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Michele A. Berdy Book Recommendations & Book Mentions

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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.

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Book Cover for: Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future?, Jan Matti Dollbaum

Navalny: Putin's Nemesis, Russia's Future?

Jan Matti Dollbaum
Michele A. BerdyMichele A. Berdy

#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
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Book Cover for: Russia's War, Jade McGlynn

Russia's War

Jade McGlynn
Michele A. BerdyMichele A. Berdy

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
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Book Cover for: Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia, Natasha Lance Rogoff

Muppets in Moscow: The Unexpected Crazy True Story of Making Sesame Street in Russia

Natasha Lance Rogoff
Michele A. BerdyMichele A. Berdy

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
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Book Cover for: The Zelensky Effect, Olga Onuch

The Zelensky Effect

Olga Onuch
Michele A. BerdyMichele A. Berdy

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
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