Cavanagh, Steve
Summary: When wealthy businessman Leonard Howell's daughter is kidnapped, the police jump on it straight away. But Howell knows this won't be straightforward - he needs someone willing to break the rules. Once a con artist, now a hotshot lawyer, Eddie Flynn's learnt that fast talk and sleight of hand are just as important in the courtroom are they are on the street. Knowing what it's like to lose a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Orion Books 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAVGrisham, John.
Summary: When his best friend disappears from her bedroom in the middle of the night, thirteen-year-old Theo uses his legal knowledge and investigative skills to chase down the truth and save April.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2011
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Summary: Big trouble is brewing for Theodore Boone. While all of Strattenburg anxiously awaits the new trial of infamous murder suspect Pete Duffy, problems arise for their own kid lawyer. There's been a robbery and Theo is the accused. His reputation is on the line, and with the evidence building against him and dangerous threats looming, Theo will do whatever it takes to prove his innocence even if it...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Group USA 2012
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Summary: "Billy Chan is having the summer most twelve-year-olds dream about--bonding with his very own dragon and exploring the magical Dragon Realm! But the new world has not been without its perils as Billy and his friends have just barely escaped the clutches of the Dragon of Death and learned of a betrayal from someone they trusted. That betrayal leads to Billy's friend Dylan being kidnapped and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Sterling Children's Books 2021
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC TSAGibbs, Stuart
Summary: "Ben Ripley and his friends are training in Alaska when Cyrus Hale is kidnapped by his old Russian nemesis. Ben, Erica, and the others mount a rescue mission, but events quickly spiral out of control in a plot involving the secret history of US-Russian relations, a young KGB agent with skills to rival Erica's--and lots and lots of bears" --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2023
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC GIBCopies Available at Fife Lake
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1 available in JT Series, Call number: JT Series GibbsBentley, Don
Summary: "Jack Ryan, Jr. would do anything for Ding Chavez. That's why Jack is currently sitting in an open-air market in Israel, helping a CIA team with a simple job. The man running the mission, Peter Beltz, is an old friend from Ding's Army days. Unfortunately, Ding had to cancel at the last minute and asked Jack to take his place. It's a cushy assignment--a trip to Israel in exchange for a couple...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage Company 2021
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC BENCogan, Priscilla
Summary: "When a botched bank robbery leaves Billy T. Pickle in need of hostages, he winds up with more than he bargained for: a girl named Phoenix, who's filled with teen angst, and Kate, who's filled with wisdom that only comes with age. As they make their way across the country, Billy finds he needs these women more than he could have ever known"--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Two Canoes Press 2007
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC COG1 available in Local Author, Call number: FIC COG
Nielsen, Jennifer A.
Summary: The battle for control of Antora continues, and Simon and Kestra have been forced apart; Kestra is a prisoner in the cursed All Spirits Forest where Loelle wants her to use her growing power to heal the land and bring it back to life, while Simon has been made king of the Halderians, but is surrounded by men whose loyalty is uncertain and who fear his connection to Kestra of the hated Dallisor...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC NIECopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Young Adult Fiction, Call number: YA FIC NIECopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Young Adult Collection, Call number: YA FIC NIESummary: Liam Neeson returns as Bryan Mills, an ex-CIA operative who finds himself taken hostage along with his wife. To survive, Bryan must enlist the help of an unlikely ally and use his brutally efficient skills to take out his kidnappers.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE TAKMaden, Mike
Summary: Twenty years ago, Dr. Cathy Ryan restored the eyesight of a young Bosnian girl who had been injured during an attack in the Balkan War. Today, her son, Jack Ryan Jr. has decided to surprise his mother by tracking down the young lady. What he finds shocks them both. The helpless child has grown into a remarkable woman. Aida Curic is a self-possessed beauty who runs a refugee agency that helps...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC CLACopies Available at Woodmere
2 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MADSummary: When the secret organization headquarters are destroyed and the world is held hostage, their journey leads the agents to the discovery of an allied spy organization in the US called Statesman, dating back to the day they were both founded. In a new adventure that tests their agents' strength and wits to the limit, these two elite secret organizations band together to defeat a ruthless common...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE KINSummary: While the Black Power movement was reshaping America, trailblazing director Gordon Parks made this groundbreaking blockbuster, which helped launch the blaxploitation era and gave the screen a new kind of badder-than-bad action hero in John Shaft, a streetwise New York City private eye who is as tough with criminals as he is tender with his lovers. After Shaft is recruited to rescue the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE SHASummary: A straitlaced businessman meets a quirky, free-spirited woman at a downtown New York greasy spoon. Her offer of a ride back to his office results in a lunchtime motel rendezvous, just the beginning of a capricious interstate road trip that brings the two face-to-face with their hidden selves. Featuring a killer soundtrack and electric performances from Jeff Daniels.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Criterion Collection 2011
