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A Writer at War

Vasily Grossman with the Red Army

by Vasily Grossman ...

Translated by Luba Vinogradova ...

Edited and translated from the Russian by Antony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova Knopf Canada is proud to present a masterpiece of the Second World War, never before published in English, from one of the great Russian writers of the 20th century – a vivid eyewitness account of the Eastern Front and “the ruthless truth of war.”When the Germans invaded Russia in 1941, Vasily Grossman became a special ... Read more

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Edited and translated from the Russian by Antony Beevor and Luba Vinogradova Knopf Canada is proud to present a masterpiece of the Second World War, never before published in English, from one of the great Russian writers of the 20th century – a vivid eyewitness account of the Eastern Front and “the ruthless truth of war.”When the Germans invaded Russia in 1941, Vasily Grossman became a special
... Read more
How Russia Won

Donald Trump, Vladimir Putin, and the Fight for America

by David Corn ...

The definitive and riveting investigation into how Vladimir Putin successfully mounted a decade-long covert war against the United States and how Donald Trump aided and abetted the operation and upended America and the worldHow Russia Won tells the little-understood yet crucial story of how Vladimir Putin has waged a secret campaign to subvert and weaken the United States—and how Trump, his MAGA ... Read more

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The definitive and riveting investigation into how Vladimir Putin successfully mounted a decade-long covert war against the United States and how Donald Trump aided and abetted the operation and upended America and the worldHow Russia Won tells the little-understood yet crucial story of how Vladimir Putin has waged a secret campaign to subvert and weaken the United States—and how Trump, his MAGA
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The Compatriots

The Brutal and Chaotic History of Russia's Exiles, Émigrés, and Agents Abroad

by Andrei Soldatov, Irina Borogan ...

The authors of The Red Web examine the shifting role of Russian expatriates throughout history, and their complicated, unbreakable relationship with the mother country--be it antagonistic or far too chummy.The history of Russian espionage is soaked in blood, from a spontaneous pistol shot that killed a secret policeman in Romania in 1924 to the attempt to poison an exiled KGB colonel in Salisbury, ... Read more

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The authors of The Red Web examine the shifting role of Russian expatriates throughout history, and their complicated, unbreakable relationship with the mother country--be it antagonistic or far too chummy.The history of Russian espionage is soaked in blood, from a spontaneous pistol shot that killed a secret policeman in Romania in 1924 to the attempt to poison an exiled KGB colonel in Salisbury,
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Rasputin

The Downfall of the Romanovs

by Antony Beevor ...

**“This story of credulous, out-of-touch monarchs steering their country into disaster never loses its sinister appeal.”—The New York Times"A beautifully written, clear-eyed biography of a very Russian tragedy.”—The Sunday TimesFrom one of our most acclaimed historians, a major new biography of one of history’s most disturbing, dubious masterminds, showing how a Siberian peasant, through his ... Read more

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**“This story of credulous, out-of-touch monarchs steering their country into disaster never loses its sinister appeal.”—The New York Times"A beautifully written, clear-eyed biography of a very Russian tragedy.”—The Sunday TimesFrom one of our most acclaimed historians, a major new biography of one of history’s most disturbing, dubious masterminds, showing how a Siberian peasant, through his
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The Long Walk

The True Story of a Trek to Freedom

by Slavomir Rawicz ...

'I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves'Slavomir RawiczSlavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19 November 1939 he was arrested by the Russians and after brutal interrogation he was sentenced to twenty-five years in a gulag.After a three-month journey in the dead ... Read more

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'I hope The Long Walk will remain as a memorial to all those who live and die for freedom, and for all those who for many reasons could not speak for themselves'Slavomir RawiczSlavomir Rawicz was a young Polish cavalry officer. On 19 November 1939 he was arrested by the Russians and after brutal interrogation he was sentenced to twenty-five years in a gulag.After a three-month journey in the dead
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The Gulag Archipelago

The Authorized Abridgement

by Aleksandr I. Solzhenitsyn ...

