andrew waller 11/22/24 andrew waller 11/22/24

Killer in the Kremlin

John Sweeney — Author
Transworld — Publisher

A gripping and explosive account of Vladimir Putin's tyranny, charting his rise from spy to tsar, exposing the events that led to his invasion of Ukraine and his assault on Europe.

In Killer in the Kremlin, award-winning journalist John Sweeney takes readers from the heart of Putin's Russia to the killing fields of Chechnya, to the embattled cities of an invaded Ukraine.

andrew waller 11/22/24 andrew waller 11/22/24

Деокупація. Історії опору українців. 2022 [De-occupation. Stories of Ukrainian resistance 2022]

Bogdan Logvynenko — Author
Ukraїner — Publisher

The importance and timeliness of this book lie in the opportunity to give a voice to the people who survived the Russian occupation. In the foreword, human rights activist and Nobel Peace Prize laureate Oleksandra Matviichuk writes, “It often lacks resonance against the backdrop of statements by politicians who suggest handing over the occupied territories to the aggressor country and satisfying its imperial appetites. The voice of the survivors makes such appeals immoral.”

andrew waller 11/22/24 andrew waller 11/22/24

Our Enemies Will Vanish: The Russian Invasion and Ukraine’s War of Independence

Yaroslav Trofimov — Author
Penguin Adult (publisher) / Penguin Press (imprint) — Publisher

A revelatory eyewitness account of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine and heroism of the Ukrainian people in their resistance by Yaroslav Trofimov, the Ukrainian chief foreign-affairs correspondent for The Wall Street Journal.

Since Russia invaded Ukraine in February 2022, Yaroslav Trofimov has spent months on end at the heart of the conflict, very often on its front lines. In this authoritative account, he traces the war’s decisive moments—from the battle for Kyiv to more recently the gruelling and bloody arm wrestle involving the Wagner group over Bakhmut—to show how Ukraine and its allies have turned the tide against Russia, one of the world’s great military powers, in a modern-day battle of David and Goliath. Putin had intended to conquer and annex Ukraine with a vicious blitzkrieg, redrawing the map of Europe in a few short weeks with seismic geopolitical consequences. But in the face of this existential threat, the Ukrainian people fought back, turning what looked like certain defeat into a great moral victory, even as the territorial battle continues to seesaw to this day. This is the story of the epic bravery of the Ukrainian people—people Trofimov knows very well.

andrew waller 11/22/24 andrew waller 11/22/24

Бахмут [Bakhmut]

Author — Myroslav Laiuk
Ukraїner publishing house — Publisher

During the most intense fighting for Bakhmut in the winter and in March 2023, the author spent days and nights with Ukrainian infantrymen and artillerymen, medics and chaplains, rescuers and children who remained in the city and its surroundings, where artillery shelling and street battles were a constant. It’s a story about the anti-aircraft gunner who has just shot down a Russian fighter jet, father and sons fighting side by side, and a member of Wagner who cherishes Nabokov. It’s a journey to places where dogs feast on the dead, where you are petrified by fear and desolation but also stunned with courage, resilience and even love.

andrew waller 11/20/24 andrew waller 11/20/24

WAR AND PUNISHMENT: Putin, Zelensky, and the Path to Russia’s Invasion of Ukraine

Mikhail Zygar — Author
SIMON & SCHUSTER (Scribner imprint) — Publisher

From one of Russia's smartest and best-sourced young journalists comes the first work by a Russian author that reveals his country's history of oppressing Ukraine, blames Russian culture for the war, and dismantles the imperial narrative that Putin used to justify a brutal invasion.

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Invasion: Russia’s Bloody War and Ukraine’s Fight for Survival

Stanislav Aseyev — Luke Harding
Faber & Faber — Publisher

The first book of reportage from the front line of the Ukraine war. This is a powerful and moving first draft of history written by the award-winning Guardian journalist and #1 New York Times selling author of Collusion and Shadow State who forecast Putin’s dark adventurist ambitions.

andrew waller 12/13/23 andrew waller 12/13/23

The Torture Camp on Paradise Street

Stanislav Aseyev – Author
Zenia Tompkins, Nina Murray – Translators

Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute - Publisher

“In recognition of this personal memoir that not only testifies to the human rights violations committed by the Russian Federation, but also exposes the truth behind the existence of unofficial prisons, illegal deprivation of liberty, and torture carried out by the occupier in the city of Donetsk”

andrew waller 12/12/23 andrew waller 12/12/23

The Extraordinary Lives of Ukrainian Canadian Women

Iroida Wynnyckyj – Editor
Marta Olynyk – Translator

“Recognized for its archival value in providing historians with multigenerational testimonies of Ukrainian Canadian women whose personal stories were shaped by the tumultuous events of two world wars.”

andrew waller 12/11/23 andrew waller 12/11/23

The Voices of Babyn Yar

Marianna Kiyanovska – Author
Oksana Maksymchuk, Max Rosochinsky – Translators

Harvard Ukrainian Research Institute – Publisher

“In recognition of its masterful use of poetry to convey the unspeakable crimes committed at Babyn Yar, using a first-person perspective of Jewish voices to raise painful questions related to memory and responsibility.”

andrew waller 12/11/23 andrew waller 12/11/23

Ukrayna: Bir Tarihsel Atlas (Ukraine: An Illustrated History)

Paul Robert Magocsi – Author
Maryna Kravets, Victor Ostapchuk, Murat Yaşar – Translators

“The Grand Prix is given in recognition of this book’s importance in making Robert Magocsi’s comprehensive history of Ukraine accessible to a Turkish-speaking audience, thanks to its well-crafted translation.”

andrew waller 12/10/23 andrew waller 12/10/23

Mondegreen: Songs about Death and Love

Volodymyr Rafeyenko - author
Mark Andryczyk – Translator

“In recognition of this book’s contribution to important processes of change in the way writers approach language in contemporary Ukrainian literature”