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Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Language
English
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Description
Agent Garbo tells the astonishing story of a self-made secret agent who matched wits with the best minds of the Third Reich--and won. Juan Pujol was a nobody, a Barcelona poultry farmer determined to oppose the Nazis. Using only his gift for daring falsehoods, Pujol became Germany's most valued agent--or double agent: it took four tries before the British believed he was really on the Allies' side. In the guise of Garbo, Pujol invented armadas out...
Author
Publisher
Westholme
Pub. Date
[2007]
Physical Desc
xvii, 444 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In April 1862, 20 Union soldiers crossed Confederate lines to steal a locomotive called the General and destroy a critical Confederate supply line. In the aftermath half the team was executed; the half that escaped received the newly established Medal of Honor. -- publishers description.
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Focus
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
206 pages : illustrations ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"In Nazi Saboteurs, Samantha Seiple brings readers into the high-stakes world of Hitler's most trusted team of saboteurs as the eight men are hand-selected by top Nazi officials to be trained in spycraft and sabotage. With black-and-white photos and fast-paced storytelling, readers follow the men to the coasts of New York and Florida, where they work to establish secret identities for themselves in America, identify the country's key military targets,...
Author
Publisher
linkedin.com
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
Discover the leadership lessons presented in The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do, an inspirational business novel by Ken Blanchard and Mark Miller.
With over 20 million books in print, One-Minute Manager author Ken Blanchard is one of the world's most popular business authors. The Secret: What Great Leaders Know and Do is an inspirational business novel he wrote with Mark Miller, training and development vice president of the Chick-fil-A restaurant...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
xix, 167 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A unique collection of firsthand accounts from the doctors and staff on scene at the hospital where JFK was immediately taken after he was shot. With the help of his former fellow staff members at Parkland Memorial Hospital, Childs recreates the horrific day, from the president's arrival in Dallas to the public announcement of his death. He also offers insights on conspiracy theories revolving around the president's assassination, and recollections...
Author
Series
Johnny Cannon volume 1
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
296 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
In 1961 Alabama, twelve-year-old Johnny tries to keep his promise to look after his disabled Pa when his older brother leaves for military service, but secrets from the past, Cuban politics, and racial tensions would make the task challenging even for his hero, Superman.
Author
Language
English
Description
From his years serving in British Intelligence during the Cold War, to a career as a writer that took him from war-torn Cambodia to Beirut on the cusp of the 1982 Israeli invasion to Russia before and after the collapse of the Berlin Wall, le Carré has always written from the heart of modern times. In this, his first memoir, le Carré is as funny as he is incisive, reading into the events he witnesses the same moral ambiguity with which he imbues...
Author
Series
Mrs. Pollifax mysteries volume 4
Language
English
Description
"What we are looking for--aside from the stolen plutonium, Mrs. Pollifax--is evil in its purest form." Emily Pollifax is leading a very full life: garden club, karate, yoga--and a little spying now and then. This time the CIA sends her to a famous Swiss health resort where the world's intelligence agents have gathered. The mission: to track down some missing plutonium. Just enough to make a small atom bomb. She is good with people--and good at sniffing...
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Dandy is caught between two feuding families who run rival department stores. Dandy's services are needed when the heiress to one of the stores goes missing. As Dandy starts to unravel the long-hidden family secrets, she begins to discover disturbing connections and it's not long before danger abounds."--Dust jacket.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Corrupt politician Paul Cantrell was in complete control of McMinn County, Tennessee, his whims enforced by the violent Sheriff Pat Mansfield and his deputies. Each Election Day Cantrell and the sheriff seized the ballot boxes and brought them to the jail "to be counted" in secret. On August 1, 1946, veteran soldiers armed themselves and lay siege to the jail as the National Guard closed in. After six hours of gunfire and dynamite blasts, Boss Cantrell...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons, Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Find success in finance, friendships, and spirituality with the advice of a well-known expert It's safe to say that nearly everyone is seeking a happier, more successful life. So then why do so few attain it? Business Secrets from the Bible proposes a new way to view and approach success-one based upon key concepts from the Bible that are actually surprisingly simple. Written especially for those seeking success in the realms of money, relationships,...
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