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Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
During the Cold War, the power blocs of the East and West vied to control the vast mineral resources of the former Belgian colony, The Congo. The CIA working with the British, French, and Belgian Secret Services feared that this newly independent African country had fallen under Soviet influence. So the Secret Services funded a rebellion in the mineral-rich province of Katanga-and installed a puppet President, Moishe Tchombe, whose first act was to...
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Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
The harrowing true survival story of an early polar expedition that went terribly awry-with the ship frozen in ice and the crew trapped inside for the entire sunless, Antarctic winter-in the tradition of David Grann, Nathaniel Philbrick, and Hampton Sides. In August 1897, the young Belgian commandant Adrien de Gerlache set sail for a three-year expedition aboard the good ship Belgica with dreams of glory. His destination was the uncharted end of the...
4) Odd Squad
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Language
English
Description
When the agents are accidentally transported to the future, they need to figure out what day it is or risk a time-tastrophe! Then, When Odd Squad is asked to make recruitment commercial, Ms. O proves to be difficult.
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