In the Dwellings of Silence
Author : Walker Kennedy
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 23,69 MB
Release : 1893
Category : American fiction
ISBN :
Author : Walker Kennedy
Publisher :
Page : 300 pages
File Size : 23,69 MB
Release : 1893
Category : American fiction
ISBN :
Author : Kate Furnivall
Publisher : Penguin
Page : 532 pages
File Size : 27,96 MB
Release : 2007-06-27
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 9780425215586
A sweeping novel set in war-torn 1928 China, with a star-crossed love story at its center. In a city full of thieves and Communists, danger and death, spirited young Lydia Ivanova has lived a hard life. Always looking over her shoulder, the sixteen-year-old must steal to feed herself and her mother, Valentina, who numbered among the Russian elite until Bolsheviks murdered most of them, including her husband. As exiles, Lydia and Valentina have learned to survive in a foreign land. Often, Lydia steals away to meet with the handsome young freedom fighter Chang An Lo. But they face danger: Chiang Kai Shek's troops are headed toward Junchow to kill Reds like Chang, who has in his possession the jewels of a tsarina, meant as a gift for the despot's wife. The young pair's all-consuming love can only bring shame and peril upon them, from both sides. Those in power will do anything to quell it. But Lydia and Chang are powerless to end it.
Author : Ericka Johnson
Publisher : Duke University Press
Page : 204 pages
File Size : 47,12 MB
Release : 2007-07-13
Category : Social Science
ISBN : 0822389754
In the American media, Russian mail-order brides are often portrayed either as docile victims or as gold diggers in search of money and green cards. Rarely are they allowed to speak for themselves. Until now. In Dreaming of a Mail-Order Husband, six Russian women who are in search of or have already found U.S. husbands via listings on the Internet tell their stories. Ericka Johnson, an American researcher of gender and technology, interviewed these women and others. The women, in their twenties and thirties, describe how they placed listings on the Internet and what they think about their contacts with Western men. They discuss their expectations about marriage in the United States and their reasons for wishing to emigrate. Their differing backgrounds, economic situations, and educational levels belie homogeneous characterizations of Russian mail-order brides. Each chapter presents one woman’s story and then links it to a discussion of gender roles, the mail-order bride industry, and the severe economic and social constraints of life in Russia. The transitional economy has often left people, after a month’s work, either unpaid or paid unexpectedly with a supply of sunflower oil or toilet paper. Women over twenty-three are considered virtually unmarriageable in Russian society. Russia has a large population of women who are single, divorced, or widowed, who would like to be married yet feel that they have no chance finding a Russian husband. Grim realities such as these motivate women to seek better lives abroad. For many of those seeking a mail-order husband, children or parents play significant roles in the search for better lives, and they play a role in Johnson’s account as well. In addition to her research in the former Soviet Union, Johnson conducted interviews in the United States, and she shares the insights—about dating, marriage, and cross-cultural communication—of a Russian-American married couple who met via the Internet.
Author : Magdeleine Marx
Publisher :
Page : 248 pages
File Size : 10,73 MB
Release : 1924
Category : Communism
ISBN :
Author : Eva Winners
Publisher :
Page : 330 pages
File Size : 37,51 MB
Release : 2021-03-16
Category :
ISBN :
Series BlurbWhen powers clash between the powerful, elite American families and billionaire mafia men. ✅ Mafia romance ✅ Hot Billionaires✅ Steamy sex✅ Violence Three orphans grew up on the streets of Moscow among Bratva. Their experiences made them brothers. Their strength made them leaders.Three best friends on unforgettable summer vacation find more than they bargained for. Women from privileged American families pulled into a world they knew nothing about.Will these women see past their men's violent beginnings and discover the honor within them? Book 1 Marked - Dimitry and AnastasiaBook 2 Scarred - Nikolai and OliviaBook 3 Disgraced - Sergei and ScarlettMarked BlurbHer father promised me life on the legal side if I saved his only daughter. I was her last hope.Something about this rich, spoiled princess captured me from the moment I laid my eyes on her. This green-eyed beauty made me want things I never had. She was untouchable. If I were decent, I'd keep my distance. But God knew I was the worst kind of sinner. She shouldn't have wanted my touch. Now she was mine. When a Russian rival mafia came for her seeking revenge and old, forgotten secrets are revealed, her life became marked. Would she stay in my world or go back to her carefree, privileged life?Marked, book 1 in the Russian Sinners series is a standalone read. No cliffhangers, no cheating, and lots of steamy scenes. PLEASE NOTE there is violence in the book and potential triggers."If I could give more than 5 ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️ I totally would." - Nicole Hale, GoodReads Reviewer, 5-Star Review"This is a must-read book." - Emma Joyner, GoodReads Reviewer, 5-Star Review ⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️
Author : Elizabeth Williams Champney
Publisher :
Page : 470 pages
File Size : 25,83 MB
Release : 1921
Category : Legends
ISBN :
Author : Douglas Smith
Publisher :
Page : 368 pages
File Size : 26,42 MB
Release : 2008
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN :
Set against the backdrop of imperial Russia, this tale of forbidden romance is the stuff of a great historical novel. It presents the account of the love between Count Nicholas Sheremetev, Russia's richest aristocrat, and Praskovia Kovalyova, his serf and the greatest opera diva of her time.
Author : Elizabeth McGuire
Publisher : Oxford University Press
Page : 481 pages
File Size : 47,71 MB
Release : 2018
Category : Biography & Autobiography
ISBN : 0190640553
From a debut author, an intimate, multigenerational narrative of the Russian and Chinese revolutions through the eyes of the Chinese youth who traveled to the Soviet Union and the fate of their blended offspring
Author : Valentina Iovovna Dmitrieva
Publisher :
Page : 266 pages
File Size : 23,31 MB
Release : 1921
Category :
ISBN :
Author : William Kingston
Publisher : Litres
Page : 671 pages
File Size : 31,75 MB
Release : 2022-05-15
Category : Fiction
ISBN : 5040496591