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Poppy war volume 1
Language
English
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A war orphan rises from her humble beginnings to become a powerful military commander, and perhaps her country's only hope for survival.
2) The Pentagon's brain: an uncensored history of DARPA, America's top secret military research agency
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Presents a definitive history of DARPA, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, from its inception during the Cold War in 1958 to the present, detailing its work as the most secret, powerful, and controversial military science research agency.
3) Eastbound
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Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"In this swirling, gripping tale, a young Russian conscript and a French woman come together in a crowded compartment of the Trans-Siberian railroad, each of them fleeing to the east for their own reasons"--
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Language
English
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Traces America's intelligence, military, and diplomatic efforts to defeat Al Qaeda and the Taliban in Afghanistan and Pakistan in the years since 9/11, and how the U.S. efforts in the Afghan War faltered because of a failure to understand the intentions of Pakistan's intelligence agency.
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Sigma Force novels volume 17
Language
English
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"To stop the world from burning, it's up to Sigma Force to uncover a secret buried at the heart of our planet. The Titan Project-an international research station off the coast of Australia-discovers a thriving zone of life in an otherwise dead sea. The area teems with a strange bioluminescent coral that defies science, yet holds great promise for the future. But the loss of a military submarine in the area triggers a brutal attack and sets in motion...
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 4
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
When a rogue state plots to unleash a genetically mutated virus, the Taskforce counterterrorism unit under Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill follows a dangerous trail across Southeast Asia to the United States.
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 12
Language
English
Description
When a British archaeologist who had been missing for two years reappears, frantic and delirious, but dies before he can tell his story, Sigma Force must stop an ancient plague with ties to some of history's most innovative minds.
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 2
Language
English
Description
Charged with stopping an imminent terrorist attack, the Taskforce pursues leads to Egypt, where Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill find themselves in charge of a mission involving a weapon of unprecedented destruction.
11) Samurai
Author
Series
Publisher
QEB Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A thrilling survey of what it took to be a samurai warrior in medieval Japan. Profiles personalities, wars, battle tactics, and weaponry of this Japanese warrior class.
12) One rough man
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 1
Language
English
Description
A collection of top operatives, the Taskforce was commissioned by the highest levels of government, kept secret from the media and even Congress. The best of the Taskforce bunch, Pike Logan knows the greatest threat to American security is one or two idealogues. Unfortunately for them, they've just crossed Pike's path.
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 9
Language
English
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Commander Gray Pierce and Sigma Force set out to discover a truth tied to the fall of the Roman Empire, to a mystery going back to the birth of Christianity, and to a weapon hidden for centuries that holds the fate of humanity.
Author
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
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Describes life in Paris after June 1940, when the Nazis occupied France, juxtaposing the eerie sense of normalcy felt by many Parisians with the passion of the strong resistance movement that rose around Charles de Gaulle.
16) Durable goods
Author
Series
Katie Nash novels volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
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Description
On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Diane, have struggled to understand their increasingly distant, often violent father. While Diane escapes into the arms of her boyfriend, Katie hides in her room or...
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Series
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
c2011
Language
English
Description
Week-by-week information on what to expect in basic training for each branch of the service: Army, Air Force, Navy, Marine Corps or the Coast Guard. Topics covered include physical training, discipline, classroom instruction, drill and ceremony, obstacle courses, simulated war games, self-defense, and marksmanship.
19) Operator down
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 12
Language
English
Description
• A New York Times Bestseller • Former Special Forces Officer and New York Times bestselling author Brad Taylor delivers a heart-pounding thriller where Pike Logan's search for a Mossad agent and ally puts him on a collision course with a ruthless military coup in Africa—and tests his loyalties to the Taskforce.
It was to be a simple mission. Nothing more than assessing whether a merchant in the...
It was to be a simple mission. Nothing more than assessing whether a merchant in the...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
"In Nuking the Moon, intelligence historian Vince Houghton proves that abandoned plans can be just as illuminating--and every bit as entertaining--as the ones that made it. Vividly capturing the fascinating stories of how twenty-one plans from WWII and the Cold War went from conception, planning, and testing to cancellation, Houghton explores what happens when innovation meets desperation: For every plan as good as D-Day, there's a scheme to strap...
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