned the Dream into a living reality. They want to spare her, unaware that doing so will destroy the Dream and more. It will unleash Hell, for if the Dream dies, the antichrists conquest of the world will then be total and complete. Equally a concern is Petr, the CIA man who knows who Ilyana really is. He too will do everything he can to save her, including reveal her. A revelation that could also potentially destroy the Dream. Thus, this has become a time of trial and struggle, love, fear, and loss, unleashed amidst the uncompromising final battle. A battle the wolfpire desperately needs to win even though victory will likely cost her everything she personally wants and loves. It could even cost her, her actual life. Yin : The Ultimate Gift The Tragic, Joyful, Uplifting Conclusion. Bonus Material The Constitution of the Federatsiya Narodov.
Little Matryoshka Doll
Author: Jazmin Tourinan
Publisher: Jazmin Tourinan
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
A light-hearted Fairytale. Perfect for young children and the young at heart. A silly hearted Nesting doll and her black swan companion venture outside the enchanted kingdom. In Search of her six swan brothers. All while bringing magic and wonder everywhere she goes.
Publisher: Jazmin Tourinan
ISBN:
Category : Comics & Graphic Novels
Languages : en
Pages : 23
Book Description
A light-hearted Fairytale. Perfect for young children and the young at heart. A silly hearted Nesting doll and her black swan companion venture outside the enchanted kingdom. In Search of her six swan brothers. All while bringing magic and wonder everywhere she goes.