Product Description: A serial killer is stalking people in Shreveport Louisiana. Detective Turner, the former golden boy on the force, is frustrated he has no leads and looks to make his own. Judge Joseph Harris is being blackmailed by the killer and is trying to get his life back...read more

Product Description: This is the first environmental history of Russia's steppes. From the early-eighteenth century, settlers moved to the semi-arid but fertile grasslands from wetter, forested regions in central and northern Russia and Ukraine, and from central Europe...read more

Product Description: This study examines the interaction of peasant and official Russia in the period prior to the reforms of 1861. In a series of case studies the issues of communication and understanding between the peasantry and officialdom, peasant aims and behavioural patterns are explored.

Product Description: Initially a milling village on the banks of the Baraboo River, Reedsburg has experienced growth and change. It was established in the pioneer era of the 1850s and is home to nearly 10,000 residents and various thriving industries...read more

Product Description: Offers a definitive survey of peasant society in Russia between 1600 and 1930, and presents a fresh perspective on the history of Russia itself. The text explores all aspects of peasant life including the rural economy, peasant households, village communities and protest against the landowning elite...read more (view table of contents, read Amazon.com's description)

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