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Author
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 4.7 - AR Pts: 21
Language
English
Formats
Description
New York Times bestselling author Michael Crichton delivers another action-packed techo-thriller in State of Fear.
When a group of eco-terrorists engage in a global conspiracy to generate weather-related natural disasters, its up to environmental lawyer Peter Evans and his team to uncover the subterfuge.
From Tokyo to Los Angeles, from Antarctica to the Solomon Islands, Michael Crichton mixes cutting edge science and action-packed
Author
Series
Jerry Mitchell novels volume 6
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates, LLC
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Formats
Description
When the German submarine, U-471, collects two prisoners from a vessel located off the Icelandic coast, ordered to transport them to the base at Brest, one of the prisoners, a British submarine commander, goes rogue, setting in motion a series of shocking, brutal events that seem to be linked to the supernatural.
7) Final option
Author
Series
Oregon files volume 14
Language
English
Description
When the CIA realizes the identities of three American spies in Brazil have been compromised, they turn to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon to rescue the agents. What seems a routine operation turns out to be a trap designed by Juan Cabrillo's greatest enemy, a man driven by hate to seek the ultimate revenge. At the heart of the plot is a state-of-the-art ship that is identical to the Oregon: same weaponry, same technology, same ability to...
Author
Publisher
Kingfisher
Pub. Date
2006.
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
A submarine's a kind of boat that dives beneath the sea. Below the waves is such a strange and wondrous place to be. Explore an underwater world with Rabbit, Bird and Mouse in this marine adventure. Zippy wordplay, zappy art, plus a picture dictionary make learning about submarines fun! Explore an underwater world with Rabbit, Bird, and Mouse in this marine adventure. Zippy wordplay and zappy art make learning about submarines fun!
Author
Series
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Detective Isaac Bell battles foreign spies, German U-boats, and an old nemesis to capture a secret technology that could alter the outcome of World War I in the latest adventure in the #1 New York Times bestselling series from Clive Cussler"--
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
When her brother is killed, brilliant marine architect Hannah Bryson must discover the volatile mystery behind a decommissioned Soviet submarine, Silent Thunder, that was recently purchased by the U.S. government for use as a maritime museum. Though the U.S. government tries to warn Hannah away, she'll stop at nothing to find the ruthless mastermind behind her brother's death. Even if it means joining forces with a mysterious man who may be even more...
Author
Series
Magic tree house volume 9
Publisher
Lectorum Publications
Pub. Date
c2006
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.3 - AR Pts: 1
Language
Español
Description
Their magic tree house takes Jack and Annie deep into the sea, where they meet up with dolphins, sharks, and octopi as they search for the answer to an ancient riddle.
Author
Series
Tides of war (C. Alexander London) volume 1
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.7 - AR Pts: 5
Language
English
Description
Cory McNab is a member of the Navy's Marine Mammal Program where he is partnered with a search-and-recovery dolphin named Kaj, and their new mission is to help locate a spy submersible lost in North Korean waters--but first they have to win the trust of the Navy SEALs who are assigned to deal with the problem.
14) Hawke
Author
Series
Alexander Hawke thrillers volume 1
Publisher
Pocket Star Books
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A modern-day swashbuckler and one of England's most decorated naval heroes, Lord Alexander Hawke heads for the Caribbean on a top-secret mission for the U.S. government to locate an experimental stealth submarine built by the Soviets just prior to the end of the Cold War which has fallen into the hands of an unstable government planning a preemptive strike against the U.S.
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
Hearing rumors of the construction of a formidable Japanese battleship capable of adversely shifting power in World War II, Lieutenant Commander Gar Hammond is charged with leading a first American submarine into the Inland Sea in the hopes of finding and stopping the seemingly invincible ship.
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Formats
Description
In the remote, frozen waters of the Arctic Ocean, the high-powered and technically advanced submarine U.S.S. Montana is in peril. Adrift and in flames, the boat?and the entire crew?could be lost. The only team close enough to get to them in time is led by Marine doctor and bio-terror expert Joe Rush. With only thirty-six hours before the surviving crew perish, Joe and his team must race to rescue the Montana and ensure that the boat doesn?t fall into...
Author
Series
Jerry Mitchell novels volume 4
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
While trailing a Chinese nuclear attack sub, Jerry Mitchell, the captain of USS North Dakota, is shocked to see the Chinese boat torpedo a Vietnamese merchant ship. This blatant act of aggression is the opening gambit in a war that has blindsided the U.S. and quickly embroiled all nations in the western Pacific. These nations, bound together in the newly formed Littoral Alliance, have begun a covert submarine campaign aimed at crippling China's economy...
Author
Publisher
Brilliance Audio
Pub. Date
p2008
Language
English
Description
Best selling author Iris Johansen collaborates with her son Roy for the first time. When her brother Connor is murdered aboard a Russian submarine being prepared for display in a U.S. museum, marine architect Hannah Bryson must figure out who killed him and why, before she meets the same fate.
19) Deep strike
Author
Series
Trident deception volume 6
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
A shoulder-launched missile attack on a convoy of vehicles leaving the U.N. headquarters in New York kills several diplomats, including the American ambassador. Security footage reveals that the killer behind the attack is a disgraced former special forces operative, Mark Alperi. But before U.S. intelligence operatives can catch up with him, Alperi is already onto the next phase of his plan. With funding from the nearly shattered ISIS, Alperi plans...
20) Poseidon's arrow
Author
Series
Dirk Pitt adventures volume 22
Language
English
Formats
Description
A key element of the prototype to an attack submarine capable of incredible underwater speeds has gone missing, and ships have started vanishing mid-ocean, usually never to be found again, but when they are, sometimes bodies are found aboard, burned to a crisp. What is going on? And what does it have to do with an Italian submarine that disappeared in 1943, lost at sea?
Number 22 in the Dirk Pitt adventure novels.
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