Offveat travel account based on a journey fly-fishing across the outmost northern reaches of Russia which also uncovers Soviet Russia's Gulag history.

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Sports & Outdoors

Montaigne, Fen

Hunting & Fishing

London: Weidenfeld & Nicolson

An experienced KGB agent who broke with the Communist Party to advocate democratic reform, chronicles his career in espionage, offering a candid look into the inner workings of the Soviet spy machine

The First Directorate: My 32 Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West

History

Kalugin, Oleg

Military

St Martins Pr

Reeling In Russia: An American Angler In Russia

In the summer of 1996, award-winning journalist Fen Montaigne embarked on a hundred-day, seven-thousand-mile journey across Russia. Traveling with his fly rod, he began his trek in northwestern Russia on the Solovetsky Islands, a remote archipelago that was the birthplace of Stalin's gulag. He ended half a world away as he fished for steelhead trout on the Kamchatka Peninsula, on the shores of the Pacific. His tales of visiting these far-flung rivers are memorable, and at heart, Reeling in Russia is far more than a story of an angling journey. It is a humorous and moving account of his adventures in the madhouse that is Russia today, and a striking portrait that highlights the humanity and tribulations of its people. In the end, the reader is left with the memory of haunted northern landscapes, of vivid sunsets over distant rivers, of the crumbling remains of pre-Revolutionary estates, and a cast of dogged Russians struggling to build a life amid the rubble of the Communist regime.

Politics & Social Sciences

Social Sciences

St.Martin's Press

In the summer of 1996, award-winning journalist Fen Montaigne embarked on a hundred-day, seven-thousand-mile journey across Russia. Traveling with his fly rod, he began his trek in northwestern Russia on the Solovetsky Islands, a remote archipelago that was the birthplace of Stalin's gulag. He ended half a world away as he fished for steelhead trout on the Kamchatka Peninsula, on the shores of the Pacific. 
His tales of visiting these far-flung rivers are memorable, and at heart, Reeling in Russia is far more than a story of an angling journey. It is a humorous and moving account of his adventures in the madhouse that is Russia today, and a striking portrait that highlights the humanity and tribulations of its people.
In the end, the reader is left with the memory of haunted northern landscapes, of vivid sunsets over distant rivers, of the crumbling remains of pre-Revolutionary estates, and a cast of dogged Russians struggling to build a life amid the rubble of the Communist regime.

Russia

St. Martin's: Griffin

Illustrates, through a harrowing first-person account of an eruption and its aftermath, a look into the fascinating, high-risk world of volcanology in an incisive exploration of the profound impact volcanoes have had on the earth's landscape and civilizations. 150,000 first printing. $150,000 first printing.

Surviving Galeras

Biographies & Memoirs

Williams, Stanley

Professionals & Academics

Houghton/Mifflin

An experienced KGB agent, who broke from the Communist Party to  advocate democratic reform in Russia, chronicles his career in  intelligence and espionage, offering a candid and revealing look into  the inner workings of the Soviet spy machine. National ad/promo.

The First Directorate: My 32 Years in Intelligence & Espionage Against the West

True Crime

Diane Pub Co.

Accompanied by stunning photographs, an extraordinary visual and textual record of the irresolute rebirth of Russia after the turbulent fall of the Soviet Union captures the many intricacies of this powerful country; reveals many unknown facets of Russia, including the rise of a new urban generation dedicated to creating a lucrative society; and takes readers into the daily lives of Russians.

Broken Empire : After the Fall of the USSR

Arts & Photography

Ludwig, Gerd

Photography & Video

National Geographic

A heart that once beat erratically has regained its natural rhythm. A woman paralyzed by an automobile accident is now able to resume her favorite hobby. Physicians using a robotic surgeon named da Vinci perform lifesaving operations. These are some of the feats of biomedical engineering, one of the fastest-moving areas in medicine. In this exhilarating book, award-winning writer Fen Montaigne journeys through this little-known world, sharing the stories of ordinary people who have been transformed by technology. 
From the almost commonplace pacemaker to the latest generation of artificial hearts, Montaigne tells the stories of pioneering patients, engineers, and surgeons. Taking the reader behind the scenes of a dozen of America's leading centers of biomedical engineering, Montaigne recounts the field's history while describing cutting-edge work in medical imaging, orthopedics, cardiovascular care, neurological therapies, and genetics. 
Through the stories of patients whose lives have been saved and improved by biomedical devices, Montaigne reveals the marriage of medicine and engineering to be one of society's greatest advances.

Medicine by Design: The Practice and Promise of Biomedical Engineering

Health, Fitness & Dieting

Johns Hopkins University Press

A dramatic chronicle of Antarctica's penguins that bears witness to climate changes that foreshadow our own future
The towering mountains and iceberg-filled seas of the western Antarctic Peninsula have for three decades formed the backdrop of scientist Bill Fraser's study of Adélie penguins. In that time, this breathtaking region has warmed faster than any place on earth, with profound consequences for the Adélies, the classic tuxedoed penguin that is dependent on sea ice to survive. During the Antarctic spring and summer of 2005-2006, author Fen Montaigne spent five months working on Fraser's field team, and he returned with a moving tale that chronicles the beauty of the wildest place on earth, the lives of the beloved Adélies, the saga of the discovery of the Antarctic Peninsula, and the story—told through Fraser's work—of how rising temperatures are swiftly changing this part of the world. Captivated by the tale of these polar penguins and a memorable field season in Antarctica, readers will come to understand that the fundamental changes Fraser has witnessed in the Antarctic will soon affect our lives.

Fraser's Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica.

Science & Math

Biological Sciences

Henry Holt and Co.

"Fraser's Penguins is a brilliant, beautiful, and terrifying account of what's happening at the bottom of our world."―Nathaniel Philbrick, author of The Last Stand, In the Heart of the Sea, and Sea of Glory Called "exceptionally poignant" by Nature magazine, Fen Montaigne's sensitive and timely account of five months in Antarctica gives a taste of the global changes that will soon arrive in our own backyards. Scientist Bill Fraser has devoted three decades to Antarctica, and in that time this breathtaking region has warmed faster than any place on earth, with profound consequences for the Adélies, the classic tuxedoed penguin that is dependent on sea ice to survive. During the Antarctic spring and summer of 2005-2006, author Fen Montaigne spent five months working on Fraser's field team, and he returned with a moving tale that chronicles the beauty of the wildest place on earth, the lives of the beloved Adélies, the saga of the discovery of the Antarctic Peninsula, and the story―told through Fraser's work―of how rising temperatures are swiftly changing this part of the world. It's Montaigne's "descriptive prowess, his ability to evoke lavender―and cobalt, magenta and violet―without waxing purple, that most impresses" (New York Times Book Review) as he chronicles the penguins' plight, which is also our own.

Fraser's Penguins: Warning Signs from Antarctica

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The First Directorate: My 32 Years in Intelligence and Espionage Against the West

Reeling In Russia: An American Angler In Russia

Reeling In Russia: An American Angler In Russia

Surviving Galeras

The First Directorate: My 32 Years in Intelligence & Espionage Against the West

Broken Empire : After the Fall of the USSR

Medicine by Design: The Practice and Promise of Biomedical Engineering

Fraser's Penguins: A Journey to the Future in Antarctica.

Fraser's Penguins: Warning Signs from Antarctica