Peter Coleman
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English
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"John Hayes is a Special Operations legend who went rogue on a deep-cover mission and betrayed his own soldiers. Disgraced and on the run, he returns to the United States to get back to his wife and daughter and take revenge on his accusers with a series of devastating attacks. Only one man can stop him: Thomas Byrne. He once fought alongside Hayes as a combat medic, but he gave up the gun. Now a surgeon, he moves from town to town, trying to forget...
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English
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A deadly fall on a rugged stretch of California coast. A home invasion gone wrong in Brittany. No one connects the killings because the victims are living under cover, their true identities closely-held secrets. They are members of America's most select kill/capture team, which combines special operations lethality with CIA tradecraft. They are the last line of defense against foreign threats, and someone is assassinating them one by one where they...
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English
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"The world's most popular thriller writer presents the definitive, never before told account of the Aaron Hernandez case. Everyone thought they knew Aaron Hernandez. He was an NFL star who made the game of football look easy. Until he became the prime suspect in a gruesome murder. But who was Aaron Hernandez, really? Rich with in-depth, on-the-ground investigative reporting that gives readers a front row seat to Hernandez's tumultuous downward spiral,...
Author
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
"The partisan divide in the United States has widened to a chasm. Legislators vote along party lines and rarely cross the aisle. Political polarization is personal too-and it is making us miserable. Surveys show that Americans have become more fearful and hateful of supporters of the opposing political party and imagine that they hold much more extreme views than they actually do. We have cordoned ourselves off: we prefer to date and marry those with...
Author
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
The essential biography of one of music's most influential icons: Lou Reed.
As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions of genre while speaking to millions of fans and inspiring generations of musicians.
But while his iconic status may be fixed, the man himself...
As lead singer and songwriter for the Velvet Underground and a renowned solo artist, Lou Reed invented alternative rock. His music, at once a source of transcendent beauty and coruscating noise, violated all definitions of genre while speaking to millions of fans and inspiring generations of musicians.
But while his iconic status may be fixed, the man himself...
9) The snitch
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
1997.
Language
English
Description
When a police raid goes wrong, the fallout is deadly Nick Manaris is a promising detective, but he's lost his love for the job. After years wading through the worst the city has to offer, life as a cop has begun to feel like torture. Assigned to work with slick detective Sonny McCabe and his gang of cowboys, Nick knows he's gotten in over his head. Sonny believes a gang of Cubans has come to an agreement with the Mafia, trading guns for drugs, and...
10) Blaze
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Publisher
Avon Books
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
Captain Nora Riter of the New York police goes after a loan shark who cuts the ears of people who fail to pay their debt. The case is difficult because he has friends among corrupt policemen. By the author of Fence Jumpers.
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Publisher
New American Library
Pub. Date
[1989]
Language
English
Description
In the most vicious precinct in Brooklyn, a female detective wages war on corruption In the New York Police Department, Monty Adams is the prince of pain. An Old Testament officer, he believes that God is wrathful, and that the police are the Lord's favorite weapon. The toughest cop in South Brooklyn, Adams isn't above bending the laws to suit his own personal sense of justice. So when his partner's nephew is snatched off the streets of Red Hook and...
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Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
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From #1 New York Times bestselling author Rachel Van Dyken comes the next standalone rockstar romance in her Seaside Pictures series...
I had his posters on my wall when I was sixteen and when I accidentally got pregnant in high school—his was the face I dreamt of when I closed my eyes at night.
Now, over twenty years later, that dream's turned into a reality.
Not only is Drew Amhurst in my tiny town
13) Keep
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Series
Publisher
Rachel Van Dyken
Pub. Date
2016
Language
English
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The second stand alone in the Seaside Pictures series. Zane's story...My names shouted on rooftops, it's written on bras, on the inside of bathroom stalls, hell my name is everywhere to say my name is to experience an orgasm without ever leaving your damn house.My name is Zane Andrews.I'm sex.I'm a rock god.I'm also...a virgin.
Author
Publisher
Freundlich Books
Pub. Date
[1984]
Language
English
Description
In the gritty seventies, a young cop digs up dirt on the New York Police Department Detective Victoria has never been shy about robbing heroin addicts. He loves the looks on their faces when he kicks down their doors and finds them with needles hanging out of their arms, their highs gone in an instant. After seventeen years on the force, Victoria has no delusions about being an honest cop. And that makes him a perfect bagman for Tommy Doyle. Doyle...
15) Odessa Beach
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Publisher
Freundlich Books
Pub. Date
[1985]
Language
English
Description
Fleeing the KGB, a Russian conman decamps for New York City to build a new empire of crime Nikolai "Niki" Zorakoff has made a killing on the Soviet black market. He smuggles in luxury goods from the West-the blue jeans and perfumes that wealthy Muscovites simply can't do without-and sells them for small fortunes. But when the KGB takes an interest in Niki's operation, he knows he must run or die. And so, with a forged passport and as much money as...
16) Capture
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Series
Publisher
Rachel Van Dyken
Pub. Date
2015
Language
English
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Description
Losing your ability to speak at the age of seventeen; it's not normal or fair.But trauma, has a way of throwing normality out the window.Dani lives anything but a normal life.Her sister is married to one of the biggest names in Hollywood.Her best friends are rockstar duo AD2.And she has more love around her than most people experience in a lifetime.But that doesn't change the fact their parents are dead.Or that it's her fault.It seems her new normal...
Author
Publisher
Warner Faith
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
Life on earth is an adventure--so don't miss it! This book will inspire you with 101 new ways to savor each moment God has given you. Are you living every day to the fullest? It can be hard to find fresh ways to explore the world, but now you have 101 reasons to look up from your phone and get busy living. With a range of creative suggestions including plain-and-simple fun ways to spend a day and inspirational ideas designed to help you get to know...