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1) Body of lies
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CIA operative Roger Ferris is on a covert mission. He is working in Jordan and searching for terrorists who have been bombing civilian targets. Ferris uncovers information on the Islamist mastermind Al-Saleem. He devises a plan to infiltrate Al-Saleem's terrorist network with the help of his Langley boss, Ed Hoffman. Ferris enlists the help of the Chief of Jordanian Intelligence, Hani Salaam on this operation, but what he is not certain of is how...
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Oskar is convinced that his father, who died in the 9/11 attacks on the World Trade Center, has left a message for him hidden in the city. Feeling disconnected from his grieving mother and driven by an active mind that refuses to believe in things that can't be observed, Oskar begins searching New York City for the lock that fits a mysterious key he found in his father's closet. His journey through the five boroughs takes him beyond his loss to a...
3) Iron Man 3
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"When Tony Stark/Iron Man finds his entire world reduced to rubble, he must use all his ingenuity to survive, destroy his enemy, and somehow protect those he loves. But a soul-searching question haunts him: Does the man make the suit-- or does the suit make the man?"--Container.
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In this thoughtful treatise spurred by the 2015 death of African-American academic Sandra Bland in jail after a traffic stop, New Yorker writer Gladwell (The Tipping Point) aims to figure out the strategies people use to assess strangers-to "analyze, critique them, figure out where they came from, figure out how to fix them," in other words: to understand how to balance trust and safety. He uses a variety of examples from history and recent headlines...
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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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Amaryllis Fox cursaba el último año de Teología y Derecho Internacional en la Universidad de Oxford, cuando su mentor Daniel Pearl fue capturado y decapitado. Motivada por la brutalidad, Fox aplicó para un Master especializado en conflictos y terrorismo en la Georgetown School, donde creo un algoritmo para predecir, con una certeza misteriosa, las probabilidades de apariciones de células terroristas en cualquier ciudad alrededor del mundo. Fue...
8) Liberty
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"Qué es un héroe? Paige Nolan lo sabe. Edward Raynes, el joven que expone las técnicas inconstitucionales de espionaje de América, es un héroe, incluso si la mitad del país piensa que es un traidor. O los padres de Paige, periodistas que fueron capturados por terroristas por contar las historias de los amenazados y oprimidos. Ellos también fueron héroes. Fueron... o son nadie le ha confirmado a Paige si están vivos o muertos. ¿Quiénes no...
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"La crisis del COVID-19 supone una oportunidad para replantearnos el futuro y tomar decisiones sobre nuestra psicología futura. ¿Encontraremos un punto medio entre individualismo egoísta y el espíritu de rebaño? ¿Aprovecharemos las nuevas herramientas, como Internet, para buscar este equilibrio? Como un druida que atiende a su tribu, el psicólogo Luis Muiño nos ofrece un libro reconfortante y esperanzador. Nos guía para dejar atrás el miedo...
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