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Enemy at the gates / by Mills, Kyle,1966-author.; Flynn, Vince,1966-2013,creator.;
"Mitch Rapp has worked for a number of presidents over his career, but Anthony Cook is unlike any he's encountered before. Cunning and autocratic, he feels no loyalty to America's institutions and is distrustful of the influence Rapp and CIA director Irene Kennedy have in Washington. Meanwhile, when Kennedy discovers evidence of a mole scouring the Agency's database for sensitive information on Nicholas Ward, the worlds first trillionaire, she convinces Rapp to take a job protecting him. In doing so, he finds himself walking an impossible tightrope: Keep the man alive, but also use him as bait to uncover a traitor who has seemingly unlimited access to government secrets"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Political fiction.; Spy fiction.; Rapp, Mitch (Fictitious character); United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Intelligence officers; Terrorism; Presidents;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 5
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The sky is the limit / by Chesterfield, Sadie.; Fogel, Matthew.; Cassity, Don.;
"Gru needs help! The Minions must fly a plane to San Francisco to save him. Will they get there safely? Buckle up, and find out!"--Page [4] of cover.Word count: 442, Guided reading level: K, Number of Dolch sight words: 86.LSC
Subjects: Humorous fiction.; Gru, Felonius (Fictitious character); Minions (Fictitious characters); Friendship;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Blink : the power of thinking without thinking / by Gladwell, Malcolm,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.How do we think without thinking, seem to make choices in an instant -- in the blink of an eye -- that actually aren't as simple as they seem? Why are some people brilliant decision makers, while others are consistently inept? Why do some people follow their instincts and win, while others end up stumbling into error? And why are the best decisions often those that are impossible to explain to others? Drawing on cutting-edge neuroscience and psychology, the author reveals that great decision makers aren't those who process the most information or spend the most time deliberating, but those who have perfected the art of filtering the very few factors that matter from an overwhelming number of variables.
Subjects: Decision making.; Intuition.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Outrageous misfits : female impersonator Craig Russell and his wife, Lori Russell Eadie / by Bradley, Brian,1982-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Lights! Camera! Outrageous! The legacy of one of the first female impersonator superstars. Craig Russell was an internationally admired entertainer and actor, known for his outrageous impersonations of some of Hollywood's greatest female celebrities: Mae West, Barbra Streisand, Bette Midler, Carol Channing, and Judy Garland, to name a few. Lori Russell Eadie, a shy theatre lover, was Craig's number one fan and, eventually, his wife. Together they were fun, fabulous, and eschewed convention. But behind the curtains, Craig and Lori's lives were troubled by their mental health, drug addiction, sexual assault, and abuse. Through nearly one hundred interviews and extensive research, Outrageous Misfits reveals the life and legacy of one of the world's most popular female impersonators and his biggest fan."--
Subjects: Biographies.; Russell, Craig (Vocalist); Eadie, Lori Russell.; Actors; Entertainers; Female impersonators;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The gates of Athens / by Iggulden, Conn,author.;
490 BC. Under Darius the Great, King of Kings, the mighty Persian army - swollen by 10,000 Immortal warriors - have come to subjugate the Greeks. In their path stands an army of freeborn Athenians, and among them is fearsome and cunning soldier-statesman, Xanthippus. Knowing defeat means slavery lends keenness to his already sharp blade. Yet people soon forget that freedom is bought with blood. Ten years later, Xanthippus watches helplessly as Athens succumbs to the bitter politics of factionalism, when the Persians cross the Hellespont in ever greater numbers to raze Athens to the ground. Facing overwhelming forces by land and sea, the Athenians call on their Spartan allies for assistance - to delay the Persians at the treacherous pass of Thermopylae.
