Author: Andrews, Brian, 1973- author. Wilson, Jeffrey, 1963- author. Clancy, Tom, 1947-2013, founder of work. Published: 2024 Call Number: LP F ANDREWS Format: Large print Summary: Every word a president utters is weighed and examined, but none more so than when he is talking about Taiwan. That's why it's shocking that President Jack Ryan seems to imply that the US has no appetite for a war to protect Taiwan from the communist Chinese on the mainland. President Ryan is determined to protect the independence of the island nation, but he is determined that one slip of the tongue should not cost thousands of young soldiers, sailors and Marines their lives. Jack Ryan returns in a blockbuster novel of action, thrills and intrigue in the world created by master storyteller Tom Clancy.
Author: Bradley Hagerty, Barbara, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 345.73 BRADLEY Format: Books Summary: "In 1989, Ben Spencer was convicted of murdering businessman Jeffrey Young-a crime he didn't commit. Spencer spent more than half his life in prison until independent investigators, the foreman of the jury that convicted him, and a new district attorney convinced a judge that Spencer had nothing to do with the killing. He was released from prison in 2022. Journalist Barbara Bradley Hagerty spent years immersed in Spencer's case. She combed police files and court records, interviewed dozens of witnesses, and had extensive conversations with Spencer. In Bringing Ben Home, she weaves together two narratives: how an innocent Black man got caught up in and couldn't escape a legal system that refused to admit its mistakes; and what Texas and other states are doing to address wrongful convictions to make the legal process more equitable for everyone"--
Author: Zadoff, Allen, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: Y ZADOFF Format: Books Summary: "Eugene Guterman's junior year in high school is off to a rocky start. No love life, no new theater production, and if his mother has her way, no more of his favorite comfort food-donuts. Eugene would just as soon spend the year playing small, but that's hard to do when you're the biggest kid in your class. Things change when he accidentally tackles the school's star quarterback and Coach sees the possibilities and recruits the plus-size playwright onto the varsity football team. Eugene is suddenly catapulted into the world of the "The Pops," the exclusive clique of popular athletes known for their parties and dating scene. Best of all is the new and mysterious girl Daisy who seems to be noticing him. Then Eugene discovers that life at the top is more complicated than he imagined- there's pressure to excel, to fit in, and to uphold a certain image-and Eugene misses his former life and his old friends. Can he find the courage to give it all up, write something real, and maybe, just maybe, be the big guy who actually gets the girl?"--
Author: De la Cruz, Melissa, 1971- author. Published: 2023 Call Number: Y DELACRUZ Format: Books Summary: When 19-year-old Josh returns from Rome without his budding influencer girlfriend Amelia, he immediately becomes a suspect in her disappearance, but as college sophomore and hacker Harper attempts to clear his name, she unearths secrets from both Josh and Amelia's past. Amelia Ashley shares everything with her followers-- even her European trip-of-a-lifetime with her hot boyfriend. Josh Reuter had no choice but to return home without Amelia after she abandoned him in Rome. He has no clue where she went-- or how her blood got in her suitcase. To hacker Harper Delgado, Amelia is just another missing white girl whipping up a media frenzy. Her disappearance has captured the world's attention-- what comes next? -- adapted from jacket
Author: Slater, Jack, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: F SLATER Format: Books Summary: "The clock is ticking. In the North Pacific, the crew of a deep-sea recovery ship, the MV Challenger, are mercilessly gunned to death. Only one man survives, adrift in the ocean, and hundreds of miles from land. In the deserts of Iraq, a clandestine meeting between one of the world's foremost assassins and his ruthless benefactor sets in train a cascade of horrific events that will shape the world for good. And in America, with two weeks to go before a NATO summit that President Charles Nash hopes will finally bring peace to the long-simmering cold war between Iran and the United States, a network of sleeper agents prepares to bring America to her knees. They are well armed, trained and funded ... and they're prepared to die. But Jason Trapp is watching. And he's not done yet"--Back cover.
Author: Slater, Jack, author. Published: 2020 Call Number: F SLATER Format: Books Summary: When top US officials are murdered by Mexican drug cartels and Mexico is on the brink of civil war, Jason Trapp knows there is more to this than meets the eye. He knows someone planned this and he intends to finish it.
Author: Slater, Jack, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: F SLATER Format: Books Summary: "A Russian S-400 surface-to-air missile system takes down a passenger jetliner in the skies over Belarus, showering the fields below in burning scrap. As the world begins to mourn the horrific accident, one man--new CIA director, George Lawrence--knows it is anything but. Three hundred innocents were sacrificed in order to snuff out the life of one man: Professor Alexey Sokolov, a senior adviser to the Russian government. As well as a CIA asset recruited by a ghost known as the Hangman ... Trapp doesn't know any of this. He's hundreds of miles away in rural Tuscany with Eliza Ikeda, and on a mission of his own: recovery. Both are hurting, but this is their chance at a real life. Together. But it doesn't take long for trouble to arrive at their door. He should have known that his past wouldn't let go that easily. The question is: why did Sokolov run? How did the Russians discover who he truly was--and what secret could possibly justify the murder of three hundred innocent men, women and children to cover up? Trapp doesn't want to know. But he sure as hell intends to find out ..."--Back cover.
