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Topics: United States. Central Intelligence Agency, Intelligence officers, Assassins, World politics
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Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant), 1923-
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Originally published: Novato, Calif. : Presidio Press, 1981
Topics: Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant), 1923-, United States. Marine Corps. Regiment, 5th. Battalion,...
Topics: Sledge, E. B. (Eugene Bondurant), 1923-, United States. Marine Corps. Regiment, 5th. Battalion,...
By edict of the King, Alec Kincaid must take an English bride, and his choice, young Jamie Jamison, sees Alec as everything her heart warned her against--arrogant, good looking, and passionate
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Topics: Man-woman relationships, English fiction, United States
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Topics: Man-woman relationships, English fiction, United States
Revised edition, illustrated by Garth Williams, published in 1953
Topics: Juvenile Fiction, New York (State), Fiction, Classics, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction,...
Topics: Juvenile Fiction, New York (State), Fiction, Classics, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction,...
In the tradition of Norman Mailer's "The Naked and the Dead" and James Jones's "The Thin Red Line," Marlantes tells the powerful and compelling story of a young Marine lieutenant, Waino Mellas, and his comrades in Bravo Company, who are dropped into the mountain jungle of Vietnam as boys and forced to fight their way into manhood
Topics: United States. Marine Corps, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
Topics: United States. Marine Corps, Vietnam War, 1961-1975
xi, 739 pages, 32 unnumbered pages of plates : 25 cm
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Topics: Presidents -- United States -- History, Political leadership -- United States -- History, Executive...
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Topics: Presidents -- United States -- History, Political leadership -- United States -- History, Executive...
Autobiographical
Topics: Caputo, Philip, United States. Marine Corps, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Soldiers
Topics: Caputo, Philip, United States. Marine Corps, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Soldiers
Topics: Campbell, Joseph, 1904- -- Interviews, Myth, Religion historians -- United States -- Interviews
Topics: Christian life -- United States, Christianity and culture -- United States, American Dream --...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 303-310) and index
Topics: African Americans in motion pictures, African American motion picture producers and directors,...
Topics: African Americans in motion pictures, African American motion picture producers and directors,...
The new novel in NYT bestselling Griffin's bestselling Corps series takes his marine heroes to Korea. Summary Griffin, author of the bestselling "Brotherhood of War, " takes his Marine heroes to Korea in the biggest Corps novel of them all. Filled with crackling realism, adventure, and rich characters that are his hallmarks, "Under Fire" is further proof, as Tom Clancy says, that "W.E.B. Griffin is a storyteller in the grand tradition."
Topics: United States. Marine Corps, Korean War, 1950-1953
Topics: United States. Marine Corps, Korean War, 1950-1953
The sequel to The Mammoth Hunters finds Ayla and Jondalar on their long journey returning to Jondalar's family. Courageous heroine Ayla and companion Jondalar leave the Mammoth Hunters and travel into the dark, spectacular lands of an unmapped world-always driven to reach a place that they can finally call home
Topics: Fantasy, Primitive societies, Prehistoric peoples, Glacial epoch, Fiction, English fiction, United...
Topics: Fantasy, Primitive societies, Prehistoric peoples, Glacial epoch, Fiction, English fiction, United...
Includes index
Topics: Vann, John Paul, United States. Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Soldiers
Topics: Vann, John Paul, United States. Army, Vietnam War, 1961-1975, Soldiers
Topics: United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945
Topics: Traina, Nick, Steel, Danielle -- Family, Manic-depressive persons -- United States -- Biography,...
First published in 1968
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Topics: Teenage girls, Fathers, United States marshals, Outlaws, Revenge, Western stories, Humorous fiction
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Topics: Teenage girls, Fathers, United States marshals, Outlaws, Revenge, Western stories, Humorous fiction
Topics: Juvenile Historical Fiction, Juvenile Fiction, Children's Books/Ages 9-12 Fiction, Children: Grades...
Topics: United States marshals, Man-woman relationships, Love stories
Jason Bourne has no past and he may have no future. His memory is blank; he only knows he was fished out of the Mediterranean, his body riddled with bullets. His face altered by plastic surgery. A frame of microfilm has been surgically implanted in his hip. Even his name is a mystery. Marked for death, he is racing for survival through a bizarre worls of murderous conspirators--led by Carlos, the world's most dangerous assassin. Who is Jason Bourne? The answer may kill him
Topics: Carlos, the Jackal, United States. Central Intelligence Agency, Bourne, Jason (Fictitious...