The official, one-volume edition, authorized by Solzhenitsyn"BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY" —TimeThe Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece of world literature and a landmark of Russian history, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorized by the author). Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum."It is impossible to name a book that ... Read more

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The official, one-volume edition, authorized by Solzhenitsyn"BEST NONFICTION BOOK OF THE 20TH CENTURY" —TimeThe Nobel Prize winner’s towering masterpiece of world literature and a landmark of Russian history, the searing record of four decades of terror and oppression, in one abridged volume (authorized by the author). Features a new foreword by Anne Applebaum."It is impossible to name a book that
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The Way of a Pilgrim

And the Pilgrim Continues His Way

Series Book 8 - Image Classics
This enduring work of Russian spirituality has charmed countless people with its tale of a nineteenth-century peasant's quest for the secret of prayer. Readers follow this anonymous pilgrim as he treks over the Steppes in search of the answer to the one compelling question: How does one pray constantly? Through his journeys, and under the tutelage of a spiritual father, he becomes gradually more ... Read more

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This enduring work of Russian spirituality has charmed countless people with its tale of a nineteenth-century peasant's quest for the secret of prayer. Readers follow this anonymous pilgrim as he treks over the Steppes in search of the answer to the one compelling question: How does one pray constantly? Through his journeys, and under the tutelage of a spiritual father, he becomes gradually more
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Red Notice

A True Story of High Finance, Murder, and One Man's Fight for Justice

by Bill Browder ...

Freezing Order, the follow-up to Red Notice, is available now! “[Red Notice] does for investing in Russia and the former Soviet Union what Liar’s Poker did for our understanding of Salomon Brothers, Wall Street, and the mortgage-backed securities business in the 1980s. Browder’s business saga meshes well with the story of corruption and murder in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, making Red Notice an early ... Read more

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Freezing Order, the follow-up to Red Notice, is available now! “[Red Notice] does for investing in Russia and the former Soviet Union what Liar’s Poker did for our understanding of Salomon Brothers, Wall Street, and the mortgage-backed securities business in the 1980s. Browder’s business saga meshes well with the story of corruption and murder in Vladimir Putin’s Russia, making Red Notice an early
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Hitler and Stalin

The Tyrants and the Second World War

by Laurence Rees ...

"Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account of how two terrible dictators led their countries in the most destructive and inhumane war in history."―Professor Sir Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler: Hubris and Hitler: NemesisTwo 20th century tyrants stand apart from all the rest in terms of their ruthlessness and the ... Read more

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"Laurence Rees brilliantly combines powerful eye-witness testimony, vivid narrative and compelling analysis in this superb account of how two terrible dictators led their countries in the most destructive and inhumane war in history."―Professor Sir Ian Kershaw, author of Hitler: Hubris and Hitler: NemesisTwo 20th century tyrants stand apart from all the rest in terms of their ruthlessness and the
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The Empire Must Die

Russia's Revolutionary Collapse, 1900-1917

by Mikhail Zygar ...

From Tolstoy to Lenin, from Diaghilev to Stalin, The Empire Must Die is a tragedy of operatic proportions with a cast of characters that ranges from the exotic to utterly villainous, the glamorous to the depraved.In 1912, Russia experienced a flowering of liberalism and tolerance that placed it at the forefront of the modern world: women were fighting for the right to vote in the elections for the ... Read more

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From Tolstoy to Lenin, from Diaghilev to Stalin, The Empire Must Die is a tragedy of operatic proportions with a cast of characters that ranges from the exotic to utterly villainous, the glamorous to the depraved.In 1912, Russia experienced a flowering of liberalism and tolerance that placed it at the forefront of the modern world: women were fighting for the right to vote in the elections for the
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A Nasty Little War

The Western Intervention into the Russian Civil War

by Anna Reid ...

**The first comprehensive history of the failed Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War, a decisive turning point in the relationship between Russia and the WestNamed a Best Book of 2024 by Foreign Affairs**Overlapping with and overshadowed by the First World War, the Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War was one of the most ambitious military ventures of the twentieth century. ... Read more

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**The first comprehensive history of the failed Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War, a decisive turning point in the relationship between Russia and the WestNamed a Best Book of 2024 by Foreign Affairs**Overlapping with and overshadowed by the First World War, the Allied Intervention in the Russian Civil War was one of the most ambitious military ventures of the twentieth century.
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The Romanovs: The Final Chapter

by Robert K. Massie ...

A “masterful” (The Washington Post Book World) account of the quest to solve one of the great mysteries in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Catherine the Great“Riveting . . . unfolds like a detective story.”—Los Angeles Times Book ReviewIn July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow mass grave near Ekaterinburg, ... Read more

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A “masterful” (The Washington Post Book World) account of the quest to solve one of the great mysteries in Russian history—from the Pulitzer Prize–winning author of Peter the Great, Nicholas and Alexandra, and Catherine the Great“Riveting . . . unfolds like a detective story.”—Los Angeles Times Book ReviewIn July 1991, nine skeletons were exhumed from a shallow mass grave near Ekaterinburg,
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The Man with the Poison Gun

A Cold War Spy Story

by Serhii Plokhy ...

