siberia (russia)

"A fictional account of an escape from a Stalinist labor camp, showing the harsh and inhuman conditions of the Gulag and the heroism of the five unjustly condemned prisoners as they cross Siberia in a bid to reach America"--Provided by publisher.

Examines the history, people, industry and agriculture of the mysterious Russian lands which comprise one-third of the Asian continent.

Describes what it would be like to travel through the Siberian wilderness in search of the legendary angel bird.

Recounts the rulers, statesmen, explorers, and convicts who took part in the saga of the nations and empires that formed their destinies across the last four hundred years of Siberia's history.

In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.

Young Glashka's dream of the singing of whales, accompanied by a special kind of music, leads to the rescue of thousands of whales stranded in a freezing Siberian bay.

In 1941, fifteen-year-old Lina, her mother, and brother are pulled from their Lithuanian home by Soviet guards and sent to Siberia, where her father is sentenced to death in a prison camp while she fights for her life, vowing to honor her family and the thousands like hers by burying her story in a jar on Lithuanian soil. Based on the author's family, includes a historical note.

Jeffrey Tayler chronicles his 2,400-mile journey down the Lena River in a custom-built boat, describing the people, sites, beauty, and violence he encountered along the way.

Just days before graduating from St. Vladimir's Academy, guardian-in-training Rose travels to Siberia to drive a stake into the heart of the boy she loves, the monstrous vampire Dimitri.