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Words on fire / by Nielsen, Jennifer A.;
In 1893 twelve-year-old Audra lives on a farm in Lithuania, and tries to avoid the Cossack soldiers who enforce the Russian decrees that ban Lithuanian books, religion, culture, and even the language; but when the soldiers invade the farm Audra is the only one who escapes and, unsure of what has happened to her parents, she embarks on a dangerous journey, carrying the smuggled Lithuanian books that fuel the growing resistance movement, unsure of who to trust, but risking her life and freedom for her country.LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Smuggling; Books and reading; Government, Resistance to; Interpersonal relations;

Golden dawn / by Kostigen, Thomas.;
When journalist Michael Shea discovers a plot to smuggle nuclear materials into Iran, he must flee the Iranian secret service with the assistance of Neda Ghazali, a member of an ancient sect that guards a secret prophecy about the end times.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Hermetic Order of the Golden Dawn; Nuclear terrorism; Prophecies;
© c2012., Forge,

The jaguar's children / by Vaillant, John(John H.),author.;
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.; Archaeologists; Genetically modified foods; Human smuggling; Human trafficking; Indians of Mexico; Zapotec Indians; Zapotec Indians; Zapotec Indians;

All the frequent troubles of our days : the true story of the American woman at the heart of the German resistance to Hitler / by Donner, Rebecca,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Part biography, part political thriller, part scholarly detective story that draws on letters, diary entries, notes smuggled out of a Berlin prison, and other documents, this true story chronicles the life and brutal death of Mildred Harnack, the American leader of one of the largest underground resistance groups in Germany.
Subjects: Biographies.; Harnack-Fish, Mildred, 1902-1943.; Rote Kapelle (Resistance group); Americans; Anti-Nazi movement; Espionage; Executions and executioners; World War, 1939-1945;

Tea with jam & dread / by Delany, Vicki,1951-author.;
Cape Cod tearoom owner Lily Roberts leaves New England for old England to attend a party for an aristocratic centenarian. But when a party guest dies from an allergic reaction to almonds that someone smuggled into Lily's sandwiches, she will have to scour the property to find out who would commit murder in such a manor.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Recipes.; Novels.; Allergy; Murder; Parties; Tearooms;

The corporal's wife / by Seymour, Gerald.;
A suspenseful and thrilling novel about a small British team sent into Iran to smuggle out a feisty, independent young woman named Farideh. If they are caught, they will all be executed by the fundamentalist government - the Brits because they are effectively spies and Farideh because her husband is regarded as a traitor and she has a dangerous mind of her own.
Subjects: Suspense fiction.; Mystery fiction.;
© 2013., Hodder & Stoughton,

Rook / by Cameron, Sharon,1970-;
In the Sunken City that was once Paris the guillotine rules again, while Sophia Bellamy from the Commonwealth across the Channel Sea tries to rescue as many of the revolution's victims as she can smuggle out, and some prisoners disappear from their cells, with a red-tipped rook feather left in their place--but who is the mysterious Red Rook and where does Sophia's wealthy fiancé, René Hasard, fit in?LSC
Subjects: Adventure fiction.; Romantic suspense fiction.; Dystopias.; Rescues; Secrecy; Political prisoners;

Cam Jansen and the mystery at the monkey house / by Adler, David A.;
Fifth-grade sleuth Cam Jansen uses her photographic memory to solve a monkey-smuggling mystery at the city zoo.
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories.;
© 1999., Puffin Books,

American made [videorecording] / by Cruise, Tom,1962-actor.; Gleeson, Domhnall,1983-actor.; Jones, Caleb Landry,actor.; Kirke, Lola,actor.; Liman, Doug,film director.; Plemons, Jesse,1988-actor.; Spinelli, Gary,screenwriter.; Wright, Sarah,1983-actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones, Lola Kirke.In this '80s-set thriller based on a true story, airline pilot Barry Seal (Tom Cruise) is recruited by the CIA to smuggle drugs and weapons abroad for the U.S. government. Seal quickly amasses a fortune via his undercover operations, but he gets in over his head when he becomes involved with Colombia's Medellín cartel and the Iran-contra scandal.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Seal, Barry, 1939-1986; Medellín Cartel; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Drug traffic; Illegal arms transfers; Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990; Organized crime;
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American made [videorecording (BLURARY)] / by Cruise, Tom,1962-actor.; Gleeson, Domhnall,1983-actor.; Jones, Caleb Landry,actor.; Kirke, Lola,actor.; Liman, Doug,film director.; Plemons, Jesse,1988-actor.; Spinelli, Gary,screenwriter.; Wright, Sarah,1983-actor.; Universal Pictures Home Entertainment (Firm),publisher.;
Tom Cruise, Domhnall Gleeson, Sarah Wright, Jesse Plemons, Caleb Landry Jones, Lola Kirke.In this '80s-set thriller based on a true story, airline pilot Barry Seal (Tom Cruise) is recruited by the CIA to smuggle drugs and weapons abroad for the U.S. government. Seal quickly amasses a fortune via his undercover operations, but he gets in over his head when he becomes involved with Colombia's Medellín cartel and the Iran-contra scandal.Canadian Home Video Rating: 14A.MPAA rating: R.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Action and adventure films.; Feature films.; Biographical films.; Seal, Barry, 1939-1986; Medellín Cartel; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Drug traffic; Illegal arms transfers; Iran-Contra Affair, 1985-1990; Organized crime;
For private home use only.

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