Author: Judith Heneghan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784631741
Category : Interpersonal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
'Something terrible is happening here. Something terrible has already happened.'Kiev 1992. Rachel, a troubled young English mother, joins her journalist husband on his first foreign posting in the city. Terrified of the apartment's balcony, she develops obsessive rituals to keep their baby safe. Her difficulties expose her to a disturbing endgame between the elderly caretaker and a local racketeer who sends a gift that surely comes with a price. Rachel is isolated yet culpable with her secrets and estrangements. As consequences bear down she seeks out Zoya, her husband's fixer, and the boy from upstairs who watches them all.Home is uncertain, betrayal is everywhere, but in the end there are many ways to be a mother.
Snegurochka
Author: Judith Heneghan
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784631741
Category : Interpersonal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
'Something terrible is happening here. Something terrible has already happened.'Kiev 1992. Rachel, a troubled young English mother, joins her journalist husband on his first foreign posting in the city. Terrified of the apartment's balcony, she develops obsessive rituals to keep their baby safe. Her difficulties expose her to a disturbing endgame between the elderly caretaker and a local racketeer who sends a gift that surely comes with a price. Rachel is isolated yet culpable with her secrets and estrangements. As consequences bear down she seeks out Zoya, her husband's fixer, and the boy from upstairs who watches them all.Home is uncertain, betrayal is everywhere, but in the end there are many ways to be a mother.
Publisher:
ISBN: 9781784631741
Category : Interpersonal relations
Languages : en
Pages : 256
Book Description
'Something terrible is happening here. Something terrible has already happened.'Kiev 1992. Rachel, a troubled young English mother, joins her journalist husband on his first foreign posting in the city. Terrified of the apartment's balcony, she develops obsessive rituals to keep their baby safe. Her difficulties expose her to a disturbing endgame between the elderly caretaker and a local racketeer who sends a gift that surely comes with a price. Rachel is isolated yet culpable with her secrets and estrangements. As consequences bear down she seeks out Zoya, her husband's fixer, and the boy from upstairs who watches them all.Home is uncertain, betrayal is everywhere, but in the end there are many ways to be a mother.
Rimsky-Korsakov and His World
Author: Marina Frolova-Walker
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691185514
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A rare look at the life and music of renowned Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov During his lifetime, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a composer whose work had great influence not only in his native Russia but also internationally. While he remains well-known in Russia—where many of his fifteen operas and various orchestral pieces are still in the standard repertoire—very little of his work is performed in the West today beyond Scheherezade and arrangements of The Flight of the Bumblebee. In Western writings, he appears mainly in the context of the Mighty Handful, a group of five Russian composers to which he belonged at the outset of his career. Rimsky-Korsakov and His World finally gives the composer center stage and due attention. In this collection, Rimsky-Korsakov’s major operas, The Snow Maiden, Mozart and Salieri, and The Golden Cockerel, receive multifaceted exploration and are carefully contextualized within the wider Russian culture of the era. The discussion of these operas is accompanied and enriched by the composer’s letters to Nadezhda Zabela, the distinguished soprano for whom he wrote several leading roles. Other essays look at more general aspects of Rimsky-Korsakov’s work and examine his far-reaching legacy as a professor of composition and orchestration, including his impact on his most famous pupil Igor Stravinsky. The contributors are Lidia Ader, Leon Botstein, Emily Frey, Marina Frolova-Walker, Adalyat Issiyeva, Simon Morrison, Anna Nisnevich, Olga Panteleeva, and Yaroslav Timofeev. The Bard Music Festival Bard Music Festival 2018 Rimsky-Korsakov and His World Bard College August 10–12 and August 17–19, 2018
Publisher: Princeton University Press
ISBN: 0691185514
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 385
Book Description
