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The World Set Free is a novel written in 1913 and published in 1914 by H. G. Wells. The book is based on a prediction of nuclear weapons of a more destructive and uncontrollable sort than the world has yet seen. It had appeared first in serialised form with a different ending as A Prophetic Trilogy, consisting of three books: A Trap to Catch the Sun, The Last War in the World and The World Set Free. A frequent theme of Wells's work, as in his 1901...
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Crimson Empire (Alex Marshall) volume 1
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Twenty years ago, feared general Cobalt Zosia led her five villainous captains and mercenary army into battle, wrestling monsters and toppling an empire. When there were no more titles to win and no more worlds to conquer, she retired and gave up her legend to history. Now the peace she carved for herself has been shattered by the unprovoked slaughter of her village. Seeking bloody vengeance, Zosia heads for battle once more, but to find justice she...
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Returning to his crash site of World War II, Marshall Stone remembers among others who helped him escape from the Nazis, a girl guide who risked her life for him. His search becomes a wrenching odyssey that threatens to break his heart....and sets him on a new course for the rest of his life.
4) Firebreak
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The "master of the techno-thriller" moves from the oval office to the frontlines as war erupts in the Middle East in this "fast-paced novel" (Publishers Weekly).
In the wake of the Gulf War, a madman still holds the reins of power in Iraq. When his call for a Holy War unites the Arab world against Israel, the resulting combat is certain to have Earth-shattering implications. Israel stands ready to unleash its nuclear arsenal, and...
In the wake of the Gulf War, a madman still holds the reins of power in Iraq. When his call for a Holy War unites the Arab world against Israel, the resulting combat is certain to have Earth-shattering implications. Israel stands ready to unleash its nuclear arsenal, and...
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Patrick McLanahan novels volume 11
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"U.S. Air Force aerial warfare expert Major General Patrick McLanahan and his crew are devising the air combat unit of the future. Known as Air Battle Force, it can launch concentrated, stealthy, precision-guided firepower to any spot on the globe within hours. Chased out of Afghanistan, Taliban fighters are planning to invade the oil rich Republic of Turkmenistan. Now, it's up to McLanahan and a handful of American commandos half a world away, aided...
7) Bloodmage
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Age of darkness volume 2
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"The people of Perizzi have survived the Battlemage war, but their future is looking darker than ever. Byrne is a Guardian of the Peace, investigating a series of murders in which the corpses were drained entirely of blood. Fray's expertise with magic is needed to catch the killer, but working with the Guardians destroyed his father years before. Choss, renowned as a fighter, must work for peace and defuse a war in the underworld that will make the...
8) Battlemage
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Age of Darkness volume 1
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"Balfruss is a battlemage, sworn to fight and die for a country that fears and despises his kind. Vargus is a common soldier -- while mages shoot lightning from the walls of the city, he's down in the front lines getting blood on his blade. Talandra is a princess and spymaster, but the war may force her to risk everything and make the greatest sacrifice of all"--
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Tomorrow series volume 2
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IL: UG - BL: 5.5 - AR Pts: 12
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A few months after the first fighter jets landed in their own backyard, Ellie and her five terrified but defiant friends struggle to survive amid a baffling conflict. Their families are unreachable; the mountains are now their home. When two of them fall behind enemy lines, Ellie knows what must happen next: a rescue mission. Homer, the strongest and most unpredictable among them, is the one to take charge. While others have their doubts about his...
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Tomorrow series volume 1
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IL: UG - BL: 6.3 - AR Pts: 13
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When Ellie and her friends go camping, they have no idea they're leaving their old lives behind forever. Despite a less-than-tragic food shortage and a secret crush or two, everything goes as planned. But a week later, they return home to find their houses empty and their pets starving. Something has gone wrong--horribly wrong. Before long, they realize the country has been invaded, and the entire town has been captured--including their families and...
11) A hero of France
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Night soldiers volume 13
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A tale set in World War II occupied Paris follows the experiences of French Resistance network members from diverse walks of life who engage in clandestine actions to regain the country's freedom.
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Battle hymn cycle volume 3
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"The desperate struggle for mastery of Virginia's Shenandoah Valley ... pitted a remarkable cast of heroes in blue and gray against each other: ... Phillip Sheridan, a Union general with an uncanny gift for inspiring soldiers, and Jubal Early, his Confederate counterpart; ... the dashing Yankee boy-general, George Armstrong Custer, and the brilliant, courageous John Brown Gordon, a charismatic Georgian who lived one of the era's greatest love stories....
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"From international bestselling author Mario Escobar comes a story of escape, sacrifice, and hope amid the perils of the second World War. August 1942. Jacob and Moses Stein, two young Jewish brothers, are staying with their aunt in Paris amid the Nazi occupation. The boys' parents, well-known German playwrights, have left the brothers in their aunt's care until they can find safe harbor for their family. But before the Steins can reunite, a great...
14) Chaosmage
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Age of darkness volume 3
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2016.
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Voechenka is a city under siege. Decimated by the Battlemage war, its restless dead attack every night, begging the living to join them beyond the grave.
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Richard Sharpe novels volume 23
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New York Times bestselling author Bernard Cornwell returns with his iconic hero, Richard Sharpe.
SHARPE IS BACK.
Outsider.
Hero.
Rogue.
And the one man you want on your side.
Sharpe's Assassin is the brand-new novel in the bestselling historical series that has sold more than twenty million copies worldwide.
16) Talons of eagles
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Eagles series volume 3
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In the middle of the Civil War, Jamie MacCallister, a 50-year-old retired gunfighter from Colorado is offered work by both President Lincoln and General Robert E. Lee. Although MacCallister is anti-slavery, he is even more pro-states' rights and signs on with the Confederacy to become a guerrilla commander.
18) The postman
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After a limited but devastating war the handful of Americans who remain struggle to survive. One such man borrows the jacket of a dead postal worker to keep warm. He finds the old worn uniform still has power as a symbol of hope of an age now gone.
19) A time for war
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A Chinook helicopter carrying a squad of Navy Seals suddenly plummets to earth in Afghanistan. A car driven by FBI agents tailing a suspicious vehicle is mysteriously rendered immobile in San Francisco. The body of a Chinese agent is found floating miles from the Golden Gate Bridge after being fed to sharks. The U.S. is under secret attack and only Jack Hatfield, a popular televison host hounded from his position by left-wing forces in the media...
20) Brave deeds
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"Spanning eight hours, the novel follows a squad of six AWOL soldiers as they attempt to cross war-torn Baghdad on foot to attend the funeral of their leader, Staff Sergeant Rafe Morgan. In an inhospitable landscape, these men recall the most ancient of warriors while portraying a cross section of twenty-first century America--sometimes strong, sometimes weak, but subject to the same human flaws as all of us."--
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