Reflections on the Russian Soul

by Dmitry Likhachov

His life, from 1906 to 1999, spanned all of Russian communism. This memoir goes all the way from his childhood to glasnost

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Reflections on the Russian Soul

by Dmitry Likhachov

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Patriot: A Memoir by Alexei Navalny, translated by Arch Tait with Stephen Dalziel

Speak, Memory by Vladimir Nabokov

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir by Safiya Sinclair

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Question 7 by Richard Flanagan

The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History by Manjula Martin

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Patriot: A Memoir
by Alexei Navalny, translated by Arch Tait with Stephen Dalziel

Speak, Memory
by Vladimir Nabokov

How to Say Babylon: A Memoir
by Safiya Sinclair

Liliana's Invincible Summer: A Sister's Search for Justice
by Cristina Rivera Garza

Question 7
by Richard Flanagan

The Last Fire Season: A Personal and Pyronatural History
by Manjula Martin