Download or read book From Odessa with Love written by Vladislav Davidzon and published by . This book was released on 2021-09 with total page 260 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Born in Tashkent, raised in Moscow and New York City, an editor in Odessa, a correspondent in Paris, there seems nowhere Davidzon hasn't been, no one he hasn't met. The result is a distinctive voice and eye, an eclectic mix of the cultural critic, the political analyst and the liberal cosmopolitan, evident from the first page of this delightful book" - Mark Galeotti, University College London and Royal University Services Institute The Tashkent-born Russian-American literary critic, editor, essayist, and journalist Vladislav Davidzon has been covering post-Soviet Ukraine for the past ten years, a tumultuous time for that country and the surrounding world. The 2014 "Revolution of Dignity" heralded a tremendous transformation of Ukrainian politics and society that has continued to ripple and reverberate throughout the world. These unprecedented events also wrought a remarkable cultural revolution in Ukraine itself. In late 2015, a year and a half after the 2014 Revolution swept away the presidency of the Moscow-leaning kleptocratic President Viktor Yanukovich, Davidzon and his wife founded a literary journal, The Odessa Review, focusing on newly emergent trends in film, literature, painting, design, and fashion. The journal became an East European cultural institution, publishing outstanding writers in the region and beyond. From his vantage point as a journalist and editor, Davidzon came to observe events and know many of the leading figures in Ukrainian politics and culture, and to write about them for a Western audience. Davidzon later found himself in the center of world events as he became a United States government witness in the Ukraine scandal that shook the presidency of Donald Trump. This eagerly anticipated debut tells the real story of what happened in Ukraine from the keen and resilient perspective of an observer at its center.
Download or read book Moonlight in Odessa written by Janet Skeslien Charles and published by Bloomsbury Publishing USA. This book was released on 2010-08-31 with total page 350 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A tale inspired by the Russian mail-order bride industry finds young engineer Daria landing a secretary job at a foreign firm and redirecting her licentious boss toward a more willing mistress before taking work with a matchmaking agency, through which she meets an American teacher who fails to attract her as strongly as an irresponsible mobster. Includes reading-group guide. Reprint.
Download or read book Odessa Memories written by Nicolas V. Iljine and published by University of Washington Press. This book was released on 2003 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: "Both a visual treat and a serious exploration of Odessa's rich history, culture, and social fabric, this book stands alone as a sumptuous homage to a storied city that has inspired affinity and curiosity all over the world."--BOOK JACKET.
Download or read book Odessa Again written by Dana Reinhardt and published by . This book was released on 2013 with total page 210 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: When nine-year-old Odessa Green-Light stomps out her frustration at being sent to her room after shoving her annoying little brother, one particularly big stomp sends Odessa flying through the floorboards and mysteriously she lands 24 hours back in time.
Download or read book The Ever Cruel Kingdom written by Rin Chupeco and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-11-10 with total page 417 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: In this thrilling fantasy epic sequel to The Never Tilting World, twin sisters unite to break a destructive cycle and heal their world. After a treacherous journey and a life-shattering introduction to a twin neither knew she had, sisters Haidee and Odessa expected to emerge from the Great Abyss to a world set right. But though the planet is turning once again, the creatures of the abyss refuse to rest without another goddess’s sacrifice. To break the cycle, Haidee and Odessa need answers that lie beyond the seven gates of the underworld, within the Cruel Kingdom itself. The shadows of the underworld may hunger to tear them apart, but these two sisters are determined to heal their world—together. Featuring elemental magic, fierce sisterhood, and vast, incredible landscapes, this work is perfect for fans of Leigh Bardugo and Sabaa Tahir. Praise for The Ever Cruel Kingdom “Chupeco has built a magical world with strong characters, who have a range of skin tones, and good LGBTQIA+ representation. The plot is action-packed from the beginning to the end.” —School Library Journal
Download or read book The Bride from Odessa written by Edgardo Cozarinsky and published by Harvill Press. This book was released on 2004 with total page 164 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From the Publisher: Set in Buenos Aires and Paris from the 1920s to the present day, Cozarinsky's short novel about Jewish immigrants, and the related stories he has collected and retold in a fictional light, may be among the few records we have of an extraordinary and little-known twilight society.
Download or read book Odessa Odessa written by Barbara Artson and published by She Writes Press. This book was released on 2018-09-11 with total page 283 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Odessa, Odessa follows the families of two sons from a proud lineage of rabbis and cantors in a shtetl near Odessa in western Russia. It begins as Henya, wife of Rabbi Mendel Kolopsky, considers an unexpected pregnancy and the hardships ahead for the children she already has. Soon after the child is born, Cossacks ransack the Kolopskys’ home, severely beating Mendel. In the aftermath, he tells Henya that, contrary to his brother Shimshon’s belief that socialism is their ticket to escaping the region’s brutal anti-Semitic pogroms, he still believes America holds the answer. Henya, meanwhile, understands that any future will be perilous: she now knows their baby daughter, who has slept through this night of melee, is surely deaf. So begins a beautifully told story that unfolds over decades of the 20th century—a story in which two families, joined in tradition and parted during persecution, will remain bound by their fateful decision to leave Odessa.
