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Invasores de Marte - Las aventuras de Joaquim y Eduardo
by Tamara Aymerich Correa Michael RumanJoaquim es un chiquillo pecoso de 11 años que no se conforma con ser un niño normal y, en compañía del amigo, Eduardo, se mete a investigar casos extraños e indescifrables. Los invasores de Marte es la primera parte de esta saga, que comenzó en 1969 durante el régimen militar. Joaquim está convencido de que los marcianos preparar una invasión de la Tierra. Ahora queda por convencer a Eduardo y el resto de la pandilla de amigos de la escuela para desenmascarar el malvado plan de los extraterrestres. Pero esto no es una tarea fácil. En la búsqueda de pruebas de la presencia de extraterrestres en nuestro planeta, los chicos van a venir a través de los enemigos sin escrúpulos y traicioneros. Lo peor de todo: sargento Gomes, personificación de la violencia, el representante de la represión de los años de la dictadura, dispuesto a hacer cualquier cosa para capturar a los dos pequeños héroes, que él etiqueta como terroristas peligrosos. Pero el sargento tonto y sus hombres no saben que, los niños utilizarán toda su creatividad, travesuras y armas secretas, para llegar a la cima y ganar todos los desafíos. En medio de las turbulencias de la época, Joaquim y Eduardo van a contar con la ayuda de sus amigos Carlos, Bruno y Eloy, que, como ellos, viven los últimos años de su infancia, rodeado de fantasía y aventura. Inspirado por autores como Juan Carlos Marino (El genio del crimen) y en la serie de libros de "Firefly Collection", Las aventuras de Joaquín y Eduardo traerá de vuelta a los jóvenes lectores, el placer de la investigación y la deducción, con una trama que va una época en que no existían los teléfonos celulares, a pensar en computadoras personales era ciencia ficción y, por diversión, era suficiente para salir de casa para reunirse con amigos y jugar a la pelota, andar en bicicleta o... Meterse en problemas! Pero no se equivoquen: esto no es un libro sólo para niños. Los adultos también podrán
Invasão
by William Meikle André NardiniEles vieram em milhares. Nós lutamos contra eles juntos. Tudo começou durante uma tempestade de inverno no litoral norte-oriental que trouxe consigo uma estranha chuva verde. Onde ela caiu, tudo desapareceu, morreu e foi consumido. Os moradores dos lugares remotos no Marítimo do Canadá escaparam do pior dos danos iniciais, mas essa foi uma benção disfarçada, pois eles tiveram que assistir primeiro a América do Norte, depois o mundo, sendo subsumidos no arrepiante tapete verde do terror. E isso foi apenas o começo.
Inventing Love
by José Ovejero Kathryn Phillips-Miles Simon DeefholtsWhen Samuel receives a call out of the blue about the death of his lover, Clara, his own numbing existence seems about to come to an end. Does it matter that he never knew Clara? And, if he invents a past for his love and his loss, could he even fake his way through her funeral? Unable to pass up the chance at a new life, Samuel starts down a path of lies until he can no longer distinguish between real and invented.
Inventing the Pinkertons; or, Spies, Sleuths, Mercenaries, and Thugs: Being a story of the nation’s most famous (and infamous) detective agency
by S. Paul O'HaraThe fascinating story of the most notorious detective agency in US history.Between 1865 and 1937, Pinkerton’s National Detective Agency was at the center of countless conflicts between capital and labor, bandits and railroads, and strikers and state power. Some believed that the detectives were protecting society from dangerous criminal conspiracies; others thought that armed Pinkertons were capital’s tool to crush worker dissent. Yet the image of the Pinkerton detective also inspired romantic and sensationalist novels, reflected shifting ideals of Victorian manhood, and embodied a particular kind of rough frontier justice. Inventing the Pinkertons examines the evolution of the agency as a pivotal institution in the cultural history of American monopoly capitalism. Historian S. Paul O’Hara intertwines political, social, and cultural history to reveal how Scottish-born founder Allan Pinkerton insinuated his way to power and influence as a purveyor of valuable (and often wildly wrong) intelligence in the Union cause. During Reconstruction, Pinkerton turned his agents into icons of law and order in the Wild West. Finally, he transformed his firm into a for-rent private army in the war of industry against labor. Having begun life as peddlers of information and guardians of mail bags, the Pinkertons became armed mercenaries, protecting scabs and corporate property from angry strikers.O’Hara argues that American capitalists used the Pinkertons to enforce new structures of economic and political order. Yet the infamy of the Pinkerton agent also gave critics and working communities a villain against which to frame their resistance to the new industrial order. Ultimately, Inventing the Pinkertons is a gripping look at how the histories of American capitalism, industrial folklore, and the nation-state converged.
