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Road of bones / by Golden, Christopher,author.;

"Christopher Golden's Road of Bones is a stunning supernatural thriller set in Siberia, where a film crew is covering an elusive ghost story about a highway built on top of the bones of prisoners of Stalin's gulag. Kolyma Highway, otherwise known as the Road of Bones, is a 1200 mile stretch of Siberian road where winter temperatures can drop as low as sixty degrees below zero. Under Stalin, at least eighty Soviet gulags were built along the route to supply the USSR with a readily available workforce, and over time hundreds of thousands of prisoners died in the midst of their labors. Their bodies were buried where they fell, plowed under the permafrost, underneath the road. Felix Teigland, or "Teig," is a documentary producer, and when he learns about the Road of Bones, he realizes he's stumbled upon untapped potential. Accompanied by his camera operator, Teig hires a local Yakut guide to take them to Oymyakon, the coldest settlement on Earth. Teig is fascinated by the culture along the Road of Bones, and encounters strange characters on the way to the Oymyakon, but when the team arrives, they find the village mysteriously abandoned apart from a mysterious nine-year-old girl. Then, chaos ensues. A malignant, animistic shaman and the forest spirits he commands pursues them as they flee the abandoned town and barrel across miles of deserted permafrost. As the chase continues along this road paved with the suffering of angry ghosts, what form will the echoes of their anguish take? Teig and the others will have to find the answers if they want to survive the Road of Bones"--

Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Paranormal fiction.; GULag NKVD; Documentary films; Forced labor; Shamans;

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The countess of the revolution / by Kortchik, Lana,author.;

Russia, 1917: Petrograd is on the eve of revolution. For Countess Sophia Orlova, the city of her childhood--the only home she has ever known--has become her deadly enemy. The mob are ready to get rid of anyone connected to the old regime, including Sophia. When rebels threaten to shoot Sophia and her husband, they are saved by Nikolai, a fervent supporter of the revolution. Determined to help Nikolai's cause, Sophia sets up a hospital wing in the house, nursing injured victims by his side. Her kindness has captured Nikolai's heart, but their burgeoning romance is forbidden. With battle lines drawn between the new and the old, both their lives are in danger ... Will their love be strong enough to overcome the horrors of war?

Subjects: Historical fiction.; War fiction.; Novels.; Adultery; Countesses; Man-woman relationships; Nurses;

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The kitchen boy / by Alexander, Robert,1952-author.;

Subjects: Historical fiction.; Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918; Nicholas II, Emperor of Russia, 1868-1918; Assassination; Witnesses;

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Catherine the Great [videorecording] / by Clarke, Jason,1969-actor.; Kinnear, Rory,1978-actor.; McKee, Gina,1964-actor.; Mcnally, Kevin,actor.; Mirren, Helen,actor.; Quinn, Joseph(Actor),actor.; Roxburgh, Richard,actor.; Russell, Clive,1945-actor.; HBO Entertainment (Firm),production company.; HBO Home Entertainment (Firm),production company.; Warner Bros. Home Entertainment (Firm),distributor.;

Costume designer, Maja Meschede ; composer, Rupert Gregson-Williams ; editor, Stuart Gazzard (episode 1, 3), Selina Macarthur (episodes 2, 4) ; production, Tom Burton ; director of photography, Stuart Howell.Helen Mirren, Jason Clarke, Gina Mckee, Kevin Mcnally, Joseph Quinn, Clive Russell, Richard Roxburgh, Rory Kinnear.Helen Mirren stars as Catherine the Great, as the brilliant monarch who ruled the Russian empire and transformed its place in the world in the eighteenth century. This limited series charts Catherine's tumultuous reign as the cunning and ambitious empress fights off threats to her crown, wages war with the Ottoman Empire and expands Russia's borders as far as the Black Sea and Crimea. It also chronicles the passionate love affair between Catherine and Russian military leader Grigory Potemkin.14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Historical television programs.; Biographical television programs.; Television mini-series.; Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796; Potemkin, Grigoriĭ Aleksandrovich, kni͡azʹ, 1739-1791; Man-woman relationships;

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Russians among us : sleeper cells, ghost stories, and the hunt for Putin's spies / by Corera, Gordon,author.;

