Windows On The River Neva

Vladimir Fedorovich Dzhunkovsky was a witness to Russia's unfolding tragedy—from Tsar Alexander II's Great Reforms, through world war, revolution, the rise of a new regime, and finally, his country's descent into terror under Stalin. But Dzhunkovsky was not just a passive observer—he was an active participant in his troubled and turbulent times, often struggling against the tide. In the centennial of the Russian revolution, his story takes on special significance. Highly readable, Overtaken by the Night captivates on many levels. It is a gripping biography of a man of many faces, a behind-the-curtain look at the inner workings of Russian politics at its highest levels, and also an engrossing account of ordinary Russians engulfed by swiftly moving political and social currents. Dzhunkovsky served as a confidant in the tsar's imperial court,and as governor in Moscow province during and after the 1905 revolution. In 1913, he became the empire's security chief, determined to reform the practices of the dreaded tsarist political police, the Okhrana. Dismissed from office for daring to investigate and warn Tsar Nicholas about Rasputin, his path led him into combat on the battlefields of the First World War. A natural leader of men, he held his units together even as revolution spilled into the trenches. Arrested as a counterrevolutionary in 1918 and imprisoned until 1921, Dzhunkovsky avoided execution thanks to an outpouring of public support and his reputation for treating revolutionaries with fairness and dignity. Although later he consulted for the Stalinist secret police, he was tried and executed in 1938 as an enemy of the people. Based on Dzhunkovsky's detailed memoirs and extensive archival research, Overtaken by the Night paints a fascinating picture of an important figure. Dzhunkovsky's incredible life reveals much about a long and crucial period in Russian history. It is a story of Russia in revolution reminiscent of the fictional Doctor Zhivago, but perhaps even more extraordinary for being true.

Marrying her runaway sister's bridegroom is not quite the fairy-tale wedding Miss Alexandra Packard has always dreamed of! Once the ink is dry on the marriage certificate, the sensible, logical part of her urges her to reveal her identity. The other part—the romantic, womanly, lonely part—keeps her silent. In truth, she does not want the fantasy to end. Indeed, she longs to find out what it would be like to truly be Captain Reid Bowen's wife in every sense of the word….

During the fin-de-siècle and early revolutionary eras, picture postcards were an important medium of communication for Russians of all backgrounds. In Open Letters, the most comprehensive study of Russian picture postcards to date, Alison Rowley uses this medium to explore a variety of aspects of Russian popular culture. The book is lavishly illustrated with more than 130 images, most of which have never been published before. Through her examinations of postcards, Rowley addresses a diverse range of topics: how landscape postcards conveyed notions of imperialism; the role of postcards in the rise of celebrity culture; depictions of the body on erotic and pornographic postcards; how postcards were employed to promote differing interpretations of the First World War; and the use of postcards by revolutionary groups seeking to overthrow the Tsarist government. Rowley determines the extent to which Russia was embedded in Europe-wide cultural trends by situating the Russian case within a larger European context.

This book is part of a series of separately titled books concerning the gospel of salvation based on the CORNERSTONE teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ and the FOUNDATION teachings of the apostles and prophets. It consists of 4 booklets. Booklet One reveals the true meaning of "to be baptized in Holy Spirit." Booklet Two reveals the true meaning of "Eating My flesh and drinking My blood." Booklet Three reveals the true meaning of the Lord Jesus Christ washing the feet of His disciples. Booklet Four reveals the true meaning of non-literal water in New Testament. There are two major different understanding of "baptism in Holy Spirit." One group of "Christians" believe that "baptism in Holy Spirit" is the same as "born from the Spirit" while the other group of "Christians" believe that "baptism in Holy Spirit" is different from "born from the Spirit." This is the reason for Booklet One. Many "Christians" believe that when the Lord Jesus Christ told the Jews to "eat My flesh and drink My blood" it was in reference to the partaking of the Lord's Table. This is the reason for this Booklet Two. There are also "Christian" groups who practice the literal washing of feet of other "Christians" to conform to the command of the Lord Jesus Christ in John 13:4-17. Is this practice in conformance to the true meaning of the Lord Jesus Christ' command? Booklet Three reveals the true meaning of the Lord's command to His disciples to wash each other's feet. Booklet Four is included to reveal the biblical meaning of the figurative usage of the word "water" in the New Testament Scriptures. If believers are to build up into the unity of the faith they must all have the same understanding of all the commandments and teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ otherwise any differents in understanding and practice of the commandments and teachings of the Lord Jesus Christ will lead to disunity and ultimately the total contamination of the gospel of salvation, which has already come to pass.

“A dynamic group biography studded with design history and high-society dash . . . [This] elegantly wrought narrative bears the Cartier hallmark.”—The Economist The “astounding” (André Leon Talley) story of the family behind the Cartier empire and the three brothers who turned their grandfather’s humble Parisian jewelry store into a global luxury icon—as told by a great-granddaughter with exclusive access to long-lost family archives “Ms. Cartier Brickell has done her grandfather proud.”—The Wall Street Journal The Cartiers is the revealing tale of a jewelry dynasty—four generations, from revolutionary France to the 1970s. At its heart are the three Cartier brothers whose motto was “Never copy, only create” and who made their family firm internationally famous in the early days of the twentieth century, thanks to their unique and complementary talents: Louis, the visionary designer who created the first men’s wristwatch to help an aviator friend tell the time without taking his hands off the controls of his flying machine; Pierre, the master dealmaker who bought the New York headquarters on Fifth Avenue for a double-stranded natural pearl necklace; and Jacques, the globe-trotting gemstone expert whose travels to India gave Cartier access to the world’s best rubies, emeralds, and sapphires, inspiring the celebrated Tutti Frutti jewelry. Francesca Cartier Brickell, whose great-grandfather was the youngest of the brothers, has traveled the world researching her family’s history, tracking down those connected with her ancestors and discovering long-lost pieces of the puzzle along the way. Now she reveals never-before-told dramas, romances, intrigues, betrayals, and more. The Cartiers also offers a behind-the-scenes look at the firm’s most iconic jewelry—the notoriously cursed Hope Diamond, the Romanov emeralds, the classic panther pieces—and the long line of stars from the worlds of fashion, film, and royalty who wore them, from Indian maharajas and Russian grand duchesses to Wallis Simpson, Coco Chanel, and Elizabeth Taylor. Published in the two-hundredth anniversary year of the birth of the dynasty’s founder, Louis-François Cartier, this book is a magnificent, definitive, epic social history shown through the deeply personal lens of one legendary family.