2018, ISBN: 9780385479547

Chicago, IL: Life, Inc. 540 N. Michigan Ave, 1954. 26.8 x 35.2 cm. Two lead stories in this issue are the Great Barrier Reef of Australia and report of Emmet Hughes on visit to Moscow, U… Altro …

Chicago, IL: Life, Inc. 540 N. Michigan Ave, 1954. 26.8 x 35.2 cm. Two lead stories in this issue are the Great Barrier Reef of Australia and report of Emmet Hughes on visit to Moscow, USSR, less than a year after death of Josef Stalin, while country is led by Georgi Malenkov. Russia is changing, he reports. Moscow is freer and gayer for a few, but bleaker for the many. Hughes describes thousands standing in cold to shuffle through Lenin-Stalin Mausoleum in Red Square. Stalin's face: ""deeply pock-marked cheeks, heavy nose, hard, tight swell of flesh below the lips combining to make a face of singular vulgarity and cruelty."" Also inauguration of new French President Renoty. ""'Papa' Hemingway Pops Up Again""--latest death-defying adventures of Ernest Hemingway. Magazine, minor wear, very good. . Catalogs: History/USSR/Advertising., Life, Inc. 540 N. Michigan Ave, 1954, 0, Doppelhouse Press, 2018. New. Heda Margolius Kovály (1919-2010) was a renowned Czech writer and translator born to Jewish parents Her bestselling memoir, Under a Cruel Star: A Life in Prague, 1941-1968 has been translated into more than a dozen languages Her crime novel Innocence; or, Murder on Steep Streetbased on her own experiences living under Stalinist oppressionwas named an NPR Best Book in 2015In the tradition of Studs Terkel, Hitler, Stalin and I is based on interviews between Kovály and award-winning filmmaker Helena Tre¨tíková In it, Kovály recounts her family history in Czechoslovakia, starving in the deprivations of Lodz Ghetto, how she miraculously left Auschwitz, fled from a death march, failed to find sanctuary amongst former friends in Prague as a concentration camp escapee, and participated in the liberation of Prague Later under Communist rule, she suffered extreme social isolation as a pariah after her first husband Rudolf Margolius was unjustly accused in the infamous Slánský Trial and executed for treason Remarkably, Kovály, exiled in the United States after the Warsaw Pact invasion in 1968, only had love for her country and continued to believe in its people She returned to Prague in 1996Heda had an enormous talent for expressing herself She spoke with precision and was descriptive and witty in places I admired her attitude and composure, even after she had such extremely difficult experiences Nazism and Communism afflicted Heda's life directly with maximum intensity Nevertheless, she remained an optimistHelena Tre¨tíková has made over fifty documentary films Hitler, Stalin and I has garnered several awards in the Czech Republic and JapanPRAISE FOR KOVALY'S INNOCENCEA luminous testament from a dark time, Innocence is at once a clever homage to Raymond Chandler, and a portrait of a city Prague caught and held fast in a state of Kafkaesque paranoia Only a great survivor could have written such a book John BanvilleInnocence is an extraordinary novel in 1985, Kovály produced a remarkable work of art with the intrigue of a spy puzzle, the irony of