Tom Clancy
1) Red rabbit
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 36
Language
English
Description
It is very early in Jack Ryan’s career—so early that he has not yet even become an analyst for the CIA. But a series of nasty encounters with an IRA splinter group has brought Ryan to the attention of the CIA’s Deputy Director and his British counterpart. They offer him his first job as a freelance analyst, and he readily accepts. Debriefing a high-level Russian defector, however, he comes across an unbelievable plot: top Soviet...
Author
Publisher
Putnam
Pub. Date
c1996
Language
English
Description
When a Japanese airliner plows into the Capitol building killing the President and most of the members of his Cabinet and Congress, Jack Ryan reluctantly assumes the role of Commander in Chief and must simultaneously calm the nation, conduct an investigation, reassemble the government, and face off with the country's enemies.
11) Locked on
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 33
Language
English
Description
Coming out of retirement to run for president, Jack Ryan finds himself in the middle of a high-stakes attack from his opponent as his close comrade, John Clark, is the subject of treacherous charges, at the same time Jack Ryan, Jr. and other members of Campus struggle to stop terrorists.
19) Battle ready
Author
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2004
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 32
Language
English
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's
Pub. Date
c1999
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 9.7 - AR Pts: 43
Language
English
Description
Examines the role of the U.S. Air Force in the Gulf War, focusing on the contributions of General Chuck Horner who served as commander of the U.S. and allied air campaign; provides insight into the rebuilding of the Air Force since Vietnam; and discusses how war has changed in the last decade of the twentieth century.