Michele A. Berdy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions
This list consists of recommendations or mentions of books spotted in media, social media accounts, podcasts or other public websites.
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Michele A. Berdy is a columnist and arts editor at the Moscow Times. @MoscowTimes columnist, arts editor, once a long-time Moscow resident. I have lots of opinions and they are all my own.

Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future?
Jan Matti Dollbaum
#PushkinHouseBookPrize long reads. We were ahead of the trend when we published this #longread and review by @felix_light of the nominated book "Navalny: Putin’s Nemesis, Russia’s Future?” by Dollbaum, Lallouet, and Noble. Still essential reading!
Hardcover, 2021
$29.95$14.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Russia's War
Jade McGlynn
Jade McGlynn's new book "Russia's War" is absolutely essential to understanding the war Russia is fighting in Ukraine. Here is a #longread excerpt to get you started until you can get to the bookshop. https://t.co/HH7xART3T8
Paperback, 2023
$19.95$9.98 + Free shipping50% off your first book
Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia
Natasha Lance Rogoff
Today's #longread is the Pushkin House Book Prize shortlisted "Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia" by Natasha Lance Rogoff - fascinating, revealing, unexpectedly prophetic. https://t.co/L5g9SErhIY
Paperback, 2024
$18.95$9.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book
The Zelensky Effect
Olga Onuch
If in all the mutiny mess you missed @EmilyCouchUK's insightful review of "The Zelensky Effect," be sure to read it now. Authors Onuch and Hale find what has made the Ukrainian president such an effective a wartime leader. https://t.co/kuk442cf2A
Hardcover, 2023
$24.95$12.48 + Free shipping50% off your first book