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1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: BLU-RAY ACTION/ADVENTURE SOMKeating, Jess
Summary: "When Mary Shelley is kidnapped by a mad scientist, Nikki Tesla and the other members of the Genius Academy team are forced to agree to steal a priceless, lethal high-tech ring in order to free her; but Nikki also plans to use the heist to get closer to her long-lost father who claims he is not the criminal mastermind she believes him to be." --
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Press 2020
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1 available in Juvenile Fiction, Call number: J FIC KEASummary: Following the death of her father, ex-military specialist Clair Hamilton returns from the Middle East to claim her inheritance only to find that her thirteen-year-old son, Charlie, has been kidnapped. Desperate to save her son. Clair embarks on a perilous journey deep into the Alaska Mountains to hunt down the mysterious leader of the gang who is holding him for ransom.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2019
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1 available in Video Discs, Call number: DVD DAUGroom, Winston
Summary: After feared outlaw and revolutionary Pancho Villa kidnaps his grandchildren, railroad tycoon John Shaughnessy, known as the Colonel, ventures to El Paso with his adopted son and a band of hired cowboys on a rescue mission.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2016
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC GROSummary: A female agent, attacked and left for dead, trains with a kung fu master and uses her new skills to complete some unfinished and deadly business.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Weinstein Co. 2008
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN COMSummary: Ethan Hunt has retired from active duty as a super-spy in order to train new IMF agents. He is called back into action to confront the toughest villain he has ever faced - Owen Davian, an international weapons and information provider with no remorse and no conscience. Hunt assembles his team - his old friend Luther Strickell, transportation expert Declan, and background operative Zhen, in...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006
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2 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE MISCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MISSummary: Join Admiral Nelson, Captain Crane, and the rest of the crew aboard the Seaview, the Earth's most powerful nuclear submarine. Dive deep into the unknown as the crew battles rampaging gorillas and diabolical puppet masters to time-travelling androids and interplanetary kidnappings.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2009
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV VOYDiMartino, Michael Dante
Summary: When Asami is kidnapped, Korra sets out to the Spirit Wilds to find her. Now teeming with dark spirits influenced by the half spirit-half human Tokuga, the landscape is more dangerous than ever before. The two women must trust in each other and work together if they are to make it out alive.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Books 2018
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1 available in Young Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: YA 741.5 LEGSummary: After the shocking kidnapping of a little girl in Thailand, a mercenary with a murky past as a government black ops agent is forced to re-emerge from the shadows when he learns the incident is closely connected to him. With the help of expat Yui, he flies to Thailand and begins tracking the girl's whereabouts, moving ever closer to the notorious child trafficking ring responsible for her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2021
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN DELSummary: Tae-Shik is an ex-special agent with a tragic past. He runs a small pawnshop, and So-Mi, the young girl who lives next door, is his only friend. When So-Mi's mother becomes involved in a major crime, mother and daughter are kidnapped. To save So-Mi, Tae-Shik makes a certain arrangement with the crime mob. With So-Mi missing, the police begin to chase Tae-Shik. With the police and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Well Go USA Entertainment 2011
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1 available in Foreign DVDs, Call number: DVD FOREIGN MANSummary: Bond has left active service and is enjoying a tranquil life in Jamaica. His peace is short-lived when his old friend Felix Leiter from the CIA turns up asking for help. The mission to rescue a kidnapped scientist turns out to be far more treacherous than expected, leading Bond onto the trail of a mysterious villain armed with dangerous new technology.
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Publisher / Publication Date: SDS 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NOCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE NOCopies Available at Kingsley
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NOCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD NO TSummary: Caught in the crossfires of civil war, CIA operatives must send a former US diplomat to negotiate for the life of a friend he left behind.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Pictures Home Entertainment 2018