Recreation

Code: 028487
Dzhadson, Oliviia (Olivia Judson)
Kazhdoi Tvari—po Pare
Seks Radi Vyzhivaniia
[ Kazhdoi Tvari—po Pare : Seks Radi Vyzhivaniia ]
Moscow: Al`pina non-fikshn, 2012
Language: Russian

Price: ~~$ 28.00~~
Special price: $ 25.00

At once entertaining and wise, Dr. Tatiana (a.k.a. Olivia Judson) fuses natural history with advice to the lovelorn, blends wit and rigor, and reassures her anxious correspondents that although the acts they describe might sound appalling and unnatural, they are all perfectly normal—so long as you are not a human.

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Code: 003889
Aleksandr Alekhin - Nepobezhdennyi Chempion

[ Aleksandr Alekhin - Undefeated champion : ]
: Golos, 1992
Language: Russian

Price: $ 15.00

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Code: 003972
Botvinnik, M.M
Analiticheskie i Kriticheskie Raboty: 1923-1941
V Chetyrekh Tomakh
[ Analytical and critical works: 1923-1941 : In four volumes ]
Moscow: Fizkul`tura i Sport, 1984-1987
Language: Russian

Price: $ 79.00

Mikhail Botvinnik (1911-1995) was a professor of technical sciences and the sixth world chess champion (1948-57, 1958-60, 1961-63). This volume includes the best 120 games played in 1923-1941. Intended for chess-players.

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Code: 027563
Kartashkin, Anatolii
Kartochnye Fokusy

[ Card tricks : ]
Moscow: Bambuk, 2000
Language: Russian

Price: $ 9.00

This book by the vice-president of the Moscow Club of Magicians invites us into the world of card tricks, its history, its heroes, and descriptions of specific tricks. Richly illustrated.

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Code: 023961
Sabaneev, L.P
Leonid Sabaneev. Sobranie Sochinenii
V Vos`mi Tomakh
[ Collected works in 8 volumes : V Vos`mi Tomakh ]
Moscow: Terra-Knizhnyi klub, 2008
Language: Russian

Price: $ 180.00

This is a reprint of the famous eight-volume book on Russian hunting and fishing: calendar of the natural year, hunting dogs, animals to hunt, fish, fishing and hunting skills and equipment. Its author, Leonid Pavlovich Sabaneev (1844-1898), was a zoologist and biologist, publisher and editor of the magazines "Priroda" and later "Priroda i Okhota".

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Code: 024813
Glezerov, S.E
Modnye Uvlecheniia Blistatelnogo Peterburga
Kumiry. Rekordy. Kur`ezy
[ Fashionable entertainments of the brilliant Petersburg : Idols. Records. Curious facts ]
Moscow: Tsentrpoligraf, 2009
Language: Russian

Price: $ 35.00

The book presents the brilliant world of St. Petersburg, painting a beautiful picture of behind-the-scenes life of the city at the beginning of the 20th century. The readers will get to know which idols won the hearts and minds of St.

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Code: 023880
Igra i Igrovoe Nachalo v Kul`ture Narodov Mira

[ Game and play beginning in the culture of the peoples of the world : ]
St. Petersburg: MAE RAN, 2005
Language: Russian

Price: $ 19.00

This is a collection of articles on typology of games and entertainments in various cultures of the peoples of the world. The contributors analyze: a proportion of game, ritual and holiday; game moments in verbal creativity; role of pain in children games; symbolism of games; the role and meaning of the environment and animal word in games and entertainments, etc.

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Code: 028380
Kukher, Katarina (Kucher, K.)
Park Gor`kogo: Kul`tura Dosuga v Stalinskuiu Epokhu. 1928 –1941

[ Gorky Park: Leisure culture in the Stalin era. 1928 –1941 : ]
Moscow: ROSSPEN, 2012
Language: Russian

Price: $ 29.00

This book studies the development of Gorky Central Park of Culture and Leisure in Moscow in the 1930s. It focuses on the influence of Stalinism on leisure culture, design and construction of the park, as well as similar parks in the territory of the Soviet Union.

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Code: 002512
Prokhorenok, N.A
Bol`shoi Entsiklopedicheskii Krossvordnyi Slovar`

[ Large Encyclopedic crossword dictionary : ]
St. Petersburg: Kristal, 1999
Language: Russian

Price: $ 67.50

Contains over 30,000 words, common nouns and names of peoples, which include from 2 to 27 letters. Addressed to lovers of Russian crosswords

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Code: 008305
Novyi Spravochnik po Resheniiu Krossvordov

[ New handbook on solving crosswords : ]
Moscow: Ripol Klassik, 2003
Language: Russian

Price: $ 7.00

Contains more than 45,000 words.

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Code: 029941
Birmelin, Immanuel`
Volnistye Popugai

[ Parakeerts : ]
Moscow: Omega, 2002
Language: Russian

Price: $ 10.00

This book is a guide to Parakeets, the most common house pets. It includes all you need to know to take care of them. Color illustrations. Glossy paper.

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Code: 003423
Kutepov, Nikolai
Russkaia Okhota: X - XVII Veka

[ Russian hunting: 10th-17th centuries : ]
Cheliabinsk: Arkaim, 2004
Language: Russian

Price: $ 27.00

This book is about hunting as an entertainment of Russian princes, tsars, and their courts. The story of hunting is presented as a part of their life style and entertainment. It is provided with detailed descriptions of hunting types, tools, and relations with other land owners in regard to their rights.

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Code: 025373
KGB Igraet v Shakhmaty

[ The KGB plays chess : ]
: Knizhnyi klub Knigovek, 2010
Language: Russian

Price: $ 28.00

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