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IN THE COMPANY OF SOLDIERS : A CHRONICLE OF COMBAT IN IRAQª |
| Atkinson, Rick | |
| From Pulitzer prize-winning author Rick Atkinson comes a riveting eyewitness account of the war against Iraq , seen from the perspective of the 101st Airborne Division | |
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GREAT INFLUENZA : THE EPIC STORY OF THE 1918 PANDEMIC |
| Barry, John M. | |
| In the terrifying story of the first modern ''plague,'' the author tells how in 1918 an epidemic began in an Army camp in Kansas , moved East with American troops to Europe , then abruptly mutated into a new and virulent form and exploded across the world. Barry depicts America at a watershed moment in its history, to show how the war and the disease were woven together, how politics and public health can collide, how almost unstoppable a pandemic can be even in the 21st century. | |
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DISARMING IRAQ |
| Blix, Hans | |
| The leader of the UN weapons inspection team in Iraq gives us his first-hand account of the historical and current events leading up to the war in Iraq, starting with the post 1991 Gulf War inspections in Iraq and ending with the United States/United Kingdom invasion of Iraq in March 2003. | |
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TOUR OF DUTY : JOHN KERRY AND THE VIETNAM WAR |
| Brinkley, Douglas | |
Brinkley covers more than four decades of the life of Massachusetts Senator John Kerry. He explores Kerry's military experience, his life in politics, and covers his current campaign as a Democratic presidential hopeful. |
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AGAINST ALL ENEMIES : INSIDE THE WHITE HOUSE'S WAR ON TERROR -- WHAT REALLY HAPPENED |
| Clarke, Richard | |
| The War on Terror is run from one location--the White House--and Clarke has been its chief architect for 11 years. He served Reagan, Bush, and Clinton faithfully, and stayed on when George W. Bush took the oath of office. Yet, two years later, he left public service. The country's leading expert on Al Qaeda, and on the American effort to guard against terror, has an extraordinary story to tell. | |
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DEW BREAKER |
| Danticat, Edwidge& Desser, Robin | |
From Danticat comes a powerful exploration of the trials and reconciliation in the life of a man known as a ''dew breaker,'' a Haitian torturer, whose past crimes lie hidden beneath his new American reality. Can such a man really find redemption in a new life? |
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CODEX |
| Grossman, Lev | |
| Edward, a hotshot young investment banker, is sent to help one of his firm's most important and mysterious clients. When asked to uncrate and organize a library of rare books, his indignation turns to intrigue as he realizes that there may be a medieval codex hidden among the volumes. As friends draw Edward into a peculiar and addictive computer game, his obsession deepens as he discovers parallels between the game's virtual reality and the mystery of the codex. | |
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CAN YOU KEEP A SECRET? |
| Kinsella, Sophie | |
Emma Corrigan has some deeply held secrets. However, when air turbulence on a plane back to London terrifies her, Emma's mouth opens and her secrets come rolling out to the American sitting next to her. Oh, well; she'll never see him again, right? Or will she? Monday morning in the office, there he is. None other than Jack Harper, her company's elusive CEO! |
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ZERO GAME |
| Meltzer, Brad | |
| Matthew and Harris, congressional staffers, are bored after a decade in Washington . Then one of them learns of the clandestine Zero Game. It starts out as a simple wager between friends but turns deadly when someone dies. And they're about to be it's next victims. On the run, they turn to a teenage page who can move undetected around the Capitol. As a ruthless page creeps closer, the idealistic page not only holds the key to saving their lives, but is determined to redeem them as well. | |
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3RD DEGREE |
| Patterson, James& Gross, Andrew | |
Detective Lindsay Boxer and Assistant District Attorney Jill Bernhardt are enjoying a quiet afternoon when a townhouse across the street explodes. A note signed ''August Spies'' is found; the body of an infant is not. A wave of violence, with links to August Spies, sweeps through San Francisco . An upcoming economic summit of the world's most powerful nations will surely be a target. The Women's Murder Club must get to the bottom of the violence before it's too late. |
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