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The Double Life of Fidel Castro: My 17 Years as Personal Bodyguard to El Lider Maximo
Juan Reinaldo Sanchez · St. Martin's Press
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In The Double Life of Fidel Castro, one of Castro's soldiers of 17 years breaks his silence and shares his memoir of years of service, and eventual imprisonment and torture for displeasing the notorious dictator, and his dramatic escape from Cuba. Responsible for protecting the Lider... |
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Madoff with the Money
Jerry Oppenheimer · Wiley
Pages: 256
Format: Print book |
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An intriguing look at Bernie Madoff the man, and his scam Madoff with the Money is a deeply disturbing portrait of Bernie Madoff based on dozens of exclusive, news-making interviews. From the values Madoff was taught growing up in the working class town of Laurelton, Queens to his high-life... |
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The Bitter Taste of Victory: In the Ruins of the Reich
Lara Feigel · Bloomsbury Press
Pages: 443
Format: Print book |
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When Germany surrendered in May 1945 it was a nation reduced to rubble. Immediately, America, Britain, Soviet Russia, and France set about rebuilding in their zones of occupation. Most urgent were physical needs--food, water, and sanitation--but from the start the Allies were also anxious... |
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Stronger
Jeff Bauman · Grand Central Publishing
Pages: 244
Format: Print book |
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When Jeff Bauman woke up on Tuesday, April 16th, 2013 in the Boston Medical Center, groggy from a series of lifesaving surgeries and missing his legs, the first thing he did was try to speak. When he realized he couldn't, he asked for a pad and paper and wrote down seven words:... |
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A Series of Catastrophes and Miracles: A True Story of Love, Science, and Cancer
Mary Elizabeth Williams · National Geographic
Pages: 304
Format: Print book |
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A wry, witty account of what it is like to face death - and be restored to life.After being diagnosed in her early 40s with metastatic melanoma - a "rapidly fatal" form of cancer - journalist and mother of two Mary Elizabeth Williams finds herself in a race against the clock.... |
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The Remarkable Education of John Quincy Adams
Phyllis Lee Levin · Palgrave Macmillan Trade; 1St Edition edition
Format: Hardcover |
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A patriot by birth, John Quincy Adams's destiny was foreordained. He was not only "The Greatest Traveler of His Age," but his country's most gifted linguist and most experienced diplomat. John Quincy's world encompassed the American Revolution, the War of 1812, and the early... |
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