Moscow NightsGripping narrative nonfiction that tells the dramatic story of a remarkable young Texan pianist, Van Cliburn, who played his way through the wall of fear built by the Cold War, won the hearts of the American and Russian people, and eased tensions between two superpowers on the brink of nuclear war. In 1958, an unheralded twenty three year old piano prodigy from Texas named Van Cliburn traveled to Moscow to compete in the First International

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and have no simple solutions

This book also provides a glimpse into Kamdev Singh's benevolence - he would fund marriages and organize last rites for families that couldn't afford to

No one has seen the league change

And even after Alan escapes

gray-toned artwork

Finding food is truly a matter of life and death

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no family but one another

suddenly appears

she realizes this might just be the key to saving her job