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A series of unfortunate events volume 8
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On the run after being falsely accused of murder, the three Baudelaire orphans find themselves in the Heimlich Hospital, with the evil Count Olaf in close pursuit.
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Danger never sleeps volume 4
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"FBI Special Agent Caden Denning is part of the task force assigned to catch a serial killer targeting military families-only he needs Ava Jackson's help to do so. When the killer turns his sights on Ava, the investigation turns into a fight to survive"--
Ava Jackson entered the military shortly after high school, but her mother's illness forced her to request an early discharge. She lost her father while deployed, and there's no way she's going...
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2023
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • A GLAMOUR BEST BOOK OF THE YEAR • A hilarious new essay collection from Samantha Irby "engages readers with her characteristic combination of laugh-out-loud moments, heartfelt passages and plenty of awkward experiences.... Quietly Hostile will delight established fans and newcomers alike (Parade).
“Brilliant and one of the funniest people I’ve...
“Brilliant and one of the funniest people I’ve...
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"Preacher and Jamie MacCallister search for a hidden fortune that might be just a legend-but the bandits, bullets, and bloodshed they find are all too real ... Jamie MacCallister remembers the Alamo-especially one brave frontiersman who died fighting there. Now the fallen veteran's granddaughter needs Jamie's help. She's found a letter written by her grandfather with a map to the spot where Alamo legend Jim Bowie supposedly hid a fortune in silver...
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Solar warden volume 2
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By exposing the sinister Saurians, Navy SEAL Lieutenant Commander Mark Hunter and his team have more than proven themselves. Yet the war between humanity and the intergalactic aliens has only begun—now they must save themselves and all of civilization.
The JSST—the Joint Space Strike Team Hunter has put together from all branches of the U.S. military—is again deployed on board the Earth starcraft carrier Hillenkoetter on a mission to probe...
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When single mom and computer security specialist Kate Ford is suddenly and mysteriously put on administrative leave, she finds herself drawn into the drama of a lurid kidnapping case with ties to her company. Kate has enough on her plate dealing with a condition that leaves her extra-sensitive to stimuli, but the case is too juicy to leave untouched.
But what begins as simple curiosity quickly leads her to the country's darkest corners of power and...
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She's trying to save the world. He's pissed off with it.When their worlds collide, their only hope is each other.In the brutal landscape of Antarctica, reclusive scientist, Billie Everson, lives every day in a danger zone. But when she finds something that's been missing since World War II, enemies circle like vultures, pitching her and everyone else in the remote research station into the crosshairs of the world's most merciless killers.Ex-army hero,...
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In Paul Greci's Hostile Territory, a catastrophic earthquake strands four teens in the Alaskan wilderness-and leaves them without a civilization to return to.
Josh and three other campers at Simon Lake are high up on a mountain when an earthquake hits. The rest of the camp is wiped out in a moment-leaving Josh, Derrick, Brooke, and Shannon alone, hundreds of miles from the nearest town, with meager supplies, surrounded by dangerous Alaskan wildlife.
After...
9) Hostile
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An action-packed tale of shady business, international crime, and an antiviral wonder drug in the series Lee Child called "hard, fast, and really good."
A young financial executive has uncovered his new boss's plan to steal the patents to a new breakthrough drug-but before he can undermine the scheme, he is kidnapped.
The notoriously dangerous Chinese businessman will stop at nothing, including abduction and government corruption, to achieve his...
10) Hostile pursuit
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"Only twenty-four hours remain until marshal Nick McKenna's informant, Lori Carpenter, will testify against a powerful drug cartel. Nick has kept her safe for an entire year, but now all hell is breaking loose. With a team of cold-blooded assassins closing in, the by-the-book lawman decides to go rogue. He'll risk his life for duty...and put it all on the line for his irresistible witness." --
11) Hostile contact
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From the acclaimed author of Night Trap, Peacemaker and Top Hook, an exhilarating tale of modern espionage and flying adventure featuring US Navy intelligence officer Alan Craik — sure to appeal to the many fans of Tom Clancy and Dale Brown. For years, a high-level CIA mole has been passing secrets to china. Now he's gone, but he's left a deadly legacy... In the seas off Seattle, an unidentified submarine is shadowing American ballistic-missile...
