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141) Threat vector
Author
Series
Jack Ryan jr volume 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
As China plans to invade Taiwan, and launches a cyber attack on the U.S., President Jack Ryan, his son, and the team at the Campus have to act fast if they are going to stop the increasingly rogue nation.
142) Funny girl: a novel
Author
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
8 audio discs (10 hr., 30 min.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set in 1960's London, this is a lively account of the adventures of the intrepid young Sophie Straw as she navigates her transformation from provincial ingenue to television starlet amid a constellation of delightful characters.
143) Live by night
Author
Language
English
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Description
In 1926, during the Prohibition, Joe Coughlin defies his strict law-and-order upbringing by climbing a ladder of organized crime that takes him from Boston to Cuba where he encounters a dangerous cast of characters who are all fighting for their piece of the American dream.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.8 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Presents a true account of the early twentieth-century murders of dozens of wealthy Osage and law-enforcement officials, citing the contributions and missteps of a fledgling FBI that eventually uncovered one of the most chilling conspiracies in American history.
145) Animal instinct
Author
Series
Language
English
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Description
"The K Team is back in the second installment in this spinoff series from bestselling author David Rosenfelt's beloved Andy Carpenter mysteries. Corey Douglas and his K-9 partner, a German shepherd named Simon Garfunkel, are recently retired police officers turned private investigators. Along with fellow former cop Laurie Collins and her investigating partner, Marcus, they call themselves the K Team, in honor of Simon. The K Team's latest case - a...
146) Angela's ashes
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 23
Language
English
Description
The author recounts his childhood in Depression-era Brooklyn as the child of Irish immigrants who decide to return to worse poverty in Ireland when his infant sister dies.
Author
Series
Brodie volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
Private detective Jackson Brodie finds his own need for resolution sparked by three investigations, including that of two sisters who discover a shocking clue to the disappearance of their third sister thirty years earlier.
Author
Language
English
Description
"THE INSIDE STORY ON PRESIDENT TRUMP, AS ONLY BOB WOODWARD CAN TELL IT. With authoritative reporting honed through eight presidencies from Nixon to Obama, author Bob Woodward reveals in unprecedented detail the harrowing life inside President Donald Trump's White House and precisely how he makes decisions on major foreign and domestic policies. Woodward draws from hundreds of hours of interviews with firsthand sources, meeting notes, personal diaries,...
149) Sourdough : a novel
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Formats
Description
A software engineer is left a sourdough starter from sibling bakers after they're forced to close their shop, a gift that leads to a new vocation, a legal dispute, and a venture into a secret market that fuses food with technology.
150) The testament
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
A suicidal billionaire, a burnt-out Washington litigator, and a woman who has forsaken technology to work in the wilds of Brazil are all brought together by an astounding mystery of the testament
152) Little black dress
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Magazine editor Jane Avery spends her nights alone until a little black dress turns her loose, and suddenly she's surrendering to her dark desires, with New York City as her playground.
Author
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
p2007
Physical Desc
16 sound discs (ca. 20 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
The former Federal Reserve Board chairman reveals the financial close call that nearly resulted in an economic disaster after September 11, his efforts to safeguard American interests, and the personal and educational history that informed his choices.
154) Legacy of Ashes
Author
Publisher
Blackstone Audio Inc
Pub. Date
p2007
Physical Desc
17 sound disc (21 hr., 30 min.): digital; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
155) Best in snow
Author
Language
English
Appears on list
Formats
Description
"In this Christmas mystery, lawyer Andy Carpenter and his golden retriever, Tara, are on the beat after a body turns up in the snow and a journalist is the prime suspect. Christmas has come early to the town of Paterson, New Jersey, in the form of a snowstorm that dumps two feet of snow on the ground. Lawyer Andy Carpenter likes snow - white Christmas and all that - but it can cause problems for the walks he takes his dogs on every day. When Andy's...
Author
Publisher
Distributed by Recorded Books
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
5 sound discs (6 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In his brief but notorious career, Abagnale donned a pilot's uniform and co-piloted a Pan Am jet, masqueraded as a member of hospital management, practiced law without a licence, passed himself off as a college sociology professor and cashed over $2.5 million in forged checks, all before he was twenty-one. Known by the police of twenty-six foreign countries and all fifty U.S. states as "The Skywayman", Abagnale lived a sumptuous life on the run --...
Author
Publisher
Harper Audio
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Unabridged.
Physical Desc
6 audio discs (6 1/2 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Spade takes fans back to his childhood as a wannabe cool younger brother and recounts his excruciating road-tour to fame, when he was regularly mistaken for a fourteen year-old. He dishes about his time on SNL during the beloved Rock/Sandler/Farley era of the 1990s, and brags about the ridiculous perks that fame has brought into his life, including a crazy assistant who attacked him while he was sleeping, being threatened on the street in Beverley...
159) The 17th suspect
Author
Series
Women's murder club volume 17
Language
English
Description
"A series of shootings exposes San Francisco to a methodical yet unpredictable killer, and a reluctant woman decides to put her trust in Sergeant Lindsay Boxer. The confidential informant's tip leads Lindsay to disturbing conclusions, including that something has gone horribly wrong inside the police department itself. The hunt for the killer lures Lindsay out of her jurisdiction, and gets inside Lindsay in dangerous ways. She suffers unsettling medical...
160) Déjà vu
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
The women of the Sisterhood find life after retirement to be too calm and peaceful, and when they reunite for a celebration in Las Vegas, they're called upon by the president to track down the wanted criminal Hank Jellicoe.