Resultados para "George" en Espías y políticos

It’s 1984, and life has changed beyond recognition. Airstrip One, formerly known as Great Britain, is a place where Big Brother is always watching, and nobody can hide. Except, perhaps, for Winston Smith. Whilst working at the Ministry of Truth, rewriting history, he secretly dreams of freedom. And in a world where love and sex are forbidden, where it’s hard to distinguish between friend and foe, he meets Julia and O’Brien and vows to rebel.

To the world, Owen Pierce is just another handsome, successful Miami lawyer. But to the secret American organization known as the Council, he’s one of the most dangerous assassins in the world. When Owen lost everything, it was the Council that gave him purpose. He became their most dangerous weapon, the man they send to eliminate high-value, hard-to-reach criminals who escaped the judicial system. But when a mission to take out a cartel leader goes disastrously wrong, Owen starts to uncover the sinister truth of the Council and what they’re really after.

Una nueva voz en el suspense psicológico nos presenta este fascinante debut sobre una mujer fría y manipuladora y una adinerada pareja de oro. Amber Patterson está harta. Está cansada de no ser nadie: una mujer sencilla e invisible que pasa desapercibida. Se merece algo más; una vida de dinero y poder, como la que disfruta Daphne Parrish, diosa rubia de ojos azules.

1992. Regele Mihai întreprinde o vizită în țara sa natală cu ocazia sărbătorilor de Paște, însă, ceea ce urma să se constituie într-un moment emoționant, e pe cale de a se transforma într-o tragedie. Un ucigaș îl pândește din umbră pe monarh...

Povestea lui Andrei Mladin începe în anul 1983, când a apărut Atac în bibliotecă. Atunci cititorii au făcut cunoștință cu un tânăr jurnalist român glumeț, dar și grav, în aparență superficial, dar tobă de carte și dedicat profesiei sale...

Following the worst terrorist attacks in American history on September 11, 2001, President George W. Bush pledged to bring those responsible to justice, especially the mastermind, Osama bin Laden. After failing to capture Bin Laden in Afghanistan, George W. Bush shifted his attention and that of his country to Saddam Hussein and Iraq, neither of which had anything to do with the 9/11 attacks (as history has proven).

As Cold War tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union reach their zenith, a chilling discovery within the US Navy sends shockwaves through the corridors of power. A mole, deeply embedded within the ranks, threatens not just the delicate balance of global power, but the very fabric of world peace. Tasked with the critical mission of drawing out the traitor, two submarines embark on a journey of tactical warcraft. 

As greed and corruption taint the optimism of a nation, the political becomes deeply personal for former childhood friends Lindi and Kagiso. Their beloved home country, South Africa, is rapidly turning into a powder keg, as nations fight for ownership of its land and resources. With the murder of one of the nation’s bright young hopes, the fuse is well and truly lit. As the hunt for his killer intensifies, Lindi and Kagiso come together to protect the land and people they love, even as events are set in motion that no one - least of all they - can control.

During a dark period in the history of the United States, a few powerful government officials twisted the meaning of our laws and trivialized universal human rights principles. This novel peels back a deceitful veneer of legal gamesmanship to reveal flagrant violations of international law and the US Constitution. The narrative exposes the criminal actions of individuals who continue to make bold assertions that torture is not torture, that what they did was necessary, and that torturers are above the law.

As the winds of change sweep through South America, chaos and uncertainty reign. A radical political takeover looms, threatening to plunge the entire Western Hemisphere into turmoil. And the unrest doesn't stop there. Seeing the destabilization, China moves to exert its influence economically and politically—further threatening peace and freedom in the region. But hope is not lost-a team of elite Navy SEALs and one submarine race to determine and then confront the threat. With the fate of the region hanging in the balance, they embark on a dangerous—and likely impossible—mission.

The Sea of Okhotsk north of the Japanese Home Islands is a cold and unforgiving place. Its icy, dark waters can change from a glass-smooth calm into a raging maelstrom in a heartbeat. The shores surrounding the sea, home to Siberian tigers and prowling wolf packs, are equally forbidding. Far from Mother Russia, beyond Siberia, it is a mostly forgotten land—even though it is the home of the Russian Navy's Pacific Fleet.

In the wake of Muammar Gaddafi's demise, the Mediterranean's strategic waters become the stage for a new power play. Ali Hakim Sherif, emerging as Libya's formidable strongman, dreams of resurrecting the glory of the Ottoman Empire. His eyes are set on the riches of Egypt, and he's willing to employ brutal tactics and ancient claims to seize control. Sherif's quest for dominance finds eager allies in Russia, Iran, and Qatar, setting the stage for an explosive confrontation.

D Hunter è un nero vestito sempre di nero. Dovrebbe essere solo un bodyguard, ma per questioni di amicizia si ritrova a fare il manager di hip hop e per questioni di famiglia il detective. Night è il nome del cantante che deve accudire; Big Danny è invece il nonno tanto amato, che è stato ucciso mentre era alla guida della sua Buick Electra 225 del 1970.

O seară răcoroasă de septembrie. Trenul de mare viteză de la Milano oprește în gara Termini din Roma. Din vagonul de clasa Top nu coboară niciun pasager: un atac chimic i-a ucis pe toți. Principalii suspecți: teroriștii ISIS. Colomba Caselli, polițista măcinată de coșmaruri...

When an unimaginable fortune is discovered at the bottom of the sea, the US Navy must navigate the treacherous waters of greed, corruption, and espionage to stop a worldwide catastrophe.

At first glance, the murder of Peggy Frampton looks like a burglary gone wrong. But DS George Cross, with his meticulous methods, thinks otherwise. The victim, a former mayor of Bristol, is now an online influencer whose forthright opinions attract the kind of attention that most people would like to avoid. There's no shortage of suspects. Cross's investigation will lead him from Peggy's unfaithful husband to her gambling-addicted son, to a scorned former lover with a grudge. But she also has political enemies in her past.

When a foreign exchange student is found murdered at an Iowa University, Deputy Sheriff Clyde Banks finds that his investigation extends far beyond the small college townall the way to the Middle East. Shady events at the school reveal that a powerful department is using federal grant money for highly dubious research. And what its producing is a very nasty bug.

This is the story of three very different men in love with the same woman. It is also the story of that woman, Francine Widmer.

Tony Wolf, a troubled man and the FBI’s most esteemed undercover agent, is back after mysteriously vanishing without a trace. A specialist at infiltrating criminal organizations and taking them down from the inside, he lives his life in the shadows. But when he’s forced into the open during the rescue of two kidnapped children, Wolf becomes caught up in a massive federal manhunt. Faced with a traitorous agent and a ruthless, renegade biker gang he has crossed paths with before, Wolf finds himself in danger.

When billionaire Max Fend and his hacker girlfriend Renee LeFrancois are enlisted by the FBI and CIA to search for a cobalt deposit in rural Pennsylvania, they're plunged into a race against time and international forces. Cobalt, the precious metal powering lithium-ion batteries, has the tech world scrambling for control, and the discovery of a new source ignites a frenzy. But as domestic and international stakeholders mobilize, the local community finds itself caught in the crossfire.