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1) Personal
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 19
Description
"Someone has taken a shot at the president of France in the City of Light. The bullet was American. The distance between the gunman and the target was exceptional. How many snipers can shoot from three-quarters of a mile with total confidence? Very few, but John Kott--an American marksman gone bad--is one of them. And after fifteen years in prison, he's out, unaccounted for, and likely drawing a bead on a G-8 summit packed with enough world leaders...
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Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 28
Description
"1992. Eight respectable, upstanding people have been found dead across the US. These deaths look like accidents and don't appear to be connected. Until one body--the victim of a fatal fall from a hospital window--generates some unexpected attention. That attention comes from the Secretary of Defense, who promptly calls for an inter-agency task force to investigate. Jack Reacher is assigned as the Army's representative. Reacher may be an exceptional...
3) Signal
Author
Series
Sam Dryden novels volume 2
Pub. Date
2015.
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Description
"From the bestselling author of RUNNER comes the next thriller featuring Sam Dryden, in the series that has captured the imagination of readers worldwide. In the middle of the night, ex-Special Forces operative Sam Dryden gets a urgent call from an old colleague, desperate for his help in a last-minute secret mission. Without a moment's hesitation, Dryden agrees. The two race to a remote shack in the foothills of the Sierra Nevadas, where they break...
4) Final score
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (104 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
After terrorists attack a London soccer stadium, it is up to an ex-soldier to save the daughter of his mate and prevent mass destruction.
Author
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
180 pages cm
Description
"Mission Transition: Managing Your Career and Your Retirement is a needed introduction of the military?s new “Blended Retirement System,” representing the big shift in how the DoD manages military retirements. In the process, it encourages service members to adopt the new concept of retirement in the military, improve their own financial literacy, and assume responsibility for their own retirement planning. Finally, it provides new civilian job...
Author
Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 27
Description
In Gerrardsville, Colorado, two witnesses to the same tragedy give two different accounts. One guy sees a woman throw herself in front of a bus in what authorities will call a suicide. The other witness is Jack Reacher. And he sees what actually happened: A man in a gray hoodie and jeans, moving like a shadow, pushed the victim to her death--before swiftly grabbing the dead woman's purse and strolling away. Reacher follows the killer on foot, not...
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Series
Jack Reacher novels volume 14
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Description
A tour bus crashes in a savage snowstorm and lands Jack Reacher in the middle of a deadly confrontation. In nearby Bolton, South Dakota, one brave woman is standing up for justice in a small town threatened by sinister forces--and Reacher will risk his own to save her from a coldly proficient assassin who never misses.
Author
Publisher
Potomac Books, A imprint of the University of Nebraska Press
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
xvii, 254 pages ; 23 cm
Description
After completing military service, veterans can have a difficult time finding employment when returning to civilian life. Out of Uniform, Second Edition is designed to help all transitioning military personnel, regardless of service, branch, rank, rating, time in service, time in grade, or specialty. Although all service members share common denominators, each individual brings something unique to the job market. Not only does this book cover the...
Publisher
DreamWorks Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
Physical Desc
1 DVD (ca. 126 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Description
"[Story of] two strangers whose conflicting pursuits of the American dream lead to a fight for their hopes at any cost. What begins as a struggle over a rundown bungalow spirals into a clash that propels everyone involved toward a shocking resolution"--Container.
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Formats
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"Military-to-Civilian Success for Veterans and Their Families is designed to help anyone achieve transition success in the less structured and more chaotic civilian world. It forces readers to address one of the most important questions about their future: “What do you want to do with the rest of your life?” The answers hopefully involve more than just making money or acquiring more depreciating “stuff.”"--Amazon.com.
13) Runner
Author
Series
Sam Dryden novels volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
vii, 328 pages ; 25 cm
Description
"Sam Dryden, retired special forces, lives a quiet life in a small town on the coast of Southern California. While out on a run in the middle of the night, a young girl runs into him on the seaside boardwalk. Barefoot and terrified, she's running from a group of heavily armed men with one clear goal--to kill the fleeing child. After Dryden helps her evade her pursuers, he learns that the eleven year old, for as long as she can remember, has been kept...
14) The foreigner
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
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Description
After his only daughter gets killed in a terrorist attack, a former Vietnam War special forces operator begins the search for the terrorists' identities to get his revenge.
Author
Series
Military life volume 5
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers. Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
vii, 315 pages ; 23 cm.
Description
Discusses the issues transitioning veterans face when making the move to civilian life, from finding employment to managing finances.
16) Deadly ruse
Author
Series
Mac McClellan mystery volume 2
Publisher
Seventh Street Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
239 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"After a twenty-four year stint in the Marines, combat veteran Mac McClellan settles in the Florida Panhandle to relax and enjoy being a civilian while he figures out what to do with the rest of his life. But startling revelations about his lady friend and threats of murder lead Mac into the investigation business"--
17) The pawnbroker
Author
Series
Charlie Henry mysteries volume 1
Publisher
Minotaur Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
292 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Returning Stateside from special-ops work in Iraq, Charlie Henry, the new owner of a pawnshop in Albuquerque, New Mexico, and his business partner Gordon investigate the murder of a childhood friend, which draws them into a world of rivalries and false identities.
Author
Publisher
Four Block, Veteran Career Development
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
xxi, 146 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Your military skills and experience will be invaluable to you in civilian life. But your successful transition won't just happen. You need a network of people who can help you decide where you want to go and then "help you get there."Don't know how to build that network? No problem: "Business Networking for Veterans" will help you. Not comfortable drawing attention to yourself? Don't worry: networking is about service, "not" showing off. And service...
19) Stay: a novel
Author
Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books/St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
295 p. ;
Description
"David Sparrow is an awesome stay-at-home dad. He gets his kids ready for school while his wife, Amy, commutes to New York City, where she was recently promoted to Deputy District Attorney. In fact, she just inherited a major case: prosecuting crime lord Dante Payne. Meanwhile, David is content chatting with the moms at school drop-off, making dinner at night, and doing housework. But when Dante Payne takes the fight directly to Amy, attacking her...
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Series
Publisher
Vintage Español, una división de Penguin Random House Grupo Editorial
Pub. Date
2022.
Physical Desc
121 pages : color illustrations ; 23 cm.
Description
El coronel no tiene quien le escriba fue escrita por Gabriel García Márquez durante su estancia en París, adonde había llegado como corresponsal de prensa y con la secreta intención de estudiar cine, a mediados de los años cincuenta. El cierre del periódico para el que trabajaba le sumió en la pobreza, mientras redactaba en tres versiones distintas esta excepcional novela, que fue rechazada por varios editores antes de su publicación. Tras...
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