1995, ISBN: 9780060183516

Hardcover

Newton Abbot: Readers Union, 1971. Readers Union Edition. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket present. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.75 inches. 282, [6] pages. Footnotes. Boards ha… More...

Newton Abbot: Readers Union, 1971. Readers Union Edition. Hardcover. Good/No dust jacket present. Format is approximately 5.5 inches by 8.75 inches. 282, [6] pages. Footnotes. Boards have some wear, soiling and corner bumping. Some edge soiling. Foreword by Max Hayward. Author's Preface, Note about the Author. Andrei Alekseevich Amalrik (12 May 1938, Moscow - 12 November 1980), alternatively spelled Andrei or Andrey, was a Russian writer and dissident. Amalrik was best known in the Western world for his 1970 essay, Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984?. For several months after the publication of Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984? (1970) and Involuntary Journey to Siberia (August 1970), abroad, a criminal offense under Soviet law. Inevitably, for "defaming the Soviet state", Amalrik was arrested on May 21, 1970 and convicted on November 12, receiving a sentence of three years in a labor camp in Kolyma. At the end of his term, he was given three more years, but because of his poor health and protests from the West, the sentence was commuted after one year to exile in the same region. After serving a five-year term, he returned to Moscow in 1975. On September 13, 1975, Amalrik was arrested again. The police captain told his wife that he was arrested for not having permission to live in Moscow; he could have faced a fine or up to one year in prison for violating Soviet passport regulations. In early 1976, Amalrik and other dissidents conceived the idea of the Moscow Helsinki Group; it was formed in May 1976. The KGB gave Amalrik an ultimatum: to emigrate or face another sentence. In 1976 his family got visas to go to the Netherlands. Derived from a Kirkus review: Russian historian and playwright Andrei Amalrik's answer to Will the Soviet Union Survive Until 1984? was a gloomy nyet. With a Soviet state that is increasingly bureaucratized, isolated, and stagnant and an unstable society seething under the surface with national hatreds, with masses lacking in democratic instincts and middle-class democrats lacking in numbers, Amalrik foresees a decade-long scenario of disintegration and collapse. This earlier work, available in Russian but not in Russia, is less apocalyptic in its vision but offers some of the same criticisms of the Soviet state and society. It is a personal record of Amalrik's life in Moscow, where he was spied on by neighbors and harassed by police because of his associations with avant-garde artists and foreigners, and his exile to Siberia in 1965 on charges of "parasitism," a handy catchall for disposing of dissident intellectuals. Amalrik's spell in Siberia was short, but long enough for him to become totally disillusioned with collective farm life, the backwardness and inefficiency of agricultural methods and the apathy and passivity of the peasant population. A resolute nonconformist, Amalrik writes with remarkable frankness and detached humor about situations that he wouldn't have survived under Stalin. What gives Amalrik room for maneuver in his dealings with the Soviet authorities is the post-Stalin decline of the totalitarian structure, the desire of the government bureaucracy, including even the police, to give at least the appearance of observing Soviet law. In addition, Amalrik was able to play upon the interdepartmental rivalry between the relatively moderate ordinary police and the more highhanded secret police. A straightforward journal which does not omit "the boring details of which the life of a prisoner or exile mostly consist," it is nonetheless a fascinating view inside Russia., Readers Union, 1971, 2.5, New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1995. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Good. Suzanne Noli (Jacket Design). 24 cm. xvii, [1], 300, [2] pages. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page. Lawrence Otis Graham (born 1962) is an African-American attorney and New York Times best-selling author. Lawrence Otis Graham is a corporate and real estate attorney as well as a New York Times bestselling author of 14 non-fiction books on the subject of politics, education, race and class in America. His work has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Reader's Digest, U.S. News & World Report and Reader's Digest, where he has served as a contributing editor. His book Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class was a New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Essence Magazine bestseller, as well as a selection of the Book of the Month Club. Graham is also the author of Member of the Club which was originally a cover story on New York Magazine, and was later optioned for a feature film by Warner Brothers. Derived from a Kirkus review: A collection of essays that examines the complexities of being a black achiever in a society that often fails to look beyond skin color. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. He has not managed to escape the stigma of being black in America. His experiences with racism, both subtle and overt, are recorded in 12 essays that range in tone from humorous to heartbreaking. Probably the most famous of these relates his week spent as a busboy at an all-white country club and the casual prejudice to which he was subjected. Other essays deal with his life as an undercover homeboy in Harlem and his culinary experiences in New York's ten most prestigious restaurants. Graham's encounters with racism generally leave him feeling more bemused than bitter. His thoughts on alternatives to affirmative action seem particularly timely. It may not solve the country's race problems, but this clear-eyed account should be required reading for all Americans., HarperCollinsPublishers, 1995, 2.5<

1995, ISBN: 9780060183516

Hardcover

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1995. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Good. Suzanne Noli (Jacket Design). 24 cm. xvii, [1], 300, [2] pages. Index.… More...

