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BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
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Death of Tolstoy (The): Russia on the Eve, Astapovo Station, 1910, by William Nickell
Drawing on newspaper accounts, personal correspondence, police reports, secret circulars, telegrams, letters, and memoirs, Nickell shows the public spectacle of Tolstoy's last days to be a vivid reflection of a fragile, anxious empire on the eve of war and revolution. 432pp Hardcover
Price: $30.00
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Description of the Clergy in Rural Russia: The Memoir of a Nineteenth-Century Parish Priest, by I. S. Belliustin; Translated by Gregory L. Freeze
This annotated translation of a dissident priest's exposé of the parish clergy adds significantly to our knowledge, providing a graphic picture of the Orthodox church in the mid-nineteenth century. 224pp Paper
Price: $23.00
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Earthly Signs: Moscow Diaries, 1917-1922, by Marina Tsvetaeva; Edited, Translated, and with an Introduction by Jamey Gambrell
These autobiographical writings, rich sources of information on Tsvetaeva and her literary contemporaries, are also significant for the insights they provide into the sources and methodology of her difficult poetic language. In addition, they supply a unique eyewitness account of a dramatic period in Russian history, told by a gifted and outspoken poet. 192pp Paper
Hardcover Edition Available, Please Inquire.
Price: $20.00
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Ella: Princess, Saint and Martyr, by Christopher Warwick
The biography of Elisabeth of Hesse and by Rhine, who was canonized by the Russian Orthodox Church as the Holy Imperial Martyr Saint Elisabeth Romanova. 352pp Hardcover
Price: $27.00
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Emperor Romanus Lecapenus and His Reign (The): A Study of Tenth Century Byzantium
Originally published in 1929, with a hardcover reissue in 1963, this study of the usurping Byzantium emperor is released again in response to the current revival of interest in Byzantium studies. 284pp Paper
Price: $56.00
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Englishman in the Court of the Tsar (An): The Spiritual Journey of Charles Sydney Gibbes, by Christine Benagh
Tutor to the Imperial Family of Russia for years, Charles Gibbes is carried into their mesmerizing world of elegance and nobility, then is shattered by their brutal murders at the hands of the Red Army. Gibbes eventually returns to Great Britain, there dedicating his life as an Orthodox priest to the memory of the Imperial Family, and the faith he discovered in their distant homeland. 296pp Paper
We may have one or two hard covers in stock - Price: $24.00 - Please inquire.
Price: $19.00
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From Baptist to Byzantium, by Priest John
This is the compelling story of a Protestant American missionary sent to convert the Orthodox to his evangelical faith who instead converts to Orthodoxy. A powerful testimony to the spiritual truth of the Orthodox faith. 134pp Paper
Price: $17.00
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Go to the Deep, Edited by Lesya Sabada
Go to the Deep represents an edited version of the voluminous testimony sent to the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in support of Archbishop Joseph Raya's nomination for the Nobel Peace Prize in 2005. 200pp
Price: $25.00
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