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61) Blood & brine
Author
Series
Ascendancy trilogy volume 3
Publisher
Splashdown Books
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"What should be a season of rejoicing over Duke Vahn's newly-recovered son is overshadowed by fear of an uncertain future. Vahn's brother, King Arx, expands the war with neighboring Ganluc, while enemies at home seek to shatter the Rebono dynasty forever. Strained relations between royal twins harden into cold suspicion and treasonous accusations while a deadly plague sweeps across the land. As the royal bloodline is torn asunder, two races, the Elva...
Author
Series
Language
Français
Formats
Description
"In the wreckage of a plane trapped under the ice of Mont Blanc, Suzie Baker found the document that could do justice to his family accused of high treason. But this discovery awakens compromising parallel networks of US intelligence. The enigmatic and fascinating Suzie Andrew Stillman, reporter for the New York Times, conducts a survey, becoming indispensable to the survival of the young woman. Hunted, handled, Suzie and Andrew will outsmart traps...
Author
Publisher
SelfMadeHero
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"In 1911, Roger Casement was knighted by King George V for his humanitarian work. Five years later, he was hanged for treason. The Trial of Roger Casement traces the astonishing downfall of an Irishman once feted for his humanitarianism but later condemned both as a revolutionary and as a homosexual. Fionnuala Doran follows Casements efforts to gain German support for an independent Ireland, his drive to recruit volunteers, and his subsequent arrest...
Author
Publisher
Doubleday
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"England, 1585. In Kit Marlowe's last year at Cambridge, he receives an unexpected visitor: Queen Elizabeth's spymaster, who has come with an unorthodox career opportunity. Her Majesty's spies are in need of new recruits, and Kit's flexible moral compass has drawn their attention. Kit, a scholarship student without money or prospects, accepts the offer, and after his training the game is on. Kit is dispatched to the chilly manor where Mary, Queen...
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
Jack Reacher: When an unspeakable crime is committed, all evidence points to the suspect in custody who offers up a single note in defense -- "GET JACK REACHER". The law has its limits, but Reacher does not when his fight for the truth pits him against an unexpected enemy with a skill for violence and a secret to keep.
Jack Reacher Never Go Back: Jack Reacher returns to enforce his bold brand of justice in a "fun action-packed ride" based on author...
Author
Publisher
Grijalbo
Pub. Date
2018, ©2016.
Language
Español
Description
This is the true story of John Riley and his Irish men who, in 1846, fought alongside US soldiers during the border war with Mexico. These men, who had escaped hunger and oppression in their native Ireland, could not remain passive in the face of the carnage that their army committed to expel the Mexicans from their land. This is the story of defectors who changed sides to combat injustice and formed St. Patrick's Battalion, an artillery unit in the...
Author
Publisher
Humanoids
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
Son of the gun: When an abandoned baby, sporting a tail, is rescued from a South American rubbish bin by a dwarf transvestite prostitute, you know you're reading a story that only the mad genius of Alejandro Jodorowsky could conceive! The child grows up to become Juan Solo, a vicious gangster and political enforcer, whose savagery sees him quickly rise through the ranks. Until his past catches up to him...
Pietrolino: A tale of love, art, and treason...
Author
Publisher
Aguilar
Language
Español
Description
"Dos espectaculares capturas. Dos sorprendentes huidas. La vida del poderoso narcotraficante Joaquín Archivaldo Guzmán Loera, alias El Chapo, lejos llegó de su humilde niñez en la pequeña población rural de La Tuna en Sinaloa, para convertirse en todo un varón, un recio macho con las agallas para ser el capo más rico, poderoso y buscado del planeta. Andrés López López una vez más adentra a sus lectores al bajo mundo del narcotráfico....
71) Mata Hari
Author
Publisher
Berger Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
This book explores the life of the controversial and historical figure, Mata Hari -- the exotic dancer, convicted double agent, and original femme fatale--told from her own perspective. It collects the five-issue series and includes additional historical material and an artist's sketchbook. Dancer. Courtesan. Spy. Executed by a French firing squad in 1917. One hundred years on from her death, questions are still raised about her conviction. Now, the...
72) Ben-Hur
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Having spent years in slavery after false accusation of treason, Jewish nobleman Ben-Hur returns home seeking revenge but his life transforms when he meets a Nazarene named Jesus Christ.