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Hell's Corner Hell's Corner David Baldacci After a bomb detonates near the motorcade of the U.S. president and Britain's prime minister, British MI-5 agent Mary Chapman--along with the help of Oliver Stone--investigates whether or not the bom… OL15374104W
First strike First strike Jack Higgins British twins Rich and Jade are once again thrown into danger as they try to help their spy father, John Chance, save the President of the United States from a radical group holding the White House h… OL15990325W
Hearts in the crosshairs Hearts in the crosshairs Susan Page Davis She came for her inzugural address--and bound herself dodging bullets, instead. Newly elected Maine govenor Jillian Goff doesn't know why someone wants to kill her. OL16070137W
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
Wild wild west Wild wild west Dina Anastasio James West and Artemus Gordon try to stop the evil genius, Arliss Loveless, from getting rid of President Ulysses S. Grant and forcing the United States to surrender to him. OL166701W
Bullseye Bullseye James Patterson,Michael Ledwidge Snow blankets the avenues of Manhattan's exclusive Upper West Side. The storm is the perfect cover for a fashionable, highly trained team of lethal assassins as they prowl the streets, hunting their… OL17359906W
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
Shall we tell the President? Shall we tell the President? Jeffrey Archer After years of great sacrifice and deep personal tragedy, Florentyna Kane's has finally become the first woman president in America. But on the very day that she is sworn into office, powerful forces… OL1807092W
The Book of Fate The Book of Fate Brad Meltzer "Six minutes from now, one of us would be dead. None of us knew it was coming."So says Wes Holloway, a young presidential aide, about the day he put Ron Boyle, the chief executive's oldest friend, i… OL1818533W
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
Yi Wang-yong ŭl sswara Yi Wang-yong ŭl sswara Sang-hyŏn Kim Fictional account for the attempted assassination of Yi Wan-yong. Describes people from various walks involved in the plan struggling to survive colonial condition. OL19944125W
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
Hesaplaşma Hesaplaşma Vahdettin Engin Atatürk, Kemal, 1881-1938; assassination attempt, 1926. OL23225656W
Assassination Assassination David Maislish Never told before, Assassination is the revelation of a 1000-year curse that has shaken the monarchy from Canute to Elizabeth II. After years of painstaking research, David Maislish uncovers the murd… OL24441435W
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
Shooting Victoria Shooting Victoria Paul Thomas Murphy From a hunchbacked dwarf to a paranoid poet-assassin, a history of Victorian England as seen through the numerous assassination attempts on Queen Victoria during her reign During Queen Victoria's 64 … OL27282445W
Uranium drive-in Uranium drive-in Bert Entwistle "Jack Bannister and his team of investigators take on the most high-profile criminal case in the country - the assassination attempt of popular presidential candidate John Taylor in Downtown Denver. … OL27959487W
The Bonaparte Plot The Bonaparte Plot Hugh McLeave In 1803 it seems nothing can stop Napoleon Bonaparte from invading and conquering England. So Prime Minister William Pitt plans to thwart his enemy. He recruits French royalist General Georges Cadoud… OL5259121W
The Italian secretary The Italian secretary Caleb Carr Sherlock Holmes and Dr. Watson are summoned to the aid of Queen Victoria in Scotland by a telegram from Holmes’ brother, Mycroft, a royal advisor. Rushed northward on a royal train—and nearly murdere… OL5823533W
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