a political fable, the shrewdness of a novel of manners, and the toughness of a hard-boiled murder mystery Just as few will anticipate the many surprises and artful turns of Innocence, a book sure to dazzle and please a great many readers Tom Nolan, The Best New Mysteries, The Wall Street JournalKovály's skills as a mystery writer shines, as she uses suspense, hints, and suggestions to literally play with the reader's mind Innocence is an excellent novel for readers who are up for a challenging, intelligent, and complex story one that paints a masterful picture of a bleak, Kafkaesque, and highly intriguing time, place, and cast of characters The New York Journal of BooksAlthough not out of love for Hegel, Heda Margolius Kovály makes a very Hegelian point: actions, as Hegel tells us in the section on Antigone in Phenomenology of Spirit even seemingly small, meaningless actions always reach beyond their intent; and the impossibility of foreseeing how the consequences will ripple outwards does not absolve us of guilt As for innocence, the woman who went to hell twice wants her readers to know that there is no such thing The Times Literary Supplement 160 pp, Doppelhouse Press, 2018, 6, Anchor, 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. From The Author Of The Last Tsar, The First Full-Scale Life Of Stalin To Have What No Previous Biography Has Fully Obtained: The Facts. Granted Privileged Access To Russia's Secret Archives, Edvard Radzinsky Paints A Picture Of The Soviet Strongman As More Calculating, Ruthless, And Blood-Crazed Than Has Ever Been Described Or Imagined. Stalin Was A Man For Whom Power Was All, Terror A Useful Weapon, And Deceit A Constant Companion. As Radzinsky Narrates The High Drama Of Stalin's Epic Quest For Domination-First Within The Communist Party, Then Over The Soviet Union And The World-He Uncovers The Startling Truth About This Most Enigmatic Of Historical Figures. Only Now, In The Post-Soviet Era, Can What Was Suppressed Be Told: Stalin's Long-Denied Involvement With Terrorism As A Young Revolutionary; The Crucial Importance Of His Misunderstood, Behind-The-Scenes Role During The October Revolution; His Often Hostile Relationship With Lenin; The Details Of His Organization Of Terror, Culminating In The Infamous Show Trials Of The 1930S; His Secret Dealings With Hitler, And How They Backfired; And The Horrifying Plans He Was Making Before His Death To Send The Soviet Union's Jews To Concentration Camps-Tantamount To A Potential Second Holocaust. Radzinsky Also Takes An Intimate Look At Stalin's Private Life, Marked By His Turbulent Relationship With His Wife Nadezhda, And Recreates The Circumstances That Led To Her Suicide. As He Did In The Last Tsar, Radzinsky Thrillingly Brings The Past To Life. The Kremlin Intrigues, The Ceaseless Round Of Double-Dealing And Back-Stabbing, The Private Worlds Of The Soviet Empire's Ruling Class-All Become, In Radzinsky's Hands, As Gripping And Powerful As The Great Russian Sagas. And The Riddle Of That Most Cold-Blooded Of Leaders, A Man For Whom Nothing Was Sacred In His Pursuit Of Absolute Might--And Perhaps The Greatest Mass Murderer In Western History--Is Solved., Anchor, 1997, 3<

