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Chasing shadows : cyber espionage, subversion, and the global fight for democracy / by Deibert, Ronald,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In this real-life espionage thriller, cyber security expert Ronald Deibert uncovers the unseemly marketplace for high-tech surveillance, professional disinformation, and computerized malfeasance and reveals how his team of digital sleuths at the Citizen Lab have lifted the lid on dozens of spy cases targeting innocent citizens around the world. He recounts how the Lab exposed the world's pre-eminent cyber-mercenary firm, Israel-based NSO Group -- the creators of the phone-hacking marvel Pegasus -- in a series of human rights abuses, from domestic spying scandals in Spain, Poland, Hungary, and Greece to its implication in the murder of Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi in 2018. Today, NSO Group, once valued at over a billion dollars, faces plummeting worth and an irretrievably tarnished reputation. Chasing Shadows provides a front-row seat to a dark underworld of digital espionage, sabotage, and subversion where autocrats and dictators peer into their targets' lives with the mere press of a button, spreading their tentacles of authoritarianism through a digital ecosystem that is insecure, invasive by design, poorly regulated, and prone to abuse. The brave activists, opposition figures, and journalists who dare to advocate for basic political rights and freedoms are hounded, arrested, tortured, and sometimes murdered. From the gritty streets of Guatemala City to the corridors of power in the White House, this compelling narrative traces the journey of the Citizen Lab, a pioneering digital watchdog, as it evolved into a globally renowned source of counter-intelligence for civil society and whose exploits are routinely covered in the world's media. But as this small team of sleuths disarmed cyber mercenaries and helped to improve the digital security of billions of people worldwide, their success came with a price. The Citizen Lab's dogged investigations ultimately brought them, too, into the same sinister crosshairs that plagued the victims they worked to protect. Like a John Le Carré novel brought to life and updated for the digital age, this book is a powerful tale of high-stakes espionage, transnational intrigue, and the inevitable toll exacted when one dares to defy oligarchs and dictators. You'll never look at your smartphone the same way again"--
Subjects: Munk Centre for International Studies. Citizen Lab.; Computer crimes.; Computer security.; Disinformation.; Electronic surveillance.; Espionage.; Intelligence service.;
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The Wager : a tale of shipwreck, mutiny and murder / by Grann, David,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Killers of the Flower Moon and The Lost City of Z, a mesmerizing story of shipwreck, survival, and savagery, culminating in a court martial that reveals a shocking truth. On January 28, 1742, a ramshackle vessel of patched-together wood and cloth washed up on the coast of Brazil. Inside were thirty emaciated men, barely alive, and they had an extraordinary tale to tell. They were survivors of His Majesty's Ship the Wager, a British vessel that had left England in 1740 on a secret mission during an imperial war with Spain. While the Wager had been chasing a Spanish treasure-filled galleon known as "the prize of all the oceans," it had wrecked on a desolate island off the coast of Patagonia. The men, after being marooned for months and facing starvation, built the flimsy craft and sailed for more than a hundred days, traversing 2500 miles of storm-wracked seas. They were greeted as heroes. But then ... six months later, another, even more decrepit craft landed on the coast of Chile. This boat contained just three castaways, and they had a very different story to tell. The thirty sailors who landed in Brazil were not heroes--they were mutineers. The first group responded with countercharges of their own, of a tyrannical and murderous captain and his henchmen. It became clear that while stranded on the island the crew had fallen into anarchy, with warring factions fighting for dominion over the barren wilderness. As accusations of treachery and murder flew, the Admiralty convened a court martial to determine who was telling the truth. The stakes were life-and-death--for whomever the court found guilty could hang. The Wager is a grand tale of human behavior at the extremes told by one of our greatest nonfiction writers. Grann's recreation of the hidden world on a British warship rivals the work of Patrick O'Brian, his portrayal of the castaways' desperate straits stands up to the classics of survival writing such as The Endurance, and his account of the court martial has the savvy of a Scott Turow thriller. As always with Grann's work, the incredible twists of the narrative hold the reader spellbound. Most powerfully, he unearths the deeper meaning of the events, showing that it was not only the Wager's captain and crew who were on trial--it was the very idea of empire"--
Subjects: Wager (Ship); Mutiny; Shipwreck victims; Shipwreck victims; Shipwrecks;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Condé Nast Traveler (Spain): Guía de Vinos 2017
Mode of access: Internet.
