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International relations Fiction Philadelphia (Pa.) Fiction Police Pennsylvania Philadelphia Fiction Undercover operations Fiction United States History, Military 20th century Fiction United States. Army. Delta Force Fiction United States. Marine Corps Fiction United States. Office of Strategic Services Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Fiction World War, 1939-1945 Secret service FictionThornton, I. W. B. (Ian W. B.)
Summary: Johan Thoms (pronounced Yo-han Tomes) was born in Argona, a small town twenty-three miles south of Sarajevo, during the hellish depths of winter 1894. Little did he know that his inability to reverse a car would change the course of 20th Century History forever...
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Publisher / Publication Date: The Friday Project 2014
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC THOSummary: A deep cover operative awakens to find himself imprisoned in a CIA black site on a submarine.
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2018
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Among the most fascinating chapters of film history is that of the so-called "race films" that flourished in the 1920s -'40s. Unlike the "black cast" films produced within the Hollywood studio system, these films not only starred African Americans but were funded, written, produced, edited, distributed, and often exhibited by people of color. Entrepreneurial filmmakers built an industry apart...
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Publisher / Publication Date: 2016
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Summary: One of the greatest TV dramas of all time continues with 13 gripping fourth season episodes of the critically acclaimed series. Small-town life in Dillon has changed irrevocably with the dramatic split of the school district. Coach Taylor finds himself fighting for the respect of the East Dillon Lions, while his wife Tami faces her own battles as Principal of the Dillon High Panthers. Across...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Universal Studios Home Entertainment 2010
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1 available in Television Series DVDs, Call number: DVD FRIGriffin, W. E. B.
Summary: There's an uneasy and unholy alliance building across the Caribbean. Few in the U.S. government want to believe that a Third World country and its chest-thumping leader could pose a credible threat-but then why are the Chinese helping to train its special forces? Why are the Russians helping to build a nuclear power plant?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 2011
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRIBelcher, W. B. (William B.)
Summary: "A ghostwriter of the memoirs of a reclusive folk music icon--part Woody Guthrie, part Bob Dylan--attempts to glean fact from fiction, only to discover the deeper he digs into the musician's past, the more his own past rises to the surface"--Amazon.com.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Other Press 2016
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BELSummary: "Contains twenty prizewinning stories chosen from the thousands published in magazines over the previous year. Guest editor Lauren Groff has selected an exciting and engaging variety of stories by an international array of both celebrated and emerging writers. The winning stories are accompanied by an introduction by Groff, fascinating observations from the winning writers on what inspired...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Anchor Books, a division of Penguin Random House LLC 2023
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC BESGriffin, W. E. B
Summary: "When Jim Cronley hears he's just won the Legion of Merit, he figures there's another shoe to drop, and it's a big one: he's out as Chief, DCI-Europe. His new assignments, however, couldn't be bigger: to protect the U.S. chief prosecutor in the Nuremberg trials from a rumored Soviet NKGB kidnapping, and to hunt down and dismantle the infamous Odessa, an organization dedicated to helping Nazi...
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2017
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Griffin 2017Griffin, W. E. B
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Publisher / Publication Date: Berkley Pub. Co. 1987
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC GRIGriffin, W. E. B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 1993
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1 available in Adult, Call number: FIC GriffGriffin, W. E. B.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove Books 1991
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Summary: Refusing to surrender despite the odds against the American forces in 1942, a renegade Army officer organizes a resistance force while a Marine leads his team on a mission through the heart of enemy territory.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 1995
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Summary: The Russian bear is stirring--and it's hungry--in the thrilling fifth novel of the Presidential Agent series. Could sabers be rattling for a new Cold War--or worse? Lieutenant Colonel Charley Castillo is about to find out as the Delta Force operative investigates the disappearances and deaths of covert U.S. intelligence assets working for a variety of agencies.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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Summary: Through a series of back-channel messages, Delta Force Lieutenant Colonel Charley Castillo, who has plenty of enemies, discovers that the Kremlin might be planning a new Cold War against the U.S.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Penguin Audio 2008
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Summary: While investigating the death of a young socialite, sergeant Matt Payne begins to doubt reports of her long struggle with mental illness and uncovers secrets that place lives at risk.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2016
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1 available in Adult, Call number: Fiction Griffin 2016Griffin, W. E. B.
Summary: At an airfield in Angola, two men board a leased Boeing 727; then, once it is in the air, they slit the pilot's throat and fly to parts unknown. The consternation is immediate, as the CIA, FBI, FAA, and other agencies race to find out what has happened.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2004
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Summary: January 1946: Two WACs leave an officers club in Munich, and four Soviet NKGB agents kidnap them at knifepoint in the parking lot and shove them in the back of an ambulance. That is the agents first mistake, and their last. One of the WACs, a blond woman improbably named Claudette Colbert, works for the new Directorate of Central Intelligence, and three of the men end up dead and the fourth...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press Large Print 2017
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Summary: Recruited by Wild Bill Donovan to set up an airline that will be an OSS front in 1943 Argentina, Marine pilot Cletus Frade monitors two German operations, including a concentration-camp smuggling ring and a Nazi protection group.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2008
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Summary: The Office of Strategic Services has now been tasked with convincing the Axis powers that the Allied forces will not be invading Europe via France's beaches. Layers of secrecy shroud the operation--anyone could be a double agent.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Recorded Books 2007
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press 2007
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Summary: Recently promoted to sergeant and assigned to the homicide department, detective Matt Payne finds more than his share of challenges in three assignments involving a fast-food shooting, a guru murderer, and a police movie star.
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Publisher / Publication Date: G.P. Putnam's Sons 2003
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Summary: During World War II, a special rescue team assemble to take on a desperate mission during the battle for control of the Solomons when two Marines are trapped at a Coastwatcher station on tiny Buka Island--and faced with the double threat of dwindling supplies and discovery by the Japanese.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Putnam 1992
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Summary: In the fall of 1950, the Marines have made a pivotal breakthrough at Inchon, and personal conflicts will determine fates for better or worse.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Brilliance Audio 2004
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Summary: From Shanghai to Wake Island, the Corps was America's first line of defense as the winds of war exploded into the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Now, the bestselling author of the acclaimed Brotherhood of war saga brings to life the men of the Marine Corps--their loves and their loyalties--as they steeled themselves for battle, and prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice ...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Jove 1986