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The Yekaterina Question

by ROSELYN ZU ...

In a small Russian provincial town, 1951. A girl named Yekaterina Sorokina, age fourteen, vanishes from her family's home on a Wednesday evening in March 1950. She is gone for thirteen months. When she is found — standing at the edge of the Belov forest, in the same dress she disappeared in, undamaged by weather — she is alive and physically unharmed. She does not speak for eleven days. When she ... Read more

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In a small Russian provincial town, 1951. A girl named Yekaterina Sorokina, age fourteen, vanishes from her family's home on a Wednesday evening in March 1950. She is gone for thirteen months. When she is found — standing at the edge of the Belov forest, in the same dress she disappeared in, undamaged by weather — she is alive and physically unharmed. She does not speak for eleven days. When she
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The Making of Modern China

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The fourth volume in this fun, comic-style series that explores China's move to modernization!Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time? The Understanding China Through Comics series answers these questions and more.The fourth volume in the Understanding China Through Comics series The Making of Modern China, covers the stunningly ... Read more

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The fourth volume in this fun, comic-style series that explores China's move to modernization!Who founded China? Are Chinese people religious? What is Chinese culture and how has it changed over time? The Understanding China Through Comics series answers these questions and more.The fourth volume in the Understanding China Through Comics series The Making of Modern China, covers the stunningly
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Long Road Home

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Kim Yong shares his harrowing account of life in a labor camp-a singularly despairing form of torture carried out by the secret state. Although it is known that gulags exist in North Korea, little information is available about their organization and conduct, for prisoners rarely escape both incarceration and the country alive. Long Road Home shares the remarkable story of one such survivor, a ... Read more

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Kim Yong shares his harrowing account of life in a labor camp-a singularly despairing form of torture carried out by the secret state. Although it is known that gulags exist in North Korea, little information is available about their organization and conduct, for prisoners rarely escape both incarceration and the country alive. Long Road Home shares the remarkable story of one such survivor, a
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Ilya Repin

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Ilya Repin (1844 - 1930) was a Russian painter, master of portrait, historical, and scenes from everyday life. He was also Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts, memoirist, author of several essays, compiled a book of memoirs "Far close", professor and rector (1898-1899) of the Academy of Fine Arts. Among his disciples was B. Kustodiev , M. Grabar , M. Kulikov , F. A. Maljavin and V. A. ... Read more

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Ilya Repin (1844 - 1930) was a Russian painter, master of portrait, historical, and scenes from everyday life. He was also Academician of the Imperial Academy of Arts, memoirist, author of several essays, compiled a book of memoirs "Far close", professor and rector (1898-1899) of the Academy of Fine Arts. Among his disciples was B. Kustodiev , M. Grabar , M. Kulikov , F. A. Maljavin and V. A.
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101 Amazing Facts about Russia

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In this amazing eBook you can find more than one hundred facts about the country of Russia. Separated into sections such as its geography, its people, famous Russian figures from history and many more, you will find some fascinating information inside! Whether you are planning on visiting Russia, working on a geography project or just want to know more about the biggest country (by landmass) in ... Read more

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In this amazing eBook you can find more than one hundred facts about the country of Russia. Separated into sections such as its geography, its people, famous Russian figures from history and many more, you will find some fascinating information inside! Whether you are planning on visiting Russia, working on a geography project or just want to know more about the biggest country (by landmass) in
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Easily Memorize the World Map - Europe

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Do you fumble when someone mentions Belarus. Or even have trouble placing Belgium on the World Map. Worry no longer. Here is a system that will place in your mind all the countries of Europe through an easy mnemonic based system. Know the Region of the World. Know the Countries. Know the mnemonic sentence. And you are the master of all you survey.This is a unique way to draw the World Map. Simple ... Read more

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An introduction to North Korean history, ideology, and culture through the country's propaganda posters

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The goal of this brief book is to use North Korea’s unique, occasionally beautiful, often threatening propaganda posters to introduce and highlight the country’s history, ideology, and culture. This is not an art critique or an examination of color and painting - the goal is to provoke thought and conversation about one of the world’s most well-known but least understood countries.As the book ... Read more

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The goal of this brief book is to use North Korea’s unique, occasionally beautiful, often threatening propaganda posters to introduce and highlight the country’s history, ideology, and culture. This is not an art critique or an examination of color and painting - the goal is to provoke thought and conversation about one of the world’s most well-known but least understood countries.As the book
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The Boy from Clearwater

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Freeman Book Award WinnerGLLI Translated YA Book Prize HonoreeAn incredible true story in graphic novel form that lays bare the tortured and triumphant history of Taiwan, an island claimed and fought over by many countries, through the life story of a man who lived through its most turbulent times.Part One: Taiwan, 1930s. Tsai Kun-lin, an ordinary boy born in Chingshui, recounts a carefree ... Read more

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The Way Forward

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How China became the China we know today, through war and societal transformation.China entered the 20th century as an agrarian society, weakened under internal and external pressures. Revolutionaries came together to bring down the last imperial dynasty but quickly split over the direction of reconstruction. Civil wars ensued, followed by WWI.The fate of the country appeared to be in the hands of ... Read more

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Hunting Grudge

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On campus, she was a helpless prey, wantonly humiliated and trampled by rich kids, living in an inescapable shadow. When isolation and despair pushed her to the rooftop, she chose another path - revenge.Blood stains white roses, hatred soaks smiles. From the ivory tower to the dark corners of the city, she transforms into a cold-blooded "hunter". Those abusers who once stood at the top of power ... Read more

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On campus, she was a helpless prey, wantonly humiliated and trampled by rich kids, living in an inescapable shadow. When isolation and despair pushed her to the rooftop, she chose another path - revenge.Blood stains white roses, hatred soaks smiles. From the ivory tower to the dark corners of the city, she transforms into a cold-blooded "hunter". Those abusers who once stood at the top of power
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Browning FN Hi-Power: An Engraved Mystery

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Series Book 8 - Continuing Education
In 2009 an engraved 1935 Browning FN Hi-Power in perfectly preserved condition appeared for sale online. Purportedly a personal gift from Chiang Kai-shek, the gun had been carefully stored away until finally sold as part of an estate. This article looks into the mystery of the gun's provenance. How had this Browning passed from a once powerful Asian leader to an American soldier during WWII? ... Read more

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In 2009 an engraved 1935 Browning FN Hi-Power in perfectly preserved condition appeared for sale online. Purportedly a personal gift from Chiang Kai-shek, the gun had been carefully stored away until finally sold as part of an estate. This article looks into the mystery of the gun's provenance. How had this Browning passed from a once powerful Asian leader to an American soldier during WWII?
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If the politicians cannot save Russia, then we businessmen must. We have not just the responsibility but the duty to become Russian heroes.The Fall of the Soviet Union.With the dawning of a new Russia, there are winners and losers, and today's patriot can fast become tomorrow's traitor.As a new generation of oligarchs fights to seize control, we follow billionaire businessman Boris Berezovsky - ... Read more

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