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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
India Black and the Widow of Windsor India Black and the Widow of Windsor Carol K. Carr Spy for Queen Victoria, India Black, disguises herself as a servant to protect Her Highness from a possible assassination attempt by Scottish nationalists while spending the Christmas holidays in Bal… OL16495191W
President down President down Terence Strong A fast-moving military action adventure in the bestselling tradition of Chris Ryan, Gerald Seymour and Andy McNab. OL17906442W
The Berlin conspiracy The Berlin conspiracy Tom Gabbay "Jack Teller is through with the CIA--until the Berlin station is contacted by a Colonel in the East German Stasi just days before President John F. Kennedy's scheduled visit to the Wall. The Stasi o… OL17909323W
I am Malala I am Malala Malala Yousafzai,Malala Yousafzai,Christina Lamb,Malala Yousafazi When the Taliban took control of the Swat Valley in Pakistan, one girl spoke out. Malala Yousafzai refused to be silenced and fought for her right to an education. On Tuesday, October 9, 2012, when s… OL19669045W
Marita Marita Marita Lorenz Born in Germany during the outbreak of WWII, Marita was incarcerated in a Nzai concentration camp as a child. In 1959 she travelled to Cuba, where she met and fell in love with Fidel Castro. Yet, upo… OL19718836W
Get Rommel Get Rommel Michael Asher "In summer 1941 Erwin Rommel was Hitler's favourite general: he had driven the British out of Libya and stood poised to invade Egypt. He seemed unbeatable. So the British decided to have him killed. … OL20485940W
Objetivo Objetivo Gabriel Glasman En una Alemania blindada por férreos controles militares y policiales y lanzada a unaguerra mundial devastadora, un grupo de hombres provenientes de distintossectores se jugó su vida y la de sus sere… OL26452902W
Breaking points Breaking points Jack Hinckley A biographical sketch of the gunman who attacked Ronald Reagan and three other men in Washington, D.C. Examines his developing mental illness--one of the most common and least understood of all disea… OL5355548W
The assassins The assassins Robert J. Donovan A study of presidential attacks with the conclusion that the majority are done by loners. Cited by "The New York Tribune," Saturday, November 23, 1963, after the assassination of President Kennedy, t… OL806888W
The Crystal Rose The Crystal Rose Rebecca Brandewyne England, 1850: As she makes her way through London's crowded streets, Rose Windermere is nearly knocked to the ground by a man who whispers a dire warning...and presses a letter into her hands before… OL999449W