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Jack Reacher volume 16
Language
English
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Traces the story of Jack Reacher's early life in the military before the events that rendered him a vigilante hero on the road.
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English
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Reacher had no idea where he was. No idea how he had gotten there. But someone must have brought him. And shackled him. And whoever had done those things was going to rue the day. That was for damn sure.
Jack Reacher wakes up alone, in the dark, handcuffed to a makeshift bed. His right arm has suffered some major damage. His few possessions are gone. He has no memory of getting there.
The last thing Reacher can recall is the car he hitched a ride...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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One of Time Magazine's 100 Best Fantasy Books of All Time
"I have no doubt this will end up being the best fantasy debut of the year...I have absolutely no doubt that [Kuang's] name will be up there with the likes of Robin Hobb and N.K. Jemisin." — Booknest
From #1 New York Times bestselling author of Babel and Yellowface, the brilliantly imaginative debut of R.F. Kuang: an epic historical military
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Sigma Force volume 15
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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For eons, the city of Troy--whose legendary fall was detailed in Homer's Iliad--was believed to be myth, until archaeologists in the nineteenth century uncovered its ancient walls buried beneath the sands. In the frozen tundra of Greenland, a group of modern-day researchers stumble on a shocking find: a medieval ship buried a half-mile below the ice. The ship's hold contains a collection of even older artifacts--tools of war--dating back to the Bronze...
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Pub. Date
2013
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English
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Written by gifted storyteller Winston Groom (author of Forrest Gump), The Aviators tells the saga of three extraordinary aviators--Charles Lindbergh, Eddie Rickenbacker, and Jimmy Doolittle--and how they redefine heroism through their genius, daring, and uncommon courage.
This is the fascinating story of three extraordinary heroes who defined aviation during the great age of flight. These cleverly interwoven tales of their
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English
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"A taut, psychologically suspenseful military thriller from #1 New York Times bestselling author Nelson DeMille--writing with his son, screenwriter Alex DeMille--about two army investigators on the hunt in Venezuela for an army deserter who might know too much about a secret Pentagon operation"--
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A Pike Logan thriller volume 13
Publisher
Dutton
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388 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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"Former Special Forces Officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a heart-pounding thriller featuring Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill as they come face to face with a conspiracy where nothing is as it seems. Hot on the trail of a North Korean looking to sell sensitive US intelligence to the Syrian regime, Pike Logan and the Taskforce stumble upon something much graver: the sale of a lethal substance called...
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A Pike Logan thriller volume Book 11
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English
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"Former Delta Force officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a relentlessly fast-paced, gripping thriller featuring Taskforce operators Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill as they come face-to-face with an insidious threat to strike terror into the heart of America. Fifteen years ago, in order to win a contract in the Kingdom, a desperate defense contractor used a shell company to provide a bribe to a wealthy Saudi businessman....
10) The summer house
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English
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Investigating four Army Rangers who have been implicated in the destruction of a luxurious summer lake resort, Army Major and former NYPD cop Jeremiah Cook is stonewalled by local law enforcement and dangerous secrets.
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Mitch Rapp novel volume 23
Publisher
Emily Bestler Books, Atria
Pub. Date
2024.
Physical Desc
453 pages ; 25 cm.
Language
English
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April 2011: On a remote mountaintop overlooking the remains of the Iranian nuclear weapons program, Azad Ashani witnesses a Quds Force demonstration of a capability meant to upend America’s war in the Middle East. Ashani, director of the Iranian Ministry of Intelligence and Security and Irene Kennedy’s former back channel to the Iranian government, recognizes the demonstration’s true significance, and the nation-ending conflict it will provoke....
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Pike Logan volume 10
Language
English
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The Taskforce has stopped countless terrorist threats across the globe, operating outside of US law to prevent the death of innocents. But now, along the fault lines of the old Iron Curtain, the danger is far greater than a single attack. With Russia expanding its influence from Syria to the Baltic States, the Taskforce is placed on stand-down because of the actions of one rogue operator. Meanwhile, Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill travel to Poland,...
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Publisher
Arcade Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
326 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Placed in charge of a team of black scouts by a skeptical General David Hunter, Harriet Tubman devises the largest plantation raid of the Civil War and leads a fleet of gunships up the Combahee River in South Carolina in an attempt to free hundreds of slaves.
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Liberation trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
In the first volume of his monumental trilogy about the liberation of Europe in WW II, Pulitzer Prize winner Rick Atkinson tells the riveting story of the war in North Africa. The liberation of Europe and the destruction of the Third Reich is a story of courage and enduring triumph, of calamity and miscalculation. That first year of the Allied war was a pivotal point in American history, the moment when the United States began to act like a great...
15) Blue moon
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Jack Reacher volume 24
Language
English
Description
Reacher is on a Greyhound bus, minding his own business, with no particular place to go, and all the time in the world to get there. Then he steps off the bus to help an old man who is obviously just a victim waiting to happen. But you know what they say about good deeds. Now Reacher wants to make it right. An elderly couple have made a few well-meaning mistakes, and now they owe big money to some very bad people. One brazen move leads to another,...
Author
Series
Jack Reacher volume 9
Pub. Date
2005
Language
English
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Description
Ex-military investigator Jack Reacher is called in by James Barr, a man accused of a lethal sniper attack that leaves five people dead, and teams up with a young defense attorney to find an unseen enemy who is manipulating events.
17) Tides of fire
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Series
Sigma Force volume 17
Publisher
William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Language
English
Description
"An international research station in the Coral Sea comes under siege during a geological disaster that triggers massive quakes, deadly tsunamis, and volcanic eruptions. To stop the world from burning, it's up to Sigma Force to uncover a secret buried at the heart of our planet"--
18) Battle tanks
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Series
Publisher
Gloucester Press
Pub. Date
1990
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 30 cm.
Language
English
Description
Discusses the history, technology, and future of different types of tanks, focusing on the engines, weapons, crews, defenses, combat use, and the development of anti-tank weapons.
19) Combat aircraft
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Publisher
F. Watts
Pub. Date
1986
Physical Desc
32 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 26 cm.
Language
English
Description
Examines the many uses of combat aircraft in modern warfare.
20) Bomber planes
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Publisher
Capstone Press
Pub. Date
1996
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 p. : ill., col. photos.
Language
English
Description
This book describes the design of various types of bombers, their uses in combat, and their role in the future.
