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Ann Aguirre
Also known as: Anne-Marie Aguirre
Ann Aguirre (born on Aug 27, 1970) is an American author of speculative fiction. She writes urban fantasy, romantic science fiction, apocalyptic paranormal romance (as Ellen Connor, with co-author Carrie Lofty), paranormal romantic suspense (as Ava Gray), and post-apocalyptic dystopian young-adult fiction.
It was a morning as bleak as the times.
— from Public enemies
Most acclaimed
Enklav
Efter katastrofen flyttade de överlevande ner i New Yorks tunnelbana. Där bildade de små barrikaderade samhällen, enklaver. Ute i gångarna lurpassar ätarna. Där överlever man inte länge på egen hand. När det ryktas att en enklav har attackerats och förstörts får Spadertvå och Tålig i uppdrag att ta reda på vad som hänt. Det de upptäcker ställer hela tillvaron i enklaven på sin spets. 15+ [Barnbokskatalogen].
Public enemies
The gripping and revealing inside story of Australia's most notorious armed robbers. In the Australia of the 1960s, 70s and 80s, armed robbers were the top of the criminal food chain. Their dash and violence were celebrated, and men like Russell 'Mad Dog' Cox and Ray Denning were household names long before Underbelly established Melbourne's gangland thugs as celebrities. Cox and Denning were once Australian Public Enemies Number One and Two. Both were handsome, charismatic bandits who refused to bow to authority. Both were classified as 'intractable' in prison, and both escaped. Cox was the only man to escape from Katingal, Australia's only 'escape-proof' jail. Soon after he broke out, he tried to break in again and rescue his mates. Their story is one of violence and crime, but it is also about the unimaginable horrors that young boys faced when condemned to 'institutions' in the 1960s, and the terrible conditions in Australian jails in the 70s and 80s. These were the hells where a whole generation of armed robbers was forged. Mark Dapin brings his brilliant research skills and distinctive, powerful narrative style to a book that explores the life of these infamous yet respected public enemies and the criminal world they inhabited. From armed robberies, shootings and bashings to prison floggings and jail breaks, this is the gritty, page-turning reality behind the headlines.
Endgame
In Endgame: The Betrayal and Fall of Srebrenica: Europe's Worst Massacre Since World War II, Pulitzer Prize-winning author David Rohde follows the experiences of seven central characters - three Muslims in Srebrenica, two Dutch peacekeepers charged with defending the surrounded town, and two Serb Army soldiers attacking it - through the ten-day period that changed the course of the war in Bosnia and was arguably the darkest hour in United Nations history. Drawing on previously undisclosed accounts of top-level UN meetings, internal documents, and hundreds of interviews with participants on all sides, Rohde exposes how the United States, France, Great Britain, the United Nations, and the Bosnian government - out of incompetence or cynicism - allowed 40,000 Muslims to fall into the hands of their potential executioners. Part of an apparent Serb endgame to win the war, Srebrenica's fall ended up playing a crucial role in the Clinton administration's "endgame strategy" that halted the conflict. The most comprehensive book to date on the subject, Endgame is a tale of cynical power politics in the post-Cold War era, a case study in genocide, and a disturbing testament to the power of propaganda and self-delusion.