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A century-old mystery takes Rostnikov halfway around the world In the waning days of the Russian Empire, the Czar inked a secret treaty with Japan that was stolen en route by one of the workmen on the Trans-Siberian Railway. More than a one hundred years later, the Soviet Union has gone the way of the Czardom, and police inspector Porfiry Rostnikov is trying to find his way in the Russia of Vladimir Putin. A large amount of money is being sent from...
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Berkley Books
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Valentina Ivanova, part of St. Petersburg's elite aristocracy, creates a scandal when she falls in love with a Danish engineer; but her rushed, arranged engagement to a Russian count and the opulence of Tsarist rule coming to a brutal end threatens to change Valentina's and her family's lives forever.
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Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2010
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English
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Investigator Arkady Renko looks into the body of a woman found in a construction trailer on the edge of Moscow's main rail hub, despite the fact that he has been suspended from the prosecution office, but while everyone seems content to declare her death a drug overdose, Renko is intrigued by the discovery of an invitation to an exclusive charity ball for billionaires.
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After selling her vast jewelry collection in an attempt to put her past to rest, Nina Revskaya, who was once a star of the ballet in Russia, is forced to confront dark secrets of her heart in order to help an auction house associate director and a Russian professor solve a literary mystery.
12) The line
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Putnams
Pub. Date
c2010
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English
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A diverse group of people line up at a shuttered ticket booth after hearing rumors that a famous exiled composer will be returning to Russia to conduct his final symphony, but as the days pass and tickets do not go on sale, those waiting in the line form unexpected friendships and perform acts of kindness that change all their lives.
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Marina Makarova is a woman of privilege who aches to break free of the constraints of her genteel life. Swept up on the tides of the Russian Revolution, Marina joins the marches for workers' rights, falls in love with a radical young poet, and betrays everything she holds dear, before being betrayed in turn. As her country goes through tremendous upheaval, Marina's own coming-of-age unfolds, marked by deep passion, devastating loss, and the private...
16) The retreat
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From the author of The Battle: A novel that brings French history to life as Napoleon moves in on Russia-where the ultimate test awaits. The French army stands at the gates of Moscow. Exhausted and demoralized, Napoleon's men are a mere fraction of the four-hundred-thousand-strong force that crossed the river Niemen in the summer, just three months earlier. Still, the sight of this famous city feels like a triumph and a chance, at last, to enjoy a...
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Clarion Books
Pub. Date
c1999
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IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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In an old Russian village, Sadie and her brothers are poor and hungry until an old woman gives Sadie a frying pan that will make potato pancakes until it hears the magic words that make it stop.
18) The kingmaker
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"Listen, Drummond, your client betrayed this country in ways too horrible to contemplate..." In the history of espionage, there's never been one like him. But Major Sean Drummond never says die. Especially when an old flame begs him to defend her brigadier general husband in the biggest treason case in U.S. history. And even when Drummond is up against the fiercest prosecutor in the Army and fighting two murder charges. With an unconventional and...
19) The way back
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Image Entertainment
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
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Inspired by an incredible true story beginning in 1940 when seven prisoners attempt to escape from a brutal Siberian gulag.
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