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The Dark Heart of Russia : A Journey Through Putin's Empire of Brutality. by Fink, Jonathan.;
When Jonathan Fink studied Russian in university, he developed a passion for the country that seemed under Boris Yeltsin to throw off the shackles of repression. Thirty years later, he set out to uncover through interviews the real heart of Russia, a country besieged by unfathomable terrorism and deep-seated paranoia and where crime is scarcely ever met with punishment. 'The Dark Heart of Russia' shows that there is a need to look at the Kremlin's deeds and ignore their words as a rule to get to the truth. Contributors include Bill Browder, David Petraeus, and Luke Harding.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY; HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union;
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A constellation of vital phenomena : [Book Club Set] / by Marra, Anthony.;
© c2013., Random House Canada,
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A gentleman in Moscow / by Towles, Amor,author.;
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Political fiction.; Home detention;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 3
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Leningrad : tragedy of a city under siege, 1941-44 / by Reid, Anna.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.
© c2011., Allen Lane Canada,
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The Forbidden Garden : The Botanists of Besieged Leningrad and Their Impossible Choice. by Parkin, Simon.;
'The Forbidden Garden' is the riveting, untold true story of the botanists at the worlds first seed bank who faced an impossible choice during the 872 day Siege of Leningrad: eat the collection to prevent starvation, or protect their lifes work to help end world hunger? From the author of 'The Island of Extraordinary Captives'.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: HISTORY / Military / World War II; HISTORY / Russia & the Former Soviet Union; SCIENCE / History;
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The tsarina's daughter : a novel / by Alpsten, Ellen,1971-author.;
"Ellen Alpsten's stunning new novel, The Tsarina's Daughter, is the dramatic story of Elizabeth, daughter of Catherine I and Peter the Great, who ruled Russia during an extraordinary life marked by love, danger, passion and scandal. Born into the House of Romanov to the all-powerful Peter the Great and his wife, Catherine, a former serf, beautiful Tsarevna Elizabeth is the envy of the Russian empire. She is insulated by luxury and spoiled by her father, who dreams for her to marry King Louis XV of France and rule in Versailles. But when a woodland creature gives her a Delphic prophecy, her life is turned upside down. Her volatile father suddenly dies, her only brother has been executed and her mother takes the throne of Russia. As friends turn to foes in the dangerous atmosphere of the Court, the princess must fear for her freedom and her life. Fate deals her blow after blow, and even loving her becomes a crime that warrants cruel torture and capital punishment: Elizabeth matures from suffering victim to strong and savvy survivor. But only her true love and their burning passion finally help her become who she is. When the Imperial Crown is left to an infant Tsarevich, Elizabeth finds herself in mortal danger and must confront a terrible dilemma--seize the reins of power and harm an innocent child, or find herself following in the footsteps of her murdered brother. Hidden behind a gorgeous, wildly decadent façade, the Russian Imperial Court is a viper's den of intrigue and ambition. Only a woman possessed of boundless courage and cunning can prove herself worthy to sit on the throne of Peter the Great"--
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Elizabeth, Empress of Russia, 1709-1762;
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The long hangover : Putin's new Russia and the ghosts of the past / by Walker, Shaun(Journalist),author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.In The long hangover, Shaun Walker provides a deeply reported, bottom-up explanation of Putin's aggressive foreign policy and his support among Russians.
Subjects: Putin, Vladimir Vladimirovich, 1952-;
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A constellation of vital phenomena : a novel / by Marra, Anthony.;
Subjects: Love stories.; Hospitals; Women physicians;
© 2013., Random House Canada,
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The lost pianos of Siberia / by Roberts, Sophy,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Siberia's story is traditionally one of exiles, penal colonies, and unmarked graves. Yet there is another tale to tell. Dotted throughout this remote land are pianos--grand instruments created during the boom years of the nineteenth century, as well as humble, Soviet-made uprights that found their way into equally modest homes. They tell the story of how, ever since entering Russian culture under the westernizing influence of Catherine the Great, piano music has run through the country like blood. How these pianos travelled into this snow-bound wilderness in the first place is testament to acts of fortitude by governors, adventurers, and exiles. Siberian pianos have accompanied extraordinary feats, from the instrument that Maria Volkonsky, wife of an exiled Decembrist revolutionary, used to spread music east of the Urals, to those that brought reprieve to the Soviet Gulag. That these instruments might still exist in such a hostile landscape is remarkable. That they are still capable of making music in far-flung villages is nothing less than a miracle. The Lost Pianos of Siberia is largely a story of music in this fascinating place, following Roberts on a three-year adventure as she tracks a number of different instruments to find one whose history is definitively Siberian. Her journey reveals a desolate land inhabited by wild tigers and deeply shaped by its dark history, yet one that is also profoundly beautiful-and peppered with pianos"--
Subjects: Piano;
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Anna Karenina : a novel in eight parts / by Tolstoy, Leo,graf,1828-1910.; Pevear, Richard,1943-; Volokhonsky, Larissa;
Includes bibliographical references.
Subjects: Classics; Literary; Adultery;
© 2002., Penguin Books,
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