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Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Suspense and thrillers, Adventure stories, General fiction
Human-transcribed braille
West Africa. Dirk Pitt seeks the origin of a red tide threatening global oxygen supplies. As Pitt and sidekick Al…
Giordino track pollutants, they suffer enslavement in a coal mine, rescue a woman from cannibalistic nomads, discover a hazardous-waste disposal plant, and find a long-missing pilot's body. Some violence. 1992
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Bestsellers (Fiction), Suspense and thrillers
Human-transcribed braille
A group of archaeologists is exploring a Peruvian sinkhole and gets in trouble. Dirk Pitt happens to be in the…
neighborhood and comes to their aid. But the rescue simply sets in motion a series of events that find Pitt looking for lost treasure, being captured by a band of art smugglers, and swimming through an uncharted underground river. Violence and strong language. Bestseller
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Adventure stories, Bestsellers (Fiction)
Human-transcribed braille
When the great library of Alexandria was sacked in A.D. 391, perhaps some of its fabulous art treasures and volumes…
from its library escaped the flames and were ferried across the Atlantic. This is the premise of a suspense caper that features green-eyed Dirk Pitt, a James Bond type whom "no woman could completely possess." Some strong language. Bestseller
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Mysteries and crime stories, Suspense and thrillers
Human-transcribed braille
Husband-and-wife team Sam and Remi Fargo are on a climate-control expedition in the Arctic, when to their astonishment they discover…
a Viking ship in the ice, perfectly preserved, and filled with pre-Columbian artifacts from Mexico. Soon the Fargos find themselves on the run through jungles, temples, and secret tombs, caught among treasure-hunters, crime cartels, and those with a far more personal motivation for stopping them. At the end of the road will be the solution to a thousand-year-old mystery-- or death. 2015.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Mysteries and crime stories, Suspense and thrillers
Human-transcribed braille
It is 1920. Prohibition and bootlegging are in full swing. When Joseph Van Dorn is shot and nearly killed while…
in pursuit of a rum-running vessel, his friend and employee, Isaac Bell, swears to him that he will hunt down the lawbreakers. But Bell doesn't know what he is getting into. When a witness to the shooting is executed in a manner peculiar to the Russian secret police, it becomes clear that these were no ordinary bootleggers. Bell is facing a team of Bolshevik assassins and saboteurs - and they are intent on overthrowing the government of the United States. Sequel to "The striker", followed by "The assassin". 2014.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Adventure stories, Bestsellers (Fiction)
Human-transcribed braille
When the most advanced aircraft ever designed vanishes over the South Pacific, Kurt Austin and Joe Zavala are drawn into…
a deadly contest to locate the fallen machine. Russia and China covet the radical technology, but the United States worries about a darker problem. They know what others don't--that the X-37 is carrying a dangerous secret, a payload of exotic matter, extracted from the upper reaches of the atmosphere and stored at a temperature near absolute zero. As long as it remains frozen, the cargo is inert, but if it thaws, it will unleash a catastrophe of nearly unthinkable proportions. From the Galapagos Islands to the jungles of South America to an icy mountain lake many believe to be the birthplace of the Inca, the entire NUMA team will risk everything in an effort to avert disaster. Sequel to "The Pharaoh's secret". Bestseller. 2017.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Bestsellers (Fiction), Mysteries and crime stories, Suspense and thrillers
Human-transcribed braille
Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon face their toughest challenge yet when a violent bank heist during the…
Monaco Grand Prix decimates the Corporation's accounts. To get the money back, Juan joins forces with an old friend from his days in the CIA so they can track down a rogue hacker and a ruthless former Ukrainian naval officer. It is only after the hunt begins that the enormity of the plan comes into focus: the bank theft is just the first step in a plot that will result in the deaths of millions and bring the world's economies to a standstill. The catalyst for the scheme? A stunning document stolen during Napoleon's disastrous invasion of Russia. But two hundred years later, it may be the thing that brings Europe to its knees. Bestseller. 2016.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Bestsellers (Fiction), Mysteries and crime stories
Human-transcribed braille
1906, New York City. The Italian crime group known as the Black Hand is on a spree: kidnapping, extortion, arson.…
Detective Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Agency is hired to form a special "Black hand squad," but the gangsters appear to be everywhere--so much so that Bell begins to wonder if there are imitators, criminals using the name for the terror effect. And then the murders begin, each one of a man more powerful than the last, and as Bell discovers, to his dismay, the ultimate target may be the most powerful man of all. Bestseller. 2016.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Adventure stories, Bestsellers (Fiction)
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
When Kurt Austin is injured attempting to rescue the passengers and crew from a sinking yacht, he wakes with fragmented…
and conflicted memories. Did he see an old friend and her children drown, or was the yacht abandoned when he came aboard? For reasons he cannot explain, Kurt doesn't trust either version of his recollection. Determined to know the truth, he begins to search for answers, and soon finds himself descending into a shadowy world of state-sponsored cybercrime, and uncovering a pattern of vanishing scientists, suspicious accidents, and a web of human trafficking. With the help of Joe Zavala, he takes on the sinister organization at the heart of this web, facing off with them in locations ranging from Monaco to North Korea to the rugged coasts of Madagascar. But where he will ultimately end up, even he could not begin to guess. Sequel to "Zero hour". Bestseller. 2014.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Adventure stories, Historical fiction, Mysteries and crime stories, Spy stories, Suspense and thrillers
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
1908. Isaac Bell of the Van Dorn Detective Agency investigates the supposed suicide of battleship engineer Arthur Langner. After more…
deaths among naval research staff, Bell hunts for a foreign spy hobbling American military advances during a buildup to war. Some violence. Bestseller. 2010. (Isaac Bell adventure)
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted)
Sea stories, General fiction, Suspense and thrillers
Human-transcribed braille
In the remote wastes of Greenland, a young scientist has unearthed a 50,000 year-old meteorite known as the Sacred Stone,…
which he soon discovers possesses potentially catastrophic radioactive power. The astounding find places him in the crossfire of two opposing terrorist groups who seek the stone for themselves. Caught between two militant factions bent on wholesale slaughter, Juan Cabrillo and his ship of high-tech mercenaries must fight to protect the scientist and the Sacred Stone - and prevent the outbreak of World War III. c2004.
Braille (Contracted), Electronic braille (Contracted), DAISY audio (CD), DAISY audio (Direct to player), DAISY audio (Zip)
Bestsellers (Fiction), Mysteries and crime stories, Suspense and thrillers
Human-narrated audio, Human-transcribed braille
In October 1943, a U.S. destroyer sailed out of Philadelphia and supposedly vanished, the result of a Navy experiment with…
electromagnetic radiation. The story was considered a hoax - but now Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon colleagues aren't so sure. There are rumours of a new weapon soon to be auctioned, something very dangerous to America's interests, and the rumours link it to the great inventor Nikola Tesla, who was working with the Navy when he died in 1943. Was he responsible for the experiment? Are his notes in the hands of enemies? As Cabrillo races to find the truth, he discovers there is even more at stake than he could have imagined - but by the time he realizes it, he may already be too late. Sequel to "The jungle". Bestseller. 2013.