Browsing: Russia

From one of the finest journalists of our time comes a definitive, boots-on-the-ground dispatch from the front lines of the…

A New York Times bestseller from a Nobel Prize–winning author: This history of the dissolution of the Soviet Union and creation of a new Russia is “vivid and incandescent” (The Washington Post). An NPR Best Book of 2016!

Called “Mata Hari from Minnesota” (Time), glamorous American spy Betty Pack paved the way for the Allies’ victory with her death-defying secret missions during World War II. A New York Times bestselling author chronicles Pack’s gripping life of espionage in this “provocative” historical tale (Library Journal).

An “entertaining and lively” Cold War history (Publishers Weekly starred review) from a New York Times bestselling author: Kim Philby was a talented spy who led Britain’s counterintelligence against the Soviet Union — while he secretly worked for the enemy, betrayed his friends, and left devastation in his wake.

A New York Times bestseller and NPR Best Book of 2013 with over 21,000 five-star Goodreads ratings: In a village in Chechnya, Akhmed discovers an eight-year-old girl hiding in the forest — and makes a life-changing choice. “Extraordinary… A 21st-century War and Peace” (The Washington Post).

When Tina Björnström and her father arrive in Berlin for the 1936 Olympics, she has no idea that the entire…

From a Pulitzer Prize–winning author! Lev Nussimbaum’s life was stranger than fiction: Using pen names, he became a popular author in Nazi Germany — despite his secret Jewish heritage. This “thrilling, novelistic, and rich” biography (Entertainment Weekly) is “a page-turner of epic proportion” (Booklist).

A New York Times bestseller: CIA veteran Jason Monk risks everything in a secret mission to stop the rise of a Russian dictator. “Masterly… One of [Forsyth’s] best works” (The Sunday Times).

After breaking out of a Soviet prison camp, US Air Force major Joe Mack must rely on his survival skills to get through the wilderness to safety — and evade the master tracker on his tail. “Joe Mack is a classic American hero… [A] sweeping adventure” (Publishers Weekly).

“Sure to entrance readers” (Library Journal): In this dazzling novel, the fall of the Romanovs is reimagined from the perspective of kitchen boy Leonka. “Ingenious” (USA Today), with over 3,600 five-star Goodreads ratings.