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Pickhart, Kalani

Summary: In 1913, a Russian ballet incited a riot in Paris at the new Théâtre de Champs-Elysées. "Only a Russian could do that," says Aleksandr Ivanovich. "Only a Russian could make the whole world go mad." A century later, in November 2013, thousands of Ukrainian citizens gathered at Independence Square in Kyiv to protest then-President Yanukovych's failure to sign a referendum with the European Union,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Dollar Radio 2021

Copies Available at Woodmere

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PIC

Foer, Jonathan Safran

Summary: With only a yellowing photograph in hand, a young man - also named Jonathan Safran Foer - sets out to find the woman who might or might not have saved his grandfather from the Nazis. Accompanied by an old man haunted by memories of the war, an amorous dog named Sammy Davis, Junior, Junior, and the unforgettable Alex, a young Ukrainian translator who speaks in a sublimely butchered English,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin 2002

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOE

Smith, Martin Cruz

1 hold on 4 copies

Summary: 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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2023

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3 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMI

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMI

Thor, Brad

Summary: 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...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Emily Bestler Books/Atria 2023

Copies Available at Fife Lake

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THO

Copies Available at Peninsula

1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC THO

Copies Available at East Bay

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THO

Copies Available at Kingsley

1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THO

Matios, Maria

Summary: "The best contemporary Ukrainian novel written since Ukrainian Independence in 1991. It reveals a family saga that is much more dynamic than classical sagas and at the same time is much more touching and engaging. It is an emotional history of Ukraine with a very well researched and vivid historical background that gives the reader the opportunity to understand not only the characters and their...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Spuyten Duyvil 2019

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MAT

Shatokhin, Oleksandr

Summary: "A wordless picture book portrayal of war seen through the eyes of a young girl who finds hope in the symbolism of yellow butterflies against the background of a pure blue sky. Using the colors of his national flag, Oleksandr Shatokhin has created a deeply emotional response to the conflict in Ukraine and provided a narrative full of powerful visual metaphors for readers to consider as they...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Red Comet Press 2023

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Reyn, Irina

Summary: Nadia's daily life in south Brooklyn is filled with small indignities: as a senior home attendant, she is always in danger of being fired; as a part-time nanny, she is forced to navigate the demands of her spoiled charge and the preschooler's insecure mother; and as an ethnic Russian, she finds herself feuding with western Ukrainian immigrants who think she is a traitor. The war back home is...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Thomas Dunne Books 2019

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REY

Zabuzho, Oksana (Oksana Stefanivna)

Summary: Recollections of an abusive relationship and struggles of a literary career. Themes of love and hatred and violence and comfort are explored in stream of consciousness writing style.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Amazon Crossing 2011

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ZAB

Thor, Brad

Summary: 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...

Format: text

Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2023

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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC THO

Kaaberbol, Lene.

Summary: Protecting the young daughter of an illegal immigrant who has escaped police custody in the aftermath of a brutal murder, Danish Red Cross nurse Nina Borg struggles with a belief in the woman's innocence as she learns more about her violent past.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KAA

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