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1) Turbulence
Author
Series
Stone Barrington novels volume 46
Language
English
Description
In the electrifying new thriller from #1 New York Times-bestselling author Stuart Woods, Stone Barrington finds himself pitted against both man and nature. Stone Barrington and several friends are vacationing in Florida when an extreme weather event puts a damper on their trip. Even worse, the hurricane-force winds blow a powerful, noxious politician straight onto Stone's doorstep. Though they part ways before long, Stone soon learns that he hasn't...
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 14
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English
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When a climate-wars project involving the construction of a sophisticated floating city in the Arctic Circle begins to succumb to corruption and crime, the arrival of a woman riding an orca at the side of a polar-bear companion subtly brings together four marginalized people to stage strategic acts of resistance. By the award-winning author of the young-adult novel, The Art of Starving.
Author
Publisher
G. P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Twenty years after the Srebrenica massacre that claimed the life of his friend and colleague, Eric Petrosian is back in Sarajevo at the American embassy, and the specter of war once again hangs over the Balkans. The Bosnian Serb leader, who had for a time been seeking a stable peace, has turned back to his nationalist roots and is threatening to pull Bosnia apart in a bloody struggle for control . . . and behind him is a shadowy mafia figure pulling...
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English
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"What if a well respected doctor inexplicably goes on a murderous rampage? When Dr. John Meacham goes on a shooting spree at the office, his business partner, staff, and two patients are killed in the bloodbath. Then Meacham turns the gun on himself. The blame falls on Dr. Lou Welcome. Welcome worked with Merriman years before as a counselor after John's medical license had been revoked for drug addiction. Lou knew that John was an excellent doctor...
Pub. Date
©2002.
Language
English
Description
Jon Cold is a professional secret agent-for-hire. Admist political corruption, murder and bounty of back-stabbing bad guys, Cold is hired to deliver a package from France to Germany. Some dangerous people will stop at nothing to make sure that the package doesn't make it to its rightful owner. These men soon discover that getting in his way is a very dangerous decision.
7) The vaults
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2010
Language
English
Description
In a dystopian 1930s America, a chilling series of events leads three men down a path to uncover their city's darkest secret. A mysterious duplicate file is discovered deep within the Vaults, and their investigations call into question whether their most basic beliefs can be maintained in a climate of overwhelming corruption and conspiracy.
Author
Publisher
Regnery Publishing, a division of Salem Media Group
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
The Republican Congressman from Colorado who serves on multiple judiciary oversight committees reveals how both political parties work together to overtax Americans and force the nation into deeper debt.
Author
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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Description
The #1 bestselling author of Too Much and Never Enough examines America's national trauma, rooted in our history but dramatically exacerbated by the impact of current events and the Trump administration's corrupt and immoral policies, and reveals what must be done to rebuild our faith in leadership.
11) Rough justice
Author
Series
Publisher
Severn House Publishers
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"After ten years' absence and a spell in prison, Carl Burns has returned to his hometown of Rose City to offer support to his estranged daughter Kate, currently one of four witnesses testifying against former Mayor Joseph Sanderson III, who stands accused of multiple counts of underage rape. Carl is determined to get justice for Kate, whatever it takes. But with his former sister-in-law Frances his only ally, he finds himself incurring the wrath of...
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Bestselling author, podcast favorite, and Fox News contributor Dan Bongino delivers the third and most shocking of his acclaimed series chronicling the Deep State war against Donald Trump. Starting with the Trump impeachment hearings, Bongino works forward and backward to piece together the connections of a vast, well-funded cabal of wealthy Democrats and D.C. swamp elite to the non-stop deluge of manufactured scandals launched specifically to attack,...
Author
Publisher
Alfred A. Knopf
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
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Description
"A dazzling story of modern Nigeria and two families caught in the riptides of wealth, power, romantic obsession, and political corruption from the celebrated author of Stay with Me, "in the lineage of great works by Chinua Achebe and Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie" (The New York Times). Eniola is tall for his age, a boy who looks like a man. Because his father has lost his job, Eniola spends his days running errands for the local tailor, collecting newspapers,...
14) The first purge
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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Description
A new politcal party known as the New Founding Fathers of America conducts an experiment, where there are no laws on Staten Island for twelve hours.
15) Deep harbor
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Language
English
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Description
When Carol Ann "CJ" Jansen lost her beloved older brother, Kick, in a boating accident, she came adrift. Kick had taken on the role of caring for his little sister after their parents were killed in a car crash. Inheriting half his fortune has left CJ financially secure--yet needing a purpose. As administrative assistant to powerful congressman Snapper Lewis, she's immersed herself in the exciting and often tumultuous world of politics. But suddenly,...
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Helena Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
As the American presidential campaign season begins, veteran journalist Jack Sharpe uncovers dark money and foreign influence at work, earning him the enmity of powerful forces that will put the people he loves in harm's way.
Author
Publisher
Oneworld
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"Late one evening, investigative journalist Bastian Obermayer receives an anonymous message offering him access to secret data. Through encrypted channels, he then receives documents revealing how the president of Argentina has sequestered millions of dollars of state money for private use. This is just the beginning. Obermayer and fellow Süddeutsche journalist Frederik Obermaier find themselves immersed in the secret world where complex networks...
Author
Publisher
Simon & Shuster/BFYR
Pub. Date
[2018]
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
When Cameron Carter goes straight from high school in small-town California to a summer internship with a powerful U.S. Congressman he admires, he soon learns that not everything in Washington, D.C. is as it appears.
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