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Cuba straits / by White, Randy Wayne.;
"Doc Ford's old friend, General Juan Garcia, has gone into the lucrative business of smuggling Cuban baseball players into the U.S. He is also feasting on profits made by buying historical treasures for pennies on the dollar. He prefers what dealers call HPC items high-profile collectibles but when he manages to obtain a collection of letters written by Fidel Castro between 1960-62 to a secret girlfriend, it's not a matter of money anymore. Garcia has stumbled way out of his depth. First Garcia disappears, and then the man to whom he sold the letters. When Doc Ford begins to investigate, he soon becomes convinced that those letters contain a secret that someone, or some powerful agency, cannot allow to be made public. A lot happened between Cuba and the United States from 1960-62. Many men died. A few more will hardly be noticed"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Ford, Doc (Fictitious character); Marine biologists; Political kidnapping;
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Dead silence [sound recording] / by White, Randy Wayne.; Guidall, George.;
Read by George Guidall.
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Audiobooks.; Ford, Doc (Fictitious character); Marine biologists; Political kidnapping;
© p2009., Penguin Audio,
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Three minutes / by Roslund, Anders,1961-author.; Hellström, Börge,1957-author.; Wessel, Elizabeth Clark,translator.; translation of:Roslund, Anders,1961-Tre minuter.English.;
"Presumed dead by the Stockholm police -- with a couple of notable exceptions, including homicide detective Ewert Grens -- master criminal and undercover informant Piet Hoffmann is now on the run from the Swedish authorities, living with his wife and two young sons under an assumed name in South America. Hoffmann stays in touch with his former police handler, Erik Wilson, but unfortunately there is no money to be had in maintaining his unofficial connection to the Swedish police. Instead, he accepts two lucrative jobs that make good use of his experience as a double-agent in Europe's drug wars: he is recruited as a high-level enforcer for a Colombian cocaine cartel and simultaneously accepts an offer from the DEA to work as an infiltrator to bring the cartel down. The FBI even lends credence to his cover story by adding Piet's alias to the Most Wanted List. But when the Speaker of the House of Representatives is kidnapped by the cartel during an official visit to Colombia, everything changes--fast. Suddenly, Piet is party to the highest-profile kidnapping of an American political figure in history and therefore directly in the firing line in what is quickly dubbed "the Next War on Terror" by the media. Both the drug cartel and the DEA agents in charge of the case in Colombia expect Piet's loyalty, but everything he does risks his relationship with the other side. Soon enough, despite his best efforts to stay on top of the game, both sides want him dead, and he is desperate for a helping hand. A glimmer of hope comes from an unexpected corner, for dogged, stubborn detective Ewert Grens has figured out where Piet has been hiding for the past few years. But even if he gets to Piet in time, will it be enough to save the double agent's life?"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Drug traffic; Police; Political kidnapping; Undercover operations;
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The ISIS hostage : one man's true story of 13 months in captivity / by Andersen, Puk Damsgård,author.; Young, David,translator.;
The ISIS Hostage details freelance photographer Daniel Rye's thirteen-month ordeal at the hands of Islamic State after he was captured in Syria and the misery inflicted upon him, and nineteen other hostages, by the British guards, which included Jihadi John. This compelling account also follows Daniel's family and the nerve-wracking negotiations with his kidnappers. It traces their horrifying journey through impossible dilemmas and offers a rare glimpse into the secret world of the investigation launched to locate and free not only Daniel, but also the American freelance journalist and fellow hostage James Foley.
Subjects: Biographies.; Rye, Daniel, 1989-; IS (Organization); Political kidnapping; Photojournalists; Hostages;
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The Goliath run / by Smith, Brad,1957-author.;
When a deranged loner kills twenty-six people in a Pennsylvania schoolyard, the country is stunned and devastated. Among those catatonic with grief is Jo Matheson, an organic farmer who has lost her goddaughter in the shooting. Sam Jackson, an egotistical right-wing TV talking head, has sliding ratings and faces imminent cancellation. He arrives in Pennsylvania and during a rant, he blames the parents of the dead children. He intends the tirade to be his last salvo but, incredibly, his ratings climb, while Jo watches from her farmhouse in upstate New York, incensed. Sam rides the wave, shouting that it's time to take the country back from the left-wing weaklings who don't have the courage to protect their children. When he is asked to run for Congress, he accepts and amplifies his message. Watching these developments in horror, Jo finally decides that there actually is something she can do. She kidnaps Sam's ten-year-old daughter.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Mass shootings; Kidnapping; Right-wing extremists; Political candidates;
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American mother / by McCann, Colum,1965-author.; Foley, Diane,author.;
The English language has no specific word for the parent that has lost a child. There exist words for orphan, widow and widower, but there is no word that captures and conveys this tragic type of loss. It has been eleven years since Diane Foley's son, the American journalist James Foley, was kidnapped in northern Syria, and nearly ten since that day in August 2014 when she would learn that he had been murdered by ISIS in a public beheading that would ricochet in video around the world. A whole decade. Time rushes past. And yet, for Diane, that moment is unending. In American Mother, legendary author Colum McCann tells Diane's story as she recalls the months of his captivity, the efforts made to bring him home and the days following his death, in which Diane came face to face with one of the men responsible for her son's kidnapping and torture. A testament to the power of radical empathy and moral courage, American Mother takes us inside one woman's extraordinary journey to find connection in a world torn asunder, and to fight for others as a way to keep her son's memory alive.
