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  Legacy of Ashes

  The History of the CIA

  by Tim Weiner

  For the last sixty years, the CIA has managed to maintain a formidable reputation in spite of its terrible record, burying its blunders in top-secret archives. Its mission was to know the world. When it did not succeed, it set out to change the world. Its failures have handed us, in the words of President Eisenhower, “a legacy of ashes.” Now Pulitzer Prize–winning author Tim Weiner offers the first definitive... (more)
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  Unter dem Zwillingsstern

  by Tanja Kinkel

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  de kinderkaravaan

  by An Rutgers van der Loeff

  John en zijn 5 zusjes en 1 broertje trekken samen met hun ouders vanaf fort Laramie (ergens in het midden van Amerika) naar Oregon (West Amerika) De ouders van John worden echter zeer ziek en overlijden. Als vervolgens de karavaan waar in ze reizen ook nog eens besluiten een andere kant op te trekken besluit John met zijn gezin de alleen verder te gaan. Enkel in het gezelschap van een hond, een koe en een Os, gaan... (more)
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  De Europese Droom

  by Jeremy Rifkin

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  De Europese Droom

  by Jeremy Rifkin

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  Assata

  An Autobiography

  by Assata Shakur

  This presents the life story of African American revolutionary Shakur, previously known as JoAnne Chesimard. It also includes a foreward written by acclaimed author, Angela Davis.
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  Begrav Mitt Hjerte Ved wounded Knee

  by Dee Brown

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  Nordamerika 2012

  by Alexander von Humboldt

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  The Grapes of Wrath

  by John Steinbeck

  Forced from their home, the Joad family is lured to California to find work; instead they find disillusionment, exploitation, and hunger.
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  The Nanny Diaries: Book 1

  The Nanny Diaries

  by Emma McLaughlin, Nicola Kraus

  Nan has started working for the X's to put herself through college and follow her dreams. Mrs. X seems normal, but infact is an OCD flake who spends more time shopping in Bloomingdales than spending time with her son, Grayer. After a triumph of misleading events, Mrs. X asks her to take it up a notch and makes her to-do list even longer. She has to juggle this all while trying to get the man of her dreams, H.H... (more)
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  Spellbound

  by Jane Green

  Alice knows she should be happy. After all she has a handsome husband, a beautiful house and membership to all the most exclusive clubs in London. So what if the rumours about her husband's skirt-chasing are becoming harder to ignore? When Joe's indiscretions force a transfer to New York, Alice hopes it might be a fresh start. And when they find a beautiful old house in Connecticut Alice is overjoyed. For a while... (more)
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  Streiflichter aus Amerika. Die USA für Anfänger und Fortgeschrittene.

  by Bill Bryson

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  Destined To Be Mine

  by Colleen Faulkner

  In a moment of stark terror, ten-year-old Duncan Roderick, pampered son of the Earl of Cleaves, becomes the prisoner of the fierce Iroquois of Maryland. A captive in an untamed land, he soon turns more savage than civilized, more embittered than loving...even after he finally escapes. Dubbed the Colonial Devil, the roughhewn nobleman returns to England to reclaim his title -- and his bride.But lovely,... (more)