Michael Page
Author
Series
Martin Fallon novels volume 2
Language
English
Description
No one becomes a contract killer and expects to hang around to collect a pension. Sooner or later, even the best make mistakes. Even Martin Fallon, the most ruthless of them all. Fallon was the best anyone could get with a gun in his hand. His first mistake was to cross powerful crime boss Jack Meehan. His last, to seek redemption for his soul.
Author
Series
Peter Nimble adventures volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
Raised to be a thief, blind orphan Peter Nimble, age ten, steals from a mysterious stranger three pairs of magical eyes, that lead him to a hidden island where he must decide to become a hero or resume his life of crime.
4) Persuasion
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Language
English
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"Jane Austen's final novel is her most mature and wickedly satirical. It follows the story of Anne Elliott, a teenager engaged to a seemingly ideal man, Frederick Wentworth. But after being persuaded by her friend Lady Russell that he is too poor to be a suitable match, Anne ends their engagement. When they are reacquainted eight years later, their circumstances are transformed: Frederick is returning triumphantly from the Napoleonic War, while Anne's...
Author
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
"It's 1935. Rita Feuerstahl comes to the university in Krakow intent on enjoying her freedom. But life has other things in store--marriage, a love affair, a child, all in the shadows of the oncoming war. When the war arrives, Rita is armed with a secret so enormous that it could cost the Allies everything, even as it gives her the will to live. She must find a way both to keep her secret and to survive amid the chaos of Europe at war. Living by her...
Author
Series
Sean Dillon volume s. 15-16
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Blake Johnson, dispatched by the U.S. president, and Harry Miller, sent by the British prime minister, join forces to stop a Russian officer from torching a mosque in still-troubled Kosovo.
Disillusioned with the Putin Government, famous Russian writer and ex-paratrooper Alexander Kurbsky decides he wants to disappear into the West. However he is under no illusions about how the news will be greeted at home - he has seen too many of his countrymen...
Author
Series
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
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While searching the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son, Jim Hawkins, find a treasure map that leads them to a pirate's fortune. Hawkins sets sail on board the ship Hispaniola to find the treasure.
While going through the possessions of a deceased guest who owed them money, the mistress of the inn and her son find a treasure map that leads to a pirate fortune as well as great danger.