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"A major new biography of J Edgar Hoover that draws from never-before-seen sources to create a groundbreaking portrait of a colossus who dominated half a century of American history and planted the seeds for much of today's conservative political landscape. We remember him as a bulldog--squat frame, bulging wide-set eyes, fearsome jowls--but in 1924, when he became director of the FBI, he had been the trim, dazzling wunderkind of the administrative...
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[2017]
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When Bob Lee Swagger, now in Idaho, finally sells the land he owned in Arkansas, the developers begin to tear down the old homestead and uncover a steel case hidden in the foundation. The case contains a batch of 1934 memorabilia a much-corroded FBI badge, a .45 automatic preserved in cosmoline, a gun clip, and a cryptic diagram, all belonging to Charles Swagger. Bob never knew his grandfather Charles, who died before he was he born, and his father...
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When Michael G (yes, "G" is his whole last name, and that's why everyone calls him G-Man) has to keep a journal in Mrs. Rosario's class at school, naturally he writes about his ambition to have superpowers and join the superheroes of his city (like Captain Thunderman) in the fight for justice. After all, his friend Billy Demon just got an awesome winged flying suit and superpowers of his own, and now he's the most popular kid in school! Mikey would...
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G-man Jerry Cotton 12 packende Hörspiel-Krimis gelesen von Manfred Lehmann, Joachim Kerzel Jerry Cotton - seine Stadt ist New York, sein Feind das Verbrechen, Seit 1954 jagt Jerry Cotton in der gleichnamigen Heftserie jede Sorte Schwerverbrecher, Über 2,800 Fälle hat er bisher gelöst, Jerry Cotton ist heute mit einer Gesamtauflage von 850 Millionen Exemplaren unangefochten die international erfolgreichste Kriminalserie der Welt.
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Journalist Frederic Dannen reports on the questionable close relationship between a mobster/informant and an F.B.I. agent during a bloody Colombo crime family battle. This selection is part of the full-length audiobook, "Mob: Stories of Death and Betrayal From Organized Crime."
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MAN of the Month.
THE LAWLESS HEIRS.
MR. MAY.
The G-Man: Secret agent Daniel Lawless...double-crossed by his own agency!
The Woman: Brokenhearted beauty Jasmine Clancy...betrayed by her fiancé and best friend!
The passion: Suddenly trapped together in a remote hideaway, the two hotheads exploded with desire...for each other...
Agent Lawless had a bad guy to nab. More, he had his own untouchable heart to guard. Yet from the moment he met the lovely...
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A retired Michigan FBI special agent recounts some of his biggest cases, including Jimmy Hoffa, the Detroit mob, and numerous grisly homicides. Across the Mitten and through the Upper Peninsula, the Wolverine State has witnessed some thrilling and historic federal cases. In Detroit, FBI agents took point investigating the kidnapping (and safe return) of a GM executive's son and in a manhunt for an armed killer in the north woods near Escanaba. The...
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From a twenty-five-year career that spanned four continents, an FBI special agent gives you the inside story of the Bureau's greatest takedowns and biggest screwups.
From China to the South Pacific, from East Berlin to Arkansas, I.C. Smith is one of the FBI's most storied figures. This intrepid G-man has seen it all.
In this riveting book about the Bureau, Smith brings a fresh, insider's perspective on the FBI's most well-known triumphs and failures...
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"A mysterious stranger possesses a disturbing secret in this thrilling H. G. Wells graphic novel adaptation! In the midst of winter, a snowstorm blows into the small, quiet village of Iping--and along with the storm arrives a mysterious stranger. The village inhabitants are quickly disturbed by the sudden appearance of this peculiar scientist who keeps his face hidden and prefers solitude. When they discover that underneath his innumerable bandages...
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 10
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Brady aids the heirs of a Middle East king, who has been murdered by his power-crazy army chief, to regain their father's throne.
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H.G. Wells' The Invisible Man volume 9
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The Invisible man is investigating an international drug ring when his identity is stolen by a beautiful young woman and used to smuggle drugs.
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Fred Inglis is the author of more than twenty books, including People's Witness: The Journalist in Modern Politics and The Cruel Peace: Everyday Life and the Cold War (Basic). He is professor emeritus of cultural studies at the University of Sheffield.
This is the first biography of the last and greatest British idealist philosopher, R. G. Collingwood (1889-1943), a man who both thought and lived at full pitch. Best known today for his philosophies...
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Andrews McMeel
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2015
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IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
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When Michael G (yes, "G" is his whole last name, and that's why everyone calls him G-Man) has to keep a journal in Mrs. Rosario's class at school, naturally he writes about his ambition to have superpowers and join the superheroes of his city (like Captain Thunderman) in the fight for justice. After all, his friend Billy Demon just got an awesome winged flying suit and superpowers of his own, and now he's the most popular kid in school! Mikey would...
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The renowned spiritual thinker presents a provocative challenge to seekers and cynics alike in this collection of fascinating conversations.
From an early age, U. G. Krishnamurti sought spiritual enlightenment, until he not only gave up the search, but challenged the very principles it is based on. In so doing, he became one of the most unusual, insightful, and sought-after speakers on the subject. This volume of his conversations with the constant...