Inversione di rotta
by Oak Anderson Consalvo CattutoInversione di rotta è un racconto breve di 3,600 parole, un compagno parallelo dell'acclamato thriller criminale, "Take One With You", di Oak Anderson Al detective Thane Parks viene assegnato il caso di una rapina a mano armata per la quale è sospettato Hector Sanchez, il figlio di un uomo arrestato per omicidio anni prima, un criminale che si era impiccato in prigione. Dall'altra parte della città, Samantha Devlin, la figlia della donna per il cui omicidio il padre di Hector era stato condannato, si sta diplomando, è una studentessa eccellente a cui il padre sta nascondendo la sua profonda depressione per la morte di sua madre. Samantha ed Hector, le cui vite sono state cambiate per sempre dall'omicidio e dal suicidio, stanno per incontrarsi in circostanze difficili, mentre il Detective Parks cerca di evitare che altre persone diventino le prossime vittime del movimento "TOWY".
InvestiGators (InvestiGators #1)
by John Patrick GreenWith more than three million copies in print, John Patrick Green's goofy graphic novel series is a colossal comics hit! Join super spy alligator duo MANGO and BRASH as they surf the sewers and fight the forces of evil. With their Very Exciting Spy Technology and their tried-and-true, toilet-based travel techniques, the InvestiGators are undercover and on the case! And on their first mission together, they have not one but two mysteries to solve! Can Mango and Brash uncover the clues, crack their cases, and corral the crooks―or will the criminals wriggle out of their grasp?
InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T. (InvestiGators)
by Christopher Hastings John Patrick GreenInvestiGators fans, rejoice! Get ready to dive into the first volume of AGENTS OF S.U.I.T., featuring the weird and wacky co-workers of everyone's favorite sewer-sleuthing super-agents, Mango and Brash! At S.U.I.T. headquarters, Cilantro the Chameleon finally gets what she’s been waiting for: a field assignment. Only…it’s literally out in the middle of a field, and her orders are so vague, she can hardly tell what she’s supposed to be investigating. But as she begins to uncover a sheep-led worker’s rights revolt and an alien invasion conspiracy—not to mention a spooky haunting at the abandoned S.U.I.T. field outpost—Cilantro steps into her own V.E.S.T. as a valued member of the S.U.I.T. team. From InvestiGators mastermind John Patrick Green, the world of S.U.I.T. has never been more fun!
InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: From Badger to Worse (InvestiGators)
by Christopher Hastings John Patrick GreenIn the first book of AGENTS OF S.U.I.T., the new volume in John Green’s smash-hit INVESTIGATORS world, eager rookie agent Cilantro stepped into the spotlight—and rocketed into space! Now it’s time for the B-Team to show why they’re so un-B-lievably B-loved.That’s right, Bongo and Marsha, the super-spy Badgers, are on the case…and way over-budget. When S.U.I.T. realizes just how much money the Badgers waste with their gadgets and spy vehicles and custom plush toys, they’re sent to Bora Bora to investigate a case…the old-fashioned way. The bees—that’s “bee-ee-ee,” like the insect—that run the resort are hiding something under the tropical sands, and Marsha and Bongo are just the bumbling agents to crack this pineapple-flavored case wide open.
