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Author
Publisher
Oasis Audio
Pub. Date
p2009
Language
English
Description
Though psychiatrist Dr. Brendan McCarthy is blind, he sees himself clearly in a young patient named Antwone, a marine recently disabled in combat. Dr. McCarthy determines he'll do whatever it takes to rescue the young marine from despair. But ultimately it's McCarthy's big-hearted and courageous black Labrador, Nelson, who teaches both Antwone and McCarthy the real meaning of life after near-death.
762) Half a man
Author
Publisher
Candlewick Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Follows the experiences of a young man who after years of being told not to ask his World War II veteran grandfather about his injuries learns how his grandfather survived a torpedo attack on his ship.
764) Tough as they come
Author
Language
English
Description
"During his three combat-filled tours of duty in Afghanistan, former college sports star and skilled paratrooper U.S. Army Staff Sergeant Travis Mills never once backed down from the hardest challenges that came his way. The big, likable guy literally woke up every morning proudly singing the 82nd Airborne song to encourage and motivate the men he led. But late one afternoon in April 2012 while Travis and his men were on a routine mission near a remote...
Author
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The U.P. Trail: "In The U.P. Trail, a railroad man and a cowboy rescue a young woman left for dead in an Indian attack. The engineer, Warren Neale, and Allie Lee swiftly fall in love and are as swiftly parted when the men return to the task of forcing the Union Pacific rail line through the mountains of the West. Little do they know that greedy, bloodthirsty bandits stalk them all." -- Page [4] cover.
The Call of the Canyon: "With his health and...
Author
Series
North County trilogy volume 1
Publisher
Five Star Publishing
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"The Angels of North County is an adventure novel set in the late 1800s in the American West. The "Angels" are Civil War veterans exiled by the war to the horse country of North County. The Angels face off against a band of Native Americans led by a legendary warlord, the White Lion. The White Lion raids deep into the North County and his raid sets the Angels off on a journey of revenge that takes them down through the circles of the wasteland where...
770) Uncommon Valor
Publisher
Paramount Home Video
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
For over ten years, [Colonel Jason] Rhodes has been living a nightmare searching for his son who is listed as "missing in action" in Vietnam. After useless appeals to the government for information, Rhodes takes matters into his own hands. With financial backing of a Texas oil tycoon ... and the help of his son's five Marine buddies, Rhodes prepares to carry out a daring mission. After weeks of grueling training, the courageous veterans leave for...
771) 24, legacy: Season 1
Series
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
An adrenaline-fueled race against the clock to stop a devastating terrorist attack on United States soil, in the same real-time format that propelled the original genre-defining series.
Series
Publisher
Barbour Pub
Pub. Date
c2012
Language
English
Description
4 generations of heroes who face cruel circumstances may find a way to love again through being at Central Park. In Dream a little dream, Sean Wolfe has returned from his stint in Afghanistan defeated in both life and discouraged in love. Will old letters and an ancient coin delivered by wanna-be ballerina Jamie Russo help him find the joys of life and love? In A love meant to be, Alan James meets Gail Gibson before he ships out to Vietnam. Will she...
773) The undefeated
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2003
Language
English
Description
At the end of the Civil War, Union Cavalry officer John Henry Thomas (John Wayne) and former Confederate Colonel James Langdon (Rock Hudson) lead their men into Mexico to begin a new life. Caught between Mexican rebels and the Emperor's forces, they find themselves fighting side by side and must forge an uneasy friendship in order to survive.
775) To beguile a beast
Author
Series
Publisher
Thorndike Press
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Reclusive Sir Alistair Munroe has hidden in his castle ever since returning from the colonies, scarred inside and out. Then a mysterious beauty arrives at his door. Past mistakes have taken legendary beauty Helen Fitzwilliam from the luxury of the ton to a job as housekeeper in a crumbling Scottish castle. Determined to start a new life, she won't let dust - or a beast of a man - scare her away. The passions Alistair kept suppressed for years begin...
Author
Series
Publisher
Post Mortem Press
Pub. Date
�2016
Language
English
Description
"It's the height of the Great Recession, and Roddy and Grace partners in The Purple Heart Detective Agency, have fallen upon hard times. Reduced to repo work and shilling for the Military Industrial Complex, they are barely scraping by. But then a new case arrives, and suddenly all hell breaks loose! In a single week the two wounded warriors are forced to battle the Mexican drug cartel, remnants of the Iraqi resistance, a Los Angeles street gang,...