Bøger om Russia: Northwestern District

'My God! A whole minute of bliss! Is that really so little for the whole of a man's life?'A poignant tale of love and loneliness from Russia's foremost writer.One of 46 new books in the bestselling Little Black Classics series, to celebrate the first ever Penguin Classic in 1946. Each book gives readers a taste of the Classics' huge range and diversity, with works from around the world and across the centuries - including fables, decadence, heartbreak, tall tales, satire, ghosts, battles and elephants.

The main objective of the book is a multi-aspect analysis of the functioning of the Kaliningrad Region in contemporary political reality, both in internal and international dimensions.The area constitutes a unique enclave in contemporary Europe, being the only part of Russia separated from the mother country, which determines the taking place therein in the dimension of relations: bilateral, multilateral (e.g. EU - Russia, NATO - Russia, Baltic Sea Region cooperation) as well as regional and local cooperation. The book is a result of many years' work of scientists from Poland, Russia and Sweden, who have been researching the functioning of the Kaliningrad Region in internal and external dimensions."It is a 'must to read' volume for all EU-Russia observers and experts." - Prof. Dr. Piotr Dutkiewicz, Director of the Center for Governance and Public Management, Carleton University, Ottawa, Canada"It is an invaluable guide to analysing and understanding contemporary Russia." - Prof. Dr. Jaroslav Dvorak, Head of the Department of Public Administration and Political Sciences, Klaipeda University, Klaipeda, Lithuania

Et tvillingepar prøver at finde hinanden under belejringen af Leningrad i 2. Verdenskrig, alt imens de hver især kommer til at spille afgørende roller for kampen mod den nazistiske invasion. Hele beretningen oplever læseren parallelt med den agent fra sikkerhedstjenesten, der til slut skal afgøre, om de to børn har gjort sig skyldige i højforræderi og står til dødsstraf. Af Davide Morosinotto, forfatteren til den lige så grandiose og sidevendende børne-/ungeroman Walker & Dawns Berømte Postordrekatalog.