Showing results for "Moscow" in Literature & Fiction

In the thick of the Cold War, a betrayal at the highest level risks the lives of two courageous female spies: MI6’s best Soviet agent and the CIA’s newest Moscow recruit. Vienna, 1954 After losing everyone she loves in the final days of World War II, Ingrid Bauer agrees to a hasty marriage...

Like many well-to-do Upper East Siders over the age of 65, esteemed art appraiser Percival Skinner had planned to spend his retirement living off his savings. But a market correction has left him living below his prior means. One day he’s visited by a dapper fixer in search of a famous work by a Renaissance master. Skinner knows the work well: The original was owned by his ancestor, and was passed down through his family over the generations. If, as an intermediary, he can coordinate a sale, a small fortune awaits. Problem is, he might not be the only one on the make.

Galina is a young woman caught, like her contemporaries, in the seeming lawlessness of the new Russia. In the midst of this chaos, her sister Maria turns into a jackdaw and flies away - prompting Galina to join Yakov, a policeman investigating a rash of recent disappearances. Their search will take them to the underground realm of hidden truths and archetypes, to find themselves caught between reality and myth, past and present, honor and betrayal... the secret history of Moscow.

Set in late-19th-century Russian high-society, the aristocrat Anna Karenina enters into a life-changing affair with the affluent Count Vronsky. This classic novel is the basis for the current film.

With its compelling portrayal of a paranoia-ridden Moscow and blockaded Berlin, The Moscow Defector sees Duchene and Sabine, torn apart by opposing ideologies, risk their lives to try to save one another. Evocative, gripping and full of twists, this taut thriller asks if lovers can reunite against an all-powerful regime.

From the author of Jerusalem Maiden comes a mesmerizing, thought-provoking novel that tells the riveting story of an American woman—the daughter of Holocaust survivors—who travels to Russia shortly after the fall of communism, and finds herself embroiled in a perilous mafia conspiracy that...

""A captivating Cold War page-turner."" — Real Simple The New York Times bestselling author of The Summer Wives returns with a gripping and profoundly human story of Cold War espionage and family devotion. In the autumn of 1948, Iris Digby vanishes from her London home with her American...

As a promising young actress, Sun Weishi made the critical decision to pursue her studies in Moscow—with the blessing of her influential adoptive father, Zhou Enlai, and Mao himself. The valuable insights she gained there during World War II, most notably the significance of characters' inner lives, would enable her to excel back in China, where she produced works by Chekhov and Gogol, and other socially progressive dramas, such as an adaptation of Uncle Tom's Cabin. Her striking career as China's first female director of modern spoken drama (Huaju) would be derailed.

Will following her heart mean losing her head? It could mean losing her job. Fiona Figg trails her nemesis Fredrick Fredricks to Moscow. But when she arrives at the grand Metropol Hotel, the bounder has vanished. After Fiona doesn’t show up for work at the War Office, Kitty Lane raises a red flag and tracks her to Russia. Seeking haven at the British Embassy, Kitty and Fiona become embroiled in a plot to overthrow the Bolshevik government. But the plot turns deadly when Fiona goes undercover as a governess in the household of Iron Viktor, the Bolsheviks’ Head of Secret Police.

In a small, provincial town behind the Iron Curtain, Sasha lives in a house full of secrets, one of which is her own dream of becoming an actress. When she leaves for Moscow to audition for drama school, she defies her mother and grandparents and abandons her first love, Andrei. Before she leaves, Sasha discovers the hidden war journal of her uncle Kolya, an artist still missing in action years after the war has ended. His pages expose the official lies and the forbidden truth of Stalin’s brutality.

The book Moscow and Muscovites, written by Mikhail Nikolayevich Zagoskin, author of the famous historical novel Yuri Miloslavskii or Russian in 1612, Roslavlev or Russian in 1812," and many other works. Moscow and Muscovites - vivid and fascinating essays, short stories, stage "of the home and social life in Moscow," since 1814, and 40s of the XIX century.