New York: HarperCollinsPublishers, 1995. First Edition [Stated], First Printing [Stated]. Hardcover. Good/Good. Suzanne Noli (Jacket Design). 24 cm. xvii, [1], 300, [2] pages. Index. DJ has some wear and soiling. Inscribed and dated by the author on the title page. Lawrence Otis Graham (born 1962) is an African-American attorney and New York Times best-selling author. Lawrence Otis Graham is a corporate and real estate attorney as well as a New York Times bestselling author of 14 non-fiction books on the subject of politics, education, race and class in America. His work has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Reader's Digest, U.S. News & World Report and Reader's Digest, where he has served as a contributing editor. His book Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class was a New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Essence Magazine bestseller, as well as a selection of the Book of the Month Club. Graham is also the author of Member of the Club which was originally a cover story on New York Magazine, and was later optioned for a feature film by Warner Brothers. Derived from a Kirkus review: A collection of essays that examines the complexities of being a black achiever in a society that often fails to look beyond skin color. He is a graduate of Princeton University and Harvard Law School. He has not managed to escape the stigma of being black in America. His experiences with racism, both subtle and overt, are recorded in 12 essays that range in tone from humorous to heartbreaking. Probably the most famous of these relates his week spent as a busboy at an all-white country club and the casual prejudice to which he was subjected. Other essays deal with his life as an undercover homeboy in Harlem and his culinary experiences in New York's ten most prestigious restaurants. Graham's encounters with racism generally leave him feeling more bemused than bitter. His thoughts on alternatives to affirmative action seem particularly timely. It may not solve the country's race problems, but this clear-eyed account should be required reading for all Americans., HarperCollinsPublishers, 1995, 2.5<

1995, ISBN: 9780060183516

Hardcover

New Jersey: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. Reprint. First Edition [stated]. Third printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xvii, 300, [1] pages. Index. Signed by author. Lawrence O… More...

New Jersey: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. Reprint. First Edition [stated]. Third printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xvii, 300, [1] pages. Index. Signed by author. Lawrence Otis Graham (born 1962) is an African-American attorney and New York Times best-selling author. Lawrence Otis Graham is a corporate and real estate attorney as well as a New York Times bestselling author of 14 non-fiction books on the subject of politics, education, race and class in America. His work has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Reader's Digest, Glamour, U.S. News & World Report and Reader's Digest, where he has served as a contributing editor. His book Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class was a New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Essence Magazine bestseller, as well as a selection of the Book of the Month Club. Netflix is currently developing a series based on the book. Astute observer and ruminative author Lawrence Otis Graham continues his candid search for racial and ethnic understanding in essays with topics as diverse as life as a black Princetonian and Harvard-trained lawyer to the experience of being a black busboy at an all-white country club. Informed and propelled by his status as an upper-middle-class African American who lives in a predominately white environment, Graham offers a unique perspective on the subject of race., HarperCollins Publishers, 1995, 3<

1995, ISBN: 9780060183516

Hardcover

New Jersey: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. Reprint. First Edition [stated]. Third printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xvii, 300, [1] pages. Index. Signed by author. Lawrence O… More...

New Jersey: HarperCollins Publishers, 1995. Reprint. First Edition [stated]. Third printing. Hardcover. Very good/Very good. xvii, 300, [1] pages. Index. Signed by author. Lawrence Otis Graham (born 1962) is an African-American attorney and New York Times best-selling author. Lawrence Otis Graham is a corporate and real estate attorney as well as a New York Times bestselling author of 14 non-fiction books on the subject of politics, education, race and class in America. His work has appeared in such publications as The New York Times, Reader's Digest, Glamour, U.S. News & World Report and Reader's Digest, where he has served as a contributing editor. His book Our Kind of People: Inside America's Black Upper Class was a New York Times, Los Angeles Times and Essence Magazine bestseller, as well as a selection of the Book of the Month Club. Netflix is currently developing a series based on the book. Astute observer and ruminative author Lawrence Otis Graham continues his candid search for racial and ethnic understanding in essays with topics as diverse as life as a black Princetonian and Harvard-trained lawyer to the experience of being a black busboy at an all-white country club. Informed and propelled by his status as an upper-middle-class African American who lives in a predominately white environment, Graham offers a unique perspective on the subject of race., HarperCollins Publishers, 1995, 3<