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Assassination Fiction English language Dictionaries Ukrainian Intelligence officers Fiction Logan, Pike Fiction National characteristics, Ukrainian Officiers de renseignements Romans, nouvelles, etc Ukraine Ukrainian language Dictionaries English Ukrainians Ukrainiens Romans, nouvelles, etcSkrypuch, Marsha Forchuk
Summary: In 1943 ten-year-old Lida is torn away from her home in the Ukraine, separated from her little sister Larissa, and sent to a slave labor camp in Germany, but when she is moved and set to making bombs she sees a way to strike back at the Nazis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SKRLitteken, Erin
Summary: Inspired by her own family's experiences in Ukraine before, during and after World War II, the author reimagines their story, following the life and experiences of 16-year-old Katya, beginning in 1929 Kyiv and then, seventy years later, a young widow uncovers long-hidden family secrets about their past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Boldwood Books Ltd. 0000
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1 available in Book Club Kit, Call number: FIC LIT (Book Club Kit - 8 paperbacks)Litteken, Erin
Summary: Inspired by her own family's experiences in Ukraine before, during and after World War II, the author reimagines their story, following the life and experiences of 16-year-old Katya, beginning in 1929 Kyiv and then, seventy years later, a young widow uncovers long-hidden family secrets about their past.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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Summary: "A granddaughter explores the story of her Ukrainian grandmother's survival of Hitler's forced labor camps. Irina Nikifortchuk was 19 years old and a Ukrainian schoolteacher when she was abducted to be a forced laborer in the Leica camera factory in Nazi Germany. Eventually pulled from the camp hospital to work as a domestic in the Leica owners' household, Irina survived the war and eventually...
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Publisher / Publication Date: ECW Press 2023
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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 ZABSkrypuch, Marsha Forchuk
Summary: After escaping a slave labor camp, Luka joins an underground resistance in the fight against the Nazis and the Soviets, but he has two overriding goals--reunite with Lida, who was a friend in the labor camp, and make it back to his home in Ukraine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2018
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC SKRKeefer, Janice Kulyk
Summary: In the summer of 1963 a group of Ukrainian-Canadian housewives compare the lost opportunities of their lives to the romance of the Taylor-Burton affair. Every summer the ladies gather up swimsuits and children and head to their lake cottages at Kalyna Beach, an enclave of Ukrainian immigrants. The husbands, some wealthy, some working class, stay in the city until the weekend, leaving the ladies...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Paperbacks 2009
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KEETaylor, Brad
Summary: "Brad Taylor and Pike Logan face off against Putin's agents and a group of rogue Ukrainian partisans plotting to assassinate a Swedish deputy minister"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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Summary: To finally end the war between their nations, a rogue Ukranian band of partisans known as the Wolves teams up with members of Russia's military intelligence to assassinate Vladimir Putin. But Putin is aware of the traitors in his midst and assigns the loyal commander of the Russian national guard to root them out. It's a mission Victor Petrov is expected to undertake after he prevents Sweden...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2024
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1 available in Browsing Hot Titles, Call number: HOT TITLEReyn, 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, Call number: FIC REYCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC REYSummary: A beautiful musical comedy that follows one young man's journey as he experiences the true spirit of Ukraine on his search for a woman to call his wife.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2020
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN HUTZ͡Hadan, Serhiĭ
Summary: "When Russia invaded Ukraine on February 24, 2022, Serhiy Zhadan took to social media to coordinate a network of resistance workers and send messages of courage to his fellow Ukrainians. What began as a local organizing effort exploded onto the international stage as readers around the globe looked to Zhadan as a key eyewitness documenting Russian atrocities."--Publisher's website.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Yale University Press 2023
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Summary: "This authentic cookbook invites you to discover the fresh foods, exquisite tastes, hospitality and generous spirit of the traditional Ukrainian table ... Scattered amongst the recipes are quotes, poems, historical facts, folklore, and illustrations ... making this cookbook not only a culinary adventure but a unique cultural exploration as well. This edition includes new recipes and tips for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hippocrene Books, Inc. 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 641.59477 CORKharchenko, Olena
Summary: "Ukraine is rich with history and resources, culture and people, but most of all, in spirit! There is a lot to learn about Ukraine, and one of the best places to start is their national anthem. The lyrics of this once-forbidden song carry deep meaning for many Ukrainians, and are full of passion, strength, and determination, inspiring them to keep their country protected and free. The Story of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brown Books Kids 2022
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Summary: "Our Others: Stories of Ukrainian Diversity is an award-winning exploration of both the histories and personal stories of fourteen ethnic minority groups living within the boundaries of present-day Ukraine: Czechs and Slovaks, Meskhetian Turks, Swedes, Romanians, Hungarians, Roma, Jews, 'Liptaks', Gagauzes, Germans, Vlachs, Poles, Crimean Tatars, and Armenians. Based on a combination of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Ibidem-Verlag 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.831 YARSentsov, Oleg
Summary: "The stories in Ukrainian film director, writer, and dissident Oleg Sentsov's debut collection are as much acts of dissent as they are acts of creative expression. These autobiographical stories display a Tarkovsky-esque mix of nostalgia and philosophical insight, written in a simple yet profound style looking back on a life's path that led Sentsov to become an internationally renowned...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Deep Vellum Publishing 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SENRafeenko, Vladimir
Summary: "A mondegreen is something that is heard improperly by someone who then clings to that misinterpretation as fact. Fittingly, Volodymyr Rafeyenko's novel Mondegreen: Songs about Death and Love explores the ways that memory and language construct our identity, and how we hold on to it no matter what. The novel tells the story of Haba Habinsky, a refugee from Ukraine's Donbas region, who has...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harvard University Press 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC RAFAnatoli, A.
Summary: Babi Yar is a ravine outside the Ukrainian capital of Kiev and a site of massacres carried out by German forces and by local Ukrainian collaborators during their campaign against the Soviet Union in World War II. The first and best documented of the massacres took place 29-30 September 1941, killing 33,771 Jews. This book records the author's experience under the Nazis in the Ukraine. Anatoli...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1970
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Designed to give users comprehensive conversational language and grammar skills. The basic course (10 lessons) focuses on polite greetings and small talk and is perfect for patrons who are planning a short trip to a foreign country, or for those who want to get a taste of a foreign language and culture. The complete course (100 lessons) is designed for patrons who already know the basics of a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Mango Languages 2009
Benyukh, Olesj. P. (Oleg Petrovich)
Summary: This language guide prepares its reader with fifteen chapters of situational phrases suited to: traveling by rail, trolley, car or bus; coping with emergencies; Ukrainian shopping; exchanging currency; getting along at a hotel; ordering a meal, and other daily life adventures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hippocrene Books 1994
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.79 BENHrabovsky, Leonid Oleksandrovych
Summary: Over 10,000 up-to-date dictionary entries and phonetic transliteration of both Ukrainian and English words.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hippocrene Books 2013
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 491.79 HRATaylor, Brad
Summary: While on a mission in Sweden, Pike Logan learns of a rogue Ukrainian group's plans to assassinate Vladimir Putin to end the war between their nations. But even if they succeed, Putin has a last endgame.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Hodder Education 2010