Books

A detailed chronological summary of the life of Marc Chagall, covering his cultural and historical importance and a concise biography with approximately 100 illustrations.

Setting aside clichés of Tchaikovsky as a tortured homosexual and naively confessional artist, hits book paints a new and vivid portrait of the composer that weaves together insights into his music with a sensitive account of his inner emotional life.

Part memoir, part social history, Parisian Days reads like a novel and feels timely and relevant. Told with vivacious wit and life, this companion to Days in the Caucasus is a bittersweet portrayal of youthful dreams, and the elusive search for happiness.

Off Nevsky Prospect plunges the reader into the world of Leningrad's dissident artists under Gorbachev.

Don’t miss the second installment in the atmospheric and relentlessly dark detective series set in Stalinist Russia, where corruption, informers, and purges take paranoia to the next level.

This classic Russian fairy tale about a cunning Fox and a simple-minded Rooster. The Russian and English texts are printed side-by-side to make reading and listening to this fairy tale both exciting and educational

This Russian fairy tale, written in both Russian and English, tells the story of the adventures of sly Sister Fox, who constantly dupes the simpleton Brother Wolf.

Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world’s masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to color outside the lines. 32 pages.

Big art for little hands, these enchanting activity books allow young artists to explore the world’s masterpieces on their own terms and with plenty of space to color outside the lines. 32 pages.

Winner of two of the biggest literary prizes in Russia, Laurus is a remarkably rich novel about the eternal themes of love, loss, self-sacrifice and faith, from one of the country’s most experimental and critically acclaimed novelists.

A glimpse into the everyday life of a field scientist/conservationist, Jonathan C. Slaght testifies to the determination and creativity essential to scientific advancement and serves as reminder of the beauty, strength, and vulnerability of nature.

Bilingual fairytale of a clever fox that finds refuge in the home of a kindhearted bear, but eats all his honey. So Sad-ish