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1) Cross down
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Alex Cross novels volume 31
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"For the first time, John Sampson is on his own. The brilliant crime-solving duo of Washington, DC's, Metro PD and the FBI has a proven MO: Detective Alex Cross makes his own rules. Detective John Sampson enforces them. When military-style attacks erupt, brutally sidelining Cross, Sampson is sent reeling. The patterns are too random--Sampson's friend, his partner, his brother--have told him. Don't trust anyone. As a shadow force advances on the nation's...
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Mitch Rapp novels volume 3
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.4 - AR Pts: 30
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What if America's most powerful leader was also its prime target? Vince Flynn's shattering thriller, Term Limits, soared onto national bestseller lists and marked the emergence of a new master of political fiction in the same league as Tom Clancy. In USA Today, Larry King called Term Limits "a page-turning read," while critics and readers nationwide praised its riveting premise of Washington under siege - a scenario made chillingly real by this superb...
3) Term limits
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 7.1 - AR Pts: 27
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What if America's politicians were held accountable for their broken promises - and made to pay for their corruption? With a unique flair for heart-pounding dramatic tension, meshed with the technical precision of Tom Clancy, author Vince Flynn brings to life a chillingly credible scenario of Washington under siege - in a provocative, edge-of-your-seat political thriller. In a night of shattering brutality, three of Washington's most powerful and...
4) World order
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When NASA investigator Linda Franklin is sent to unravel a mysterious plane crash, she finds herself staring into the wreckage of an aircraft that has never existed. Her inquiry leads her through the secret corridors of power in the Pentagon to confront a dark legacy of the Gulf War: U.S. soldiers felled by the deadly effects of Gulf War Syndrome.
But, as she pursues the group behind these deadly mysteries, her few allies begin to disappear as...
5) Under siege
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Jake Grafton races against time to extinguish a harrowing terrorist plot in Washington, D.C., and prevent all-out catastrophe from enveloping the nation. When the psychotic Colombian drug lord Chano Aldana is extradited to the United States for trial, he brings his army of vicious mercenaries with him. And as Aldana's hit men target the President of the United States, the capital is plunged into chaos that only veteran fighter pilot Jake Grafton can...
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In Washington, a woman delegate at a policy conference is offering a secret in return for a job. When she is found dead, everyone assumes suicide because she could not get work, but foreign service veteran Richard Michaelson's experience with the capital's secrets tells him it was murder.
7) Rediscovering God in America: Reflections on the Role of Faith in Our Nation's History and Future
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In this updated and redesigned edition of the New York Times bestseller, Newt and Callista Gingrich invite you on a walking tour of America's capital city; Washington, D.C.
As a reminder of God's role in the history and future of America, Newt and Callista Gingrich give readers a look into the architecture and beauty of the nation's Capitol in REDISCOVERING GOD IN AMERICA. Readers will take a walk through Washington, D.C. to view the nation's monuments...
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One of America's most beloved storytellers, Father Andrew Greeley returns with an explosive novel about the corrosive political culture tearing apart America-and one man's family.
Tommy Moran, an Irish Catholic kid from the West Side of Chicago, fights for the underprivileged on the floor of the United States Senate. Swearing off negative attack ads, Moran is determined to restore civility and compassion to American politics. But, his opponents don't...
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Father Blackie Ryan mysteries volume 14
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"See to it, Blackwood," says the Cardinal Archbishop of Chicago, and Blackie Ryan, the Cardinal's auxiliary bishop, doesn't exactly jump (he never jumps), rather he moseys down to Washington, D.C., where one of his friends, Jack Patrick McGurn, called "Machine Gun McGurn" by the media, has surprisingly just been elected president and needs his help.
Blackie's first confrontation is with Washington bureaucracy; the powers that be don't want to give...
