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"An unprecedented, potentially nation-ending threat has materialized on the world stage. Though the United States has long been aware of the growing risk, the clock has now run out. With the stakes higher than they have ever been, it is time to unleash Scot Harvath. As America's top spy, Harvath has the skills and experience necessary to handle any situation, but this assignment feels different and appears doomed from the start. With democracy itself...
2) Rising
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Irish Republican martyrs rise against overpowering British forces to spark the revolution at Easter 1916, while the Clans search for unity and treasure to honor the Clans Pact of their ancestors in the third book, Rising in The Irish Clans historical fiction eight novel series. Follow Tadgh, Morgan, eventually Collin and their compatriots through the brutal Rising and its aftermath.
3) Rising
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She should have been able to trust him...
"Night sweats were my dance, especially in the Huston home. They were a continuation of the visions I had experienced in Dorchester, only here, they were much more violent."
Set in a wealthy community in northern Michigan, Rising tells the story of nine-year-old Symone, who is adopted by the Hustons-"a shameless family with a house at the top of the hill"-after her mother dies of a drug overdose. And though...
4) Rising
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A little boy, beaten and left to die in an alley. A cop with a personal life out of control. When their worlds collide, God intervenes. Detective Ellie Saunders's homicide investigation takes a dramatic turn when a young victim "wakes up" in the morgue. The child has no memory prior to his "rising" except walking with his father along a shiny road. Ellie likes dealing with facts. She'd rather leave all the God-talk to her father, a retired minister,...
5) Rising
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16-year-old witches Emma, Lia and Shar barely survived a life-threatening assault by zealot bullies who targeted Lia and Shar for being a lesbian couple. Their wounds aren't even healed when the police start interrogating them. The bullies' parents want them arrested for manslaughter. Meanwhile, Emma has an otherworldly visit with her grandmothers and learns that witch hunters have been hired to kill her, Lia and Shar. How can the girls dodge the...
6) Rising
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Kai is certain he is meant for better things. When Destiny does tap him, he finds that being a Hero isn't at all like he dreamed it would be and he has to find the Hero within.Elese, a no-nonsense wizard, doesn't care for all this soul-searching, touchy feeling nonsense. She just wants to get on with saving the world already.The unlikely pair have to find a way to work together before time runs out.
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For fifty years a group of friends have been meeting regularly for reunions on Holy Island, celebrating the school trip where they met, and the friend that they lost to the rising causeway tide five years later. Now, when one of them is found hanged, Vera is called in. Learning that the dead man had recently been fired after misconduct allegations, Vera knows she must discover what the friends are hiding, and whether the events of many years before...
8) Rising storm
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IL: MG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 11
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Fireheart, the warrior cat, faces many challenges in his new role of ThunderClan deputy as his apprentice, Cloudpaw, resists following the warrior code, Bluestar weakens, and Tigerclaw continues to haunt the forest seeking revenge.
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The Easter Rising of 1916 not only destroyed much of the centre of Dublin — it changed the course of Irish history. But why did it happen? What was the role of ordinary people in this extraordinary event? What motivated them and what were their aims? These basic questions continue to divide historians of modern Ireland. The Rising is the story of Easter 1916 from the perspective of those who made it, focusing on the experiences of rank and file...
10) A rising man
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Sam Wyndham novels volume 1
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In the days of the British Raj in 1919, Captain Sam Wyndham, a former Scotland Yard detective newly arrived in Calcutta, is confronted with the murder of a British official who was found with a note in his mouth warning the British to leave India.
Calcutta, 1919. Captain Sam Wyndham, former Scotland Yard detective, has been recruited to head up a new post in the police force. The body of a senior official has been found in a filthy sewer, and a note...
