A directory of Smashwords ebooks available within the native Stanza ebook reading app for the iPhone and iPod Touch.
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Vainglorious: The Ties That Bind | by Bernadette Greene Jan. 31, 2012 | $1.99 | 38657 words | Sample 20% |
| At the height of the Russian Revolution, Mikhail Borinskya and his pregnant wife and two sons flee for America. The family arrives with lots of money, new identities and old enemies. Criss-crossing the country and spanning two decades the proud family is torn apart by betrayal and deceit and reunited by both tragedy and triumph. | |||||
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Ave Maria | by Larisa Esina Jan. 29, 2012 | $1.29 | 27779 words | Sample 20% |
| A family saga "Ave Maria" is based on a true story of my family. | |||||
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Chekhovs At Home | by Karen Sunde Jan. 09, 2012 | Free! | 28022 words | Read a sample |
| Please God, No Wedding Or Shooting At The End!- Chekhov strives to write The Seagull, while characters from it, his own life, and Hamlet swim in his head. Anton, Himself - Writing a love story after The Seagull flops, Chekhov darts between passion, family, and disaster. Masha, Too - Irrepressibly seized by love, Chekhov's sister wrestles with whether to leave her brother's exciting life to marry | |||||
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Подарок Ñудьбы | by Ðлена Брайди Dec. 11, 2011 | $2.50 | 5813 words | Sample 20% |
| Ðвтор повеÑти раÑÑказывает о жизни одной уÑпешной женщины. | |||||
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Cheers Comrade Lenin | by Christopher Chapman Nov. 03, 2011 | $2.99 | 53572 words | Sample 20% |
| Take a typical farming community, set deep in the heart of a Ukraine that time has forgotten and try to impose Communism. Set somewhere in the mid 1960s, at the height of the Cold War, the book follows an irreverent family’s battle of wits with the authorities, throughout a typical summer. Throw in a debauched actress, a mad bee keeper and a self-styled war hero and see what happens. | |||||
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ВинÑент убей паÑтора | by Vincent Killpastor Oct. 10, 2011 | $0.99 | 38027 words | Sample 20% |
| Волею Ñудьбы занеÑенный в СШРбывший зÑк и авантюриÑÑ‚, пытаетÑÑ Ð´Ð¾Ð³Ð½Ð°Ñ‚ÑŒ американÑкую мечту, Ð¸Ð³Ñ€Ð°Ñ Ð½Ð° доверии хриÑтиан-пÑтидеÑÑтников. ÐšÐ¾Ñ€Ð¾Ñ‚ÐºÐ°Ñ Ð¿Ð¾Ð²ÐµÑть Ð´Ð»Ñ Ð²Ð·Ñ€Ð¾Ñлых.Ðе Ð½Ð¾Ñ€Ð¼Ð°Ñ‚Ð¸Ð²Ð½Ð°Ñ Ð»ÐµÐºÑика. Ðаркотики. | |||||
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The Hunt for Danger | by Peter Bailey Sep. 26, 2011 | $7.99 | 163299 words | Sample 20% |
| International intrigue thriller set in aftermath of the collapse of Russian communism | |||||
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Как в Ñтрашном Ñне | by Ðлена Брайди Aug. 13, 2011 | $3.00 | 9123 words | Sample 15% |
| Триллер в котором мировоззрение молодой девушки менÑетÑÑ Ð¿Ð¾Ð´ давлением внешних обÑтоÑтельÑтв. | |||||
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Завещание Матери | by Durnyam Mashurova Aug. 12, 2011 | $6.99 | 82155 words | Sample 20% |
| Pоман ÑÐµÐ¼ÐµÐ¹Ð½Ð°Ñ Ñага Ñ Ñлементами миÑтики, ÐºÐ¾Ñ‚Ð¾Ñ€Ð°Ñ Ð¿Ð¾Ð²ÐµÑтвует о нелегкой жизни женщин Средней Ðзии, Ñудьбы которых развиваютÑÑ Ð½Ð° фоне иÑторичеÑких вех, Ð½Ð°Ñ‡Ð¸Ð½Ð°Ñ Ñ 30-Ñ… годов прошлого века и Ð·Ð°ÐºÐ°Ð½Ñ‡Ð¸Ð²Ð°Ñ ÑовременноÑтью. | |||||
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Woman desirous to love (ЖЕÐЩИÐÐ, ЖЕЛÐВШÐЯ ЛЮБИТЬ) | by Екатерина Графф Aug. 02, 2011 | $4.99 | 216853 words | |
| A pretty Russian woman craving for love and freedom left the suffocating environment of a former Soviet Republic to Greece, falling in a trap of a false love. An old, lust obsessed Greek general, who transformed her dream for love into disgust… Lots of humiliation and insult, she never forgave. Kiev, Athens, Cairo, Greek islands. Lives enmeshed in deadly ritual of passion and lust, risk and... | |||||
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ВЗВОДÐЫЙ | by Сергей ÐагорÑкий July 11, 2011 | $5.89 | 62159 words | Sample 15% |
| Молодой лейтенант ОÑокин, поÑле Ð¾ÐºÐ¾Ð½Ñ‡Ð°Ð½Ð¸Ñ Ñ„Ð°ÐºÑƒÐ»ÑŒÑ‚ÐµÑ‚Ð° разведки КиевÑкого военного училища, попадает в такие уÑловиÑ, о которых он не мог Ñебе предÑтавить даже в кошмарном Ñне… | |||||
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Доктор Живаго | by Boris Pasternak June 30, 2011 | $1.99 | 153670 words | Sample 15% |
