Russian Drama

I texted the wrong number. He texted back. Now the Bratva owns me. It was supposed to be a rant to the date who stood me up. Instead, I got Sergei Volkov. Cold. Ruthless. Powerful. The kind of man you don’t say no to. He took me to dinner. Then took me apart in bed. No names. No strings. Just the best night of my life. I never expected to see him again... Until he walked into my ER— While I was already five weeks pregnant. Now he wants me under his roof, caring for his ailing mother. I need the money. But how do I hide his baby... When he watches me like he already owns me? Because ...

Michelle Carter is ready for a new stage in her life. She is a resident at a prestigious Miami hospital, and her path to becoming a doctor has required many sacrifices, including a failed relationship. Though to be honest, her ex was a jerk, and now Michelle isn't looking for a new guy anyway. She's concentrating on fulfilling her dream of being a doctor, and nothing else matters. Except somehow, bad luck follows her, and she manages to get into huge trouble at the new job. Lex Makarov is a painfully handsome local billionaire, a son of a Russian oligarch and his only heir. He isn't used to...

This program is read by renowned English actor Ben Miles, best known for his narration of Hilary Mantel's Wolf Hall trilogy. “Ben Miles's English accent is perfect for the text of this recent, award-winning translation. He delivers narrative sections in a consistent tone, and his expression is...

Set in the time of the Russian Revolution and the fall of an Empire, this is the epic story about how one man at the right place and the right time can change the course of history. A sweeping tale of human heroics and sacrifice as people make critical decisions under complex circumstances. Decisions that affect the trajectory of an empire and attempt to stave off the total collapse of a way of life. Will Russia and its people survive? Our protagonist Maxim Petrov rises to the challenge to secretly assist the tsar and his family. He gives his oath to take on the herculean task to preserve ...

NAMED ONE OF THE BEST BOOKS OF THE YEAR BY The Wall Street Journal The Washington Post From award-winning author Eva Stachniak comes this passionate novel that illuminates, as only fiction can, the early life of one of history’s boldest women. The Winter Palace tells the epic story of...

The central figure of this novel is a young man whose parents were executed for conspiring to steal atomic secrets for Russia. His name is Daniel Isaacson, and as the story opens, his parents have been dead for many years. He has had a long time to adjust to their deaths. He has not adjusted...

In January 1945, in the waning months of World War II, a small group of people begin the longest journey of their lives: an attempt to cross the remnants of the Third Reich, from Warsaw to the Rhine if necessary, to reach the British and American lines. Among the group is eighteen-year-old Anna...

The New York Times bestselling author of Bringing Down the House and The Accidental Billionaires tells his most incredible story yet: A true drama of obscene wealth, crime, rivalry, and betrayal from deep inside the world of billionaire Russian oligarchs that Booklist called “one more example...

Anna Karenina: Adapted for Modern Readers invites you into Tolstoy’s timeless masterpiece with fresh clarity and ease. This carefully refreshed edition features clean, distraction-free formatting, contemporary typography, and lightly clarified language that makes the prose more fluid without losing its original music. The result is a highly readable text that preserves Tolstoy’s voice, characters, and sweeping narrative while removing the barriers that often keep modern readers from fully engaging with this classic. Set in 19th-century Russian high society, Anna Karenina explores love, ...

As the Russian revolution continues and civil war expands, the young Romanov children flee from the chaos of the new government across Siberia. The White Knight, Captain Kasimir Tupolev, and his team of loyal supporters make their way across a war torn landscape via the Trans Siberian railroad. They rely on the Russian White Army and the retreating Czech Legion to keep the maelstrom of the communist Red Army from capturing them and destroying the nation. And every foot of the way the dreaded Cheka assassins search for the last heir to the throne. Maxim Petrov takes on the role of the White ...

Based on a true story Two nations battle across her homeland. Two men alter the course of her future. After fleeing the terrors of Russia’s Bolshevik revolution, Marija Kappel longs for a peaceful life in Latvia. Her beautiful Baltic coast town with its white sand beaches is the perfect place to dream of marriage and children who can hunt for amber on the bay. But her fragile hopes for stability collapse as powerful governments negotiate treaties that change everything. What starts as an agreement for a naval base soon becomes a full Russian occupation with all its brutality. Daily perils...

