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2341) The Skywalker saga
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"This beautifully illustrated treasury celebrates the stories that make up the greatest saga of all time. New York Times Best-Selling Author, Delilah Dawson, retells Episodes I-VIII through Anakin, Luke, Leia, and Rey's points of view. Exquisitely bound, with artwork by Brian Rood, this special collection is the perfect gift for Star Wars fans young and old"-- Provided by publisher.
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"Magic was dormant - never dead To some, Emri - the adopted heir and daughter of two queens - is a living reminder that her birth father tried to usurp the Edaran throne. But as she grapples with a diplomatic visit from her estranged cousin, Melisande, the two girls are attacked by a magical force and spirited away. They must put their differences aside when Emri comes face to face with a goddess she's always considered a myth: Lady Winter. Trapped...
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In the snowbound French Alps, James Bond finds himself in the crosshairs of an assassin who targets other assassins. This is the first puzzle piece in a larger adrenaline-fueled mystery that will send Bond across the globe to infiltrate the underworld, risk everything in high-stakes casino gambling, evade deadly pursuers, and root out a digital breach threatening global security.
2345) Voy a traicionarte
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"Rumanía, 1989. Los regímenes comunistas se están desmoronando por toda Europa. Cristian Florescu, un joven de diecisiete años, sueña con ser escritor, pero los ciudadanos rumanos no tienen libertad ni para soñar, oprimidos por las reglas y la fuerza del régimen. En medio de la dictadura de Nicolae Ceausescu, con un país gobernado por el aislamiento y el miedo, la policía secreta chantajea a Cristian para que se convierta en informante. Solo...
2346) El nadador
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"Una tórrida noche en Damasco a principios de los añs ochenta. Un agente estadounidense abandona a su bebé a un destino incierto, una traición que jamás se perdonará y que será el comienzo de una huida de sí mismo. Hasta que ya no se pueda esconder de la verdad. Hasta que se vea obligado a tomar una decisión crucial. Treinta años después, Klara Walldéen, una joven sueca que trabaja en el Parlamento Europeo de Bruselas, se ve envuelta en...
2349) A dangerous engagement
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Regency spies of London volume 3
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Just as merchant's daughter Felicity Mayson is spurned once again because of her meager dowry, she receives an unexpected invitation to Lady Blackstone's country home. Being introduced to the wealthy Oliver Ratley is an admitted delight, as is his rather heedless yet inviting proposal of marriage. Only when another of Lady Blackstone's handsome guests catches Felicity's attention does she realize that nothing is what it seems at Doverton Hall.
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The Cardinal's Blades trilogy volume 2
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Capt. La Fargue, half-dragon Saint-Lucq, and the rest of the elite team serving Cardinal Richelieu are thrust into a complex dance of court intrigue, plots, counterplots, draconic magic, and old enmities renewed. A beautiful Italian spy known only as La Donna offers information about a plot against the French throne, in exchange for the cardinal's protection from both the law and the drac mercenaries of the Spanish secret society the Black Claw.
2351) Książęta wolą szafiry
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Secret agent Lily Dawson poses as a courtesan to try to uncover a traitor to the Crown, and soon enlists the help of Andrew Booth-Payne, the Earl of Darlington.
2353) Brama Judasza
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A disturbing tape has made its way to British intelligence, and from them to the new President of the United States: battlefield chatter from an ambush in Afghanistan, in which twelve U.S. Army Rangers and a British medical team died. Most of the Taliban voices are Afghan; however, the voice of the commander bears an Irish accent. The idea that one of their own could be responsible for such a massacre is appalling, and Sean Dillon is put in charge...
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Codes to crack, puzzles to solve, mysteries to uncover - there is never a dull moment in the life of a spy. And that is exactly what Mickey does: she is the only human operative in the secret animal spy agency COBRA. Mickey's previous adventures with the Animal Spies proved she is not only smart but also trustworthy - it's a great honour for Mickey, as the Animal Spies do not work with humans. But when human spies start disappearing under suspicious...
2356) Journey to Jericho
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Secret of the hidden scrolls volume 4
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Peter, nine, Mary, ten, and their dog, Hank, journey into biblical history to the time of the battle of Jericho, where they meet Israelite spies.
2357) Cayo esqueleto
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"Tiburones. Asesinos. Bombas nucleares ... y un diabólico plan para destruir el mundo. Alex Rider, involuntario superespía adolescente, le es útil al MI6 -el servicio secreto británico- de un modo en el que un adulto nunca podría serlo. Y ahora necesitan su ayuda una vez más. Sin embargo, una rutinaria misión de reconocimiento en los campeonatos de tennis de Wimbeldon pone en marcha una terrible cadena de acontecimientos que obliga a Alex a...
2358) Alias Emma
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Alias Emma volume 1
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En equilibrio perfecto entre Killing Eve y James Bond, Alias Emma es una lectura exhilarante ypropulsiva protagonizada por unaespía tremendamenteingeniosa. Emma Makepeace tiene 12 horas para cruzar Londres con un activo al que ha de proteger.Para ello, deberá de esquivar todas las cámaras de la ciudad, pues Rusia las ha hackeado para encontrarla. Emma está a punto de pasar la noche más larga de su vida... Si sobrevive a ella. Nada sobre Emma...
2360) Tomás Nevinson
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"Thou shalt not kill". Even Hitler? Javier Marías explores the question in this novel.
"Dos hombres, uno en la ficción y otro en la realidad, tuvieron la oportunidad de matar a Hitler antes de que éste desencadenara la Segunda Guerra Mundial. A partir de este hecho, Javier Marías explora el envés del «No matarás». Si esos hombres quizá debieron disparar contra el Führer, ¿cabe la posibilidad de hacerlo contra alguien más? Como dice el...