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Examines the history of the atomic bomb, discussing the discovery of the behavior of uranium when placed next to radioactive material, the race to build a bomb, and the impact of the weapon on societies around the world.

Presents an illustrated look at the life of renowned Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova.

An overview of the significant events and individuals associated with the collapse of the Soviet Union that discusses the rise of communism, Joseph Stalin, Mikhail Gorbachev, the Chernobyl nuclear disaster, Boris Yeltsin, and more.

Raskolnikov, an impoverished Russian student, murders a despicable old pawnbroker, reasoning that his evil act is outweighed by humanitarian good, but he discovers the fault in his theory when he is plagued by horror and guilt over his actions.

Examines the life of Anastasia Romanov, the youngest daughter of the last czar of Russia, discussing the massacre of her family in 1918 and the claims of Anna Anderson, who, beginning in 1922, argued for sixty years that she was the supposedly dead princess.

Ivan, the only one of three brothers willing to fulfill their father's last request, is rewarded with a silver bridle that will call a magical horse from the Russian plains, which helps transform him from a short, plain, dreamer into a brave knight.

"'A Gentleman in Moscow' immerses us in ... the story of Count Alexander Rostov. When, in 1922, he is deemed an unrepentant aristocrat by a Bolshevik tribunal, the count is sentenced to house arrest in the Metropol, a grand hotel across the street from the Kremlin. Rostov, an indomitable man of erudition and wit, has never worked a day in his life, and must now live in an attic room while some of the most tumultuous decades in Russian history are unfolding outside the hotel's doors. Unexpectedly, his reduced circumstances provide him a doorway into a much larger world of emotional discovery"--Provided by publisher.

"From the six-time women's basketball all-star and two-time Olympic gold medalist - a moving and dramatic account of her unfathomable detainment in Russia and her journey home"--Provided by publisher.

"Alexei Navalny began writing 'Patriot' shortly after his near-fatal poisoning in 2020. It is the full story of his life: his youth, his call to activism, his marriage and family, his commitment to challenging a superpower determined to silence him, and his total conviction that change cannot be resisted--and will come. Navalny recounts, among other things, his political career, the many attempts on his life, and the lives of the people closest to him, and the relentless campaign he and his team waged against an increasingly dictatorial regime"--Provided by publisher.

"In The King of Birds, a quarrel between a mouse and a sparrow over a golden apple leads to a civil war. In The Water Spirit, an unwitting merchant is tested and tricked by powerful creature. Then it's a race against time in Tyna of the Lake as a young boy must find a willing ally to help escape a water doom"--Back cover.