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- Tom Clancy's Op-Center. by Rovin, Jeff,author.; Clancy, Tom,1947-2013,creator.; Pieczenik, Steve R.,creator.;
"In this action-packed thriller in the New York Times bestselling Tom Clancy's Op-Center series, America's elite task force must take down a group of ruthless domestic terrorists determined to paralyze the country through extreme acts of violence. They are known as the Black Order. Self-proclaimed patriots and survivalists, they refuse to surrender their values and beliefs to the left-leaning cultural and progressive forces threatening their nation. Military veterans and high-tech specialists, they've begun a savage war from public assassinations of politicians and celebrities to high-profile bombings, striking without warning or mercy. The Black Order wants nothing less than complete capitulation from the US government, giving them free rein to make their ideologies the law of the land. Only Op-Center's Black Wasp, a skilled team of military operatives answerable to the President, can defeat these militant revolutionaries. But even as Admiral Chase Williams and his agents force them on the run, the Black Order possesses a weapon of mass destruction that they will not hesitate to unleash against millions of innocent civilians"--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Special forces (Military science); Terrorism; Domestic terrorism;
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- The first gentleman : a thriller / by Clinton, Bill,1946-author.; Patterson, James,1947-author.;
"America has a powerful new president ... And her husband's on trial for murder. President Madeline Pearson Wright is a path-breaking, first-term president. Not only is she the first woman in the Oval Office, she's the creator of the Grand Bargain, the most sweeping social legislation package since FDR's New Deal. Now she's also the first president whose spouse is standing trial for murder. First gentleman Cole Wright and the president have been a couple since their undergrad days at Dartmouth, and Wright initially found fame as a tight end on the New England Patriots. He's now a supportive political spouse -- until the story of an unsolved murder from his NFL days resurfaces, and new suspicions fall on Wright himself. Investigative journalists Garrett Wilson and Brea Cooke, whose own professional and personal partnership dates -- like the first couple's -- to their days at Dartmouth, are convinced that the evidence of Wright's guilt can be found on campus. Their targeted investigation quickly expands beyond New England, propelling them through the corridors of power and directly into the sights of those determined to stop them, at any cost, from learning the truth. As the trial proceeds, the country stands divided on the future of the Wright administration-and on the fate of the first gentleman"--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Political fiction.; Novels.; Journalists; Murder; Politicians' spouses; Presidents' spouses; Trials (Murder); Women presidents;
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- The first gentleman [text (large print)] : a thriller / by Clinton, Bill,1946-author.; Patterson, James,1947-author.;
"America has a powerful new president ... And her husband's on trial for murder. President Madeline Pearson Wright is a path-breaking, first-term president. Not only is she the first woman in the Oval Office, she's the creator of the Grand Bargain, the most sweeping social legislation package since FDR's New Deal. Now she's also the first president whose spouse is standing trial for murder. First gentleman Cole Wright and the president have been a couple since their undergrad days at Dartmouth, and Wright initially found fame as a tight end on the New England Patriots. He's now a supportive political spouse -- until the story of an unsolved murder from his NFL days resurfaces, and new suspicions fall on Wright himself. Investigative journalists Garrett Wilson and Brea Cooke, whose own professional and personal partnership dates -- like the first couple's -- to their days at Dartmouth, are convinced that the evidence of Wright's guilt can be found on campus. Their targeted investigation quickly expands beyond New England, propelling them through the corridors of power and directly into the sights of those determined to stop them, at any cost, from learning the truth. As the trial proceeds, the country stands divided on the future of the Wright administration-and on the fate of the first gentleman"--- Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large print books.; Political fiction.; Novels.; Journalists; Murder; Politicians' spouses; Presidents' spouses; Trials (Murder); Women presidents;
