Michael Page
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Series
Martin Fallon novels volume 2
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English
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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.
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English
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In 1943 London, Professor Alfred Vicary, a mild-mannered academic turned spycatcher, plays a cat-and-mouse game with beautiful Catherine Blake, an undercover German spy and trained assassin trying to ferret out the secret of the D-Day invasion.
Winston Churchill has carefully chosen a history professor named Alfred Vicary to become an agent for one of Britain's counter-intelligence operations. Vicary is called upon to stop an unknown spy from uncovering...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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Elena lives in the poor Russian countryside. Her father is dead and her brothers have been forced into the Tsar's army. Her mother is dying, and there is no food. But then a train arrives carrying untold wealth, a cornucopia of food, and a noble family; a family that includes Ekaterina, a girl of Elena's age. When the two girls meet, an adventure is set in motion that includes mistaken identity, a monk locked in a tower, a prince traveling incognito,...
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Peter Nimble adventures volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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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.
8) Persuasion
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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...
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Blake Johnson travels to Kosovo on a mission assigned by the U.S. President. Major Harry Miller is there on a similar mission for the Prime Minister of Great Britain. When Miller intervenes with a group of soldiers planning a vicious act, their leader is killed, setting off an explosive series of events whose conclusion is very much in doubt.
10) Collision course
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Titanic volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
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The Titanic has hit the high seas--and moves steadily toward its doom. Within the luxury of the cabins and the dark underbelly of the ship, mysteries unfold--a secret killer who may be on board, a legacy that may be jeopardized, and a vital truth that will soon be revealed. For Paddy, Sophie, Juliana, and Alfie, life on the Titanic brings both hiding and seeking, as their lives become irrevocably intertwined. And then, of course, an iceberg appears,...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
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English
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"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...
13) S.O.S
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Titanic volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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For Paddy, Sophie, Juliana, and Alfie, the Titanic is full of mysteries. They're to be found in the opulent first-class cabins and promenade decks or the shadows in the underbelly of the ship. Secrets and plans are about to be revealed, and time is running out. The four of them need to find the truth, unmask the killer, and try not to go down with the ship.
14) Unsinkable
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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"The Titanic is meant to be unsinkable, but as it begins its maiden voyage, there's plenty of danger waiting for four of its young passengers. Paddy is a stowaway, escaping a deadly past. Sophie's mother is delivered to the ship by police after she and Sophie have been arrested. Juliana's father is an eccentric whose riches can barely hide his madness. And Alfie is hiding a secret that could get him kicked off the ship immediately. The lives of these...
15) Brought in dead
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Series
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Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2010]
Language
English
Description
College student Joanna Craig committed suicide. That's the official ruling of the courts. Detective Nick Miller was unable to convince them that corrupt businessman and heroin dealer Max Vernon is responsible for forcibly turning Joanna into a junkie. Joanna's father Duncan, however, doesn't need any convincing. Unfortunately, he also can't be convinced not to take the law into his own hands.
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Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2007
Language
English
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Eleven-year-old twins Jason and Julia, along with their friend Rick, match wits with Peter Dedalus, the elusive inventor who created Kilmore Cove's Mirror House, as they try to uncover the secret hidden somewhere inside before Oblivia Newton can find it.
Author
Series
Ulysses Moore volume 2
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
cp2006
Language
English
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"Jason, Julia, and Rick have crossed through the Door to Time into ancient Egypt, a land of labyrinths, riddles, and secrets. But when the passageway collapses around them, Julia ends up back at home, in the present--with the door shut tight behind her. Now the boys are trapped in the past, and there's just one way to get back to Argo Manor. They must find the long-lost map of Kilmore Cove hidden somewhere in Egypt's Land of Punt. And to do so,...
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Series
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
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In "Bad Company," when Hitler's secret diary resurfaces, revealing a plot between the United States and Germany to join forces against the Soviet Union, White House operative Blake Johnson acts to secure the diary and keep it hidden.
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...
20) Treasure Island
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.3 - AR Pts: 12
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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.