Download or read book Odessa written by Jonathan Hill and published by Oni Press. This book was released on 2020-11-03 with total page 328 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Three siblings search for their missing mother across a ruined America in this original graphic novel perfect for fans of Scott Westerfeld and Neal Shusterman. Eight years ago an earthquake—the Big One—hit along the Cascadia fault line, toppling cities and changing landscapes all up and down the west coast of the United States. Life as we know it changed forever. But for Vietnamese-American Virginia Crane, life changed shortly after the earthquake, when her mother left and never came back. Ginny has gotten used to a life without her mother, helping her father take care of her two younger brothers, Wes and Harry. But when a mysterious package arrives for her eighteenth birthday, her life is shaken up yet again. For the first time, Ginny wants something more than to survive. And it might be a selfish desire, but she's determined to find out what happened to her mother—even if it means leaving her family behind.
Download or read book Of Monsters and Love written by Odessa Lynne and published by . This book was released on 2016 with total page pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Rafe doesn't have much respect for magic, not when the only people who seem to have enough of it to matter are either out to get him or want to use him and his hard-learned skills for their own profit.But Rafe has a problem: he's made a friend he can't get rid of--a massive oceandog with wicked sharp teeth and a jealous streak--and the tiny bit of pheromonal magic Rafe's never had to learn to control is starting to get the best of him.Something's wrong, and he doesn't know what it is--and he sure doesn't know how to fix it.But his new friend knows... and that's all it's going to take to change Rafe's life forever. Because monsters don't always hide under the bed. Sometimes they're a man's best friend...Of Monsters and Love is a new story set in the New Canton Republic, where magic is determined to put an end to the ages old conflict between humans and the aliens who share their world...This story contains explicit male/male sex, graphic language, and sexual situations that some people might find offensive. Romance for anyone who likes hot alien shapeshifters, fated mates, and a futuristic world where magic is often more trouble than it's worth!
Download or read book The Perfect Waters written by Leesha McCoy and published by . This book was released on 2020-01-23 with total page 198 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Prince, a thousand-year-old Blue Whale, and the race against time to find the single most important thing to the waters' survival. For the waters to be perfect, an Odessa must connect to all life within them, and if the reigning Odessa loses her life, her sorcery is always passed to her first-born daughter. Only, the daughter the waters know of, is not the first. Asia's mother went missing eighteen years ago and since then, Asia has feared the one thing she always dreamt of working with.The ocean. So instead, she's been living life as a lab tech. She doesn't exactly love her job, but it pays the bills and she has money to spend on nights out with her girls. However, her most recent night out ends up with her gaining markings on her skin and losing body parts... Prince Zale is son to Emperor Ecthelion and Empress Océane. They rule Ocêllus, also known as the Royal Waters. News quickly arrives of O'Marilla's murder and the waters become a state of panic. Darya, the daughter of O'Marilla, arrives in Ocêllus to take her position as Odessa but unawares to anyone, she is not the first-born daughter. A single member of royalty and Priestess Noelani are always pulled to the next Odessa, but so are the murky sea witches who use hounds to do their dirty work. So, with a woman up on land unawares to how important she is, the hunt for her begins before she gets into the wrong hands. Who will find her first? And will Asia be able to find the one thing she needs in order to claim her sorcery so she can make the waters perfect again?
Download or read book Gay for Alex written by Odessa Lynne and published by Odelyn Publishing. This book was released on 2016-10-28 with total page 150 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: He’s marrying his best friend for money and revenge… Dayton Royce’s grandfather seems determined to rule Dayton’s life even from the grave. The only way Dayton can get his hands on the inheritance that rightfully belongs to him is to marry before his twenty-fifth birthday. If he doesn’t, he’ll lose it all. But Dayton’s never been good at following orders, and he has no intention of bowing to his grandfather’s dictates. Dayton’s found a way to get what’s his and give his grandfather the middle finger one last time: he’s going to marry his best friend, Alex, instead of one of the girls his grandfather wanted him to marry. It should be the perfect revenge. What it turns out to be is complicated, because Dayton never has known how to quit while he’s ahead…
Download or read book Of Love and Zembores written by Odessa Lynne and published by Independently Published. This book was released on 2018-12-05 with total page 324 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Edgar Allan Poe written by Odessa Begay and published by Union Square & Company. This book was released on 2016-09-06 with total page 0 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Dive into the macabre, mysterious world of Edgar Allan Poe's chilling tales with popular coloring book artist Odessa Begay (Little Birds). Inspired by Poe's beloved stories, Begay has created images that reference settings, motifs, and details that fans will recognize.
Download or read book My Love Affair with Odessa written by Tino Neacsu and published by Createspace Independent Publishing Platform. This book was released on 2018-02-06 with total page 224 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Have you ever been in love with a place? There are surely many other places, more beautiful, more famous or more attractive, but you always come back to this one place that you love for no apparent reasons. Why? Maybe because it's about fascination and love, and, as far as I am concerned, love has no need for any kind of reasons...
Download or read book The Love Letters 1833 1842 written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book The Love Letters of Honor de Balzac 1833 1842 written by Honoré de Balzac and published by . This book was released on 1901 with total page 356 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Pu kin Today written by David M. Bethea and published by Indiana University Press. This book was released on 1993 with total page 284 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since the nineteenth century, the great Russian writer Alexander Pushkin has been a cultural myth, a figure absolutely central to Russian culture, even to "Russianness" itself. In this volume distinguished American Slavists address Pushkin's writings from a multiplicity of contemporary literary perspectives and investigate some of the most puzzling issues in the poet's life and work.
