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...Cuba--and the life-or-death tug-of-war that ensued between the U.S. and U.S.S.R. during those thirteen days of crisis in October 1962. The political saga moves from battles in the White House to the skies above Cuba, where...

...the spring of 1836 nearly 200 Texans--men of all races who believed in the future of Texas--held the fort for thirteen days under siege by General Antonio Lopez de Santa Anna, ruler of Mexico and commander of its forces. Led by three men...

Two friends, who thirteen years earlier fell in love with their high school goddess, now have only three days to change her mind about her upcoming marriage.

...gardenless apartment. With nothing to do and no friends, Tom spends his days bored and lonley, until a grandfather clock in the hallway mysteriously strikes thirteen and a grim back alleyway transforms into an enchanting phantom garden.

In the autumn of 1960, thirteen young men admitted as students in the Ocean Academy--a highly selective...two staff members with her. Those who live are rescued after two days at sea, but are then forced to weigh the fate of the difficult...

It is the summer of 1972. Thirteen-year old Janey and her parents settle into their isolated beach...hangovers. Meanwhile, Janey and her kid brother spend their unattended days playing by the ocean. Holding tight to her waning sexual allure...