Reading Ukraine: Fiction & Nonfiction
History, memoir and fiction that explore the past, present and future of an embattled land and people, their gradual, halting emergence of Ukrainian national identity and solidarity, and the deep roots of the current conflict in Ukraine.
-
Ukraine on Fire
This documentary reveals the historical premises of the ongoing Ukrainian crisis, its current political backstage and its dangerous potential for the world.
Format: DVD
Availability: Available
View Ukraine on Fire -
Conflict in Ukraine
A comprehensive and accessible study of a conflict that has spawned the most serious crisis between Russia and the West since the end of the Cold War, and whose consequences will be felt for many years to come.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
View Conflict in Ukraine -
Ukraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge
The eyewitness account by a U.S. diplomat in Kiev of Russia's brazen attempt to undo the democratic revolution in Ukraine in 2013-2014.
Format: Book
Availability: No Longer Available
View Ukraine's Revolt, Russia's Revenge -
Imperial Gamble
The world was stunned when Vladimir Putin invaded and seized the seaport region of Crimea in March 2014. This book by a former CBS Moscow bureau chief examines how Putin reached has justified his actions by taking a critical look at the recent political history of post-Soviet Russia.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
View Imperial Gamble -
The Future Is History
An award-winning Russian-American journalist traces how Russia has succumbed to a more virulent and resistant strain of autocracy as demonstrated by the experiences of four prototype individuals born at the once-presumed dawn of Russian democracy.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
View The Future Is History -
Between Two Fires
Chronicles the lives of eight ambitious Russians - from politicians and entrepreneurs to artists and historians - who have built their careers and constructed their identities in the shadow of the Putin system, exploring the ways citizens shape their lives around the demands of a capricious and repressive state.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
View Between Two Fires -
Here, Right Matters
The former U.S. Army lieutenant, whose decision to report a phone call from former President Donald Trump to the President of Ukraine led to an impeachment, recounts his Ukrainian childhood and career as an intelligence official.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
View Here, Right Matters -
I'll Never Change My Name
The world-championship-winning ballroom dancer relates the failures and successes that have shaped his life, from his early childhood in Ukraine, to growing up as an immigrant in the U.S., to his rise to international fame.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
View I'll Never Change My Name -
Mamushka
A celebration of the food, flavors, and heritage of Eastern Europe--from the Black Sea to Baku, Kiev to Kazakhstan-- Mamushka features over 100 recipes for fresh, delicious, and unexpected dishes from this dynamic yet underappreciated region.
Format: Book
Availability: No Longer Available
View Mamushka -
To the Edge of Sorrow
In this heartbreaking historical novel, a group of brave Jewish partisans escapes from a ghetto and establishes a hiding place in the Ukrainian forest to survive World War II, sabotage German forces and rescue Jewish prisoners from trains heading toward concentration camps.
Format: Book
Availability: Available
View To the Edge of Sorrow