A painstakingly researched, revelatory biography of Svetlana Stalin, a woman fated to live her life in the shadow of one of history`s most monstrous dictators
- her father, Josef Stalin. Born in the early years of the Soviet Union, Svetlana Stalin spent her youth inside the walls of the Kremlin. Communist Party privilege protected her from the mass starvation & purges that haunted Russia, but she did not escape tragedy
- the loss of everyone she loved, including her mother, two brothers, aunts & uncles, & a lover twice her age, deliberately exiled to Siberia by her father. As she gradually learned about the extent of her father`s brutality after his death, Svetlana could no longer keep quiet & in 1967 shocked the world by defecting to the United States
- leaving her two children behind. But although she was never a part of her father`s regime, she could not escape his legacy. Her life in America was fractured; she moved frequently, married disastrously, shunned other Russian exiles, & ultimately died in poverty in Spring Green, Wisconsin. With access to KGB, CIA, & Soviet government archives, as well as the close cooperation of Svetlana`s daughter, Rosemary Sullivan pieces together Svetlana`s incredible life in a masterful account of unprecedented intimacy. Epic in scope, it`s a revolutionary biography of a woman doomed to be a political prisoner of her father`s name. Sullivan explores a complicated character in her broader context without ever losing sight of her powerfully human story, in the process opening a closed, brutal world that continues to fascinate us.


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` Compassionate & compelling, this is not a political story but a quest for love in the heart of darkness` Simon Sebag Montefiore `A biography on an epic scale, with a combination of tragedy & history worthy of a Russian novel` Independent ` Superbly well told` Sunday Times Who was Svetlana Alliluyeva? A little girl, her father`s only daughter, his ”little sparrow”; instructed to bury her secrets in her heart by her mother, who shot herself soon after. An observer as her relatives were mercilessly killed & her first love exiled. A woman who tore through relationships with men, joined & abandoned various religions, & became the most famous defector to the United States. The victim of an inescapable truth: ” You are Stalin`s daughter... You can`t live your own life. You can`t live any life. You exist only in reference to a name.” ...

Shortlisted for the Pushkin House Russian Book Prize 2018 The beautifully illustrated, heartbreaking story of an innocent man in a Soviet gulag, told for the first time in English. One fateful day in 1934, a husband arranged to meet his wife under the colonnade of the Bolshoi theatre. As she waited for him in vain, he was only a few hundred metres away, in a cell in the notorious Lubyanka prison. Less than a year before, Alexey Wangenheim
- a celebrated meteorologist
- had been hailed by Stalin as a national hero. But following his sudden arrest, he was exiled to a gulag, forced to spend his remaining years on an island in the frozen north, along with thousands of other political prisoners. Stalin`s Meteorologist is the thrilling & deeply moving account of an innocent man caught up in the brutality of Soviet paranoia. It`s a timely reminder of the human consequences of political extremism.

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In Rory Mac Lean`s groundbreaking debut travel book, Winston the pig drops on to Uncle Peter`s head & kills him dead. Unwilling to be left alone in her house Aunt Zita, a faded Austrian aristocrat & a vivacious eccentric, hijacks her nephew &, together with Winston, sets out on one last ride. The Berlin Wall has fallen only weeks before & Zita is determined to reach across the reopened borders & rediscover her remarkable east European family. In a rattling Trabant the unlikely trio puff & wheeze across the changing continent, following the threads of memory. Zita`s relations
- the angel of Prague, the Hungarian grave digger who buried Stalin`s nose, a dying Romanian propagandist
- help tie together the loose ends of her life. They picnic at Auschwitz. They meet Lenin`s embalmer. They carry a long-lost corpse over the Carpathian mountains. Through war & revolution, decay & regeneration, ” Stalin`s Noseis” a surreal & darkly comic ride & a portrait of Europe like no other.

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The groundbreaking fifth thriller in Lars Kepler`s bestselling series featuring Joona Linna. Perfect for fans of Stieg Larsson & Jo Nesbo. CLOSE THE CURTAINS A film arrives at Stockholm`s National Crime Investigation Department showing a woman in her own home, plainly unaware she is being watched. The police don`t take it seriously.. .until she is found murdered. LOCK THE DOOR When the next video arrives, Detective Margot Silverman frantically attempts to identify the victim. But it`s already too late. Because at the time the video was sent, the killer was already inside their house...BEFORE IT`S TOO LATE Soon Stockholm is in the grip of terror. Who will the Stalker target next? ...

“ Stalls that display the products of many climes in the fruit department at Covent Garden” in a series of prints of sepia photos of some of old London’s best loved landmarks, presented by Soho Publishing in an A3 (39.6 x 29.6cm) format. The market hall, now one of the busiest tourist sites in the capital, is full of crates where “ English apple lies alongside the custard-apple & the pine-apple, & the pear rubs shoulders with the magosteen”. Under the photo is a contemporary description of the Covent Garden market. Ideal for framing, these reproductions show many long gone or much changed sites & offer a unique way of decorating your home or office with photos of near by or close-to-your-heart parts of the capital. Please note: the prints are supplied flat rather than rolled, with an A3 protective piece of cardboard, so the package will be larger than the standard size letterbox. To see other titles in this series please click on the series link. ...