A rare look at the life and music of renowned Russian composer Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov During his lifetime, Nikolai Rimsky-Korsakov (1844–1908) was a composer whose work had great influence not only in his native Russia but also internationally. While he remains well-known in Russia—where many of his fifteen operas and various orchestral pieces are still in the standard repertoire—very little of his work is performed in the West today beyond Scheherezade and arrangements of The Flight of the Bumblebee. In Western writings, he appears mainly in the context of the Mighty Handful, a group of five Russian composers to which he belonged at the outset of his career. Rimsky-Korsakov and His World finally gives the composer center stage and due attention. In this collection, Rimsky-Korsakov’s major operas, The Snow Maiden, Mozart and Salieri, and The Golden Cockerel, receive multifaceted exploration and are carefully contextualized within the wider Russian culture of the era. The discussion of these operas is accompanied and enriched by the composer’s letters to Nadezhda Zabela, the distinguished soprano for whom he wrote several leading roles. Other essays look at more general aspects of Rimsky-Korsakov’s work and examine his far-reaching legacy as a professor of composition and orchestration, including his impact on his most famous pupil Igor Stravinsky. The contributors are Lidia Ader, Leon Botstein, Emily Frey, Marina Frolova-Walker, Adalyat Issiyeva, Simon Morrison, Anna Nisnevich, Olga Panteleeva, and Yaroslav Timofeev. The Bard Music Festival Bard Music Festival 2018 Rimsky-Korsakov and His World Bard College August 10–12 and August 17–19, 2018
Russian Fairy Tales
Author: Arthur Ransome
Publisher: E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
ISBN: 6257959357
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES "Illustrated 18 Short Fairy Tales for Children"1. The Magic Swan Geese2. The Tale of Tsar Saltan3. Emelya and the Pike4. The Frog Tsarevna5. Morozko6. Twelve Months7. Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf8. Little Snow Girl (Snegurochka)9. The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka)10. Kolobok Dough-Boy11. Sadko12. Ruslan and Ludmila13. Golden Cockerel14. The Scarlet Flower15. The Humpbacked Little Pony16. The Tale of the Fisherman and the Golden Fish17. The Tale of the Dead (Sleeping) Princess and the Seven Knights18. Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka
Publisher: E-Kitap Projesi & Cheapest Books
ISBN: 6257959357
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 83
Book Description
RUSSIAN FAIRY TALES "Illustrated 18 Short Fairy Tales for Children"1. The Magic Swan Geese2. The Tale of Tsar Saltan3. Emelya and the Pike4. The Frog Tsarevna5. Morozko6. Twelve Months7. Tsarevitch Ivan, the Firebird and the Gray Wolf8. Little Snow Girl (Snegurochka)9. The Snow Maiden (Snegurochka)10. Kolobok Dough-Boy11. Sadko12. Ruslan and Ludmila13. Golden Cockerel14. The Scarlet Flower15. The Humpbacked Little Pony16. The Tale of the Fisherman and the Golden Fish17. The Tale of the Dead (Sleeping) Princess and the Seven Knights18. Sister Alyonushka and brother Ivanushka
A World Full of Winter Stories
Author: Angela McAllister
Publisher: World Full of
ISBN: 0711277907
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Get ready for winter with this treasury of 50 frosty stories from around the globe. Curl up beside the fire and uncover stories from all over the world with this rich resource of wintery folk tales, myths and legends. Featuring stories of Norse gods; hibernating bears; Christmas feasts and wicked witches, there is something for everyone in this collection of winter inspired stories. The perfect anthology for Christmas, or any time you want to uncover chilly tales from lands near and far. Collected and retold by award-winning author Angela McAllister, with enchanting illustrations by Olga Baumert, this is an anthology to be read when the weather turns colder and the nights draw in. Stories include: The Spider and the Christmas Tree (Ukraine) Mother Holle (Germany) Shingebiss (Ojibwe, North America) The First Rabbits (Japan) The Girl and the Winter Whirlwinds (Bulgaria) The First Evergreens (Mongolia) The Snow Man (Denmark) Why the Bear Sleeps All Winter (North America) The Wind, the Clouds and the Snow (China) The World Full of… series is a collection of beautiful hardback story treasuries. Discover folktales from all around the world or be introduced to some of the world’s best-loved writers with these stunning gift books, the perfect addition to any child’s library. Also available from the series: A Year Full of Stories, A World Full of Animal Stories, A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories, A World Full of Dickens Stories, A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals, A Bedtime Full of Stories and A World Full of Spooky Stories.
