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1) Torch
Author
Language
English
Description
When 17-year-old Pavol fatally sets himself on fire in Prague in 1969 to protest the Soviet invasion of Czechoslovakia, his three best friends must figure out how to survive an oppressive regime without him.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The Hungarian Revolution of 1956 was perhaps the most dramatic single event of the Cold War and a major turning point in history. Though it ended unsuccessfully, the spontaneous uprising of Hungarians against their country's Communist party and the Soviet occupation forces in the wake of Stalin's death demonstrated to the world at large the failure of Communism. In full view of the Western media—and therefore the world—the Russians
...9) Men in space
Author
Publisher
Vintage Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Follows a cast of dissolute Bohemians, political refugees, football referees, deaf police agents, assassins and stranded astronauts as they chase a stolen icon painting from Sofia to Prague and beyond. Set in a Central Europe rapidly fragmenting after the fall of Communism.
11) Witness
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
[1952]
Physical Desc
808 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
12) This rebel heart
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
Csilla has felt protected by the Duna River her entire life, and especially during the Holocaust of World War II, but that magic seems to have broken when Communists took control of Hungary. When her parents are killed by the secret police, Csilla's deep feelings of betrayal and disconnection cause her to plan her escape from her unrecognizable homeland. They are posthumously exonerated, however, sparking a series of protests that make her reconsider...
Author
Series
Praeger publications in Russian history and world communism volume no. 190
Publisher
Praeger
Pub. Date
[1967]
Physical Desc
xix, 389 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Description
"It's 1951, and twelve-year-old Pete Collison is a regular kid in Brooklyn, New York, who loves Sam Spade detective books and radio crime dramas. But when an FBI agent shows up at Pete's doorstep, accusing Pete's father of being a Communist, Pete is caught in a real-life mystery. Could there really be Commies in Pete's family?"--
18) Wild ginger
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin
Pub. Date
2002.
Physical Desc
217 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
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