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41) The wild one
Author
Series
Peter Ash novels volume 5
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
[2020]
Physical Desc
[xii, 381] pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Description
"War veteran Peter Ash tracks a murderer and his criminal family through the most forbidding and stark landscape he has ever encountered, in the latest thriller from the bestselling author of The Drifter"--
43) Two roads
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Appears on list
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In 1932, twelve-year-old Cal must stop being a hobo with his father and go to a Bureau of Indian Affairs boarding school, where he begins learning about his history and heritage as a Creek Indian.
Author
Series
Maisie Dobbs novels volume 4
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Description
London, 1931. The night before an exhibition of his artwork opens at a famed Mayfair gallery, the controversial artist Nick Bassington-Hope falls to his death. The police rule it an accident, but Nick's twin sister, Georgina, a wartime journalist and a infamous figure in her own right, isn't convinced. When the authorities refuse to consider her theory that Nick was murdered, Georgina seeks out a fellow graduate from Girton College, Maisie Dobbs,...
Author
Publisher
Bloomsbury Pub. Children's Books
Pub. Date
2012
Physical Desc
216 p. ; 21 cm.
Description
When Travis returns home from Afghanistan, his parents are splitting up, his brother has stolen his girlfriend and car, and he has nightmares of his best friend getting killed but when he runs into Harper, a girl who has despised him since middle school, life actually starts looking up.
Author
Series
Terminal list volume 6
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
In 1980, a freshman congressman was gunned down in Rhode Island, sending shockwaves through Washington that are still reverberating over four decades later. Now, with the world on the brink of war and a weakened United States facing rampant inflation, political division, and shocking assassinations, a secret cabal of global elites is ready to assume control. And with the world’s most dangerous man locked in solitary confinement, the conspirators...
47) The intruders
Author
Series
Jake Grafton novels volume 6
Publisher
Pocket Books
Pub. Date
1994.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 24 cm
Description
Lieutenant Jake Grafton, the hero of Flight of the Intruder, turns teacher, training Marine aviators on the aircraft carrier, Columbia, and finding them a little too arrogant for his liking. The highlight of the novel comes when Grafton is shot down and captured by pirates.
Author
Publisher
Ecco, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
392 pages ; 24 cm
Description
A scarred Vietnam veteran and successful businessman reflects on his teen years as a social outcast and friend to a popular youth during a summer camp reunion marked by selflessness and an unthinkable event involving his friend's family members.
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A war hero on his third deployment in Iraq, Peter is injured and finds himself both alive and dead on a wondrous spiritual journey where he is given a second chance at life from God Himself. With Christmas approaching, time is running out for Peter to complete the most important mission of his life: convincing himself that he and Mariana, the woman he left behind in Chicago, were meant to share a special message of love with the world.
50) The bird skinner
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
c2014.
Physical Desc
xvi, 312 pages : illustrations ; 24 cm
Description
Forced to abandon his ornithology work after being wounded in combat, World War II veteran Jim Carroway secludes himself on a tiny island off the coast of Maine where an old friend's captivating daughter draws him out of isolation during the month before she starts college.
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Description
When Billy Summers was twelve years old, He shot and killed his mother's boyfriend after he kicked Billy's sister to death. At 17, he enlisted in the army. At 18, he was a sniper in Iraq and involved in the deadly battle to recapture Fallujah. For nearly twenty years, he's worked as a paid assassin. He's a good guy in a bad job, and he wants out. He takes on a very complicated, very lucrative job that he hopes will be his last. He's got a perfect...
53) Petty magic: being the memoirs and confessions of Miss Evelyn Harbinger, temptress and troublemaker
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Using witchcraft to extend her considerable life, Evelyn Harbinger dons a youthful appearance to catch the eye of a man she believes to be the reincarnation of a beloved World War II espionage partner who lost his life helping her to advance the Allied cause.
Author
Series
Max Rupert novels volume 1
Publisher
Seventh Street Books, an imprint of Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
303 pages ; 21 cm
Description
"College student Joe Talbert has the modest goal of completing a writing assignment for an English class. His task is to interview a stranger and write a brief biography of the person. With deadlines looming, Joe heads to a nearby nursing home to find a willing subject. There he meets Carl Iverson, and soon nothing in Joe's life is ever the same. Iverson is a dying Vietnam veteran--and a convicted murderer. With only a few months to live, he has been...
56) Hollow chest
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When his brother Theo returns home from World War II cold and distant, Charlie soon discovers that Theo's heart has been consumed by a war wolf, which lives off of grief, and must get Theo's heart back before it's too late.
57) Snow hunters
Author
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
196 pages ; 19 cm
Description
"A highly anticipated debut novel from 5 Under 35 National Book Foundation honoree featuring a Korean War refugee who emigrates to Brazil to become a tailor's apprentice and confronts the wreckage of his past"--
58) Lone Jack trail
Author
Series
Publisher
Mulholland Books/Little, Brown and Company
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
325 pages ; 25 cm.
Description
Former Marine-turned-sheriff's deputy Jess Winslow and ex-con Mason Burke find themselves on opposite sides of the law when Jess investigates the suspicious death of a local celebrity in Deception Cove, Washington, and the evidence points to Mason's guilt.
59) A man of his own
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Physical Desc
360 pages ; 22 cm
Description
Returning home from World War II with injuries that shatter his professional baseball dreams, Rick Stanton is reunited with his beloved dog, Pax, who had been volunteered for the Army's K-9 Corps and who has forged an equally strong bond with a soldier who joins Rick's family.
60) No slam dunk
Author
Publisher
Philomel Books
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
229 pages ; 24 cm
Description
In Annapolis, Maryland, seventh-grader Wes is a good teammate but this basketball season has been challenging because of his ball hog teammate Dinero, who is determined to steal the spotlight, and Wes's army veteran father who is suffering from PTSD.
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