Drawing from decades of work, travel, and research in Russia, Robert Alexander re-creates the tragic, perennially fascinating story of the final days of Nicholas and Alexandra as seen through the eyes of the Romanovs' young kitchen boy, Leonka. Now an ancient Russian immigrant, Leonka claims to be t[...]

Isaac and Luca's dangerous attraction ignites, and Scare City burns. A strange destiny awaits them in the ancient ruins the exiles call "Concrete Park." "Concrete Park"--a dark, sexy sci-fi saga by Tony Puryear ("Eraser") and Erika Alexander ("Living Single")--concludes its "R-E-S-P-E-C-T" arc[...]

A Herzen Reader presents in English for the first time one hundred essays and editorials by the radical Russian thinker Alexander Herzen (1812-1870). Herzen wrote most of these pieces for The Bell , a revolutionary newspaper he launched with the poet Nikolai Ogaryov in London in 1857. Smugglers secr[...]

This beautifully written and photographed book takes us on an evocative journey through the appellations of Bordeaux. Discover the many and varied regions of Bordeaux from Margaux to St-Emilion, from the Medoc to Graves. Savour the wines produced there, and understand how the climate, the soil and t[...]

Am 5. September 1974 wurde mit 1044.01 die erste Lokomotive dieser Reihe von den Österreichischen Bundesbahnen übernommen. Ab 1978 begann die Lieferung der Serienmaschinen, von der bis zum Jahr 1995 insgesamt 216 Lokomotiven in Betrieb gestellt wurden. Die Reihe 1044 war nach der aus Schweden st[...]