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To die for [text (large print)] / by Baldacci, David,author.;
"Travis Devine has become a pro at adapting to any situation to accomplish the mission set in front of him. Whether it's a high-powered corporate setting or small-town community, Devine will become the man for the job. His time as an Army Ranger and on the financial battlefields of Wall Street gave him the skills he needed, and he's put them to good use. But this time it's not his skills that send him to Seattle to aid the FBI in escorting orphaned, twelve-year-old Betsy Odom to a meeting with her uncle, who's under investigation for RICO charges. Instead, he's hoping to lie low and keep off the radar of an enemy that he evaded on a train in Switzerland and who has been after him ever since-the girl on the train. But as Devine gets to know Betsy, questions begin to arise around the death of her parents. Betsy is adamant that they had never used drugs, but the police in the small rural town where they died insist the Odoms died of an overdose. Devine starts digging for answers, and what he finds points to a conspiracy bigger than he could've ever imagined. The question is, how do Betsy, her uncle, and various government agencies all fit into it. It might finally be time for Devine and the girl on the train to come face-to-face, and when that happens, Devine is going to find himself unsure of who are his allies and who are his enemies. And in some cases, they might well be both"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Novels.; Assassins; Conspiracies; Girls; Murder; Orphans; Veterans;
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Phoenix Island / by Dixon, John,1969-author.;
When a tough sixteen-year-old boxing champ sentenced to an isolated boot camp discovers it is actually a mercenary training facility turning "throwaway children" into scientifically enhanced killers, he risks everything to save his friends and stop a madman bent on global destruction.
Subjects: Survival; Mercenary troops; Boxing; Orphans; Science fiction.;
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Boy kills world [videorecording] / by Benjamin, H. Jon,actor.; Copley, Sharlto,1973-actor.; Dockery, Michelle,1981-actor.; Gelman, Brett,1976-actor.; Janssen, Famke,1964-actor.; Koji, Andrew,1987-actor.; Mohr, Moritz,film director,screenwriter.; Mustafa, Isaiah,1974-actor.; Rothe, Jessica,actor.; Skarsgård, Bill,actor.; Smith, Tyler Burton,actor.; Videoville Showtime,publisher.;
Bill Skarsgård, Famke Janssen, Jessica Rothe, Michelle Dockery, Brett Gelman, Isaiah Mustafa, Sharlto Copley, Andrew Koji, H. Jon Benjamin.Bill Skarsgård stars as "Boy" who vows revenge after his family is slaughtered by Hilda Van Der Koy, the deranged matriarch of a corrupt post-apocalyptic dynasty that left the boy orphaned, deaf and mute. Driven by his inner voice, one which he chose from his favorite childhood video game, Boy trains with a mysterious shaman to become an instrument of death and is set loose on the eve of the annual culling of rebels. Chaos ensues as Boy commits bloody martial arts mayhem, inciting a wrath of butchery and bloodletting. As he tries to get his bearings in this rambling realm, Boy soon falls in with a desperate resistance group, all the while squabbling with the apparent ghost of his rebellious little sister.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures); Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Feature films.; Apocalyptic films.; Deaf; Mute persons; Families; Martial artists; Orphans; Revenge;
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Grave danger / by Johnston, Michael(Michael Anthony),1973-; Altés, Marta.;
Sent as an exchange student to a rival school, a hapless warlock-in-training struggles to live up to his great and terrible destiny.LSC
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Warlocks; Orphans; Animals, Mythical; Leadership; Schools; Student exchange programs;
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The Incredible Space Raiders from space! / by King, Wesley.;
In 2156, when Jonah awakens on the Fantastic Flying Squirrel, he is informed that he is one of 200 children being trained as The Incredible Space Raiders, whose mission is to destroy the Entirely Evil Things of the Dark Zone, but there is more going on than any of the children could guess.LSC
Subjects: Science fiction.; Humorous fiction.; Heroes; Space flight; Orphans;
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King of ashes [sound recording] / by Feist, Raymond E.,author.; Thorpe, David,narrator.; Harper Audio (Firm),publisher.; Blackstone Audio, Inc.,publisher.;
Read by David Thorpe."For centuries, the five great kingdoms of Andalane have coexisted peacefully. Then, Steveren Langene, King of Ithrace, known as "Firemane" for his brilliant head of red hair, is betrayed by his counterparts, and a bitter war engulfs the world. Ithrace, the Kingdom of Flames, is destroyed by battle, ending an ancient balance of power. As a Free Lord of Osean, Daylon Dumarch owes allegiance to no king, but knows it is unwise to betray any of them. So when an abandoned infant is found secreted in Daylon's pavilion, he instantly realizes that the child must be the missing heir of the slain King Steveren. The child is valuable--and vulnerable. A cunning and patient man, Daylon keeps the baby's existence secret, sending him to be raised on the Island Kingdom of Coaltachin, the Kingdom of Night, where the most powerful and lethal soldiers--a Ninja-like warrior sect called the Nocusara, the "Hidden Warriors"--are trained. Years later, a young man named Declan, also an orphan of unknown parenthood, earns his Masters standing as a swordsmith. Blessed with intelligence and skill, he unlocks the secret to forging King's Steel, the apex of a weaponmaker's art shared by only a few. Yet this precious knowledge is also deadly, and Declan is forced to leave his home to safeguard his life. Landing in Lord Daylon's provinces, he hopes to start anew. Soon, the two young men--an unknowing rightful heir to a throne and an exiled swordsmith--will discover their fates entwined, and that the legendary, long-ago War of Five Crowns has never truly ended ... and that they must see it to conclusion"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Audiobooks.; Kings and rulers;
