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Author
Language
English
Description
Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he'll enroll in Oxford University's prestigious Royal Institute of Translation--also known as Babel. Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic....
2) Twelve days
Author
Series
John Wells novels volume 9
Language
English
Description
"John Wells has only twelve days to stop the United States from being tricked into invading Iran in the new cutting-edge novel of modern suspense from the #1 New York Times-bestselling author. Twelve days. Wells, with his former CIA bosses Ellis Shafer and Vinnie Duto, has uncovered a staggering plot, a false-flag operation to convince the President to attack Iran. But they have no hard evidence, and no one at Langley or the White House will listen....
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
xvi, 478 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A former National Security Council staffer examines the U.S. engagement in the Middle East and the motivations, strategies and shortcomings of each presidential administration's policies from Reagan to the present day.
4) Ice islands
Author
Series
Rake Ozenna volume 4
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Major Rake Ozenna's mission is simple: gain access to the Kato family - Japan's most dangerous crime empire - and stop the threat to America. But when the secret son of the Russian leader is executed and Rake's target, Sara Kato, is implicated in the murder, a political crisis between Russia, Japan and the US is set in motion. It's a race to protect Sara and earn her trust whilst escaping the inhospitable terrain of the icy Aland Islands. Meanwhile,...
5) The kingdom
Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Widescreen [edition].
Physical Desc
1 DVD (110 min.) : sound, color with black and white sequences ; 4 3/4 in
Language
English
Description
A terrorist bomb detonates inside a Western housing compound in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, causing an international incident to ignite. FBI Special Agent Ronald Fleury quickly assembles an elite team and negotiates a secret five-day trip into Saudi Arabia to locate the madman behind the bombing. Fleury and his team discover that the Saudi authorities are suspicious and unwelcoming of the Americans into what they consider a local matter. The agents find...
Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxii, 549 pages, 16 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Tenet's memoir of his life at the CIA--a revelatory look at the inner workings of America's top intelligence agency and its dealings with national leaders at home and abroad. Tenet illuminates how the country was prepared--and not prepared--to deal with a world full of new and deadly threats. Beginning with his installation as Director in 1997, he unfolds the events that led up to 9/11: his declaration of war on Al Qaeda in 1998, CIA operations inside...
Author
Publisher
Sarah Crichton Books/Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
324 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A CIA veteran with extensive experience in covert operations presents a guide to the art of spycraft while illuminating the CIA's essential role, sharing a cautionary message about its recent transition toward paramilitary activities.
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