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"Former U.S. Secret Service agent, Marcus Ryker, was trained to protect the president. Now he travels to Russia to stop the Russian president who is feverishly consolidating power, silencing his opposition, and plotting a brazen, lightning-fast military strike that could rupture the NATO alliance and bring Washington and Moscow to the brink of nuclear war"--
"September 1999: A series of apartment bombings in Moscow are blamed on Chechen terrorist....
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From the New York Times bestselling author of The Kremlin Conspiracy comes this latest international thriller about a terrifying nuclear alliance among three world powers--Russia, Iran, and North Korea--and the man who must halt their deadly strategy. Shot out of the air in enemy territory in the middle of the greatest international crisis since the end of the Cold War, former U.S. Secret Service agent Marcus Ryker finds himself facing an impossible...
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Marcus ; 1
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"Stand-up comedian and Hollywood box-office hit Kevin Hart keeps the laughs coming in an illustrated middle-grade novel about a boy who has big dreams of making a blockbuster superhero film." --
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"With the unexpected death of Russian President Aleksandr Luganov and Iran's efforts to acquire fully operational nuclear warheads successfully thwarted, American President Andrew Clarke decides the moment has come to unveil his comprehensive proposal to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. However, when a series of senior American officials involved in the peace process are assassinated, Clarke orders Marcus Ryker and a team of CIA...
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Marcus ; 2
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"After Marcus's movie goes viral and he gets an invite to the Helen show, he experiences the challenges of sudden fame and risks losing the friends who helped him along the way." --
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"A game-changing peace treaty between Israel and the Saudis is nearly done. The secretary of state is headed to the region to seal the deal. And Special Agent Marcus Ryker is leading an advance trip along the Israeli-Lebanon border ahead of the secretary's arrival. But when Ryker and his team are ambushed and captured by Hezbollah forces, a nightmare scenario begins to unfold. The last thing the White House can afford is a new war in the Mideast that...
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It's AD 76 during the reign of Vespasian, and Marcus Didius Falco has achieved much in his life. He's joined the equestrian rank, allowing him to marry Helena Justina, the woman he's been keeping time with the past few years. But that doesn't mean all is quiet for Falco, Helena, and their two young daughters. By trade he is an informer, a man who looks into sticky situations, and he's been hired to pry his errant brother-in-law away from a murder...
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The thirteenth novel featuring sleuth Marcus Didius Falco explores the fervor of home improvement that's sweeping the Roman Empire and Falco's own household, specifically the bathhouse-where a body turns up. Some things never change. With his new villa, Falco also gets a timeless headache: building contractors. After the departure of two shady plasterers, a rank odor in the bathhouse soon leads to the discovery of a corpse under the mosaic floor....
9) Nemesis
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Minotaur Books
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2010.
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In the high summer of 77 AD, Roman informer Marcus Didius Falco is beset by personal problems. A middle-aged couple who supplied statues to his father have disappeared. They had an old feud with a bunch of notorious freedmen, the Claudii, who terrorize the neighborhood. When a mutilated corpse turns up, Falco and his friend Petronius investigate. But just as they are making progress, the Chief Spy, Anacrites, snatches the case away. He makes false...
10) The accusers
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Mysterious Press
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2004.
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This novel in the acclaimed Marcus Didius Falco series finds the first-century detective confronting Roman legal forces that may just destroy him-and his family. Fresh from a trip to far-flung Londinium in Britain, Falco needs to re-establish his presence in Rome. A minor role in the trial of a senator entangles him in the machinations of two powerful lawyers. The senator is convicted but then dies, apparently by suicide. It may have been a legal...
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Destino Infantil & Juvenil
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2023
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¿Y si la magia llamase a tu puerta?
La magia no está reñida con la televisión. Cada año, el famoso canal Embrujo TV retransmite en directo el gran concurso de talentos infantiles ¡Menudos Hechiceros! En esta ocasión, Marcus y sus amigos serán los encargados de llevar el premio hasta el hotel donde se graba el programa. Parece una misión fácil, pero... ¿podrán mantenerlo a salvo?