Includes bibliographical references."The urgent, explosive story of Russia's espionage efforts against the United States and the West over the past 15 years, culminating in their interference in the 2016 presidential election"--

Subjects: Sluzhba vneshneĭ razvedki Rossiĭskoĭ Federat͡sii.; Espionage, Russian; Intelligence service; Spies;

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The Great. [videorecording] / by Barr, Nathan,composer (expression); Bromilow, Belinda,1975-actor.; De Souza, Sebastian,1993-actor.; Dhawan, Sacha,1984-actor.; Fanning, Elle,1998-actor,television producer.; Fox, Phoebe,1987-actor.; Gbadamosi, Bayo,actor.; Godley, Adam,actor.; Hodge, Douglas,actor.; Hoult, Nicholas,1989-actor.; Kesselman, Josh,television producer.; Lee, Gwilym,1983-actor.; MacGowan, Marian,television producer.; Mankoff, Doug,television producer.; McNamara, Tony(Director),screenwriter,creator,television producer.; O'Hagan, Nick,television producer.; O'Toole, Dean,television producer.; Shakman, Matt,television producer.; Spaulding, Andrew,television producer.; Wakefield, Charity,1981-actor.; Ward, Brittany Kahan,television producer.; West, Ron(Producer),television producer.; Winemaker, Mark,television producer.; television adaptation of (work):McNamara, Tony(Director).Great.; Civic Center Media,production company.; Echo Lake Entertainment,production company.; Hulu (Firm),broadcaster.; Lewellen Pictures,production company.; Macgowan Films (Firm),production company.; Media Rights Capital (Firm),production company.; Paramount Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.; Paramount Television,presenter.; Piggy Ate Roast Beef Productions,production company.; Thruline Entertainment (Firm),production company.;

Music by Nathan Barr.Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox, Sacha Dhawan, Charity Wakefield, Gwilym Lee, Adam Godley, Douglas Hodge, Belinda Bromilow, Bayo Gbadamosi, Sebastian de Souza.The Great returns in Season Two from Golden Globe and Academy Award nominee Tony McNamara (The Favourite). Catherine finally takes the Russian throne for her own- but if she thought coup-ing her husband was difficult, it's nothing compared to the realities of liberating a country that doesn't want to be. She'll battle her court, her team, even her own mother in a bid to bring the Enlightenment to Russia.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Biographical television programs.; Historical television programs.; Television comedies.; Television programs.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796; Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762; Man-woman relationships;

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The invention of Russia : from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war / by Ostrovsky, Arkady,1971-author.;

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Subjects: Gorbachev, Mikhail Sergeevich, 1931-; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-;

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Overreach : the inside story of Putin's war against Ukraine / by Matthews, Owen,author.;

Includes bibliographical references.The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis since World War II--and yet at the heart of the conflict is a mystery. Vladimir Putin lurched from a calculating, subtle master of opportunity to a reckless gambler, putting his regime--and Russia itself--at risk of destruction. Why? Drawing on over 25 years' experience working in Moscow, journalist Owen Matthews provides the answer. He takes us inside the COVID bubble where Putin conceived his invasion plans in a fog of nationalist fantasy and bad information--and into the inner circle around Ukrainian president and unexpected war hero Volodimir Zelensky. Using the testimonies of captured Russian conscripts and the last journalists in besieged Mariupol, Overreach uncovers what unfolded on the ground, while interviews with Putin's close network pull back the curtain on the decision-making process inside the Kremlin. With its panoramic view, Overreach is the authoritative, unmissable account of the conflict that shocked Europe to its core.

