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Jack Reacher novels volume 16
Language
English
Description
Everything starts somewhere. . . .For elite military cop Jack Reacher, that somewhere was Carter Crossing, Mississippi, way back in 1997. A lonely railroad track. A crime scene. A coverup. A young woman is dead, and solid evidence points to a soldier at a nearby military base. But that soldier has powerful friends in Washington. Reacher is ordered undercover--to find out everything he can, to control the local police, and then to vanish. Reacher is...
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Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
American military bases encircle the globe with nearly a thousand locations in foreign lands. These bases are usually taken for granted or overlooked entirely, but in an eye-opening account, Base Nation shows that the worldwide network of bases brings with it a panoply of ills-and actually makes the nation less safe in the long run.As David Vine demonstrates, the overseas bases raise geopolitical tensions and provoke widespread antipathy towards the...
4) Fobbit
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
At Foreward Operating Base Triumph, a combat-avoiding staff sergeant named Chance Gooding spends his time composing press releases that spin grim events into statements more palatable to the public.
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"What's the one secret no one knows about you? Archie Mint has a secret. He's led a charmed life--he's got a beautiful wife, two impressive kids, and a successful military career. But when he's killed while trying to stop a robbery in his own home, his family is shattered--and then shocked when the other shoe drops. Mint's been hiding criminal secrets none of them could have imagined. While working on Mint's body before his funeral, mortician 'Zig'...
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Day one edition.
Language
English
Description
"9 years after the fall of Mother Base, legendary hero Snake wakes from a coma. Together with Ocelot and Miller he must rebuild Mother Base and establish a new armed force, Diamond Dogs. Only then will he have his revenge on Cipher."--Container.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Susan Murphy gets turned into a giant monster on her wedding day when a meteorite from outer space hits her. She is taken to a secret government compound where she meets a ragtag group of monsters also rounded up over the years. As a last resort, under the guidance of General W.R. Monger, on a desperate order from The President, the motley group of Monsters are called into action to combat the aliens and save the world from imminent destruction.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Edition
Second-disc digital copy edition.
Language
English
Description
Armed with the coolest hi-tech gadgets and weapons, the ultimate elite fighting force known as G.I. Joe travels the world in a high-stakes pursuit of Cobra, an evil international organization threatening to use a technology so powerful that it could bring the world to its knees.
10) Operation Yes
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English
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In her first ever teaching job, Miss Loupe uses improvisational acting exercises with her sixth-grade students at an Air Force base school, and when she experiences a family tragedy, her previously skeptical class members use what they have learned to help her, her brother, and other wounded soldiers.
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Weapons expert James McCullen has created a nanotechnology-based weapon capable of destroying an entire city. His company MARS sells four warheads to NATO, and the U.S. Army is tasked with delivering the warheads. Duke and Ripcord are delivering the warheads when they are ambushed by the Baroness. The two are rescued by Scarlett, Snake Eyes and Heavy Duty. They take the warheads to the G.I. Joe's command center, rendezvousing with General Hawk. McCullen...
12) Durable goods
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Language
English
Description
Following her mother's death, Katie, a young girl living on an army base, waits for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her and struggles to understand her distant, violent father.
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Relive each emotional moment from the lives of the military families at Fort Marshall, SC in the riveting fifth season. The women's friendships continue to grow stronger as they band together through their most difficult challenges yet, including life with a newborn, mid-life career changes, and the tragic loss of a loved one.
Pub. Date
2009
Language
English
Description
Jack Bruno is a Las Vegas cab driver. Scientist Dr. Alex Friedman is one of his passengers. She is giving speeches about legitimate scientific theories of UFOs and outer space. The next day Jack notices Sara and Seth sitting in the back seat of his cab. He takes them to a run down house in the middle of nowhere, where they must obtain an object. Meanwhile, Major Henry Burke is searching for information pertaining to two aliens that landed days earlier....
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Follows the deepening conflicts and complications of the wives as the army fights its battles abroad and the wives fight the battle at home. Claudia Joy's series of devastating personal tragedies may color her perception of military life. Roxy faces a whole new set of life's challenges. Husbands and wives are torn apart and families struggle to stay together. Discover a sisterhood of loyalty and strength.
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