12) Hostile Intent
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It starts with the unthinkable--the most horrific act of violence ever committed on American soil.
Only one man can stop them.
Hostile Intent
Code named Devlin, he exists in the blackest shadows of the United States government--operating off the grid as the NSA's top agent. He's their most lethal weapon. . .and their most secret. But someone is trying to draw him out into the open by putting America's citizens in the crosshairs--and they will continue...
13) Hostile Waters
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The Darkness is Coming
The last hope for mankind is the underwater stronghold of Pacifica. Now a ship that is critical to Pacifica's future has gone missing.
Captain Jay McNair has been given the task of finding that ship at any cost!
Unseen forces conspire to impede his mission at every turn.
The Seas of Pacifica have turned into
Hostile Waters.
14) Hostile Milieu
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This story, told from the position of different characters, illustrates the point that human freedom is an illusion and that the direction our individual lives take is often not up to us, but to the actions of others, individuals, groups of people, and the whole country. Our world really has a hostile environment, in which, competing interests often rob us of our humanity.
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The Ancients are coming.There's no doubt now, not after the signal the company intercepts. And that means the fighting between them and the Heralds will intensify. That will force the shadowy Collective to work harder, seeking a solution before the Heralds and Kaiahive doom humanity.And in the midst of the chaos, the crew are divided. They must trust themselves, and decide who around them they can trust. They must fight - for what they believe in,...
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At head office in New York, executive assistants are running around in turmoil getting the last important details together for the annual meeting in London, if they only knew the plans of others! A company controlled by the Chinese government wants to seat two new directors on the board of Advanced Surveillance Systems Inc., but will they? The reason is simple: as directors, they can obtain the classified design/engineering information on the new...
17) Hostile Borders
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The second instalment of the Home Team series, a combination of Vince Flynn and Richard Marcinko. A select group of former Special Forces operators takes up arms against a Mexican cartel that's moved beyond drugs and diamonds to radioactive isotope smuggling. Ex-Navy SEAL Ted Reaper packed his bags for Arizona, hoping to visit a good friend and catch up on some much-needed relaxation. But there is no rest for the weary when Reaper uncovers ties to...
18) Hostile Charms
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Enchanted romance or cursed love?
Seeing his ex-wife, Lucy Melling, happily remarried, Frederick Davenport longs to move on from his failed first love. However, he has no interest in the catty women in town who feed off gossip and the misery of others. Then Melissa Stone enters his life.
Assigned to ensure Lucy finishes her latest romance novel, Melissa moves into her house as a long-term guest. Little does she know, she's arriving just...
19) Mundo Hostil
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Cuando terminé de empacar, seguí a Papá hasta uno de sus jets privados. El piloto nos estaba esperando. A las pocas horas llegamos a Cabo Cañaveral; desde ahí fuimos llevados al Centro Espacial Kennedy. -¿Qué hacemos aquí, Papá? -Mi regalo de cumpleaños es un viaje al espacio en compañía de cuatro prestigiosos astronautas. Sé cuánto te gusta la astronomía y pensé que éste sería el obsequio perfecto. ...
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Victor Carl novels volume 1
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Hard-luck Philadelphia lawyer Victor Carl is just itching for the opportunity to sell out. Then good fortune comes knocking at his door in the guise of William Prescott III, a blue-blood attorney from one of the city's most prestigious firms. Prescott wants Victor to represent a councilman's aide who is on trial, along with his boss, for extortion, arson, and murder. It's the juiciest, highest-profile courtroom extravaganza in years -- and all Carl...