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Kezia Cooper Hobson, recently widowed, arrives in New York from San Francisco. Determined to make a fresh start, she has just completed the sale of her Pacific Heights home, not to mention her husband's venture capital firm, and in doing so, is also freed from her responsibility as a board member of the company. Bringing with her only a few personal treasures, she is excited to move into the blank slate of a beautiful midtown penthouse, in the city...
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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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I survived volume 6
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630L
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English
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When Lucas decides to skip school because he wants to discuss football with a firefighter friend of his father, he finds himself caught up in the terrorist attacks on New York City.
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Dr Dylan Reinhart reunites with his old partner Detective Elizabeth Needham when an Ivy League professor is murdered. As the duo work to solve the murder, New York is struck by the worst act of terror since 9/11 and a name from Reinhart's past on the casualty list threatens to bring secrets to light. Can they catch the murderer before he claims his next target, Detective Needham?
"The murder of an Ivy League professor pulls Dr. Dylan Reinhart out...
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In this new novel by Karen Kingsbury, three years have passed since the terrorist attacks on New York City. Jamie Bryan, widow of a firefighter who lost his life on that terrible day, has found meaning in her season of loss by volunteering at St. Paul's, the memorial chapel across the street from where the Twin Towers once stood. Here she meets a daily stream of people touched by the tragedy, including two men with whom she feels a connection. One...
6) Cathedral
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St. Patrick's Day, New York City. Everyone is celebrating, but everyone is in for the shock of his life. Born into the heat and hatred of the Northern Ireland conflict, IRA man Brian Flynn has masterminded a brilliant terrorist act - the seizure of Saint Patrick's Cathedral. Among his hostages: the woman Brian Flynn once loved, a former terrorist turned peace activist. Among his enemies: an Irish-American police lieutenant fighting against a traitor...
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Days before the July Fourth holiday and the dedication of One World Trade Center at Ground Zero, an incident aboard a commercial jet flying over the Atlantic Ocean reminds everyone that vigilance is not a task to be taken lightly. But for iconoclastic NYPD detective Jeremy Fisk, it may also be a signal that there is much more to this case than the easy answer of this being just the work of another lone terrorist.
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William Morrow, an imprint of HarperCollinsPublishers
Pub. Date
2015.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
341 pages ; 24 cm.
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English
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When a leaker named Verlyn Merritt releases sensitive documents from the NYPD Intelligence Division to WikiLeaks, some of the deadliest criminals have access to Detective Jeremy Fisk's unlisted home address. Within hours, three mysterious assailants arrive at his Sutton Place apartment. Who are they and why do they want Fisk dead? With the clock ticking and millions of lives at stake, Fisk and Chay must find the mastermind before he can wreak havoc...
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1996
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422 pages ; 25 cm
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English
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FBI Special Agent and counterterrorism expert Sarah Cahill doesn't know the man she's tracking. But the so-called "Prince of Darkness" knows her-intimately. So when Sarah is summoned to Wall Street to investigate, little does she know that she's the one under surveillance… until the terrorist infiltrates himself into the deepest, most desperate corners of her life. Soon Sarah is plunged into a deep labyrinth of intrigue and catastrophe as she races...
10) Black Friday
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A courageous federal agent and a resourceful woman lawyer are the only ones who can save New York City from the terror of a secret militia group.
James Patterson's classic superthriller, Black Friday, combines the breathtaking suspense of the Alex Cross series and the authenticity of NYPD Blue: A federal agent and a resourceful lawyer are the only ones who can possibly stop the unspeakable from happening. New York City is under...
James Patterson's classic superthriller, Black Friday, combines the breathtaking suspense of the Alex Cross series and the authenticity of NYPD Blue: A federal agent and a resourceful lawyer are the only ones who can possibly stop the unspeakable from happening. New York City is under...
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"Lo único por lo que Lucas siente más adoración que por el fútbol Americano es su tío Benny, el mejor amigo de su padre del departamento de bomberos donde ambos trabajan. Benny le enseñó a Lucas todo lo que hay que saber sobre el fútbol americano, así que cuando los padres del chico consideran que el deporte es demasiado peligroso y que por ello debe renunciar a practicarlo, Lucas tiene que conversar con su principal admirador. A la mañana...
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2017.
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English
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"Michael Bennett, be grateful you're alive. Someone attacked the Thanksgiving Day Parade directly in front of Michael Bennett and his family. The television news called it 'holiday terror'; Michael Bennett calls it personal. The hunt is on...." -- Page [4] of cover.
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Blackstone Publishing
Pub. Date
2022.
Edition
First large print edition.
Physical Desc
481 pages (large print) ; 24 cm
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English
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Four thousand pounds of cocaine falls upon NYC. Thus begins the war between the most powerful drug lord on the planet and his enemy: the city of New York. The only one who can stop him is ex-NYPD Danny Corcoran.
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Pub. Date
2018
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213 pages ; 23 cm
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English
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When a New York City police commissioner confronts a killer, he discovers a terrorist plot that threatens to bring the worst destruction to the city since the September 11th attacks.
New York City Police Commissioner Rick Raymond was a captain back in 2001 when terrorist planes struck the Twin Towers, killing thousands&including fellow police officers and Raymonds wife. Ever since that awful day, as he climbed the ranks, Raymond vowed to protect...
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (1011 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Using data siphoned off the U.S. intelligence agencies' threat matrix, information not related to terrorism, but rather violent crimes of a personal nature, during each episode, the former CIA agent and his enigmatic partner identify a 'person of interest' and set about solving the mystery of the impending crime. Tapping into the world's Big Brother-like surveillance network, the shadowy duo knows that something bad is going to happen; it's their...
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Warner Bros. Entertainment Inc
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Widescreen version.
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6 videodiscs (968 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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This crime thriller follows presumed-dead former CIA agent, John Reese, who teams up with mysterious billionaire Harold Finch to prevent violent crimes with high-tech surveillance and their own brand of vigilante justice. With Finch missing, Reese enlists Detectives Joss Carter and Lionel Fusco to join the search for his friend. Will Reese and his team find Finch before it's too late? Who will be the next person of interest?
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[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
2014.
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (1001 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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The Person of Interest team suffers a devastating loss and confronts staggering challenges in the hit series₂ most explosive season yet. Adapting to the evolution of The Machine, now completely self-governed and hidden from all, technical wizard Finch and ex-CIA operative Reese team with rogue agent Samantha Shaw to save lives and seek justice, but their missions now threaten to tear them apart. NYPD Detectives Carter and Fusco finally unravel the...
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"Lo ©ðnico por lo que Lucas siente m©Łs adoraci©đn que por el f©ðtbol Americano es su t©Ưo Benny, el mejor amigo de su padre del departamento de bomberos donde ambos trabajan. Benny le ense©ł©đ a Lucas todo lo que hay que saber sobre el f©ðtbol americano, as©Ư que cuando los padres del chico consideran que el deporte es demasiado peligroso y que por ello debe renunciar a practicarlo, Lucas tiene que conversar con su principal admirador....
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2015]
Edition
Widescreen version.
Physical Desc
6 videodiscs (approximately 962 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Although they've saved countless lives thanks to The Machine's omniscience, Reese and Finch, along with lethal operative Shaw, and unpredictable cyber-hacker Root, now face an uncertain future. With a second machine, Samaritan, now online, the elusive team now find themselves as targets, hiding in plain sight.