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2621) Laszlo
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Minx Montgomery's only light in a terrible childhood was her neighbor and best friend, Mouse. When he left Texas at the age of seventeen, she never heard from him again, though she's never forgotten him either. She moved in with her uncle, went to college and became a counselor. Her supervisor at the clinic sexually harassed her. Reporting him backfired. Demoted, she's transferred to another branch in the city--to the same district she'd finally managed...
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From New York Times bestselling author James Brady-the story of Marine legend John Basilone, one of three main characters in HBO's The Pacific.
Gunnery Sergeant John Basilone was a Marine legend who received the Medal of Honor for holding off 3,000 Japanese on Guadalcanal and the Navy Cross posthumously for his bravery on Iwo Jima. This is the story of how a young man from Raritan, New Jersey, became one of America's biggest World War II heroes. •...
2623) The Pirate Round
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In 1706, war still rages in Europe, and the tobacco planters of the Virginia colony's tidewater struggle against shrinking markets and pirates lurking off the coast. But American seafarers have found a new source of wealth: the Indian Ocean and ships carrying fabulous treasure to the great Mogul of India. Faced with ruin, former pirate Thomas Marlowe is determined to find a way to the riches of the East. Carrying his crop of tobacco in his privateer,...
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Gettysburg trilogy volume 2
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Grant Comes East, the second book in the bestselling series by Newt Gingrich and William R. Forstchen, continues the story of a Confederate victory at Gettysburg.
Across 140 years, nearly all historians have agreed that after the defeat of the Army of the Potomac at Gettysburg, the taking of Washington, DC, would end the war. But was it possible?
Lee knows that a frontal assault against such fortifications could devastate his army, but it is a...
2625) Out of Line
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Desperate to break free... I've spent my entire life under my father's thumb, but now I'm finally free to make my own choices. When my roommate dragged me to my first college party, I met Finn Coram and my life turned inside out. He knows how to break the rules and is everything I never knew I wanted. A Marine by day and surfer by night, he pushes me away even as our attraction brings us closer. Now I am finally free to do whatever I want. I know...
2627) SEAL the Deal
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In the postcard-perfect seaside town of Annapolis, Maryland, the bestselling romance series begins…Lieutenant Commander Mick Riley, a member of the fabled SEAL Team Six, can't pull his eyes from Lacey Owens. Yet she is the type of woman he wants to avoid – the kind that gets him thinking about settling down, spawning kids, and finding lower-mortality employment.Lacey has her own reasons for avoiding Mick. Tired of living in the shadow of her financial...
2628) Letters from War
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From platinum-selling singer Mark Schultz comes a novel based on his award-winning song 'Letters from Home,' about a mother's unwavering hope and steadfast prayers for her son to return from war.
INSPIRED BY THE ORIGINAL HIT SONG
When Beth Thompson's only son, James, goes missing in action in Afghanistan, she is left with her prayers, hopes, fears . . . and letters.
Mother and son have been writing since boot camp. James writes of his struggle...
2629) Six Minutes to Midnight
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He's a navy SEAL who's highly trained for any assignment.
So why can't he resist the woman he's vowed to protect?
Navy SEAL "T-Mac" Trace McGuire is assigned to protect army specialist Kinsley Anderson and Agar, her IED-detecting dog. When they're shot at and nearly blown up, T-Mac admires Kinsley's ability to hold her own. On the run from terrorists, T-Mac is trained to ensure their safety and survival in the African desert. He's prepared for...
2630) Johnny Got His Gun
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The Searing Portrayal Of War That Has Stunned And Galvanized Generations Of Readers
An immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Dalton Trumbo's stark, profoundly troubling masterpiece about the horrors of World War I brilliantly crystallized the uncompromising brutality of war and became the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era. Johnny Got His Gun is an undisputed classic of antiwar literature that's as timely as ever....
