Owen Matthews
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English
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"The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis since the Second World War - and yet at the heart of the conflict is a mystery. Vladimir Putin apparently lurched from a calculating, subtle master of opportunity to a reckless gambler, putting his regime - and Russia itself - at risk of destruction. Why? Drawing on over 25 years' experience as a correspondent in Moscow, as well as his own family ties to Russia and Ukraine, journalist...
Author
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Alexander Vasin novels volume 1
Language
English
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"A chilling and cinematic thriller set in 1961 in one of the most secretive locations in Soviet history. Ten days before the test of largest nuclear device in history--the Tsar Bomba--a KGB officer must investigate the murder of one of the architects of the bomb, and unravel a conspiracy that could set the world on fire"--
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Series
Alexander Vasin novels volume 2
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
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An electrifying new thriller set during the height of the Cuban Missile Crisis, seen from a bone-chilling vantage point: somewhere off the Florida coastline, trapped aboard the claustrophobic confines of an isolated Soviet submarine with open orders to fire its nuclear payload.
Author
Series
Alexander Vasin novels volume 3
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
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"The gripping completion of the Alexander Vasin trilogy, a taut thriller about two competing KGB operatives on a race against time to uncover the devastating truth behind the assassination of JFK. 1963. In a desolate Russian penal colony, the radio blares the news of President Kennedy's death. Lieutenant Colonel Alexander Vasin's new post as director of a gulag camp in the middle of a frozen tundra is far from a promotion. This is where disgraced...
5) Overreach
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English
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An astonishing investigation into the start of the Russo-Ukrainian war—from the corridors of the Kremlin to the trenches of Mariupol. The Russo-Ukrainian War is the most serious geopolitical crisis since the Second World War—and yet at the heart of the conflict is a mystery. Vladimir Putin apparently lurched from a calculating, subtle master of opportunity to a reckless gambler, putting his regime—and Russia itself—at risk of destruction....
6) Red Traitor
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Deutsch
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Hochspannender Polit-Thriller, der vor dem Hintergrund der Kuba-Krise spielt und auf realen Ereignissen beruht
Moskau, 1962. Alexander Wassin ist der Top-Agentenjäger des KGB. Als es gilt, einen Maulwurf im Kreml aufzuspüren, kommt nur er dafür infrage. Während die Spannungen zwischen Chruschtschow und Kennedy zunehmen und die Kubakrise auf ihren Höhepunkt zusteuert, ahnt Wassin nicht, dass das Schicksal der Welt bald vom Erfolg seiner Mission...
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Pub. Date
2013.
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English
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The Russian Empire once extended deep into America: in 1818 Russia's furthest outposts were in California and Hawaii. The dreamer behind this great Imperial vision was Nikolai Rezanov - diplomat, adventurer, courtier, millionaire and gambler. His quest to plant Russian colonies from Siberia to California led him to San Francisco, where he was captivated by Conchita, the fifteen-year-old daughter of the Spanish Governor, who embodied his dreams of...
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English
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One day in 1937, a car pulled up to a house in Ukraine. Boris Bibikov--Owen Matthews's grandfather--kissed his wife and daughters good-bye and disappeared inside. His family never saw him again. His wife soon vanished as well, leaving daughters Lyudmila and Lenina alone in the vast Russian landscape during World War II. Separated as the Germans advanced in 1941, they were miraculously reunited at war's end. In the early 1960s, Mervyn Matthews--Owen's...
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Pub. Date
2019.
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English
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The thrilling true story of Richard Sorge - the man John le Carré called 'the spy to end spies', and whose actions turned the tide of the Second World War. Richard Sorge was a man with two homelands. Born of a German father and a Russian mother in Baku in 1895, he moved in a world of shifting alliances and infinite possibility. A member of the angry and deluded generation who found new, radical faiths after their experiences on the battlefields of...
10) Cilka's journey
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Series
Tattooist of Auschwitz volume 02
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.1 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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Her beauty saved her - and condemned her. Cilka is just 16-years-old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp in 1942, where the commandant immediately notices how beautiful she is. Forcibly separated from the other women prisoners, Cilka learns quickly that power, even unwillingly taken, equals survival. When the war is over and the camp is liberated, freedom is not granted to Cilka: She is charged as a collaborator for sleeping...
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Pub. Date
2015.
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English
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Partly for the sake of his brother Sam, who is paralyzed, Adam decides to go from high school loser to god by selling completed homework assignments, buying alcohol, and arranging for fake IDs, but before the end of junior year, he realizes his quest for popularity has gone way too far.
14) The fixes
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Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
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Eric Connelly is crumbling under the weight of his dad's expectations. He can't seem to live up to the "Connelly Man" standards--but when he meets the mysterious, free-spirited Jordan Grant, his dad's rules seem so much less important than they used to. Jordan and Eric--now "E"--join up with two of the most popular girls in school to combat their rich-kid boredom by cruising their beachside hometown of Capilano. But as Jordan seduces E further into...
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Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
Using vintage-style components that are widely available in craft stores, crafters can make the more than 25 projects in this book look like heirlooms. Chapters are divided by types of jewelry, including bracelets, earrings, pendant necklaces, jewelry sets, and accessories such as fabric bags, giving crafters a wide variety of options from which to choose. Some of the projects include the Mirror Glass 3-Strand Bracelet, the Layered Filigree Bar Pin,...