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The United States has stared down many threats with President Jack Ryan at the helm, but what if he&’s not…
there when we need him? That&’s the question facing a nation in the most shocking entry in Tom Clancy's #1 New York Times bestselling series. A shadowy billionaire uses his fortune to further his corrupt ambitions. Along the way, he&’s toppled democratically elected governments and exacerbated divisions within stable nations. The competitors he&’s destroyed, the people he&’s hurt, they&’re all just marks on a ledger. Now, he&’s ready to implement his most ambitious plan of all. There&’s only one force standing in his way—President Jack Ryan. How do you compel a man like Jack Ryan to bend? He&’s personally faced down everything from the Russian navy to cartel killers. It will take more than political headwinds or media disfavor to cause him to turn from his duty to the American people, but every man has an Achilles heel. Jack Ryan&’s is his family. The answer is as simple as it is shocking. The billionaire has assembled an international team of the most ruthless mercenaries alive. Their mission—kidnap the First Lady
May 1917: The elegant streets of Boston are thousands of miles away from the carnage of the Western Front. Yet…
even here, amid the clatter of horse-drawn carriages and automobiles, it is impossible to ignore the war raging across Europe. Emma Lewis Swan's husband, Tom, has gone to France, eager to do his duty as a surgeon. Emma, a sculptress, has stayed behind, pursuing her art despite being dismissed by male critics. On the bustling sidewalk she spies a returned soldier. His brutally scarred face inspires first pity, and then something more-a determination to use her skill to make masks for disfigured soldiers. Leaving Boston for France also means leaving behind Linton Bower, a fiery, gifted artist determined to win her. Emma's union with Tom has been steady yet passionless, marred by guilt over a choice she made long ago. In Paris, she crafts intricate, lifelike masks to restore these wounded men to the world. But in the course of her new career she will encounter one man who compels her to confront the secret she's never revealed, not even to Tom. Only by casting off the façade she has worn for so long can she pursue a path through heartbreak and turmoil toward her own unexpected future
After the generational ship Jacob's Ladder reaches its final destination--a habitable planet called the Grail--its passengers realize others beat them…
there. The Jacobites clash with the established human settlers, giving rise to deceptions and manipulations between the groups. Sequel to Chill (DB 71883). Some violence and some strong language. 2011
In seventeenth-century Peru, St. Martin de Porres was torn from his body after death. His bones were pillaged as relics,…
and his spirit was said to inhabit those bones. Four centuries later, nineteen-year old Ham is set adrift from his hometown of New Orleans following Hurricane Katrina. Hidden beneath his clothes, he wears his only valued possession: a pendant handed down from his foster mother, Miss Pearl. There's something about the pendant that has always gripped him, and the curiosity of it has grown into a kind of comfort. When Ham finally embarks on a fraught journey back home, he seeks the answer to a question he cannot face: Is Miss Pearl still alive? Ham travels from Atlanta to rural Alabama, and from one young woman to another, as he evades the devastation of what awaits him in New Orleans. Catching sight of a freedom he's never known, he must reclaim his body and mind from the spirit who watches over him, guides him, and seizes possession of him
With the mystery of Maureen Johnson and Brittany Cavallaro and the historical intrigue of Romanov, this genre-bending YA will pull…
readers into one girl's journey of discovering the impossible tale of a long-lost aunt—and through her, the importance of being true to yourself. It's not every day you discover you might be related to Anastasia...or that the tragic princess actually survived her assassination attempt and has been living as the woman you know as Aunt Anna. For Jess Morgan, who is growing tired of living her life to please everyone else, discovering her late aunt's diaries shows her she's not the only one struggling to hide who she really is. But was her aunt truly a Romanov princess? Or is this some elaborate hoax? With the help of a supremely dorky but undeniably cute local college student named Evan, Jess digs into the century-old mystery. But soon Jess realizes there's another, bigger truth waiting to be revealed: Jess Morgan. Because if she's learned anything from Aunt Anna, it's that only you can write your own story. Supplemental enhancement PDF accompanies the audiobook
Are you ready for some of the most exciting, death-defying escape stories ever told? The sixth installment in the Great…
Escapes series is here—perfect for fans of the I Survived series! June, 1942—Libya. Free French Officer Susan Travers was one of the few women on the frontlines in Africa during World War Two. After the Germans surrounded the military camp of Bir Hakeim, a shocking order was issued. The French troops were going to break out in the middle of the night—crossing through dangerous minefields and enemy territory—to reach their British allies. And Officer Travers would be leading the charge. With the lives of thousands of military men at risk, stakes were high. But Officer Travers didn't face rejection and break gender barriers to back down now. Her country needed her to fight. And win. For reluctant readers to total bookworms, this gripping historical fiction story will leave you eager to read the whole series!
