Alexei Tolstoy's writing is primarily focused on the personalities and destinies of his characters caught in the turmoil of various historical events. In particular, his trilogy The Ordeal traces the development of the Russian society during the crit...
This hilarious retelling of the classic Russian tale about a farmer whose turnip is impossible to pull from the ground uses simple vocabulary and is ideal for reading aloud. Its cumulative theme will soon have young readers gleefully joining in, and ...
Plot: The year 1925. The Russian engineer Pyotr Garin is sought because of his invention of the hyperboloid heat ray. A double of him is found murdered in the dacha he was using as a laboratory and others seek to either kill or buy his idea as he fle...
Aleksei Nikolaevich Tolstoi (1883-1945) was a russian novelist, playwright, historian, and short story writer, a former nobleman who immigrated to western Europe after the Bolshevik Revolution. Tolstoi returned to Russia in 1923, where he became a su...
They pull and pull again, but will theyeverpull that turnip up? Scott Goto breathes new life into this classic Russian folktale with bright colors and bold illustrations, making it accessible for even the earliest reader.
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Here, for the first time, in its final form and in a new translation, is the epic Russian novel which has sold in its native country over two million copies. Alexey Tolstoy (who was not related to the author of War and Peace) began to study the chara...
When a young man goes from the demands and rigors of the army to a luxurious and serene country living, his mind is bound to wander where it should not. Such is the fate of Alexei Alexeyevich Fedyashev, who becomes so absorbed in his newfound idlenes...
Alexei Tolstoy's writing is primarily focused on the personalities and destinies of his characters caught in the turmoil of historical events. In particular, his trilogy The Ordeal traces the development of the Russian society during the critical yea...