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In an edenic community of wealthy Bay Area families, Molly Nicholl, a replacement teacher from a poorer, scrubbier version of California, arrives in the middle of the school year and soon becomes intrigues by the hidden lives of her privileged students. Unknown to her, a tragedy from their middle school years continues to reverberate for 'her' kids. Among these are Callista, a hippie outcast who hides her intelligence for reasons of her own; Ryan...
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"The story of the men and women - from both sides of the Cold War's political divide - who lived, served on, or escaped through the Berlin Wall during its life span (13th August 1961 - 9th November 1989). This physical monstrosity created by the East German communist state was to divide one of the most beautiful and by 1961, ruined cities of the world; dividing families, friends and lovers. Its creation, and its sudden collapse twenty-seven years...
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Much has been written about the Cuban Missile Crisis a year later, but the Berlin Crisis of 1961 was more decisive in shaping the Cold War and more perilous. It was in that hot summer that the Berlin Wall was constructed, which would divide the world for another twenty-eight years. Then two months later, and for the first time in history, American and Soviet fighting men and tanks stood arrayed against each other, only yards apart. One mistake, one...
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Earth is full of many fascinating, intriguing, stunning and incredibly wonderful places to visit; but it is also brimming over with danger, terror and the forbidden. This book highlights some of the most dangerous places on Earth including islands, lakes, holes and roads (with pictures). Only an extreme daredevil or a stupidly curious person may want to visit such places.In this book you will read about:An island so remote that its inhabitants have...
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Hyperion Books
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2008
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A host of the Discovery Channel's "Man vs. Wild" draws on his experiences as a former member of the British Special Forces to present an illustrated guide to strategies for surviving the elements of the world's harshest ecosystems.
7) Death Valley
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Death Valley National Park is one of the most dangerous places on Earth. This desert region is both the hottest and the driest area in all of North America. Find out more in Death Valley, one of the titles in the National Parks
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John Russell series volume 4
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In April 1945, Hitler's Reich is on the verge of extinction. Assaulted by Allied bombs and Soviet shells, ruled by Nazis with nothing to lose, Berlin has become the most dangerous place on earth. John Russell's son Paul is stationed on the Eastern Front with the German Army, awaiting the Soviets' final onslaught. In Berlin, Russell's girlfriend Effi has been living in disguise, helping fugitives to escape from Germany. With a Jewish orphan to care...
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IL: MG - BL: 8.2 - AR Pts: 2
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After the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear explosion in Ukraine, scientists believed radiation had created a vast and barren wasteland in which life could never resurface. But the Dead Zone, as the contaminated area is known, doesn't look dead at all. In fact, wildlife seems to be thriving there. The Zone is home to beetles, swallows, catfish, mice, voles, otters, beavers, wild boar, foxes, lynx, deer, moose-even brown bears and wolves. Yet the animals in the...
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Forget diamonds! These Deadly Treasures wear camo, carry a rifle, protect the innocent, and are Hotter than Hades. Navy SEAL team Echo is sent to the most dangerous places on Earth to do the impossible. From the Dark Heart of Africa to the Frigid Tundra of Siberia, the SEALs must face hard choices with dangerous consequences. Failure is never an option, but when Echo gets a new member, they will face their greatest challenge yet. Th e UCMJ forbids...
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David Alan Arnold is an Emmy Award-winning TV cameraman who flies in a helicopter - but he started his Hollywood career with a broom in his hand. Somehow, sweeping the floor got him into some of the world's biggest TV shows. David's first book tells the unlikely story of mistakes and miracles that took him to some of the most dangerous places on Earth-soaring through the clouds, straight into a deadly phenomenon known as The Deadman's Curve. Buckle...
13) They Got Out 2
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Things In The Water: A science experiment goes terribly wrong, transforming a peaceful beachfront home into the most dangerous place on Earth. As the shadows grow darker, evil lurks beneath the surface.
Betty: A blind date reveals a deadly secret that reaches beyond the realms of understanding, possibly touching the supernatural.
The Prisoner: Robots reign and humanity is on the brink of extinction. Caught in a maximum security prison, an amnesiac...
14) Killbox
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Antarctic Press
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2013
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Killbox is the military term for enemy territory that is target-rich. Deadly force is authorized for anything that moves inside "the box." Marine Corps tank commander Lalone leads his men into the heart of battle to deliver humanitarian supplies. When the enemy advances, his escape route is cut off. Trapped behind enemy lines and inside the killbox, the tankers must face off against brutal warlords, warring factions, snipers and wily female missionaries...
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After a visit from Vandrone, the master he first encountered in Egypt, Nathan prepares for his third and final journey with his housekeeper and one of his students. The unexpected arrival of old friends at Gladwick Hall leaves him little choice but to invite them to join him in his quest for the sorcerers mask. Nathan books passage on the Barracuda, a unique one-man submarine, captained by a crazy German. The voyage looks to be in peril as the small...
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Albert Podell, the only American to visit every country in the world, reveals the tactics and techniques that enabled him to explore and survive in the most dangerous places on earth.
In The Survival Guide for the Adventurous International Traveler, Podell shows how to prepare for rugged trips: how to lay out a reasonable itinerary and route, select equipment and supplies, and pack for a combination of maximum self-sufficiency and maximum mobility....
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The focus of the United States during the Cold War was to prevent the spread of communism. The soldiers who served then were the wall that protected the world from that threat. None were in harm's way more than those who patrolled inside the DMZ in Korea. The two-and-one-half-mile buffer zone south of the border was one of the most dangerous places on earth. This book covers the history for the years following the "Second Korean War." No longer an...
18) Into the Storm
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Given away to a family that didn't want him. Raised in a house that almost broke him. A military career that took him into the Pentagon on 9/11 to search for bodies and later saw him deployed in some of the most dangerous places on earth, hardened and transformed by what he saw and did. A civilian life that left him homeless, aimless, and that led to a suicide attempt only to offer him another chance at the American Dream. Through his story, alternately...
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A UN security advisor recounts his dangerous-and often contentious-time with the organization in this candid combat memoir.
Robert B. Adolph was a member of the U.S. Army Special Forces before becoming a security advisor for the United Nations. Adolph was, sent to some of the most dangerous places on earth in pursuit of humanitarian efforts. But sometimes, his worst opponent was the institution that had sent him. He holds the distinction of having...
20) Ruckus
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For U.S. Navy SEAL, Bowie "Ruckus" Cooper, going on a mission into the most dangerous place on earth wasn't new, neither were the orders to tag and bag an international criminal, but when Bowie finds a captive American reporter, that wasn't exactly run of the mill. Neither was getting separated from his team, teaming up with her or protecting her against all odds, while working to keep his hands from around her neck and off her delectable body. Fearless...