Topics: Carlos, the Jackal, United States. Central Intelligence Agency, Bourne, Jason (Fictitious...
Topics: Criminals -- Rehabilitation -- United States., Juvenile delinquents -- Rehabilitation -- United...
Topics: Finance, Personal, Investments, Wealth -- Social aspects -- United States, Rich people -- United...
Topics: United States. Marine Corps -- Fiction, World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction, United States -- History,...
Includes bibliographical references (p. 373-378) and index
Topics: United States. Food and Drug Administration, États-Unis. Food and Drug Administration, United...
Topics: United States. Food and Drug Administration, États-Unis. Food and Drug Administration, United...
Topics: Literature & Fiction -- World Literature -- United States -- African American, Mystery &...
Topic: United States. Army Criminal Investigation Command
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Garwood, Julie; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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Topics: English fiction, United States
Two Secret Service agents, one of them retired, have each had similar experiences losing presidential candidates while assigned to protect them. As the two discredited agents enter a maze of lies, secrets, and deadly coincidences, they uncover a shocking truth: that the separate acts of violence that shattered their lives were really a long time in the making --and are a long way from over
Topics: United States. Secret Service, Secret service
Topics: United States. Secret Service, Secret service
A federal judge has been murdered. There is only one witness, and someone wants her dead. U.S. Marshal Marcus O'Malley thought he knew the risks of the assignment going in -- until he fell in love. To do what he must accomplish, he must walk back into his past and wrestle with the complex matter of prayer, and again learn to trust a sovereign God
Topics: O'Malley family (Fictitious characters : Henderson), United States marshals, Western stories,...
Topics: O'Malley family (Fictitious characters : Henderson), United States marshals, Western stories,...
Topics: United States. Dept. of Defense, Scarpetta, Kay (Fictitious character), Medical examiners (Law),...
Originally published: New York : Knopf, ©2005
Topics: U.S. History - Revolution And Confederation (1775-1789), Women, Participation, Female, History Of...
Topics: U.S. History - Revolution And Confederation (1775-1789), Women, Participation, Female, History Of...
Women are turning up dead. And Lisa O'Malley digging into a crime means trouble is soon to follow. She's a forensic pathologist and mysteries are her domain. Book number three in the O'Malley series brings back Lisa O'Malley and U.S. Marshal Quinn Diamond from The Guardian in a tense investigative thriller. She's not a believer, and her journey toward faith is a fascinating look at how a forensic pathologist views the Resurrection. Quinn has found loving her is easier than keeping her safe....
Topics: United States marshals, Serial murders, O'Malley family (Fictitious characters : Henderson),...
Topics: United States marshals, Serial murders, O'Malley family (Fictitious characters : Henderson),...
When FBI agent Dane Carver's twin brother, Father Michael Joseph, is brutally murdered in his San Francisco church, husband-and-wife agents Lacey Sherlock and Dillon Savich take a personal interest in the investigation. Then Nicola "Nick" Jones, a homeless woman and the only witness to the shooting, is scared out of her mind because she's trying to hide from her own monsters-who are drawing closer and closer. The chase goes from San Francisco to the Premiere Studios in Los Angeles and...
Topics: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Sherlock, Lacey (Fictitious character), Savich,...
Topics: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Sherlock, Lacey (Fictitious character), Savich,...
Topics: Hitler, Adolf, 1889-1945, United States. Office of Strategic Services, Intelligence officers,...
Topics: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Savich, Dillon (Fictitious character), Sherlock,...
Topics: Winters, Richard D, United States. Army. Parachute Infantry Regiment, 506th. Company E -- History,...
Topics: Sociology, Pornography, Social Science, Social aspects, United States, Social Science /...
Topics: United States. Marine Corps -- Fiction, World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction, United States -- History,...
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Miller, Linda Lael; Copyright Paperback Collection (Library of Congress) DLC
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Topics: Brothers, United States marshals
Extraordinary challenges face the Marines in Korea. It is the fall of 1950. The Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, but a roller coaster awaits them
Topics: United States. Marine Corps, Korean War, 1950-1953
Topics: United States. Marine Corps, Korean War, 1950-1953
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Topics: Moss, Jason, Gacy, John Wayne, Serial murderers -- United States -- Psychology, College students --...
Topics: Moss, Jason, Gacy, John Wayne, Serial murderers -- United States -- Psychology, College students --...
