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Paul Christopher novels volume 2
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"As soon as he began publishing fiction more than three decades ago, Charles McCarry was recognized as a spy novelist of uncommon gifts" wrote Charles Trueheart in The Washington Post. Tears of Autumn, McCarry's riveting novel of espionage and foreign affairs, was a major bestseller upon its first publication in 1975. Spun with unsettling plausibility from the events surrounding the assassination of John F. Kennedy, and featuring Paul Christopher,...
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Godfather series (Mark Winegardner) volume 2
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It is 1963 in New York, and things have never been better for the Corleones. One problem remains however - Michael has sworn revenge upon the traitorous former Corleone capo, Nick Geraci. Up until now Geraci has evaded him. And to add to this Jimmy Shea, president of the United States and close friend of the Corleone's, is assassinated.
3) Checkpoint
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During a conversation between two old friends, Ben and Jay, the two men discuss cameras, the effects of Wal-Mart on American culture, Iraq, abortion, free-range chickens, light bulbs, the figures in McDonald's Happy Meals, and Jay's upcoming plans to assassinate President Bush, in a darkly funny, provocative novella by the author of VOX.
4) Libra
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A fictional speculation of the events leading up to the assassination of John F. Kennedy by Lee Harvey Oswald.
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Autumn 1948 marks the final tense days of the Presidential campaign between incumbent Harry S. Truman and Republican challenger Thomas E. Dewey. As Truman prepares for a visit to Chicago, Tribune police reporter Steve "Snap" Malek is warned of a plan by an anti-Semitic group to assassinate the President because of his recognition of the new state of Israel. This hate group pressures Malek to give them publicity in the Tribune. He demurs, and the menacing...
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"CIA Agent Michael Osbourne stars in this suspenseful series from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of the Gabriel Allon novels. When a commercial airliner is blown out of the sky off the east coast, the CIA scrambles to find the perpetrators. A body is discovered near the crash site with three bullets to the face: the calling card of a shadowy international assassin. Only agent Michael Osbourne has seen the markings before—on a woman he...
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The year is 2023, and much of the world enjoys great wealth generated by the triumph of information technology. However, the staphylococcus plague of 2006 wiped out 40 million people, and the 2020 assassination of American President Emily Forrester traumatized the nation. Through it all, the internet remains the main source of information, bombarding people with news, rumors and allegations twenty-four hours a day -- while creating enormous possibilities...
8) Aftermath
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"In 2012, the first African American president is assassinated by a white extremist - just four days after he is elected. The horrific tragedy leads to riots, financial collapse, and ultimately, a full-on civil war. In its aftermath, millions are left homeless as famine and disease spread throughout the country. But from Chicago, a mysterious voice cries out ... To Leon Crane, a former NASA scientist now struggling to survive on the streets, the pleas...
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After President Bob Hanover is shot dead at the White House press conference by a gunman with no identity, Nick Addis, a presidential aide, is reluctantly drawn into an unofficial, and private, investigation of the assassination. In this off-the-books effort, he is joined by Clarence Dunne, the disgraced chief of White House security, and Julia Lancette, a CIA analyst at odds with the Agency. As the intrigue mounts-the first lady and the vice president...
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En 1928, presidente electo Álvaro Obregon fue asesinado. Oficialmente, hubo solo un assesino. Pero la autopsia concluyó que o el tirador usó seis pistolas o hubo seis tiradores. Los posibles testigos fueron muriendo, también asesinados o en circumstancias extrañas, pocos meses después. Datos ocultados durante ochenta años por fin salen a la luz en esta novela histórica, respaldada por una investigación minuciosa y plena de acción e intriga....
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In 1928, president-elect Álvaro Obregón was assasinated. One man was charged. But the autopsy found that either the assasin used six different guns or there were six shooters. What really happened? Facts hidden for eighty years finally come to light in this exhaustively researched novel full of action and intrigue.
En 1928, presidente electo Álvaro Obregon fue asesinado. Oficialmente, hubo solo un assesino. Pero la autopsia concluyó que o el...
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C. J. Floyd mysteries volume 6
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"A historical thriller that takes streetwise but reluctant investigator CJ Floyd into the bowels of one of the most intriguing assassination cases in world history as he tries to find out how JFK was set up for the kill and who really killed him"--Provided by publisher.
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This first volume in the Library of America Don DeLillo edition presents three indispensable novels from the 1980s, published here with new prefaces from the author. The Names (1982) was DeLillo's breakthrough novel, a book that, as he reflects here, spanned a "broader expanse" than his earlier novels. James Axton, a "risk analyst" tasked with assessing dangers for his corporate clients from terrorism and other forms of political upheaval, uncovers...