Martinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: Enjoying days spent with animal friends near her home in the Amazon, young Zonia wonders what to do on a day when the rainforest calls out to her for help, in a lushly illustrated story that is complemented by back matter about the Asháninka community.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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2 available in Juvenile Easy, Call number: JE MARTurner, J. B.
Summary: NYPD Detective Jack McNeal is overcome by disbelief and despair upon the discovery of his wife's murder. To avenge her death, he embarks on a journey into the darkest recesses of power.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC TUROlder, Malka
Summary: The future of democracy must evolve or die. The last time Information held an election, a global network outage, two counts of sabotage by major world governments, and a devastating earthquake almost shook micro-democracy apart. Five years later, it's time to vote again, and the system that has ensured global peace for 25 years is more vulnerable than ever. Unknown enemies are attacking...
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Publisher / Publication Date: A Tom Doherty Associates Book 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC OLDCarr, Jack
Summary: "A Navy SEAL has nothing left to live for and everything to kill for after he discovers that the American government is behind the deaths of his team in this ripped-from-the-headlines political thriller. On his last combat deployment, Lieutenant Commander James Reece's entire team was killed in a catastrophic ambush that also claimed the lives of the aircrew sent in to rescue them. But when...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atria/Emily Bestler Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FICTION CARWoods, Stuart
Summary: Stone Barrington is looking forward to some quiet time in NYC, but he is asked to transport top-secret cargo across the Atlantic. Taking on the challenge, Stone flies off, unaware of what he is bringing with him.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC WOOQuirk, Matthew
Summary: "An attack on the White House sends the President and his top aides to take shelter in a top secret government facility buried deep underground--but they soon discover the threat is locked inside with them"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC QUIHouellebecq, Michel.
Summary: "Dans une France assez proche de la nôtre, un homme s'engage dans la carrière universitaire. Peu motivé par l'enseignement, il s'attend à une vie ennuyeuse mais calme, protégée des grands drames historiques. Cependant les forces en jeu dans le pays ont fissuré le système politique jusqu'à provoquer son effondrement. Cette implosion sans soubresauts, sans vraie révolution, se développe comme un...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Flammarion 2015
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1 available in Adult, Call number: 468 HOU FRENCHPaz Soldan, Edmundo
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Publisher / Publication Date: Houghton Mifflin Co. 2004
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PAZGrey, Melissa
Summary: In Potosai, a silver mining city in the new Spanish viceroyalty of Peru, two teen vigilantes set out to expose corruption and deliver justice after Kiki's brother is murdered and the prostitute he loved disappears. Includes author's note.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Feiwel and Friends 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC GREMartinez-Neal, Juana
Summary: "Explora las maravillas de la Amazonía con Zonia, una niña asháninka, cuyas alegres aventuras en la selva se interrumpen un día por un misterioso y desconcertante descubrimiento." --contraportada.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Candlewick Press 2021
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J468 MAR SPANISHMichaels, Fern.
Summary: Immersed in her job as an assistant to a congressman, Carol Ann "CJ" Jansen uncovers possible evidence of her boss's corrupt activities before his apparent suicide, and moves to a small New England town for her own protection.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MICMills, Kyle
Summary: "With President Anthony Cook convinced that Mitch Rapp poses a mortal threat to him, CIA Director Irene Kennedy is forced to construct a truce between the two men. The terms are simple: Rapp agrees to leave the country and stay in plain sight for as long as Cook controls the White House. In exchange, the administration agrees not to make any moves against him. This fragile détente holds until...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Center Point Large Print 2022
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Summary: As the Electoral College battle for the White House lands in a Florida courtroom, Miami attorney Jack Swyteck has never felt farther from the truth, fighting for a faithless elector, caught between a corrupt president and his manipulative opponent--with each revelation more explosive than the next. The country is reeling. For the sixth time in American history, the winner of the popular vote...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Large Print, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers 2020
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC GRIBaldacci, David.
Summary: Not far from Washington D.C., in a wooded area of Northern Virginia, a small house at the end of a gravel road serves a secret purpose. With its sophisticated security apparatus and hidden miniaturized cameras, it is being used by the FBI to interview one of the most important witnesses the agency has ever had, a young woman with an incredible story to tell. But others also know about the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Audio 2014
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2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC BALWoods, Stuart
Summary: "Stone Barrington is looking forward to some quiet time in New York City, until he is asked to transport precious, top-secret cargo across the Atlantic. Taking on the challenge, Stone flies off unaware of what--or who--he is bringing with him. But his plans to lie low are quickly spoiled when a dangerous dispatcher tracks down Stone and his tantalizing mystery guest, intent on payback--and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: M WOOHarvey, Michael T.
Summary: Receiving a lucrative anonymous offer to track down an escaped criminal, private investigator Michael Kelly unwinds the past of the fugitive's wife, who harbors deeply complicated and dangerous reasons for standing by her husband.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HARSmith, B. J. (Brad J.)
Summary: "After ten years' absence and a spell in prison, Carl Burns has returned to his hometown of Rose City to offer support to his estranged daughter Kate, currently one of four witnesses testifying against former Mayor Joseph Sanderson III, who stands accused of multiple counts of underage rape. Carl is determined to get justice for Kate, whatever it takes. But with his former sister-in-law Frances...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House Publishers Ltd 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SMISen, Chaitali
Summary: In The Pathless Sky, Chaitali Sen conjures a world in which a nation’s political turmoil, its secret history and growing social unrest turn life into a fragile and capricious thing and love into a necessary refuge to be defended at all cost. A world not unlike the one we live in. John, a hapless young student with a potentially brilliant academic career ahead of him, and Mariam, a shy,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Europa Editions 2015
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC SENMills, Kyle
Summary: With President Anthony Cook convinced that Mitch Rapp poses a mortal threat to him, Rapp agrees to leave the country and stay in plain sight for as long as Cook controls the White House. When Cook's power-hungry security adviser leaks the true identity of his partner, Claudia Gould, Rapp races to neutralize the enemies organizing against her and discovers that a new generation of assassins is...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MILBrunt, Douglas.
Summary: "Part Primary Colors, part House of Cards, The Means takes you deep into high-stakes politics where everyone has something to hide. Tom Pauley is a conservative trial attorney in Durham, NC, who is tapped by GOP leaders to campaign for the Governor's mansion. His bold style makes him a favorite for a run at the White House. Mitchell Mason is the president-elect of the United States, pushed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BRUEllroy, James
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Publisher / Publication Date: Knopf 2001
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ELLDobbs, Michael
Summary: Francis Urquhart is Chief Whip and he has his hands on every secret in politics and is willing to betray them all to become Prime Minister. Mattie Storin is a tenacious young political correspondent. She faces the biggest challenge of her life when she stumbles upon a scandalous web of intrigue and financial corruption at the very highest levels. She is determined to reveal the truth, but she...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC DOBDobbs, Michael
Summary: The #1 bestselling novel that inspired the hit Netflix series A dark tale of greed, corruption, and unquenchable ambition, House of Cards reveals that no matter the country, politics, intrigue and passion reign in the corridors of power. Francis Urquhart has his hand on every secret in politics-and is willing to betray them all to become prime minister. Mattie Storin is a tenacious young...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sourcebooks Inc 2014
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Wolfe, Tom.
Summary: A satire on America featuring a capitalist trying to avoid ruin. The hero is Charlie Croker of Atlanta whose plantation and skyscraper face repossession by banks for non-repayment of a loan. One way out might be to request leniency in return for hushing up a rape.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Farrar, Straus and Giroux 1998