Topics: English fiction, United States
Roger Wilkes has gathered together more than thirty of the most famous and puzzling cases of all time. Some of the authors in this book: Brian Masters, Irving Wallace, F. Tennyson Jesse, Edgar Lustgarten, James Thurber, Jonathan Goodman, Kirk Wilson, Damon Runyon and Rebecca West
Topics: True crimes, Murder--United States--Case studies
Topics: True crimes, Murder--United States--Case studies
On steamy Pryan, never-ending sunlight and plentiful rain have created a jungle so vast that humans and elves dwell high in the trees and only dwarves live anywhere near the ground. From the treetops the aristocratic elves sell weapons to the other races, whose incessant warfare sends a steady steam of profits and essential resources skyward. Now, generations of dissent and race hatred will not heal -- not even under the threat of annihilation at the hands of legendary Titans. Armed with little...
Topics: Death Gate Universe (Imaginary place), English fiction, United States
Topics: Death Gate Universe (Imaginary place), English fiction, United States
Includes bibliographical references (p. 519-532) and index
Topics: Politics History,1945-, United States
Topics: Politics History,1945-, United States
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Griffin, W. E. B; Butterworth, William E., ((William Edmund).)
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Charlie Castillo's secret unit has been disbanded, but that doesn't mean he's out of business. A FedEx package arrives, bearing photos of barrels containing some of the most dangerous biohazard materials on Earth, all of which were supposed to have been destroyed during a raid on a secret Russian factory in the Congo. Who has them, and what do they want? Castillo has a feeling he's not going to like the answers
Topics: United States Army Delta Force, Undercover Operations
Topics: United States Army Delta Force, Undercover Operations
"First Pocket Books paperback printing July 1999"--T.p. verso
Topics: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Policewomen, Undercover operations, Money...
Topics: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Policewomen, Undercover operations, Money...
The year is 1943, and Argentina is officially neutral, but crawling with every kind of spy, sympathizer, and military official imaginable. The hero is Cletus Frade, a Marine pilot recruited by the OSS, with strong family ties to Argentina, and a lot on his hands. OSS chief Wild Bill Donovan has asked him to set up his own official-but-really-OSS airline in Argentina, using "loaned" Lockheed Lodestars and Constellations. Of even more concern are two interwoven German operations: a...
Topics: United States. Marine Corps, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945
Topics: United States. Marine Corps, United States. Marine Corps, World War, 1939-1945
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Appleby, Joyce Oldham; Hunt, Lynn, 1945-; Jacob, Margaret C., 1943-
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Includes bibliographical references and index
Topics: History, Geschiedschrijving, Objectiviteit, Postmodernisme, Histoire, Historiographie, History,...
Topics: History, Geschiedschrijving, Objectiviteit, Postmodernisme, Histoire, Historiographie, History,...
Topics: Kennedy, John F. -- 1917-1963 -- Assassination., Oswald, Lee Harvey., Conspiracies -- United States.
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Topics: Hickam, Homer H., 1943-, Aerospace engineers -- United States -- Biography
Topics: Hickam, Homer H., 1943-, Aerospace engineers -- United States -- Biography
Includes index
Topics: Welch, Jack, 1935-, Welch, Jack, 1935-, Welch, Jack (John Francis), 1935-, General Electric...
Topics: Welch, Jack, 1935-, Welch, Jack, 1935-, Welch, Jack (John Francis), 1935-, General Electric...
From the son of immigrant parents in Harlem to commander of Desert Storm, Colin Powell himself tells the story of his life that has come to embody the American dream.
Topics: United States. -- Army -- Biography., African-Americans -- Autobiography., Powell, Colin., Generals...
Topics: United States. -- Army -- Biography., African-Americans -- Autobiography., Powell, Colin., Generals...
Topics: United States. Central Intelligence Agency -- Influence, Politics and culture -- United States,...
Includes bibliographical references (pages 239-242)
Topics: Murray, James Augustus Henry, -- Sir, -- 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates, Minor, William...
Topics: Murray, James Augustus Henry, -- Sir, -- 1837-1915 -- Friends and associates, Minor, William...
"A Tom Doherty Associates book."
Topic: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Topic: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation
Includes bibliographical references (p. 189-232) and index
Topics: United States. Army, Confederate States of America. Army, Soldiers, Combat, Soldaten, Amerikaanse...
Topics: United States. Army, Confederate States of America. Army, Soldiers, Combat, Soldaten, Amerikaanse...
The admiral's bride (1999) -- Identity: Unknown (2000)
Topics: United States. Navy. SEALs, United States. Navy. SEALs, Man-woman relationships, Women scientists,...
Topics: United States. Navy. SEALs, United States. Navy. SEALs, Man-woman relationships, Women scientists,...
