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"For readers of Anthony Doerr's All the Light We Cannot See and Tim O'Brien's The Things They Carried, a transportive historical novel about finding morality in the throes of war and colonization Released from Nazi forced labor as World War II ends, 20-year-old Sam is quickly drafted and sent to the island of Java to help regain control of the colony. But the Indonesian independence movement is far ahead of the Dutch, and Sam is thrown into a guerilla...
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Fox and O’Hare novels volume 1
Fox and O'Hare novels volume 1
Doubleday Large Print Home Library
[Fox and O'Hare series] volume 1x
Fox and O'Hare novels volume 1
Doubleday Large Print Home Library
[Fox and O'Hare series] volume 1x
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English
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FBI Special Agent Kate O'Hare is known for her fierce dedication and discipline on the job, chasing down the world's most wanted criminals and putting them behind bars. Her boss thinks she is tenacious and ambitious; her friends think she is tough, stubborn, and maybe even a bit obsessed. And while Kate has made quite a name for herself for the past five years, the only name she's cared about is Nicolas Fox, an international crook she wants in more...
3) Indonesia
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Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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Examines the geography, history, economy, society, people, and culture of Indonesia.
6) Indonesia
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.6 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Developed by literacy experts for students in grades three through seven, this book introduces young readers to the geography and culture of Indonesia"--Provided by publisher.
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Like many others, around the time Elizabeth Gilbert turned 30, she went through an early-onslaught midlife crisis. Although she had everything an educated, ambitious American woman was supposed to want, including a husband, a home, and a successful career as a magazine writer, she was consumed with panic, grief, and confusion. This is an account of her yearlong worldwide pursuit of pleasure, spiritual devotion, guidance, and what she really wanted...
8) Loving Lucy
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Life took her to unexpected places. Love brought her home.
When UNICEF worker, Lucy McCarthy, returns to her hometown of Mundarrah, Australia, for her father's funeral she is confronted with a shocking secret that changes her life.
When old high school boyfriend and successful businessman, Flynn Pedersen, supports her while she sorts it out, their old attraction is rekindled.
But knowing Lucy's commitment to her work with children overseas, Flynn...
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"A phenomenal novel of resilience and survival from bestselling author of The Tattooist of Auschwitz, Heather Morris. In the midst of World War II, an English musician, Norah Chambers, places her eight-year-old daughter Sally on a ship leaving Singapore, desperate to keep her safe from the Japanese army as they move down through the Pacific. Norah remains to care for her husband and elderly parents, knowing she may never see her child again. Sister...
10) Rescued
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Ape quartet volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 11
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English
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When John was ten years old his father brought back a baby orangutan from Indonesia, and Raja quickly becomes John's "brother" and responsibility--so years later, after his parents divorce, and his father has sold Raja to a roadside zoo, John sets out to rescue him and bring him to a sanctuary in Indonesia.
The third entry in the taut, heart-wrenching quartet that made Eliot Schrefer a two-time National Book Award finalist introduces us to an orangutan...
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Jack Ryan and John Clark novels volume 19
Jack Ryan novel volume 19
[Jack Ryan Universe volume 28
Thorndike Press large print core
Jack Ryan novel volume 19
[Jack Ryan Universe volume 28
Thorndike Press large print core
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"Father Pat West, S.J., was a buddy of the young Jack Ryan when they were both undergraduates at Boston College. Father West left a comfortable job in the philosophy department at Georgetown to work with the poor in Indonesia. Now he's been arrested and accused of blasphemy against Islam. President Ryan is desperate to rescue his old friend, but he can't move officially against the Indonesians. Instead he relies on the Campus team to find out who...
12) Cat and mouse
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New York Times bestselling author Harold Coyle's Cat and Mouse reveals the chaos of warfare as Islamic terrorists, lead by their most charismatic leader to date, form a powerful coalition in hopes of breaking America's will to continue the war on terror
In the War on Terror, it is often difficult to tell who the enemy is. Sometimes your fiercest opponent isn't an insurgent or a fanatic bent on making a statement in blood, but a chain of command...
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From the author of Peace Child, Don Richardson, comes Lords of the Earth, an unforgettable story of missionary tenacity and zeal that sold over 100,000 copies in the hardcover edition. Engulfed in the darkness of Irian Jaya's Snow Mountains live the Yali: naked cannibals who call themselves 'lords of the earth.' Yet in terror and bondage they serve women-hating, child-despising gods. Missionary Stan Dale dared to enter their domain. Lords of the Earth...
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Bloody Jack adventures volume 9
Pub. Date
2011
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG+ - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 15
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English
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In 1807, having survived a typhoon in the East Indies, Jacky Faber makes her way to London to seek a pardon for herself and her betrothed, Jaimy Fletcher, who, posing as a highwayman, is trying to avenge her supposed death.
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Jane Austen mysteries (Stephanie Barron) volume 14
Jane Austen mystery volume 14
Jane Austen mystery volume 14th
Jane Austen mystery volume 14
Jane Austen mystery volume 14th
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English
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"May 1816: Jane Austen is feeling unwell, with an uneasy stomach, constant fatigue, rashes, fevers and aches. She attributes her poor condition to the stress of family burdens, which even the drafting of her latest manuscript-about a baronet's daughter nursing a broken heart for a daring naval captain-cannot alleviate. Her apothecary recommends a trial of the curative waters at Cheltenham Spa, in Gloucestershire. Jane decides to use some of the profits...
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In November 1943, while on war patrol in the Makassar Strait, the USS Billfish submarine was spotted by the Japanese, who launched a vicious depth charge attack. Explosions wracked the sub for fifteen straight hours. With his senior officers incapacitated, diving officer Charlie Rush boldly assumed command and led key members of the crew in a heroic effort to keep their ship intact as they tried to escape.Now, in War Beneath the Waves, this intense...
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Aunties volume 3
Pub. Date
2024.
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English
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"After an ultra-romantic honeymoon across Europe, Meddy Chan and her husband Nathan have landed in Jakarta to spend Chinese New Year with her entire extended family. Chinese New Year, already the biggest celebration of the Lunar calendar, gets even more festive when a former beau of Second Aunt's shows up at the Chan residence bearing extravagant gifts-he's determined to rekindle his romance with Second Aunt and the gifts are his way of announcing...
20) Java heat
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MPI Media Group
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2013, c2012.
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English
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Following a terrorist attack in Indonesia that killed the country's beloved Sultana, headstrong American Jake Travers suddenly finds himself in the center of the already tense conflict between the West and Islam. Teaming up with Muslim detective Hashim, the unlikely duo embark on a treacherous manhunt for the attacks real perpetrator, a new breed of klepto-terrorist, who is even more twisted and terrifying than the Jihadist terrorists he hides behind....
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