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"In the latest electrifying adventure in Tom Clancy's #1New York Timesbestselling series, Jack Ryan, Jr., learns that sometimes the deadliest secret may be standing right next to you. Former U.S. Senator Weston Rhodes is a defense contractor with an urgent problem. His company needs someone to look over the books of Dalfan Technologies, a Singapore company--quickly. He turns to his old friend Gerry Hendley for help. Hendley Associates is one of the...
42) Radiant angel
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Series
John Corey volume 7
Language
English
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When Vasily Petrov, a colonel in the Russian Foreign Intelligence Service posing as a diplomat with the Russian U.N. Mission, mysteriously disappears from a Russian oligarch's party in Southampton, it's up to Corey to track him down. What are the Russians up to and why? Is there a possible nuclear threat, a so-called radiant angel? Will Corey find Petrov and put a stop to whatever he has planned before it's too late?
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Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2023]
Physical Desc
352 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
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"You're standing in front of your refrigerator, a week after your last trip to the supermarket. You've got a bunch of random veggies, some wrinkly fruit, near-expired milk, and those pricey fresh herbs you bought for that one recipe and don't know how to use up. For a split second you picture yourself opening a trash bag, throwing everything away, and ordering takeout. We've all been there. But instead...you pick up this cookbook. In no time you've...
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"Follows the young Mitch Rapp on a deadly mission to hunt down the men responsible for the Pan Am Lockerbie terrorist attack. For months, Mitch Rapp has been steadily working his way through a list of men, bullet by bullet. With each kill, the tangled network of monsters responsible for the slaughter of 270 civilians becomes increasingly clear. He is given his next target: a plump Libyan diplomat who is prone to drink and is currently in Paris without...
Author
Publisher
Pantheon Books
Pub. Date
[2023]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxiv, 431 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"From the acclaimed author of How to Sell--and based on his viral Huffington Post article--comes a deeply intimate, insightful, and at times even funny portrait of the suicidal mind, combining the author's personal experience with a philosophical, literary, and journalistic inquiry into the subject "If you're going to write a book about suicide, you have to be willing to say the true things, the scary things, the humiliating things. Because everybody...
46) Moscow rules
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English
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Investigating the suspicious death of a journalist in Moscow, Gabriel Allon learns of the machinations of a former KGB colonel whose covert arms dealing business is part of a larger plot to challenge the global dominance of the United States.
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Scot Harvath volume 11
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English
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When his name is added to a secret government list of individuals slated for assassination, counterterrorism operative Scot Harvath engages in a high-stakes game of survival while struggling to prevent a terrorist attack and learn who has framed him for treason.
Author
Publisher
Picture Window Books, a Capstone Imprint
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
24 pages ; 24 cm
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English
Description
"Sensitive, narrative text from illustrated animal characters shows readers what covert bullying is and provides possible solutions to stop it"--
51) House of spies
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English
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Four months after the deadliest attack on the American homeland since 9/11, terrorists leave a trail of carnage through London's glittering West End. The attack is a brilliant feat of planning and secrecy, but with one loose thread. The thread leads Gabriel Allon and his team of operatives to the south of France and to the gilded doorstep of Jean-Luc Martel and Olivia Watson. A beautiful former British fashion model, Olivia pretends not to know that...
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Series
A Pike Logan thriller volume 7
Publisher
Dutton
Language
English
Description
"In the latest military thriller from the retired Delta Force Operator and New York Times bestselling author, a hostage situation places America's most powerful political elite at the mercy of its worst enemies. When veteran operator Pike Logan and partner Jennifer Cahill receive a letter from Blaisdell Consulting-the umbrella cover company for their real employer, a top secret counterterrorist unit called the Taskforce-they expect orders for their...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xxi, 279 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Over the last 30 years of epidemics and pandemics, we learned nearly every lesson needed to stop this coronavirus outbreak in its tracks. We heeded almost none of them. The result is a pandemic on a scale never before seen in our lifetimes. In this captivating, authoritative, and eye-opening book, science journalist Debora MacKenzie lays out the full story of how and why it happened: the previous viruses that should have prepared us, the shocking...
54) Code red
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Series
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Emily Bestler Books, Atria
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First Emily Bestler Books/Atria Books hardcover edition.
Language
English
Description
"Mitch Rapp hates owing anyone a favor--especially when it's the world's most powerful crime lord. But when Damian Losa calls, Mitch is honor-bound to answer. The Syrian government appears to have created a highly addictive new narcotic that it plans to distribute throughout Europe. It's a major threat to Losa's business and he's determined to send someone to keep him on top by any means necessary. Rapp is the perfect choice for the mission. Not only...
55) Phantom
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Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2012
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
When a Russian submarine is hijacked, American anti-ballistic missiles explode in their silos, and a USAF F-15 launches missiles at an aircraft it was meant to protect, counterspy Alex Hawke and his M16 colleague Ambrose Congreve investigate.
56) Tsar: a thriller
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Series
Alexander hawke volume 5
Language
English
Description
When a vastly powerful new Russian tsar threatens America not to interfere with plans to reintegrate Russia's rogue states, espionage agent Alex Hawke investigates the disturbingly related destruction of a small midwestern community.
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Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2023.
Physical Desc
viii, 628 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"Uncover the evidence-based science to slowing the effects of aging, from the New York Times bestselling author of the How Not to Die series When Dr. Michael Greger, founder of NutritionFacts.org, dove into the top peer-reviewed anti-aging medical research, he realized that diet could regulate every one of the most promising strategies for combating the effects of aging. We don't need Big Pharma to keep us feeling young-we already have the tools....