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- Tom Clancy's Op-Center. [sound recording] / by Rovin, Jeff,author.; Gurner, Jeff,narrator.; Clancy, Tom,1947-2013,creator.; Pieczenik, Steve R.,creator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Jeff Gurner."In this action-packed thriller in the New York Times bestselling Tom Clancy's Op-Center series, America's elite task force must take down a group of ruthless domestic terrorists determined to paralyze the country through extreme acts of violence. They are known as the Black Order. Self-proclaimed patriots and survivalists, they refuse to surrender their values and beliefs to the left-leaning cultural and progressive forces threatening their nation. Military veterans and high-tech specialists, they've begun a savage war from public assassinations of politicians and celebrities to high-profile bombings, striking without warning or mercy. The Black Order wants nothing less than complete capitulation from the US government, giving them free rein to make their ideologies the law of the land. Only Op-Center's Black Wasp, a skilled team of military operatives answerable to the President, can defeat these militant revolutionaries. But even as Admiral Chase Williams and his agents force them on the run, the Black Order possesses a weapon of mass destruction that they will not hesitate to unleash against millions of innocent civilians"--- Subjects: Audiobooks.; Thrillers (Fiction); Domestic terrorism; Special forces (Military science); Terrorism;
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- Sorry, Not Sorry : An Unapologetic Look at What Makes Canada Worth Fighting For. by Critch, Mark.;
Known for his sharp-witted skits on CBCs 'This Hour Has 22 Minutes', Mark Critch uses his keen observational skills to explore the complexities of Canadian identity and the new wave of Canadian patriotism. Critch lives in St. John's, NL.Library Bound Incorporated- Subjects: HISTORY / Canada / Post-Confederation (1867-); HUMOR / Form / Essays; HUMOR / Topic / Cultural, Ethnic & Regional;
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- Star crossed : a true Romeo and Juliet story in Hitler's Paris / by Macadam, Heather Dune,author.; Worrall, Simon,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Paris, 1940. The City of Light has fallen under German occupation. Among patriotic Parisians, the pursuit of art, culture, and jazz has become a bold act of defiance. So has forbidden love for talented and spirited Jewish teenager Annette Zelman, a student at the Beaux-Arts, and dashing young Catholic poet Jean Jausion. Despite their devout families' vehement opposition, the young couple finds acceptance at the famed Café de Flore, whose habitues include Simone de Beauvoir, Jean-Paul Sartre, Pablo Picasso, Django Reinhardt, and other luminaries of the Latin Quarter. For a time, Annette and Jean feel they have eluded the brute might of the relentless Nazis--and more immediately, their parents' threats and demands. But as restrictions on the Jewish community escalate to arrests and deportations, the maleficent forces gathering around the young lovers set them on divergent and tragically inevitable paths. Drawn from never-before-published family letters and other treasures, as well as archival sources and exclusive interviews, Star-Crossed offers us precious insight into the Holocaust and the lives French people bravely led under the Hitler regime. This breathtaking true story of beauty, art, liberation, and the transformative power of love resonates with an intimate story of undying devotion, seen through the prism of history"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Jausion, Jean.; Zelman, Annette.; Holocaust, Jewish (1939-1945); Jews;
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- Same bed different dreams : a novel / by Park, Ed,1970-author.;
"March 1919. Far-flung Korean patriots establish the Korean Provisional Government to protest the Japanese occupation of their country. This government-in-exile proves mostly symbolic, its petitions ignored by heads of state as Korea's nationhood is erased. After Japan's defeat in World War II, the KPG dissolves and civil war erupts, resulting in the North-South split that remains today. But what if the KPG still existed now, today-working toward a unified Korea, secretly harnessing the might of a giant tech company to further its aims? That's the outrageous premise of Same Bed Different Dreams, which spins Korean history, American pop culture, and our tech-fraught lives into an extraordinary and unforgettable novel. Weaving together three distinct narrative voices, Park twists reality like a kaleidoscope, forging connections and reinterpreting the past. Early on we meet Soon Sheen, who works at the sprawling international technology company GLOAT, and comes into possession of an unfinished book authored by the KPG. The manuscript is a mysterious, revisionist history, tying famous names and obscure bit players to the KPG's grand project. This strange manuscript links together figures from architect-poet Yi Sang to Jack London to Marilyn Monroe. M*A*S*H is in here, too, and the Moonies, and a history of violence extending from the assassination of President McKinley to the Soviet downing of Korean Air Lines Flight 007"--- Subjects: Alternative histories (Fiction); Satirical literature.; Novels.; Governments in exile; Manuscripts; Technology;
