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Boris and his Mysterious Death

Boris and his Mysterious Death

Van Kransman

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2016
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'a genuine tour de farce' - Sean Doyle 'The line between Renaissance man and village idiot is sometimes blurred.' - Village Idiot. Imagine a nation with only three species of animal: goats, mules and deadly jellyfish. Now think of a kind of super-spam containing goat and eel, a dog that lives in water and a very hairy mother-in-law. Lastly, picture a man named Boris, who was part of all this and much, much more. Except now he's dead - or is he? Boris's life suffers a hiccup of morbid proportions when he's found dead, wedged headfirst in a wombat burrow. Although a perfectly respectable way to die, something about Boris's bloated corpse doesn't add up. How could a man who led a violent revolutionary movement in Huckalbad, swam unaided from Australia to the Spratly Islands and starred in 37 feel-good adult films including classics like When You Bleat I Groan, perish in a wombat hole? You're right. It doesn't make sense. Cough and look around.
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Boris Hessen and Philosophy

Boris Hessen and Philosophy

Sean Winkler

BLOOMSBURY PUBLISHING PLC
2022
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In 1931, Soviet philosopher Boris Hessen presented a groundbreaking paper at the 2nd International Congress of the History of Science & Technology in London. Hessen made the radical claim that Sir Isaac Newton’s natural philosophy was traceable to the conditions of socioeconomic development and technological progress in 17th-century England. This revelation would alter the study of the history and philosophy of science for good. No more than five years later, Hessen was dead; executed in what would become Joseph Stalin’s Great Purge. If not for the works of select scholars, Hessen’s legacy would have been lost to time. Nearly a century after Hessen’s death, we still know very little about this pioneering figure. In this book, Sean Winkler provides an exegesis of Hessen’s writings, articulating his unique understanding of the relationship between socioeconomic development, technological progress and natural scientific theory, re-assessing his legacy to the history and philosophy of science and reflecting on his enduring significance in today’s world of growing social inequality amidst unfettered technological progress
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Boris Karloff: The Man Remembered

Boris Karloff: The Man Remembered

Gordon B. Shriver

Bearmanor Media
2021
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Since his death in 1969, Boris Karloff has remained one of Hollywood's most famous performers, having shot to fame and entering film history as the Monster in Frankenstein, the 1931 Universal classic. He is still revered for his commitment to the craft of acting, his personal warmth, his professionalism, and performances in all phases of show business in a career lasting five decades. This biography is the result of years of interviews and extensive research, and examines Karloff the person, as well as the actor. His work in movies, radio, television, and the theater is explored in depth, and highlighted by those who knew and worked with him in all stages, as well as personal friends. Among those honoring Karloff, whose lives he made a difference in, are actors Julie Harris, Eli Wallach, Teresa Wright, Tom Bosley, Chita Rivera, Christopher Lee, Susan Strasberg, and Roddy MacDowall, directors Peter Bogdanovich, George Schaefer, and Robert Wise to authors Robert Anderson, Robert Bloch, and Ray Bradbury. With the support of the Karloff family, Gordon Shriver honors the life and career of this much-loved and respected performer. About the AuthorA native of Ridgewood, New Jersey, Gordon Shriver's interest in Boris Karloff has spanned close to fifty years. He received his B.A. degree in broadcasting at San Francisco State University, and went on to work as an anchorman, reporter, and producer for both commercial and public radio stations. He is also an artists' model and stage actor, and has written for such genre magazines as Cult Movies and Famous Monsters of Filmland. Karloff in Twilight, a one-man show he wrote and performed in, was staged in 2011. He lives in Norcross, Georgia.
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Boris Karloff (hardback)

Boris Karloff (hardback)

