Roberts, Adam.
Summary: Equatorial Guinea is a tiny African country. Humid, jungle-covered, and rife with disease, even some of its own people call it Devil Island. Its president in 2004, Obiang Nguema, had been accused of cannibalism, mass murder, billion-dollar corruption, and general rule by terror. Why, in March 2004, was Equatorial Guinea the target of a group of British, South African and Zimbabwean mercenaries,...
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Publisher / Publication Date: PublicAffairs 2006
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 967.1803 ROBCussler, Clive.
Summary: Narrowly escaping following a mission on the Congo River, Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon rescue beautiful Sloane Macintyre--who is looking for a lost ship that may be carrying a fortune in diamonds--when her boat is attacked off the African coast and find themselves up against a deranged militant who plans to launch a devastating force of nature against those who oppose him.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Books 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CUSSummary: CIA agent Mason 'Mace' Brown joins forces with a rival German agent, a cutting-edge computer specialist and a Colombian psychologist when a top-secret weapon falls into the hands of a group of mercenaries. Together, the four women embark on a breakneck mission to save the world while staying one step ahead of a mysterious figure who's tracking their every move.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD 355Copies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Action / Adventure DVDs, Call number: DVD ACTION/ADVENTURE THRCopies Available at East Bay
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE THRSummary: When a virus threatens to turn the now earth-dwelling friendly alien hybrids against humans, Captain Rose Corley must lead a team of elite mercenaries on a mission to the alien world in order to save what's left of humanity.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2021
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD SKYCapri, Diane
Summary: FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar are dispatched to find out whether Reacher is dead or alive. But they aren't the only ones who want to find Reacher this time. A corrupt Army General is on the hunt, too, determined to make sure Reacher reaps what he sowed. Reacher's friends Brewer and Lauren Pauling are in the crosshairs. When powerful enemies with their backs against the wall will...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAPHilton, Matt
Summary: "Three field biologists are distracted from their studies when a plane crashes in the Great North Woods. They find two pilots dead only to be confronted by a female survivor. Once they call the authorities, they claim they found only the pilots. Private Investigator Tess Grey is hired by an insurance firm to investigate rumors another person was aboard the downed plane. She sets off into the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Severn House 2019
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC HILRothfuss, Patrick
Summary: Kvothe takes his first steps on the path of the hero as he attempts to uncover the truth about the mysterious Amyr, the Chandrian, and the death of his parents. Along the way, Kvothe is put on trial by the legendary Adem mercenaries, forced to reclaim the honor of the Edema Ruh, and travels into the Fae realm where he meets Felurian, the faerie woman no man can resist.
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Publisher / Publication Date: DAW Books 2011
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The leading mercenary for the British East India Company, Will Reynolds has just been double-crossed and now is on the run in the American Colonies. Working to redeem his name and win back the affections of the woman with whom he's never been fully truthful, Will now hides behind a new mask in hopes of thwarting his former employer. As his past life closes in on him, Will must somehow gain the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2015
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1 available in Family DVDs, Call number: DVD FAMILY BEYSummary: European mercenaries searching for black powder become embroiled in the defense of the Great Wall of China against a horde of monstrous creatures.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2017
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Great 2017Capri, Diane
Summary: FBI Special Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar's off-the-books assignment leads them to the surviving members of Jack Reacher's elite military unit. Five years ago, Reacher sorted and destroyed a team of arms dealers in Lee Child's Bad Luck & Trouble before he moved on. But he made mistakes. Now, his bad luck and trouble legacy plunges Otto and Gaspar into the minefield of a grudge war between...
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Publisher / Publication Date: August Books 2013
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Summary: "FBI Special Agent Kim Otto's search for Reacher takes a deadly turn when she's forced to handle the fallout from Lee Child's The Midnight Line-and gets caught in the crossfire."--Publisher's description.