A lecturer from Madrid--who is never named--joins the faculty at Oxford for two years. With no real duties, he pursues…
an affair with married British colleague Clare Bayes. Their romantic intrigues unfold amid the gossip, politics, and eccentricities of academia. Translated from Spanish. Some explicit descriptions of sex. 1992
Pennsylvania, 2028. While preparing for her daughter Caroline's nuptials, Sarah McClure reflects on the success of the Elm Creek quilters…
and their business enterprise. She also reminisces about the women of the past who endured hardships and triumphs while creating their own quilts. 2011
1980. Sixty-year-old Marshall Stone, a widower and retired pilot, journeys to France to retrace the trail he took after his…
B-17 bomber crashed in 1944. Marshall searches for the woman--who was only a schoolgirl then--who led him to safety, and comes to terms with his past. Some strong language. 2011
Morocco, 1936. Sira Quiroga, a young seamstress from Madrid, leaves home with her lover but is abandoned in North Africa.…
She creates a successful couture workshop and is recruited to work for the British cause against Germany. Translated from Spanish. Some violence and some strong language. 2011
When a colonel and his family are murdered in their remote West Virginia home, the army sends investigator John Puller…
to the crime scene. Puller arrives to find yet another body, and joins forces with the local detective investigating the case, sergeant Samantha Cole. Violence and strong language. Bestseller. 2011
London. Retired divorcé Tony Webster is bequeathed a journal that belonged to his schoolmate Adrian, who committed suicide forty years…
ago. Tony reflects on the past, which included a bitter parting from his first lover Veronica, who next dated Adrian. Some strong language. Man Booker Prize. Bestseller. 2011
In Abbottabad, Pakistan, army ranger-turned-CIA agent Charlie Becker poses as a beggar to obtain information on the whereabouts of Osama…
bin Laden. But he fears exposure after spotting a former prisoner he interrogated in Guantánamo. Meanwhile, SEAL Team Six prepares to take down bin Laden. Violence and strong language. 2011
Derbyshire, England; 1803. Fitzwilliam Darcy and his wife Elizabeth (née Bennet), who have been married six years and have two…
sons, are relaxing on the night before their annual autumn ball. Elizabeth's wayward sister Lydia arrives unexpectedly, declaring that her husband Wickham has been murdered on Darcy's estate. Bestseller. 2011
London, 1765. Beatrice Corning is hostessing a tea for her uncle when a wild-looking man staggers in. Reynaud St. Aubyn,…
thought to have been killed in battle, is the rightful heir to her uncle's title. Now a traitor's target, Reynaud fascinates Beatrice. Explicit descriptions of sex and some violence. 2009
Professeure d'université impliquée sans passion dans des colloques d'histoire contemporaine, Laure est mariée et mère de deux filles, dont Véra,…
l'aînée, qui organise des mouvements d'insurrection lycéens. Un jour, elle fait la rencontre de Clément, un homme de 50 ans qui s'ennuie dans la finance et se morfond dans un monde où la masculinité n'a plus sa place.
Algérie, fin des années 1950. Naja élève seule ses trois filles car Saïd, son époux, travaille dans les usines Renault…
de Boulogne-Billancourt. Elles le rejoignent et s'installent dans une HLM. Naja tombe enceinte. Le couple propose à Kader, le frère de Saïd, marié à une Française d'adopter l'enfant. Naja accouche de faux jumeaux et décide finalement de garder le plus fragile des garçons.
Historical novel picks up after the events in To Try Men's Souls (DB 70742), with George Washington and his army…
encamped at Valley Forge, Pennsylvania, during the winter of 1777-78. Baron von Steuben trains the troops while congressional rivals try to replace Washington. Some violence and some strong language. 2010
Poland, early 1940s. Ten-year-old Felix and six-year-old Zelda escape from a train headed to a Nazi death camp and struggle…
to survive. Alone at first, the children soon meet Genia, a farmer with her own reasons for hating Germans. Sequel to Once (DB 71539). Some violence. For grades 6-9. 2008
Tyler Locke and Stacy Benedict, from The Ark (DB 72290), are both told that a family member will die if…
they don't disarm a bomb together. And the criminal mastermind manipulating them, who wants the riches of King Midas, has further tasks in store. Violence and some strong language. 2011