Mitch Weiss
Author
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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Description
An investigation into the Word of Faith Fellowship, a secretive evangelical cult whose charismatic female leader, Jane Whaley, is a master of manipulation. Starting in 1979 with a small group of followers, the group has expended to include thousands of congregants across three continents. Gives the story of a singular femlae cult leader, a terrifying portrait of life inside the cult, and the harrowing account of one family who escaped after two decades....
Author
Publisher
Hanover Square Press
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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Description
*An NPR Best Book of the Year*
A PopSugar Best True Crime Book of 2020
"I can't imagine a more important book."—Jeff Guinn, New York Times bestselling author
An explosive investigation into Word of Faith Fellowship, a secretive evangelical cult whose charismatic female leader is a master of manipulation
In 1979, a fiery preacher...
A PopSugar Best True Crime Book of 2020
"I can't imagine a more important book."—Jeff Guinn, New York Times bestselling author
An explosive investigation into Word of Faith Fellowship, a secretive evangelical cult whose charismatic female leader is a master of manipulation
In 1979, a fiery preacher...
Author
Series
Publisher
Planeta México
Pub. Date
2022
Language
Español
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Description
1945. Millones de personas han muerto durante la Segunda Guerra Mundial. Hitler se suicidó y Mussolini ha sido fusilado. Los soldados estadounidenses esperan regresar a casa, pero Japón, el enemigo de Oriente, sigue en pie. Para terminar con la guerra, Estados Unidos planea arrojar una bomba sobre Hiroshima. Los turbulentos días que precedieron a las órdenes del presidente Truman de destruir dos ciudades enteras son narrados en Cuenta regresiva:...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
"The Battle of Iwo Jima, a major event in the Pacific Theater of World War II--and one of the bloodiest in United States history--began on February 19, 1945. But what happened two days earlier has largely been a footnote, until now... On February 17, Landing Craft Infantry 449 was among a dozen gunboats helping to prepare the area for their invasion two days later. U.S. military leaders thought they had weakened Japanese forces in the area so they...
Author
Publisher
Berkley Caliber
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Description
It seemed like an impossible mission right from the start. A Special Forces team in Afghanistan planned to land in an enemy-held valley and scale a steep mountain to surprise and capture a terrorist leader. But before they found the target, the target found them. The elite soldiers fought for hours, huddled on a small rock ledge as rocket-propelled grenades and heavy machine gun fire rained down on them. They tended to their wounded and kept fighting...
7) Countdown 1945: the extraordinary story of the atomic bomb and the 116 days that changed the world
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
A "behind-the-scenes account of the 116 days leading up to the Americans attack on Hiroshima"--Dust jacket flap.
8) Countdown Bin Laden: the untold story of the 247-day hunt to bring the mastermind of 9/11 to justice
Author
Language
English
Description
Following Chris Wallace's "riveting" (The New York Times) and "propulsive" (Time) first book Countdown 1945 comes a deeply reported, revelatory, and thrillingly told account of the final months of the hunt for Osama bin Laden. On August 27, 2010, three CIA officers ask for a private meeting with CIA Director Leon Panetta. During that secret session, they tell Panetta that agents have tracked a courier with deep Al Qaeda ties to a three-story house...
Author
Series
Noodleheads ; 1
Publisher
Holiday House
Language
English
Description
Brothers Mac and Mac star in this collection of bedtime tales inspired by folktales about fools from around the world.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
At the outset of the Vietnam War, the Army created an experimental fighting unit that became known as "Tiger Force." The Tigers were to be made up of the cream of the crop-the very best and bravest soldiers the American military could offer. They would be given a long leash, allowed to operate in the field with less supervision. Their mission was to seek out enemy compounds and hiding places so that bombing runs could be accurately targeted. They...
Author
Series
Noodleheads ; 2
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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Description
Inspired by folktales about fools from around the world, brothers Mac and Mac Noodlehead exasperate Uncle Ziti, are fooled by their friend Meatball, and make a garden for their mother.
Author
Series
Noodleheads ; 3
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
"Brothers Mac and Mac are outwitted by Cousin Meatball, three fish, and even a fishing rod when they set out to learn something new. Includes author's note on tales of fools and the motifs found in this story." --
Author
Series
Noodleheads ; 5
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Brothers Mac and Mac are SO lucky that everything goes well - even when their frenemy Meatball plays tricks on them"--
Author
Series
Noodleheads ; 7
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Mac and Mac want to eat their favorite pie and their friends and mom give them tricks to make it easier but the boys' shenanigans make things harder than they need to be"--
Author
Series
Noodleheads ; 4
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Using knowledge from a library book, brothers Mac and Mac build a fortress but Meatball, armed with a book of his own, wants to take it from them." --
Author
Series
Noodleheads ; 6
Publisher
Holiday House
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Formats
Description
"After hearing Uncle Ziti's unbelievable story about a snake and a frog, brothers Mac and Mac are captivated by the idea of doing something impossible so that perhaps one day people will tell tales about their amazing feats."--
17) The stolen smell
Author
Series
Publisher
August House Story Cove
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
When a stingy baker insists that his poor neighbor pay for the smells he has been enjoying, a clever judge rules in his favor and determines exactly the right fine.
Author
Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"DEA Agent Jack Riley tells the inside story of his 30-year hunt for the drug kingpin known as El Chapo, and reveals the true causes of the American opioid epidemic. Jack Riley, grandson of a Chicago cop known for using his fists, was born to be a drug warrior. Joaquín "El Chapo" Guzmán Loera, who farmed marijuana and opium poppies as a teenager in Mexico, was born to be a drug lord. Their worlds collided when Riley, a career special agent with...
Author
Publisher
August House LittleFolk
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
A retelling of a traditional Italian tale in which a kindly Genoese merchant, richly rewarded for solving an irritating problem for the king of the Spice Islands, causes a greedy rival to try and gain a fortune in the same way.