Author: Slater, Jack, author. Published: 2019 Call Number: F SLATER Format: Books Summary: "They say revenge is a dish best served cold. But Jason Trapp is losing his taste for it. For six months, his personal crusade has taken him around the world, mopping up the last of the Bloody Monday conspirators. There's only one left, and after the crooked financier Emmanuel Alstyne meets his maker, Trapp's debt will be paid in full. He vows he's done with the business of death. Unfortunately, it isn't done with him. After a simple kill mission goes sideways in Macau, leaving a CIA spy kidnapped, half a dozen Chinese agents dead, and America's satellites burning in the skies, Trapp is propelled back into the game. Eliza Ikeda was taken on his watch, and he's determined to get her back-no matter the cost. The problem is, he has no idea who took her, why, or what they plan to do next. Trapp knows he's being played. And with the world's only two superpowers hurtling toward the precipice of war, time is running out. Retirement will have to wait. Trapp is back in action. And this time, it's personal" -- Back cover.
Author: McDonald, Dennis, 1954- author. Solem-Stull, Barbara, 1947- writer of foreword. Published: 2019 Call Number: NJC 974.961 MCDONALD Format: Books Summary: "In 1865, industrialist/inventor Hezekiah Bradley Smith purchased Shreveville, an abandoned textile mill and town located along the Rancocas Creek in Burlington County, for
Author: Eskens, Allen, 1963- author. Published: 2016 Call Number: F ESKENS Format: Books Summary: "FEATURING THREE CHARACTERS FROM THE BESTSELLING BOOK-CLUB FAVORITE THE LIFE WE BURY, THIS NOVEL EXPLORES A RIVETING MURDER CASE TOLD FROM TWO OPPOSING PERSPECTIVES. Detective Max Rupert and attorney Boady Sanden's friendship is being pushed to the breaking point. Max is convinced that Jennavieve Pruitt was killed by her husband, Ben. Boady is equally convinced that Ben, his client, is innocent. As the case unfolds, the two are forced to confront their own personal demons. Max is still struggling with the death of his wife four years earlier, and the Pruitt case stirs up old memories. Boady hasn't taken on a defense case since the death of an innocent client, a man Boady believes he could have saved but didn't. Now he is back in court, with student Lila Nash at his side, and he's determined to redeem himself for having failed in the past. Vividly told from two opposing perspectives, the truth about the stunning death of Jennavieve Pruitt remains a mystery until the very end"--
Author: Eskens, Allen, 1963- author. Published: 2015 Call Number: F ESKENS Format: Books Summary: "Who was James Putnam? Answering that question may mean salvation for Alexander Rupert, a Minnesota detective whose life is in a serious downward spiral. A Medal of Valor winner, Alexander is now under subpoena by a grand jury on suspicion of corruption. He's been reassigned to the Frauds Unit, where he is shunned by his fellow detectives, and he fears his status-seeking wife may be having an affair. When he happens across a complex case of identity theft, Alexander sees an opportunity to rehabilitate his tattered reputation. But the case explodes into far more than he could have expected, putting him in the path of trained assassin Drago Basta, a veteran of the Balkan wars who has been searching for 'James Putnam' for years. As his life spins out of control, Alexander's last hope may be his older brother, Max, a fellow police detective who steps in to try to save his brother from the carnage his investigation has let loose"--Back cover.
Author: Reilly, Jennifer K., author. Published: 2011 Call Number: 641.563 REILLY Format: Books Summary: Presents a collection of quick and easy, low-calorie, low-fat dishes, including soups and stews, sandwiches, vegetables, main dishes, side dishes, and desserts.
Author: Aesop. Temple, Olivia. Temple, Robert K. G. Published: 1998 Call Number: 398.24 Format: Books Summary: This is the first translation ever to make available the complete corpus of 358 fables. Aesop was probably a prisoner of war, sold into slavery in the early sixth century BC, who represented his masters in court and negotiations and relied on animal stories to put across his key points. Such fables vividly reveal the strange superstitions of ordinary ancient Greeks, how they treated their pets, how they spoilt their sons and even what they kept in their larders. As these stories became well-known, 'Aesopic' one-liners were widely quoted at drinking-parties, and the collection eventually came to include more satirical tales of alien creatures - apes, camels, lions and elephants - which presumably originate in Libya and Egypt. All have now been brought together in this definitive and fully annotated modern edition.
