From an award-winning Russian journalist, a brisk, clearly written history of Ukraine—from its emergence as a post-Soviet oligarchic state to a progressive country with increasing economic, cultural, …
Finance, fashionable society, and the intrigues of the underworld and the police system form the heart of this powerful novel, which introduces the satanic genius Vautrin, one of the greatest villains…
From the acclaimed author of River Town and Oracle Bones, an intimate excavation of life in one of the world's oldest civilizations at a time of convulsive change