Subjects: Food & Drinks ;
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Children of Las Brisas. by Maldonado, Marianela,film director.; New Day Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Originally produced by New Day Films in 2022.A coming-of-age documentary about three young resilient musicians in an out-of-tune country. Edixon, Dissandra, and Wuilly struggle to become professional musicians of “El Sistema” music program during a decade, amidst Venezuela’s downfall. CHILDREN OF LAS BRISAS is a story of perseverance and resilience that explores discipline and music as tools for survival.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Documentary films.; Arts.; Music.; Documentary films.; Artists.; Spain.; Performing arts.;
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Everyone Will Burn. by Hebrero, David,film director.; Milán, Ana,actor.; Cayo, Fernando,actor.; Gómez, Macarena,actor.; Sancho, Rodolfo,actor.; Ochandiano, Rubén,actor.; García, Saturnino,actor.; Raven Banner (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Ana Milán, Fernando Cayo, Macarena Gómez, Rodolfo Sancho, Rubén Ochandiano, Saturnino GarcíaOriginally produced by Raven Banner in 2021.In a small village in Leon, Spain, María José (30 Coins and Sexy Killer’s Macarena Gómez) prepares to end her life after failing to get over the death of her son years before. Everything changes when she receives a visit from Lucía, a strange little girl who might be connected to a local legend about stopping an impending apocalypse. With the enigmatic girl by her side, María José faces the corrupt community, triggering strange events and a series of horrific deaths among the local population.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.; Independent films.; Spain.; Apocalyptic films.; Motion pictures--Spain.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Blancanieves [videorecording] / by Berger, Pablo.; Cormenzana, Ibon.; Giménez Cacho, Daniel.; Oria, Sofía.; Verdú, Maribel,1970-; Vidal, Jérôme.; Arcadia Motion Pictures.; Cohen Media Group.; Entertainment One (Firm);
Maribel Verdú, Daniel Giménez Cacho, Sofía Oria.A twist on the Snow White fairy tale set in 1920s Seville, Spain centered on a female bullfighter.DVD, fulls creen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fantasy films.; Feature films.; Foreign films; Motion pictures, Spanish.; Silent films.; Snow White (Tale); Women bullfighters;
© c2013., Distributed by Entertainment One,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The Wait. by Javier Gutiérrez, F.,film director.; Callejo, Luis,actor.; Morón, Manuel,actor.; Ruiz, Moisés,actor.; Casablanc, Pedro,actor.; Díaz, Ruth,actor.; Clavijo, Víctor,actor.; Film Movement (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Luis Callejo, Manuel Morón, Moisés Ruiz, Pedro Casablanc, Ruth Díaz, Víctor ClavijoOriginally produced by Film Movement in 2023.Deep in the Andalusian countryside, Eladio (Victor Clavijo) works as the groundskeeper of a hunting estate owned by the powerful Don Francisco. After taking a bribe from a veteran hunter, Eladio’s normal life falls apart, plunging him into the depths of guilt, hatred and revenge.From director F. Javier Gutiérrez (Before the Fall), THE WAIT is a folk horror thriller that “takes viewers along on a macabre descent into hell” (Screen Zealots). With “haunting visuals” (Alliance of Women Film Journalists) and a “gripping performance” (Horror Fuel) from Victor Clavijo, THE WAIT offers a terrifying vision of loss.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Horror films.; Motion pictures--Spain.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Mom Is a Match. by Fejerman, Daniela,film director.; Pagudo, Antonio,actor.; Temple, Ben,actor.; Ugarte, Eva,actor.; Grandinetti, Juan,actor.; Alterio, Malena,actor.; Latido Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Antonio Pagudo, Ben Temple, Eva Ugarte, Juan Grandinetti, Malena AlterioOriginally produced by Latido Films in 2022.Dani and his sister Milena will embark on the delirious adventure of trying to spoil their mother’s flings, and will go all out when the woman starts a more serious love affair with an Argentine boytoy, since the siblings are convinced that he will only make her suffer…However, as it turns out their strategies don’t have the desired effect. In fact, nothing will work out as they expect.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Motion pictures--Spain.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Football Heroes of the Block. by Reiné, Ángeles,film director.; O'Dogherty, Alex,actor.; Pagudo, Antonio,actor.; Linder, Lisi,actor.; Fulgencio, Luna,actor.; Latido Films (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Alex O'Dogherty, Antonio Pagudo, Lisi Linder, Luna FulgencioOriginally produced by Latido Films in 2022.Young footballer Paula, asks her father, Luis, to bring Joaquin, the charismatic Betis player with whom he has pretended to be friends, to the final match of the season. For his part, Luis seeks help from his father, a former boxer, and his friend Lito to get back together with the love of his life, who now lives with a new partner. All of these peculiar characters from a working-class neighborhood in Seville will go through some amusing situations to make the girl’s dream come true.Mode of access: World Wide Web.
Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Comedy films.; Motion pictures--Spain.; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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Condé Nast Traveler (Spain): Guía de Gastronomía 2020 de Hoteles, Restaurantes y Vinos
Mode of access: Internet.
Subjects: Food & Drinks ;
© , Conde Nast Spain
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