Russian Hide-and-seek
Russian Hide-and-seek

Author: Iain Lauchlan

Publisher: Finnish Literature Society

Published: 2002

Total Pages: 412

ISBN-13:

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This book is a study of the operational center of Tsar Nicholas II's secret police (the Okhrana or Okhranka) during the peak of its activities and notoriety. It explores the gulf between the theory and practice of espionage, whereby attempts to create a rational bureaucratic surveillance machine clash with the unpredictable factor of human nature and its weaknesses. The author also examines the social and political friction aroused by the Okhrana during Imperial Russia's turbulent constitutional experiment. Rather than rehashing the old demonic image of a prototypical totalitarian secret police agency, Russian Hide-and-Seek places the Okhrana in its historical context: as an innovator among the Great Powers in the realms of political intelligence and counter-terrorism, striving to avert the precipitous descents into world war and revolution.

Russian Hide-and-seek
Russian Hide-and-seek

Author: Kingsley Amis

Publisher: Vintage

Published: 1980

Total Pages: 248

ISBN-13:

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A near-future dystopia showing Britain under repressive post-communist Russian rule.

Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek

Author: Charles Duelfer

Publisher: Public Affairs

Published: 2009-02-03

Total Pages: 556

ISBN-13: 1586485571

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A long-term intelligence expert reveals the full, behind-the-scenes story of how and why sanctions and diplomacy in Iraq were doomed to fail.

Baba Yaga the Witch and Other Legendary Creatures of Russia
Baba Yaga the Witch and Other Legendary Creatures of Russia

Author: Craig Boutland

Publisher: Gareth Stevens Publishing LLLP

Published: 2018-07-15

Total Pages: 34

ISBN-13: 1538227053

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Some young readers may be unfamiliar with the child-stealing witch well known to Russian folklore. After reading this captivating book, they'll know all about Baba Yaga and other legendary creatures of Russia, such as the Brosno Dragon. This high-interest volume features colorful images paired with stimulating text. Eye-catching sidebars are included throughout the book and feature even more information about these interesting stories and creatures. This innovative book is sure to be a hit with curious readers of many ages and abilities.

Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek

Author: Jeff Struecker

Publisher: B&H Publishing Group

Published: 2012

Total Pages: 402

ISBN-13: 1433671425

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A U.S. Foreign Affairs officer in Kyrgyzstan witnesses an abduction attempt that puts her on the run and in need of Special Ops rescue.

Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek

Author: Peter A. Huchthausen

Publisher: Turner Publishing Company

Published: 2009-01-01

Total Pages: 460

ISBN-13: 162045971X

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Through dramatic incidents tells for the first time the full story of the development of Cold War naval intelligence from the end of WWII to the breakup the Soviet Union in 1991, from both sides, East and West. Unlike other accounts, which focus on submarine confrontations and accidents, the authors cover all types of naval intelligence, human collection (racing with the Soviets to capture Nazi subs, successful and losing spies and defectors), signal intelligence (surface, air, satellite and navy commando teams in balaclavas launched by speed boats from subs), acoustic (passive underwater arrays and tapping phone lines), and the aerial and space reconnaissance. The authors give details of operations in all these areas, some of which were witnessed first hand. "A new light is shed on the spy ships incidents of the 1960s and on submarine intrusions in Swedish waters. Excerpts of the Soviet Navy instructions on UFOs and accounts of Soviet naval encounters with unexplained objects are also published for the first time outside of Russia; and much more."

A Game Of Hide And Seek
A Game Of Hide And Seek

Author: Elizabeth Taylor

Publisher: Virago

Published: 2011-09-29

Total Pages: 187

ISBN-13: 0748131590

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'Her stories remain with one, indelibly, as though they had been some turning-point in one's own experience' - Elizabeth Bowen, author of The Heat of the Day Intelligent and haunting, with echoes of Brief Encounter, this is a love story by one of the best British writers of the 20th century. During summer games of hide and seek Harriet falls in love with Vesey and his elusive, teasing ways. When he goes to Oxford she cherishes his photograph and waits for a letter that never comes. Years pass and Harriet stifles her dreams; with a husband and daughter, she excels at respectability. But then Vesey reappears and her marriage seems to melt away. Harriet is older, it is much too late, but she is still in love with him.

Hide and Seek
Hide and Seek

Author: Theresa Cahn-Tober

Publisher: UNM Press

Published: 2003

Total Pages: 234

ISBN-13: 9780826331984

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Memoirs of a Jewish woman born in Katowice, Poland, in 1936 as Irena Stefania Licht; chs. 3-10 (pp. 23-117) relate her experiences in the Holocaust. In 1939 Cahn-Tober and her parents fled to Lvov; in 1941 she was left with the Polish family of Maria Niemiec in Przemysl, where she remained for two years, posing as a non-Jew. In 1943 Niemiec, fearing for the child's safety, took her to a Catholic orphanage in Warsaw; Cahn-Tober was occasionally able to see her parents, who lived as non-Jews on the "Aryan" side. Her father disappeared during the Warsaw uprising of 1944; she, her mother, and Niemiec were sent to the village of Mstow, where they remained until the liberation. After the war Cahn-Tober's father returned and the family eventually emigrated to the U.S. The Niemieces were recognized as Righteous among the Nations in 1988.

Untraceable
Untraceable

Author: Sergei Lebedev

Publisher: New Vessel Press

Published: 2021-02-02

Total Pages: 169

ISBN-13: 1939931916

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"A thriller dipped in poison ... shares some of le Carré’s fascination with secret worlds and the nature of evil." —The New York Times The terrifying, lengthening list of Russia’s use of lethal poisons against its critics has inspired acclaimed author Sergei Lebedev’s latest novel. With uncanny timing, he examines how and why Russia and the Soviet Union have developed horrendous neurotoxins. At its center is a ruthless chemist named Professor Kalitin, obsessed with developing an absolutely deadly, undetectable and untraceable poison for which there is no antidote. But Kalitin becomes consumed by guilt over countless deaths from his Faustian pact to create the ultimate venom. When the Soviet Union collapses, the chemist defects and is given a new identity in Western Europe. After another Russian is murdered with Kalitin's poison, his cover is blown and he's drawn into an investigation of the death by Western agents. Two special forces killers are sent to silence him―using his own undetectable poison. In this fast-paced, genre-bending tale, Lebedev weaves suspenseful pages of stunningly beautiful prose exploring the historical trajectories of evil. From Nazi labs, Stalinist plots and the Chechen Wars, to present-day Russia, Lebedev probes the ethical responsibilities of scientists supplying modern tyrants and autocrats with ever newer instruments of retribution, destruction and control.