1997, ISBN: 9780385479547

New York, N.Y.: Doubleday (An Anchor Book), 1997. First Anchor Books Edition [stated]. Second Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Good. xii, 607, [5] pages. Translated by H.T. Willetts… Altro …

New York, N.Y.: Doubleday (An Anchor Book), 1997. First Anchor Books Edition [stated]. Second Printing [stated]. Trade paperback. Good. xii, 607, [5] pages. Translated by H.T. Willetts. Illustrations. Includes Preface, Prologue: The Name; and Introduction: An Enigmatic Story. Includes chapters on Soso: His Life and Death; Koba: Enigmatic Koba, The New Koba; Stalin: His Life, His Death; Interlude: A Family in Wartime. Also includes Afterword, Selected Bibliography, and Index. Edvard Stanislavovich Radzinsky (born September 23, 1936) is a Russian playwright, television personality, screenwriter, and the author of more than forty history books. Radzinsky has specialized in books about figures and times of Russian history. Books translated into English include his biographies of Tsars Nicholas II and Alexander II, Rasputin, and Joseph Stalin. His book Stalin: The First In-depth Biography Based on Explosive New Documents from Russia's Secret Archives (1997) was based on research in Russian and Soviet archives made newly available after 1991. He explored numerous controversies about Joseph Stalin, including the existence of a fuller text of Lenin's Testament, the alleged involvement of Stalin as an agent of the Tsarist secret police, and the role of Stalin in the death of his wife and the murder of Sergey Kirov. According to Radzinsky, Stalin was poisoned by order of Lavrentiy Beria. His book includes an interview with a former bodyguard of Stalin, who stated that on the night of Stalin's death, the bodyguards were relieved of duty by an NKVD officer named Khrustalev. This same officer was briefly mentioned in Memories, the memoir of Stalin's daughter Svetlana Alliluyeva. This book has what no previous biography has entirely gotten hold of: the facts. Granted privileged access to Russia's secret archives, Edvard Rarzinsky paints a picture of the Soviet strongman as more calculating, ruthless, and blood-crazed than has ever been described or imagined. Stalin deliberately shrouded the details of his life in tremendous secrecy, eliminating old colleagues-in-arms, personally directing purges of archivers, and creating a mythology that has gone almost entirely unchallenged--until now. Edvard Radzinsky thrillingly brings the past to life, uncovering the startling truth about Stalin's epic quest for domination. The Kremlin intrigues, the ceaseless rounds of double-dealing and back-stabbing, the private worlds of the Soviet empire's ruling class--all become, in Radzinsky's hands, as gripping and powerful as the great Russian sagas. And the riddle of that most cold-blooded of leaders, a man for whom nothing was sacred in his pursuit of absolute might--and perhaps the greatest mass murderer in Western history--is solved. Derived from a Kirkus review: A remarkable and gripping biography that may change the way we view Stalin and will certainly change many of the interpretations of his life. Based on unprecedented access to a range of archives, including the President's Archive, the Central Party Archive, and some KGB files, as well as interviews with survivors, Radzinsky has created a stunning portrait of a man who falls outside most of the normal human categories. Radzinsky's most significant contribution is to suggest that Stalin, in shedding the lives of untold millions, was following the prescripts of his ``teachers'': of revolutionary writers like Peter Tkachev and Bakunin, who believed that to create a new society ``the majority of the population must be exterminated''; of Trotsky, whose books advocating terror and revolutionary violence, found in the Party Archive, bear enthusiastic annotations in Stalin's hand; and of Lenin, who held the view that ``at some critical stage every generation of revolutionaries becomes a hindrance to the further development of the idea which they have carried forward,'' a view that may have served to justify the destruction of hundreds of thousands of party members in the 1930s. Radzinsky also clarifies much that has been uncertain. He penetrates Stalin's efforts to obscure his origins, and he suggests that, prior to the Civil War, Stalin, acting on Lenin's instructions, was probably a tsarist double agent; he adduces evidence that Stalin did not poison Lenin, who died of atherosclerosis; he reveals conclusively that Stalin ``personally staged the [show] trials'' of the 1930s; and indicates that he himself was probably poisoned by his police chief, Beria. Radzinsky's book is, in the fullest sense of the word, a tour de force., Doubleday (An Anchor Book), 1997, 2.5<

1997, ISBN: 0385479549

[EAN: 9780385479547], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Anchor], HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, NONFICTION, RUSSIA, POLITICS, WAR,, History|Europe|Russia & the Former Soviet Union, History|Militar… Altro …

