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- Location(s): Siberia, Warsaw
- Genre(s): Science Fiction/Future, Fantasy
- Era(s): Earlier 20th Century
A Trans-Siberian odyssey through political, criminal, scientific, philosophical and amorous intrigues, and into an endless winter to confront something utterly alien. 14th July 1924: In a Warsaw buried under feet of snow and Russian rule, Benedykt Gieroslawski, a dissolute...
The Archipelago of Another Life
- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Fiction, Historical
- Era(s): Mid 20th Century
On the far eastern borders of the Soviet Union, in the sunset of Stalin’s reign, soldiers are training for a war that could end all wars, for in the atomic age man has sown the seeds of his own...
- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): Modern
Set across two continents, Tiger is a sweeping story of survival and redeeming love that plunges the reader into one of the world’s last wildernesses with blistering authenticity. Frieda is a primatologist, sensitive and solitary, until a violent attack...
- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Autobiography/Memoirs
- Era(s): 2010
In Consolations of the Forest, Sylvain Tesson explains how he found a radical solution to his need for freedom, one as ancient as the experiences of the hermits of old Russia: he decided to lock himself alone in a...
- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Thriller
- Era(s): 20th Century
Kolymsky Heights. A frozen Siberian hell lost in endless night. The perfect location for an underground Russian research station. It’s a place so secret it doesn’t officially exist; once there, the scientists are forbidden to leave. But one scientist...
- Location(s): Germany, Poland, Siberia
- Genre(s): Historical
- Era(s): 1930s 1940s
This is an epic wartime romance which sees a headstrong young woman face hardship, danger and dilemmas as the forces of history sweep her across continents, while two men compete to claim her heart.It is suitable for fans of...
- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Crime, Fiction
- Era(s): 2nd half 20th century
One Dead Commissar At an icebound naval weather station in far Siberia, the young daughter of an exiled dies under suspicious circumstances. The high-ranking Commissar sent to investigate the mystery suffers a similar fate: he is murdered by an...
- Location(s): Auschwitz/Birkenau, Siberia
- Genre(s): Fiction
- Era(s): WW2
In 1942 Cilka Klein is just sixteen years old when she is taken to Auschwitz-Birkenau Concentration Camp. The Commandant at Birkenau, Schwarzhuber, notices her long beautiful hair, and forces her separation from the other women prisoners. Cilka learns quickly...
- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Travelogue
- Era(s): 1990s
Thubron has written extensively about this part of the world. Post Soviet Union he decides to take public transport and explore Siberia. This is a very readable book, travelling through exotic cities, deserted villages and meets a vast array...
- Location(s): Siberia
- Genre(s): Children
- Era(s): 2nd half 20th century
A gorgeous, snowy adventure, set in the wilds of Siberia, full of magic and wonder, for junior readers. A world of magic is only a whisper away… Born in a Soviet prison camp, Lina has never seen the world...
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