Publisher: World Full of
ISBN: 0711277907
Category : Juvenile Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 130
Book Description
Get ready for winter with this treasury of 50 frosty stories from around the globe. Curl up beside the fire and uncover stories from all over the world with this rich resource of wintery folk tales, myths and legends. Featuring stories of Norse gods; hibernating bears; Christmas feasts and wicked witches, there is something for everyone in this collection of winter inspired stories. The perfect anthology for Christmas, or any time you want to uncover chilly tales from lands near and far. Collected and retold by award-winning author Angela McAllister, with enchanting illustrations by Olga Baumert, this is an anthology to be read when the weather turns colder and the nights draw in. Stories include: The Spider and the Christmas Tree (Ukraine) Mother Holle (Germany) Shingebiss (Ojibwe, North America) The First Rabbits (Japan) The Girl and the Winter Whirlwinds (Bulgaria) The First Evergreens (Mongolia) The Snow Man (Denmark) Why the Bear Sleeps All Winter (North America) The Wind, the Clouds and the Snow (China) The World Full of… series is a collection of beautiful hardback story treasuries. Discover folktales from all around the world or be introduced to some of the world’s best-loved writers with these stunning gift books, the perfect addition to any child’s library. Also available from the series: A Year Full of Stories, A World Full of Animal Stories, A Stage Full of Shakespeare Stories, A World Full of Dickens Stories, A Year Full of Celebrations and Festivals, A Bedtime Full of Stories and A World Full of Spooky Stories.
Tom Clancy's Endwar
Author: David Michaels
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425222140
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
After Saudi Arabia and Iran destroy each other, Russia is determined to rise to global power, forcing America to send an elite strike force to the heart of Moscow to capture an eccentric warrior who holds the key to Russia's next major invasion plan.
Publisher: Penguin
ISBN: 9780425222140
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 422
Book Description
After Saudi Arabia and Iran destroy each other, Russia is determined to rise to global power, forcing America to send an elite strike force to the heart of Moscow to capture an eccentric warrior who holds the key to Russia's next major invasion plan.
Snow Maiden and Santa Claus - Retold Russian Fairy Tales
Author: Riley Green
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The most beloved winter Russian Fairy Tale is here! SNEGUROCHKA (Snow Maiden) story is retold with some extra magic, a good ending, and lessons about love and the power of believing. Unbelievably stunning winter scenes illustrations will make you feel a part of this New Year's (Noviy God/ Christmas) magic. Parallel BILINGUAL text will help your children and you learn RUSSIAN and ENGLISH languages. The absolute BEST PRESENT for your young readers!Meet Snegurochka (Snow Maiden), her parents, and Ded Moroz (Santa Claus/Grandfather Frost/Father Christmas) on their New Year's adventure. The older couple has everything but children of their own and one magical New Year's Eve, Santa Claus decides to help. They finally have a beautiful daughter - the Snow Maiden (Snegurochka). Let's find out what happens next...This SPECIAL CHRISTMAS edition children's book makes a PERFECT GIFT to put under a Christmas tree. Enjoy reading this folk tale in either Russian or English during story time with your whole family. S Novim Godom & Happy Holidays!
Publisher:
ISBN:
Category :
Languages : en
Pages : 28
Book Description
The most beloved winter Russian Fairy Tale is here! SNEGUROCHKA (Snow Maiden) story is retold with some extra magic, a good ending, and lessons about love and the power of believing. Unbelievably stunning winter scenes illustrations will make you feel a part of this New Year's (Noviy God/ Christmas) magic. Parallel BILINGUAL text will help your children and you learn RUSSIAN and ENGLISH languages. The absolute BEST PRESENT for your young readers!Meet Snegurochka (Snow Maiden), her parents, and Ded Moroz (Santa Claus/Grandfather Frost/Father Christmas) on their New Year's adventure. The older couple has everything but children of their own and one magical New Year's Eve, Santa Claus decides to help. They finally have a beautiful daughter - the Snow Maiden (Snegurochka). Let's find out what happens next...This SPECIAL CHRISTMAS edition children's book makes a PERFECT GIFT to put under a Christmas tree. Enjoy reading this folk tale in either Russian or English during story time with your whole family. S Novim Godom & Happy Holidays!