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Chambers, John, 1949- author
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xiii, 306 pages ; 24 cm
Topics: Chambers, John, 1949-, Chambers, John, 1949-, Cisco Systems, Inc -- History, Cisco Systems, Inc,...
Topics: Chambers, John, 1949-, Chambers, John, 1949-, Cisco Systems, Inc -- History, Cisco Systems, Inc,...
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Nordhoff, Charles, 1887-1947; Hall, James Norman, 1887-1951, jt. auth
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Topics: United States. Army. Aero Squadron, 103d, World War, 1914-1918
Topic: United States -- Social life and customs -- 20th century -- Fiction.
America's Publisher of Contemporary Romance
Topics: Non-Classifiable, Romance - General, Fiction, Fiction - Romance, Romance: Regency, United States....
Topics: Non-Classifiable, Romance - General, Fiction, Fiction - Romance, Romance: Regency, United States....
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Melton, H. Keith (Harold Keith), 1944-; Wallace, Robert
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Includes bibliographical references (p. 245-248)
Topics: United States. Central Intelligence Agency, Project MKULTRA, Espionage, American, Intelligence...
Topics: United States. Central Intelligence Agency, Project MKULTRA, Espionage, American, Intelligence...
Nancy Drew sets out to prove that her father's client was unjustly accused of trying to sabotage the United States space program
Topics: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character),...
Topics: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Drew, Nancy (Fictitious character),...
Published in March, 1991, The Firm was hailed by reviewers, booksellers, and readers alike, and soon became the number one bestseller across America. Now comes Grisham's equally gripping new novel: and unforgettable story that begins with the simultaneous assassinations of two Supreme Court justices
Topics: United States. Supreme Court, United States. Supreme Court, Detective and mystery stories,...
Topics: United States. Supreme Court, United States. Supreme Court, Detective and mystery stories,...
Topics: United States. -- Army. -- Special Forces -- History -- 21st century, Afghan War, 2001- -- Cavalry...
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Bowen, Catherine Drinker, 1897-1973
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"An Atlantic Monthly Press book."
Topics: United States. Constitutional Convention (1787), ASAMBLEAS CONSTITUYENTES, Grondwetgevende...
Topics: United States. Constitutional Convention (1787), ASAMBLEAS CONSTITUYENTES, Grondwetgevende...
The Cove -- The maze
Topics: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Savich, Dillon (Fictitious character), Sherlock,...
Topics: United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation, Savich, Dillon (Fictitious character), Sherlock,...
Includes bibliographies and indexes
Topic: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Topic: United States -- History -- Civil War, 1861-1865
Includes index
Topics: United States. Central Intelligence Agency, États-Unis. Central Intelligence Agency, USA, Geheime...
Topics: United States. Central Intelligence Agency, États-Unis. Central Intelligence Agency, USA, Geheime...
Topics: United States. Central Intelligence Agency, Espionage, Spies, Intelligence service
Includes bibliographical references (p. 247-260) and index
Topics: Polarization (Social sciences), Democracy, Elite (Social sciences), Populism, Democracia, Elites...
Topics: Polarization (Social sciences), Democracy, Elite (Social sciences), Populism, Democracia, Elites...
Topics: United States. Marine Corps -- Fiction, World War, 1939-1945 -- Fiction, United States -- History,...
Topics: History: American, Journeys, History - General History, Customs & Traditions, United States,...
Portret avtorja na notranjosti ovoja
Topics: United States. National Security Agency, Computer security, Ameriska knjizevnost
Topics: United States. National Security Agency, Computer security, Ameriska knjizevnost
Prologue: Sustaining truths -- Obstructed giant -- Children of the twice-born -- Beginnings: from the top down -- Stamp Act crisis -- Response -- Selden's penny -- Chance and Charles Townshend -- Boston takes the lead -- "Bastards of England" -- Drift -- Resolution -- War -- "Half a war" -- Independence -- War of posts -- War of maneuver -- Revolution becomes a European war -- War in the South -- "Fugitive war" -- Inside the campaigns -- Outside the campaigns --...
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783), Confederation of the United States (1783-1789), Amerikaanse...
Topics: American Revolution (1775-1783), Confederation of the United States (1783-1789), Amerikaanse...
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The American Libraries collection includes material contributed from across the United States. Institutions range from the Library of Congress to many local public libraries. As a whole, this collection of material brings holdings that cover many facets of American life and scholarship into the public domain. Significant portions of this collection have been generously sponsored by Microsoft, Yahoo!, The Sloan Foundation, and others.
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