Russian Canary, Book 3: The Prodigal Son

Russian Canary, Book 1: Zheltukhin

• UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 37 mins)
• By Dina Rubina
• Narrated By Dina Rubina

Russian Canary follows the lives of two families: one from Odessa and another one from Kazakhstan, entangled by fate into a complicated sequence of events. The trilogy features strong, colourful character sets, from an Israeli intelligence officer to gypsies and a deaf girl-tramp, each following their often dangerous and unpredictable path in this latest thriller. This is book one in the trilogy, narrated by the author, Dina Rubina, in Russian, unabridged.

The Master and Margarita [Russian Edition]

• UNABRIDGED (16 hrs and 40 mins)
• By Mikhail Bulgakov
• Narrated By Vladimir Ivanovich Samoylov

Nothing in the whole of literature compares with The Master and Margarita. One spring afternoon, the Devil, trailing fire and chaos in his wake, weaves himself out of the shadows and into Moscow. Mikhail Bulgakov's fantastical, funny, and devastating satire of Soviet life combines two distinct yet interwoven parts, one set in contemporary Moscow, the other in ancient Jerusalem, each brimming with historical, imaginary, frightful, and wonderful characters.

The Twelve Chairs [Russian Edition]

• UNABRIDGED (8 hrs and 55 mins)
• By Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov
• Narrated By Veniamin Smehov

The Twelve Chairs is one of the most popular and prolific satirical novels written by Odessa-based Ilya Ilf and Yevgeny Petrov. Set in Soviet Russia, the story starts with a deathbed confession about substantial family treasures hidden from the Bolsheviks in one of the twelve chairs. A team of treasure hunters is quickly formed. Smooth operator Ostap Bender and Kisa, the Pussycat, set off to track down the chairs. They are not alone in their quest.

The Golden Calf

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 41 mins)
• By Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov
• Narrated By Aleksey Kortnev

Ostap Bender is still alive after barely surviving the assassination attempt in the previous book, which he once briefly mentions as "stupid business". This time he hears a story about a clandestine millionaire named Alexandr Koreiko. Koreiko has made millions through various illegal enterprises while pretending to live on an office clerk's salary of 46 rubles a month. Read in Russian by Aleksey Kortnev and Aleksey Bagdasarov.

The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year [Russian Edition]

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 49 mins)
• By Sue Townsend
• Narrated By Marina Livanova

Sue Townsend, the best-selling author of the Adrian Mole series, returns with The Woman Who Went to Bed for a Year, a funny and touching novel about what happens when someone stops being the person everyone wants them to be. Read in Russian, unabridged, by Marina Livanova.

Eat, Pray, Love [Russian Edition]: One Woman's Search for Everything

• UNABRIDGED (14 hrs and 36 mins)
• By Elizabeth Gilbert
• Narrated By Elaine Yatsenko

This is an audiobook adaptation of Elizabeth Gilbert's best-selling memoir Eat, Pray, Love,, read in Russian (unabridged) by Elaine Yatsenko.

It's three past midnight, and Elizabeth Gilbert is sobbing on the bathroom floor. She's in her thirties, she has a husband and a house, they're trying for a baby--and she doesn't want any of it.

War and Peace [Russian Edition]

• UNABRIDGED (73 hrs and 53 mins)
• By Leo Tolstoy
• Narrated By Evgeniy Ternovskiy

War and Peace broadly focuses on Napoleon's invasion of Russia in 1812 and follows three of the most well-known characters in literature: Pierre Bezukhov, the illegitimate son of a count who is fighting for his inheritance and yearning for spiritual fulfillment; Prince Andrei Bolkonsky, who leaves his family behind to fight in the war against Napoleon; and Natasha Rostov, the beautiful young daughter of a nobleman who intrigues both men. As Napoleon's army invades, Tolstoy brilliantly follows characters from diverse backgrounds.

Anna Karenina [Russian Edition]

• UNABRIDGED (41 hrs and 3 mins)
• By Leo Tolstoy
• Narrated By Vyacheslav Gerasimov

A beautiful society wife from St. Petersburg, determined to live life on her own terms, sacrifices everything to follow her conviction that love is stronger than duty. A socially inept but warmhearted landowner pursues his own visions instead of conforming to conventional views. The adulteress and the philosopher head the vibrant cast of characters in Anna Karenina, Tolstoy's tumultuous tale of passion and self-discovery. Please note: This audiobook is in Russian.

American Road Trip

• UNABRIDGED (17 hrs and 13 mins)
• By Ilya Ilf, Evgeny Petrov
• Narrated By Anatoliy Beliy

Ilya Ilf and Evgeny Petrov came to the USA to drive cross-country and back on a 10-week trip, recording images of American life through the lens of a Leica camera and humorous impressions of America in their notebooks. When they returned home, they published their work in Russia's leading cultural magazines and later in their book. Filled with humorous observations and travel stories, this audiobook lets you experience this wonderful American road trip for yourself.

My Brilliant Friend: The Neapolitan Novels, Book 1

• UNABRIDGED (12 hrs and 38 mins)
• By Elena Ferrante
• Narrated By Hillary Huber
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

A modern masterpiece from one of Italy's most acclaimed authors, My Brilliant Friend is a rich, intense, and generous-hearted story about two friends, Elena and Lila, who represent the story of a nation and the nature of friendship.

The Jungle Book: Parts I & II

• UNABRIDGED (10 hrs and 21 mins)
• By Rudyard Kipling
• Narrated By Benjamin May
• Whispersync for Voice-ready

The Jungle Book is a series of fables written about wild animals and a boy named Mowgli. Most of the short stories in the collection are about Mowgli, who wanders off into the Indian jungle while being pursued by a vicious tiger, Shere Khan. Shere Khan is lame and cannot catch Mowgli on his first attempt.

The Pit [Russian Edition]

• UNABRIDGED (15 hrs and 3 mins)
• By Alexander Kuprin
• Narrated By Vadim Maksimov

Izdanie soderzhit povest' Aleksandra Kuprina "Jama". Bol'shoj master, vpervye v russkoj literature, opisal zhizn' publichnogo doma, jarko i zhestoko, nichego ne priglazhivaja. V Jamskoj slobode (nazyvaemoj prosto "Jama") nekotorogo juzhnogo goroda na Bol'shoj i Maloj Jamskih ulicah sushhestvuet rjad otkrytyh publichnyh domov. Rech' idjot o zavedenii Anny Markovny Shojbes, kotoroe bylo ne iz shikarnyh, no i ne iz nizkosortnyh...