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1. Under siege
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A fighter pilot races to stop a terrorist plot in Washington, DC, in this thriller by a New York Times–bestselling author hailed as "brilliant" by Tom Clancy. When the psychotic Colombian drug lord Chano Aldana is extradited to the United States for trial, he brings his army of vicious mercenaries with him. And as Aldana's hit men target the President of the United States, the capital is plunged into chaos that only veteran fighter pilot Jake...
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Bruno Chief of Police volume 16
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English
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3 stars
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"When an actor in a local play is attacked during the performance, Bruno must learn whether it was an accident, a crime of passion--or an assassination attempt with implications far beyond the small French village"--
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Doubleday
Pub. Date:
2023
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English
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"A fox, grown strong on pepperoni pizza from the dustbins of the East End, dances along a railway track towards Essex, the territory of wild foxes and wilder huntsmen. An orca, mourning the loss of her mother in a valley west of Skye, knows that she must now lead the pod as matriarch. She swims again through her childhood, thinking about the old ways, the old roads, laid down thousands of years ago. But the old roads aren't so easy now. At moonrise...
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Crown
Pub. Date:
©2021
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English
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"An urgent, on-the-ground account of chaos and compassion from the front lines of COVID-19, from a New York Times journalist and a senior doctor at New York City's busiest emergency room. When Dan Koeppel texted his cousin Robert Meyer, a twenty-year veteran of the emergency room at Montefiore Medical Center in the Bronx, at the beginning of the COVID-19 crisis in the United States, he expected to hear that things were hectic. On a scale of 1 to 10,...
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"From pandemics to the climate crisis, humanity faces tougher challenges than ever. But our efforts to effectively tackle these existential crises are now hampered by a common threat: politically and ideologically motivated opposition to science. Michael E. Mann and Peter J. Hotez have spent the last twenty years on the front lines of the battle to convey accurate, reliable, and trustworthy information about science in the face of determined and nihilistic...
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3 stars
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"Just one year into Donald Trump's term as president, Michael Wolff told the electrifying story of a White House consumed by controversy, chaos, and intense rivalries. Fire and fury ... defined the first phase of the Trump administration : now, in Siege, Wolff has written an equally essential and explosive book about a presidency that is under fire from almost every side. At the outset of Trump's second year as president, his situation is profoundly...
7. Under siege
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Warner Home Video
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[1997]
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English
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5 stars
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Killer-elite commandos out to hijack the USS Missouri's nuclear arsenal overpower the crew, except for the cook, who just happens to be an ex-Navy SEAL and highly decorated combat operative.
10. Under Siege
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KV Taylor
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2020
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English
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After shaking off a toxic boyfriend, admissions counselor and activist Kieran returns to his safe place: the lake house. Andrew and Gabriel have welcomed him there as an occasional third in their bed since they got together, and nothing could be more comforting. Kieran knows it's not a long-term situation for him, but Andrew and Gabriel have other ideas.Just when everyone's settled, Andrew and Gabriel's unspecified law enforcement work brings Rocco,...
11. Under Siege
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Harlequin
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2024
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English
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In her time of need He's the perfect protection Josi Roberts's best friend is missing and teaming up with ranch hand Lincoln Beaumont is the key to bringing her home safe. But when their search is plagued by car chases, drive-by shootings, Molotov cocktails and house fires, staying calm is imperative. So is infiltrating an illegal fighting ring before time runs out. Will their fleeting romance-and very lives-be cut short by those determined to silence...
12. Under Siege
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Saddleback Educational Publishing
Pub. Date:
2009
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English
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Even struggling readers will find it hard to resist our exciting series of audiobooks in a variety of popular genres. These stories deal with mature themes involving culturally diverse characters. Written specifically for the struggling reader, these fast-paced books maintain student interest until the last page. Questions at the end of each title test students' strategy skills, vocabulary, and comprehension. All of the vehicles on Cole's Island seem...
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Threshold Editions
Pub. Date:
2025
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English
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"In this eye-opening memoir, Eric Trump relays surprising and gripping moments throughout his life and career as part of America's most powerful family. From his earliest memories of growing up as part of the Trump family to pivotal roles in the 2016 and 2024 presidential elections, spearheading strategies to combat lawfare, and leading the Trump Organization, Eric has been deeply invested in all aspects of his family's legacy. As one of his father's...
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2009
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English
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Meet Lucy McRae and two other young people, Willie Lord and Frederick Grant, all survivors of the Civil War's Battle for Vicksburg. In 1863, Union troops intend to silence the cannons guarding the Mississippi River at Vicksburg - even if they have to take the city by siege. To hasten surrender, they are shelling Vicksburg night and day. Terrified townspeople, including Lucy and Willie, take shelter in caves - enduring heat, snakes, and near suffocation....
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Becoming volume 4
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English
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They've discovered a possible cure.Can Kimberly get it to safety before all is lost? Months after the traumatic events in Atlanta, Kimberly Gellar and her new friends have established Woodside, a walled-in community of survivors led by the best, brightest, and most heroic among them. And a CDC doctor with them has created a promising cure for the virus and tested it on the man Kimberly has begun to fall for, who promptly shows strange and concerning...
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Warner Home Video
Pub. Date:
1997
Language:
English
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A renegade electronics wiz and his mercenary army have commandeered a passenger train and transformed it into a rolling command unit for a weapons satellite. One passenger, ex-Navy SEAL Casey Ryback, eludes capture and fights against the clock to rescue the train from disaster.
Publisher:
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date:
1997
Language:
English
Description:
A renegade electronics wiz and his mercenary army have commandeered a passenger train and transformed it into a rolling command unit for a weapons satellite. One passenger, ex-Navy SEAL Casey Ryback, eludes capture and fights against the clock to rescue the train from disaster.
19. Under Siege!
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Globe Pequot Publishing
Pub. Date:
2016
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English
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What is it like to be 13, trapped inside a fort, and surrounded by a superior enemy? Pedro has been told he is too young to fight. But he has skill and a unique knowledge of the land on his side. When the English attack the Castillo de San Marcos fort in the Spanish stronghold of St. Augustine in 1702, he and his friend Miguel are thrown into an adventure of a lifetime. Woods crawling with the enemy, a naval blockade, an escaped pirate with detailed...
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