{"product_id":"2940013501744","title":"Ten Soviet Sports Stars","description":"Only Mikhail Gorbachev’s glasnost policy could bring out this inside-look at the Soviet Union’s athletic superstars.  This book is co-authored by Yuri Khromov, Dean of sportswriters of TASS, and by Dr. Russ Ramsey, US Professor of military affairs and sports historian.\u003cbr\u003e    The book contains never-before-released information on how the U.S.S.R. finds its superstars…where they do their military service…and, what happens to them when they lose.\u003cbr\u003e    Yuri Khromov and Russ Ramsey are an improbable pair of co-authors—a high TASS official and a West Point graduate, and their book has already been applauded in the official magazines of the Olympic sports.\u003cbr\u003e    Photographs of these sports-stars are included together with biographic background of each: Dimitri Bilozerchev, Sergey Bubka, Vyacheslav Ekimov, Robert Emmiyan, Igor Polyansky, Arvidas Sabonis, Vladimir Salnikov, Vasily Shishov, Elena Shushunova, and, Yuri Zakharevich.","brand":"Branden Books (Branden Publishing Company, Inc.)","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":47068897837296,"sku":"2940013501744","price":9.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0737\/7593\/9824\/files\/2940013501744_p0.jpg?v=1763581697","url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/2940013501744","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}