Subjects: Biographical fiction.; Historical fiction.; Darius I, King of Persia, 548 B.C.-485 B.C.; Kings and rulers;
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The dogs of winter / by Lambert, Ann,1957-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."A murderer with a twisted mission targets the most vulnerable on the cold streets of Montreal -- a howling snowstorm envelops the city, and the body of a young womanis discovered in its wake. The only clue to her identity: a photograph in her pocket with the scribbled phone number of Detective Inspector Romeo Leduc. Meanwhile, Marie Russell is trying to help a student at her college who is the victim of a terrible assault. As Romeo begins to think that the death of the woman may be linked to those of several homeless people in Montreal, he puts himself and Marie on a collision course with a killer who has been taking advantage of a system and a society blind to its own inequality and injustice."--|cProvided by publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Murder; Homeless persons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Ontario and Quebec's Irish pioneers : farmers, labourers, and lumberjacks / by Campey, Lucille H.,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Beginning in the eighteenth century, an increasing number of Irish people sought the better life that Ontario and Quebec offered. Set free from the stifling economic and social constraints that held them back in their homeland, they prospered. And yet, strangely enough, they continue to be mourned as victims. In the second book of the Irish in Canada series, Lucille Campey takes on the victim-ridden mythology of destitute Irish immigrants fleeing the famine of the 1840s. In fact, the Irish influx to Quebec and Ontario began a century earlier. Comprehensive and extensive research has been distilled to produce an informative and lively account of this great immigration saga, whose roots date back to the time of the British Conquest of New France in 1763."--
Subjects: Irish; Irish; Immigrants; Immigrants;
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Archangel's sun / by Singh, Nalini,1977-;
The Archangel of Death and the Archangel of Disease may be gone but their legacy of evil lives on--especially in Africa, where the shambling, rotting creatures called the reborn have gained a glimmer of vicious intelligence. It is up to Titus, archangel of this vast continent, to stop the reborn from spreading across the world. Titus can't do it alone, but of the surviving powerful angels and archangels, large numbers are wounded, while the rest are fighting a surge of murderous vampires. There is no one left... but the Hummingbird. Old, powerful, her mind long a broken kaleidoscope. Now, she must stand at Titus's side against a tide of death upon a discovery more chilling than any other. For the Archangel of Disease has left them one last terrible gift...
Subjects: Romance fiction.; Fantasy fiction.; Paranormal fiction.; Angels; Archangels; Good and evil;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The truth-seeker's wife / by Granger, Ann,author.;
"It is Spring 1871 when Lizzie Ross accompanies her formidable Aunt Parry on a restorative trip to the south coast. Lizzie's husband, Ben, is kept busy at Scotland Yard and urges his wife to stay out of harm's way. But when Lizzie and her aunt are invited to dine with other guests at the home of wealthy landowner Sir Henry Meager, and he is found shot dead in his bed the next morning, no one feels safe. Lizzie suspects that Sir Henry had a number of bitter enemies, many of whom might have wanted him dead. Once Ben arrives to help with the investigation, he and Lizzie must work together to expose Sir Henry's darkest secrets, and a ruthless killer intent on revenge ..."--Publisher.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Martin, Lizzie; Ross, Ben (Fictitious character); Aristocracy (Social class); Aunts; Murder; Police spouses; Secrecy;
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The Katharina code / by Horst, Jørn Lier,1970-author.; translation of:Horst, Jørn Lier,1970-Katharina-koden.English.; Bruce, Anne,1952 April 22-translator.;
Twenty-four years ago Katharina Haugen went missing. All she left behind was her husband Martin and a mysterious string of numbers written on a piece of paper. Every year on October 10th Chief Inspector William Wisting takes out the files to the case he was never able to solve. Stares at the code he was never able to crack. And visits the husband he was never able to help. But now Martin Haugen is missing too. And the police force is convinced he's involved in another disappearance of a young woman and asks Wisting to close the net around Martin. But is he playing cat and mouse with a dangerous killer or a grief-stricken husband who cannot lay the past to rest?
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Wisting, William (Fictitious character); Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Husbands; Missing persons; Police;
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