Summary: Set in post-apocalyptic Seattle in the year 2019. Max Guevara is a young genetically created woman and part of a top-secret government elite military squad, who is living life as a bicycle messenger/fugitive in the ruins of Seattle. She is hiding from her former commanding officer, Lydecker who is looking to bring her back to his fold. Max meets and turns to Logan Cale, a crippled computer...

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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2003

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McBurnett, Darren

Summary: Retired Navy SEAL and professional photographer Darren McBurnett takes readers behind the scenes into the elite SEAL training program, BUD/S, in Coronado, California. . . Striking, beautiful, and haunting, Uncommon Grit takes a unique, unprecedented look at the toughest training in the military -- and the world -- from the vantage point of someone who lived through it. Retired Navy SEAL Darren...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing 2020

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Summary: Doctored evidence. Signora Battestini is dead and to everyone who knew her, it wasn't a moment too soon. Her impoverished Romanian cleaning lady gets pegged for the crime and Brunetti's boss declares the case closed. What continues to mystify Brunetti is why the old woman had so much money with no visible means of income. And what exactly has her lawyer done with her many scattered bank...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bavaria Media 2011

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Dixon, John

Summary: "What if you had a power you had to hide from everyone--until now? In this bold sci-fi action thriller, a secret training program at West Point is turning misfits into a new generation of heroes. Welcome to The Point, future leaders of the Posthuman Age. New cadets, society is not ready for you. The oldest, fiercest fear is ignorance. The general population would burn you at the metaphysical...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Del Rey 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DIX

Kuang, R. F. (Rebecca F.)

Summary: A war orphan rises from her humble beginnings to become a powerful military commander, and perhaps her country's only hope for survival.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Voyager, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2018

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC KUA

Leon, Donna.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Pub. 2004

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Summary: A hostile alien race attacked Earth, and if not for the legendary heroics of Fleet Commander Mazer Rackham, all would have been lost. In preparation for the next attack, Colonel Hyrum Graff is training only the best young children. Ender Wiggin, a shy, but brilliant boy, is soon ordained by Graff as the military's next great hope. Once at Command School, he's trained by Mazer Rackham, himself,...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Summit Entertainment 2014

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Conroy, Pat.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Bantam Books 1980

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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CON

Munda, Rosaria

Summary: Annie and Lee were just children when a brutal revolution changed their world. Now they are both rising stars in the new regime. Annie's lowborn family was executed by dragonfire, while Lee's aristocratic family was murdered by revolutionaries. Growing up in the same orphanage forged their friendship, and seven years of training have made them rivals for the top position in the dragonriding...

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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2019

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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC MUN

Turley, Patrick.

Summary: "Welcome to Hell," the drill instructor announced to the small crowd of young men staring at him apprehensively, his words charging the atmosphere with a foreboding intensity. Three and one half months of hellish and seemingly outrageous demands would be made of those who would endure the journey through the fires of boot camp. These young men would find a pride in themselves that would last...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Chronology Books 2012

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.9654 TUR

Summary: "When a fiercely devoted group of military school cadets learns that their school is being sold to real estate developers, they refuse to acept defeat-- instead choosing to rise up together to protect the academy and their honor. But the brave young soldiers soon learn that the most courageous decisions can sometimes have unexpected and even fatal consequences!"--Container.

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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2006

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Smith, Sherwood.

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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2006

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Tahir, Sabaa

Summary: Elias, Helene, and Tavi are Fivers - in training to become elite military recruits for the Martial Empire at Blackcliff Academy. When they're sent on a dangerous mission to steal a heavily-guarded poison on Isle South, the soon find themselves up against surprising enemies - including other recruits. As the true horror of their assignment is revealed, these three will begin to confront the...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Archaia Publishing 2020

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 TAH

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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA Fantasy Tahir 2020

Summary: A father and son live together in a rooftop apartment. They have lived alone for years in their own private world. Sometimes they seem like brothers, at other times they appear to be like lovers. Following in his father's footsteps, the son, Alexei attends military school. He likes sports and has problems with his girlfriend. She is jealous of Alexei's relationship with his father. Alexei's...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Wellspring Media 2004

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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN FAT

Summary: When John Winger loses his apartment, girlfriend and job all in one day, he does what any red-blooded American would do: he joins the army and nearly starts WWIII.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Sony Pictures Home Entertainment 2005

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Amemiya, Yuki.

Summary: Teito Klein wants to forget his murky past as an orphan and slave and to graduate from Barsburg's military academy with his best friend Mikage. But when an overheard state secret triggers treasonous memories, he's forced to flee from the very empire he once sought to defend! Deliberately leaving Mikage behind, Teito escapes to the Barsburg Church. There, with the help of its three bishops, he...

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Publisher / Publication Date: VIZ Media 2012

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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 ZER

Alkire, Jessie.

Summary: "Meet Buzz Aldrin, part of the first moon landing! Follow Aldrin's story as he graduates from West Point, served in the United States Air Force during the Korean War, develops a rendezvous program for the Gemini and Apollo missions, and flies to the moon on the Apollo 11 mission. Infographics, historic photos, and a glossary enhance readers' understanding of this topic. Additional features...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Checkerboard Library, an imprint of Abdo Publishing 2019

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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 921 ALD

Napoleon

Summary: Creating the fighting force -- Preparations for war -- A military education -- The combat arms -- Generalship and the art of command --Army organization -- Strategy -- Fortification -- The army in the field -- The operational art.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Free Press 1999

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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 355.02 NAP

Bunting, Josiah

Summary: "A portrait of one of the greatest leaders of modern history, George Catlett Marshall, and a distillation of the essential lessons his formation offers to the leaders of today and tomorrow. George Marshall was a soldier-statesman who guided the Allies to victory during World War II and set Europe on the postwar path to recovery with the plan that bears his name, receiving the Nobel Peace Prize...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024

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Savage, Michael

Summary: Argues that progressives and radical Islamists are working toward similar ends by compromising democratic principles to instill a government of absolute power without representation.

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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Street 2015

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 320.5109 SAV

Chu, Lenora

Summary: China's widely acclaimed yet insular education system is held up as a model of academic and behavioral excellence. Chu, an American journalist of Chinese descent raising a young family in Shanghai, noticed how well-behaved Chinese children were compared to her boisterous toddler. Enrolling three-year-old Rainer in China's state-run public school system, the immediate results were positive. But...

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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2017

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1 available in Adult, Call number: 370.951 CHU

Summary: Risking their lives on deadly undercover missions around the globe, the Unit is a highly skilled, ultra-secret contingent of special forces soldiers operating outside the traditional chain of military command. The hunters become the hunted as the team and their families are targeted by a deadly and far-reaching conspiracy forcing them to relocate and assume new identities.

Format: moving image

Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009

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