Gordon B Shriver

Bearmanor Media
2021
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Since his death in 1969, Boris Karloff has remained one of Hollywood's most famous performers, having shot to fame and entering film history as the Monster in Frankenstein, the 1931 Universal classic. He is still revered for his commitment to the craft of acting, his personal warmth, his professionalism, and performances in all phases of show business in a career lasting five decades. This biography is the result of years of interviews and extensive research, and examines Karloff the person, as well as the actor. His work in movies, radio, television, and the theater is explored in depth, and highlighted by those who knew and worked with him in all stages, as well as personal friends. Among those honoring Karloff, whose lives he made a difference in, are actors Julie Harris, Eli Wallach, Teresa Wright, Tom Bosley, Chita Rivera, Christopher Lee, Susan Strasberg, and Roddy MacDowall, directors Peter Bogdanovich, George Schaefer, and Robert Wise to authors Robert Anderson, Robert Bloch, and Ray Bradbury. With the support of the Karloff family, Gordon Shriver honors the life and career of this much-loved and respected performer. About the AuthorA native of Ridgewood, New Jersey, Gordon Shriver's interest in Boris Karloff has spanned close to fifty years. He received his B.A. degree in broadcasting at San Francisco State University, and went on to work as an anchorman, reporter, and producer for both commercial and public radio stations. He is also an artists' model and stage actor, and has written for such genre magazines as Cult Movies and Famous Monsters of Filmland. Karloff in Twilight, a one-man show he wrote and performed in, was staged in 2011. He lives in Norcross, Georgia.
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Boris Charmatz

Boris Charmatz

Ana Janevski

Museum of Modern Art
2017
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Since shocking audiences in 1993, at age 19, with his radically sparse bras le corps, Boris Charmatz (born 1973) has emerged as one of France's leading choreographers. Whether he's creating a dance composed solely of everyday actions, working with an ensemble of children or running a "dancing museum," Charmatz's work experiments with the body as a vessel for subjectivity, history and collective action. Featuring original essays and interviews and an oral history by Charmatz's contemporaries, this book is the first to explore the many facets of his career--as choreographer, writer and director of France's Mus e de la danse.
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Selected Poetry of Boris Pasternak

Selected Poetry of Boris Pasternak

Boris Pasternak

Bibliotech Press
2022
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Boris Pasternak was a Nobel Prize and gret modern russian poet and writer. Pasternak's first book of poems, My Sister, Life (1917), is one of the most influential collections ever published in the Russian language. When it finally was published in 1921, the book revolutionised Russian poetry. It made Pasternak the model for younger poets, and decisively changed the poetry of Osip Mandelshtam, Marina Tsvetayeva and others. He continued to change his poetry, simplifying his style and language through the years, as expressed in his next book, Early Trains (1943). Pasternak's post-Zhivago poetry probes the universal questions of love, immortality, and reconciliation with God. Boris Pasternak wrote his last complete book, When the Weather Clears, in 1959. Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958, an event which both humiliated and enraged the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which forced him to decline the prize, though his descendants were later to accept it in his name in 1988.
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Selected Poetry of Boris Pasternak

Selected Poetry of Boris Pasternak

Boris Pasternak

Bibliotech Press
2022
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Boris Pasternak was a Nobel Prize and gret modern russian poet and writer. Pasternak's first book of poems, My Sister, Life (1917), is one of the most influential collections ever published in the Russian language. When it finally was published in 1921, the book revolutionised Russian poetry. It made Pasternak the model for younger poets, and decisively changed the poetry of Osip Mandelshtam, Marina Tsvetayeva and others. He continued to change his poetry, simplifying his style and language through the years, as expressed in his next book, Early Trains (1943). Pasternak's post-Zhivago poetry probes the universal questions of love, immortality, and reconciliation with God. Boris Pasternak wrote his last complete book, When the Weather Clears, in 1959. Pasternak was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1958, an event which both humiliated and enraged the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, which forced him to decline the prize, though his descendants were later to accept it in his name in 1988.
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Boris the Crab

Boris the Crab

Nella Khanis; Linda Mulé

Gatekeeper Press
2021
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Boris, a hermit crab, decides he needs a beautiful shell to live in. What happens after that is a heartwarming true story that will delight beach lovers of all ages. With beautiful original watercolor illustrations by celebrated artist Nella Khanis, the story of Boris the Crab is a timeless tale of joy and wonder that will appeal to children and adults alike.
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Boris The Potato Child

