Title |
The Sakharov file a study in courage
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Names |
LeVert, Suzanne.
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Book Number |
DB031262
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Title Status |
Active
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Medium |
Digital Book
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Download Link |
Downloadable talking book.
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Annotation |
The lives of Andrei Sakharov and his wife, Elena Bonner, are portrayed against the background of Russian history, especially since the 1917 revolution. Sakharov, a scientist who worked for twenty years on Soviet weapons including the H-bomb, became a human rights activist and ran afoul of the government. Discusses the punishments Sakharov and his wife endured. For grades 6-9 and older readers.
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Narrator |
Toren, Suzanne.
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Local Subject |
Biography & Autobiography - BIO
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Adult Book - AD
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Adult Non-Fiction - AN
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History, United States - HUS
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Juvenile Book - JU
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History - HST
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Juvenile Non-Fiction - JN
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Short Book - SH
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Audience Notes |
Female narrator.
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For grades 6-9.
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LC Subject |
Dissenters - Soviet Union - Biography - Juvenile literature
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Physicists - Juvenile literature
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Soviet Union - History - Juvenile literature
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Downloadable books
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Nonfiction
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Biographies
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Talking books
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Call Number |
j947.0840922 B JNF
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Language |
English
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Released |
1986
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Publication Info |
Washington, D.C. : National Library Service for the Blind and Physically Handicapped, Library of Congress, 1986
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Original Publication |
Recorded from: New York : J. Messner, 1986.
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