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"Doscientos año después de la Conquista, la dinastía Targaryen vive su apogeo. Los Siete Reinos de Poniente atraviesan un momento de relativa paz en los últimos años del reinado del buen rey Daeron. Es con este escenario como telón de fondo que Dunk, un muchacho pobre del Lecho de Pulgas, tiene una oportunidad única: dejar su vida miserable y convertirse en el escudero de un auténtico caballero. Pronto, el caballero muere y Dunk decide tomar...
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Which is harder? Killing? Or dying? Abir Nasr is a teenager that witnesses helpless the murder of his family during a mission of the Israeli Army, South of Lebanon. Before his mother and his little sister's dead bodies, he vows to hunt those responsible for the rest of his life. Night after night, Abir's threat disturbs Jacob Baudin's sleep. He was one of the soldiers that participated in the mission while doing his mandatory active service, facing...
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In his groundbreaking new memoir, Lieutenant General Ricardo S. Sanchez, former commander of coalition forces in Iraq, reports back from the front lines of the global war on terror to provide a comprehensive and chilling exploration of America's historic military and foreign policy blunder.
4) Querido John
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John feels he must re-enlist after 9-11, but what will that do to his relationship with Savannah, who is waiting for him?
" ... John tendrá entonces que tomar la decisión más difícil de su vida, de la optar entre el amor a una mujer y el amor a su país"--Jacket.
5) Zama
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Zama, an officer of the Spanish Crown born in South America, waits for a letter from the King granting him a transfer from the town in which he is stagnating, to a better place. His situation is delicate. He must ensure that nothing overshadows his transfer. He is forced to accept submissively every task entrusted to him by successive Governors who come and go as he stays behind. The years go by and the letter from the King never arrives. When Zama...
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Shadow Squadron hits the ground running in their first mission, operation SEA DEMON. When well-organized Somali pirates kidnap several V.I.Ps at sea, Lt. Commander Ryan Cross and his men are called upon to put these pirates down before innocent blood is shed.
El Escuadrón de la Muerte va a llevar a cabo su primera misión: la OPERACIÓN DEMONIO. Un contingente de piratas somalíes bien organizados ha secuestrado a varios importantes civiles en alta...
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A Chinese oil rig platform in Cuban waters has been hijacked, forcing Shadow Squadron to intervene. But before Lt. Cross and his men can board the BLACK ANCHOR, they get some startling intel: the mercenaries are American, and they've taken hostages. Even worse, the Cuban military is on its way, and they have no concern for the lives of anyone onboard.
Una plataforma petrolífera china ubicada en aguas cubanas ha sido tomada y el Escuadrón de la...
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Lieutenant Kimiyo Yamashita is known for his iron will and nerves of steel, but when Shadow Squadron is tasked with protecting an Iraqi terrorist-turned-politician, even the hardened sniper flinches. Yamashita promises to keep the dirty V.I.P. in his sights at all times . . . but that only makes the itch to pull the trigger more tempting.
El teniente Kimiyo Yamashita es famoso por sus nervios de acero y su voluntad de hierro, pero el Escuadrón de...
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"Si quieres cambiar el mundo, comienza por tender tu cama. Si tiendes tu cama al despertar, habrás cumplido con tu primera tarea. Tendrás una sensación de orgullo y te alentará a cumplir un objetivo más, después otro y otro. Esa pequeña labor se convertirá en muchas metas cumplidas. El autor, quien se sobrepuso a difíciles retos y se recuperó de un grave accidente de paracaídas, nos cuenta las profundas lecciones de vida --valorar la compañía,...
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The year is 1846. After the controversial annexation of Texas, the US Army marches south to provoke war with Mexico over the disputed Rio Grande boundary. Ximena Salomé is a gifted Mexican healer who dreams of building a family with the man she loves on the coveted land she calls home. But when Texas Rangers storm her ranch and shoot her husband dead, her dreams are burned to ashes. Vowing to honor her husband's memory and defend her country,...
12) La soldadera
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A simple country girl named Lazara is caught up in the Mexican Revolution when her new husband, Juan, is forced to join the federal army on the eve of their honeymoon. Refusing to be separated from Juan, she chooses to follow him, traveling with the troops. Adoration and money only bring partial contentment for her. Another part of her longs for a life of sanctity and purity that only a life with God can bring.
14) Operación Águila
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Sergeant Edgar Brighton awakens to a pounding headache. As the blur of unconsciousness fades from his eyes, he sees an unfamiliar woman staring back at him. He tries to speak, but discovers that he's been gagged. He tries to stand and, but finds that his hands and feet have been bound. And when the woman begins to blindfold him, Edgar realizes that his troubles have only just begun.
El sargento Edgar Brighton se despierta con un gran dolor de cabeza....
16) Alias María
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Maria, a thirteen-year-old guerilla soldier, is given the mission to bring a commander's newborn baby to safety in a neighboring town. But nobody knows the secret that she is pregnant with her own baby. Despite the prohibitions against it, Maria decides to keep the baby and is forced run away. A vision of the devastating results of Colombia's armed conflict through the eyes of a young female soldier finding the strength to look for a new life.
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Durante su tercera misión en Iraq, el soldado estadounidense Logan Thibault encuentra la fotografía de una joven sonriente medio enterrada en la arena del desierto. En la base, nadie la reclama y él acaba guardándola. De repente Logan empieza a tener suerte: gana en las partidas de póquer, sobrevive a un ataque que mata a dos de sus compañeros ... De vuelta a EE. UU., Logan buscará a la mujer retratada, aunque desde luego no se espera a la...
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"Había viajado a España con el proyecto de escribir artículos periodísticos, pero ingresé en la milicia casi de inmediato, porque en esa época y en esa atmósfera parecía ser la única actitud concebible".
Integrante de la delegación del International Labour Party (ILP), al que aun no estaba afiliado, y muy cercano al ideario anarquista, Orwell llegó a Cataluña en plena efervescencia revolucionaria, y, como todos los voluntarios británicos,...
19) The squad
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When all communication with a remote military base situated in an area of intense guerrilla activity is lost, a unit of soldiers is sent on a mission to regain contact with their brothers-in-arms. Fearing the base has been taken over by enemy forces, they arrive to find the place littered with corpses and the walls daubed with blood and what appear to be magical symbols intended to ward off evil.
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After rescuing an orphan, a brave man about to marry finds himself on the run and becomes entrapped by his step-sister and another man; a revolutionary fighting for the rights of the poor doesn't see that a woman in his life is in love with him; a soldier is torn between his love for his country and his feelings for a beautiful woman who happens to be the enemy; a revolutionary soldier's fight against the government is complicated by his ex-girlfriend...
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