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Never Remember

Searching for Stalin's Gulags in Putin's Russia

by Masha Gessen, Misha Friedman ...

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Series series Columbia Global Reports
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"A book that belongs on the shelf alongside The Gulag Archipelago. -- Kirkus Reviews"A short, haunting and beautifully written book." -- The Wall Street JournalThe Gulag was a monstrous network of labor camps that held and killed millions of prisoners from the 1930s to the 1950s. More than half a century after the end of Stalinist terror, the geography of the Gulag has been barely sketched and the ... Read more

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"A book that belongs on the shelf alongside The Gulag Archipelago. -- Kirkus Reviews"A short, haunting and beautifully written book." -- The Wall Street JournalThe Gulag was a monstrous network of labor camps that held and killed millions of prisoners from the 1930s to the 1950s. More than half a century after the end of Stalinist terror, the geography of the Gulag has been barely sketched and the
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The Best American Essays 2026

by Masha Gessen, Kim Dana Kupperman ...

“The essayist needs the objective world,” writes M. Gessen, the guest editor of The Best American Essays 2026, asking, “But does the objective world need the essayist?” There is no straightforward answer to Gessen’s query, yet the authors in this volume tackle it headfirst. In doing so, they provide a mosaic depicting the year 2025, examining the degradation of American media, human consciousness, ... Read more

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“The essayist needs the objective world,” writes M. Gessen, the guest editor of The Best American Essays 2026, asking, “But does the objective world need the essayist?” There is no straightforward answer to Gessen’s query, yet the authors in this volume tackle it headfirst. In doing so, they provide a mosaic depicting the year 2025, examining the degradation of American media, human consciousness,
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Whispers of the Tsar's Crown

by G.C Gessen ...

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Whispers of the Tsar’s Crown is a spellbinding romantic fantasy that blends royal intrigue, hidden weapons, and forbidden love into an epic journey of heart and destiny.Anastasia, the daughter of the Tsar, is no stranger to duty. Groomed for diplomacy and trained in the shadows of power, she has spent her life walking the fine line between privilege and pressure. But when she’s chosen to deliver a ... Read more

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Whispers of the Tsar’s Crown is a spellbinding romantic fantasy that blends royal intrigue, hidden weapons, and forbidden love into an epic journey of heart and destiny.Anastasia, the daughter of the Tsar, is no stranger to duty. Groomed for diplomacy and trained in the shadows of power, she has spent her life walking the fine line between privilege and pressure. But when she’s chosen to deliver a
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Blood Matters

From BRCA1 to Designer Babies, How the World and I Found Ourselves in the Future of the Gene

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A National Book Award winner's personal journey through the ethical dilemmas and unsettling choices raised by the new frontier of DNA testing.Several years after Masha Gessen's mother died of breast cancer, she discovered she too had the BRCA1 gene mutation, which predisposes women to high rates of ovarian and breast cancer. Her doctors gave her narrow options: surgical removal of her breasts and ... Read more

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A National Book Award winner's personal journey through the ethical dilemmas and unsettling choices raised by the new frontier of DNA testing.Several years after Masha Gessen's mother died of breast cancer, she discovered she too had the BRCA1 gene mutation, which predisposes women to high rates of ovarian and breast cancer. Her doctors gave her narrow options: surgical removal of her breasts and
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The Man Without a Face

The Unlikely Rise of Vladimir Putin

by Masha Gessen ...

**WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR OPINION WRITINGThe National Book Award winner's biography of a ruthless man's ascent to near-absolute power.**“In a country where journalists critical of the government have a way of meeting untimely deaths, Gessen has shown remarkable courage in researching and writing this unflinching indictment of the most powerful man in Russia.” —The Wall Street Journal ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR OPINION WRITINGThe National Book Award winner's biography of a ruthless man's ascent to near-absolute power.**“In a country where journalists critical of the government have a way of meeting untimely deaths, Gessen has shown remarkable courage in researching and writing this unflinching indictment of the most powerful man in Russia.” —The Wall Street Journal
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The Future Is History (National Book Award Winner)

How Totalitarianism Reclaimed Russia

by Masha Gessen ...

**WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR OPINION WRITINGWINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTIONWINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD**The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a more virulent and invincible new strain of autocracy.Award-winning journalist Masha ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR OPINION WRITINGWINNER OF THE 2017 NATIONAL BOOK AWARD IN NONFICTIONWINNER OF THE NEW YORK PUBLIC LIBRARY'S HELEN BERNSTEIN BOOK AWARD**The essential journalist and bestselling biographer of Vladimir Putin reveals how, in the space of a generation, Russia surrendered to a more virulent and invincible new strain of autocracy.Award-winning journalist Masha
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The Best American Essays 2026

by Masha Gessen, Kim Dana Kupperman ...

Narrated by Kim Dana Kupperman, M. Gessen, Grace Gray, Samantha Desz, Arthur Morey, Charlie Thurston, Abby Craden, Bill Andrew Quinn, Jensen Olaya0, Deanna Anthony1, Nicky Endres2, Eileen Stevens3, Rob Shapiro4, Natasha Soudek5, Michelle H. Lee6, Matt Godfrey7 ...

