The Gambler Small Beer Press and for those to whom

and for those to whom they are old friends

revealing both the cruel reality her relatives endured and her own experiences as an intelligence officer

Carefully documented from a rich lode of family and business correspondence made available for the first time

In "Blithe Spirit

who sought detente with Germany-might have derailed the war or brought it to a different end

The Gambler Small Beer Press and for those to whomIn this dark and compelling short novel, Fyodor Dostoevsky tells the story of Alexey Ivanovitch, a young tutor working in the household of an imperious Russian general. Alexey tries to break through the wall of the established order in Russia, but instead becomes mired in the endless downward spiral of betting and loss. His intense and inescapable addiction is accentuated by his affair with the Generals cruel yet seductively adept niece, Polina. In