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Pub. Date
2014.
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Jakob the Liar: In Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II, poor Jewish cafe owner Jakob Heym accidentally overhears a forbidden radio news bulletin signaling Soviet military successes ; Moscow on the Hudson: Soviet saxophonist, Vladimir Ivanoff, decides to defect to the U.S.A. He wins asylum, and though Vladimir learns that life in America can be cold and even painful, he grows to love his strange and wondrous adopted land.
2) The broker
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 16
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In his final hours in the Oval Office, the outgoing President grants a controversial last-minute pardon to Joel Backman, a notorious Washington power broker who has spent the last six years hidden away in a federal prison. What no one knows is that the President issues the pardon only after receiving enormous pressure from the CIA. It seems Backman, in his power broker heyday, may have obtained secrets that compromise the worlds most sophisticated...
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"After a tumultuous period in American politics, a new administration has just been sworn in, and to everyone's surprise the president chooses a political enemy for the vital position of Secretary of State. There is no love lost between the President of the United States and Ellen Adams, his new Secretary of State. But it's a canny move on the part of the president. With this appointment, he silences one of his harshest critics, since taking the job...
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Century trilogy volume 2
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In Book Two of the 'Century Trilogy,' Follett continues the story of the five families who would witness and impact many of the great events of the 20th Century. He takes readers into World War II, going inside Nazi Germany, above Pearl Harbor, to the halls of power in London and Washington, D.C., and to the dawn of the atomic age. Century Trilogy series
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Century trilogy volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 52
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Follows the fates of five interrelated families--American, German, Russian, English, and Welsh--as they move through the dramas of the First World War, the Russian Revolution, and the struggle for women's suffrage.
Pub. Date
2007.
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New York City, November 1988. Bobby Green is the manager of a Russian nightclub owned by Marat Buzhayev. The club is frequented by gangsters like Buzhayev's nephew Vadim. Despite Bobby's hedonistic and amoral lifestyle, he is committed to his girlfriend Amada. Bobby has a secret, however, which he guards closely. His brother is Police Captain Joseph Grusinsky and his father, Bert, is a legendary Deputy Chief. Bobby's strained relationship with his...
7) Taxi driver
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An unstable Vietnam War veteran works as a taxi driver in New York City where the perceived decadence and sleaze feeds his urge to take violence. While also trying to save a preadolescent prostitute in the process. 40 years later and better than ever. Enjoy this special edition.
9) Russian Ark
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A modern filmmaker magically finds himself transported to the 18th century where he embarks on a time-traveling journey through 300 years of Russian history. The first feature film ever created in a single take.
Series
Blue Bloods volume 7
Pub. Date
[2017]
Description
The pressure gets turned up on Frank as he navigates a series of high profile cases within the NYPD. His oldest son Danny crosses paths with the Russian mob and becomes the target of an international drug cartel while his brother Jamie tries to balance his cases and burgeoning relationship with his partner. Meanwhile, their sister Erin calls on a detective to help put away the city's worst criminal.
11) Safe
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
When a second-rate cage fighter, Luke Wright, is tormented by the Russian Mafia and wanders the streets of New York, he witnesses a young Chinese girl, Mei, being pursued by the same mafia who want her for a priceless numerical code that they would kill for.
Pub. Date
2004
Description
Last season in the series as Carrie continues her romance with a Russian artist, Miranda has settled down with Steve, Charlotte continues to make baby plans, Samantha faces a breast-cancer scare. In the final two-part episode, Carrie faces her romantic destiny, but also solidifies herself as a fashion icon.
13) Immigrant
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
The coming-of-age story of Daanyik, a nine-year-old Russian boy whose family immigrates to the United States in the late1970s to pursue the American Dream. Daanyik's childhood of pencil drawings and toy soldier battles in Moscow is interrupted overnight as he is hurled into the harsh reality of adulthood in New York City. Upon losing his father Deema, Daanyik and his mother Meela are left poor, alone, and helpless in a foreign land.
14) Liar's legacy
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Pub. Date
[ 2020]
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They were born in the shadows. Schooled in espionage. Taught to kill and trained to disappear. In this captivating masterwork from bestselling author Taylor Stevens, elusive twins Jack and Jill take the global spy game to electric levels. The assassin broker is dead. The power void has left the network he controlled without restraints, and the world's deadliest killers free to pursue their own vendettas and political agendas. The United States government,...
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Pub. Date
2013.
Description
"A magisterial, richly detailed history of the Kremlin, and of the centuries of Russian elites who have shaped it--and been shaped by it in turn. The Kremlin is the heart of the Russian state, a fortress whose blood-red walls have witnessed more than eight hundred years of political drama and extraordinary violence. It has been the seat of a priestly monarchy and a worldly church; it has served as a crossroads for diplomacy, trade, and espionage;...
Pub. Date
c1987
Description
Circus saxophonist Vladimir Ivanoff defects from his touring troupe in Bloomingdale's. Fleeing the KGB, Vladimir wins asylum and moves into the crowded Harlem flat of black security guard Lionel Witherspoon. Soon he has found both a voluptuous Italian lover and a shrewd Cuban lawyer. Though Vladimir learns that life in America can be cold and painful, he grows to love his new land.
19) Safe
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
A second-rate cage fighter is tormented by the Russian Mafia and wanders the streets of New York. He witnesses a young Chinese girl being pursued by the same mafia who want her for a priceless numerical code that they would kill for.
20) Goodfellas
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Details the rise and fall of Henry Hill, a Brooklyn kid who grows up idolizing the "wise guys" from his neighborhood. He begins hanging around the mobsters and doing odd jobs until he gains the notice of local chieftain Paulie Cicero. In his teens, Hill distinguishes himself as a "stand-up guy" by choosing jail time over ratting on his accomplices. From that moment on, he is a part of the family. Along with his partner Tommy, he rises through the...