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King's Ransom

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The Faith to Face TyrannyFaith to Face the Third ReichTwo Stories of Undaunted CourageSet during the darkest days of World War II, King’s Ransom tells the heroic story of Tsar Boris III, King of Bulgaria, and his extraordinary efforts to save his country’s Jewish population from Hitler’s concentration camps. Aware of the price he might pay for his risks, Boris faced the Third Reich with courage ... Read more

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The Faith to Face TyrannyFaith to Face the Third ReichTwo Stories of Undaunted CourageSet during the darkest days of World War II, King’s Ransom tells the heroic story of Tsar Boris III, King of Bulgaria, and his extraordinary efforts to save his country’s Jewish population from Hitler’s concentration camps. Aware of the price he might pay for his risks, Boris faced the Third Reich with courage
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Poland

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“A Michener epic is far more than a bedtime reader, it’s an experience. Poland is a monumental effort, a magnificent guide to a better understanding of the country’s tribulations.”—Chicago TribuneIn this sweeping novel, James A. Michener chronicles eight tumultuous centuries as three Polish families live out their destinies. The Counts Lubonski, the petty nobles Bukowksi, and the peasants Buk are ... Read more

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“A Michener epic is far more than a bedtime reader, it’s an experience. Poland is a monumental effort, a magnificent guide to a better understanding of the country’s tribulations.”—Chicago TribuneIn this sweeping novel, James A. Michener chronicles eight tumultuous centuries as three Polish families live out their destinies. The Counts Lubonski, the petty nobles Bukowksi, and the peasants Buk are
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The Confession

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From the author of New York Times bestseller The Tourist...Eastern Europe, 1956: Comrade Inspector Ferenc Kolyeszar, who is a proletariat writer in addition to his job as a state militia homicide detective, is a man on the brink. Estranged from his wife, whom he believes is cheating on him with one of his colleagues, and frustrated by writer's block, Ferenc's attention is focused on his job. But ... Read more

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From the author of New York Times bestseller The Tourist...Eastern Europe, 1956: Comrade Inspector Ferenc Kolyeszar, who is a proletariat writer in addition to his job as a state militia homicide detective, is a man on the brink. Estranged from his wife, whom he believes is cheating on him with one of his colleagues, and frustrated by writer's block, Ferenc's attention is focused on his job. But
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Under A Cruel Star: A Life In Prague 1941-1968

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Under A Cruel Star: A Life in Prague 1941-1968 by Heda Margolius Kovály (68,000 words and 8 photographs)"A story of the human spirit as its most indomitable... one of the outstanding autobiographies of the century." San Francisco Chronicle"Once in a rare while we read a book that puts the urgencies of our time and ourselves in perspective, making us confront the darker realities of human nature... ... Read more

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Former People

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The riveting and harrowing story of the fate of the Russian nobility, from the Bolshevik Revolution to the Stalinist era.Winner of the Pushkin House Russian Book PrizeNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Kansas City Star and Salon"Sobering stories about the politics of power―its loss, its gain―and the deep human suffering that inevitably... ... Read more

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The riveting and harrowing story of the fate of the Russian nobility, from the Bolshevik Revolution to the Stalinist era.Winner of the Pushkin House Russian Book PrizeNamed a Best Book of the Year by The Kansas City Star and Salon"Sobering stories about the politics of power―its loss, its gain―and the deep human suffering that inevitably...
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The Fracture Zone

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Death of a Dissident

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In this mystery introducing a hard-boiled Soviet police inspector, "Kaminsky gets Russia right" (Ed McBain).Aleksander Granovsky has dedicated his life to exposing the brutality of the Russian penal system. In two days he will be tried for the crime of smuggling essays to the West. It is a show trial, and there is no doubt he will be convicted and executed, yet before he dies, he intends to tell ... Read more

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In this mystery introducing a hard-boiled Soviet police inspector, "Kaminsky gets Russia right" (Ed McBain).Aleksander Granovsky has dedicated his life to exposing the brutality of the Russian penal system. In two days he will be tried for the crime of smuggling essays to the West. It is a show trial, and there is no doubt he will be convicted and executed, yet before he dies, he intends to tell
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Alexander II

The Last Great Tsar

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A gripping historical biography of Russia’s reformist tsar and tragic ruler, this vivid account of Alexander II blends royal intrigue, political revolution, and the birth of modern terrorism amid the turbulent age of Dostoevsky, Tolstoy, and the Romanovs.Edvard Radzinsky is justly famous as both a biographer and a dramatist, and he brings both skills to bear in this vivid, page-turning, rich ... Read more

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The Incredible Tito

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Fast's fascinating biography of Joseph Broz, known to the world as Tito, including his rise to power and his remarkable stand against fascismThe world was mired in the Second World War when Howard Fast wrote The Incredible Tito. Upon the book's publication in 1944, there was still no united Yugoslavia, the Axis controlled most of Europe, and D-Day was only in the planning stages. In the Balkans, ... Read more

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Fast's fascinating biography of Joseph Broz, known to the world as Tito, including his rise to power and his remarkable stand against fascismThe world was mired in the Second World War when Howard Fast wrote The Incredible Tito. Upon the book's publication in 1944, there was still no united Yugoslavia, the Axis controlled most of Europe, and D-Day was only in the planning stages. In the Balkans,
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The Stalin Epigram

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by Robert Littell ...

Based on a riveting historical episode, The Stalin Epigram is a fictional rendering of the life of Osip Mandelstam, perhaps the greatest Russian poet of the twentieth century -- and one of the few artists in Soviet Russia who daringly refused to pay creative homage to Joseph Stalin. The poet's defiance of the Kremlin dictator and the Bolshevik regime -- particularly his outspoken criticism of ... Read more

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Based on a riveting historical episode, The Stalin Epigram is a fictional rendering of the life of Osip Mandelstam, perhaps the greatest Russian poet of the twentieth century -- and one of the few artists in Soviet Russia who daringly refused to pay creative homage to Joseph Stalin. The poet's defiance of the Kremlin dictator and the Bolshevik regime -- particularly his outspoken criticism of
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Children of the Night

The Strange and Epic Story of Modern Romania

by Paul Kenyon ...

A vivid, brilliant, darkly humorous and horrifying history of some of the strangest dictators that Europe has ever seen.'A witty and page-turning narrative full of grotesque characters' Misha Glenny'Will leave you astonished, exhausted and curious... An unapologetic page turner' Spectator'Essential reading for anyone interested in Romania past and present' John Simpson'An engaging introduction to ... Read more

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A vivid, brilliant, darkly humorous and horrifying history of some of the strangest dictators that Europe has ever seen.'A witty and page-turning narrative full of grotesque characters' Misha Glenny'Will leave you astonished, exhausted and curious... An unapologetic page turner' Spectator'Essential reading for anyone interested in Romania past and present' John Simpson'An engaging introduction to
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After Hitler brought Ante Pavelic to power in the First Independent State of Croatia, a puppet state created on April 10th, 1941, Pavelic created 34 “summary” courts throughout Croatia that June. He empowered every Croatian to arrest and kill Serbians without being charged with a crime. Any Croat could sit on these “courts,” including former convicts who issued arrest warrants and passed out death ... Read more

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