russia (federation)

Explores how the culture, people, government, and traditions of Russia have changed in the years since the fall of Communism.

Provides a report on Russia's progress in creating a market economy in the 1990s, evaluates the impact of the crash of August 1998, and discusses the prospects for an economic recovery in Russia in the twenty-first century.

Tina Traster's daughter, Julia, was adopted from Russia. As a new mother in her 40's, Tina wondered why Julia remained cold and emotionally detached, never looked her parents in the eye and did not cry when she got hurt. She blamed herself for faulty parenting skills until she found that Julia suffered from reactive attachment disorder, a serious condition associated with infants and young children who have been neglected, abused, or orphaned in infancy.

Arson investigator Jack Wade, a claims adjuster for California Fire and Life Mutual Insurance Company, is drawn deeper and deeper into an increasingly dangerous situation when he sets out to discover the truth about a fire that killed the young wife of real estate mogul Nicky Vale.

A little girl named Vasilisa keeps a doll in her pocket who performs faithfully the tasks she could never have done alone.

Aligned to literacy in science and technical subjects, this volume helps students understand the central ideas of Mendeleyev's periodic law. Mendeleyev's major breakthrough was his arranging of the elements in sequence by atomic weight but recognizing that there were gaps where no elements had yet been discovered.

Explores some of St. Petersburg's most important cultural sites. Known as a window on Europe by Peter the Great, the program focuses on the artists, craftsmen, philosophers and scientists who moved to the thriving metropolis. A cultural center emerged when many in the arts, sciences and literature brought to St. Petersburg new ideas combined with old eastern traditions.

Journal excerpts help chronicle the life and political career of Soviet leader Boris Yeltsin.

Story is drawn from the autobiography of the prima ballerina Anna Pavlova.