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Antiquities Fiction Armes anciennes Romans, nouvelles, etc Expéditions scientifiques Romans, nouvelles, etc Military campaigns Opérations spéciales (Science militaire) Romans, nouvelles, etc Special forces (Military science) Special operations (Military science) Special operations (Military science) Fiction United States Weapons, Ancient FictionSummary: Risking their lives on deadly undercover missions around the globe, the Unit is a highly skilled, ultra-secret contingent of special forces soldiers operating outside the traditional chain of military command. The hunters become the hunted as the team and their families are targeted by a deadly and far-reaching conspiracy forcing them to relocate and assume new identities.
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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 UNIMcManners, Hugh.
Summary: Perhaps the most striking of heroic images, crack forces like the US Delta Force and British SAS hit the headlines with dramatic and daring feats when they are called upon to deal with seemingly irretrievable crises. But how much do we really know about these highly sophisticated combat units? Ultimate Special Forces, written by Hugh McManners, a former commando and defense correspondent for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Dorling Kindersley 2003
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Summary: While on a mission in Sweden, Pike Logan learns of a rogue Ukrainian group's plans to assassinate Vladimir Putin to end the war between their nations. But even if they succeed, Putin has a last endgame.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2024
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Contents: The froggy origins of the Navy SEALs -- The tragedy that birthed SEAL Team 6 -- From pirates to professionals -- Drago's war -- Operation Red Wings -- Fallujah: the perfect op that led to prosecution -- Benghazi Libya: SEALs alone -- When SEALs answer the call -- The rescue that wasn't -- The teams: why the unique culture of the SEALs matters -- Appendix A: Benghazi timeline -- Appendix B:...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2014
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 359.984 MINHansen, Grace
Summary: Bomber aircraft are important to militaries around the world that need to destroy large targets. Readers will learn what makes these aircraft bombers, their capabilities, crewmembers, and much more.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids 2017
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.74 HANSummary: In South Boston, the state police force are waging a war on Irish-American organized crime. Undercover cop Billy Costigan is assigned to infiltrate the mob syndicate, which is run by gangland chief Frank Costello. Billy quickly gains Costello's confidence. But when it becomes clear to both the mob and the police that there are moles in their midst, Billy and the other mole are suddenly thrust...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2007
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1 available in Crime / Mystery DVDs, Call number: DVD CRIME/MYSTERY DEPCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DEPCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD DEP RATED RCopies Available at Kingsley
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1 available in Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD Movie Departed 2007Summary: The team scrambles to make sense of the disintegration of the unit. The unit reunites to rescue Mack and clear their names. Nerve gas is stolen and the team is sent to retrieve it. Jonas tests his daughter's strength and conviction when she decides to enlist. The team deals with a loss and Jonas vows revenge.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2008
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV UNIBrook, Henry
Summary: "Who were the original Commandos? How do ordinary soldiers become Special Forces? How do troops communicate without speaking? What's the difference between HALO and HAHO? Meet the best of the best, the elite soldiers who have been through the toughest training on earth, ready to take on missions in any climate, against any enemy with no fear"--Back cover.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 356 BROSmith, Nicholas Sansbury
Summary: With hope for salvation dwindling, Captain Akira Hayashi deploys on a desperate mission to find Apeiron, believing only she can stop Doctor Otto Cross from completing his reset of Earth. But Akira soon realizes they need more than just Apeiron. Shadow Squad must somehow reunite with Tadhg and the weapon he carries. Only then can Akira lead the charge against the machines in one last fight for...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC SMISummary: "They are The Unit, a covert Special Forces team operating outside the usual military chain of command, risking their lives on undercover missions at home and abroad. Their identities are highly classified, a secret that's also fiercely guarded by their wives. But despite the men's determination to protect their families from the dangers of the job, they've learned that the enemy they have...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 20th Century Fox Home Entertainment 2007
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD TV UNIRollins, James
Summary: "A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state while the plants and animals around them have grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon is spreading across the African...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Harper Audio 2022
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD FIC ROLSummary: American soldiers try to hold off Japan's invasion of the Philippines; after surrendering to Japan, an American army colonel organizes a Filipino guerrilla force; follows an elite group of soliders trained for anti-guerilla warfare in Vietnam; the crew of an American submarine head to Tokyo Bay to prepare for the Doolittle air raid.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Warner Home Video 2009
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA GRERollins, James
Summary: A fire in a Copenhagen bookstore leads Commander Gray Pierce into a mystery that is connected to horrific Nazi experiments, an insidious madness affecting Buddhist monks, a possible mythological beast run amok in South Africa, and a century-old plot that threatens to destroy the current world order.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Morrow 2006
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROLCopies Available at Fife Lake
1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROLDeMille, Nelson
Summary: "Army Criminal Investigation Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor have been separated for five months following their last assignment, a dangerous mission in Venezuela to locate and detain an infamous Army deserter. Now, in Berlin, they are reunited and tasked with investigating the murder of one of their own: CID Special Agent Harry Vance of the 5th MP Battalion, an accomplished...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in New Fiction, Call number: M DEMLemire, Jeff.
