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Author
Publisher
Umbriel Editores
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
Español
Description
"Del aclamado cineasta Guillermo del Toro llega La forma del agua, una historia de amor sobrenatural ambientada en 1963 con el tel̤n de fondo de la Guerra Fr̕a en Am̌rica. Protagonizada por Octavia Spencer, Michael Shannon, Richard Jenkins, Sally Hawkins, y Doug Jones, La forma del agua cuenta la historia de una conserje (Hawkins) que se enamora de un hombre (Jones) que est̀ cautivo para hacer las pruebas del agua. El arte y la creaci̤n de La...
62) Revolution
Author
Series
Cold War magic volume 2
Publisher
ACE
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"AFTER THE WALL FELL, NOTHING COULD BE THE SAME. In Cold War Berlin, American magician Karen O'Neil defeated the ghosts of Germany's past and sealed the breach that threatened the whole world, but in doing so she learned a terrible truth: Magic cannot be trusted. Despite her wariness of the new and growing powers she gained in Germany, Karen agrees to help an old friend and is drawn to Cuba, a world of opulence run by a corrupt government and ruthless,...
63) The dissident
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"A thrilling, witty, and slyly original Cold War mystery about a ragtag group of Jewish refuseniks in Moscow. On his wedding day in 1976, Viktor Moroz stumbles upon a murder scene: two gay men, one of them a US official, are axed to death in Moscow. Viktor, a Jewish refusenik, is stuck in Russia due to the government's denial of his application to leave for Israel; he sits "in refusal" alongside his wife and their community of intellectuals, Jewish...
65) Raven Rock: the story of the U.S. Government's secret plan to save itself-while the rest of us die
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Now a 6-part mini-series called Why the Rest of Us Die airing on VICE TV!
The shocking truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil—even if the rest of us die—is "a frightening eye-opener" (Kirkus Reviews) that spans the dawn of the nuclear age to today, and "contains everything one could possibly want to know" (The Wall Street Journal).
Every day in...
The shocking truth about the government's secret plans to survive a catastrophic attack on US soil—even if the rest of us die—is "a frightening eye-opener" (Kirkus Reviews) that spans the dawn of the nuclear age to today, and "contains everything one could possibly want to know" (The Wall Street Journal).
Every day in...
67) The other woman
Author
Series
Gabriel Allon novels volume 18
Language
English
Description
Gabriel Allon, the art restorer, spy, and assassin is poised to become the chief of Israel's secret intelligence service. But on the eve of his promotion, events conspire to lure him into the field for one final operation. ISIS has detonated a massive bomb in the Marais district of Paris, and a desperate French government wants Gabriel to eliminate the man responsible before he can strike again.
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
There is no terror so consistent, so elusive, as that which haunts a spy in a strange country. The world into which Avery had been launched had contributed to a state of constant anxiety. He moved through the crowd like a hunted man in search of rest and food.
Author
Publisher
Faber and Faber Limited
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
"Rising star Simon Hall captures the spirit of the 1960s in ten days that revolutionized the Cold War: Fidel Castro's visit to New York. New York City, September 1960. In this unforgettable slice of modern history, Simon Hall reveals how these ten days were a foundational moment in the trajectory of the Cold War, a turning point in the history of anti-colonial struggle, and a launching pad for the social, cultural and political tumult of the decade...
72) Geiger
Author
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"The landline rings as Agneta is waving off her grandchildren. Just one word comes out of the receiver: 'Geiger'. For decades, Agneta has always known that this moment would come, but she is shaken. She knows what it means. Retrieving her weapon from its hiding place, she attaches the silencer and creeps up behind her husband before pressing the barrel to his temple.Then she squeezes the trigger and disappears--leaving behind her wallet and keys....
Author
Series
George Mueller novels volume 1
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books/Atria
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"This gripping first novel in a spy thriller series, set in Washington D.C. at the height of the Red Scare, investigates a double agent in the CIA whose betrayals threaten to compromise the two lead investigators, the Agency, and the entire nation" --Provided by publisher.
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
The world's most famous spy, James Bond, has just returned victorious from his showdown with Auric Goldfinger in Fort Knox. By his side is the glamorous and streetwise Pussy Galore, who played no small part in his success. As they settle down in London, the odds of Galore taming the debonair bachelor seem slim{u2014}but she herself is a creature not so easily caught. Meanwhile, the struggle for superiority between the Soviet Union and the West is...
Author
Series
Hoover Institution Press publication volume 598
Publisher
Hoover Institution Press, Stanford University
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Offers a revisionist reexamination of the second World War, its cold war aftermath, and a sweeping indictment of the "lost statesmanship" of Franklin Roosevelt. Originally conceived as a volume of Hoover's memoirs, an early focus was on Hoover's battle against President Roosevelt's foreign policies before Pearl Harbor. Hoover eventually widened his scope to include Roosevelt's foreign policies during the war, as well as the war's consequences: the...
Author
Publisher
Bantam Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A close-up, action-filled narrative about the crucial role the U.S. Navy played in the early years of the Cold War, from the New York Times bestselling author of The Fleet at Flood Tide This landmark account of the U.S. Navy in the Cold War, Who Can Hold the Sea, combines narrative history with scenes of stirring adventure on--and under--the high seas. In 1945, at the end of World War II, the victorious Navy sends its sailors home and decommissions...
Author
Publisher
Scribner
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Checkpoint Charlie is the story of the men and women - from both sides of the Cold War's political divide - who lived, served on, or escaped through the Berlin Wall during its life span (13th August 1961 - 9th November 1989). This physical monstrosity created by the East German communist state was to divide one of the most beautiful and by 1961, ruined cities of the world; dividing families, friends and lovers. Its creation, and its sudden collapse...
Author
Publisher
Metropolitan Books, Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"A thought provoking and penetrating account of the post-Cold war follies and delusions that culminated in the age of Donald Trump, from the bestselling author of The Limits of Power. When the Cold War ended with the fall of the Berlin Wall, the Washington establishment felt it had prevailed in a world-historical struggle. Our side had won, a verdict that was both decisive and irreversible. For the world's 'indispensable nation, ' its 'sole superpower,...
Author
Publisher
Forge, Tor Publishing Group
Pub. Date
©2023.
Language
English
Description
"The Cold War is back-but for some it never ended. Sarah Ridgeway is living the life she's always envisioned. She has a devoted husband, a loving daughter, and a comfortable home. The path to reach it, however, has not always been smooth. For twelve years her husband, Bryce, served in the Army, deployed to some of the world's worst trouble spots. After his service ended with a combat injury, the future had seemed precarious, but with Sarah's support...
80) Atomic Blonde
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The crown jewel of Her Majesty's Secret Intelligence Service, Agent Lorraine Broughton is equal parts spycraft, sensuality and savagery, willing to deploy any of her skills to stay alive on her impossible mission. Sent alone into Berlin to deliver a priceless dossier out of the destabilized city, she partners with embedded station chief David Percival to navigate her way through the deadliest game of spies.
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