Вишневый сад — последнее творение великого русского писателя Антона Павловича Чехова (1860–1904). Помещица Любовь Андреевна Раневская, вернувшись из Франции, сталкивается с тем, что ее любимое имение вскоре будет продано. Чтобы все не потерять, ей предлагают сдавать вишневый сад дачникам... Незаурядный сюжет комедии и неповторимый авторский стиль повествования придется по душе читателю. Пьеса Вишневый сад известна также благодаря замечательным театральным постановкам. Чехов Антон Павлович — автор знаменитых рассказов, повести "Палата № 6", пьес Вишневый сад и "Чайка".

“The sort of compulsive page-turner that keeps readers up at night….Both timely and scary….Guardian of Lies more than satisfies.” —Washington Times Defense attorney Paul Madriani is caught in a web of deceit and murder involving Cold War secrets, a rare coin dealer who once worked for...

Putting the old Soviet world behind him in retirement should have set Mike Lacondeguy at ease, but an addled old hippy and an Uzbek firebrand determined to do things her way make that impossible. In the second book of The New Americans trilogy, CHICKEN TODAY, FEATHERS TOMORROW, an aged Flower Child living on the streets and a young Uzbek agitator draw Mike Lacondeguy into a world where urban legend and common sense collide and where he can no longer run from his past. While tangled in the war in Ukraine, Mike comes across a book of poems with a mystifying couplet: All the world went silent/...

The heart-stoppingly sexy conclusion to the NOLA Knights spinoff series by Men of Haven author Rhenna Morgan She’s in way over her head. Bonnie Drummond is from the wrong side of the tracks, raised in a family of liars and criminals. No matter how hard she tries to stay on the straight and...

A superb selection of Emlyn Williams’ finest plays Emlyn Williams was one of the brightest stars of Welsh stage and screen. An acclaimed playwright, actor and director, he made over 40 film and TV appearances, re-invented the one-man show with his virtuoso portrayals of Charles Dickens and...

В этот сборник вошли самые прославленные пьесы Островского — рвущие душу, трагические истории любви Гроза и Бесприданница, в героинях которых по-прежнему узнают себя все новые поколения читательниц, лирическая комедия Бедность не порок и увлекательная искрометно-остроумная сатирическая комедия — Свои люди — сочтемся!.

В 1932 году выдающийся немецкий писатель Лион Фейхтвангер опубликовал роман "Иудейская война", в 1935 году последовал роман "Сыновья", в 1945-м — Настанет день. Вместе они составили трилогию, посвященную жизни римского историка и военачальника иудейского происхождения Иосифа Флавия. Священник первой чреды Иерусалимского храма, патриот и участник иудейского восстания, Иосиф бен Маттафий оказывается перед мучительным выбором: смириться с пленением или принять смерть, перейти на сторону римлян и предать веру отцов или погибнуть.

Life after the State Department was supposed to be a peaceful respite for Mike Lacondeguy, but an unlikely friend and the Russian mob surfaced with other plans. In FISHING WITH TOLSTOY, the exhilarating introduction to The New Americans trilogy, ex-diplomat Mike Lacondeguy snaps out of his retirement blues and into a world of deception and betrayal. This time, the fight is on his turf. Putin’s invasion of Ukraine draws two Cold War adversaries back into the game to stop the hostilities from escalating. Mike worked with the State Department for three decades in and around Russia, while ...

Трагедия Макбет — одно из самых известных произведений английского драматурга Уильяма Шекспира (англ. William Shakespeare, 1564–1616). Это знаменитая история о том, как шотландский король Макбет, соблазняемый ведьмами и женой, жаждал безмерной власти. Однако его падение было неизбежным... Уильям Шекспир — автор всемирно известных сонетов, пьес "Ромео и Джульетта", "Гамлет", Макбет и "Отелло", а также великолепных комедий "Двенадцатая ночь, или Что угодно?", "Сон в летнюю ночь", "Бесплодные усилия любви", "Виндзорские насмешницы", "Два веронца» и «Как вам это понравится".