During the reign of Catherine the Great, the young Grinev sets out for his new career in the army and en route performs an act of kindness by giving his warm coat to a man freezing in a blizzard. This action reaps its reward when he subsequently finds himself caught up in the rebellion headed by the infamous, and strangely familiar Pugachev.

Released after Stalin's death, Ivan Grigoryevich finds that the years of terror have imposed a collective moral slavery. He must struggle to find a place for himself in an unfamiliar world. Ivan's cousin, Nikolay, a scientist never let his conscience interfere with his career, and Pinegin, the informer had Ivan sent to the camps.

This is ultimately a story about being in possession of your own life. Zoroastrian myth, Sufism, Communism and Freud are woven together to create a work of psychological and philosophical complexity, with the hero, Chagataev, in the role of a 20th-century Moses.

This edition includes 'Egyptian Nights'. One of Pushkin's most thrilling prose works, Dubrovsky follows the adventures of an aristocrat turned brigand, and his audacious scheme for revenge.

Set in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, this title introduces to us the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. It also chronicles the dramatic changes felt throughout Central Asia in the early twentieth century.

In this powerful and brutal short story that forms the basis of the Shostakovich opera and found here in a new translation, Leskov demonstrates the enduring truth of the Shakespearean archetype joltingly displaced to the heartland of Russia.

Ivan Grigoryevich has been in the Gulag for thirty years. Released after Stalin's death, he finds that the years of terror have imposed a collective moral slavery. He must struggle to find a place for himself in an unfamiliar world.

Vasily Grossman is widely recognized by Russian scholars as one of the outstanding literary figures of the twentieth century. The short fiction collected here - satire, comedy, tragedy and pure narrative - demonstrates all the bold intelligence, integrity and extraordinary vividness for which he has become known.

Set mainly in Uzbekistan between 1900 and 1980, this title introduces to us the inhabitants of the small town of Gilas on the ancient Silk Route. It chronicles the dramatic changes felt throughout Central Asia in the early twentieth century.

The collected shorter works by the author of Life and Fate and Everything Flows, published in English for the first time.

A translation by Robert & Elizabeth Chandler and Olga Meerson of Platonov's dystopian novel. It describes the lives of a group of Soviet workers who believe they are laying the foundations for a radiant future.

Building Type Basics for Housing is a revised, comprehensive guide to the design, planning, and development of single-family to high-rise housing, from low-income to luxury.

A unique volume to fascinate both art lovers and historians.