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- Two roads home [text (large print)] : Hitler, Stalin and the miraculous survival of my family / by Finkelstein, Daniel,1962-author.; container of (work):Finkelstein, Daniel,1962-Hitler, Stalin, Mum and Dad.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."An epic and beautifully written World War II family history that spans Europe, telling of two happy families uprooted by war, their incredible suffering in Hitler's and Stalin's camps, and the near-miraculous survival and rescue of the author's parents who met after the war. Daniel Finkelstein's grandfather Alfred Wiener was a German Jewish intellectual leader who tolled an early warning of the impending Holocaust and became an archivist of Nazi crimes. He relocated his family to safety in Amsterdam, where they became close with Anne Frank's family. But they were eventually separated, and Daniel's mother Mirjam was sent to Bergen-Belsen with her mother and sisters while Alfred worked feverishly to free them. Finkelstein's father, Ludwik, grew up in a prosperous Jewish family in Poland where his father was a patriotic hero of the Great War. But when Stalin took control, Finkelstein's grandfather was deported to Siberia, while Ludwik and his mother were sent to Kazahkstan, where they barely survived freezing winters and harrowing forced labor conditions. Two Roads Home is a page-turning account of ingenuity, bravery and the almost unbelievable coincidences that brought Daniel's parents together. The story features secret archives, forgery and theft, and sweeps across Europe to show the expanse of the war. Moving, engrossing and inspiring, Love and Murder will profoundly touch all who read it"--- Subjects: Biographies.; Large print books.; Finkelstein, Daniel, 1962-; Finkelstein, Ludwik, 1929-2011.; Finkelstein, Mirjam, 1933-2017.; Finkelstein family.; Wiener family.; Wiener Library; Bergen-Belsen (Concentration camp); Holocaust survivors; Jewish families; Jews; Polish people; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
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- The Cubans : ordinary lives in extraordinary times / by DePalma, Anthony,author.;
"Modern Cuba comes alive in a vibrant portrait of a group of families's varied journeys in one community over the last twenty years. Cubans today, most of whom have lived their entire lives under the Castro regime, are hesitantly embracing the future. In his new book, Anthony DePalma, a veteran reporter with years of experience in Cuba, focuses on a neighborhood across the harbor from Old Havana to dramatize the optimism as well as the enormous challenges that Cubans face: a moving snapshot of Cuba with all its contradictions as the new regime opens the gate to the capitalism that Fidel railed against for so long. In Guanabacoa, longtime residents prove enterprising in the extreme. Scrounging materials in the black market, Cary Luisa Limonta Ewen has started her own small manufacturing business, a surprising turn for a former ranking member of the Communist Party. Her good friend Lili, a loyal Communist, heads the neighborhood's watchdog revolutionary committee. Artist Arturo Montoto, who had long lived and worked in Mexico, moved back to Cuba when he saw improving conditions but complains like any artist about recognition. In stark contrast, Jorge García lives in Miami and continues to seek justice for the sinking of a tugboat full of refugees, a tragedy that claimed the lives of his son, grandson, and twelve other family members, a massacre for which the government denies any role. In The Cubans, many patriots face one new question: is their loyalty to the revolution, or to their country?"--- Subjects: Biographies.;
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- When the Irish invaded Canada : the incredible true story of the Civil War veterans who fought for Ireland's freedom / by Klein, Christopher,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."The outlandish, untold story of the Irish-American revolutionaries who tried to free Ireland by invading Canada. Just over a year after Robert E. Lee relinquished his sword, a band of Union and Confederate veterans dusted off their guns. But these former foes had no intention of reigniting the Civil War. Instead, they were bound by a common goal: to seize the British province of Canada and to hold it hostage until the independence of Ireland was secured. By the time that these invasions--known together as the Fenian Raids--began in 1866, Ireland had been Britain's unwilling colony for seven hundred years. Thousands of Civil War veterans considered themselves Irishmen before they were Americans. They were those who fled rather than perish in the wake of the Great Hunger, and now they took their cue from a previous generation of successful American revolutionaries. With the tacit support of the U.S. government, the Fenian Brotherhood established a state in exile, planned prison breaks, weathered infighting, stockpiled weapons, and assassinated enemies. Defiantly, this motley group, including a one-armed war hero, an English spy infiltrating rebel forces, and a radical who staged his own funeral, managed to seize a piece of Canada--if only for three days. When the Irish Invaded Canada is the untold tale of a band of fiercely patriotic Irish-Americans and their chapter in Ireland's centuries-long fight for independence. Inspiring, lively, and often undeniably comic, this is a story of fighting for what's right in the face of impossible odds"--- Subjects: Fenians.;
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