Alexander Dolgun's Story: An American in the Gulag
8 best books like Alexander Dolgun's Story: An American in the Gulag (Alexander Dolgun): An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales, Between Silk and Cyanide: A Codemaker's War, 1941-1945, We the Living, The Bitterroots, Living the Good Life: How to Live Sanely and Simply in a Troubled World, A Walk Across America, Among the Russians, We Took to the Woods
An Anthropologist on Mars: Seven Paradoxical Tales
| Author | Oliver Sacks |
| ISBN | 0330343475 |
I've read about neurologist Oliver Sacks in other books but I'm pretty sure this was my first experience reading one of his books and I actually really enjoyed it. Sacks writes up narratives for patients he works with or people he meets with neurological conditions in a way that makes it much easier to...
In 1942, Leo Marks left his father's famous bookshop, 84 Charing Cross Road, and went off to fight the war. He was twenty-two. Soon recognized as a cryptographer of genius, he became head of communications at the Special Operations Executive (SOE), where he revolutionized the codemaking techniques...
| Author | Ayn Rand |
| ISBN | 0451187849 |
Ayn Rand's first published novel, a timeless story that explores the struggles of the individual against the state in Soviet Russia.
First published in 1936, We the Living portrays the impact of the Russian Revolution on three human beings who demand the right to live their own lives and pursue...
| Author | C.J. Box |
| ISBN | 1250051053 |
A riveting new novel from the New York Times bestselling and Edgar-Award winning author.
Former police officer Cassie Dewell is trying to start over with her own private investigation firm. Guilty about not seeing her son and exhausted by the nights on stakeout, Cassie is nontheless managing...until...
| Author | Helen Nearing |
| ISBN | 0805233636 |
Living the Good Life, like Walden Pond, is deeply rooted in an enduring American tradition of dissent from the majority and respect for the land. Moreover, it is the distillation of twenty--not two--years in the woods, and it offers wisdom and practical guidance to city dweller and prospective homesteader...
Twenty-five years ago, a disillusioned young man set out on a walk across America. This is the book he wrote about that journey -- a classic account of the reawakening of his faith in himself and his country.
"I started out searching for myself and my country," Peter Jenkins writes, "and found...
| Author | Colin Thubron |
| ISBN | 0060959290 |
Here is a fresh perspective on the last tumultuous years of the Soviet Union and an exquisitely poetic travelogue.With a keen grasp of Russia's history, a deep appreciation for its architecture and iconography, and an inexhaustible enthusiasm for its people and its culture, Colin Thubron is the perfect...
| Author | Louise Dickinson Rich |
| ISBN | 0892727365 |
In her early thirties, Louise Dickinson Rich took to the woods of Maine with her husband. They found their livelihood and raised a family in the remote backcountry settlement of Middle Dam, in the Rangeley area. Rich made time after morning chores to write about their lives. We Took to the Woods is an adventure...