InvestiGators: Agents of S.U.I.T.: Wild Ghost Chase (InvestiGators)
by John Patrick Green Christopher HastingsTHE MEGA-BESTSELLING GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIES CONTINUES! More than three million copies in print! InvestiGators fans, get ready to dive into the third volume of Agents of S.U.I.T. with the weirdest mystery yet! New S.U.I.T. recruit Zeb the sheep joins the flock to help crack the greatest mystery of all! But, uhh...just what is the greatest mystery of all?That's the question that's kept the dearly departed General Inspectre haunting Earth long after he should have moved on to the great super-spy base in the sky. Having a ghost in the halls of S.U.I.T. wouldn't be so bad...except he's possessing agents! Zeb -- along with Cilantro, Bongo, Marsha, and everyone's favorite Gators -- must decipher the series' biggest mystery EVER. They've got to free their pal and finish the Inspectre's unfinished business!
InvestiGators: All Tide Up (InvestiGators #7)
by John Patrick GreenUnsinkable detectives Mango and Brash are back in InvestiGators: All Tide Up, a high seas adventure that takes the hit series by John Patrick Green to uncharted waters! Three million readers can’t be wrong – don’t miss the boat!When a cruise captain is found drifting at sea and delirious, the search begins for his missing ship and passengers! Did it sink? Was it boat-napped? Are supernatural forces at play? And can the InvestiGators unravel this maritime mystery before a second cruise befalls a similarly unfathomable fate? Seas the day and find out in this new nautical adventure!
InvestiGators: Ants in Our P.A.N.T.S. (InvestiGators #4)
by John Patrick GreenWill InvestiGators Mango and RoboBrash be able to solve this next mystery in the hilarious adventure series perfect for fans of Dog Man?!The InvestiGators’ new mission has our sewer-loving secret agents bugging out in InvestiGators: Ants in Our P.A.N.T.S, the latest chapter in the hilarious adventure series from John Patrick Green.With agent Brash trapped in a mysterious coma, the technicians at S.U.I.T. have designed the ultimate replacement: RoboBrash! This high-tech replica has been programmed with all of the original Brash’s crime-fighting skills and knowhow—but it seems he’s got a few bugs in his system! Will Mango and his new partner be enough to stop the giant ants that are on a rampage in the city? Orchestrated by the spaced-out villain, Maestronaut, and Houdino, the dinosaur escape artist, it seems criminals are certainly upping the ANT-y!
InvestiGators: Braver and Boulder (InvestiGators #5)
by John Patrick GreenThe InvestiGators’ latest case has our sewer-loving secret agents between a rock and a hard place in InvestiGators: Braver and Boulder, the latest chapter in the hilarious New York Times bestselling adventure graphic novel series from John Patrick Green.The InvestiGators are having a hard time keeping a low profile with their new headquarters being a giant robot towering over the city! How can they be SECRET agents if everyone recognizes them? But with their ears to the ground, Mango and Brash hear mysterious rumblings about BOULDER BUDDIES...are they just the latest fad or part of a mob-run scheme? And could a rocky relationship from the InvestiGators’ past be trembling beneath the surface? Find out in their most stone-cold dangerous mission yet!
InvestiGators: Case Files (InvestiGators)
by Steve Behling John Patrick GreenFROM THE MEGA BESTSELLING GRAPHIC NOVEL SERIESTackle tricky cases in this solve-along Investigators adventure, along with everyone's favorite sleuths Mango and Brash!Special agents Mango and Brash are back again, and this time they’ll be asking their readers for help in cracking the case! The gators have been given a brand new add-on for their V.E.S.T.s to help with gathering evidence and making sense of clues – the G.R.I.D. (Gator Reasoning, Inquiry, Deduction) – and with that powerful tool in hand, kids can follow along as they solve six brand-new mysteries! Featuring plenty of familiar faces from investigations past, as well as a few brand new suspects, Mango and Brash and YOU (the reader) will get to the bottom of cases big and small!
InvestiGators: Class Action (InvestiGators #8)
by John Patrick GreenDING DING DING!! Is that the school bell, or is it three million readers ringing in the return of V.E.S.T.-wearing case-busting secret agents Mango and Brash for another hilarious adventure? (It’s the latter, we’ll solve that mystery for free.)The InvestiGators are back…to school?! Mango and Brash have always been a class act but can these alligator detectives convincingly go undercover as average middle-school students? Why has the super-spy organization S.U.I.T. been assigned protection detail for a small-town team mascot? Is it a coincidence that the school happens to be the same one that Agent Mango (just barely) graduated from? Is Mango’s family in danger? Will Brash pass home economics? Is Friday still pizza day? Find out in Class Action, the A+ return of the New York Times bestselling series by John Patrick Green! Read up, because there just might be a pop quiz later!
