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As Thomas Jefferson's oldest daughter, Patsy becomes his helpmate, protector, and constant companion in the wake of her mother's death. She travels with him when he becomes American minister to France. It is in Paris that Patsy learns about her father's liaison with Sally Hemings, a slave girl her own age. Meanwhile, Patsy has fallen in love with her father's protégé William Short, a staunch abolitionist and ambitious diplomat. Her choices will...
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Alex Cross novels volume 18
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English
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The President's son and daughter are abducted, and Detective Alex Cross is one of the first on the scene. But someone very high-up is using the FBI, Secret Service, and CIA to keep him off the case and in the dark. A deadly contagion in the water supply cripples half of the capital. As his window for solving both crimes narrows, Alex makes a desperate decision that goes against everything he believes--one that may alter the fate of the entire country....
5) Father night
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Forge
Pub. Date
[2012]
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English
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When reform efforts in the Middle East culminate in a violent power struggle between two criminal underworld bosses, Jack McClure finds himself at the center of a multi-national uprising that is complicated by powerful enemies.
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Umbriel Editores
Pub. Date
2011.
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Español
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Cuando la CIA no puede responder a la amenaza del terrorismo internacional entra en juego el Campus, una organizacion secreta creada por el ex presidente Jack Ryan, que cuenta con sus propios fondos. Su principal objetivo es el Emir, el cerebro del 11-S, que se dispone a realizar nuevos atentados en territorio norteamericano. Mientras los agentes del Campus intentan descubrir su paradero, Jack Ryan decide abandonar su retiro para luchar por la presidencia...
7) Locked on
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Jack Ryan Jr. is training with a Special Forces drill instructor to transition his work with in the campus from intelligence analysis to eliminating terrorists - even as Jack Ryan Sr. campaigns for re-election as President. But the political and personal have become equally dangerous. A devout enemy for Jack Sr. is attempting to discredit him by connecting Jack Sr. to a mysterious killing in the past by John Clark, his long time ally. A shadow mercenary...
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The White House is not an easy place to grow up, so when the president's son Cam Hilliard, a sixteen-year-old chess champion, experiences extreme fatigue, moodiness, and an uncharacteristic violent outburst, doctors are quick to dismiss the troubles as teen angst. But Secret Service agent Karen Ray, whose job is to guard the president's family with her life, is convinced Cam's issues are serious - seroius enough for her to summon her physician ex-husband...
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John Hay mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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"Washington City, 1862: The United States lies in tatters, and there seems no end to the war. Abraham Lincoln, the legitimate President of the United States, is using all his will to keep his beloved land together. But Lincoln's will and soul are tested when tragedy strikes the White House as Willie Lincoln, the love and shining light in the president's heart, is taken by typhoid fever. But was this really the cause of his death? A message arrives,...
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