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- The predicament / by Boyd, William,1952-author.;
- "From the internationally bestselling author, a thrilling novel starring the travel writer turned reluctant spy Gabriel Dax, a masterful tale of loyalty, obsession, and spy craft. 1963, Guatemala. The country is in turmoil, and the CIA is not pleased that a charismatic, left-wing ex-priest and trade union leader is poised to win the upcoming presidential election. Amid this uncertainty, Gabriel Dax arrives on orders from his MI6 handler Faith Green, who has tasked him with assessing the situation undercover while posing as a reporter. Upon arrival, Gabriel grows increasingly suspicious that the genial local CIA agent, Frank Sartorius, is more untrustworthy than he appears. Soon, a political assassination with suspicions of Mafia involvement leads to riots, and Dax escapes back to Europe and his normal life. But when Green compels him to investigate shady characters in West Berlin ahead of the arrival of the magnetic young President Kennedy, it becomes clear that an even greater danger is afoot. A gripping novel of politics and spy craft with dramatic twists and turns, The Predicament shows Boyd to be one of our most masterful contemporary storytellers"--
- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Spy fiction.; Novels.; Great Britain. MI6; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Cold War; Cold War; Espionage; Man-woman relationships; Nineteen sixties; Spies; Travel writers;
- The Berlin shadow / by Lichtenstein, Jonathan,author.;
- Subjects: Lichtenstein, Hans.; Lichtenstein, Jonathan; Lichtenstein, Jonathan; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Kindertransports (Rescue operations); World War, 1939-1945;
- In the garden of beasts : love, terror, and an American family in Hitler's Berlin / by Larson, Erik.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index.
- Subjects: Dodd, William Edward, 1869-1940.; Diplomats; Historians; National socialism;
- © c2011., Crown,
- Road to Berlin : the Allied drive from Normandy / by Forty, George;
- Includes bibliographical references.
- Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
- © 1999., Cassell,
- Fast girls : a novel of the 1936 Women's Olympic team / by Hooper, Elise,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references.In 'Fast Girls', Elise Hooper explores the gripping, real life history of the female athletes of the first integrated womens Olympic team, and their journey to the 1936 summer games in Berlin, Nazi Germany. From the author of 'The Other Alcott'.
- Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Fraser, Louise Stokes, 1913-1978; Robinson, Betty, 1911-1999; Stephens, Helen, 1918-1994; Runners (Sports); Women Olympic athletes; Women runners;
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LUXE City Guides - Berlin
- Mode of access: Internet.
- Subjects: Travel & Culture;
- © , LUXE Limited
- Atomic spy : the dark lives of Klaus Fuchs / by Greenspan, Nancy Thorndike,author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."The gripping biography of a notorious Cold War villain--the German-born British scientist who handed the Soviets top-secret American plans for the plutonium bomb--showing a man torn between conventional loyalties and a sense of obligation to a greater good"--
- Subjects: Biographies.; Fuchs, Klaus Emil Julius, 1911-1988.; Spies; Spies; Spies; Espionage, Soviet; Espionage, Soviet; Physicists; Nuclear weapons;
- Taking Berlin : the bloody race to defeat the Third Reich / by Dugard, Martin,author.;
- "A nonfiction thriller about the race between the Allies and Soviets to conquer the heart of Nazi Germany"--
- Subjects: World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
- Defying Hitler : the Germans who resisted Nazi rule / by Thomas, Gordon,1933-2017,author.; Lewis, Greg,1968-author.;
- Includes bibliographical references and index."An enthralling work of popular history that vividly resurrects the web of everyday Germans who resisted Nazi rule"--
- Subjects: Anti-Nazi movement;
- Pitch perfect, Bumper in Berlin. [videorecording] / by DeVine, Adam,1983-actor.; Hyland, Sarah,actor.; Jamil, Jameela,1986-actor.; Universal Studios, Inc.,publisher.;
- Adam Devine, Sarah Hyland, Jameela Jamil.Ten years after college, our Pitch Perfect hero Bumper Allen lives a boring existence working as a security guard for his alma mater and singing a capella as a hobby with the less-than-eager Tonehangers. But after a surprise phone call from an old acquaintance, Pieter, Bumper is convinced he can make his musical dreams of becoming a pop star come true by dropping everything and moving to Berlin. With the help of an entourage of German collaborators, Bumper's goal is to perform a hit single at the famous German Unity Day. Bumper grows as both an artist and a person, finally learning what it means to work hard, and finds long-lost confidence and romance along the way.14A.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
- Subjects: Television comedies.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Celebrities; Male singers; Man-woman relationships;
- For private home use only.
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