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Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Language
English
Description
Using over 60 books, hundreds of articles, and interviews, all translated into English, Michael Malice has constructed a picture of North Korea under the rule of Kim Jong Il. Fashioned in the form of an "unauthorized biography," this book illustrates the history of North Korea via the notorious leader's life story.
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"History hinged on a call as the German high command waited for Hitler's order to invade Czechoslovakia. That was the signal that would launch their revolt to bring down the Reich. Every detail of the coup was in place. Access roads to Berlin would be blocked. The city sealed. Communication centers taken. A commando squad--sixty hand-picked men--were ready to storm the Chancellery and seize Hitler. The only open question: to try Hitler as a traitor...
85) Wolf: a novel
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"In the Great Tradition of Herman Wouk, Author of Winds of War and War and Remembrance, Wolf is a Thoroughly Researched and Illustrated Historical Novel about a Man who is Not Yet a Monster . . . but Will Soon Become the Ultimate One: Adolf Hitler. Perhaps no man on Earth is more controversial, more hated, or more studied than Adolf Hitler. His exploits and every move are well-documented, from the time he first became chancellor and then dictator...
86) My Havana
Author
Pub. Date
2010.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Relates events in the childhood of architect Secundino Fernandez, who left his beloved Havana, Cuba, with his parents, first to spend a year in Spain, and later to move to New York City.
87) House of Saddam
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Revealing the private world of Saddam Hussein and his inner circle, this gripping miniseries charts the rise and fall of one of the most significant political figures in recent history.
88) The dictator
Pub. Date
[2017]
Edition
Banned and Unrated edition.
Language
English
Description
Admiral General Omar Aladeen, dictator of the Republic of Wadiya, travels to America for a meeting with the United Nations.
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
"Having defeated Dred and retaken the Outpost, Talon and Gwynn prepare for War. Talon delves deeper into demon summoning, while Gwynn recruits allies. The prime order trinity known as "The Three" reveal mysterious powers as they send spies, assassins and a devastating weapon to the Outpost. As Talon uncovers the legacy of her people, she must decide who to trust and separate her real friends from her enemies before the Prime Order attacks."--Amazon....
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
"The story of Libya over the last half-century is about as extraordinary as it gets. Following a coup by the 27-year-old Muammar Qaddafi and his fellow junior officers in 1969, what had been a failing monarchical state was transformed into the Great Socialist People's Libyan Arab Jamahiriyah. For many years Qaddafi pursued an independent and capricious political course, alienating fellow Arab regimes and Western governments alike by ill-judged interventions...
Author
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Charts the main events in Mussolini's private and public life, from his humble beginnings in Romagna as the son of a blacksmith to his years as the director of a leading Socialist newspaper and his irresistible rise to power, with a particular focus on his renowned appetite for women, and the lesser-known influence they had on his decision-making.
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles Idi Amin's rise and fall. Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His perspective as an outsider causes him to be initially impressed by Amin's calculated rise to power and he grows increasingly monstrous. A pointed examination of how independent Uganda (a British colony until 1962) became a breeding...
94) Freelance: DVD
Pub. Date
2024.
Edition
Widescreen.
Language
English
Description
Ex-special forces operative Mason Pettis is stuck in a dead-end desk job when he reluctantly takes on a freelance gig to provide private security for washed-up journalist Claire Wellington as she interviews the ruthless but impeccably dressed dictator, Juan Venegas. When a military coup breaks out just as she's about to get the scoop of a lifetime, the unlikely trio must figure out how to survive the jungle AND each other to make it out alive!.
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
In 1973, Gen. Pinochet overtook Chile in a violent coup. In 1998 came the surprise arrest of the former Chilean dictator for crimes against humanity. Armed with a diplomatic passport and apparent immunity, the retired general visited Great Britain for a vacation that was to forever change his life -- and the prospects for dictators across the globe. Amnesty International spearheaded the long-awaited arrest with help from the Spanish and British governments,...
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Chronicles Idi Amin's rise and fall. Amin's despotic reign of terror is viewed through the eyes of Nicholas Garrigan, a Scottish doctor who arrives in Uganda in the early 1970s to serve as Amin's personal physician. His perspective as an outsider causes him to be initially impressed by Amin's calculated rise to power and he grows increasingly monstrous. A pointed examination of how independent Uganda (a British colony until 1962) became a breeding...
97) Thief
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Xbox One.
Language
English
Description
"Garrett, the Master Thief, steps from the shadows into the City, a treacherous place ruled by a tyrannical Baron and his brutal Watch. When the citizens rise in a bloody revolution, Garrett's thieving skills are all he can trust as he walks a fine line between politics and the people, revealing a darker secret that threatens to tear his world apart."--Container.
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
Examines the foundations, causes, and types of prejudices as well as specific case studies on prejudice in action in the modern world. Includes information on key activists, politicians, religious leaders, as well as ordinary citizens that have played important roles in cases of prejudice in the world. Uses documents, speeches, letters and other sources to explain events related to prejudice.
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Moscow. September 17th. 1904. In front of the palace of the Governor General of Moscow, the assembled masses protest against widespread poverty. Governor Sergei Alexandrovich is stood on the balcony when he drops his hankerchief-- inadvertently giving the signal for the soldiers to open fire... The Governor fears for his life and the lives of his family as the repercussions of his deadly mistake resound throughout the whole of Russia... and the assassins...
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