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Sasha, a young computer programmer from Leningrad, is driving through the forests of Northwest Russia to meet up with some friends for a nature vacation. He picks up a couple of local hitchhikers, who persuade him to come work with them at the National Institute for the Technology of Witchcraft and Thaumaturgy, or NITWiT.$16.00ISBN: 9780140447927Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Penguin Classics - August 31st, 2004The most autobiographical novel by the author of Crime and Punishment and The Brothers Karamazov—and the namesake of Elif Batuman’s debut novel, The Idiot
$15.00ISBN: 9780140449198Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Penguin Classics - April 29th, 2003Andrew George's "masterly new translation" (The Times) of the world's first truly great work of literature
A Penguin Classic$13.00ISBN: 9780375758393Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Modern Library - November 13th, 2001When Fathers and Sons was first published in Russia, in 1862, it was met with a blaze of controversy about where Turgenev stood in relation to his account of generational misunderstanding.
$14.00ISBN: 9780802150592Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Grove Press - January 21st, 1994I first read Mikhail Bulgakov's The Master and Margarita on a balcony of the Hotel Metropole in Saigon on three summer evenings in 1971. The tropical air was heavy and full of the smells of cordite and motorcycle exhaust and rotting fish and wood-fire stoves, and the horizon flared ambiguously, perhaps from heat lightning, perhaps from bombs.
$16.99ISBN: 9780062968470Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Ecco - January 7th, 2020Twenty-five beautifully written stories, penned in exile, evocatively depicting life on a manor in feudal Russia and examining the conflicts between serfs and landlords
A Sportsman’s Notebook, Ivan Turgenev’s first literary masterpiece, is a sweeping portrayal of the magnificent nineteenth–century Russian countryside and the harsh lives of th$11.00ISBN: 9780307951342Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Vintage - October 2nd, 2012Tolstoy’s final work—a gripping novella about the struggle between the Muslim Chechens and their inept occupiers—is a powerful moral fable for our time.
$12.99ISBN: 9780684801223Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Scribner - May 5th, 1995Told in language of great simplicity and power, this story of courage and personal triumph remains one of Ernest Hemingway’s most enduring works.
The Old Man and the Sea is one of Hemingway’s most enduring works.$15.95ISBN: 9781616201647Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Algonquin Books - May 15th, 2012The classic novel that inspired the beloved Tim Burton film and the Broadway musical.
In his prime, Edward Bloom was an extraordinary man. He could outrun anybody. He never missed a day of school. He saved lives and tamed giants. Animals loved him, people loved him, women loved him. He knew more jokes than any man alive.$16.00ISBN: 9780770436452Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Hogarth - July 19th, 2016From the New York Times bestselling author of A Constellation of Vital Phenomena—dazzling, poignant, and lyrical interwoven stories about family, sacrifice, the legacy of war, and the redemptive power of art.
$7.99ISBN: 9781840597424Availability: On Our Shelves NowPublished: Milet Publishing - May 14th, 2012Guaranteed to enrich a toddler’s vocabulary, this simple and fun series of bilingual board books is ideal for helping children discover a foreign language. Highlighting more complex concepts that go beyond colors and numbers, titles in the series feature jobs, music, opposites, and sports.