Boris The Potato Child

Anne Simon

FANTAGRAPHICS
2022
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Boris, the round-headed child, reigns like a despot in the little house he lives in with his mother. His mother, Bulle, formerly known as Aglaia, was once the all-powerful queen of the country Marylene. Since Marylene's fall, residents have lived in peace thanks to a self-governing system they have adopted. But when Boris meets Sabine, a warrior French fry thirsty for revenge, nothing will ever be the same ...The final book in Anne Simon's "Tales of Marylene '' graphic novel trilogy (after The Song of Aglaia and Empress Cixtisis), Boris the Potato Child delivers a bitter critique of our consumerist impulses and abuses. Mixing literature and pop culture (such as mashing Simone de Beauvoir with the Beatles), Simon has created in Marylene a world as abundant in visual imagination as Oz or Narnia, but crafted with a Swiftian pen that's mightier than any man's sword.
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Boris in Switzerland

Boris in Switzerland

Lucinda Gifford

Kane/Miller Book Publishers
2023
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Boris is the only wolf attending a fancy Swiss boarding school. Despite a few snobs and a rude vice-principal, he makes friends, learns how to "log in" and heli-board, and has a plentiful supply of cake. Yet still, he can't shake the idea that something funny is going on... Morovian wolves are sophisticated, thoughtful and, above all, polite. But they do have very large appetites... This series will have readers howling with delight
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Boris Godunov

Boris Godunov

Aleksandr Pushkin

Blurb
2025
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Alexander Sergeyevich Pushkin was a Russian poet, playwright, and novelist of the Romantic era who is considered by many to be the greatest Russian poet and the founder of modern Russian literature. He was born into Russian nobility in Moscow. He published his first poem at the age of 15, and was widely recognized by the literary establishment by the time of his graduation from the Tsarskoye Selo Lyceum. Upon graduation from the Lycee, Pushkin recited his controversial poem "Ode to Liberty", one of several that led to his exile by Tsar Alexander I of Russia. While under the strict surveillance of the Tsar's political police and unable to publish, Pushkin wrote his most famous play, the drama Boris Godunov. His novel in verse, Eugene Onegin, was serialized between 1825 and 1832.
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Boris Nemtsov, 1959-2015: Seeking Justice, Securing His Legacy

Boris Nemtsov, 1959-2015: Seeking Justice, Securing His Legacy

Commission on Security and Cooperation I

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Boris Nemtsov, was gunned down on Bolshoi Moskvoretsky Bridge in the shadow of the Kremlin walls. And for three years, the official investigation has failed to shed light on the circumstances of the most high-profile political assassination in modern Russia. Russian authorities are categorically refusing to recognize the fact that Nemtsov was murdered for his political activities. The investigators and the Moscow District Military Court have rejected almost all applications submitted by the lawyers of Zhanna Nemtsova and Ms. Olga Mikhailova, in particular the applications to reclassify the crime under Article 277 of the Criminal Code of Russian Federation as "encroachment on the life of a statesman or a public figure." The prosecution was brought under Article 105 of the Criminal Code, "Murder"-as in the cases of, for example, domestic murder out of jealousy, murder for commercial reasons, et cetera. Five suspects were charged with the execution of the crime. Yes, the perpetrators were quickly found, detained, put on trial, convicted, and sent to prison. But two key questions remain unanswered. All of them are natives of Chechnya, and some of them are close to Ramzan Kadyrov, the leader of Chechnya, and his entourage. The law enforcement agencies have not managed to detain any of the organizers or masterminds of the murder, and only some of the actual perpetrators have been detained. Two key questions remain unanswered. The first is the motive behind the murder of my father. The investigative team and the court were silent on this. In Russia and across the world, politicians and experts and the general public understand that it was a politically motivated murder aimed at stopping Boris Nemtsov's] activities in the Russian opposition.
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Boris Godunov

Boris Godunov

Aleksandr Pushkin

Createspace Independent Publishing Platform
2018
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Drama "Boris Godunov" - odno iz samyh znakovyh proizvedenij v istorii russkoj dramaturgii vyshedshej iz pod pera vydajushhegosja mastera Aleksandra Sergeevicha Pushkina. P'esa posvjashhena real'nym istoricheskim personazham i sobytijam, odnako oni tvorcheski pereosmysleny i obogashheny blagodarja original'noj avtorskoj interpretacii.
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Boris Badger

Boris Badger

Michael E McDevitt

Kitchen Table Books
2019
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Introducing Boris Badger, Raven, Babushka and Jack the donkey. Boris and Raven share breakfast. Raven tells a story. Badger and Raven embark on an adventure to obtain a birthday present for Jack. Babushka and her two dogs intervene. Boris and Raven learn a lesson.
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