New Releases by Vladimir

"The nature of the icon cannot be grasped by means of pure art criticism, nor by the adoption of a sentimental point of view. Its forms are based on the wisdom contained in the theological and liturgical writings of the Eastern Orthodox Church and are imtimately bound up with the experience of the contemplative life. The present work is the first of its kind to give a reliable introduction to the spiritual background of this art. The introduction into the meaning and language of the icons by Ouspensky imparts to us in an admirable way the spiritual conceptions of the Eastern Orthodox Church which are often so foreign to us, but without the knowledge of which we cannot possibly understand the world of the icon." -- Back cover.

Nabokov''s parody, half poem and half commentary on the poem, deals with the escapades of the deposed king of Zemala in a New England college town

Several of Lenin''s basic theoretical essays on the national question are brought together in this volume. They analyze the national question in Russia, Norway, Poland, and Ireland as it relates to national oppression, colonialism, social chauvinism, and opportunism.

In his classic exposition of theology of the Church, Lossky states that the Eastern tradition has never made a sharp distinction between mysticism and theology, between personal experience of the divine mysteries and the dogma of the Church.

"Transparent Things revolves around the four visits of the hero--sullen, gawky Hugh Person--to Switzerland . . . As a young publisher, Hugh is sent to interview R., falls in love with Armande on the way, wrests her, after multiple humiliations, from a grinning Scandinavian and returns to NY with his bride. . . . Eight years later--following a murder, a period of madness and a brief imprisonment--Hugh makes a lone sentimental journey to wheedle out his past. . . . The several strands of dream, memory, and time [are] set off against the literary theorizing of R. and, more centrally, against the world of observable objects." --Martin Amis

;Contents: Fundamentals of rocket and space dynamics; Terrestrial flights; Flights to the moon; Interplanetary flights; Space flights.

"Sixth printing, 1937"--T.p. verso."Reprinted from The imperialist war, by V.I. Lenin"--T.p. Verso. Includes bibliographical references. BEIN 2002 755: Autograph: F. Carner. Ms. note on p. [2] of wrapper: #159. Original wrappers. From the library of Frank K. Carner.