Stalybridge in 1897 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. This detailed map is split between Lancashire & Cheshire, with the River Tame, the historic county boundary, running through Stalybridge. Coverage stretches from Stamford Park eastward to Copley, & from Darnton Road southward to Gorse Hall. Features include Stalybridge station, Stamford Park, Mount Pleasant, Clough, Cocker Hill, Riverside Mills, New St George`s church, Thompson`s Cross House, Tameside Mills, Glent Quarry, Globe Iron Works, Castle Street Mills, Holy Trinity church, Stayley Bridge, Bankwood Mills, Spring Bank, Castle Iron Works, Huddersfield Canal, Castle Hall, Quarry Street Mills, Castle Mill, Bayley Street Mill, other cotton mills, Saunder`s Green, etc. Extracts from a contemporary directory are on the reverse. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Stalybridge & Ashton in 1892 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: two versions have been published for this area, with the 1892 version printed in colour. The maps cover the eastern part of Ashton & central Stalybridge. Smaller parts of Hurst UDC & Dukinfield are also included. Coverage stretches from St Michael's church in Ashton eastward to Holy Trinity church Stalybridge, & from Russell Street southward to Cross Leech Street. The whole area is today part of Tameside. Features include Ashton under Lyne Workhouse, infirmary, Albion Church, Hurst Brook, Botany, tram depot, Lees Square, Stamford Square, Stamford Park, Dukinfield Bridge, Dukinfield Lodge, Tame Valley, Highfield House, Stalybridge station, Swanwick Clough, Cocker Hill, Ridge Hill, Globe Iron Works. Several railways (including Stalybridge Junction Line) run through the map; also the Huddersfield Canal with Ashton Old Wharf. The many mills include Wellington Mills, Whitelands Twist Mill, Tameside Mills, Crescent Mills, Clarence Mill, Grosvenor Street Mills & many more. Several tramways are also shown. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...

Stalybridge & Ashton in 1892 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Two versions have been published for this area, with the 1892 version printed in colour. The maps cover the eastern part of Ashton & central Stalybridge. Smaller parts of Hurst UDC & Dukinfield are also included. Coverage stretches from St Michael`s church in Ashton eastward to Holy Trinity church Stalybridge, & from Russell Street southward to Cross Leech Street. The whole area is today part of Tameside. Features include Ashton under Lyne Workhouse, infirmary, Albion Church, Hurst Brook, Botany, tram depot, Lees Square, Stamford Square, Stamford Park, Dukinfield Bridge, Dukinfield Lodge, Tame Valley, Highfield House, Stalybridge station, Swanwick Clough, Cocker Hill, Ridge Hill, Globe Iron Works. Several railways (including Stalybridge Junction Line) run through the map; also the Huddersfield Canal with Ashton Old Wharf. The many mills include Wellington Mills, Whitelands Twist Mill, Tameside Mills, Crescent Mills, Clarence Mill, Grosvenor Street Mills, etc. Several tramways are also shown. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25” OS Series: Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. The plans have been taken from the Ordnance Survey mapping & reprinted at about 15 inches to one mile (1:4, 340). On the reverse most maps have historical notes & many also include extracts from contemporary directories. Most maps cover about one mile (1.6kms) north/south, one & a half miles (2.4kms) across; adjoining sheets can be combined to provide wider coverage.FOR MORE INFORMATION & A COMPLETE LIST OF ALL AVAILABLE TITLES PLEASE CLICK ON THE SERIES LINK. ...

Stalybridge & Ashton in 1918 in a fascinating series of reproductions of old Ordnance Survey plans in the Alan Godfrey Editions, ideal for anyone interested in the history of their neighbourhood or family. Selected towns in Great Britain & Ireland are covered by maps showing the extent of urban development in the last decades of the 19th & early 20th century. In this title: two versions have been published for this area, with the 1892 version printed in colour. The maps cover the eastern part of Ashton & central Stalybridge. Smaller parts of Hurst UDC & Dukinfield are also included. Coverage stretches from St Michael's church in Ashton eastward to Holy Trinity church Stalybridge, & from Russell Street southward to Cross Leech Street. The whole area is today part of Tameside. Features include Ashton under Lyne Workhouse, infirmary, Albion Church, Hurst Brook, Botany, tram depot, Lees Square, Stamford Square, Stamford Park, Dukinfield Bridge, Dukinfield Lodge, Tame Valley, Highfield House, Stalybridge station, Swanwick Clough, Cocker Hill, Ridge Hill, Globe Iron Works. Several railways (including Stalybridge Junction Line) run through the map; also the Huddersfield Canal with Ashton Old Wharf. The many mills include Wellington Mills, Whitelands Twist Mill, Tameside Mills, Crescent Mills, Clarence Mill, Grosvenor Street Mills & many more. Several tramways are also shown. About the Alan Godfrey Editions of the 25 ...