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Gabriel Allon volume 4
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Hero Gabriel Allon is a restorer of paintings and frescoes and also a reluctant member of Israeli intelligence. Action and suspense abound in this serious fiction with a serious purpose.
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Two brothers who are desperately chasing success get more than they bargained for in this suspenseful cat-and-mouse thriller of wealth, crime, and social climbing.
Two brothers. Three secret service agents. And millions for the taking. Charlie and Oliver Caruso are brothers who work at Greene and Greene, a private bank so exclusive there's a $2 million minimum to be a client. But when the door of success slams in their faces, the brothers are presented...
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"Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL--and a past president--has always defended his family as staunchly as he has his country. Now those defenses are under attack. A madman abducts Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie--turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security. As the world watches in real time, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior, and a father"--
5) Tarzan
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A human baby is abandoned in the African jungle and is adopted by a clan of apes. Packed with new, fun-filled bonus features, games, and award-winning songs.
6) Ghost
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Patrick Swayze is a spirit who teams with a reluctant psychic to uncover the truth behind his murder--and to rescue his lover from a similar fate.
7) The Mechanic
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Arthur Bishop is an assassin with a unique talent for cleanly eliminating targets. It's a job that requires professional perfection, and he is the best in the business. But when Harry, his mentor and friend is murdered, Bishop wants those responsible dead. After Harry's son approaches him with the same vengeful goal, Bishop takes the impulsive student deep into his world and a deadly partnership is born. However, deceptions will surface, and those...
8) King Richard
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Based on the true story that will inspire the world, follow the journey of Richard Williams, an undeterred father instrumental in raising two of the most extraordinarily gifted athletes of all time, who will end up changing the sport of tennis forever.
10) All I wish
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An aspiring fashion designer struggles to find success and love. The story cuts into her life once a year, always on the same date, her birthday.
11) The 6th day
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"Director Roger Spottiswoode (Tomorrow Never Dies, Noriega) creates a world of the very near future in which cattle, fish, and even the family pet can be cloned. But cloning humans is illegal - that is until family man Adam Gibson (Arnold Schwarzenegger) comes home from work one day to find a clone has replaced him. Taken from his family and plunged into a sinister world he doesn't understand, Gibson must not only save himself from the assassins who...
12) Divergent
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Divergent volume 1
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In a world where people are divided into distinct factions based on human virtues, Tris Prior is warned she is Divergent and will never fit into any one group. When she discovers a conspiracy by a faction leader to destroy all Divergents, Tris must learn to trust in the mysterious Four and together they must find out what makes being Divergent so dangerous before it's too late.
14) The last samurai
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Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's...
15) Plane
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In the white-knuckle action movie PLANE, pilot Brodie Torrance saves his passengers from a lightning strike by making a risky landing on a war-torn island only to find that surviving the landing was just the beginning. When most of the passengers are taken hostage by dangerous rebels, the only person Torrance can count on for help is Louis Gaspare, an accused murderer who was being transported by the FBI. To rescue the passengers, Torrance will need...
16) The last samurai
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Tormented Civil War veteran Capt. Nathan Algren is coerced by a mercenary officer to train the Japanese Emperor's troops in the use of modern weaponry. Opposing this modernization are the samurai warriors who are holding fast to their traditions of honor, despite their strategic disadvantage. As a captive of the samurai leader, Algren learns, appreciates, and adopts the samurai code, switching sides for a climactic battle that will put everyone's...
17) Bounce
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Buddy Amaral is a smooth-talking ad exec who is enjoying his high-powered career. Then, a sudden twist of fate changes everything and leads him into the life of Abby Janello, with whom he eventually falls head-over-heels in love.
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Woman of Independent Means volume 1
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After marrying her childhood sweetheart, Bess Alcott begins a life in the high society of Dallas, Texas. As time goes by, she faces many personal triumphs as well as losses.
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Woman of Independent Means volume 3
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Frustrated with her marriage, Bess accompanies her children on a Queen Mary cruise, where she experiences romance with an older man. After her father's death, Bess and Sam reconcile.
