Ergebnis für "Putin" in Literatur & Belletristik

Detective Arkady Renko—“one of the most compelling figures in modern fiction” (USA TODAY)—returns in this tense thriller set amid the backdrop of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine. In the latest installment of Martin Cruz Smith’s celebrated Arkady Renko series, the legendary Moscow...

Putin by Stu Armstrong is a gripping blend of fact and fiction, delivering a compelling narrative that explores the life and legacy of one of the world’s most controversial leaders. Meticulously researched and infused with dramatic storytelling, this audiobook takes listeners deep into the psyche of Vladimir Putin, from his early days as a KGB operative in Soviet-era East Germany to his rise as the unchallenged ruler of modern Russia.

Als Wladimir Putin im Januar 2000 Staatspräsident wird, verlässt der reich gewordene Rohstoffhändler Anton fluchtartig Moskau. Hinter ihm liegen acht atemraubende Jahre im postsowjetischen Raubtier-Kapitalismus, vor ihm gähnende Langeweile im gutsituierten Milieu New Yorks. Doch auch mit vierzig ist Anton noch immer ein unverbesserlicher Romantiker auf der Suche nach dem nächsten Kick. Da macht ihm ein Headhunter ein verlockendes Angebot. Anton soll im an Bodenschätzen so reichen Kasachstan mit Geld aus anonymen Quellen einen Stahlkonzern aufbauen.

Nat hat seine besten Jahre als Spion hinter sich. Gerade ist er nach London zu seiner Frau zurückgekehrt, da wird ihm ein letzter großer Auftrag erteilt. Zur Erholung spielt Nat montags Badminton, seit neuestem gegen Ed, einen jungen Mann, der den Brexit hasst, Trump hasst, auch seine Arbeit in einer seelenlos gewordenen Medienagentur. Und ausgerechnet Ed fordert Nat auch außerhalb des Spielfelds heraus und zwingt ihn, seine Haltung gegenüber dem eigenen Land und seinem bisherigen Leben infrage zu stellen.

Prefata de Daniel Cristea-Enache Romanul are drept tema centrala ironia: fata de romanul clasic, fata de temele lui majore, fata de literatura, in general. Protagonistul, un tinar mereu in cautarea nefericirii, pentru a gasi motivatia autocompatimirii, este prins in diverse situatii ce...

'You fail to read this book at your peril' - Admiral James G Stavridis, US Navy, former Supreme Allied Commander Europe. Closely modelled on his NATO experience of war gaming future conflicts, 2017 War With Russia is a chilling account of where we are heading if we fail to recognise the threat...

The legend returns with an action-packed tale of lies, deceit and deadly power play. Whilst checking up on the volatile situation in Kosovo the US President's right-hand man Blake Johnson meets Major Harry Miller, a member of the British Cabinet. Miller is there doing his own checks for the...

Back from exile, Renko must defeat the powerful black-market crime lords in this third installment to the Arkady Renko series by internationally bestselling author Martin Cruz Smith. Back from exile in the hellish reaches of the Soviet Union, homicide investigator Arkady Renko discovers that his...

Betrayal. Conspiracy. Murder. Jack Higgins is back. Disillusioned with the Putin Government, famous Russian writer and ex-paratrooper Alexander Kurbsky decides he wants to disappear into the West. However he is under no illusions about how the news will be greeted at home – he has seen too...

Eliza Altairsky-Lointaine is the toast of Moscow society, a beautiful actress in an infamous theatre troupe. Her love life is as colourful as the parts she plays. She is the estranged wife of a descendant of Genghis Khan. And her ex-husband has threatened to kill anyone who courts her. He appears to be making good on his promise. Fandorin is contacted by a concerned friend - the widowed wife of Chekhov - who asks him to investigate an alarming incident involving Eliza.

¿Quién es el verdadero Vladímir Putin? ¿Qué es lo que quiere? ¿Qué hará a continuación? A pesar de los millones de palabras que se han escrito sobre la Rusia de Putin, Occidente sigue sin comprender realmente a uno de los políticos más poderosos del mundo, cuya influencia se extiende por todo el planeta y cuyas redes de poder llegan al corazón mismo de nuestra vida cotidiana.

From TV broadcaster Lou Dobbs and award-winning author James O. Born comes Putin's Gambit, an international financial thriller about a KGB plot to use a series of terrorist attacks as cover for a Russian military incursion into Estonia.

În acest eseu de o impresionantă luciditate, Mihail Șișkin demontează mitul conform căruia Rusia este o „enigmă învăluită într-un mister" și susține că pur și simplu nu știm suficiente lucruri despre ea. Așadar, care este adevărata poveste din spatele regimului autocratic al lui Putin și al invaziei sale în Ucraina? Șișkin urmărește rădăcinile problemelor Rusiei, pornind de la „Rutenia (Rusia Kieveană)", trecând prin Marele Ducat al Moscovei, imperiu, revoluție și Războiul Rece, până la Federația Rusă creată acum mai bine de treizeci de ani.

Putin and Kim Jong Un unleash a deadly reign of global terror by hijacking a Malaysian airliner, shooting down a Malaysian airliner, and circulating the "PBF", the Perfect Ben Franklin. CIA Director Mike Perry followed the evil Office 39 Director for over 30 years and finally has a chance to eliminate him along with the Kim regime.

David Joseph's "The Great Hijacking", "Putin's Shoot-Down", and "The Bully" all bundled into one book titled Putin and MH370/MH17. A Boeing 777 takes off from Kuala Lumpur International Airport and rendezvouses behind an American tanker refueling fighters, thus falling in its radar. Chinese military computer hackers break into a key defense satellite, a North Korean cargo ship drops a black box into the Indian Ocean, and a home flight simulator has traces of island landings in the Indian Ocean. All the events combine to produce a perfect storm for "The Great Hijacking".

Within the elaborate game of geopolitical strategy, ISIS caliphate, terrorist provocations, and global markets, Putin launches guerrilla warfare under the sea with the use of Seaborne Spetsnaz and submarines. He knows his plan will only work if the attacks are perpetrated by Islamic extremist. A war in which Putin has the ultimate advantage of stealth and surprise.

What happens when Vladimir Putin is faced with a decision so harrowing it changes him forever? 118 submariners spiraling into the abyss, a country in chaos, and a president who seems not to care. Through the eyes of a first person Vladimir Putin, and his personal aide Gosha, discover what motivates the man behind Russia. Is he the cold, ruthless Vladimir Putin we know, or is he...human?

It is 1933 and Mikhail Bulgakov's enviable career is on the brink of being dismantled. His friend and mentor, the poet Osip Mandelstam, has been arrested, tortured, and sent into exile. Meanwhile, a mysterious agent of the secret police has developed a growing obsession with exposing Bulgakov as...

“Playful and poetic . . . A foxy, original writer. Memory fuses with wonder, and wonder with worship." —The Wall Street Journal “Marvelously vivid, perfectly tuned. . . Tolstaya is well known in Russia as a brilliant and caustic political critic, but her memories of her Soviet childhood...