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Action and adventure television programs. Adventure-Television series. Drama. Fiction television programs. Science fiction television programs. Television programs for the hearing impaired. Television programs. Television series. Video recordings for the hearing impaired. videorecordingMcDonell, Nick.
Summary: "Mike Teak has a classic Harvard profile. But only on the surface. He's a twenty-five-year-old scholar/athlete from an upper-class family who was recruited by his godfather to work for a U.S. intelligence agency. On a covert mission in a Somali village, he delivers cash and cell phones to Hatashil, a legendary orphan warrior turned rebel leader. It's a routine assignment until, minutes after...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2010
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC MCDMcDonell, Nick
Summary: Presents the story of civilians who have died as a result of America's recent wars, introducing some of those who died in Iraq and Afghanistan, the rescue workers who tried to save them, and the American soldiers coming to terms with their deaths.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Blue Rider Press 2018
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 956.7044 MCDMcDonell, Nick
Summary: "First came the pandemic, then came The Calamity. The few remaining humans are huddled in impoverished villages. The animals, meanwhile, have convened a gathering, each group sending a representative to debate and vote on whether to help the last human stragglers . . . or to kill and eat them. As each animal makes its case, the fate of humanity depends on whether each species will act in its...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Henry Holt and Company 2021
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCDMcDonell, Nick
Summary: "A bold and moving exploration of the American elite that exposes how the ruling class-even when well-intentioned-perpetuates cycles of wealth, power, and injustice Growing up on New York City's Upper East Side, Nick McDonell was surrounded by luxury-sailing lessons in the Hamptons, school galas at the Met, and holidays on private jets. It was this rarified life that he explored in his early...
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Pantheon Books 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 MCDCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 305.5 MCDMcDonell, Nick.
Summary: White Mike, a seventeen-year-old prep school dropout and drug dealer, and his privileged peers spend their time partying with sex, drugs, and escalating violence in the pursuit of ever more exotic and dangerous thrills.
Format: text
Publisher / Publication Date: Grove Press 2002
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC MCDSummary: "The Colonies' survivors have found their hopes of eluding their Cylon pursuers dashed by an invasion and occupation of their new home. As the fate of all human life hangs in the balance, friends become enemies, enemies become unexpected allies, and decisions are made that will haunt some people for the rest of their lives"--Set container.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2008