Summary: "Bloodshot's nanites made him a nearly unstoppable killing machine. His enhanced strength, speed, endurance, and healing made him the perfect weapon, and he served his masters at Project Rising Spirit--a private contractor trafficking in violence--very well. Now, Bloodshot is a shadow of his former self. He lives in self-imposed exile, reeling from the consequences of his past life and the...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Valiant Entertainment 2015
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1 available in Adult Graphic Novels, Call number: 741.5 BLOHamilton, John
Summary: Explores the development and use of the A-10 Thunderbolt II, the first US Air Force aircraft specially designed for close air support of ground forces.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 623.7464 HAMDeMille, Nelson.
Summary: Army Criminal Investigation Agents Scott Brodie and Maggie Taylor have been separated for five months following their last assignment, a dangerous mission in Venezuela to locate and detain an infamous Army deserter. Now, in Berlin, they are reunited and tasked with investigating the murder of one of their own: CID Special Agent Harry Vance of the 5th MP Battalion, an accomplished...
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in Stacks, Call number: CD FIC DEMRollins, James
Summary: It begins in Africa ... A United Nations relief team in a small village in the Congo makes an alarming discovery. An unknown force is leveling the evolutionary playing field. Men, women, and children have been reduced to a dull, catatonic state. The environment surrounding them--plants and animals--has grown more cunning and predatory, evolving at an exponential pace. The insidious phenomenon...
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Publisher / Publication Date: William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers 2022
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC ROLCopies Available at Peninsula
1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC ROLTaylor, Brad
Summary: "Hot on the trail of a North Korean looking to sell sensitive US intelligence to the Syrian regime, Pike Logan and the Taskforce stumble upon something much graver: the sale of a lethal substance called Red Mercury. Meanwhile, North Korea has its own devastating agenda: a double-cross that will dwarf the attack in Syria even as it lays the blame on the Syrian government. Leveraging...
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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 TAYMurray, Julie
Summary: Little readers will learn the essentials of the United States Navy SEALS (how the Navy SEALS keeps us safe, various jobs, weapons and machinery, and more) through easy-to-read, simple text. Includes full-bleed photographs, bolded glossary terms, and a More Facts section.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Abdo Kids, a division of ABDO 2015
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 359.9 MURShea, Therese.
Summary: Explore the lesser-known details about what makes a Green Beret tick, including the rigorous admissions requirements and top-secret missions.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Rosen Pub. 2013
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 356.16 SHESummary: "In harm's way": An epic treatment of the bombing of Pearl Harbor, details the devastating sneak attack on the Naval base as well as the explosive behind-the-scenes stories, and the counter-offensive. (167 min.).
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Publisher / Publication Date: Paramount Pictures 2006
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1 available in Drama DVDs, Call number: DVD DRAMA AMESummary: "In Japanese, tora means "tiger." In December of 1941, "tiger, tiger, tiger" was the code phrase that unleashed one of history's most devastating surprise attacks. But the Japanese raid on Pearl Harbor also awakened the "sleeping giant" of American military might, and in the process, sealed Japan's fate"--Container.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lionsgate 2014
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV PEASummary: A group of Special Ops Reservists on a mission in the harsh and hostile terrain of Afghanistan find themselves lost in a Middle Eastern "Bermuda Triangle" of ancient evil. As the situation rapidly begins to disintergrate, each member of the team finds themselves asking the same question: who is the real enemy?
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Publisher / Publication Date: MPI Media Group 2009