The State and Revolution (Lenin Vladimir Ilyich)(Paperback)

The State and Revolution (Lenin Vladimir Ilyich)(Paperback)

In July 1917, when the Provisional Government issued a warrant for his arrest, Lenin fled from Petrograd; later that year, the October Revolution swept him to supreme power. In the short intervening period he spent in Finland, he wrote his impassioned, never-completed masterwork The State and

The State and Revolution: Russian-English Edition (Lenin Vladimir)(Paperback)

The State and Revolution (1917), by Vladimir Lenin, describes the role of the State in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving revolution to establish the dictatorship of the proletariat. It is considered to be Lenin's most

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin (Mayakovsky Vladimir)(Paperback / softback)

Reconstructing Lenin: An Intellectual Biography (Krausz Tams)(Paperback)

Vladimir Ilyich Lenin is among the most enigmatic and influential figures of the twentieth century. While his life and work are crucial to any understanding of modern history and the socialist movement, generations of writers on the left and the right have seen fit to embalm him endlessly with

State and Revolution (Lenin Vladimir Ilich)(Pevná vazba)

Lenin's original work on class-based revolution. In 1917, in the midst of two revolutions, Vladimir Ilich Lenin fled Russia for fear of persecution by the government. While in exile, he began work on one of his most important works, State and Revolution, an attempt to resurrect the purity of

State and Revolution (Lenin Vladimir Ilich)(Paperback)

2011 Reprint of 1932 Edition. Full facsimile of the original edition, not reproduced with Optical Recognition Software. 'State and Revolution' (1917) describes the role of the State in society, the necessity of proletarian revolution, and the theoretic inadequacies of social democracy in achieving

Imperialism, The Highest Stage of Capitalism - A Popular Outline: Unabridged with original tables and footnotes (Aziloth Books) (Lenin Vladimir Ilyich)(Paperback)

State and Revolution (Lenin V. I.)(Paperback)

Essential reading for generations of revolutionaries, State & Revolution is made newly accessible in this fully annotated

Heinemann Advanced History: Lenin and the Russian Revolution (Phillips Steve)(Paperback / softback)

A study of Lenin and the Russian Revolution. It is designed to fulfil the AS and A Level specifications in place from September 2000. The AS section deals with narrative and explanation of the topic. The A2 section reflects the different demands of the higher level

Lenin (Lih Lars T.)(Paperback)

After Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin (1870-1924) is the man most associated with communism and its influence and reach around the world. Lenin was the leader of the communist Bolshevik party during the October 1917 revolution in Russia, and he subsequently headed the Soviet state until 1924, bringing

The Death of Ivan Ilyich (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback)

The judge Ivan Ilyich Golovin has spent his life in the pursuit of wealth and status, devoting himself obsessively to work and often neglecting his family in the process. When, after a small accident, he fails to make the expected recovery, it gradually becomes clear that he is soon to die. Ivan

Imperialism: The Highest Stage of Capitalism (Lenin Vladimir)(Paperback / softback)

Explains the inevitable flaws and destructive power of Capitalism: that it would lead unavoidably to imperialism, monopolies and

Lenin 2017: Remembering, Repeating, and Working Through (Lenin V. I.)(Pevná vazba)

One hundred years after the Russian Revolution, Žižek shows why Lenin's thought is still important todayV. I. Lenin's originality and importance as a revolutionary leader is most often associated with the seizure of power in 1917. But, in this new study and collection of Lenin's original

Momentary: The Art of Ilya Kuvshinov (Kuvshinov Ilya)(Paperback)

Ilya Kuvshinov is a Russian illustrator and comic artist based in Japan. In this first book collection of his work, readers can see a fascinating combination of adorable girls with large, manga-influenced eyes, and soulful Japanese landscape illustrations. Momentary features never-before-published

Ilya Repin and the World of Russian Art (Valkenier Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Reflections on the Revolution in France (Burke Edmund)(Paperback)

'To make a revolution is to subvert the ancient state of our country; and no common reasons are called for to justify so violent a proceeding' Burke's seminal work was written during the early months of the French Revolution, and it predicted with uncanny accuracy many of its worst excesses,

Bend Sinister (Nabokov Vladimir)(Paperback / softback)

The state has been recently taken over and is being run by the tyrannical and philistine 'Average Man' party. Under the slogans of equality and happiness for all, it has done away with individualism and freedom of thought. Only John Krug, a brilliant philosopher, stands up to the

The Industrial Revolution: The State, Knowledge and Global Trade (Ashworth William J.)(Paperback)

The British Industrial Revolution has long been seen as the spark for modern, global industrialization and sustained economic growth. Indeed the origins of economic history, as a discipline, lie in 19th-century European and North American attempts to understand the foundation of this process. In

Lenin - A Biography (Service Robert)(Paperback / softback)

Lenin is a colossal figure whose influence on twentieth-century history cannot be underestimated. Robert Service has written a calmly authoritative biography on this seemingly unknowable figure. Making use of recently opened archives, he has been able to piece together the private as well as the

Vladimir Iljič Lenin v obrazech - Jiří Padevět

Co všechno bychom mohli vědět o Leninovi, ale interpretace dějinných okamžiků, jejichž kontury jsou pevné a neměnné, nám to nedovolí. Kniha oceňovaného autora a svérázného interpreta mnoha zajímavých historických publikací vybízí čtenáře k zamyšlení nad rozmanitou

Lenin on the Train (Merridale Catherine)(Paperback / softback)

'The superb, funny, fascinating story of Lenin's trans-European rail journey and how it shook the world' Simon Sebag Montefiore, Evening Standard, Books of the Year'Splendid ... a jewel among histories, taking a single episode from the penultimate year of the Great War, illuminating a continent,

Chronicles of the First and Second Chechen Wars (Milyukov Ilya)(Pevná vazba)

Presented by Russian author and attorney Ilya Milyukov, Chronicles of the First and Second Chechen War presents the main events of the First (1994-1996) and Second (1999-2009) Wars in Chechnya, Russia's deadliest conflicts since World War II. The First War began in December 1994 and lasted for one

Death of Ivan Ilyich and Other Stories (Tolstoy Leo)(Paperback / softback)

Here are some of Tolstoy's extraordinary short stories, from 'The Death of Ivan Ilyich.' in a masterly new translation, to 'The Raid,' 'The Wood-felling,' 'Three Deaths,' 'Polikushka,' 'After the Ball,' and 'The Forged Coupon,' all gripping and eloquent lessons on two of Tolstoy's most persistent

Russian Roulette - How British Spies Defeated Lenin (Milton Giles)(Paperback / softback)

1917, post-Russian Revolution, an unlikely and eccentric band of British spies are smuggled into newly Soviet Russia to thwart Lenin's plan to destroy British rule in India, as a precursor to toppling the democracies of the West. The spies, under Mansfield Cumming, were the unsung founders of the