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(0)Ken Follett
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Kingsbridge volume 5
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English
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"The Spinning Jenny was invented in 1770, and with that, a new era of manufacturing and industry changed lives everywhere within a generation. A world filled with unrest wrestles for control over this new world order: A mother's husband is killed in a work accident due to negligence; a young woman fights to fund her school for impoverished children; a well-intentioned young man unexpectedly inherits a failing business; one man ruthlessly protects...
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430 pages : illustrations, map ; 23 cm
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English
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As England and Germany engage in battle, the world's most luxurious airline, takes off for its final flight to neutral America, but two ruthless passengers are determined to prevent the plane from reaching its destination.
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940 pages ; 21 cm.
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Español
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En el año 1558, los conflictos religiosos que sacuden Kingsbridge se han convertido en un obstáculo insuperable para el amor entre Ned Willard y Margery Fitzgerald. Cuando Isabel I llega al trono, toda Europa se vuelve en contra de Inglaterra y la joven monarca decide crear el primer servicio secreto, cuya misión es advertirla de posibles intrigas e invasiones. A lo largo de medio siglo turbulento, Ned luchará por conseguir a Margery mientras...
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1147 pages ; 21 cm.
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Español
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Continues the experiences of five intertwined international families as they confront the social, political, and economic turmoil of the second half of the twentieth century.
Sigue las experiencias de cinco familias internacionales entrelazados, ya que se enfrentan a la crisis social, política y económica de la segunda mitad del siglo XX.
9) Triple
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469 pages ; 19 cm.
Language
Español
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A New York Times bestselling novel of international suspense and terror from the author of Edge of Eternity and Eye of the Needle. As Egypt comes closer and closer to developing a nuclear bomb, the Mossads number one Israeli agent is given an impossible mission: to beat the Arabs in the nuclear arms race by finding and stealing two hundred tons of uranium. The worlds balance of power will shift. And the Mossad, the KGB, the Egyptians, and Fedayeen...
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3 videodiscs (400 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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In 1120 A.D., the heir to the English throne dies when the royal ship burns at sea. The King calls on his subjects to accept his daughter Maud as ruler until her son comes of age, but the church backs his nephew Stephen. Squire Bartholomew pledges his loyalty to Maud and is thrown in jail, leaving his daughter Aliena and son Richard alone. Maud goes raises an army in France and attacks Stephen. Meanwhile, Tom Builder is destined to construct a cathedral...