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Jack Reacher novels volume 16
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English
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March 1997. A woman has her throat cut behind a bar in Carter Crossing, Mississippi. Just down the road is a big army base. Is the murderer a local guy -- or is he a soldier? Jack Reacher, still a major in the military police, is sent in undercover. The county sheriff is a former U.S. Marine -- and a stunningly beautiful woman. Her investigation is going nowhere. Is the Pentagon stonewalling her? Or doesn't she really want to find the killer? The...
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English
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When Archie Mint is killed while trying to stop a robbery in his own home, his family learns that his life, so perfect on the surface, held criminal secrets none of them could have imagined. Working on Mint's body, mortician "Zig" Zigarowski discovers a telling detail that leads him to Dover Air Force Base, where he uncovers Mint's involvement in a top-secret military unit and his connection to military artist and Sergeant First Class Nola Brown....
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Joe DeMarco thrillers volume 2
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English
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"When the Secretary of the Navy's nephew tells him that two colleagues at a naval base are committing fraud, he is skeptical and reluctant to start an official investigation. So he ask Speaker of the House, John Mahoney, to send his fixer, Joe DeMarco, to check out the story. DeMarco and his friend Emma, a semiretired intelligence agent, realize that what they thought was a low-stakes government swindle is something far more terrifying. Soon they're...
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Katie Nash novels volume 1
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English
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On the hot Texas army base she calls home, Katie spends the lazy days of her summer waiting: waiting to grow up; waiting for Dickie Mack to fall in love with her; waiting for her breasts to blossom; waiting for the beatings to stop. Since their mother died, Katie and her older sister, Diane, have struggled to understand their increasingly distant, often violent father. While Diane escapes into the arms of her boyfriend, Katie hides in her room or...
11) Encyclopedia of forts, posts, named camps, and other military installations in Louisiana, 1700-1981
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Publisher
Claitor's Pub. Division
Pub. Date
[1983]
Physical Desc
xix, 474 pages : illustrations, maps ; 28 cm
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English
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
Description
"In the aftermath of a world war with China, Admiral Dan Lenson is assigned to set up a US Navy base on the rugged North Slope of Alaska, in response to Russian seabed claims that reach nearly to the US coast. Yet the current administration seems oddly reluctant to confront Russian aggression. At the same time, the International Criminal Court is accusing Dan of a war crime. Back in Washington, Blair Titus is running Jim Yangerhans's campaign for...
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Pub. Date
2021.
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English
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"Regina Castro, Adelaide Wilson-Chang, and Sophie Walden used to be best friends. As Army wives at Fort Fairfax, they bonded during their book club and soon became inseparable. But when an unimaginable betrayal happened amongst the group, the friendship abruptly ended, and they haven't spoken since. That's why, eight years later, Regina and Sophie are shocked when they get a call for help from Adelaide. Adelaide's husband is stationed abroad, and...
17) The shimmer
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Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Santa Fe police officer Dan Page tracks down his missing wife only to witness a bloodbath in Rostov, a remote town in Texas famous for a massive astronomical observatory, a long-abandoned military base, and unexplained nighttime phenomena that draw onlookers from every corner of the globe. Determined to solve the mystery of the Rostov Lights in order to save his wife, he discovers that the decaying military base may not be abandoned at all, and that...
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Publisher
Little Miami Pub. Co
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
xvii, 518 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
From the earliest days of the founding of this country to the present, forts, camps, barracks, bases, and fields have been named after men who performed heroic deeds, demonstrated civic responsibility, or in some way gave their lives in the defense of their country. This book contains biographical information about 524 of the men who served our country in such a way that the U.S. military memorialized their names on the gates of their installations--...
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National Geographic
Pub. Date
[2011]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (45 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
"It's the most famous military installation in the world, yet it doesn't officially exist. Area 51--a site for covert Cold War operations--has long been a magnet for crackpots, conspiracy theorists, and the overly curious. While there may not be truth to the rumors that Area 51 is a haven for UFOs and extraterrestrials, it's clear that our government has been up to something in Area 51 for decades, and it turns out there is a kernal of truth to even...
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