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During the West's great transition into the post-Colonial age, the country of Rhodesia refused to succumb quietly, and throughout the 1970s fought back almost alone against Communist-supported elements that it did not believe would deliver proper governance. During this long war many heroes emerged, but none more skillful and courageous than Captain Darrell Watt of the Rhodesian SAS, who placed himself at the tip of the spear in the deadly battle...
2632) Hot Target
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Delta Fierce! On loan for a local assignment, Max "Caveman" Decker already feels at home in the backcountry of Wyoming. Protecting one woman - even petite spitfire Grace Saunders - is a vacation to the Delta Force warrior. But Grace thinks something darker is at work than the murder she witnessed. It wasn't a case of the wrong place at the wrong time - it was her "curse." Every man she gets close to dies. Now she's saddled with Decker, her sworn protector,...
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This war was fought by soldiers out of uniform. Stealth and ingenuity were their weapons. Victory was their only code of conduct.
In Top Secret Tales of World War II, noted military historian William Breuer documents espionage-in all its forms-as it evolved in the hands of both Allied and Axis agents of intelligence and counterintelligence. Here you'll find riveting tales of patriotism and treachery, subversion and sabotage, kidnappings and assassinations,...
2634) Black Mamba Boy: A Novel
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Yemen, 1935. Jama is a "market boy," a half-feral child scavenging with his friends in the dusty streets of a great seaport. For Jama, life is a thrilling carnival, at least when he can fill his belly. When his mother-alternately raging and loving-dies young, she leaves him only an amulet stuffed with one hundred rupees. Jama decides to spend her life's meager savings on a search for his never-seen father; the rumors that travel along clan lines report...
2635) Three Courageous Words
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Once, he had to leave her behind...
Will she now trust him with her life?
The woman he just rescued is the one "Buck" Graham Buckner lost when he had to pull a vanishing act. Now the navy SEAL has to get Angela Vega out of Africa before the warlord he came to the continent to find kills them both. But the beautiful physician has children in her care, so they embark on a treacherous journey to protect them. Now Buck has a new mission-rekindling...
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A pain so powerful can only be eased by a love even stronger. Welcome to Seattle, the Emerald City and home to the Single Dads of Seattle. Ten sexy single fathers who play poker every Saturday night, have each other's backs, love their children without quarter, and hope to one day find love again. This is Aaron's story....
Single Dad of Seattle, Aaron Steele isn't a single dad at all. He's a retired Navy SEAL whose sister just died, leaving him to...
2637) The Mechanic
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John Tyler finally built the life he wanted. But his past casts a long shadow. Eight years retired from the army, Tyler manages his PTSD and begins a job as a classic car mechanic. He's a single dad to Lexi, who's about to enter college. Life is looking up. Then, everything comes crashing down. Tyler's former commanding officer is out of prison and hellbent on revenge. Their mutual hatred has been simmering for years. When it finally boils over, everyone...
2638) Point Blank SEAL
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You can keep your protocol-he'll go rogue to keep his family safe
Tortured in captivity, navy SEAL Miguel Estrada owes his survival to his fiancée, the memory of her keeping him strong through his darkest moments. But when his escape is compromised by military protocol and he suspects the woman he loves is being targeted, he turns rogue.
Jennifer Lynch has spent a year mourning Miguel and raising the baby he never met. But her reality is shaken...
2639) Special Forces Father
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From a USA Today–bestselling author: surprised to learn he has twins, a marine moves in with the nanny and gets a crash course in fatherhood and love.
Marine Liam Madison has always been focused on serving his country. But when he learns that he's the father of orphaned four-year-old twins, service takes on a whole new meaning. Fortunately, the kids' loving, gorgeous nanny, Dani Cooper, is by his side every step of the way as he learns the ropes....
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The true story of the lead pilot of the Pearl Harbor attack and his conversion to Christianity. These words were written of Mitsuo Fuchida, who led the first wave of the air attacks on Pearl Harbor on December 7, 1941 as a Captain in the Imperial Japanese Navy Air Service. After the war, Fuchida was introduced to the gospel through the testimony of Jacob DeShazer. He began reading the Bible and eleven years after Pearl Harbor, he became a Christian....
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