Teenage Adventure Stories
Author: Hannah C.E Lamont
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664115161
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
It's a collection of 5 stories about teenage adventures and finding their paths and true selves.
Publisher: Xlibris Corporation
ISBN: 1664115161
Category : Young Adult Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 31
Book Description
It's a collection of 5 stories about teenage adventures and finding their paths and true selves.
Musorgsky and His Circle
Author: Stephen Walsh
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0385350481
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 619
Book Description
The emergence of Russian classical music in the nineteenth century in the wake of Mikhail Glinka comprises one of the most remarkable and fascinating stories in all musical history. The five men who came together in the Russian capital of St. Petersburg in the 1860s, all composers of talent, some of genius, would be—in spite of a virtual lack of technical training—responsible for some of the greatest and best-loved music ever written. How this happened is the subject of Stephen Walsh's brilliant composite portrait of the group known in the West as the Five, and in Russia as moguchaya kuchka—the Mighty Little Heap. Friends, competitors, and creative intellectuals whose ambitions and ideas reflect the ferment of their times, Mily Balakirev, César Cui, Alexander Borodin, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, and—most important of all—Modest Musorgsky, come wonderfully to life in this extended account. The detail is engrossing. We see Borodin composing music while conducting research in chemistry (“he would jump up and run back to the laboratory to make sure nothing had burnt out or boiled over there, meanwhile filling the corridor with improbable sequences of ninths or sevenths”); Balakirev tutoring Musorgsky (“Balakirev could not remedy the defects in his pupil’s character, but he could confront him with works of genius”); Cui doggedly producing operas during breaks from his career as a military fortifications instructor. Musorgsky asserts his independence, moving from writing songs and the showpiece Night on Bald Mountain to the magnificent Boris Godunov, meanwhile struggling against poverty and depression. In the background such important figures as Vissarion Belinsky and Nikolay Chernïshevsky shape the cultural milieu, while the godfather of the kuchka, critic and scholar Vladimir Stasov, is seen offering sometimes combative support. As an experienced and widely skilled musical scholar and biographer (his two-volume life of Stravinsky has been called “one of the best books ever written about a musician”), Stephen Walsh is exceptionally wellplaced to tell this story. He does so with deep understanding and panache, making Musorgksy and His Circle both important and a delight to read.
Publisher: Knopf
ISBN: 0385350481
Category : Biography & Autobiography
Languages : en
Pages : 619
Book Description
The emergence of Russian classical music in the nineteenth century in the wake of Mikhail Glinka comprises one of the most remarkable and fascinating stories in all musical history. The five men who came together in the Russian capital of St. Petersburg in the 1860s, all composers of talent, some of genius, would be—in spite of a virtual lack of technical training—responsible for some of the greatest and best-loved music ever written. How this happened is the subject of Stephen Walsh's brilliant composite portrait of the group known in the West as the Five, and in Russia as moguchaya kuchka—the Mighty Little Heap. Friends, competitors, and creative intellectuals whose ambitions and ideas reflect the ferment of their times, Mily Balakirev, César Cui, Alexander Borodin, Nikolay Rimsky-Korsakov, and—most important of all—Modest Musorgsky, come wonderfully to life in this extended account. The detail is engrossing. We see Borodin composing music while conducting research in chemistry (“he would jump up and run back to the laboratory to make sure nothing had burnt out or boiled over there, meanwhile filling the corridor with improbable sequences of ninths or sevenths”); Balakirev tutoring Musorgsky (“Balakirev could not remedy the defects in his pupil’s character, but he could confront him with works of genius”); Cui doggedly producing operas during breaks from his career as a military fortifications instructor. Musorgsky asserts his independence, moving from writing songs and the showpiece Night on Bald Mountain to the magnificent Boris Godunov, meanwhile struggling against poverty and depression. In the background such important figures as Vissarion Belinsky and Nikolay Chernïshevsky shape the cultural milieu, while the godfather of the kuchka, critic and scholar Vladimir Stasov, is seen offering sometimes combative support. As an experienced and widely skilled musical scholar and biographer (his two-volume life of Stravinsky has been called “one of the best books ever written about a musician”), Stephen Walsh is exceptionally wellplaced to tell this story. He does so with deep understanding and panache, making Musorgksy and His Circle both important and a delight to read.
