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Author
Series
A frankie elkin novel volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Frankie Elkin, who readers first met in Before She Disappeared, learns of a young man who has gone missing in a national forest. Law enforcement has abandoned the search but a crew of people led by the young man's father are still looking. Sensing a father’s desperation, Frankie agrees to help—but soon sees that a missing person isn’t all that’s wrong here. And when more people start to vanish, Frankie realizes she’s up against something...
Author
Series
Publisher
Thomas Nelson
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"Murphy Shepherd's last rescue mission very nearly cost him his life. He'd like nothing more than to stay close to his wife and daughters for a while. But Bones's brother must be stopped, and there are so many who still need to know they are worth rescuing. As the cat-and-mouse game moves into the open, Murphy is tested at every turn--both physically and mentally. Then the unthinkable happens: his beloved mentor and friend is taken. Gone without a...
Author
Publisher
Delacorte Press
Language
English
Description
"Fishtail, Montana, is home to Anne and Pitt Pollock, local royalty, high school sweethearts, and owners of the successful Pollock ranch. The sprawling foothills of the Beartooth Mountains surround the town, overlooking the Pollocks' property and the nearby ranch belonging to Bill and Pattie Brown. The two couples have known each other since childhood. Their sons Peter Pollock and Matt Brown are also the best of friends. When they and two other local...
Author
Publisher
Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Readers take to the streets beside Susannah to bring home a host of missing pets. Along the way, Susannah finds a part of herself also lost. And when unexpected heartbreak shatters her own sense of direction, it is Ace--the shelter dog that started it all--who leads Susannah home. Inquisitive, instructive, heartrending, and hopeful, Where the Lost Dogs Go pays tribute to the missing dogs--and to the found--and to the restless space in between." --...
Author
Series
Publisher
Core Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing
Pub. Date
[2019]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
48 pages : color illustrations ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"After disasters, robots can help save lives. They search for survivors from their air, climb through piles of rubble, and help human rescue workers stay safe. Search-and-Rescue Robots introduces readers to examples of these robots, the challenges faced by their designers, and the advances that are on the horizon. Easy-to-read text, vivid images, and helpful back matter give readers a clear look at this subject. Features include a table of contents,...
6) The Search
Author
Language
English
Description
Fiona, a dog trainer who participates in canine search-and-rescue missions, is devastated after her fiance is murdered, but her emotions are rekindled when Simon, a newcomer to town, brings his puppy Jaws to her for obedience training.
Author
Series
A Ryder Creed novel volume 3
Language
English
Description
"In the new edge-of-your-seat thriller from New York Times-bestselling author Alex Kava, Ryder Creed, his K-9 search-and-rescue dogs, and FBI agent Maggie O'Dell find themselves at the center of a dire and mysterious case. In Chicago, a young man jumps from his thirtieth-story hotel room; along the Missouri river, a hunter and his son stumble upon a lake whose surface is littered with snow geese, all of them dead; and in southern Alabama, Ryder Creed...
8) Exit plan
Author
Series
Jerry Mitchell volume 3
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
412 p. : map ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jerry Mitchell is on exercises off the coast of Pakistan when his submarine, the USS Michigan, is ordered to a rendezvous off the Iranian coast. Once there, disembarked SEALs---experts in seaborne commando operations---are to extract two Iranian nationals who have sensitive information on Iran's nuclear weapons program.
Author
Edition
1st ed.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 18
Language
English
Description
In Nov. 1942 a U.S. cargo plane crashed into the Greenland ice cap, the B-17 sent on the search-and-rescue mission got caught in a storm and also crashed, miraculously all nine men aboard surrived. A second rescue operation was launched, but the plane, the Grumman Duck, flew into a storm and vanished. The survivors of the B-17 spent 148 days fighting to stay alive while waiting for rescue by famed explorer Bernt Balchen. Then in 2012 the U.S. Coast...
10) Red moon
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the dark of night during a raging storm, a criminal is on the loose in the Arizona badlands. His name is Wilson Orez. Half-Apache and a former cavalry scout, Orez is skilled with weapons, seasoned in the desert, and trained to keep a cool head while death lurks all around him. Or when it springs from his own hands.??Arizona Ranger Sam Burrack knows the only way to stop Orez is to kill him. But the madman has robbed a stagecoach, driven away its...
Author
Series
Publisher
Gareth Stevens Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 0.9 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages : color illustrations ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Helicopters are important assets for emergency crews when things go wrong. Taking to the air, helicopters use a different angle to get to those in trouble. Whether because of bad weather or natural disasters like earthquakes or forest fires, the brave crews working with rescue helicopters often put their own lives at risk to help those in need. This book for beginning readers looks at these special helicopters, explaining some important design features...
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
285 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
A woman who joined a search party for a missing 19 year-old discovers her hiding in a cave, terrified that her abusive boyfriend will kill her if he sees her again and must make a decision about keeping her secret.
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"A world at war. A beautiful young star. A mission no one expected. Paris, 1944. Celebrated singer Genevieve Dumont is both a star and a smokescreen. An unwilling darling of the Nazis, the chanteuse's position of privilege allows her to go undetected as an ally to the resistance. When her estranged mother, Lillian de Rocheford, is captured by Nazis, Genevieve knows it won't be long before the Gestapo succeeds in torturing information out of Lillian...
15) Stripes
Publisher
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2005
Edition
Extended cut ed.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (107 minutes) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When John Winger loses his apartment, girlfriend and job all in one day, he does what any red-blooded American would do: he joins the army and nearly starts WWIII.
16) Cold choices
Author
Series
Jerry Mitchell volume 2
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
477 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Following the events Jerry Mitchell encountered in Dangerous Ground, the pilot-turned-submarine officer is now a department head, the navigator, aboard USS Seawolf. Now on a mission deep in the Barents Sea, north of Russia, Seawolf explores the sea floor, part of a sophisticated reconnaissance plan that will watch the Russian navy as it trains for battle. Although well outside Russia's territorial waters, Seawolf is ambushed by Russia's newest submarine,...
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 7
Language
English
Description
"On June 23, 2018, twelve young players of the Wild Boars soccer team and their coach enter a cave in northern Thailand seeking an afternoon's adventure. But when they turn to leave, rising floodwaters block their path out. The boys are trapped! Before long, news of the missing team spreads, launching a seventeen-day rescue operation involving thousands of rescuers from around the globe. Combining firsthand interviews of rescue workers with in-depth...
Author
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
489 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
In the wake of the Oklahoma City bombing, Susannah Charleson clipped a photo from the newspaper: an exhausted canine handler, face buried in the fur of his search-and-rescue dog. A dog lover and pilot with search experience herself, Susannah was so moved by the image that she decided to volunteer with a local canine team and soon discovered firsthand the long hours, nonexistent pay, and often heart-wrenching results they face. Still she felt the call,...
20) Silent creed
Author
Series
A Ryder Creed novel volume 2
Language
English
Description
Racing to North Carolina with his best search-and-rescue dog in the aftermath of a devastating mudslide, Ryder Creed is rescued from a second slide only to uncover evidence of a possible serial killer.