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Running from the devil
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Jamie Freveletti |
Emma Caldridge, a chemist for a cosmetics company, is en route from Miami to Bogotá when her plane is hijacked and spins out of control into the mountains near the Venezuelan border. Thrown unhurt fr… |
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Operación Jaque
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Juan Carlos Torres Cuellar |
"Operation Jaque was a Colombian military operation that resulted in the freedom of 15 hostages, including former Colombian presidential candidate Íngrid Betancourt. The hostages had been held by the… |
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Your Fathers Where Are They and the Prophets Do They Live Forever
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Dave Eggers |
In a barracks on an abandoned military base, miles from the nearest road, Thomas watches as the man he has brought wakes up. Kev, a NASA astronaut, doesn't recognize his captor, though Thomas remembe… |
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Celebrity and fame
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Judith Anderson |
"Discusses the media treatment of celebrities and famous people worldwide, including issues of media pressure, privacy, discrimination, and scandals"--Provided by publisher. |
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The invisible hand
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Ayad Akhtar |
"In remote Pakistan, Nick Bright awaits his fate. A successful financial trader, Nick is kidnapped by an Islamic militant group, but with no one negotiating his release, he agrees to an unusual plan.… |
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Even silence has an end
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Ingrid Betancourt |
Ingrid Betancourt tells the story of her captivity in the Colombian jungle, sharing powerful teachings of resilience, resistance, and faith. Born in Bogota, raised in France, Ingrid Betancourt gave u… |
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A Special Mission
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Dan Kurzman |
In September, 1943, Adolf Hitler, furious at the ouster of Mussolini, sent German troops into Rome with plans to deport Rome's Jews to Auschwitz. Hitler also ordered SS General Karl Wolff, who had be… |
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The Cambridge incident
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Chris Knowles |
Beth Edelman, the first woman Director of Central Intelligence, is abducted from the streets of Cambridge, Massachusetts, by captors unknown. Is her kidnapping connected to Iran's accelerated pace of… |
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