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Intelligence officers Fiction Intelligence officers United States Biography Lansdale, Edward Geary 1908-1987 Murder Investigation Fiction Terrorism Prevention Fiction United States United States. Central Intelligence Agency Officials and employees Biography United States. Coast Guard Fiction United States. Coast Guard Juvenile literature United States. Coast Guard.Stosz, Sandra
Summary: "Today, our nation is like a ship being tossed in tumultuous seas. The winds and waves of change have divided and distanced our society, threatening to wash away the very principles our nation was founded upon. Now more than ever, our nation needs leaders with the moral courage to stand strong and steady-leaders capable of uniting people in support of a shared purpose by building the trust and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Köehlerbooks 2021
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Summary: "From an acclaimed, New York Times bestselling biographer, a timely reassessment of Abraham Lincoln's indispensable Secretary of the Treasury: a leading proponent for black rights both before and during his years in cabinet and later as Chief Justice of the United States. Salmon P. Chase is best remembered as a rival of Lincoln's for the Republican nomination in 1860-but there would not have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2021
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 CHASE, SALMON P. STAHolden, Henry M.
Summary: Describes five types of aircraft and how the U.S. Coast Guard uses them for rescue work and surveillance.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Enslow 2002
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.74 HOLClinton, Chelsea
Summary: Profiles the lives of thirteen American women who have left their mark on U.S. history, including Harriet Tubman, Helen Keller, Margaret Chase Smith, and Oprah Winfrey.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Philomel Books 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J920 CLIPettrey, Dani
Summary: A Coast Guard officer is found dead, another goes missing, and special agent Finn Walker faces his most dangerous assignment yet. Investigative reporter Harper Grace is determined to discover if the Coast Guard is stonewalling the truth. Can they ignore the sparks between them and track down this elusive killer?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bethany House Publishers 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC PETMakos, Adam
Summary: Adapted for young adults from the New York Times best-seller, this gripping true account of a WWII American tank gunner, who met his destiny in an armor duel and forged an enduring bond with his enemy, brings to life the perils of war.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Delacorte Press 2022
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1 available in Young Adult Non-fiction, Call number: YA 921 SMOMiller, Marie-Therese
Summary: "For hundreds of years, the Coast Guard has protected the US's waterways. Discover the Coast Guard's ships, rescue missions, and more!"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2023
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.28 MILMurray, Julie
Summary: Learn the essentials of the United States Coast Guard (how the Coast Guard keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO 2015
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2 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 359.97 MURAnderson, Scott
Summary: "At the end of World War II, the United States dominated the world militarily, economically, and in moral standing--seen as the victor over tyranny and a champion of freedom. But it was clear--to some--that the Soviet Union was already executing a plan to expand and foment revolution around the world. The American government's strategy in response relied on the secret efforts of a newly-formed...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Doubleday 2020
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.1273 ANDPolacco, Patricia
Summary: A stray dog secretly adopted by the men of a U.S. Coast Guard base in San Francisco Bay proves to be a hero.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster Books for Young Readers 2017
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: JE POLMrazek, Robert J.
Summary: "When Florence Finch died at the age of 101, few of her Ithaca, NY neighbors knew that this unassuming Filipina native was a Presidential Medal of Freedom recipient, whose courage and sacrifice were unsurpassed in the Pacific War against Japan. Long accustomed to keeping her secrets close in service of the Allies, she waited fifty years to reveal the story of those dramatic and harrowing days...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Hachette Books 2020
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1 available in Adult, Call number: B FINCH MRAHolt, Nathalia
Summary: "From the New York Times bestselling author of Rise of the Rocket Girls comes the never-before-told story of a small cadre of influential female spies in the precarious early days of the CIA--women who helped create the template for cutting-edge espionage (and blazed new paths for equality in the workplace) in the treacherous post-WWII era"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: G. P. Putnam's Sons 2022
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 327.1273 HOLStabenow, Dana.