11) The rising
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Darkness rising volume 3
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"The race for survival comes to a thrilling conclusion when Maya and her friends--who all have supernatural powers--find help against the Cabals from unexpected places"--
12) Rising darkness
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Finding Sanctuary volume 3
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"Years after leaving her Mennonite background, Sophie's newspaper job gives her access to information she can't ignore, and when she travels to Sanctuary, Missouri, for answers and recognizes a man she used to love, her own past gets tangled in the dangerous investigation"-- Provided by publisher.
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2015
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#1 NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • When we deny our stories, they define us. When we own our stories, we get to write the ending.
Don’t miss the five-part Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart!
Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the...
Don’t miss the five-part Max docuseries Brené Brown: Atlas of the Heart!
Social scientist Brené Brown has ignited a global conversation on courage, vulnerability, shame, and worthiness. Her pioneering work uncovered a profound truth: Vulnerability—the...
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"In this young readers edition of her New York Times bestseller Professional Troublemaker, Luvvie Ajayi Jones uses her honesty and humor to inspire teens to be their bravest, boldest, truest selves, in order to create a world they would be proud to live in"--
15) Rising tides
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Chesapeake Bay saga volume 2
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The second novel in #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts' stunning Chesapeake Bay Saga, where the Quinn brothers must return to their family home on the Maryland shore, to honor their father's last request...
Ethan Quinn is a waterman. He wasn’t born to the tradition but has embraced it. He’s a quiet man whose heart runs as deep as the waters he loves. And now, with his father gone, Ethan is determined to...
Ethan Quinn is a waterman. He wasn’t born to the tradition but has embraced it. He’s a quiet man whose heart runs as deep as the waters he loves. And now, with his father gone, Ethan is determined to...
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Boston, 1916.
Irish immigrant Tom Tracy has nearly everything he's ever wanted-a promising political career as an aide to the city's mayor and the love of a beautiful woman, Rachel Levka. When his lusty cousin, Padraic Starr, arrives from Galway on a mission for the Irish rebellion, Tom's world unravels.
Padraic convinces Tom to return to his homeland to join the cause and avenge his father's death. Padraic's convictions also inspire Rachel, a fervent...
17) Rising Phoenix
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Mark Beamon thrillers volume 1
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From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Vince Flynn's Mitch Rapp Series
Special Agent Mark Beamon is a maverick. His open disdain for the FBI's rules--and Directors--has exiled him to a no-profile post in the boondocks.
But when a shadowy right-wing group starts flooding America's emergency rooms with dead and dying, Beamon is summoned back to Washington. Teamed with an icily efficient female field agent, he is given the thankless task...
18) Rising Fire
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Jensen brand (William Johnstone) volume 3
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Johnstone Country. Home at Last.
When the Jensen family sends a new generation out into the world, they always keep the homefires burning-and rifles loaded-just in case they bring trouble back with them . . .
SHOT THROUGH THE HEART
Smoke Jensen's daughter Denny can outride, outrope, and outshoot any man who gets in her way. But being a pretty woman, Denny sometimes attracts the attention of unsavory suitors. Like the lecherous Count Malatesta....
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A Pulitzer Prize Finalist, this powerful elegy for our disappearing coast "captures nature with precise words that almost amount to poetry" (The New York Times).
Hailed as "the book on climate change and sea levels that was missing" (Chicago Tribune), Rising is both a highly original work of lyric reportage and a haunting meditation on how to let go of the places we love.
With every record-breaking hurricane, it...
Hailed as "the book on climate change and sea levels that was missing" (Chicago Tribune), Rising is both a highly original work of lyric reportage and a haunting meditation on how to let go of the places we love.
With every record-breaking hurricane, it...
20) Rising star
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In the first book in THE RISE AND FALL OF DANI TRUEHART series, RISING STAR, fifteen-year-old Dani Truehart is living a life that is not quite her own. Driven by her mother's desire for fame and fortune, she has spent her childhood dutifully training for a career as a pop star. On the brink of discovery, doubts begin to creep into Dani's mind as she questions her own desire for fame, and she wonders whether she can trust the motivations of the adults...