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Series
Richard Sharpe novels volume 6
Language
English
Description
Bernard Cornwell's action-packed series that captures the gritty texture of Napoleonic warfare—now beautifully repackaged
It's 1809, and Napoleon's army is sweeping across Spain. Lieutenant Richard Sharpe is newly in command of the demoralized, distrustful men of the 95th Rifles. He must lead them to safety—and the only way of escape is a treacherous trek through the enemy-infested mountains of Spain.
22) 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.
23) Persuader
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 7
Language
English
Description
Jack Reacher. The ultimate loner. An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, he's moved from place to place-without family-without possessions-without commitments. And without fear. Which is good, because trouble-big, violent, complicated trouble-finds Reacher wherever he goes. And when trouble finds him, Reacher does not quit, not once-not ever. But some unfinished business has now found Reacher. And Reacher is a man who hates unfinished...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Most people think of snipers as shooters perched in urban hides, dealing out death unseen from a considerable distance. But this description barely scratches the surface. Special operations snipers are men with stacked skill sets who have the ability to turn the tide of battles, even when they aren't pulling the trigger. Snipers have played an outsized role in the War on Terror that has earned them the Medal of Honor, Navy Cross, and countless other...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
c2007
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
A top-secret U.S. Army Special Operations unit has been running covert missions all over the world, from leading death squads to the hideout of drug baron Pablo Escobar to assassinating key al Qaeda members, including Iraqi leader Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, and, in one of their greatest missions, capturing Saddam Hussein. ʺThe Activity,ʺ as it became known to insiders, has achieved near-mythical status, even among the worldʼs Special Operations elite....
Author
Language
English
Description
As captain of a destroyer in the US Navy, Merrill Kendrick plays a crucial and dangerous role in protecting the convoys that are essential to Britain’s survival in the Second World War. Despite pressure from his father to join the family company, a supplier of military radios, Kendrick chose to fight on the front lines of the war, a decision he’s never regretted. But when technical issues with his family’s Gatekeeper radios lead to devastating...
27) Obama's wars
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster Audio
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
Unabridged
Language
English
Description
Shows Obama making the critical decisions on the Afghanistan War, the secret war in Pakistan, and the worldwide fight against terrorism.
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 14
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Pike Logan tracks highly-trained Russian assassins to Brazil in this blistering, action-packed thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former Special Forces Officer Brad Taylor"--
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 2
Pub. Date
2012
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.
30) Tanks
Author
Series
Publisher
Imperial War Museum
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Describes several models of tanks used in World War I, World War II, and later, including specifications and statistics"--Provided by publisher.
31) Samurai
Author
Series
Publisher
QEB Pub
Pub. Date
c2009
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The bestselling author of Stalingrad and D-Day vividly reconstructs the epic WWII struggle for Crete--reissued with a new introduction. Nazi Germany expected its airborne attack on Crete in 1941 to be a textbook victory based on tactical surprise. Little did they know that the British, using Ultra intercepts, had already laid a careful trap. It should have been the first German defeat of the war when a fatal misunderstanding turned the battle around....
Author
Series
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"America's first line of defense--Brad McLanahan and the heroes of the Iron Wolf Squadron--must counter a dangerous Russian strike from within the homeland in this cutting-edge tale from the New York Times master of the high-tech military thriller, Dale Brown. On a remote island estate, a billionaire investor sells his air freight company to a mysterious new owner. The purchaser is none other than the President of Russia, Gennadiy Gryzlov. The Russians...
34) American traitor
Author
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
"While working as a contractor at an Australian F 35 facility, former Taskforce member Clifford Delmonty, callsign Dunkin, saw something he shouldn't have, and now he is on the run from Chinese agents. Pike Logan and Jennifer Cahill discover that Dunkin's attackers are part of a much larger scheme that could launch a full-on war between China and Taiwan. The Chinese have a devious plan to bait the small island nation into all-out war by destabilizing...
Author
Series
Publisher
HarperAudio
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Unabridged
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 12
Language
English
Description
A former Navy SEAL examines the most important American firearms, using these guns as a window on United States history to prove that the American story has been tied to and shaped by the gun.
Author
Series
Pike Logan thrillers volume 4
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Formats
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
Publisher
Charlesbridge
Pub. Date
2010
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
"World War II was over, and Berlin was in ruins. US Air Force Lieutenant Gail Halvorsen knew the children of the city were suffering. They were hungry and afraid. The young pilot wanted to help, but what could one man in one plane do?"--dust jacket flap.
38) The Civil War
Author
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
'All over Italy men were conscripted, and weapons requisitioned; money was exacted from towns, and taken from shrines; and all the laws of god and man were overturned.'
The Civil War is Caesar's masterly account of the celebrated war between himself and his great rival Pompey, from the crossing of the Rubicon in January 49 B.C. to Pompey's death and the start of the Alexandrian War in the autumn of the following year. His unfinished account of the...
39) Brave deeds
Author
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Formats
Description
"From Fobbit author David Abrams, Brave Deeds is a powerful novel of war, brotherhood, and America. Spanning eight hours, the novel follows a squad of six AWOL soldiers as they attempt to cross war-torn Baghdad on foot to attend the funeral of their leader, Staff Sergeant Rafe Morgan. In an inhospitable landscape, these men recall the most ancient of warriors while portraying a cross section of twenty-first century America--sometimes strong, sometimes...
Author
Series
Publisher
Hungry Tomato
Pub. Date
[2016]
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 6.6 - AR Pts: 1
Lexile measure
1070L
Language
English
Description
Everyone knows that soldiers do most of the fighting during a battle, but what about the weapons they used? Learn about the types of mighty machines they used in battle, and how they worked.
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