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Book Cover for: Animal Farm and 1984, George Orwell

Animal Farm and 1984

George Orwell
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In “Animal Farm” and “1984,” the lifelong socialist George Orwell cautioned the British left about the danger of totalitarianism. Owen Boynton reviews Masha Karp’s new book tracing the Russian roots of Orwell’s novels that still speak to us today. https://t.co/u8AYU40Lbn

Hardcover, 2003

$28.00$14.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy: My Confession; Critique of Dogmatic Theology, Leo Tolstoy

The Complete Works of Count Tolstoy: My Confession; Critique of Dogmatic Theology

Leo Tolstoy
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111 years ago, tomorrow on November 20, 1910, Leo Tolstoy died of pneumonia at a railway station outside Lipetsk. He was 82. Both the station and the local town are now named in his honor. Tolstoy wrote books. https://t.co/Ry1IUqSDrr

Hardcover, 2022

$39.95$19.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: 1984: 75th Anniversary, George Orwell

1984: 75th Anniversary

George Orwell
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In “Animal Farm” and “1984,” the lifelong socialist George Orwell cautioned the British left about the danger of totalitarianism. Owen Boynton reviews Masha Karp’s new book tracing the Russian roots of Orwell’s novels that still speak to us today. https://t.co/u8AYU40Lbn

Paperback, Mass Market, 1950

$10.99$5.49 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Wanted: Dead or Revived, Clay More

Wanted: Dead or Revived

Clay More
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A look back at Russia's ban on Americans adopting Russian children — a measure that, in addition to leaving more Russian kids without families, turned the country's lawmakers into "clay that the Kremlin could mold into whatever it wanted" once and for all. https://t.co/wKKwBMsGAX

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Book Cover for: Stalin: Passage to Revolution, Ronald Grigor Suny

Stalin: Passage to Revolution

Ronald Grigor Suny
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For the 70th anniversary of Joseph Stalin’s death, Meduza spoke to historian and Stalin biographer, Ronald Grigor Suny, about the Soviet autocrat’s rise to power, the 1930s Great Terror, the Holodomor in Ukraine, and the imperial aspects of the USSR. https://t.co/3Vj9fm8hNd

Paperback, 2022

$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Moomin: Volume 2: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip, Tove Jansson

Moomin: Volume 2: The Complete Tove Jansson Comic Strip

Tove Jansson
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Moomin Characters, the Finnish branded goods company run by the heirs of the artist and writer Tove Jansson, has declined to renew or extend Moomin product licenses for partners in Russia. https://t.co/9X6uYTHH3V

Hardcover, 2007

$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: The Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent, Dan Healey

Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia: The Regulation of Sexual and Gender Dissent

Dan Healey
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There’s a new Russian translation now available of historian Dan Healey’s book “Homosexual Desire in Revolutionary Russia.” He explained his research to Meduza and recalled the missed opportunities of the 1990s. https://t.co/MqPPaKuSND

Paperback, 2001

$49.00$24.50 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition, George Orwell

Animal Farm: 75th Anniversary Edition

George Orwell
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In “Animal Farm” and “1984,” the lifelong socialist George Orwell cautioned the British left about the danger of totalitarianism. Owen Boynton reviews Masha Karp’s new book tracing the Russian roots of Orwell’s novels that still speak to us today. https://t.co/u8AYU40Lbn

Paperback, Mass Market, 2004

$9.99$4.99 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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Book Cover for: Animal Farm: (Annotated Edition), George Orwell

Animal Farm: (Annotated Edition)

George Orwell
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In “Animal Farm” and “1984,” the lifelong socialist George Orwell cautioned the British left about the danger of totalitarianism. Owen Boynton reviews Masha Karp’s new book tracing the Russian roots of Orwell’s novels that still speak to us today. https://t.co/u8AYU40Lbn

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Book Cover for: Animal Farm, George Orwell

Animal Farm

George Orwell
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In “Animal Farm” and “1984,” the lifelong socialist George Orwell cautioned the British left about the danger of totalitarianism. Owen Boynton reviews Masha Karp’s new book tracing the Russian roots of Orwell’s novels that still speak to us today. https://t.co/u8AYU40Lbn

Hardcover, 1990

$22.00$11.00 + Free shipping50% off your first book
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