Summary: A dirt bomb set on a busy market street in Thailand kills over a hundred people. Fearing terrorists are ready to bring unimaginable devastation to American shores, husband-and-wife team, Hugh Rincon, a Langley-based CIA honcho, and Sara Lange, the executive officer aboard the U.S. Coast Guard cutter Sojourner Truth, try to stop them.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC STAStabenow, Dana.
Summary: As a hijacked Russian freighter loaded with black-market plutonium sails undetected towards North America, a CIA analyst uncovers a terrorist plot, a conspiracy that places his estranged wife in the middle of the international crisis.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC STAAlexander, Heather
Summary: Introduces the former first lady, senator, and secretary of state while describing how she became a role model for women as a lawyer, a staunch supporter of important political and social causes, and the first woman to run as the Democratic candidate forpresident.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grosset & Dunlap, an imprint of Penguin Random House 2016
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Summary: A biography of Edward Lansdale, the CIA operative. Boot chronicles his rise and fall as a proponent of a visionary "hearts and minds" diplomacy in Vietnam who was ultimately overruled by the American military bureaucracy, which favored bombs and troop build-ups over winning the people's trust. "The legendary Edward Lansdale (1908-1987), a covert operative so roguish that he was said to be the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 921 LANSDALE, EDWARD BOOCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: B LANDSDALE BOOBoot, Max
Summary: In chronicling the adventurous life of legendary CIA operative Edward Lansdale, The Road Not Taken definitively reframes our understanding of the Vietnam War. In this epic biography of Edward Lansdale (1908-1987), the man said to be the fictional model for Graham Greene's The Quiet American, best-selling historian Max Boot demonstrates how Lansdale pioneered a "hearts and mind" diplomacy, first...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2018
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 921 LANSDALE, EDWARD BOOStabenow, Dana.
Summary: A renegade terrorist with a personal and vindictive grudge against all things American targets the space shuttle as NASA prepares to launch an important mission with a high-profile payload and a wealthy visitor on board.
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martins Minotaur 2008
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Summary: Discusses what it's like to have a family member in the Coast Guard, exploring the Coast Guard's history, modern tools and technology, and career opportunities.
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Publisher / Publication Date: PowerKids Press 2016
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 363.28 TOTStahr, Walter
Summary: "Walter Stahr, author of the ... bestseller Seward, now tells the amazing story of Lincoln's secretary of war, Edwin Stanton, the most powerful and controversial of the men close to the president. Stanton raised an army of a million men and directed it from his Washington telegraph office, with Lincoln often at his side. He arrested and imprisoned thousands for "war crimes," some serious and...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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Summary: "An all-new harrowing maritime tale of the sinking and rescue efforts surrounding the HMS Bounty--the actual replica used in the 1962 remake of the 1935 classic Mutiny on the Bounty--which sank during Hurricane Sandy with sixteen aboard. On Tuesday, October 24, 2012, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail the HMS Bounty from New London, Connecticut, to St. Petersburg,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Simon & Schuster 2014
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Summary: "The sixth book in the True Rescue series for young readers-a riveting account of the HMS Bounty's deadly journey through Hurricane Sandy. On October 23, 2012, with Superstorm Sandy fast approaching, Captain Robin Walbridge made the fateful decision to sail the HMS Bounty from New London, Connecticut to St. Petersburg, Florida, believing the wooden ship, a replica of the original, famous...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2022
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 910.9163 TOUWilliams, Kayla
Summary: Documents the author's marriage to a fellow Iraq War veteran, describing the impact of his brain injury on their relationship, their shared efforts to overcome post-traumatic stress, and the lack of support for veterans.
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Publisher / Publication Date: W W Norton & Co Inc 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 WILLIAMS, KAYLA WILSandford, John
Summary: "An off-duty Coast Guardsman is fishing with his family when he calls in some suspicious behavior from a nearby boat. It's a snazzy craft, slick and outfitted with extra horsepower, and is zipping along until it slows to pick up a surfaced diver . . . a diver who was apparently alone, without his own boat, in the middle of the ocean. None of it makes sense unless there's something hinky going...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Random House Large Print 2021