InvestiGators: Heist and Seek (InvestiGators #6)
by John Patrick GreenNew York Times bestsellers and sewer surfing super-sleuths Mango & Brash are back in InvestiGators: Heist and Seek, the sixth volume in John Patrick Green's smash hit series.When rare paintings go missing, the InvestiGators are called on the scene...the ART SCENE!Mango and Brash go undercover and under canvas as internationally renowned painters to expose a crook who has truly mastered the art of CRIME! Can they recover the missing masterpieces and save the city art museum’s fundraising gala before it's too late...and they run out of appetizers? Find out in this latest pièce de résistance of action-packed illustrated fun.
InvestiGators: Off the Hook (InvestiGators #3)
by John Patrick GreenInvestiGators Mango and Brash don their fanciest vests for InvestiGators: Off the Hook, the next mystery in the hilarious adventure series from John Patrick GreenSewer-loving secret agents Mango and Brash fight for the GATOR good in this zany adventure that will have readers HOOKED!The InvestiGators are the best crime-fighting duo in the world. But not even their hi-tech training programs can prepare them for the return of their greatest nemesis, Crackerdile, in a shocking new form! Even worse, he’s creating a team of super villains! Faced with the choice between saving themselves or catching the crooks, can Mango and Brash make sure the gator good prevails?
InvestiGators: Take the Plunge (InvestiGators #2)
by John Patrick GreenSewer-spelunking secret agents Mango and Brash make a big splash in this hilarious new mystery in John Patrick Green's full-color, laugh-out-loud graphic novel series! Three million readers can’t be wrong – InvestiGators: Take the Plunge is a perfect comic for kid readers to dive into!In their next big adventure, S.U.I.T. headquarters is under attack, and Mango and Brash are going undercover and underground disguised as city sewer workers to unclog a sticky situation. But when their search for the criminal Crackerdile backfires, the toilets they travel through get blocked and the InvestiGators take the blame for it!Can Mango and Brash restore their good name and put the real culprit behind bars before the whole city is in deep water?
Investigating Christmas
by Debra Webb Regan BlackThis superrich tech tycoon will do anything to keep the love of his life and her family safe this Christmas. When the woman who left him comes back desperate for help, sexy billionaire Rush Grayson is thrilled. He still wants and needs Lucy Gaines, but Lucy only needs his professional help-to rescue her abducted sister and nephew. The strong-willed independent woman thinks she's over Rush. She'd never be foolish enough to fall for a man incapable of love. But as Rush and Lucy begin a harrowing race against time to free her family, the fire between them blazes. Now they must use Rush's brilliant invention to outwit the ruthless kidnapper, or neither will live to see a Christmas family reunion... Colby Agency: Family Secrets
Investigating Women: Female Detectives by Canadian Writers: An Eclectic Sampler
by David Skene-MelvinMeet some fascinating females: Jennie Baxer, 1890s journalist and world traveller Nelvana of the Northern Lights, created for comic book-starved Canadians during the Second World War the 60s’ Eve Adam, the "Rock Hit of Prague," whose methods violate all the "rules" for detective books and, very much of the 1990s, vampire detective Vicki Nelson, whose beat is Toronto’s Queen Street West As well as the fifteen investigating women in the book, Skene-Melvin’s introduction describes hundreds of female sleuths and their creators in an in-depth analysis of women detective fiction by Canadians. You will recognize many of the writers included in Investigating Women: Grant Allen, Robert Barr, Marisa De Franceschi, Adrian Dingle, Katherine V. Forrest, Hulbert Footner, Maurice Gagnon, Margaret Haffner, Joan Hall Hovey, Tanya Huff, Medora Sale, Josef Skvorecky, and Betsy Struthers. For each of the selections a brief note sets the story; bibliographies help readers find other books by the authors featured in Investigating Women.
