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The host of "CNN Newsroom Live" presents a definitive account of Boko Haram's 2014 abduction of two hundred seventy-six Chibok schoolgirls, sharing first-person insights based on the author's escape with twenty-one survivors.
The first definitive account of the lost girls of Boko Haram and why their story still matters--by celebrated international journalist Isha Sesay. In the early morning of April 14, 2014, the militant Islamic group Boko Haram...
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[2019]
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"Cole Bonner will never forget what happened to his family at Crow Creek Crossing. His wife, her parents, and their three young children--brutally slaughtered by outlaws. The horror of the massacre drove him into the wilderness. Drove him nearly mad. And drove him to seek an equally brutal revenge...Now, against his better judgment, Bonner is returning to the place that almost destroyed him. While hunting in the mountains, he discovers that a man...
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Smek (Adam Rex) volume 1
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IL: MG - BL: 4.5 - AR Pts: 12
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When her mother is abducted by aliens on Christmas Eve (or "Smekday" Eve since the Boov invasion), 11 year-old Tip hops in the family car and heads south to find her and meets an alien Boov mechanic who agrees to help her and save the planet from disaster.
44) Carjacked
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Lorraine (Maria Bello of TV's TOUCH, PRISONERS), a vulnerable single mom, is struggling to make ends meet, and to gain custody of her 5 year-old son. One night on the way to a mother-son dinner, they are carjacked by Roy (Stephen Dorff of SOMEWHERE, BLADE), a vicious bank robber on the run. He forces Lorraine to drive to meet up with his accomplice who still has money from their most recent heist. Roy's directives are reminiscent of the emotional...
45) Vanish
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A kidnapped young woman is a force to be reckoned with on a unplanned road trip full of murder and mayhem.
47) Duke of Desire
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Maiden Lane romances volume 12
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A lady of light. Refined, kind, and intelligent, Lady Iris Jordan finds herself the unlikely target of a diabolical kidnapping. Her captors are the notoriously evil Lords of Chaos. When one of the masked - and nude! - Lords spirits her away to his carriage, she shoots him ... only to find she may have been a trifle hasty. A duke in deepest darkness. Cynical, scarred, and brooding, Raphael de Chartres, the Duke of Dyemore, has made it his personal...
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"From the New York Times bestselling author Darynda Jones comes the second novel in her laugh-out-loud Sunshine Vicram mystery series, A Good Day for Chardonnay. Running a small-town police force in the mountains of New Mexico should be a smooth, carefree kind of job. Sadly, full-time Sheriff-and even fuller-time coffee guzzler-Sunshine Vicram, didn't get that memo. All Sunshine really wants is one easy-going day. You know, the kind that starts with...
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Widowed Carina Collins cant remember her parents murder or her own childhood kidnapping. But when she and her eighteen-month-old son are attacked in their new home they must turn to neighbor Ryder Jameson for protection. Hes convinced Carinas mysterious past is colliding with the present. And when uncovered answers bring more questions all roads point a little too close to home.
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"After FBI agent Jade Powell's sister is abducted, K-9 trainer Ethan Connors is determined to help the woman who once saved his life. But an enemy from Jade's past will stop at nothing to keep his agenda hidden. With a storm brewing and a killer hunting them deep into Amish country, can Jade and Ethan survive the treacherous weather long enough to bring a criminal mastermind to justice?"--
51) Lost cat!
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"One night, Fred the cat does not come home for diner. This is not like him since he loves food! Even more than butterflies, naps, and cuddles. Where could he be? His sweet owner is worried. But there's something she doesn't know about Fred! The pictures tell the story of what Fred is really up to in this fantastical, funny, and out-of-this world adventure."-- Front jacket flap
52) La Lectora
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Everyone wants to find a suitcase that the sons of El Patrón had the night when the where killed. La Lectora is kidnapped, by El Patrón guys, to read a Journal in German where they hope to find the clue the get to the mysterious suitcase.
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It was 1970 when thirteen-year-old runaway Kit Walker was abducted by Manny Romero, a smooth-talking, low-level criminal, who first coddled her and then groomed her into his partner-in-crime. Before long, Kit and Manny were infamous for their string of gas station robberies throughout Texas, making a name for themselves as the Texaco Twosome. Fourteen years later, Kit has scraped together a life for herself and her daughter amongst the pecan trees...
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"Married to a white fur trader in 1872, a Crow Native woman has her journey to Saskatchewan interrupted when she steals two guns and saves five Nakota women who were kidnapped by drunken whiskey traders, setting off a culture war"--
In 1872, sixteen-year-old Goes First, a Crow Native woman, marries Abe Farwell, a white fur trader. He gives her the name Mary, and they set off on the long trip to his trading post in the Cypress Hills of Saskatchewan,...
55) Biting the moon
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Andi Oliver volume 1
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An animal-rights activist loses her memory, but subsequently realizes she was abducted. She seeks out her abductor for a violent confrontation and in the process discovers a racket which uses caged animals for so-called canned hunts.
56) Witch & wizard
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IL: MG - BL: 4.9 - AR Pts: 7
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How would you feel if you found out your parents had been keeping a secret from you all your life? What if you got kidnapped in the middle of the night and were accused of being a witch or wizard? And then you were told that everything you loved -- your books, your music, your pictures -- were banned forever? -- p. [4] of cover.
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1890s Texas. Ex-cavalry officer Matthew Hanger leads a band of mercenaries who defend the innocent. When a rustler's bullet leaves one of them near death, they seek help from Dr. Josephine Burkett. When Josephine's brother is abducted and she is caught in the crossfire, Matthew may have to sacrifice everything to save her. -- adapted from back cover
58) Come sundown
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"A novel of suspense, family ties, and twisted passions from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of The Obsession... The Bodine ranch and resort in western Montana is a family business, an idyllic spot for vacationers. A little over thirty thousand acres and home to four generations, it's kept running by Bodine Longbow with the help of a large staff, including new hire Callen Skinner. There was another member of the family once: Bodine's aunt,...
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In New York City, 2061, the Pleasure Academy abducts young girls and trains them for a life of sex slavery. Thirteen-year-old Dorian escapes and Dallas tries to expose a sex trafficking ring.
"The #1 New York Times bestselling author presents a gripping new thriller that pits homicide detective Eve Dallas against a conspiracy of exploitation and evil..."--
New York City, 2061. The Pleasure Academy abducts young girls and trains them for a life of...
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