Innocent in the Prince's Bed
Author: Bronwyn Scott
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488086494
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
“Readers will be captivated by this highly romantic, fairy-tale style story, with its strong heroine and dashing hero . . . fun and uplifting.” —RT Book Reviews A debutante destined for another—tempted by the forbidden prince . . . Lady Dove Sanford-Wallis once dreamed of a fairy-tale romance—until her first Season quashed her hopes of a love match. Sinfully attractive royal poet Prince Illarion isn’t anything like the man she’s expected to marry. But when he sweeps her onto the dance floor, Dove is struck by an illicit longing she knows should only be satisfied in the marriage bed! “The engaging love story that we have come to expect from Ms. Scott . . . The Russian Royals of Kuban series is a wonderfully crafted, richly detailed and saucy series that is a pure joy to read.” —Chicks, Rogues and Scandals Russian Royals of Kuban—Commanding princes unlace the ladies of London! Book 1—Compromised by the Prince’s Touch Book 2—Innocent in the Prince’s Bed Book 3—Awakened by the Prince’s Passion Book 4—Seduced by the Prince’s Kiss
Publisher: Harlequin
ISBN: 1488086494
Category : Fiction
Languages : en
Pages : 148
Book Description
“Readers will be captivated by this highly romantic, fairy-tale style story, with its strong heroine and dashing hero . . . fun and uplifting.” —RT Book Reviews A debutante destined for another—tempted by the forbidden prince . . . Lady Dove Sanford-Wallis once dreamed of a fairy-tale romance—until her first Season quashed her hopes of a love match. Sinfully attractive royal poet Prince Illarion isn’t anything like the man she’s expected to marry. But when he sweeps her onto the dance floor, Dove is struck by an illicit longing she knows should only be satisfied in the marriage bed! “The engaging love story that we have come to expect from Ms. Scott . . . The Russian Royals of Kuban series is a wonderfully crafted, richly detailed and saucy series that is a pure joy to read.” —Chicks, Rogues and Scandals Russian Royals of Kuban—Commanding princes unlace the ladies of London! Book 1—Compromised by the Prince’s Touch Book 2—Innocent in the Prince’s Bed Book 3—Awakened by the Prince’s Passion Book 4—Seduced by the Prince’s Kiss
Nikolay Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov
Author: Gerald Seaman
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317646185
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Nikolay Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov: A Research and Information Guide, Second Edition is an annotated bibliography of all substantial, relevant published resources relating to the Russian composer. First published in 1988, this revised and expanded volume incorporates new information about the composer appearing over the last two decades, including literary publications, articles and reviews. Other sections provide a brief biographical sketch, selective discography, chronology and list of Rimsky-Korsakov’s works.
Publisher: Routledge
ISBN: 1317646185
Category : Music
Languages : en
Pages : 408
Book Description
Nikolay Andreevich Rimsky-Korsakov: A Research and Information Guide, Second Edition is an annotated bibliography of all substantial, relevant published resources relating to the Russian composer. First published in 1988, this revised and expanded volume incorporates new information about the composer appearing over the last two decades, including literary publications, articles and reviews. Other sections provide a brief biographical sketch, selective discography, chronology and list of Rimsky-Korsakov’s works.