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Growing up as an orphan, Razumou adopted the belief that all of Russia was his family, a sentiment that he carries into his higher education. Because of this, when talks of revolution start arising in Russia, Razumou decides to stay neutral. However, this becomes increasingly difficult when most of his classmates start to express their ardent support for a revolution. Still, Razumou decides not to take a stand on either side. Since he feels all of...
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Derrière les portes closes: les hommes les plus puissants du monde prennent les décisions qui changent le cours de l'histoire. Ils prennent des mesures extraordinaires pour obtenir ce qu'ils veulent, même si cela signifie trahir un des leurs. Maintenant, un secret vieux d'un demi-siècle est revenu hanter Max Harding, dont la vie est mise en pièces en apprenant qu'il n'est pas du tout celui qu'il croyait être. Appuyé par les ressources de la...
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A puertas cerradas, los hombres más poderosos del mundo toman decisiones que cambian las mareas de la historia. Ellos hacen hasta lo inimaginable para obtener lo que quieren, aunque eso signifique traicionar a uno de los suyos. Ahora, un secreto con medio siglo de antigüedad ha regresado para perseguir a Max Harding, cuya vida se parte en pedazos al enterarse que él no es para nada quién creía ser. Respaldado por los recursos de la CIA, él se...
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Christopher Lehmann-Haupt of The New York Times called it "a perfect little gem, the best Cold War thriller I've read in years," and the praise kept coming with critics hailing Littell as "the American Le Carré" (New York Times) and raving that his books were "as good as thriller writing gets" (The Washington Post). For his fourteenth novel, Robert Littell creates an engrossing, multigenerational, wickedly nostalgic yet utterly candid saga, bringing
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A gambler wins big, only to lose everything he has. Love, family, country. When he has a chance with love again, he puts everything on the line. Again.
What readers have been saying about the Man on the Run series:
"Too much fact to be purely fiction"
"The ultimate anti-hero series"
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Jack falls victim to Russian sex traffickers as he flees from Europe after the June Terror.
His subsequent escape lays the foundation for his ultimate revenge.
With enough money and power, can anyone put a stop to this scourge?
What reaaders have been saying about the Man on the Run series:
"Too much fact to be purely fiction"
"The ultimate anti-hero series"
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Les lanceurs d'alerte menacés.
L'équipe des deux premiers tomes de Menaces - Attaques sur la capitale et Tel le Phénix - se retrouve, dans ce troisième et dernier volet de la trilogie, pour s'attaquer au monde de la finance qui s'enrichit de la fraude, de l'évasion fiscale et du blanchiment d'argent, grâce à l'existence des paradis fiscaux...
Parfois, des salariés de ces systèmes délictueux qui spolient les États deviennent des lanceurs...
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Extrait : "Vers la fin de l'année 1905 je reçus un coffre, cadenassé, ficelé, cacheté comme l'aurait été une valise diplomatique. Ce coffre était accompagné de la lettre suivante ; j'en extrais les parties essentielles : Donc c'est fini, je rends les armes ! Quand tu recevras cette lettre je serai..."
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Après Attaques sur la capitale, découvrez la nouvelle intrigue riche en rebondissements de Firmin Le Bourhis !
À la suite de l'attentat du Stade de France s'est créée l'USI, Unité Spéciale Internationale, composée de membres d'élite et dirigée par Jean-Hervé de la Buissonnière, qui a perdu son épouse et leurs deux filles dans le drame. Jean-Hervé est sollicité par la veuve d'un ami de Limoges, chercheur reconnu, dont le corps vient...
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Extrait: "Les rues de Paris s'en vont; leur cté pittoresque, les particularités inhérentes aux groupements professionnels et aux besoins de la classe de la société qui les habitent, sont choses qui, de jour en jour et d'heure en heure, disparaissent sous la coalition des ingénieurs, des hygiénistes et des architectes."
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Dernière mission pour Elisabelle Bruyère, partie des Landes pour s'envoler vers le pays des couleurs et du bouddhisme sous couverture d'une employée humanitaire. Le destin toujours en embuscade, elle se trouvera au cœur de terribles imbroglios et fera des rencontres inoubliables et insolites. Éternellement en quête d'elle-même, elle ira de surprise en surprise, et malgré un bon nombre de rebondissements au milieu d'une mousson sans pitié...
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Once a rake…always a rake? Adventurous rogue James Winterley has filled his double life as a spy with fleeting pleasures. Looking for love is the last thing on his mind. Then, James's dangerous past catches up with him and widowed Rowena Westhope risks being caught in the cross fire! The spark James experiences with this fiercely independent beauty is undeniable, so when the only way to protect Rowena is to renounce his rakish ways and marry her,...
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Zayane, jeune Syrienne, est chassée de son foyer suite à son apprentissage secret de la langue copte, et se réfugie en France avec l'aide de son frère
À quelque temps de là, Pierret, professeur de langues anciennes, est contacté par les services secrets qui souhaitent s'entourer d'intellectuels chevronnés afin de décrypter les messages envoyés par certains terroristes. Découvrant la liberté et l'indépendance, Zayane est loin de se douter...
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'The story is equal parts Downton Abbey and wartime action, with enough romance and intrigue to make it 100% not-put-down-able.'
-- Australian Women's Weekly on Miss Lily's Lovely Ladies
Australian heiress Sophie Higgs was 'a rose of no-man's land', founding hospitals across war-torn Europe during the horror that was WW1.
Now, in the 1920s, Sophie's wartime work must be erased so that the men who returned can find some kind of 'normality'.
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As the King of England wavers between duty and love, Sophie knows that she must choose duty.
The year is 1936 and the new King Edward VIII wishes to marry American divorcee, and suspected German agent, Wallis Simpson. Top-secret documents that the king must read and sign are being neglected for weeks, and some are even turning up in Berlin.
And as Germany grows its military might with many thousands of new fighter planes every year, Britain and...
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The final and thrilling conclusion to the popular and bestselling Miss Lily series
A mysterious telegram: 'Lily needs you' is received just before a plane from war-wracked England lands in one of Sophie Greenman's paddocks.
Sophie, Countess of Shillings, has been living a quiet life on her property in Australia, until love and loyalty draws her back to Shillings Hall where she trained to become one of Miss Lily's 'Lovely Ladies'. Now, in 1942, Shillings...
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Spain, over a span of forty turbulent years, is the theatre for a drama of love, friendship, ideals, ambition and revenge in this powerful and passionate novel about the Spanish Civil War by Derek Lambert.
On the bitter battlefields of the Spanish Civil War, an unlikely friendship is forged. Tom Canfield and Adam Fleming are from different countries and on opposing sides, yet they have one thing in common - a passionate love for Spain...
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1941. The Blitz rages over London.
And even in Cornwall, the war is being fought....
When Violet loses her sister in the Blitz, she must take her nieces to safety in Cornwall. On the coast, she meets carefree chorus girl Eva, who is also running from the dangers of London.
But Porthcurno hides a secret military base, and soon Violet and Eva realise there’s a battle to fight in Cornwall, too.
Together with local Hazel, who works on the base,...
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"As World War Two rages, MI5 agent Sarah Gillespie is faced with her toughest challenge yet: handling Adeline Vernier, a mysterious double agent from Paris. Adeline's coded letters could help the Allies defeat the Germans--but, in return, she demands that her boyfriend is rescued from Nazi-occupied France. Adeline is not above threatening to double-cross MI5 to get what she wants, leaving Sarah fearful for the millions of lives at stake. As they embark...
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