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Navy SEAL Keith “Chunk” Redman has been one of the military’s top doorkickers since the day he pinned on his trident: loyal, single-minded, lethal. Tasked to lead a new, covert team of Tier One SEALs—the most elite special operators in the world—Chunk can no longer simply rely on the status quo. To safeguard America, he needs help to stay a step ahead of its adversaries.

This book contains the complete novels of Jane Austen in the chronological order of their original publication.

Three top secret research scientists are presumed dead in a boating accident, but the kidnapping of their families the same day raises questions the FBI and local police can't answer, leaving them waiting for a ransom demand that will never come. Central Intelligence Agency analyst Chris Leroux stumbles upon the story, and finds a phone conversation that was never supposed to happen. When he reports it to his boss, the national clandestine services chief, he is uncharacteristically reprimanded for conducting an unauthorized investigation and told to leave it to the FBI.

Bloomsbury presents Nothing Special by Nicole Flattery, read by Becca Stewart. AN IRISH TIMES BOOK OF THE YEAR 2023 _______________ 'A blade-sharp coming-of-age novel' SPECTATOR 'Confirms Flattery as a bracingly original writer' IRISH INDEPENDENT 'In enviably elegant prose, she manages to be...

In the first series, Lander presents a four-part exposé into irregularities over plans to site a new London airport near Birmingham. Series 2 finds him reopening the investigation into the Archibald Gallery (was the key suspect framed?), reporting on revolutionary methods of baby production, probing MI5 about dirty tricks, purple herrings and mauve sheep and interviewing a double agent in his luxury home in Bulgaria.... 

Robin Moore became one of the first true embedded journalists by training with and fighting alongside the Green Berets in Vietnam. Though fictionalized, his work is an eye-opening exposé of the horrors of the Vietnam War and the basis for the hit John Wayne movie of the same title. Taut, fast-paced, and interspersed with unforgettable accounts of combat, Moore’s novel features an American major who goes "native" with Montagnard tribesmen, a courageous Vietnamese girl who poses as a rabid anti-American Communist to capture a murderous Viet Cong officer, and the unforgettable acts of courage of soldiers in the field.

A successful communication of ideas with readers in limited words. The author beautifully picturizes the story of three friends. വിവിധങ്ങളായ ജീവിത ചുറ്റുപാടുകളിൽ നിന്നുള്ള പാപ്പച്ചൻ, പൗളി...

Listeners with an interest in crime scene investigation will be gripped as a crack team of Naval Criminal Investigative Service special agents investigates crime scenes around the world.

Short valuation summaries of current special situation investment opportunities.

This audiobook is narrated by an AI Voice. Un eccentrico medico in pensione, a metà tra un filosofo e un vagabondo. L'ex dottore trascorre le sue giornate viaggiando in metropolitana. Attraverso i vagoni, osserva la gente, ascolta i discorsi e legge le menti umane come fossero organi malati da...

Follow the Manchester Evening News 'special correspondent' and his guide - recently back from a 'seven stretch' - as they take you on a tour through the dimly lit quarters of late 19th-century criminal Manchester.- Summary by Phil Benson

Tough enough? Smart enough? Max will require all his skills just to stay alive as a Special Forces Cadet... A top-secret government programme needs a crack team of undercover military operators. They must have awesome levels of determination, endurance and fitness. They must be able to think on...

From the bestselling author of STRIKE BACK, Chris Ryan returns with the second in his new action-packed series. This time, the cadets are bound for North Korea... A British agent investigating the rogue state's nuclear capabilities has gone missing. The secretive nature of life in Pyongyang...

FBI agent Sam Sheridan’s mission is to take down a human-trafficking ring and save missing teens - until he witnesses a kidnapping. Blowing his cover, Sam rescues Ella McIntire. But she’s not safe yet. While searching for the truth about her cousin’s death, Ella came too close to a dangerous secret. And now only Sam can protect her from the men determined to silence her.

This paper is an attempt to give the most accurate facts obtainable bearing upon the question of colored domestic service in Philadelphia. (Summary by the author)

After the latest mission of the starship Flying Dutchman, Earth is safe not just for a year, but for hundreds of years. The ship’s weary crew wonders what they will do with their lives in peacetime, but the enemy has other plans, and there is danger on the Homefront. Starring Zachary Quinto, R.C. Bray, Kate Mulgrew, Robert Picardo, and everyone's favorite AI, Skippy the Magnificent, alongside a full cast. Includes plenty of pew-pew-pew, original sound composition, and maybe some singing by R.C. Bray.

When Special Agent Emily Ray is assigned to verify the identity of Kaveri Miller Browne, a missing heiress who's reappeared after 18 years, it should be routine. DNA proves identity. Case closed. But then Emily discovers another found woman claiming to be Danica Hansen—a name buried in Emily's past.

A shocking attack in Ankara leaves the US Ambassador to Turkey dead and his chief of staff, Amanda Allen, in the hands of brutal terrorists. But Allen is no ordinary diplomat. She’s undercover CIA. The DNI and the President turn to Ember, America’s premier black-ops task force, and its deadliest weapon, former Tier One Navy SEAL John Dempsey, for help. To find Allen, Ember gets embedded in the most dangerous battlefield on Earth: Syria. But when all communications are disabled by an attack in Turkey, Dempsey finds himself with no backup.

A bundle of the award-winning Nothing Special series by internationally best-selling author A. E. Via.

La vita in tempo di guerra non è un pranzo di gala. Lo sanno bene Helena e Ruth Nowak, due gemelle che tentano di proteggere i loro fratelli minori dagli stenti della vita nella Polonia occupata. Il loro piccolo villaggio rurale, infatti, è stremato dall’occupazione nazista. Il cibo scarseggia, e paura e sospetto ormai sono alla base dei rapporti tra gli abitanti. La costante minaccia di arresti sommari ha distrutto ogni speranza di solidarietà: chiunque può trasformarsi in una spia, e ci si deve guardare le spalle anche dagli amici più cari.