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Author
Series
The last roundup (Roddy Doyle) volume 1
Language
English
Description
Henry Smart encounters many strange and intriguing characters as he grows up in Dublin at the beginning of the twentieth century.
11) The Che handbook
Author
Publisher
MQ Publications
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
An overview of Che Guevara's life and impact in words and pictures, containing essays on key moments in his life and career, interviews with friends and allies, over one hundred quotations from his writings, correspondence, and speeches, never-before-published photos, and a collection of posters and artwork featuring images of the revolutionary leader.
Author
Publisher
Duke University Press
Pub. Date
2004
Language
English
Description
Draws upon the personal stories of the displaced native people and peasants who work Guatemala's coffee plantations to chronicle the country's thirty-six-year internal war, discussing the land reform movement and the U.S. backing of the military government.
14) Sands of Dune
Author
Series
Publisher
Tor, a Tom Doherty Associates Book
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Collected for the first time, these four previously unpublished Dune novellas by bestselling authors Brian Herbert and Kevin J. Anderson shine a light upon the darker corners of the Dune universe. Spanning space and time, Sands of Dune is essential reading for any fan of the series. The world of Dune has shaped an entire generation of science fiction. From the sand blasted world of Arrakis, to the splendor of the imperial homeworld of Kaitain, readers...
Author
Publisher
Verso
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
"This dramatic and extensively researched book breathes new life into the story of Ernesto 'Che' Guevara. It portrays his revolutionary struggle through the appropriate medium of the underground political comic - one of the most prominent countercultural art forms since the 1960s. Spain Rodriguez's powerful artwork illuminates Che's life and the experiences that shaped him: his motorcycle journey through Latin America, his rise to prominence as a...
17) First descent
Author
Publisher
Tundra Books
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Description
Rex dreams of following in his grandfather's footsteps by kayaking a wild South American river, but finds danger when he and his guide are trapped between warring paramilitaries and guerrillas.
Author
Publisher
Harper, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
"A scion of one of the most storied families in France, Robert de La Rochefoucald was raised in magnificent chateaux and educated in Europe's finest schools. When the Nazis invaded and imprisoned his father, La Rochefoucald escaped to England and learned the dark arts of anarchy and combat--cracking safes and planting bombs and killing with his bare hands--from the officers of Special Operations Executive, the collection of British spies, beloved...
Author
Publisher
Hill and Wang
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
During his life, and perhaps even more since his death, Che has elicited controversy and wildly divergent opinions as to who he was and what he represented. In Che: A Graphic Biography, Sid Jacobson and Ernie Col�on -- the graphic duo who made the 9/11 Commission Report understandable in their bestselling The 9/11 Report: A Graphic Adaptation and who most recently explained the ongoing war on terror in After 9/11 -- have come together again to give...
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