[EAN: 9780385479547], Gebraucht, sehr guter Zustand, [PU: Anchor], HISTORY, BIOGRAPHY, NONFICTION, RUSSIA, POLITICS, WAR,, History|Europe|Russia & the Former Soviet Union, History|Military|General, In Very Good Used Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. From The Author Of The Last Tsar, The First Full-Scale Life Of Stalin To Have What No Previous Biography Has Fully Obtained: The Facts. Granted Privileged Access To Russia's Secret Archives, Edvard Radzinsky Paints A Picture Of The Soviet Strongman As More Calculating, Ruthless, And Blood-Crazed Than Has Ever Been Described Or Imagined. Stalin Was A Man For Whom Power Was All, Terror A Useful Weapon, And Deceit A Constant Companion. As Radzinsky Narrates The High Drama Of Stalin's Epic Quest For Domination-First Within The Communist Party, Then Over The Soviet Union And The World-He Uncovers The Startling Truth About This Most Enigmatic Of Historical Figures. Only Now, In The Post-Soviet Era, Can What Was Suppressed Be Told: Stalin's Long-Denied Involvement With Terrorism As A Young Revolutionary; The Crucial Importance Of His Misunderstood, Behind-The-Scenes Role During The October Revolution; His Often Hostile Relationship With Lenin; The Details Of His Organization Of Terror, Culminating In The Infamous Show Trials Of The 1930S; His Secret Dealings With Hitler, And How They Backfired; And The Horrifying Plans He Was Making Before His Death To Send The Soviet Union's Jews To Concentration Camps-Tantamount To A Potential Second Holocaust. Radzinsky Also Takes An Intimate Look At Stalin's Private Life, Marked By His Turbulent Relationship With His Wife Nadezhda, And Recreates The Circumstances That Led To Her Suicide. As He Did In The Last Tsar, Radzinsky Thrillingly Brings The Past To Life. The Kremlin Intrigues, The Ceaseless Round Of Double-Dealing And Back-Stabbing, The Private Worlds Of The Soviet Empire's Ruling Class-All Become, In Radzinsky's Hands, As Gripping And Powerful As The Great Russian Sagas. And The Riddle Of That Most Cold-Blooded Of Leaders, A Man For Whom Nothing Was Sacred In His Pursuit Of Absolute Might--And Perhaps The Greatest Mass Murderer In Western History--Is Solved., Books<

1997, ISBN: 9780385479547

Anchor, 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Phot… Altro …

Anchor, 1997. Trade Paperback. Very Good. In Very Good Used Condition. May Have Minor Shelf Wear To Edges And/Or Turned Corners. - For More Information On Condition. Please See All Photos. From The Author Of The Last Tsar, The First Full-Scale Life Of Stalin To Have What No Previous Biography Has Fully Obtained: The Facts. Granted Privileged Access To Russia's Secret Archives, Edvard Radzinsky Paints A Picture Of The Soviet Strongman As More Calculating, Ruthless, And Blood-Crazed Than Has Ever Been Described Or Imagined. Stalin Was A Man For Whom Power Was All, Terror A Useful Weapon, And Deceit A Constant Companion. As Radzinsky Narrates The High Drama Of Stalin's Epic Quest For Domination-First Within The Communist Party, Then Over The Soviet Union And The World-He Uncovers The Startling Truth About This Most Enigmatic Of Historical Figures. Only Now, In The Post-Soviet Era, Can What Was Suppressed Be Told: Stalin's Long-Denied Involvement With Terrorism As A Young Revolutionary; The Crucial Importance Of His Misunderstood, Behind-The-Scenes Role During The October Revolution; His Often Hostile Relationship With Lenin; The Details Of His Organization Of Terror, Culminating In The Infamous Show Trials Of The 1930S; His Secret Dealings With Hitler, And How They Backfired; And The Horrifying Plans He Was Making Before His Death To Send The Soviet Union's Jews To Concentration Camps-Tantamount To A Potential Second Holocaust. Radzinsky Also Takes An Intimate Look At Stalin's Private Life, Marked By His Turbulent Relationship With His Wife Nadezhda, And Recreates The Circumstances That Led To Her Suicide. As He Did In The Last Tsar, Radzinsky Thrillingly Brings The Past To Life. The Kremlin Intrigues, The Ceaseless Round Of Double-Dealing And Back-Stabbing, The Private Worlds Of The Soviet Empire's Ruling Class-All Become, In Radzinsky's Hands, As Gripping And Powerful As The Great Russian Sagas. And The Riddle Of That Most Cold-Blooded Of Leaders, A Man For Whom Nothing Was Sacred In His Pursuit Of Absolute Might--And Perhaps The Greatest Mass Murderer In Western History--Is Solved., Anchor, 1997, 3<

1997, ISBN: 9780385479547

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