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In this "historical suspense, Ariel Lawhon unravels the extraordinary twists and turns in Anna Anderson's 50-year battle to be recognized as Anastasia Romanov. Is she the Russian Grand Duchess, a beloved daughter and revered icon, or is she an imposter, the thief of another woman's legacy?"--
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Treasure hunters volume 4
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2016.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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When a set of priceless paintings by Leonardo da Vinci and Rembrandt go missing in Russia, the Kidd siblings head to St. Petersburg and the wild Arctic tundra to find the bad guys and locate the treasure.
63) Oath of office
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English
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Marine officer. CIA analyst. President. Jack Ryan has devoted his life to protecting the United States. What if this time, he can't? President Ryan and the Campus return in the latest entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times-bestselling series. Freedom may have finally arrived in Iran. As protests break out across the country, the media rejoices over the so-called Persian Spring. Western leaders are ecstatic. Members of Congress and the Cabinet clamor...
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Arkady Renko novels volume 10
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2023
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English
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It's June 2021, and Arkady knows that Russia is preparing to invade and subsequently annex Ukraine as it did Crimea in 2014. He is, however, preoccupied with other grievances. His longtime lover, Tatiana Petrovna, has deserted him for her work as an investigative reporter. His corrupt boss has relegated him to a desk job. And he is having trouble with his dexterity and balance. A visit to his doctor reveals that these are symptoms for Parkinson's...
65) Russian roulette
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Philomel Books, an imprint of Penguin Group (USA) Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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Presented with an unexpected assignment, Alex Rider's greatest nemesis, Yassen Gregoravich, recalls his life and the path that led him to become an assassin while his one-time friend, Alex's uncle, became a spy.
66) Forbidden City
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City spies volume 3
Pub. Date
2022
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 12
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English
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"After taking down a mole within their organization, the City Spies are ready for their next mission--once again using their unique skills and ability to infiltrate places adults can't. The sinister Umbra has their sights set on recruiting a North Korean nuclear physicist by any means necessary, and the City Spies plan to keep an eye on his son by sending Paris to the chess prodigy's tournaments in Moscow and Beijing. Meanwhile, Sydney's embedded...
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Scholastic Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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It is 1982 and nineteen-year-old Laura Reid is spending a semester in Leningrad studying Russian, but when she meets Alyosha she discovers the dissident Russia--a world of wild parties, underground books and music, love, and constant danger.
69) Information wars: how we lost the global battle against disinformation & what we can do about it
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Grove Atlantic
Pub. Date
2019
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English
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"In February of 2013, Richard Stengel, the former editor-in-chief of Time, joined the Obama administration as Under Secretary of State for Public Diplomacy and Public Affairs. Within days, two shocking events made world-wide headlines: ISIS executed American journalist James Foley on a graphic video seen by tens of millions, and Vladimir Putin's 'little green men'--Russian special forces--invaded Crimea, amid a blizzard of Russian denials and false...
70) Risked
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Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
c2013
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.2 - AR Pts: 8
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English
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Jonah, thirteen, and Katherine, eleven, travel through time to 1918 Russia just as Alexei, Anastasia, and the rest of Tsar Nicholas II's family is about to be executed. Author's note includes facts about the Romanovs and the mystery surrounding their deaths.
71) Dead Fall
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Scot Harvath volume 22
Pub. Date
2023.
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English
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"In the war-ravaged borderlands of Ukraine, a Russian military unit has gone rogue. Its members, conscripted from the worst prisons and mental asylums across Russia, are the most criminally violent, psychologically dangerous combatants to ever set foot upon the modern battlefield. With all attention focused on the frontlines, they have pushed deeper into the interior to wage a campaign of unspeakable barbarity. As they move from village to village,...
72) Iron wolf
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HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2015
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English
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In the spring of 2017, the U.S. economy is rebounding under President Stacy Anne Barbeau, the country's first female president. But her leadership is about to be severely tested: Russian president Gennadiy Gryzlov has sent Special Troops, disguised as pro-Russian activists, into Ukraine and Moldova. Though NATO is outraged, its response is tepid. Refusing to let Russian aggression go unpunished, former U.S. president Kevin Martindale approaches Polish...
73) Siberian tiger
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Publisher
Rourke Book Co
Pub. Date
c1997
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
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Describes the physical characteristics, behavior, and dangers faced by the large, rare cats that live in Siberia and Manchuria.
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Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
In May 2017, Robert Mueller was tapped to lead an inquiry into Russian interference in the 2016 presidential election, coordination by foreign agents with Donald Trump's campaign, and obstruction of justice by the president. Mueller assembled a "dream team" of top prosecutors, and for the next twenty-two months, the investigation was a black box and the subject of endless anticipation and speculation--until April 2019, when the special counsel's report...
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Pub. Date
2019
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English
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An award-winning historian reveals the harrowing, little-known story of an American effort to save the newly formed Soviet Union from disaster
After decades of the Cold War and renewed tensions, in the wake of Russian meddling in the 2016 election, cooperation between the United States and Russia seems impossible to imagine—and yet, as Douglas Smith reveals, it has a forgotten but astonishing historical precedent.
In 1921, facing
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Abrams Press
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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A timely and deeply moving memoir of the author's Ukrainian family history, interwoven with the country's tumultuous story
In 2014, the landmarks of Victoria Belim's personal geography were plunged into tumult at the hands of Russia. Her hometown Kyiv was gripped by protests and violent suppression. Crimea, where she'd once been sent to school to avoid radiation from the nuclear disaster at Chernobyl, was invaded. Kharkiv, where her grandmother...
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Mitch Rapp novel volume 22
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books, Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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"Mitch Rapp hates owing anyone a favor--especially when it's the world's most powerful crime lord. But when Damian Losa calls, Mitch is honor-bound to answer. The Syrian government appears to have created a highly addictive new narcotic that it plans to distribute throughout Europe. It's a major threat to Losa's business and he's determined to send someone to keep him on top by any means necessary. Rapp is the perfect choice for the mission. Not only...
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HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
A riveting true-life thriller and revealing memoir from the daughter of an American intelligence officer-the astonishing true story of two spies and their families on opposite sides of the Cold War.
In the summer of 1975, seventeen-year-old Eva Dillon was living in New Delhi with her family when her father was exposed as a CIA spy. Eva had long believed that her father was a U.S. State Department employee. She had no idea that he was handling the...
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Publisher
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
From the author of The Ice Master comes the remarkable true story of a young Inuit woman who survived six months alone on a desolate, uninhabited Arctic island
In September 1921, four young men and Ada Blackjack, a diminutive 25-year-old Eskimo woman, ventured deep into the Arctic in a secret attempt to colonize desolate Wrangel Island for Great Britain. Two years later, Ada Blackjack emerged as the sole survivor of this ambitious polar expedition....
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Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.6 - AR Pts: 3
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English
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In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.
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