| A major theme of the novel is how mysticism and idealism are destroyed by both the Bolsheviks and the White Army alike, as both sides commit horrible atrocities вгкштп the Russian Revolution and the subsequent Russian Civil War. | |||||
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Doctor Zhivago | by Boris Pasternak June 30, 2011 | $1.99 | 197720 words | Sample 15% |
| A major theme of the novel is how mysticism and idealism are destroyed by both the Bolsheviks and the White Army alike, as both sides commit horrible atrocities during the Russian Revolution and the subsequent Russian Civil War. | |||||
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РОТÐЫЙ | by Сергей ÐагорÑкий May 18, 2011 | $5.99 | 74169 words | Sample 15% |
| Ð¡Ð¾Ð±Ñ‹Ñ‚Ð¸Ñ Ð¿Ð¾Ñледних дней непобедимой СоветÑкой Ðрмии, когда вÑеÑоюзный бардак и тотальный развал вÑей гоÑударÑтвенной ÑиÑтемы вÑе-таки уничтожили ее без Ð±Ð¾Ñ Ð¸ без единого выÑтрела. | |||||
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The Sixth Linden Tree- El Sexto Tilo | by Paul V. Montesino May 18, 2011 | $5.99 | 10202 words | Sample 10% |
| This is a short fiction story about a Russian emigree who lives in Cuba in the early years (1960) of the Cuban revolution and becomes alarmed at its trend towards Soviet style Socialism. He tells a story of an experience of violence he had back in the early years of the Soviet Revolution that had a big impact in his own life and also in the life of the man to whom he is telling the story. | |||||
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Lidiya, The Photo File | by Robert Hendry March 27, 2011 | $0.99 | 7161 words | Sample 50% |
| They Say a picture is worth 1000 words. 'Lidiya, the Photo File' illustrates the military hardware and locations from the Soviet Era Lidiya Petrova stories about the glamorous young Russian Naval officer who goes in harm's way when plotters seek to seize control of the Soviet Union and destabilise East-West relations. Reader or non reader of the Lidiya novels, you can see the photo album as well | |||||
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The verdict - Life (Приговор - жизнь) | by Michail Remer Feb. 24, 2011 | $3.50 | 69324 words | Sample 20% |
| I do not turn around ... Only a splash yes circles. My Stone the Moon disturbed. Я не обернуÑь… Лишь вÑплеÑк да круги. Мой камень Луну потревожил. | |||||
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Elena the Beautiful | by Nadejda Kojevnikova Feb. 08, 2011 | $4.99 | 33015 words | Sample 8% |
| The novel of N. Kozhevnikova “Elena the Beautiful†had a sensational and shocking success. The prototypes were well known and immediately recognized personalities. For instance Oleg Yefremov, the founder of the Moscow “Sovremennik†theater, who, when the author was just six showed up in the house of her parents at the famous Lavrushinsky street as a husband of Nadezhda’s elder sister. | |||||
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Bombila | by Michail Remer Jan. 10, 2011 | $6.50 | 66942 words | Sample 20% |
| How to survive? But since to live rather than exist? -Do you not know fairy tales. You do not know how to play guitar. You - poor dad. | |||||
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Lidiyagate | by Robert Hendry Jan. 02, 2011 | $2.99 | 112126 words | Sample 20% |
| Lidiya Petrova,the lovely young wife of Admiral Mikhail Petrov is used by the Kremlin as a goodwil ambassador for the USSR in the troubled 1980s. After a dangerous mission to Turkey, she is sent to Washington where Mikhail will become Soviet Ambassador. Now a mother of twin girls, Lidiya is caught up in a terrorist kidnap plot, a Soviet move to invade Scandinavia, and claims that she is a spy. | |||||
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To Kill Our Worthy Comrade | by Robert Hendry Dec. 31, 2010 | $2.99 | 111492 words | Sample 30% |
| As the Brezhnev era in the USSR ends,hardline officers mount a coup. KGB General Ivanov, a war hero and Admiral Petrov, C-in-C of the Black Sea Fleet, are all that can stop them. As action hots up with air, sea and land battles NATO is worried, and a 19 y.o. radio operator, Lidiya, is drawn in. An exciting read from an author with 1st hand knowledge of the Soviet military. | |||||