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The graveyard riddle / by Thompson, Lisa(Lisa Anne),1973-;
Melody Bird is fascinated by the walled off "plague" house she discovered near the the graveyard, but she is even more fascinated by the mysterious boy, Hal, she finds living there in secret; he tells her he is a spy-in-training, a story that Melody's friends Matthew and Jake do not believe, and they set out to find out more--and uncover a riddle even more confusing than Hal's spy story.LSC
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Abandoned houses; Feral children; Orphans; Secrecy; Family secrets; Best friends;
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To hell and gone / by West, Charles,author.;
"As a widower with three young boys, Duncan Hunter dreamed of a new life for his sons in the heart of Washington Territory. But the journey was doomed from the start. Before reaching Hell Gate, their wagon train was attacked by Blackfoot Indians. Most of the pioneers were viciously murdered. But Hunter's son Cody survived--taken in by Crow Indians and raised as one of their own. They called the boy Crazy Wolf. This is his story ... From hunting and tracking on the American frontier to leading patrols on covert missions for the U.S. Army, Cody Hunter would become one of the most valued scouts in the nation. But a part of him would always be Crazy Wolf--a man of two worlds, as wild and free as the land itself. And every bit as dangerous."--Back cover.
Subjects: Western fiction.; Novels.; Orphans; Scouts (Reconnaissance); Crow;
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Babylonia A Novel [electronic resource] : by Casati, Costanza.aut; cloudLibrary;
From the author of the bestselling Clytemnestra comes another intoxicating excursion into ancient history, as Costanza Casati reimagines the rise to power of the Assyrian empire’s only female ruler, Semiramis KINGS FALL, QUEENS RISE Nothing about Semiramis’s upbringing in ancient Assyria in the ninth century BC could have foretold her legacy. Born to a woman scorned by Aphrodite and raised as an orphan on the outskirts of an empire, Semiramis was never meant to hold power. But a path unfolds before her when she meets a young representative of the new Assyrian king, a path that puts her in the midst of a brutal world and at the heart of two men raised as brothers—one who just happens to be king. Now a lady in a court of vipers, Semiramis becomes caught in the politics and brutality of ancient Assyria. Even in this lavish kingdom, she is aware of the precariousness of her position. Instead of bartering with fate, Semiramis trains in war and diplomacy, rising in rank with each move. Embroiled in a game of power, desire, family, and betrayal, she seeks to ascend to the only position that will keep her safe: queen. This riveting myth-based story follows Semiramis, the only female ruler of the Assyrian empire, and the famous love triangle that made her queen.
Subjects: Electronic books.; Classics; Historical;
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Babel Or the Necessity of Violence: An Arcane History of the Oxford Translators' Revolution [electronic resource] : by Kuang, R. F..aut; cloudLibrary;
Instant #1 New York Times Bestseller from the author of The Poppy War   “Absolutely phenomenal. One of the most brilliant, razor-sharp books I've had the pleasure of reading that isn't just an alternative fantastical history, but an interrogative one; one that grabs colonial history and the Industrial Revolution, turns it over, and shakes it out.” -- Shannon Chakraborty, bestselling author of The City of Brass From award-winning author R. F. Kuang comes Babel, a thematic response to The Secret History and a tonal retort to Jonathan Strange & Mr. Norrell that grapples with student revolutions, colonial resistance, and the use of language and translation as the dominating tool of the British empire. Traduttore, traditore: An act of translation is always an act of betrayal. 1828. Robin Swift, orphaned by cholera in Canton, is brought to London by the mysterious Professor Lovell. There, he trains for years in Latin, Ancient Greek, and Chinese, all in preparation for the day he’ll enroll in Oxford University’s prestigious Royal Institute of Translation—also known as Babel. Babel is the world's center for translation and, more importantly, magic. Silver working—the art of manifesting the meaning lost in translation using enchanted silver bars—has made the British unparalleled in power, as its knowledge serves the Empire’s quest for colonization. For Robin, Oxford is a utopia dedicated to the pursuit of knowledge. But knowledge obeys power, and as a Chinese boy raised in Britain, Robin realizes serving Babel means betraying his motherland. As his studies progress, Robin finds himself caught between Babel and the shadowy Hermes Society, an organization dedicated to stopping imperial expansion. When Britain pursues an unjust war with China over silver and opium, Robin must decide… Can powerful institutions be changed from within, or does revolution always require violence? 
Subjects: Electronic books.; Literary; Epic; Historical; Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & Mythology; Alternative History; Dark Fantasy;
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