Since Russia's full-scale invasion of Ukraine last year, many people around the world have become more familiar with the country's recent history, but many of us still don't know much about its literary traditions. Academic and activist Sasha Dovzhyk introduces five works of Ukrainian literatu...
If you are old enough to remember the Cold War, pick up this book about the author’s solo car trip through Soviet-era Russia, Ukraine and Belarus. Book Lust to Go by Nancy Pearl I like reading about books – reviews, blogs, lists, challenges, you name it — almost as much as I l...
Hermione Granger and finds a rival in Draco Malfoy. He is taken under the wing of the school’s headmaster, Albus Dumbledore. These relationships persist throughout the series, especially as the young wizards and witches grow older and are called upon to take sides in a growing wizard war....
the Ukraine as well as the Baltic States, Poland and Hungary into the Balkans. These were the areas where most of the Jews lived who had suffered in the Holocaust but also where the Nazis positioned their extermination camps. The borderlands were the most blood-soaked regions of World War ...
Ukraine, War, Love: A Donetsk Diary. A belated warning, and a lament Craig Turp-Balazs ‘The next day, when the city and oblast councils all came down with bad cases of resolutionitis and started moving to have a referendum, join Russia, and entertain... ...
“AAP reports October ’21 ebook REVENUE was worth $84 million. For the same month Kindle Unlimited paid out $39.8 million in ROYALTIES. Just how big is the real ebook market no-one wants to talk about?” This simple comparison suggests that overall (at least US) ebook market share by ...
1920, after the last British forces had been withdrawn, Churchill was instrumental in having arms sent to the Poles when they invaded the Ukraine. In 1921 Churchill moved to the Colonial Office, where his principal concern was with themandatedterritories in theMiddle East. For the costly British...
A lesser-known work by the 19th-century Russian novelist is enjoying a sales boom driven by TikTok. What’s that all about? The best books of the week Undefeatable — joy and humour amid war in Ukraine Documentary-maker Julian Evans rekindles a 30-year romance with the country and finds ...
In his new historical novel, Ukraine’s most feted writer tackles war’s absurdities — and the thorny issue of using Russian January 22 2024 Review Crime fiction round-up — a modern riff on famous sleuths The latest novels from James Patterson, Louise Welsh, Agnes Ravatn and more ...
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