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"In this swirling, gripping tale, a young Russian conscript and a French woman come together in a crowded compartment of the Trans-Siberian railroad, each of them fleeing to the east for their own reasons"-- "Eastbound is both an adventure story and a duet of two vibrant inner worlds. In mysterious, winding sentences gorgeously translated by Jessica Moore, De Kerangal gives us the story of two unlikely souls entwined in a quest for freedom with...

In 1940, when the Nazis are at the height of their power, American Stephen Metcalfe, a minor asset in the U.S.'s secret intelligence forces, is left stranded in Paris without a contact, orders, or a contingency plan.

When tsarist soldiers fire at a group of peaceful village protestors and kill his young bride, Pavel dedicates his life to overthrowing the Romanovs. Pavel's underground group assassinates the Grand Duke, changing the life of the Grand Duchess Elisavyeta forever.

Grief-stricken, Elisavyeta gives up her wealth and becomes a nun dedicated to the poor people of her country. When revolution finally sweeps Russia, she is the last Romanov captured,

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Can someone heist the majority of the House of Representatives with no one noticing? That's the electoral coup that turns America upside down in The people's house...until one man notices. Youngstown reporter Jack Sharpe stumbles across an odd election result in the Ohio Congressional district he covers. The story takes him far beyond his corner of Ohio as he discovers an international plot--one that strikes at the heart of American democracy by taking...