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21) White nights
Publisher
Columbia Pictures Corporation
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Nikolai Rodchenko, a Russian ballet dancer who defected from the Soviet Union years ago, finds himself back in the motherland--trapped--thanks to an emergency airplane landing. The Soviets do not imprison him, however; they hope to score a propaganda victory by 'persuading' him to become Russian again. That is why he is sent to Siberia, to Raymond Greenwood and his Russian wife Darya. Greenwood is an American tap dancer who defected to Russia in opposition...
22) Matterhorn
Author
Series
Mac Dekker volume 1
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2024]
Physical Desc
333 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"Robbie Steinhardt lives a peaceful life. A fixture of his small alpine village, he tends cattle, minds his own business, and doesn't dwell on his former life and the family and lover he left behind--back when he was Mac Dekker, CIA. But when he learns his son Will died following in his footsteps, he needs answers. What mission took Will up into the alpine heights, and why is Ilya Ivashka on the same trail? Ilya--his close friend, his rival in love....
24) Fake truth
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Author Ian Ludlow writes great adventures, but after helping Chinese movie star Wang Mei defect to the United States, he becomes the accidental hero of a real-life espionage thriller. Now he's stuck with the actress - and suffering a nasty case of writer's block - when he stumbles into a secret Russian plot using "fake news" to outrage Americans into believing a terrifying lie. The only weapon Ian has against the global conspiracy, and the assassins...
Publisher
Columbia Tristar Home Entertainment, Inc
Pub. Date
2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
Circus saxophonist Vladimir Ivanoff suddenly defects from his touring troupe in that temple of "Western decadence" -- Bloomingdale's. Fleeing the K.G.B., Vladimir wins asylum and moves into the crowded Harlem flat of Black security guard Lionel Witherspoon. Though Vladimir learns that life in America can be cold and even painful, he grows to love this strange and wondrous new land
Author
Publisher
Tuttle Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
256 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (some colour) ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The long-running "Ask a North Korean" column produced by NK News in Washington D.C. invites readers to ask questions of recent North Korean defectors about everyday issues that are not generally discussed in the media. Various aspects of life in North Korea are discussed in this book through a series of interviews . These interviews show that even in the world's most authoritarian regime, there is still a degree of normality and continuity.
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
268 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"In one of the most momentous events of the Cold War, Svetlana Allilyueva, the forty-one-year-old daughter of the notorious tyrannical leader of the USSR, abruptly abandoned her life in Moscow in 1967, arriving in New York to throngs of reporters and a nation hungry to hear her story. By her side is Peter Horvath, a lawyer in his mid-thirties who is sent by the CIA to escort Svetlana to America. Rootless, lonely, and bewildered by her adopted country's...
Author
Publisher
Threshold Editions
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xl, 183 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"The North Korean defector, human rights advocate, and bestselling author of In Order to Live sounds the alarm on the culture wars, identity politics, and authoritarian tendencies tearing America apart. After defecting from North Korea, Yeonmi Park found liberty and freedom in America. But she also found a chilling crackdown on self-expression and thought that reminded her of the brutal regime she risked her life to escape. When she spoke out about...
30) Jakob the liar
Publisher
Mill Creek Entertainment
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (237 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Multiple
Description
Jakob the Liar: In Nazi-occupied Poland during World War II, poor Jewish cafe owner Jakob Heym accidentally overhears a forbidden radio news bulletin signaling Soviet miliary successes
Moscow on the Hudson: Soviet saxophonist, Vladimir Ivanoff, decides to defect to the U.S.A. He wins asylum, and though Vladimir learns that life in America can be cold and even painful, he grows to love his strange and wonderous adopted land.
Publisher
Roadshow Entertainment [distributor]
Pub. Date
c2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 113 mins.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Drama based on the autobiography by Li Cunxin. At the age of 11, Li was plucked from a poor Chinese village by Madame Mao's cultural delegates and taken to Beijing to study ballet. In 1979, during a cultural exchange to Texas, he fell in love with an American woman. Two years later, he managed to defect and went on to perform as a principal dancer for the Houston Ballet and as a principal artist with the Australian Ballet.
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