{"product_id":"9784871874540","title":"The President's Crown Of Thorns","description":"Autobiography of Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, President of the World Chess Federation (\"FIDE\") from 1995 to the Present. This is an amazing book because it describes the break-up of the Soviet Union and provides an autobiography of how a man realizing the huge changes in the process of taking place in Russian society was able to become a millionaire.\u003cbr\u003eMost of the public commentary about this book has been concerned with the title to Chapter 8: \"It only takes two weeks to have a man killed\". However, this has been misrepresented out of context. The correct context is that in 1993, following the break-up on the Soviet Union, free elections were going to be held for the first time in Kalmykia. Kirsan Ilyumzhinov, a young businessman, decided to run on the platform that he was going to abolish the KGB. This made a lot of people unhappy, especially the KGB, and Kirsan received a threatening telephone call.","brand":"Ishi Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49899324309744,"sku":"9784871874540","price":25.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":false}],"url":"https:\/\/shop-qa.barnesandnoble.com\/products\/9784871874540","provider":"Barnes \u0026 Noble (DEV)","version":"1.0","type":"link"}