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421) Zmierzch nad Europą
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Polish
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The future of Spain is at stake. Germany and Italy have ensured that Republican forces are starved of weapons and a Franco victory now looks likely. Cristian Ferrar, a Spanish lawyer living in Paris, is a well-connected man. When Ferrar is approached by anti-Franco forces, he readily agrees asked to help smuggle arms into his homeland. Working with de Lyon - an enigmatic man of Slavic descent - Ferrar goes on a quest which will take him from libertine...
422) Caminos cruzados
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Juntos volume 2
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Español
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Con su amor, Cassia y Ky han quebrantado las inflexibles normas de la Sociedad y ahora deben asumir las consecuencias. El castigo para ella es olvidar todo lo sucedido y empezar de nuevo en otra ciudad, donde ha sido reubicada junto con su familia. Ky, sin embargo, no ha tenido tanta suerte: las autoridades lo han deportado a las Provincias Exteriores para que actúe como escudo humano en una guerra que quizá ni exista. Lo único seguro es que antes...
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Español
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He aquí un libro en que algunos autores célebres examinan la aparente decadencia del mundo y quieren estimularnos a despertar de nuestra inercia ante cosas tales como el cambio climático, la injusticia y, sobre todo, la inconsciencia. Es de esperar que el efecto coral de tantos pensadores reconocidos pueda sacarnos de la negación resignada y de nuestra impotencia colectiva, y que pueda facilitar la transición a esa era de la consciencia que reemplace...
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English
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"Even before the 2016 presidential election took place, opponents of a Trump presidency took to the streets. The protests intensified after Trump took office. Over time, the Resistance was joined by a broad variety of groups and embraced an increasing diversity of tactics. The Resistance details the emergence of a volatile and diverse movement directed against the Trump presidency"--
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Jean-Bertrand Aristide is a Roman Catholic priest turned politician who served two non-consecutive terms as the democratically elected president of Haiti. On the morning of February 29, 2004, Aristide fled the country for the second time. Aristide served in 1991, from '94 to '96, and from 2001 to '04, and in two out of three cases, he was unseated by coup. In 2000, Aristide won reelection by a staggering 91.8 percent of the vote. The Clinton administration...
432) Aftermath: Life debt
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English
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In the aftermath of the destruction of the second Death Star and the defeat of the Emperor and Darth Vader, Han Solo and Chewbacca set out to liberate the Wookiee's homeworld of Kashyyyk. Meanwhile, Norra Wexley and her band of Imperial hunters pursue the Empire's remaining leadership across the galaxy, bringing them to justice. Wexley abandons her official mission when she receives news that Chewie has been captured and Han has disappeared. Norra...
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English
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"This account of the armed takeover of Malheur National Wildlife Refuge in Harney County, Oregon, explores the full context of the 2016 public land occupation, including the response of local and federal officials and the grassroots community reactions and resistence"--
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Español
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Set in 1944 Spain, against the backdrop of the anti-Franco guerrilla warfare. When young Ofelia and her mother go to live with her new stepfather on a rural military outpost, she finds herself in a world of unimaginable cruelty. Soon Ofelia finds the creatures of her imagination in which she used to escape have become a reality and she must battle them to save both her mother and herself. In the terrifying battle that ensues, Ofelia soon learns that...
439) Perfectos
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Español
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"Celestine North vive en una sociedad que exige la perfección. Tras ser marcada como imperfecta por una corte de moralidad, la vida de Celestine se ha fracturado por completo y ha perdido toda su libertad. El juez Crevan la ha declarado enemigo público número uno, se ha convertido en fantasma y está huyendo con el complicado e irresistible Carrick, la única persona en la que puede confiar. Pero Celestine tiene un secreto que podría acabar con...
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