Bruce Boxleitner
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In this modern retelling of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle's fantasy action-adventure classic, a commercial airliner crashes deep in the heart of the Amazon. Now, the survivors must face a mysterious and hostile world inhabited by giant scorpions, dragons, and a simian beast that stands ten stories tall.
4) The Orville
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An original novella set in season three of The Orville-straight from the pen of Seth MacFarlane, creator of the beloved sci-fi TV show! When Captain Ed Mercer and the crew of the U.S.S. Orville come face-to-face with one of humanity's most vile ideologies, they must solve the moral conundrum of who to hold accountable for evil deeds real… and imagined. Occurring just after episode 308, this is the Orville like you've never seen it before.
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Raymond Starbuck ruined star jockey Coley Killebrew's reputation- so why is Coley cutting a deal with him? When Killebrew was barred from the track after a race-fixing scandal, he also lost his irresistible girlfriend, Francie Dorn. Starbuck says that if Coley can keep some unsavory cronies from muscling in on the old Magnolia Park track, he'll give Coley $10,000- and Francie's address. Is this the opportunity he's been waiting...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.2 - AR Pts: 9
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Final Blackout is a dystopic science fiction novel by American writer L. Ron Hubbard. The novel is set in the future and follows a man known as "the Lieutenant" as he restores order to England after a world war. A lieutenant (known in the book only as "The Lieutenant") becomes dictator of England after a world war. The Lieutenant leads a ragtag army fighting for survival in a Europe ravaged by 30 years of atomic, biological and conventional warfare....
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From master storyteller Frederick Forsyth-best-selling author of The Day of the Jackal and The Odessa File-comes this collection of five suspenseful gems.
Justice does not always come easily, and it comes in many guises. On the seedier side of London, a shopkeeper witnesses a brutal beating in "The Veteran" (read by Patrick Macnee). In a better neighborhood, a famous London auction house is scammed in "The Art of the Matter" (also read by Macnee)....
11) Double Cross
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Kathy Swanson and her neighbor, Sheryl, are both having difficulty with their husbands. So when Sheryl suggests to Kathy that they should get their lives back by killing each other's husbands, Kathy facetiously sanctions the plan.
15) Double Jeopardy
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Jack Hart enjoys a wonderful life with his lawyer wife and young daughter, but when his old girlfriend Lisa comes to town, events are set in motion that threaten to tear Jack and his family apart.
16) Far Haven
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In 1887, Hunter Braddock moves back to Far Haven, Arizona to start over with his two young children, but when his father-in-law is brutally attacked he must take on the corrupt forces strangling the town in order to protect what he loves most.
17) So You Said Yes
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A woman who avoids relationships opens a vintage bridal shop, and goes head-to-head with the snobbish owner of the town's classical bridal shop-only to find out her rival is the mother of her new boyfriend.
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Pressure is mounting on the Air Force concerning their most secretive base, Area 51, used to house elusive "long-term visitors." Bowing to political and public pressure, two reporters are granted limited access to the facility. But when one of the "visitors" uses the reporters as a chance to liberate himself and fellow captives, Area 51 turns from a secure government base to a horrifying destination of terror.
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Arthur Hailey's Detective volume 1
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A serial killer on death row promises to reveal the truth about his past, the crimes he committed, and the crimes he confessed to-but only to the detective who helped to convict him. Based on the bestseller from master storyteller Arthur Hailey.
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Arthur Hailey's Detective volume 2
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A serial killer on death row promises to reveal the truth about his past, the crimes he committed, and the crimes he confessed to-but only to the detective who helped to convict him. Based on the bestseller from master storyteller Arthur Hailey.