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Star wars. Han Solo volume 2
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English
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"After a deadly start to the Dragon Void, Han is one of just four pilots remaining in the race, until the Empire steps in and arrests them all."--Amazon.com.
726) The second Arab awakening: revolution, democracy, and the Islamist challenge from Tunis to Damascus
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"The age of Atlantic revolutions-a six-decade period that packed in the American, French, and Haitian Revolutions, the independence of Spanish-speaking Latin America, and a host of lesser-known upheavals-transformed Europe and the Americas, and eventually the globe. Before 1765, most of Europe and the Americas were under the rule of monarchies and empires, and the institution of slavery existed in every jurisdiction. In the ensuing decades, empires...
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"In August 1983, Captain Thomas Sankara seizes power in the former French colony of Upper Volta. He is helped by a commando led by his friend Blaise Compaoré. Contrary to precedent attempts, Sankara's coup d'etat has revolutionary objectives of Marxist inspiration: end the neocolonial hold of France on the country, favor the equality of opportunity and the education of the masses and launch an economic reform based in the rurality of the country....
733) La commune
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Français
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Explores that famous, brief, romantic, and tragic period when poor and working-class Parisians rose up against the "bourgeois" French national government, which fled the capital and re-established itself in Versailles. As the historical drama unfolds, it is also "covered" by two television news crews - one from "National TV Versailles" which broadcasts the official version and the other from "Commune TV, " giving voice to the rebellious Communards....
734) Voy a traicionarte
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Español
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"Rumanía, 1989. Los regímenes comunistas se están desmoronando por toda Europa. Cristian Florescu, un joven de diecisiete años, sueña con ser escritor, pero los ciudadanos rumanos no tienen libertad ni para soñar, oprimidos por las reglas y la fuerza del régimen. En medio de la dictadura de Nicolae Ceausescu, con un país gobernado por el aislamiento y el miedo, la policía secreta chantajea a Cristian para que se convierta en informante. Solo...
736) La traición
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"Todos juegan frívolamente a la glorificación de los años 70, a la nueva "resistencia peronista" y a la revolución contra una dictadura imaginaria. Hasta que de pronto alguien se toma la ficción demasiado en serio y está a punto de desatar una tragedia sin retorno. En París, un amigo del Papa teme que este asunto le manche la sotana. Sabe que Francisco, afecto a meterse en las turbias aguas de la política argentina, bendice y alienta a personajes...
737) If
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Criterion collection volume 391
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A daringly chaotic vision of British society, set in a boarding school in late-sixties England. Insouciant Mick Travis and his school chums trump authority at every turn, finally emerging as a violent savior against the vicious games of one-upmanship played by both students and masters.
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Why did Tunisian protests following the self-immolation of Mohammed Bouazizi lead to a massive wave of uprisings across the entire Arab world? Who participated in those protests, and what did they hope to achieve? Why did some leaders fall in the face of popular mobilization while others found ways to survive? And what have been the lasting results of the contentious politics of 2011 and 2012? The Arab uprisings pose stark challenges to the political...
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Heartland trilogy volume 1
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Angry with the oppressive dictates of the Empyrean government, Heartlander and Captain of the Big Sky Scavengers Cael McAvoy discovers a secret, illegal garden and Cael, together with his crew, decides to make his own luck ... a choice that will bring down the wrath of the Empyrean elite and change life in the Heartland forever.
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Star Wars Darth Vader volume 5
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The unstoppable march of the Dark Lord of the Sith continues! The natives of the planet Shu-Torun are revolting. And there's no way the Empire will stand for that. Darth Vader is tasked with leading a military assault against Shu-Torun! Could it be that his rise to glory has begun? But who will follow Vader into war? Would you? Then again, it's better to fight alongside Vader than against him. That's a lesson that the Ore Barons are about to learn......
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