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Publisher / Publication Date: August Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAPMiura, Kentarō
Summary: "Deep within the nightmare realm of Casca's dreams, Schierke and Farnese battle endless horrors to reach the dark secret that has imprisoned Casca's mind for so long. But the dreamworld dangers are no mere phantasms of the unconscious--they are a lethal reality to the intruders from the material world!"--Provided by publisher.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dark Horse Manga 2019
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BERSummary: Jake Sully is a former Marine confined to a wheelchair. But despite his broken body, Jake is still a warrior at heart. He is recruited to travel light years to the human outpost on Pandora, where a corporate consortium is mining a rare mineral that is the key to solving Earth's energy crisis. He is given a mission to infiltrate the Na'vi, who have become a major obstacle to mining the precious...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox 2010
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD + BLU-RAY SCI-FI AVASummary: Cuba: Connery stars as a cynical mercenary poised to benefit from the political upheaval in Havana in 1959.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer Studios Inc. 2009
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Place a hold to request this item.Capri, Diane
Summary: A serial killer returns after years of inactivity in this gripping new suspense thriller. The green paint bathtub killer had Reacher Running Blind back in the day. The New York FBI team says Reacher was the serial killer then and is still the serial killer. But FBI Agents Kim Otto and Carlos Gaspar believe a copycat may be on the loose. Five powerful players are determined to win at all costs....
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Publisher / Publication Date: AugustBooks 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC CAPJames, Marlon
Summary: "Tracker is known far and wide for his skills as a hunter: 'He has a nose,' people say. Engaged to track down a mysterious boy who disappeared three years earlier, Tracker breaks his own rule of always working alone when he finds himself part of a group that comes together to search for the boy. The band is a hodgepodge, full of unusual characters with secrets of their own, including a...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Books on Tape 2019
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC JAMReeves, Keanu
Summary: WHAT PRICE WOULD YOU PAY FOR TRUE FREEDOM? Half-mortal and half-god, cursed and compelled to violence, the man known only as B. begins wandering the world anew. After enduring a series of experiments and missions, B.'s memories of his origins will be finally restored. But what does this revelation mean for his future? Has B. finally found true freedom? Perhaps, but when has the U.S. government...
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Publisher / Publication Date: BOOM! Studios 2022
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1 available in New Non-fiction, Call number: 741.5 BRZCopies Available at Woodmere
1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BRZWilliamson, Michael Z.
Summary: Alex Marlow and Ripple Creek Security's best personal security detail return to action. This time, they really don't like their principal, World Bureau Minister Joy Herman Highland–a highly-placed bureaucrat with aspirations to elected office. Even worse, Highland’s assistant wants to publicize every movement and action for his boss’s pending campaign, which is anathema to good security. With...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Baen 2013
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC WILSummary: Armed with every weapon they can get their hands on and the skills to use them, The Expendables are the world's last line of defense and the team that gets called when all other options are off the table. But new team members with new styles and tactics are going to give "new blood" a whole new meaning.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2023
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: The Expendables: The Expendables is a hard-hitting action/thriller about a group of mercenaries hired to infiltrate a South American country and overthrow it ruthless dictator. Once the mission begins, the men realize things aren't quite as they appear, finding themselves caught in a dangerous web of deceit and betrayal.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD EXPSummary: Martin, a skilled and ruthless mercenary, posing as a scientist sent into the Tasmanian wilderness on a hunt for a tiger believed to be extinct. Hired by an anonymous company that wants the tiger's genetic material, Martin proceeds to set up base camp at a broken-down farmhouse, where he stays with a family, becoming increasingly close to them. However, as his attachment grows, Martin is led...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Magnolia Home Entertainment 2012
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD MOVIE HUNSummary: Predator: Recruited by the CIA to rescue hostages held by guerrilla fighters in a Central American country, Schwarzenegger and his men encounter an enemy more deadly than any on earth--because the Predator is not of this earth.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Science Fiction DVDs, Call number: DVD SCI-FI PRESummary: Under siege: Casey Ryback is a one-man strike force, waging war against hijackers intent on commandeering a battleship's arsenal of nuclear missiles.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc. 2008