Omss-Culture: Two New Books from Russian Life

New! From Russian Life Books

On Sale Now!

Marooned in Moscow

Soon after Marguerite Harrison’s gripping autobiography was published, the New York Times called it the most interesting and valuable book available on contemporary Russia. Yet, inexplicably, the work has been out of print for 80 years. Until now...

This new edition has been meticulously edited, glossed with hundreds of useful explanatory footnotes, supplemented with documents from KGB and U.S. intelligence archives, as well as photographs of many of the main actors and locales, and includes an introduction by the editor, William Benton Whisenhunt. The result is a veritable encyclopedia of life in Russia in the aftermath of the Bolshevik Revolution.

We did not publish the book below, but we found it so useful,

we have decided to offer it through our store...

"Michelle Berdy is to the Russian language what Julia Child was to French cooking: the same juicy, humorous approach, the same demystification of a daunting subject, the same message that 'if I can do this, so can you.'"

- Joanne Turnbull

A quirky, opinionated, sometimes hilarious yet always thoughtful and authoritative guide, Michele A. Berdy looks at Russia's changing culture, politics, and daily life through language and the art of translation. This book includes over 230 columns, revised and indexed, grouped thematically. The Russian Word's Worth is essential reading for students and teachers of Russian, translators, Russia-watchers, and anyone who wants to understand Russia today.

We need to make room for new books coming in this year, so we did some spring cleaning and assembled these special Russian Life Back Issue Grab Boxes. Each box has 25 random issues of Russian Life, dated from 1997-2009 (no duplicates within a box). And we are selling them for a rock bottom price.