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Saint Squad volume 8
Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Language
English
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Paige Vickers needs a new life, so she's relieved when she's given an assignment that takes her away from her stressful position as a psychiatric nurse with the CIA and puts her in a job as administrative assistant for Vanessa Johnson, an instructor for undercover operatives at the CIA's training facility. At the same time, Damian Schmitt has been transferred to become a part of the Saint Squad--an elite group of Navy SEALs. However, on his first...
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English
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For a century, the Panama Canal has served as the path between the seas. Control of this vital waterway is the difference between free trade and chaos in world markets. So when Panamanian President Rafael Botero asks for a show of support against the socialist opposition, his old friend President Jack Ryan can't turn down an invitation to visit the country, but what seems like an ordinary opportunity to preach the values of democracy quickly turns...
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Publisher
Atria Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"It is 1946 when Vera Frankel and her best friend Edith Ban arrive in Naples. Refugees from Hungary, they escaped from a train headed for Auschwitz and were hidden by farmers until the end of the war while the rest of their families perished. Now, they want to start new lives abroad, and armed with a letter of recommendation from an American general, Vera finds work at the United States embassy and falls in love with Captain Anton Wight. But as Vera...
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HarperVia, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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"In Caracas, Venezuela, Adelaida Falcón stands over an open grave. Alone, she buries her mother--the only family she has ever known--and worries that when night falls thieves will rob the grave. Even the dead cannot find peace here. Adelaida had a stable childhood in a prosperous Venezuela that accepted immigrants in search of a better life, where she lived with her single-mother in a humble apartment. But now? Every day she lines up for bread that...
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Español
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La hija de la española es el retrato de una mujer que escapa de todos los estereotipos enfrentada a una situación extrema. Con su primera novela, la periodista Karina Sainz Borgo, se ha convertido en la gran noticia literaria del año.
It is the portrait of a woman who escapes from all stereotypes when faced with an extreme situation. With her first novel, journalist Karina Sainz Borgo has become the big literary news of the year.
7) The caiman
Author
Publisher
Amazon Crossing Kids
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"When Faoro the clockmaker adopts a baby caiman, he has no idea that someday their story will travel far and wide. But the town of San Fernando de Apure would never forget this kind young man and his adoring alligator, who played with the neighborhood children, took part in Faoro's wedding, and, eventually, mourned his loss"--Dust jacket flap.
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Publisher
Covenant Communications, Inc
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
On a research trip to the jungles of Venezuela, mycologist Dr. Julia Fotheringham discovers that her associate's horrifying death was caused by an organism usually found only in insects--which means the infection jumped species. As she works to contain the organism and prevent an epidemic, she must also battle terrorists who have learned of her discovery and will go to any lengths to acquire a sample and unleash devastation on humanity. --
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