Author: Evans, Richard Paul. Published: 2024 Call Number: F EVANS Format: Books Summary: "Leigh Beth Stilton has never liked the holidays. After growing up in an unstable home, escaping an abusive marriage, and witnessing daily tragedies as an EMT, Leigh just can't bring herself to care about Christmas cheer. In fact, she's so convinced she's not worth loving that one winter's eve, she decides she can't go on--until she comes across a book called Bethel and starts to read. Leigh is unfamiliar with the author, J.D. Harper, but his words speak directly to her. She's never felt so seen and understood, and this connection gives her the strength to carry on. She avidly reads every novel Harper has written, and when he comes to town for a book signing, she jumps at the opportunity to meet the writer who means so much to her. In a twist of fate, Leigh runs into J.D. in a coffee shop, and the two immediately click. Before she knows it, she's swept up in a whirlwind of fancy dinners, exciting travel, and the attention of the man whose work has been so meaningful to her. But she's leery after a lifetime of pain and when she discovers that J.D. hasn't been completely honest, her hopes are dashed. Can they find their way back to each other and can Leigh learn to trust her heart?"--Provided by publisher.
Author: Pearson, Mary E., author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F PEARSON Format: Books Summary: After losing both of their parents, Bristol Keats and her sisters struggle to stay afloat in their small, quiet town of Bowskeep. When Bristol begins to receive letters from an aunt she’s never heard of who promises she can help, she reluctantly agrees to meet―and discovers that everything she thought she knew about her family is a lie. Her father might even still be alive, not killed but kidnapped by terrifying creatures and taken to a whole other realm―the one he is from. Desperate to save her father and find the truth, Bristol journeys to a land of gods and fae and monsters. Pulled into a dangerous world of magic and intrigue, she makes a deadly bargain with a fae leader, Tyghan. But what she doesn't know is that he's the one who drove her parents to live a life on the run. And he is just as determined as she is to find her father―dead or alive.
Author: Aldridge, David, 1965- editor. Hollinger, John, editor. Published: 2024 Call Number: 796.323 Format: Books Summary: "A celebration of basketball by way of the 100 greatest players to ever grace the court in the history of the NBA-from The Athletic's foremost basketball writers and analysts the game has to offer"-- "Over the course of 100 luminous player profiles, the best sports newsroom on the planet paints vivid portraits of the game's most compelling characters. There's George Mikan, who was cut from his high school team because he wore glasses, then went on to become the fledgling NBA's first transcendent star. Gary Payton, called 'The Glove' for his skintight defense, who talked as much trash to his teammates as he did to his opponents on the court. Dennis Rodman, who started playing basketball at age 20, and in a few short years went from working as a janitor at the airport to being one of the strangest superstars that sport has ever known. Allen Iverson, who drew inspiration from hip hop for his inimitable style and swagger, on and off the court. Kareem Abdul-Jabbar, who was so dominant in the paint that they changed the rules--and Steph Curry, who was so dominant outside it that he seemed to expand the very boundaries of the court." --Amazon.com
Author: Robey, Tim, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: 791.4375 Format: Books Summary: "From grand follies to misunderstood masterpieces, disastrous sequels to catastrophic literary adaptations, Box Office Poison tells a hugely entertaining alternative history of Hollywood, through a century of its most notable flops. What can these films tell us about the Hollywood system, the public's appetite--or lack of it--and the circumstances that saw such flops actually made? Away from the canon, this is the definitive take on these ill-fated, but essential celluloid failures"--
Author: Swinson, Kiki, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F SWINSON Format: Books Summary: An explosive portrait of Dirty South revenge, triple-dealing, and crimes of passion as a suburban mom's high-end criminal past comes back to haunt her, endangering her children--and propelling her into a high-stakes game she remembers all too well. "Gone without a trace. . . Once the most cunning-car thief in the game, Ava Frost gladly gave it all up to become the wife of a successful Norfolk, Virginia, businessman, and raise their two children in better circumstances than she ever knew. But when the children are abducted-- and held for a two-million ransom-- Ava is stunned to discover her husband's bad deals have drained their fortune. Determined, she pursues her best. toughest, option: Her ex-boyfriend, the mastermind behind the South's biggest car theft ring. . ."--
Author: Goldenbaum, Sally, author. Published: 2024 Call Number: F GOLDENBA Format: Books Summary: The Yarn Studio's Seaside Knitters have their hands full designing new classes for vacationers, as well as testing each other's originality by creating a single blanket together. Birdie's teenage granddaughter is also visiting for the season and has started a dog-walking business with her friend, Daisy. Meanwhile, the Lazy Lobster and Soup Café's local fare is gaining newfound attention with the addition of a well-known chef. It's sure to be another beautiful, busy time in their tight-knit town... Until Birdie spots a huge blaze from her balcony one evening, frighteningly close to knitter Cass's lobster business. But the morning brings news that it was a house in Fishermen's Village, and a popular businessman, and mayoral candidate, is found dead inside. Not only did the teenagers walk his beloved sheepdog, Squid, they may have been the last people to see him alive. When questions surface about the actual timing of the man's death, it turns out something is more than fishy. As suspicion rocks usually placid Sea Harbor, knitters Izzy, Birdie, Cass, and Nell must pick apart tangled secrets and wrap up false accusations--before the killer hooks another victim... --