Descubre el spin off de Anna Kadabra, la colección best...
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Destino Infantil & Juvenil
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2023
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¿Y si la magia llamase a tu puerta? El cuervo de Marcus, Mr. Rayo, no solo tiene malas pulgas. ¡También es un gran glotón! A causa de un empacho, el pájaro va a tener que pasar la noche en el Sanatorio de Mascotas Mágicas. Allí viven ingresados otros muchos animales extraños... hasta que Mr. Rayo los convence a todos para escapar de la clínica.
¿De qué están huyendo? Descubre el spin off de Anna Kadabra, la colección best seller para...
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Destino Infantil & Juvenil
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2022
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Cuando Marcus aceptó convertirse en repartidor de magia, jamás imaginó que tendría que entregar un paquete en Villa Medianoche, la ciudad donde viven los monstruos. Y menos aún que él y su pandilla acabarían metidos en medio de una batalla vecinal entre vampiros y hombres lobo...
¿Cuál será el bando vencedor?
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Destino Infantil & Juvenil
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2023
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¿Y si la magia llamara a tu puerta? ¡Acompaña al mejor amigo de Anna Kadabra en sus aventuras! La tienda de magia de Mr. Munchin está a punto de cerrar. Por algún motivo, los elfos del bosque han dejado de suministrar al negocio su artículo más preciado: ¡las gemas de poder! Cuando Marcus y sus amigos viajan allí para intentar adquirir nuevas joyas, descubren que los elfos también tienen sus propios problemas...
¡Su aldea está maldita!
Descubre...
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Destino Infantil & Juvenil
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2024
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¿Y si solo tu magia pudiera resolver el enigma?
Marcus Pocus y sus amigos están a punto de recibir un premio inesperado. ¡Un gran viaje a una reserva de animales fantásticos! Por desgracia, pronto descubrirán que un misterioso ladrón amenaza el parque. Y solo siguiendo las pistas como buenos detectives podrán resolver el caso y descubrir al culpable.
¿Te unes a su investigación?
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Destino Infantil & Juvenil México
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2023
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¿Y si la magia tocara a tu puerta?
En la moderna ciudad de Suncity no hay lugar para la magia. O al menos eso cree Marcus Pocus, un travieso aprendiz de brujo del Club de la Luna Llena, hasta que entra por casualidad en una misteriosa tienda oculta al fondo de un callejón. Allí Marcus descubrirá que la ciudad no solo tiene magia, sino que ¡también se reparte a domicilio!
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"The world's most wanted terrorist is dead. Marcus Ryker recommended the strike himself. The intelligence was rock-solid. But what if it was wrong? Abu Nakba--the man responsible for lethal attacks in Washington, D.C., London, and Jerusalem--is finally dead. Marcus Ryker has been tasked with hunting down and destroying what's left of the terror group Kairos. But before Ryker can mobilize his team of CIA operatives with their new assignment, a disturbing...
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Mysterious Press
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1999.
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International bestselling author Lindsey Davis has done in the mystery genre what Caesar did in Gaul: came, saw, and conquered! Her innovative series put hard-boiled detective Marcus Didius Falco on the mean streets of the Eternal City. Now Davis returns to AD 74 with a riveting investigation into a missing child. Men are fools for love. And that includes Marcus Didius Falco. To please his beloved, the tough shamus has become Procurer of the Sacred...
19) Silver pigs
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Falco ; 1
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The Silver Pigs is Lindsey Davis' classic novel, which introduced readers around the world to Marcus Didius Falco, a private informer with a knack for trouble, a tendency for bad luck, and a frequently inconvenient drive for justice.
When Marcus Didius Falco, a Roman "informer" who has a nose for trouble that's sharper than most, encounters Sosia Camillina in the Forum, he senses immediately all is not right with the pretty girl. She
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