The riveting story of a KGB assassin whose defection and trial at the height of the Cold War shocked the world.**“Gripping.” —**GQIn the fall of 1961, KGB assassin Bogdan Stashinsky defected to West Germany. After spilling his secrets to the CIA, Stashinsky was put on trial in what would be the most publicized assassination case of the entire Cold War. The publicity stirred up by the Stashinsky ... Read more

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The riveting story of a KGB assassin whose defection and trial at the height of the Cold War shocked the world.**“Gripping.” —**GQIn the fall of 1961, KGB assassin Bogdan Stashinsky defected to West Germany. After spilling his secrets to the CIA, Stashinsky was put on trial in what would be the most publicized assassination case of the entire Cold War. The publicity stirred up by the Stashinsky
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Dead Mountain

The True Story of the Dyatlov Pass Incident

by Donnie Eichar ...

In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident—unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clothes ... Read more

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In February 1959, a group of nine experienced hikers in the Russian Ural Mountains died mysteriously on an elevation known as Dead Mountain. Eerie aspects of the incident—unexplained violent injuries, signs that they cut open and fled the tent without proper clothing or shoes, a strange final photograph taken by one of the hikers, and elevated levels of radiation found on some of their clothes
... Read more
Trotsky

Eternal Revolutionary

by Dmitri Volkogonov ...

Through exclusive archive access and interviews, Dmitri Volkogonov provides a reinterpretation of the life and ruthless career of Leon Trotksy, one of the most influential figures of the 20th century whose faith in the world socialist revolution remained undimmed to the end.This biography examines Leon Trotsky’s career as a revolutionary before World War I, including his success as chief organizer ... Read more

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Through exclusive archive access and interviews, Dmitri Volkogonov provides a reinterpretation of the life and ruthless career of Leon Trotksy, one of the most influential figures of the 20th century whose faith in the world socialist revolution remained undimmed to the end.This biography examines Leon Trotsky’s career as a revolutionary before World War I, including his success as chief organizer
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Midnight in Chernobyl

The Untold Story of the World's Greatest Nuclear Disaster

by Adam Higginbotham ...

A New York Times Best Book of the YearA Time Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner**From journalist Adam Higginbotham, the New York Times bestselling “account that reads almost like the script for a movie” (The Wall Street Journal)—a powerful investigation into ... ... Read more

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A New York Times Best Book of the YearA Time Best Book of the YearA Kirkus Reviews Best Nonfiction Book of the Year2020 Andrew Carnegie Medals for Excellence Winner**From journalist Adam Higginbotham, the New York Times bestselling “account that reads almost like the script for a movie” (The Wall Street Journal)—a powerful investigation into ...
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In the Enemy's House

The Secret Saga of the FBI Agent and the Code Breaker Who Caught the Russian Spies

by Howard Blum ...

The New York Times bestselling author of Dark Invasion and The Last Goodnight once again illuminates the lives of little-known individuals who played a significant role in America's history as he chronicles the incredible true story of a critical, recently declassified counterintelligence mission and two remarkable agents whose story has been called "the greatest secret of the Cold War."In 1946, ... Read more

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The New York Times bestselling author of Dark Invasion and The Last Goodnight once again illuminates the lives of little-known individuals who played a significant role in America's history as he chronicles the incredible true story of a critical, recently declassified counterintelligence mission and two remarkable agents whose story has been called "the greatest secret of the Cold War."In 1946,
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Forgotten Land

Journeys Among the Ghosts of East Prussia

by Max Egremont ...

Until the end of World War II, East Prussia was the German empire's farthest eastern redoubt, a thriving and beautiful land on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Now it lives only in history and in myth. Since 1945, the territory has been divided between Poland and Russia, stretching from the border between Russia and Lithuania in the east and south, and through Poland in the west. In ... Read more

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Until the end of World War II, East Prussia was the German empire's farthest eastern redoubt, a thriving and beautiful land on the southeastern coast of the Baltic Sea. Now it lives only in history and in myth. Since 1945, the territory has been divided between Poland and Russia, stretching from the border between Russia and Lithuania in the east and south, and through Poland in the west. In
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Forty Autumns

A Family's Story of Courage and Survival on Both Sides of the Berlin Wall

by Nina Willner ...

