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"A dazzling novel from one of our finest writers--an epic yet intimate family saga about three generations of all-American radicals At the center of Jonathan Lethem's superb new novel stand two extraordinary women. Rose Zimmer, the aptly nicknamed Red Queen of Sunnyside, Queens, is an unreconstructed Communist and mercurial tyrant who terrorizes her neighborhood and her family with the ferocity of her personality and the absolutism of her beliefs....
2) Extreme prey
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After the events in Gathering Prey, Lucas Davenport finds himself in a very unusual situation — no longer employed by the Minnesota BCA. His friend the governor is just cranking up a presidential campaign, though, and he invites Lucas to come along as part of his campaign staff. “Should be fun!” he says, and it kind of is — until they find they have a shadow: an armed man intent on killing the governor . . . and anyone who gets in the way....
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Paul Madriani novels volume 11
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English
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The Old Weatherman dreams of a plan that could be his swan song, an attack to drive a stake through the heart of the right-wing establishment and bury it for good. Now he's found the money, the ideal weapon, and the professional who knows how to use it. And he has set his sights on the perfect target at the very seat of the United States government, in the heart of downtown Washington. It will be a strike heard round the world. San Diego defense attorney...
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Distributed by Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2005]
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1 videodisc (121 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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Deutsch
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Three radical activists like to make their point by breaking into the homes of the wealthy, rearranging their belongings and leaving cryptic messages. When one such break-in goes wrong, they are forced to kidnap a wealthy businessman.
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Series
Columbia River novels volume 2
Publisher
Montlake
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
274 pages ; 22 cm
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English
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"A man is savagely murdered outside Portland, and Detective Mason Callahan finds blood-spatter evidence that tells a troubling story. Files reveal the murder victim, Reuben Braswell, was a radical conspiracist. In his home, investigators find pages of diatribes against law enforcement as well as ties to Mason's fianc�ee, FBI special agent Ava McLane. The victim was her informant - and had strong reasons to be paranoid. To Ava, Braswell's rants were...
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2020.
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English
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"As Nahr sits, locked away in solitary confinement, she spends her days reflecting on the dramatic events that landed her in prison in a country she barely knows. Born in Kuwait in the 70s to Palestinian refugees, she dreamed of falling in love with the perfect man, raising children, and possibly opening her own beauty salon. Instead, the man she thinks she loves jilts her after a brief marriage, her family teeters on the brink of poverty, she's forced...
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Umbriel
Pub. Date
2022.
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309 pages ; 23 cm.
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Español
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1970, Ciudad de Mexico. Maite trabaja como secretaria, pero solo vive para una cosa: la siguiente entrega de "romance secreto." Las protestas estudiantiles y la inestabilidad politica asedian la ciudad, pero ella se evade de todo gracias a esas maravillosas historias de pasion y riesgo. La vecina de la puerta de al lado, una atractiva estudiante de arte llamada Leonora, parece llevar una vida repleta de intriga y romance, algo que Maite envidia. Y...
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