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Publisher
Scholastic Press
Language
English
Description
NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author James Swanson delivers a riveting account of the chase for Abraham Lincoln's assassin.
Based on rare archival material, obscure trial manuscripts, and interviews with relatives of the conspirators and the manhunters, CHASING LINCOLN'S KILLER is a fast-paced thriller about the pursuit and capture of John Wilkes Booth: a wild twelve-day chase through the streets of Washington, D.C., across the swamps of Maryland, and...
Author
Series
League volume 05.5
Publisher
CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform
Language
English
Description
"One of the fiercest soldiers the Phrixians have ever produced, Maris Sulle has been an outsider from the moment he was born different from the rest of his family. He grew up with a secret that cost him everything--his birthright, his family, and his military career. In all his life, he's only had one love, and he has sacrificed his own happiness to see his best friend reunited with the woman he loves. But now that his good deed is done, he feels...
Author
Publisher
Grove Press
Language
English
Description
"On a summer morning in Sarajevo almost a hundred years ago, a teenager took a pistol out of his pocket and fired not just the opening rounds of the First World War but the starting gun for modern history. By killing Archduke Franz Ferdinand, the heir of the Austro-Hungarian Empire, Gavrilo Princip started a cycle of events that would leave 15 million dead from fighting between 1914 and 1918 and proved fatal for empires and a way of ruling that had...
Author
Publisher
Nation Books
Language
English
Description
"In this unprecedented and chilling monologue, a repentant Mexican hitman tells the unvarnished truth about the war on drugs - the murders, the corruption, the warring cartels, the complicity of the American and Mexican governments - and reveals why the violence that now defines the American-Mexican border will only worsen. This book represents the first time a Mexican hitman has spoken on the record so candidly about his life, his crimes, his repentance,...
Author
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"The riveting true story of the rise and fall of Murder, Inc. and the executioner-turned-informant whose mysterious death became a legendary moment in Mob history. In the fall of 1941, a momentous trial was set to begin that threatened to end the careers and lives of New York's most brutal mob kingpins. The lead witness, Abe Reles, had been a trusted executioner for Murder, Inc., the enforcement arm of a coast-to-coast mob network known as the Syndicate....
9) Watchmen
Author
Publisher
DC Comics Inc
Language
Deutsch
Description
Chronicles the fall from grace of a group of super-heroes plagued by all-too-human failings. Along the way, the concept of the super-hero is dissected as the heroes are stalked by an unknown assassin.
Author
Publisher
ILEX
Language
English
Description
"Discover which Assassin has made the most leaps of faith * Reveal Desmond Miles's complete family tree * Test your knowledge of the deadliest hidden blades * Uncover the truth about the pieces of Eden. All the facts and figures are at your fingertips thanks to hundreds of graphic illustrations, making this a must-have for every Assassin's Creed gamer"--Provided by publisher.
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Series
Publisher
Marvel Worldwide, Inc., a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Language
English
Description
After the tragedy of Original Sin, what becomes of Bucky Barnes, the Winter Soldier? Discover the cosmic answer here, as Bucky takes his place as the newest secret protector of Earth. Wounded by a mystery bullet, Bucky traces the evidence to Asgard, where a secret lurks underneath the kingdom. Bucky has the key--but first he must face the Frozen Wolves of Niffleheim. Then, on the planet Mer-z-Bow, Bucky meets his match. And as the Winter Soldier comes...
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