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Body in the Bag

A True Crime Story from Moscow

by Sergey, Mikhalkin ...

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Series Audiobook 2 - The Wolfhound Files
Unabridged

2 hours 21 min

Moscow, January. A janitor in the Altufyevo district finds a heavy bag by the dumpsters. Inside — a body preserved by the bitter frost. A corpse in a bag means premeditation. Someone killed deliberately and tried to make the evidence vanish. The Wolfhound follows the trail through Moscow's frozen streets into a web of personal connections where trust turned fatal. Forensic precision and decades of ... Read more

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Moscow, January. A janitor in the Altufyevo district finds a heavy bag by the dumpsters. Inside — a body preserved by the bitter frost. A corpse in a bag means premeditation. Someone killed deliberately and tried to make the evidence vanish. The Wolfhound follows the trail through Moscow's frozen streets into a web of personal connections where trust turned fatal. Forensic precision and decades of
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Cab Driver, The

A Russian True Crime Story

by Sergey Mikhalkin ...

Narrated by Alexander Kalashnikov ...

Series Audiobook 1 - The Wolfhound Files
Unabridged

1 hour 33 min

A cab driver vanishes on a Friday night in Tver. His car drops off the grid, his phone goes dead. Investigator Yurich — a seasoned bloodhound of the criminal division — picks up the case. What starts as a routine missing persons report spirals into a dark trail of violence, deception, and buried secrets. Based on real events from the Wolfhound Archives. ... Read more

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A cab driver vanishes on a Friday night in Tver. His car drops off the grid, his phone goes dead. Investigator Yurich — a seasoned bloodhound of the criminal division — picks up the case. What starts as a routine missing persons report spirals into a dark trail of violence, deception, and buried secrets. Based on real events from the Wolfhound Archives.
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Professor Dismemberer, The

A Russian True Crime Story

by Sergey Mikhalkin ...

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Series Audiobook 6 - The Wolfhound Files
Unabridged

1 hour 33 min

Saint Petersburg, November 2019. A respected university historian and Chevalier of the Legion of Honor is pulled from the icy Moika River clutching a backpack filled with human remains. A veteran investigator uncovers the gruesome truth behind a decorated professor's double life — years of abuse hidden behind academic prestige, a murdered graduate student, and a narcissist who believed the laws of ... Read more

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Saint Petersburg, November 2019. A respected university historian and Chevalier of the Legion of Honor is pulled from the icy Moika River clutching a backpack filled with human remains. A veteran investigator uncovers the gruesome truth behind a decorated professor's double life — years of abuse hidden behind academic prestige, a murdered graduate student, and a narcissist who believed the laws of
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Killer Hitchhiker, The

A Russian True Crime Story

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Series Audiobook 7 - The Wolfhound Files
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1 hour 43 min

December 24, 2018, Moscow. Irina Akhmatova — a twenty-nine-year-old restaurant manager, wife, and mother — vanishes after arranging a ride through BlaBlaCar. The investigator discovers that three separate accounts on the platform, each with a different name and phone number, all trace back to a single device and a single IP address. Highway cameras track the suspect's car across hundreds of ... Read more

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December 24, 2018, Moscow. Irina Akhmatova — a twenty-nine-year-old restaurant manager, wife, and mother — vanishes after arranging a ride through BlaBlaCar. The investigator discovers that three separate accounts on the platform, each with a different name and phone number, all trace back to a single device and a single IP address. Highway cameras track the suspect's car across hundreds of
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Best Friend

A Russian True Crime Story

by Sergey Mikhalkin ...

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Series Audiobook 4 - The Wolfhound Files
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1 hour 38 min

Samara, November 2014. A twenty-two-year-old woman drives out in her white Hyundai and disappears. Her phone goes dead. Then fake messages start arriving — someone pretending to be her. The Wolfhound traces digital breadcrumbs through her social circle and uncovers a devastating betrayal: the killer wasn't a stranger. It was someone Viktoria trusted completely. A gripping first-person account of a ... Read more

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Samara, November 2014. A twenty-two-year-old woman drives out in her white Hyundai and disappears. Her phone goes dead. Then fake messages start arriving — someone pretending to be her. The Wolfhound traces digital breadcrumbs through her social circle and uncovers a devastating betrayal: the killer wasn't a stranger. It was someone Viktoria trusted completely. A gripping first-person account of a
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Everything is Normal

The Life and Times of a Soviet Kid

by Sergey Grechishkin ...

Everything is Normal offers a lighthearted worm’s-eye-view of the USSR through the middle-class Soviet childhood of a nerdy boy in the 1970s and ’80s. A relatable journey into the world of the late-days Soviet Union, Everything is Normal is both a memoir and a social history—a reflection on the mundane deprivations and existential terrors of day-to-day life in Leningrad in the decades preceding ... Read more

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Everything is Normal offers a lighthearted worm’s-eye-view of the USSR through the middle-class Soviet childhood of a nerdy boy in the 1970s and ’80s. A relatable journey into the world of the late-days Soviet Union, Everything is Normal is both a memoir and a social history—a reflection on the mundane deprivations and existential terrors of day-to-day life in Leningrad in the decades preceding
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To Run the World

The Kremlin's Cold War Bid for Global Power

by Sergey Radchenko ...