Investigation in Black Canyon: Close Range Christmas (a Badlands Cops Novel) / Investigation In Black Canyon (the Ranger Brigade: Rocky Mountain Manhunt) (The Ranger Brigade: Rocky Mountain Manhunt #1)
by Cindi MyersThe more clues they uncover,the more deadly the investigation becomes.After Cara Mead’s boss disappears on a hike, and money is discovered missing from the company they work for, Cara enlists the help of Ranger Brigade officer Jason Beck. But once the manhunt is set in motion, Jason and Cara find themselves embroiled in a fearsome conspiracy involving an abandoned mine deep in Black Canyon—and someone who will do anything to keep them from finding out the truth. As the danger escalates, Jason must choose between upholding the law…and following his instincts to protect the woman he won’t live without.
Investigators (Badge of Honor #7)
by W.E.B. GriffinA brutal crime...A group of urban terrorists...An investigation of dirty cops...The leads in these supposedly unconnected cases have become tangled in some very ugly--and dangerous--knots. Now Special Operations detective Matt Payne and his colleagues find themselves fearing not only for their jobs, but also for their very lives...
Investigação Familiar
by Keith Dixon Natalia OroscoO destemido detetive Sam Dyke nunca conheceu o filho, Daniel. Até o fatídico dia em que desejou ter continuado sem conhecê-lo. Daniel tem uma namorada que não é exatamente uma garota exemplar... E o pior, a menina está desaparecida. Kelly, a namorada, na verdade é prisioneira de uma rede de corrupção e violência comandada pelos Irmãos Wilder – dois marginais muito perigosos responsáveis pelas atividades criminosas em Liverpool, além de Manchester e todas as cidades entre essas duas. Sam está determinado a encontrar a garota, mesmo contra todas as expectativas e o fato de ter que se intrometer no trabalho da polícia. Como já é de seu costume, Sam acaba mais uma vez demonstrando sua melhor habilidade: confrontar pessoas, em especial, os mais cruéis criminosos. Logo ele entra para a lista negra dos gêmeos Wilder. Mas o que poderia fazer um pai ao ver seu filho ameaçado de morte? "Investigação Familiar" é mais uma história eletrizante da série “Investigação Sam Dyke”, dessa vez o detetive particular precisa lutar contra duas grandes ameaças: os Irmãos Wilder e a sua própria incapacidade de evitar situações de perigo.
Invictus
by Ryan GraudinFrom the author of the Carnegie Medal nominated Wolf by Wolf, comes an epic new story - A fast-paced, heart-stopping journey through time that will leave you breathless.Time is running out . . .Farway McCarthy was born outside of time. With nowhere to call home and nothing to anchor him to the present, Far captains a crew on a dangerous mission into the past.When he collides with Eliot - a mysterious, secretive girl, whose very appearance raises questions about time itself - Far immediately distrusts her.But he must take a leap of faith, following Eliot on a race against time, if he is to protect everything he's ever loved from disappearing forever . . .
Invictus (Eagles Of The Empire Ser. #Bk. 15)
by Simon ScarrowIF YOU DON'T KNOW SIMON SCARROW, YOU DON'T KNOW ROME!The Sunday Times bestseller. INVICTUS is a gripping, authentic and exciting novel of the Roman army from bestselling author Simon Scarrow. Not to be missed by readers of Conn Iggulden and Bernard Cornwell.It is AD 54. The soldiers of the Roman army patrol a growing Empire, from the Mediterranean to the North Sea, from the Atlantic to the banks of the Nile. Rome brutally enforces its rule, and its legions are the most efficient and aggressive fighting force in the world. Two battle-scarred veterans of this army, Prefect Cato and Centurion Macro, have survived years of campaigning in Britannia and have been recalled to Rome. Their time in the teeming, dangerously political city is short, and soon they are travelling with the Praetorian Guard to Spain, a restless colony where simmering tension in the face of Roman rule is aggravated by bitter rivalry amongst the natives. The challenges that face two old friends and their comrades in arms are unlike any they have seen before - in a land that declares itself unconquerable...
Invictus (Eagles of the Empire 15)
by Simon ScarrowThe gripping new Roman adventure in the EAGLES OF THE EMPIRE series, featuring Cato and Macro, from No.1 Sunday Times bestselling Simon Scarrow, author of BRITANNIA and BROTHERS IN BLOOD. 'I really don't need this kind of competition' Bernard Cornwell