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Capital crimes series volume 4
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Take yourself on a journey into the world of international art dealers and museum curators, European castles and the White House. Margaret Truman's Murder in the Smithsonian tangles readers in an international plot that spans continents and governments. When Dr. Lewis Tunney, a brilliant historian, is boldly murdered during a posh black-tie affair at the Smithsonian Museum, Washington is set spinning with intrigue. DC Police Captain Mac Hanrahan takes...
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2023.
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"Desperate Housewives meets The Couple Next Door in a chilling story of murder and intrigue set in a well-to-do DC suburb. Sometimes the darkest acts occur in the most beautiful houses... When Alexis and her husband Sam buy a neglected Cape Cod house in an exclusive DC suburb, they are ecstatic. Sam is on the cusp of making partner at his law firm, Alexis is pregnant with their second child, and their glamorous neighbors welcome the couple with open...
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Political connections had secured for Tim Quinn a seat on the appellate bench ... but in the court presided over by Chief Judge Harry Winston; Tim still had to learn
The Majority Rules
Tim Quinn, a Washington DC lawyer on the move, was flattered to be recommended by his friend Harry Winston to a vacancy on the bench caused by the unsavory death of one of the judges. He was also surprised to see how easy his nomination and confirmation turned out...
13) Red flags
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Locard Institute volume 1
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"When D.C. crime scene analyst Dr. Ellie Carr is called to investigate the heartrending case of a missing baby, she's shocked to discover that the child's mother is her own cousin. Close during their impoverished childhoods, Ellie and Rebecca eventually drifted apart. Rebecca is now half of a Washington power couple, and she and her wealthy lobbyist husband, Hunter, have been living a charmed life in an opulent mansion -- until their infant son is...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 6
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When the eighth grade civics class of Miami's Culver Middle School goes on a trip to Washington, D.C., Wyatt Palmer finds himself in deep trouble before the plane even lands because his best friend Matt's decided the men sitting behind them are terrorists--and it's up to the boys to stop them.
16) A good killing
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Former federal prosecutor and critically acclaimed author Allison Leotta's spellbinding thriller follows prosecutor Anna Curtis as she heads home to Michigan to defend her sister in a case that will bring her to her knees. Newly single after calling off her wedding, sex-crimes prosecutor Anna Curtis is summoned home to Michigan when her old high school coach-a hometown hero-is killed in a fiery car crash. But Anna isn't there to prosecute a crime,...
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Derek Strange is a rookie cop, the job he's dreamed of since he was a boy. His brother, Dennis, has not been as fortunate; home from the service with a disability pension and zero prospects, he is a man with good intentions but bad habits. Derek has always looked out for Dennis, but no amount of brotherly love can save him from the dangerous world of Alvin Jones, a local bottom-feeder, hustler, and stone killer who draws him into his web of violence.While...
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Anna Curtis novels volume 3
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"On the very night she gets engaged to the man she loves, sex-crimes prosecutor Anna Curtis's professional life takes a shocking turn that threatens everything she holds dear. While Anna is enjoying a romantic dinner capped off by a marriage proposal, a few miles away two separate groups are gearing up to raid a brothel. A vicious killer known as Diablo--the Devil--leads one group. A few minutes later, Anna's own investigative team heads in to search...
19) The real deal
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"Resourceful and steadfast FBI agent Quinn Star has always relied on herself--how else could she have survived the boys' club of the Bureau or navigated the heartbreak of a thwarted affair with her boss? Now Quinn risks her life every day in the Secret Service, protecting the first lady of the United States. Unfortunately, she can't safeguard her from the ruthless advisors who are intent on hiding the president's debilitating illness for their political...
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"In this rich and compelling narrative, garden historian Marta McDowell traces the story of how the White House grounds were conceived and how they have changed from administration to administration. From George Washington's obsession with collecting trees to Michelle Obama's kitchen garden, McDowell shows how the White House grounds are a reflection of America's enthusiasms."--Dust jacket.
The front and back yard for the first family, the White...
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