Subjects: Biographies.; Personal narratives.; Foley, Diane; Foley, James, 1973-2014,; Foley, James, 1973-2014.; IS (Organization); Grief.; Hostages; Journalists; Kidnapping victims; Mothers and sons; Mothers of war casualties; Political kidnapping; Terrorists; Victims of terrorism;
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The reluctant fundamentalist [videorecording] / by Ahmed, Riz,1982-; Hamid, Mohsin,1971-Reluctant fundamentalist.Videorecording.; Hudson, Kate,1979-; Nair, Mira.; Pilcher, Lydia Dean.; Schreiber, Liev.; Sutherland, Kiefer,1966-; Wheeler, William,1967-; Cine Mosaic (Firm); Doha Film Institute.; IFC Films.; Mirabai Films (Firm); Mongrel Media.; Métropole Films Distribution.;
Riz Ahmed, Kate Hudson, Liev Schreiber, Kiefer Sutherland.When an American academic in Pakistan is kidnapped by anti-American radicals, the CIA thinks popular young Pakistani professor Changez is involved. But as Changez tells his story about his life in the US to an American foreign correspondent, the truth becomes harder to pin down.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.DVD, region 1, NTSC, widescreen (2.40:1) presentation , Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Hamid, Mohsin, 1971-; Feature films.; Kidnapping; Muslims; Pakistani Americans; Political films.; Thrillers (Motion pictures);
© c2013., Distributed by Mongrel Media,
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All the seas of the world / by Kay, Guy Gavriel,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."On a dark night along a lonely stretch of coast, a small ship sends two people ashore. Their purpose is assassination. They have been hired by two of the most dangerous men alive to alter the balance of power in the world. If they succeed, the consequences will affect the destinies of empires, and lives both great and small. One of those arriving at that beach is a woman abducted by corsairs as a child and sold into years of servitude. Having escaped, she is trying to chart her own course-and is bent upon revenge. Another is a seafaring merchant who still remembers being exiled as a child with his family from their home, for their faith, a moment that never leaves him. In what follows, through a story both intimate and epic, unforgettable characters are immersed in the fierce and deadly struggles that define their time. All the Seas of the World is a drama that also offers moving reflections on memory, fate, and the random events that can shape our lives-in the past, and today"--
Subjects: Fantasy fiction.; Novels.; Assassins; Fate and fatalism; Kidnapping victims; Memory; Merchants; Politics, Practical; Revenge;
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The Spanish princess [videorecording] / by Hope, Charlotte,1991-actor.; Imrie, Angus,1994-actor.; O'Connor, Ruairi,actor.; Reid, Daina,film director.; Stærmose, Birgitte,1963-film director.; television adaptation of (work):Gregory, Philippa.Constant princess.; television adaptation of (work):Gregory, Philippa.King's curse.; Lions Gate Home Entertainment,distributor.;
Charlotte Hope, Angus Imrie, Ruairi O'Connor, Alexandra Moen, Elliot Cowan.Originally broadcast on television in 2019.The Spanish Princess is a vivid and captivating story told froma uniquely female persopective, which also sheds light on the previously overlooked lives of people of color in medieval London. Cather of Aragon, the Princess of Spain, marries the English Prince Arthur. When he dies suddenly, the throne seems lost to Catherine until she sets her sights on his brother, Prince Harry, the future King Henry VIII.Canadian Home Video Rating: 18A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Fiction television programs.; Television programs.; Television mini-series.; Biographical television programs.; Historical television programs.; Catherine, of Aragon, Queen, consort of Henry VIII, King of England, 1485-1536; Queens;
For private home use only.
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The apostle : a thriller / by Thor, Brad.;
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Political fiction.; Spy stories.; Suspense fiction.; Qaida (Organization); Harvath, Scot (Fictitious character); Intelligence officers; Kidnapping; Terrorists;
© 2009., Atria Books,
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