Moscow settings - is an exciting story by Mikhail Afanasyevich Bulgakov (1891 - 1940), an outstanding writer, playwright and theatre worker. Bulgakov was a Soviet playwright, novelist, and short story writer best known for his humor and penetrating satire. Because of their realism and humor, Bulgakov's works enjoyed great popularity, but their trenchant criticism of Soviet mores was increasingly unacceptable to the authorities.

On May 31, 1988, at the request of General Secretary Mikhail Gorbachev, and standing below a bust of Lenin, Reagan spoke to and answered questions from a large audience of students and teachers at Moscow State University.

When rumors of an illegal chemical weapons program surface from the heart of Moscow, Wolfgang and his team of elite espionage operatives are deployed to extract the informant, along with proof of the program. The mission is loaded with dangers from the start, but at the last minute a critical piece of intelligence changes everything, and brings the lives of thousands into jeopardy. With the team fractured, Russian officials hot on their heels, and a rogue chemist only telling half the truth, Wolfgang will have to think outside the box if he has any hope of saving his team.

Spektakl' "Shutniki" po odnoimennoj p'ese Aleksandra Nikolaevicha Ostrovskogo, god sozdanija - 1864. U bednogo otstavnogo pomeshhika Pavla Prohorovicha Obroshenov dve docheri. V mladshuju, Verochku, vljublen bednyj skromnyj junosha Aleksandr Petrovich Gol'cov. On delaet predlozhenie, kotoroe ohotno prinimaetsja, i uzhe idut dogovory o svad'be. No vyjasnjaetsja, chto s Gol'covym proizoshla beda - na pohorony materi on potratil chuzhie den'gi.

Reading straight through the novel The Gunmaker of Moscow, by Sylvanus Cobb Jr, first published in 1856. It was popular but nobody talks about it anymore. I guarantee most people know nothing about it. I found it in an antique shop. Is it good? I don’t know yet. Let’s find out. This book is in the Public Domain and on file with the Library of Congress, so is being used legally, there is no copyright or rights holder. Reading by D Hurst, a podcaster, producer, and vocal artist.@moscowgunmaker on TwitterGunmakerofmoscow@gmail.comA Popped Collar Productions Podcastwww.poppedcollar.net

מול עיניו התכולות של גנרל ותיק בק-ג-ב עומד סוכן המוסד העצור דני שליין בפני מבחן לחיים ולמוות: עליו לשכנעו שאין הוא אלא איש עסקים אמריקאי תמים. כל פרט שייכשל בתיאורו יהווה הוכחה שהוא משקר, אבל הוא חייב לנסות, בשבילו, בשביל הוריו הקשישים, בשביל נטלי אהובתו, ובשביל התינוק, שעומד להיוולד באותו השבוע.

A chance encounter, a stolen gem, and a gunshot in the night—The Man with the Red Beard takes listeners on a gripping journey through the turmoil of Tsarist Russia. When a journalist finds himself entangled with a dissident—or is he a spy?—he is drawn into a world of political intrigue, revolution, and danger. From London to Moscow and back again, this action-packed novel unravels a thrilling tale of espionage, love, and high-stakes adventure.

Как сохранить дом, семью и свой внутренний мир, когда всё вокруг стремительно разрушается? Именно образ простой русской няни становится спасительным в мире, где традиции и вера "выкорчевываются", а сердца людей черствеют.

The “Metro” of the title of this brilliant and mordant social comedy refers to the Moscow underground - the sparkling subway system that enchants its young hero, seven-year-old Sasha, on his first visit to Moscow. The vaulted ceilings and gleaming escalators appear to his young eyes as emblems of a higher life, of beauty, harmony, and hidden strength. Years later, Sasha escapes the jaws of a provincial ammunition factory and returns to Moscow as an aspiring actor, whereupon he enters quite another “Moscow underground”.