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Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Edition
Widescreen ed. ; Blu-ray disc.
Language
English
Description
Details the near-disastrous mission in Somalia on October 3, 1993 where nearly 100 U.S. Army Rangers, commanded by Capt. Mike Steele. The troops were dropped by helicopter deep into the capital city of Mogadishu to capture two top lieutenants of a Somali warlord. The resulting action lead to a large and drawn-out firefight between the Rangers and hundreds of Somali gunmen. The battle led to the destruction of two U.S. Black Hawk helicopters and to...
2) Bloodline
Author
Series
Sigma Force novels volume 8
Language
English
Formats
Description
Painter Crowe and his team of elite operatives are recruited on a mission to rescue a pregnant American, who is the daughter of the president and has been kidnapped by Somali pirates, and, as Commander Gray Pierce and his team search the jungles of Africa, it becomes clear the woman is a pawn in a plot involving a priceless icon that holds terrifying powers.
Author
Publisher
Jericho Books
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
"Sarah Thebarge, a female cancer survivor, befriends a family of displaced Somali refugees, battling cultural barriers and sharing their struggle for survival to establish unlikely love and friendship"--Provided by the publisher.
Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.7 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Omar and his younger brother Hassan live in a refugee camp, and when an opportunity for Omar to get an education comes along, he must decide between going to school every day or caring for his nonverbal brother in this intimate and touching portrayal of family and daily life in a refugee camp."--
Author
Publisher
Recorded Books, Inc. by arrangement with Simon and Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
The dramatic and redemptive memoir of a woman whose curiosity led her to the world' s most beautiful and remote places, its most imperiled and perilous countries, and then into fifteen months of harrowing captivity— an exquisitely written story of courage, resilience, and grace. As a child, Amanda Lindhout escaped a violent household by paging through issues of National Geographic and imagining herself in its exotic locales. At the age of
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