Subjects: Ukraine Conflict, 2014-;

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The Great. [videorecording] / by Barr, Nathan,composer (expression); Boys, Anthony,editor of moving image work.; Bridges, Caroline,director of photography.; Brock, Tricia,television director.; Bromilow, Belinda,1975-actor.; Delgado, Sergio,1961-director of photography.; Derry, Catherine,director of photography.; Dhawan, Sacha,1984-actor.; Di Mottola, Francesca,production designer.; Fanning, Elle,1998-television producer,actor.; Folkson, Sheree,television director.; Fox, Freddie,1989-actor.; Fox, Phoebe,1987-actor.; Gbadamosi, Bayo,actor.; Godley, Adam,actor.; Hodge, Douglas,actor.; Hoult, Nicholas,1989-television producer,actor.; Isaacs, Jason,1963-actor.; Keith-Roach, Florence,actor.; Kesselman, Josh,television producer.; Krishnansen, Kyle,television producer.; Lee, Gwilym,1983-actor.; Long, Sharon(Costume designer),costume designer.; MacGowan, Marian,television producer.; Mahmood, Jaffar,television director.; Mankoff, Doug,television producer.; McDonnell, Edel,editor of moving image work.; Molony, Grace,actor.; Moore, Matthew,1975-television director.; Pickett, Ava,screenwriter.; Sarony, Paul,television producer.; Seres, Fiona,screenwriter.; Sneddon, Billy,editor of moving image work.; Spaulding, Andrew,television producer.; Wakefield, Charity,1981-actor.; Ward, Brittany Kahan,television producer.; West, Ron(Producer),television producer.; Winemaker, Mark,television producer.; television adaptation of (work):McNamara, Tony(Director).Great.; Civic Center Media (Firm),production company.; Echo Lake Entertainment,production company.; Lewellen Pictures (Firm),production company.; Macgowan Films (Firm),production company.; Media Rights Capital (Firm),production company.; Paramount Pictures Corporation,publisher.; Piggy Ate Roast Beef Productions (Firm),production company.; Thruline Entertainment (Firm),production company.;

Elle Fanning, Nicholas Hoult, Phoebe Fox, Sacha Dhawan, Charity Wakefield, Gwilym Lee, Adam Godley, Douglas Hodge, Belinda Bromilow, Bayo Gbadamosi, Florence Keith-Roach, Freddie Fox, Grace Molony, Jason Isaacs.The Final Season revolves around more court machinations, complicated relationships, and coup attempts. Catherine is still in charge, meeting with peasants and nobles to get input on her quest to modernize Russia. She's working on bonding with Peter and their young son Paul. Meanwhile, the sidelined Peter tries his hand at "First Husband" duties like hunting and inventing new cuisines but soon finds himself bored with his lack of power.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.Described video for the blind and visually impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.

Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Video recordings for people with visual disabilities.; Television comedies.; Television programs.; Biographical television programs.; Historical television programs.; Catherine II, Empress of Russia, 1729-1796; Peter III, Emperor of Russia, 1728-1762; Empresses; Man-woman relationships;

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I love Russia : reporting from a lost country / by Kosti͡uchenko, Elena,1987-author.; Chavasse, Ilona Yazhbin,translator.; Shayevich, Bela,translator.; translation of:Kosti͡uchenko, Elena,1987-Essays.Selections.English.;

"An unprecedented and intimate portrait of Russia, and a fearless cri de cœur for journalism in opposition to the global authoritarian turn. To be a journalist is to tell the truth. I Love Russia is Elena Kostyuchenko's fearless and unrelenting attempt to document Putin's Russia as experienced by those whom it systematically and brutally erases: village girls recruited into sex work, queer people in the outer provinces, patients and doctors at a Ukrainian maternity ward, and reporters like herself. The result is a singular portrait of a nation, and of a young woman who refuses to be silenced. In March 2022, as a reporter for Russia's last free press, Novaya Gazeta, Kostyuchenko crossed the border into Ukraine to cover the war. It was her mission to ensure that Russians witnessed the horrors Putin was committing in their name. She filed her pieces knowing that should she return home, she would likely be prosecuted and sentenced to 15 years in prison. Yet, driven by the conviction that the greatest form of love and patriotism is criticism, she continues to write, undaunted and with eyes wide open. I Love Russia stitches together reportage from the past 15 years with personal essays, assembling a kaleidoscopic narrative that Kostyuchenko understands may be the last work from her country that she'll publish for a long time--perhaps ever. She writes because the threat of Putin's Russia extends beyond herself, beyond Crimea, and beyond Ukraine. We fail to understand it at our own peril"--

Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Kosti͡uchenko, Elena, 1987-; Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-; Freedom of the press; Journalism; Political culture; Social change;

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