An introduction to one of the most famous ballerinas in history describes how she was inspired to pursue dancing after going to the ballet as a child and how her achievements have inspired subsequent generations of dancers.
a true story of high finance, murder, and one man's fight for justice
Browder, Bill
Chronicles the murder of Sergei Magnitsky, a young tax attorney in Russia in the early 2000s, and the efforts of the American financier whom he worked for to bring Magnitsky's murderers to justice by exposing corruption in the Kremlin.
Using rare Russian archives, the author examines the War of 1812 when Napoleon and his troops invaded Russia and the wars following as Russian armies entered France and brought peace to Europe.
Leo Demidov, an officer of the MGB, the State Security Force in Stalin's Soviet Union, finds himself demoted and on the run for suggesting the presence of a murderer in the insisted idealistic Moscow.
