The Gulag, the Stalinist labour camps to which millions of Russians were condemned for political deviation, has become a household word in the West. This book tells a story of one typical day in a labour camp as experienced by prisoner Ivan Denisovich Shukhov that is sufficient to describe the entire world of the Soviet camps.
The Gulag, the Stalinist labour camps to which millions of Russians were condemned for political deviation, has become a household word in the West. T...
One of the great allegorical masterpieces of world literature, Cancer Ward is both a deeply compassionate study of people facing terminal illness and a brilliant dissection of the "cancerous" Soviet police state.
One of the great allegorical masterpieces of world literature, Cancer Ward is both a deeply compassionate study of people facing terminal illne...
Bringing into harsh focus the daily struggle for existence in a Soviet gulag, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is translated by Ralph Parker in Penguin Modern Classics. This brutal, shattering glimpse of the fate of millions of Russians under Stalin shook Russia and shocked the world when it first appeared. Discover the importance of a piece of bread or an extra bowl of soup, the incredible luxury of a book, the ingenious possibilities of a nail, a piece of string or a single match in a world where survival is all. Here safety, warmth and food are the first...
Bringing into harsh focus the daily struggle for existence in a Soviet gulag, Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn's One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich is trans...
Providing an illustrated account of the pathology of musculoskeletal disease, this text offers thorough discussions of the pathologic and clinical appearance of arthritic disorders, metabolic disturbances, soft tissue tumours, bone tumours and rare entities. Clinical photographs and radiographic images are used throughout in order to correlate orthopaedic pathology with clinical practice. It is designed to be useful as a reference for the busy trainee and practitioner in pathology and orthopaedics.
Providing an illustrated account of the pathology of musculoskeletal disease, this text offers thorough discussions of the pathologic and clinical app...
In the first month of the First World War the Russian campaign against the Germans creaks into gear. Crippled by weak, indecisive leadership the Russian troops battle desperately, even as the inevitability of failure and their own sacrifice dawns. Solzhenitsyn's work of historical fiction is a portrait of pre-revolutionary Russia, a tragic war story, and an epic novel in the great Russian tradition.
In the first month of the First World War the Russian campaign against the Germans creaks into gear. Crippled by weak, indecisive leadership the Russi...
