Soviet Historical Fiction

A stunningly imaginative novel about the Cold War, the Russian space program, and the amazing fraud that pulled the wool over the eyes of the world. It's 1964 in the USSR, and unbeknownst even to Premier Khrushchev himself, the Soviet space program is a sham. Well, half a sham. While the program...

Against the background of a deadly undercover war between the Gestapo and Soviet agents during the collapse of the Third Reich, The Expendable Spy is the hair-raising novel of an audacious American who discovers a secret so big and so appalling that his own intelligence office orders his execution.

Auf dem Land werden die Christwochen-Aufführungen gezeigt, doch der Mutter sind diese Spiele verhasst. Aber die Tante, die auf dem Land aufgewachsen ist, liebt diese Aufführungen und nimmt den Protagonisten heimlich mit ... Christian Rode liest einen Auszug aus Sergei Aksakows Familienchronik.

Historians know that great wars hinge not just on grand strategies, but also on small decisions—moments of hesitation, chances not taken. With Britain now out of the fight, the world stands at a precipice, and Germany’s full strength is unleashed upon an unsuspecting Soviet Union. Stalin, blind to the threat, refuses to see the warnings of impending doom. As millions of German troops surge across the border, the very fate of nations hangs in the balance.

Рассказы о детях. Воровство - это, несомненно, преступление. Но в редких случаях такое преступление может неожиданно вернуть ребёнку давно забытую любовь папы и мамы.