The Gulag Archipelago (Russian: Архипелаг ГУЛАГ, Arkhipelag GULAG) is a book by Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn about the Soviet forced labor camp system. The three-volume book is a narrative relying on eyewitness testimony and primary research material, as well as the author's own experiences as a prisoner in a gulag labor camp. Written between 1958 and 1968, it was published in the West in 1973 and thereafter circulated in samizdat (underground publication) form in the Soviet Union until its appearance in the Russian literary journal, Novy Mir, in 1989, in which a third of the work was published over three issues.

Gulag Archipelago 1918 - 1956 * An Experiment In Literary Investigation

Politics & Social Sciences

SOLZHENITSYN, ALEKSANDR

Politics & Government

Perennial Library

Text: English, Danish (translation)

Either/Or

Kierkegaard, Søren

Ross, Steven L.

Stengren, George L.

Philosophy

Dr. Montagu devotes special attention to the relation of skin and touching to mental and physical health.

Touching: The human significance of the skin

Medical Books

MONTAGU, ASHLEY

Medicine

From Publishers Weekly\nIt takes character to live in the sparsely populated, boggy North Woods wilderness of Minnesota, where the snows come in October, and winter temperatures dip to -50 F, where a sure sign of spring is an insect-splattered windshield. Leschak and his wife built a log cabin on their 40 acres of logged-over land, clearing stumps by hand. Here he gives an engaging and affectionate portrait of friendly isolation in the township of Side Lake (by comparison, Lake Wobegon is a metropolis). He writes about the limits of self-reliance, noting that wood heat is de rigueur, calling for a chain saw. He conjures up a mouth-watering, ideal blueberry patch, goes hiking on an abandoned trail, attempts white-water canoeing in flood stage. Other topics include the local volunteer fire company, moose hunting, saunas, firewood rustlers, social hours at the tavern, the pleasure of watching sunsets. Readers will be captivated by Side Lake. 
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.\nFrom Library Journal\nThis book of essays begins with the author in the big city, but he soon finds himself returning to the sparsely settled northern Minnesota backwoods he'd sought to escape. He and his new wife clear land for a log cabin; disdaining any kind of log-house kit, they rely on "rough and sundry native logs." The reader is taken on adventures that include a moose hunt, a wild canoe ride down a swollen springtime river, and a late-night fire with the local volunteer fire department. Leschak is part philosopher, part nature writer, and part hell-raiser, so each entry in this delightful book is a treat. Every word rings with the sincerity of a life richly and fully lived. Anyone who has ever dreamed of forsaking the impersonality and hubbub of modern living will revel in Leschak's stories. Randy Dykhuis, Grace A. Dow Memorial Lib., Midland, Mich. 
Copyright 1987 Reed Business Information, Inc.

Letters from Side Lake: A chronicle of life in the North Woods

History

Peter M. Leschak

Americas

Control Theory in the Classroom

Arguing that too many capable students make little or no effort to learn, the author advocates the use of control theory for a productive classroom model of team learning with emphasis on satisfaction and excitement.

William Glasser

The Male Couple's Guide to Living Together: What Gay Men Should Know about Living with Each Other and Coping in a Straight World

The male couple's guide to living together: What gay men should know about living with each other and coping in a straight world

Marcus, Eric

Social Sciences

Whether you are new to sewing, an expert or just getting back to it this book guiodes you through the latest in sewing at home. Answers everything you could want to ask.

Simplicity's simply the best sewing book

Simplicity Pattern Company

Parenting & Relationships

Poems deal with lovesickness, loss, the imagination, music, religion, meditation, the past, nature, sleep, death, language, and farewells

Lovesick: Poems

Literature & Fiction

Stern, Gerald

Poetry

Choose The Right Word: A Modern Guide To Synonyms, by Hayakawa, S.I.

Choose the right word: A modern guide to synonyms

Reference

Samuel I. Hayakawa

Dictionaries & Thesauruses

Discusses fertility in the middle years as well as providing advice on personal care, the workplace, childbirth, medical and surgical complications, and health monitoring during the special pregnancy

Primelife Pregnancy: All You Need to Know about Pregnancy After 35

Clark Gillespie

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