In 'Assassin's Creed: Heresy' by Christie Golden we are taken into the past in the most interesting of ways. Using technology to connect both the past and present, Golden gives us a riveting story behind the legend of Joan of Arc.
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Before there was Edward Snowden, there was Thomas Drake, William Binney, Ed Loomis, J. Kirk Wiebe, and Diane Roark.
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More powerful weapons and more powerful enemies ratchet up the fun to another level.
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In her old age Mary remembers when Jesus was an infant and an old man foretold of her son's death.
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I wanted to walk a line. It was a very hard and careful line to walk. I think we achieved it in the film.
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Is the inclusion of a gift receipt just a fail-safe mechanism or is it a coded message that the giver thinks the recipient will not like the gift?
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