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Featuring multiple narrators, each essay is brought uniquely and vivdly to life.“The essayist needs the objective world,” writes M. Gessen, the guest editor of The Best American Essays 2026, asking, “But does the objective world need the essayist?” There is no straightforward answer to Gessen’s query, yet the authors in this volume tackle it headfirst. In doing so, they provide a mosaic depicting ... Read more

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Featuring multiple narrators, each essay is brought uniquely and vivdly to life.“The essayist needs the objective world,” writes M. Gessen, the guest editor of The Best American Essays 2026, asking, “But does the objective world need the essayist?” There is no straightforward answer to Gessen’s query, yet the authors in this volume tackle it headfirst. In doing so, they provide a mosaic depicting
... Read more

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There Once Lived a Woman Who Tried to Kill Her Neighbor's Baby

Scary Fairy Tales

by Ludmilla Petrushevskaya ...

Translated by Keith Gessen, Anna Summers ...

New York Times BestsellerWinner of the World Fantasy AwardOne of New York magazine’s 10 Best Books of the YearOne of NPR’s 5 Best Works of Foreign FictionThe celebrated scary fairy tales of Russia’s preeminent contemporary fiction writer—the author of the prizewinning memoir about growing up in Stalinist Russia, The Girl from the Metropol HotelVanishings and a... ... Read more

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New York Times BestsellerWinner of the World Fantasy AwardOne of New York magazine’s 10 Best Books of the YearOne of NPR’s 5 Best Works of Foreign FictionThe celebrated scary fairy tales of Russia’s preeminent contemporary fiction writer—the author of the prizewinning memoir about growing up in Stalinist Russia, The Girl from the Metropol HotelVanishings and a...
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Ester and Ruzya

How My Grandmothers Survived Hitler's War and Stalin's Peace

by Masha Gessen ...

In this “extraordinary family memoir,”* the National Book Award–winning author of The Future Is History reveals the story of her two grandmothers, who defied Fascism and Communism during a time when tyranny reigned.*The New York Times Book ReviewIn the 1930s, as waves of war and persecution were crashing over Europe, two young Jewish women began separate journeys of survival. Ester Goldberg was a ... Read more

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In this “extraordinary family memoir,”* the National Book Award–winning author of The Future Is History reveals the story of her two grandmothers, who defied Fascism and Communism during a time when tyranny reigned.*The New York Times Book ReviewIn the 1930s, as waves of war and persecution were crashing over Europe, two young Jewish women began separate journeys of survival. Ester Goldberg was a
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Surviving Autocracy

by Masha Gessen ...

**WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR OPINION WRITING“When Gessen speaks about autocracy, you listen.” —The New York Times**“A reckoning with what has been lost in the past few years and a map forward with our beliefs intact.” —InterviewAs seen on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and heard on NPR’s All Things Considered: the bestselling, National Book Award–winning journalist offers an essential guide to ... Read more

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**WINNER OF THE 2026 PULITZER PRIZE FOR OPINION WRITING“When Gessen speaks about autocracy, you listen.” —The New York Times**“A reckoning with what has been lost in the past few years and a map forward with our beliefs intact.” —InterviewAs seen on MSNBC’s Morning Joe and heard on NPR’s All Things Considered: the bestselling, National Book Award–winning journalist offers an essential guide to
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City by City

Dispatches from the American Metropolis

Edited by Keith Gessen, Stephen Squibb ...

A collection of essays—historical and personal—about the present and future of American citiesEdited by Keith Gessen and Stephen Squibb, City by City is a collection of essays—historical, personal, and somewhere in between—about the present and future of American cities. It sweeps from Gold Rush, Alaska, to Miami, Florida, encompassing cities large and small, growing and failing. These essays look ... Read more

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A collection of essays—historical and personal—about the present and future of American citiesEdited by Keith Gessen and Stephen Squibb, City by City is a collection of essays—historical, personal, and somewhere in between—about the present and future of American cities. It sweeps from Gold Rush, Alaska, to Miami, Florida, encompassing cities large and small, growing and failing. These essays look
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Occupy!

Scenes from Occupied America

Edited by Carla Blumenkranz, Keith Gessen, Mark Greif, Sarah Leonard, Sarah Resnick ...

In the fall of 2011, a small protest camp in downtown Manhattan exploded into a global uprising, sparked in part by the violent overreactions of the police. An unofficial record of this movement, Occupy! combines adrenalin-fueled first-hand accounts of the early days and weeks of Occupy Wall Street with contentious debates and thoughtful reflections, featuring the editors and writers of the ... Read more

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In the fall of 2011, a small protest camp in downtown Manhattan exploded into a global uprising, sparked in part by the violent overreactions of the police. An unofficial record of this movement, Occupy! combines adrenalin-fueled first-hand accounts of the early days and weeks of Occupy Wall Street with contentious debates and thoughtful reflections, featuring the editors and writers of the
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