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The Falkenberg Riddle | by John Schork Dec. 30, 2010 | $6.95 | 52445 words | |
| Set against the fiery conclusion of the Second World War in Europe, The Falkenberg Riddle is a story of loyalty, courage and treason as men on both sides of the struggle attempt to affect the post war world. The Soviet advance on Berlin promises to finally kill or capture the leaders of the Nazi government who can’t escape to the west. But all is not as it seems. | |||||
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СвÑтоÑть | by Stepan Tzarev Nov. 03, 2010 | Free! | 77700 words | Read a sample |
| Можно ли унеÑти Ñ Ñобой на тот Ñвет наворованные миллиарды? Ðа Том Свете в цене Ð´Ñ€ÑƒÐ³Ð°Ñ Ð²Ð°Ð»ÑŽÑ‚Ð° - СвÑтоÑть? Как конвертировать доллары в СвÑтоÑть. Ðынешним паханам РоÑÑии поÑвÑщаетÑÑ. Черновик будущей книги, обновлÑетÑÑ. | |||||
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Master of Maya | by Stepan Tzarev Nov. 02, 2010 | $9.99 | 176228 words | Sample 50% |
| "Rock-Something in the literary arrangement. The novel is an extended libretto for the musical album "Reincarnation". In the "Master of Maya" bizarrely intertwined illusory reality and everyday mysticism. | |||||
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TriPsyX. Book 2: Aziopian Chronicle | by Stepan Tzarev Oct. 28, 2010 | $5.99 | 59234 words | Sample 50% |
| The second part of the trilogy "TriPsyX: - three episodes of the history of the city of angels incubator. | |||||
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TriPsyX. Book 1: ParaEmpathy | by Stepan Tzarev Oct. 28, 2010 | $3.99 | 33465 words | Sample 50% |
| TriPsyX - a book about creativity. In TriPsyX creativity is considered as a treatment for congenital empathy, as an attempt to escape from reality into a world of contrived, as a way of spiritual guerrilla war on its own territory with the accumulated subconscious phobias and fears. Crazy book, novel phantasmagoria. Pages permeated madness. And madness, as you know, is contagious. Language: Rus | |||||
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Emperor's Diamonds | by Aaron Pery June 23, 2010 | $3.99 | 114356 words | Sample 20% |
| The parallel worlds' travelers Marty and Nick are back in a human world, 1957 Miami Beach. It's totally different geo-politically from their old one. America comprises of eighty states, Russia had been impovershed by WWII and Stalin, Germany is devastated, and Japan had been obliterated after invading the US. Nick is exposed as being the last of the Romanov line and helps free the Russian people. | |||||
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Дорогу он знал отлично | by Alexander Margolin June 20, 2010 | $2.99 | 49463 words | Sample 20% |
| Ð’ Ñумбурные годы переÑтройки ÑÐµÐ¼ÑŒÑ Ð“ÑƒÑ€Ñких Ñмигрирует в Ðмерику. ПроходÑÑ‚ годы. Попав в поле влиÑÐ½Ð¸Ñ Ð¼Ð¾Ð³ÑƒÑ‰ÐµÑтвенных Ñтруктур по обеим Ñторонам океана, его задача – оградить и защитить Ñемью... | |||||
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The Master of Cyber Sutra | by Victor Paul June 08, 2010 | $4.95 | 86325 words | Sample 8% |
| The Malthusian Order is hunting for a magical powered artifact lost in Russia. Here the Master creating a love temple Cyber Sutra is fated to join to an adventure for hunting a Malthusian cross and fulfill an ancient prophecy. | |||||
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BEWARE THE DEAD MAN | by dks Jan. 06, 2010 | $5.00 | 21232 words | Sample 30% |
| A SPY STORY SET AGAINST THE BACKGROUND OF THE CONFLICT BETWEEN RUSSIA AND GEORGIA | |||||
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The Child of Events! | by Teymur Roshdi Dec. 31, 2009 | Free! | 64187 words | Read a sample |
| 'The Child of Events!' is a novel I created after reading Charles Dickens's 'David Copperfield', which describes the story of an unwanted baby boy born in the period of WWI and grown up during a civil war.Left on his own,he becomes victim of terrible deprivation and abuses, also he witnesses the atrocities occured in a chaotic surrounding... | |||||
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Truckerson (The Missing Chapter) | by John F Griffiths Dec. 23, 2009 | Free! | 3025 words | Read a sample |
| A complete short story introducing my character, 'Truckerson'. If you like schoolboy humour, unbelievable plots or need cheering up generally, this is for you. Humour tinged with serious thought. | |||||