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Meer dan twintig jaar geleden viel de Sovjet-Unie uit elkaar, ontdekten de Russen de wereld, en ontdekte de wereld de Russen. Even leek een romance in

Niets is waanzinniger dan de werkelijkheid. Van 1979 tot 1989 was een miljoen Sovjetmilitairen verwikkeld in een zinloze en onrechtmatige oorlog in Af

Second-hand Time is the latest work from Svetlana Alexievich, winner of the 2015 Nobel Prize in Literature. In this book she creates a singular, polyp

'Absolutely essential and heartbreaking reading. There's a reason Ms. Alexievich won a Nobel Prize' - Craig Mazin, creator of the HBO / Sky TV series

"Why, having stood up for and held their own place in a once absolutely male world, have women not stood up for their history? A whole world is hidden

Fyodor Dostoevsky's novel The Gambler is one of the most profound literary works to treat the phenomenon of gambling with a remarkable depth of psycho

One morning Boris wakes up to discover that his dream has come true—his teeth are gone. He soon finds, however, that life without teeth isn't fun in t

This book provides a linguistic snapshot of a small urban place, the town of Veliko Turnovo in Bulgaria. It investigates public signs and the inscript