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1) The weekend
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A group of old friends and lovers gather after decades apart at a country estate to celebrate the first weekend of freedom for Jörg, a convicted murderer and terrorist who has been released from prison after twenty-four years, sending shockwaves through the nation.
2) Pygmy
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Begins here first account of operative me, agent number 67 on arrival Midwestern American airport greater _____ area. Flight _____. Date _____. Priority mission top success to complete. Code name: Operation Havoc. Thus speaks Pygmy, one of a handful of young adults from a totalitarian state sent to the United States, disguised as exchange students, to live with typical American families and blend in, all the while planning an unspecified act of massive...
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Roger Ferris is one of the CIA's soldiers in the war on terrorism. He left Iraq with a shattered leg and a mission - to penetrate the network of a master terrorist known only as 'Suleiman'. But when his scheme begins to unravel, Ferris finds himself flying blind into a hurricane. His only hope is the urbane head of Jordan's intelligence service. But can Ferris trust him?
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 10
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During a state funeral for a beloved former First Lady in New York City's largest cathedral, the unthinkable occurs. Armed men disguised as monks seize the church and seal themselves inside, along with more than one hundred of the most powerful people in America. The captives include world leaders, actors, TV stars, athletes, and politicians, and the kidnappers are armed with enough C4 explosives to blow a crater in the middle of Manhattan.
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Retired CIA officer Michael Osbourne, lured back to the Agency after his father-in-law, ex-Senator Douglas Cannon, is nominated to be the American ambassador to London, discovers a plot to disrupt the peace of Northern Ireland that involves the assassination of Cannon.
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"Jack Reacher is back in the brand-new, page-turning thriller from acclaimed #1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child. Reacher isn't one to back down from a fight. And when a shadowy crew raises the stakes, he won't hesitate to teach them a lesson: When you pick a fight with Reacher, you're better off dead"--
7) The patient
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.5 - AR Pts: 18
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Dr. Jessie Copeland, having pioneered a tiny robot designed to excise tumors that had previously been considered inoperable, draws the attention of remorseless mercenary Claude Malloche who thinks nothing of threatening the lives of thousands of people in order to get Copeland to use her technology on his brain tumor.
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THE DEFINITIVE BOOK ON ISIS Jay Sekulow, one of America's most influential attorneys, closely examines the rise of the terrorist groups ISIS and Hamas, explains their objectives and capabilities and how, if left undefeated, their existence could unleash a genocide of historic proportions. Recently, the world has been shaken by gruesome photos and videos that have introduced us to the now infamous terrorist group known as ISIS. The world's wealthiest...
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A novel of international espionage and personal vengeance from the author Lee Childs called "better than John Le Carré." Many years ago, a young American spy crossed the wrong people and found himself on the wrong side of Headquarters. He soon fell into a slow, shameful decline of poverty and self-destruction. But Headquarters didn't count on him having a son. Now, years later, the boy is an American spy himself, serving two masters: Headquarters...
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Penguin Audio
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p2010
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When members of a highly controversial squad of CIA and Army interrogators are being murdered one by one, special CIA operative John Wells is asked to investigate. However, as he digs deeper into the victims' dark pasts, Wells discovers that his own life is in jeopardy.
13) The Bomb Maker
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A "twisty, timely, and pulse-pounding" thriller from the New York Times bestselling author of the Butcher's Boy novels ( Entertainment Weekly ). A threat is called into the LAPD Bomb Squad and when tragedy ensues, the fragmented unit turns to Dick Stahl, a former Bomb Squad commander who now operates his own private security company. Just returned from a tough job in Mexico, Stahl is at first reluctant to accept the offer, but his sense of duty to...
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Lincoln Rhyme volume 16
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2023.
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"When a New York City construction crane mysteriously collapses, causing mass destruction and injury, Rhyme and Sachs are on the case. A political group claims responsibility for the sabotage and threatens another attack in twenty-four hours, unless its demands are met. The clock is ticking. Then a clue reveals to Rhyme that his nemesis, known as the Watchmaker, has come to town to fulfill his promise of murdering the criminalist. Now Rhyme and Sachs...
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