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English
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In this 13th Reacher novel, the former military police major and notorious drifter Jack Reacher grows suspicious of a fellow subway passenger as their train approaches Grand Central Station in New York City. As a shady situation develops, Reacher debates between intervening to save surrounding lives or avoiding the predicament in order to save his own. He confronts a suicide bomber on the nearly deserted Manhattan subway car--a confrontation that...
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Language
English
Description
For the airline executives finalizing a merger that would make news in the business world, the nine a.m. meeting would be a major milestone. But after marketing VP Paul Rogan walked into the plush conference room, strapped with explosives, the headlines told of death and destruction instead. The NYPSD's Eve Dallas confirms that Rogan was cruelly coerced by two masked men holding his family hostage. His motive was saving his wife and daughter--but...
Author
Publisher
Crooked Lane
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
344 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Special Agent Vera Taggart walked away from a promising career as an artist to join the FBI, and she impresses her new colleagues with her eerie ability to divine conclusions from the grisliest crime scenes. Taggart's first assignment is a decades-old cold case centered on a cult of suicide bombers known as the Sons of Elijah who believe they've been reborn hundreds of times, going back centuries. It seems like a low-risk assignment until a bomb tears...
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Series
Publisher
Oceanview Publishing
Pub. Date
[2010]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
301 pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Falling like a stone from six miles up, a brand new C-500 plane crashes in central France, killing the two pilots aboard. When French officials take over this highly public investigation, they call in the best there is: they call Frank "Jammer" Davis. A retired U.S. Air Force fighter pilot, Davis is part of the NTSB's "go-team." With a reputation for getting things done--and for steamrolling anyone who gets in his way--Davis starts to dig.
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
xi, 257 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
A startling look at the deepest, darkest secrets that terrorists pray you'll never know. For decades, experts from the most powerful governments and prestigious universities around the world have told us that suicide bombers are psychologically normal men and women driven by a single-minded purpose: self-sacrifice. As it turns out, this claim originated with the terrorist leaders themselves, who insisted that they would never recruit mentally unstable...
8) Blown away
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Series
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
291 pages ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
xviii, 285 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
Understanding the phenomenon of suicide bombing in Iraq is vitally important for U.S. national security, foreign policy in the Muslim world, and the war on terrorism. This study draws extensively on open-source intelligence and papers of record, primary sources from insurgent groups including online documents and videos, and interviews with U.S. servicemen who have served in Iraq. It examines the history of suicide bombing in Iraq and many other countries,...
12) Paradise now
Pub. Date
2006
Edition
Widescreen ver.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (approximately 91 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
Arabic
Description
The story of what may be the last 48 hours in the lives of two Palestinian men who have been recruited as suicide bombers. When they are intercepted at the Israeli border, a young woman who discovers their plan causes them to reconsider their actions.