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In Virginia, there is an agency bearing the bland name of Technical Operations Support Activity (TOSA). Its mission is to find and eliminate those so dangerous to the United States that they appear on a document known as the Kill List. Recently added to the list is a terrorist of frightening effectiveness called the Preacher, who radicalizes young Muslims abroad to carry out assassinations. Unfortunately for him, one of his targets is a retired Marine...
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Forge
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2007
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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...
3) The Afghan
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When British and American intelligence catch wind of a major Al Qaeda operation in the works, they instantly galvanize--but to do what? They know nothing about it: the what, where, or when. They have no sources in Al Qaeda, and it's impossible to plant someone. Impossible, unless-- The Afghan is Izmat Khan, a five-year prisoner of Guantánamo Bay and a former senior commander of the Taliban. The Afghan is also Colonel Mike Martin, a twenty-five-year...
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Grove Press
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c2003
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John Rechy-described by Gore Vidal as "one of the few original writers of the last century"-delivers a riotous bildungsroman that pays homage to the classic eighteenth-century picaresque.
Loosely inspired by Fielding's Tom Jones, The Life and Adventures of Lyle Clemens follows the journey of handsome Lyle Clemens as he travels through the religious fundamentalist world of Texas to the gambling palaces of Las Vegas and the enticing traps of Los Angeles's...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 14
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"The predicted Rapture was faked by Pastor Frick's Church of America and 3,000 Believers are now missing or dead. Seventeen-year-old Vivian Apple and her best friend, Harpreet, are revolutionaries, determined to expose the Church's diabolical power grab...and to locate Viv's missing heartthrob, Peter Ivey"--
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Black Cat, an imprint of Grove Atlantic
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[2015]
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In the far reaches of northwestern Nigeria, Dantala lives among a gang of street boys that are paid by the Small Party to cause trouble during the election. When their attempt to burn down the opposition's headquarters ends in disaster, Dantala must run for his life, leaving his best friend behind. He ends up at a mosque in a motor park where he soon becomes a favored apprentice to the mosque's Sheikh. He is assigned a roommate name Jibril, and a...
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William Morrow
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[2023]
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"In Amy Suiter Clarke's brilliant sophomore thriller, a young woman returns to her rural Minnesota hometown for the funeral of her ex boyfriend-her first love-who died suspiciously, only to confront the ways a radical pastor's warped evangelical beliefs have poisoned the whole town"--
A young woman returns to her rural Minnesota hometown, where a radical evangelical pastor has poisoned everyone's minds--and may be covering up a murder. After Del...
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Penguin Books
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2016
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Based on a remarkable true story, an unforgettable Somali girl risks her life on the migrant journey to Europe to run in the Olympic Games At eight years of age, Samia lives to run. She shares her dream with her best friend and neighbor, Ali, who appoints himself her "professional coach." Eight-year-old Ali trains her, times her, and pushes her to achieve her goals. For both children, Samia's running is the bright spot in their tumultuous life in...
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