russia (federation)

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.

Patty and David Monroe have flown to Moscow to repair a business deal which has gone bad $1 (Bwhen it suddenly turns nightmarish. Shooting David and kidnapping Patty, their Russian business partners drive her to a ramshackle dacha twenty miles east of Moscow. There, her captors $1 (Balong with brutal Islamic terrorists $1 (Bwill attempt to ransom her. Patty will face the most frightening ordeal imaginable. For the first time in history, FBI agents must work with Russian security forces. In an atmosphere of violent mistrust and political hatred, only their burning desire to rescue Patty Monroe will hold the operation together. Burned is inspired by the horrifying ordeal of Yvonne Bornstein. Kidnapped in Russia in the 1990s by Islamic terrorists, Yvonne and her husband were held for ransom. During her captivity she was tortured, starved, and abused. Her captors were affiliated with early al Qaeda partisans. While this book is fiction, Burned captures the spirit of Yvonne $1 (Bs resistance and ultimate triumph.

In 1917 Nicholas II, Tsar of Russia, was executed by revolutionaries. Now, in response to the collapse of the country's economy, the people have voted to instate a new Tsar, one who will be chosen from the descendents of Nicholas II. But a powerful group of Western businessmen want to make sure he is a candidate they can control, and hire African-American lawyer Miles Lord, with his knowledge of Russian language and history, to check the background of their chosen man. Miles is thrilled with his assignment ... until he becomes the target of an assassination attempt, and must run for his life, guided by a cryptic phrase penned by Rasputin, a bizarre prophecy that the Tsar will return to the throne and that Miles himself will see to it.