Books tagged: soviet union

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Bombardirovka    by Crystal Allene Cook
Price: Free! 122100 words. Published on May 30, 2009. .

Journalist Jada Perlmutter becomes the story she seeks as she travels from Soviet Moscow to the mountainous "South" where her lover Vahan plans to take up being a guerrilla fighter in a new breakaway state. Injured, Jada is transported back to Moscow. Years later, in NYC, the taste of ash in her mouth sends Jada back to the Caucasus to conclude the story she left unfinished.
Hell's Fire: A Documentary History of the American Atomic and Thermonuclear Weapons Projects, from Hiroshima to the Cold War and the War on Terror    by Lenny  Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 140350 words. Published on September 8, 2009. .

A history of nuclear weapons, from the Manhattan Project which built the atomic bomb, to the "Mike" test which paved the way for the hydrogen bomb, to the "war on terror" which seeks an entire new generation of "earth-penetrating" nuclear bombs.
Rise and Fall of the Leninist State: A Marxist History of the Soviet Union    by Lenny  Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 35210 words. Published on September 8, 2009. .

An economic history of the Soviet Union, from its inception in 1917 to its demise in 1991. It is in the economics of the Leninist state, not its politics or ideology, that we find the seeds of its destruction. By examining the economics of the USSR, we can see not only why the Russian Revolution took the course that it did, but why it could not have taken any other path.
Non-Leninist Marxism: Writings on the Workers Councils    by Lenny  Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 57350 words. Published on September 29, 2009. .

The recent collapse of the Soviet Union made clear the weaknesses and deficiencies in Leninist theory and practice. In the period between the World Wars, however, an entirely different trend of socialism had rejected the Leninist model of centralized party and state. This movement was "council communism".
The Great Communicator: Selected Speeches from President Ronald Reagan    by Lenny  Flank
Price: $9.99 USD. 143780 words. Published on January 16, 2010. .

A selection of speeches from Ronald Reagan. The conservative "Reagan Revolution", of free-market economics, the Religious Right, and military power, dominated American politics for three decades. This volume includes the "Evil Empire" speech, the "Government is the problem" speech, the "Tear down this Wall" speech, and many others.
El Perro Negro    by Mikel Santiago
Price: Free! 13100 words. Published on April 1, 2010. .

El viejo soldado tiene una historia que contar. Una historia que comenzó en el horror de la Segunda Guerra Mundial pero que ahora viaja a través del tiempo, buscándole, reclamándole una vieja deuda. Paul, el joven enfermero del sanatorio, es su único amigo y confesor.
Motherland: Notes of a Persecuted Director, A Memoir about Jewish Life in the Soviet Union, Part I - Through Hunger and War    by Natan Gimelfarb
Price: $4.99 USD. 134030 words. Published on May 30, 2010. .

An inside look into Jewish life in Communist Russia. A true story with heartache and human insight worthy of fiction. Motherland implies as much as it says, as it takes you through communism, antisemitism, the Great Famine, the Great Purge, World War II, and everyday realities of Russian life. It shows that faith, honesty, and determination can shine despite hunger, war, betrayal, and persecution.
The Usurper: a political suspense thriller    by Cliff  Ball
Price: $3.99 USD. 56590 words. Published on July 11, 2010. .

Gary Jackson is raised to hate. Hate the United States, and everything it has ever stood for. His mission is to destroy the United States from within, allying himself with America's enemies to accomplish the deed. He stops at nothing, and a small group of Americans decide they need to stop him. Will they succeed or will the US be relegated to the dustbin of history?
Hitler's Forgotten Secret Weapon    by Leonard James
Price: $4.90 USD. 22800 words. Published by Bretwalda Books  on August 29, 2010. .

The last great untold story of World War II, the career of Hitler’s “Super Fighter” intended to destroy the RAF in the Battle of Britain and why it never succeeded. The super-secret Heinkel He113 fighter was designed to be a high-speed, high-altitude fighter that could outperform, outgun and outfight any other aircraft in the world when it entered service with the Luftwaffe in 1940.
Last Hurrah for an Evil Empire    by Casey Cavanaugh
Price: $1.99 USD. 41820 words. Published by MilSpeak Books  on September 6, 2010. .

As the sun begins to set on the Soviet Union, desperation slowly grips this once great empire's staunchest champions. This is the story of the courageous few who fight to hold off that final sunset, and of the American counter-intelligence operatives who bring the Cold War to end game. When a country calls, some give all....