What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive into the psychology of the Kremlin's decision-making. He reveals how the Soviet struggle with the United States and China reflected its irreconcilable ambitions ... Read more

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What would it feel like To Run the World? The Soviet rulers spent the Cold War trying desperately to find out. In this panoramic new history of the conflict that defined the postwar era, Sergey Radchenko provides an unprecedented deep dive into the psychology of the Kremlin's decision-making. He reveals how the Soviet struggle with the United States and China reflected its irreconcilable ambitions
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Vulkan 3D Graphics Rendering Cookbook

Implement expert-level techniques for high-performance graphics with Vulkan

by Sergey Kosarevsky, Alexey Medvedev, Viktor Latypov ...

Master Vulkan 1.3 with practical recipes for building, rendering, and optimizing stunning 3D graphics, guided by AR and rendering experts Sergey Kosarevsky and Alexey Medvedev Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesLearn to harness Vulkan 1.3 for building high-performance applicationsIntegrate cutting-edge rendering techniques into a real-time 3D ... Read more

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Master Vulkan 1.3 with practical recipes for building, rendering, and optimizing stunning 3D graphics, guided by AR and rendering experts Sergey Kosarevsky and Alexey Medvedev Free with your book: DRM-free PDF version + access to Packt's next-gen Reader\*Key FeaturesLearn to harness Vulkan 1.3 for building high-performance applicationsIntegrate cutting-edge rendering techniques into a real-time 3D
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Sicilian Defence: Paulsen Variation — Volume 2

Practical Repertoire and Training Course for Black

by Sergey Kolesnyak ...

SICILIAN DEFENCE: PAULSEN VARIATION — VOLUME 2227 Real Games · 681 Training Positions · 2,724 Training Moves · Stockfish 18 Verification · Playing BlackA comprehensive chess training volume by International Master Sergey Germanovich Kolesnyak, developed within the educational framework of the Higher School of Grandmasters and World Champions.Volume 2 completes a two-volume practical course on the ... Read more

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SICILIAN DEFENCE: PAULSEN VARIATION — VOLUME 2227 Real Games · 681 Training Positions · 2,724 Training Moves · Stockfish 18 Verification · Playing BlackA comprehensive chess training volume by International Master Sergey Germanovich Kolesnyak, developed within the educational framework of the Higher School of Grandmasters and World Champions.Volume 2 completes a two-volume practical course on the
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Alexander Alekhine — The Mystery of Life and Death

Every move of a chess game can be reconstructed with absolute precision. But can a human life be reconstructed with the same accuracy?

by Sergey Kolesnyak ...

Alexander Alekhine — The Mystery of Life and Death is an extensive historical and criminological investigation into the extraordinary life and controversial death of Alexander Alekhine (1892–1946), the fourth World Chess Champion and one of the most influential figures in chess history.On 24 March 1946, Alekhine was found dead in his hotel room in Estoril, Portugal. Eight decades later, questions ... Read more

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Alexander Alekhine — The Mystery of Life and Death is an extensive historical and criminological investigation into the extraordinary life and controversial death of Alexander Alekhine (1892–1946), the fourth World Chess Champion and one of the most influential figures in chess history.On 24 March 1946, Alekhine was found dead in his hotel room in Estoril, Portugal. Eight decades later, questions
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King's Indian Defence: Key Positions

Elite Database of 300 Games by Super-Grandmasters

by Sergey Kolesnyak ...

King's Indian Defence: Key Positions300 Real Games · 900 Historical Positions · 899 Active Training Tasks · Stockfish 18 AnalysisA professional chess training volume from the Higher School of Grandmasters and World Champions, compiled by International Master Sergey Kolesnyak.This book presents a structured study of the King's Indian Defence from Black's perspective, based on 300 real games played ... Read more

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King's Indian Defence: Key Positions300 Real Games · 900 Historical Positions · 899 Active Training Tasks · Stockfish 18 AnalysisA professional chess training volume from the Higher School of Grandmasters and World Champions, compiled by International Master Sergey Kolesnyak.This book presents a structured study of the King's Indian Defence from Black's perspective, based on 300 real games played
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Slav Defence and Queen’s Gambit

Volume 1 · Repertoire for Black

by Sergey Kolesnyak ...

SLAV DEFENCE AND QUEEN’S GAMBIT — VOLUME 1250 Real Games · 750 Training Positions · 1,000 Chess Diagrams · 3,000 Training Moves · Stockfish 18 VerificationA comprehensive professional chess training volume by International Master Sergey Germanovich Kolesnyak, developed within the educational framework of the Higher School of Grandmasters and World Champions.This book presents a systematic study of ... Read more

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SLAV DEFENCE AND QUEEN’S GAMBIT — VOLUME 1250 Real Games · 750 Training Positions · 1,000 Chess Diagrams · 3,000 Training Moves · Stockfish 18 VerificationA comprehensive professional chess training volume by International Master Sergey Germanovich Kolesnyak, developed within the educational framework of the Higher School of Grandmasters and World Champions.This book presents a systematic study of
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