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"The international bestseller takes you on a fast-paced, nail-biting thrill ride from the Great Pyramids in Cairo, to behind the Nazi lines in Berlin, to the very seat of democracy as our hero tries to unravel a plot that could kill FDR and Winston Churchill."--Amazon.com.
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The Blue Max: James Mason, George Peppard, and Ursula Andress highlight this stirring, highly-acclaimed action-drama in which an elite German WWI pilot must prove himself to his fellow flyers. (1966).
The Desert Fox: James Mason delivers a mesmerizing performance in this fascinating portrait of Field Marshal Erwin Rommel, one of the most respected military tacticians of modern times. (1951).
Immortal Sergeant: Legendary Oscar Winner Henry Fond delivers...
164) Eastern bandits
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During WWII, undercover soldier Goa leads a small group of bandits to assassinate a prince of the Japanese royal family. The plan goes awry when they are ambushed and must escape to save their lives.
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A collection of DVDs all gathered into one "binge box" for a spectacular movie night.
Independence Day: Mysterious and powerful aliens launch an all-out invasion against the human race.
Olympus has fallen: When the president is kidnapped by a terrorist who seizes control of the White House (Secret Service Code: "Olympus"), disgraced former presidential guard Mike Banning finds himself trapped within the building. As the national security team rushes...
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Montmorency volume 4
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As Queen Victoria lies dying and with her family in danger, a group of friends races to track down the anarchists responsible for George's death, even as Montmorency seeks to teach a new generation to forgive.
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"Nefarious schemers have attempted to poison the king of Belfast and frame an innocent victim. Touya knows the truth, however, thanks to the abilities he gained upon being transported to this new world. But while his goal is to corner the culprit, Touya has something else to worry about--his helpfulness has attracted the attention of the king's only daughter! Princess Yumina wants Touya's hand in marriage, and she won't take no for an answer..."--...
173) Inglourious basterds
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During World War II, a group of Jewish-American guerrilla soldiers, led by Lt. Aldo Raine, become known as "The Basterds" and are chosen specifically to spread fear throughout the Third Reich by scalping and brutally killing Nazis.
174) Muerte al zar
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Russia is alive with revolutionaries. While Tsar Alexander II remains a virtual prisoner in his own palaces, his ruthless secret police will stop at nothing to unmask those who plot his assassination and the overthrow of the Imperial regime. For Dr Frederick Hadfield, whose medical practice is dependent on the Anglo-Russian gentry, these are dangerous times. Drawn into a desperate cat-and-mouse game of undercover assignations, plot and counter-plot,...
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The trial of the conspirators who tried to kill Hitler is shown through actual footage that provides details of the various attempts at assassination, from the bomb in Munich's Bürgerbräukeller to Claus von Stauffenberg's explosive attack on the Wolfsschanze. Features previously unseen film of the National Committee for a Free Germany, plus new information about members of the Kreisau Circle and the White Rose.
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"Antonio Veciana fought on the front lines of the CIA's decades-long secret war to destroy Fidel Castro, the bearded bogeyman who haunted America's Cold War dreams. Veciana transformed himself from an asthmatic banker to a bomb-making mastermind who headed terrorist attacks in Havana and assassination attempts against Castro, while building one of the era's most feared paramilitary groups--all under the direction of the CIA. Now, for the first time,...
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"Brad Pitt takes no prisoners in Quentin Tarantino's high-octane WWII revenge fantasy Inglourious Basterds. As war rages in Europe, a Nazi-scalping squad of American soldiers, known to their enemy as 'The Basterds, ' is on a daring mission to take down the leaders of the Third Reich. Bursting with 'action, hair-trigger suspense and a machine-gun spray of killer dialogue' (Peter Travers, Rolling Stone), Inglourious Basterds is 'another Tarantino masterpiece'...
180) Dark film mysteries
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A robust collection of classic film noir (black film), a genre that became a cinematic staple for American audiences during the mid 1940s through the late 1950s