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Series
Language
English
Description
When U.S. intelligence reports there's something going on in Russia, President Jack Ryan and his youngest daughter, Katie, determine the Russians are about to launch a super missile submarine, and the race is on to find its location and decide if it poses a threat to the continental U.S..
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
403 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
When her brother is killed, brilliant marine architect Hannah Bryson must discover the volatile mystery behind a decommissioned Soviet submarine, Silent Thunder, that was recently purchased by the U.S. government for use as a maritime museum. Though the U.S. government tries to warn Hannah away, she'll stop at nothing to find the ruthless mastermind behind her brother's death. Even if it means joining forces with a mysterious man who may be even more...
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Description
Cotton Malone knows that his father died when his submarine sunk in the north Atlantic in 1971, but not much else. Using his government contacts to discover the details behind his father's demise, he learns that the sub was on a highly classified mission. Now he must find the lost manuscript from the Charlemagne's tomb which points to an Aryan civilization in Antarctica in order tho answer the questions surround his fathers death.
Author
Series
Lexile measure
870L
Language
English
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Description
A deadly serious game of hide-and-seek is on. The entire Soviet Atlantic Fleet is ordered to hunt down the submarine and destroy her at all costs. The Americans are determined to find her first and get her safely to port in the intelligence coups of all time. But the Red October has a million square miles of ocean to hide in and a new silent propulsion system that is impossible to detect. Or is it? Her daring and cunning captain, Marko Ramius, thinks...
5) The abyss
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (171 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
When a nuclear submarine mysteriously sinks, the Navy commandeers the crew of a civilian deep sea oil rig to help in the rescue operation. This perilous mission becomes a wondrous odyssey into the unknown as forces from the ocean's deepest region begin to make contact with the divers.
6) Kilo class
Author
Series
Pub. Date
1998
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xv, 442 pages : maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
It's one of the stealthiest, most dangerous underwater warships ever built-and it's about to set off World War III. Silent at less than five knots and capable of a massive nuclear warhead punch, it's the 240-foot Russian Kilo Class submarine. Strapped for hard cash, the Russians have produced ten new Kilos for Beijing. The Chinese have already received three of the subs and now the last seven are ready to be delivered-a code-red situation the Pentagon...
Series
Bond 50 volume disc 12
Publisher
MGM Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2012]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (128 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Bond must infiltrate the Greek underworld and race against time to find a stolen device capable of controlling a fleet of nuclear submarines.
Author
Publisher
Tom Doherty Associates
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
168 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
"Remy is a Chorister, rescued from the surface world and raised to sing in a choir of young boys. Remy is part of a strange crew who control the Leviathan, an aging nuclear submarine, that bears a sacred mission: to trigger the Second Coming when the time is right. But Remy has a secret too--she's the submarine's only girl. Gifted with the missile's launch key by the Leviathan's dying caplain, she swears to keep it safe. Safety, however, is not the...
Author
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
350 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
From the USA Today bestselling author of Joshua's Hammer and High Flight
On the Bay of Bengal a civilian research vessel witnesses a submarine fire a laser into the sky. Before they can process what they see, the sub blasts them out of the water and captures the lone survivor.
Immediately, one of the United States spy satellites becomes inoperative, and seemingly disappears. With the United States blind, Pakistan plans to announce their presence...
13) Deep strike
Author
Series
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
viii, 340 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"A shoulder-launched missile attack on a convoy of vehicles leaving the U.N. headquarters in New York kills several diplomats, including the American ambassador. Security footage reveals that the killer behind the attack is a disgraced former special forces operative, Mark Alperi. But before U.S. intelligence operatives can catch up with him, Alperi is already onto the next phase of his plan. With funding from the nearly shattered ISIS, Alperi plans...
Series
Pub. Date
2002
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (138 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Captain Vostrikov, a Russian naval officer has being given command of the Soviet Union's first nuclear submarine, K-19, at the height of the Cold War in 1961. The vessel's executive officer Captain Polenin asserts that the flagship is not yet ready for deployment. But, political pressure forces Vostrikov to sail his crew into the North Atlantic anyway, for a missile fire test that serves as a warning to the U.S. The test is a success, but a leak in...
16) Phantom
Pub. Date
2013
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (98 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"At the height of the Cold War, the world holds its breath when a Soviet submarine armed with nuclear missiles goes missing in the Pacific. On board the vessel, the battle-tested captain ... and a rogue KGB agent ... are waging a life-and-death game of cat and mouse. With enemy forces closing in and time running out, the captain fights to keep control with nuclear Armageddon hanging in the balance"--Container.
17) Silent thunder
Author
Pub. Date
2008
Language
English
Formats
Description
Best selling author Iris Johansen collaborates with her son Roy for the first time. When her brother Connor is murdered aboard a Russian submarine being prepared for display in a U.S. museum, marine architect Hannah Bryson must figure out who killed him and why, before she meets the same fate.
Series
Pub. Date
2003
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (137 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A new technologically superior Soviet nuclear sub, the Red October, is heading for the United States coast under the command of Captain Ramius. The American government thinks Ramius is planning to attack. A lone CIA analyst has a different idea: he thinks Ramius is planning to defect, but he has only a few hours to find him and prove it. At the same time, the entire Russian naval and air commands are trying to find Ramius too.
19) Spymasters
Author
Series
39 clues. Cahill files volume 2
Pub. Date
2013
Lexile measure
830L
Physical Desc
250 pages : illustrations (some color) ; 20 cm.
Language
English
Description
"In 1814, redcoats burned the White House to the ground. In 1889, Harry Houdini discovered a trick that would save his life. In 1955, the U.S. launched the world's first nuclear submarine. And one family pulled the strings behind the scenes at each of these events: the Cahills--the most powerful family the world has ever known. Now the Cahills have opened their vault and dangerous secrets are pouring out. This book contains three of them--three stories...