From the bestselling author of The Boys in the Light."Top 15 Nonfiction Books of 2016. A poignant parable of hope and, at times, a harrowing ghost story." —The Christian Science MonitorIn this illuminating and deeply moving memoir, a former American military intelligence officer goes beyond traditional Cold War espionage tales to tell the true story of her family—of five women separated by the ... Read more

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From the bestselling author of The Boys in the Light."Top 15 Nonfiction Books of 2016. A poignant parable of hope and, at times, a harrowing ghost story." —The Christian Science MonitorIn this illuminating and deeply moving memoir, a former American military intelligence officer goes beyond traditional Cold War espionage tales to tell the true story of her family—of five women separated by the
... Read more
Stalin and His Hangmen

The Tyrant and Those Who Killed for Him

by Donald Rayfield ...

Stalin did not act alone. The mass executions, the mock trials, the betrayals and purges, the jailings and secret torture that ravaged the Soviet Union during the three decades of Stalin’s dictatorship, were the result of a tight network of trusted henchmen (and women), spies, psychopaths, and thugs. At the top of this pyramid of terror sat five indispensable hangmen who presided over the various ... Read more

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Stalin did not act alone. The mass executions, the mock trials, the betrayals and purges, the jailings and secret torture that ravaged the Soviet Union during the three decades of Stalin’s dictatorship, were the result of a tight network of trusted henchmen (and women), spies, psychopaths, and thugs. At the top of this pyramid of terror sat five indispensable hangmen who presided over the various
... Read more
The Last Tsar

The Abdication of Nicholas II and the Fall of the Romanovs

by Tsuyoshi Hasegawa ...

The definitive history of the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty.**“Filled with revelations and fresh insights and rich with observations.” —**The Wall Street JournalIn 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest, that culminated in Tsar Nicholas II’s dramatic fall from power. Though Nicholas’s life is often described as tragic, a trove of ... Read more

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The definitive history of the self-destruction of the autocratic Romanov dynasty.**“Filled with revelations and fresh insights and rich with observations.” —**The Wall Street JournalIn 1917, Imperial Russia faced a series of overlapping crises, from war to social unrest, that culminated in Tsar Nicholas II’s dramatic fall from power. Though Nicholas’s life is often described as tragic, a trove of
... Read more
Motherland

A Feminist History of Modern Russia, from Revolution to Autocracy

by Julia Ioffe ...

NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNERFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, Guardian, Elle, and the Chicago Public Library.Acclaimed journalist Julia Ioffe tells the story of modern Russia through the history of its women, from revolution to utopia to autocracy.</st... ... Read more

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NATIONAL JEWISH BOOK AWARD WINNERFINALIST FOR THE NATIONAL BOOK AWARDA NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOKNamed one of the Best Books of the Year by The Washington Post, Guardian, Elle, and the Chicago Public Library.Acclaimed journalist Julia Ioffe tells the story of modern Russia through the history of its women, from revolution to utopia to autocracy.</st...
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The Prophet

The Life of Leon Trotsky

by Isaac Deutscher ...

This 3-part biography of Leon Trotsky was hailed by Graham Greene as one of “the greatest . . . in the English language”—a must read for those interested in Russian history and international communism.Few political figures of the twentieth century have aroused such intensities of fierce admiration and reactionary fear as Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. His extraordinary life and extensive ... Read more

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This 3-part biography of Leon Trotsky was hailed by Graham Greene as one of “the greatest . . . in the English language”—a must read for those interested in Russian history and international communism.Few political figures of the twentieth century have aroused such intensities of fierce admiration and reactionary fear as Russian revolutionary Leon Trotsky. His extraordinary life and extensive
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Boiling Point

How America Brought War to Ukraine

by Stephen Kinzer ...

From bestselling author Stephen Kinzer, the untold story of the secret 75-year American campaign that set the stage for war in UkraineUntil the Russian invasion in 2022, few Americans could find Ukraine on a map. Once the fighting began, however, support for its cause surged. The reason was clear: Russia was the aggressor, Ukraine its victim.Yet this war did not explode out of nowhere. For seventy ... Read more

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From bestselling author Stephen Kinzer, the untold story of the secret 75-year American campaign that set the stage for war in UkraineUntil the Russian invasion in 2022, few Americans could find Ukraine on a map. Once the fighting began, however, support for its cause surged. The reason was clear: Russia was the aggressor, Ukraine its victim.Yet this war did not explode out of nowhere. For seventy
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