Browse: Books
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Midnight in Chernobyl : the untold story of the world's greatest nuclear disaster2019
Summary: Journalist Adam Higginbotham's definitive, years-in-the-making account of the Chernobyl nuclear power plant disaster -- and a powerful investigation into how propaganda, secrecy, and myth have... more »- place hold (1)
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Last witnesses : an oral history of the children of World War II2019
Summary: Bringing together dozens of voices in her distinctive style, this book is Svetlana Alexievich's collection of the memories of those who were children during World War II. These men and women were... more »- place hold (0)
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Sandworm : a new era of cyberwar and the hunt for the Kremlin's most dangerous hackers2019
Summary: In 2014, the world witnessed the start of a mysterious series of cyberattacks. Targeting American utility companies, NATO, and electric grids in Eastern Europe, the strikes grew ever more brazen,... more »- place hold (0)
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Blowout : corrupted democracy, rogue state Russia, and the richest, most destructive industry on Earth2019
Summary: Offers a dark, serpentine, riveting tour of the unimaginably lucrative and corrupt oil-and-gas industry. With her trademark black humor, Maddow takes us on a switchback journey around the globe --... more »- place hold (0)
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St. Petersburg2018
Summary: Explore imperial palaces, visit unique museums and stunning churches or stroll across the city's bridges. Discover the best of St Petersburg with this indispensable travel guide. It includes... more »- place hold (0)
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House of Trump, house of Putin : the untold story of Donald Trump and the Russian mafia2018
Summary: This book offers the first comprehensive investigation into the decades-long relationship among Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Russian Mafia that ultimately helped win Trump the White House.... more »- place hold (0)
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Russian roulette : the inside story of Putin's war on America and the election of Donald Trump2018
Summary: The incredible, harrowing account of how American democracy was hacked by Moscow as part of a covert operation to influence the U.S. election and help Donald Trump gain the presidency.- place hold (0)
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In the enemy's house : the secret saga of the FBI agent and the code breaker who caught the Russian spies2018
Summary: In 1946, genius linguist and codebreaker Meredith Gardner discovered that the KGB was running an extensive network of strategically placed spies inside the United States, whose goal was to infiltrate... more »- place hold (0)
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Collusion : secret meetings, dirty money, and how Russia helped Donald Trump win2017
Summary: December 2016. Luke Harding quietly meets former MI6 officer Christopher Steele in a London pub to discuss President-elect Donald Trump's Russia connections. A month later, Steele's now-famous... more »- place hold (0)
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The future is history : how totalitarianism reclaimed Russia2017
Summary: Hailed for her "fearless indictment of the most powerful man in Russia" (The Wall Street Journal), award-winning journalist Masha Gessen is unparalleled in her understanding of the events and forces... more »- place hold (0)
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Lenin on the train2017
Summary: A meticulously researched account of Lenin's fateful rail journey across Europe to Petrograd, where he ignited the Russian revolution and forever changed the world. In the early spring of 1917, as... more »- place hold (0)
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The whisperers : private life in Stalin's Russia2008
Summary: "The Whisperers is a triumphant act of recovery. In this powerful work of history, Orlando Figes chronicles the private history of family life during the violent and repressive reign of Josef Stalin.... more »- place hold (0)
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A people's tragedy : the Russian Revolution, 1891-19241998
Summary: It is history on an epic yet human scale. Vast in scope, exhaustive in original research, written with passion, narrative skill, and human sympathy, A People's Tragedy is a profound account of the... more »- place hold (0)
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The invention of Russia : from Gorbachev's freedom to Putin's war2015
Summary: "A highly original narrative history by The Economist's Moscow bureau chief that does for modern Russia what Evan Osnos did for China in The Age of Ambition. The end of communism and breakup of the... more »- place hold (0)
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The house of the dead : Siberian exile under the tsars2016
Summary: "The House of the Dead is a history of Siberia with a focus on the last four tsars (1801-1917). Daniel Beer explores the massive penal colony that became an incubator for the radicalism of revolutionaries who would one day rule Russia" --- place hold (0)
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Secondhand time : the last of the Soviets2016
Summary: "From the 2015 winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature, Svetlana Alexievich, comes the first English translation of her latest work, an oral history of the disintegration of the Soviet Union and the... more »- place hold (0)
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The billion dollar spy : a true story of Cold War espionage and betrayal2015
Summary: "While getting into his car on the evening of February 16, 1978, the chief of the CIA's Moscow station was handed an envelope by an unknown Russian. Its contents stunned the Americans: details of... more »- place hold (0)
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Once upon a time in Russia : the rise of the oligarchs -- a true story of ambition, wealth, betrayal, and murder2015
Summary: "Once upon a time in Russia" is the story of modern day Russia through the eyes of some of the most powerful and wealthy people in the world: the oligarchs. The story starts in the early 1990s with... more »- place hold (0)
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A history of the world in 6 glasses2005
Summary: From beer to Coca-Cola, the six drinks that have helped shape human history. Throughout human history. certain drinks have done much more than just quench thirst. As Tom Standage relates with... more »- place hold (0)
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All hands down : the true story of the Soviet attack on the USS Scorpion2008
Summary: From Ken Sewell, the author of Red Star Rogue,and Jerome Preisler, the author of Code Name Caesar and co-author of the Tom Clancy's Power Plays series, comes a controversial account of the... more »- place hold (0)
added 13 years ago
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The Cold War : a new history2005
Summary: In 1950, when Joseph Stalin, Mao Zedong, Ho Chi Minh and Kim Il-Sung met in Moscow to discuss the future, they had reason to feel optimistic. International communism seemed everywhere on the... more »- place hold (0)
added 15 years ago
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Gulag : a history2003
Summary: The Gulag-the vast array of Soviet concentration camps-was a system of repression and punishment whose rationalized evil and institutionalized inhumanity were rivaled only by the Holocaust. The Gulag... more »- place hold (0)
added 16 years ago
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