Browsing: Russia

Delve into this concise account of the legendary sniper Simo Häyhä — an enigmatic Finnish patriot who fought in the Winter War just after the outbreak of World War II.

A New York Times bestseller: Two years after Bolshevik police execute Anastasia Romanov and her family, a young woman is found in a Berlin canal — claiming to be the Russian Grand Duchess. Is she telling the truth? “Tantalizing, surprising, compelling, and utterly fascinating” (Lisa Wingate).

An NPR Best Book of 2017 from a Nobel Prize–winning author: This “landmark” history (#1 New York Times bestselling author Timothy Snyder) chronicles the true stories of female Soviet soldiers in World War II. “Magnificent” (The New York Times Book Review).

“Monumental… Engrossing” (Life): From everyday hardships to military operations, a journalist delivers a firsthand account of the Soviet-German conflict in this vivid chronicle of Russia at war. “One of the most important books yet written about World War II” (The New York Times Book Review).

From a New York Times bestselling author and counterterrorism analyst comes an examination of evidence that the Russian government employed cyber warfare throughout the 2016 US presidential campaign.

We are the shiver on your uneasy flesh, the creep of the unknown on your skin. Tread carefully, for the dark…

With over 18,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: Reeling from a shocking discovery, Kitty Fisher flees to her great-grandfather’s cabin. But when she finds a mysterious pendant, she embarks on a quest to unearth old family secrets… The past and present collide in this breathtaking USA Today bestseller.

Witness the ill-fated affair that inspired Doctor Zhivago in this “fascinating and often heartbreaking” tale (O, the Oprah Magazine) of the romance between author Boris Pasternak and his muse, Olga Ivinskaya. A poignant look at love and courage in Communist Russia, from a New York Times bestselling author.

A “winning, stylish” New York Times bestseller (NPR): Ordered to live in an elegant hotel across from the Kremlin, Count Alexander Rostov looks inward as decades unfold. “The book is like a salve… Exactly what we’re longing for” (Ann Patchett).

On October 1941, in a small village outside Moscow, Serafima bids farewell to Vitya, a Soviet officer going to the…