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(John Anthony).Ranger's apprentice volume 6
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Will, who is now a full-fledged Ranger, must rescue his friend Alyss from a rogue knight and uncover vital information needed to ward off a Scotti invasion.
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"In May 1863, after months of hard and bitter combat, Union troops under the command of Major General Ulysses S. Grant at long last successfully cross the Mississippi River. They force the remnants of Confederate Lieutenant General John C. Pemberton's army to retreat to Vicksburg, burning the bridges over the Big Black River in its path. But after sustaining heavy casualties in two failed assaults against the rebels, Union soldiers are losing confidence...
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[2019]
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In his follow-up to Fire and Fury, Michael Wolff writes about a presidency under fire from almost every side. At the outset of Trump's second year as president, his situation is profoundly different. No longer tempered by experienced advisers, he is more impulsive and volatile than ever. But the wheels of justice are inexorably turning: Robert Mueller's 'witch hunt' haunts Trump every day, and other federal prosecutors are taking a deep dive into...
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"Boston in 1775 is an island city occupied by British troops after a series of incendiary incidents by patriots who range from sober citizens to thuggish vigilantes. After the Boston Tea Party, soldiers and residents have warily maneuvered around each other until April 19, when violence finally erupts at Lexington and Concord. In June, skirmishes give way to outright war in the Battle of Bunker Hill. It would be the bloodiest battle of the Revolution...
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Tapestry volume 2
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Random House Children's Books
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2008.
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English
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Twelve-year-old Max and his allies risk much as they seek to acquire the Book of Origins, an artifact of unimaginable power, in hopes of halting the ancient evil that is bringing the world to its knees.
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
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[2015]
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English
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"1141. England is engulfed in war as King Stephen and his cousin, the Empress Matilda, vie for the crown. In this dangerous world, not even Emma, an eleven-year-old peasant, is safe. A depraved monk obsessed with redheads kidnaps the ginger-haired girl from her village and leaves her for dead. When an archer for hire named Gwyl finds her, she has no memory of her previous life. Unable to abandon her, Gwyl takes the girl with him, dressing her as a...
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Ubisoft, Inc
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English
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"Inspired by the reality of counter-terrorist units around the world, Tom Clancy's Rainbow Six Siege invites you to step into the assault boots of unique counter-terrorist Operators and lead your team through thrilling and destructive team-based combat."--Container.
10) The siege
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Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 4
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English
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"Enraged by his clash with Soren and driven by and all-consuming desire for power, Kludd and his group, the Pure Ones, launch an attack upon the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. The noble owls who live there must fight fiercely to protect their resources and defend their honor."--P. 4 cover.
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Monster hunter volume 6
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Baen
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English
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"When Monster Hunter International's top hunter, Owen Zastava Pitt, was given a tip about some missing hunters, he didn't realize their rescue mission would snowball into the single biggest operation in MHI's history. Their men are being held prisoner in a nightmare dimension only reachable through radioactive ruins of a monster-infested war zone. And it is also the home base of the powerful creature behind the devastating attacks on the Last Dragon...
12) The siege
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Sourcebooks Fire
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[2016]
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English
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Adam and the other robotized teenagers in the Pioneer Project must once again battle Sigma, the rogue artificial intelligence program bent on destroying Adam and all of humanity by first corrupting the Six from the inside.
13) The siege
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As a lovely weekend approaches on the Yale campus it appears that a number of students--including the sons of both the Secretary of the Army and newest Supreme Court justice--may have gone missing. Attention quickly focuses on the fortress-like tomb of one of Yale's secret societies. Suspended Boulder police detective Sam Purdy soon finds himself in New Haven, where he joins FBI agent Christopher Poe and CIA analyst Deirdre Drake to solve the riddle...
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2023.
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"When an actor in a local play is attacked during a performance, Bruno must learn whether it was an accident, a crime of passion, or an assassination attempt with implications far beyond the small French village. The town of Sarlat is staging a reenactment of its liberation from the British in the Hundred Years War when the play's French hero, Brice Kerquelin, is stabbed and feared fatally wounded. Is it an unfortunate prop malfunction--or something...
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In September 1941, Adolf Hitler's Wehrmacht surrounded Leningrad in what was to become one of the longest and most destructive sieges in Western history -- almost three years of bombardment and starvation that culminated in the harsh winter of 1943-1944. More than a million citizens perished. Survivors recall corpses littering the frozen streets, their relatives having neither the means nor the strength to bury them. Residents burned books, furniture,...
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Bombardier Books
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[2021]
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English
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"Defund the police" is shouted in the streets. A.C.A.B. is painted on precinct buildings. Countless citizens believe all police are racists. In this era of civil unrest and political divide, how do Black cops - or any cops - maintain the motivation and commitment to do their job? Former police officer, co-founder of BLEXIT, and Founder and CEO of The Officer Tatum -Brandon Tatum shares his story and the stories of other police officers in the pages...
18) Time siege
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Time salvager volume 2
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2016.
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English
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"Having been haunted by the past and enslaved by the present, James Griffin-Mars is taking control of the future, one in which Earth is a toxic, sparsely inhabited wasteland-- the perfect place for a fugitive ex-chronman to hide from authorities. James has allies, scientists he rescued from previous centuries: Elise Kim, who believes she can renew Earth, given time; Grace Priestly, the venerated inventor of time travel herself; Levin, James's mentor...
19) Under siege
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Pocket Books
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[1990]
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English
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A fighter pilot races to stop a terrorist plot in Washington, DC, in this thriller by a New York Times–bestselling author hailed as “brilliant” by Tom Clancy.
When the psychotic Colombian drug lord Chano Aldana is extradited to the United States for trial, he brings his army of vicious mercenaries with him. And as Aldana’s hit men target the President of the United States, the capital is plunged...20) American siege
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Vertical
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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An ex-NYPD officer-turned-sheriff of a small Georgia town must infiltrate a building filled with heavily armed terrorists who have taken a wealthy doctor hostage.
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