New Releases by Boris

Boris Vian s early death robbed French literature of a novelist who was coherent while still modern. Heartsnatcher is an esoteric, surrealistic comedy about guilt, set in a deceptively familiar, almost ordinary locale. New Statesman

This is the first book featuring Erast Fandorin, a gentleman sleuth who solves murders and mysteries in tsarist Russia. A 23-year-old law student commits suicide in broad daylight in Moscow''s Alexander Gardens. Fandorin is put on the case to find out what drove him to it, a case that deepens as he discovers that the young man was the son of a rich and influential factory owner. The story is enhanced by its authentic backdrop of nineteenth-century Russia. After all, it''s difficult to keep your mind on a case when the new Dostoyevsky novel has just hit the shops.

Russia has undergone more seismic changes over the last 100 years than almost any other country. The 1917 Revolution, the rapid industrialisation of the 1930s, the following devastation of the Second World War, and the present return to Capitalism has seen the deep impoverishment of the entire population. Kagarlitsky shows how to understand these changes, and how to characterise the complex process of reform, revolution and counter revolution. Looking in detail at the nature of Russian society and politics since 1990, Kagarlitsky offers an introductory political analysis of the major political and economic developments that have taken place under President Yeltsin, and the legacy he bequeathed so unexpectedly to his successor Putin. He focuses on the role of the media in post-Soviet Russia, corporate structures and their influence on social conflict, the formation of the oligarchy and the role of the left in modern Russia.

Features twenty sets of progressive technical exercises for the piano student. Exercises over technical work for independence and strengthening of the fingers, extension, double notes, four-note chords, octaves, trills, five-finger work, tremolos, triads, arpeggios, and more.

Parisian night life. "The Plumber" is the nightmare of every citizen who has been incommoded by expensive repairmen. "Pins and Needles" conveys Vian''s daring opposition to World War II (his song "The Deserter" later would be censored by the government for inciting sentiment against the French-Algerian conflict). The other stories - "Cancer," "Dead Fish," "Journey to Khonostrov," "Blue Fairy Tale," "Fog," "Good Students," and "One-Way Street" - are marked by the same

"Boris Pasternak, the Nobel laureate and author of Doctor Zhivago, composed one of the world''s great love poems in My Sister--Life. Written in the summer of 1917, the cycle of poems focuses on personal journeys and loves but is permeated by the tension and promise of the impending October Revolution"--Publisher.

"Renowned the world over for his fabulous cover illustrations, Vallejo now turns his considerable talents to erotic fantasy art. These new paintings, produced especially for this stunning volume, are so bold, so provocative, so superb, they will challenge the mind as they arouse the emotions."--Cover.

The life and scientific achievements of the great Russian physiologist.

In this gripping novel, Boris Savinkov, a revolutionary and terrorist, delves into the dark underbelly of early 20th-century Russia. Through the eyes of George, a member of a terrorist organization, Savinkov explores the moral ambiguity and psychological turmoil of those who resort to violence in the name of political change. As George grapples with his conscience and the consequences of his actions, the reader is taken on a haunting journey through the shadows of a nation on the brink of upheaval.