Bob's bookshelf: all en-US Sun, 11 May 2025 19:24:03 -0700 60 Bob's bookshelf: all 144 41 /images/layout/goodreads_logo_144.jpg Uppercut (John Milton, #22) 62330389 476 Mark Dawson Bob 0 currently-reading 4.50 Uppercut (John Milton, #22)
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]]> <![CDATA[A Magic Summer: The Amazin' Story of the 1969 New York Mets]]> 19302136 ]]> 337 Stanley Cohen 1626367949 Bob 5 4.35 1988 A Magic Summer: The Amazin' Story of the 1969 New York Mets
author: Stanley Cohen
name: Bob
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1988
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Walking Magazine The Complete Guide To Walking: for Health, Fitness, and Weight Loss]]> 849987 261 Mark Fenton 1585741906 Bob 0 currently-reading 4.09 2001 Walking Magazine The Complete Guide To Walking: for Health, Fitness, and Weight Loss
author: Mark Fenton
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average rating: 4.09
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]]> <![CDATA[The Great History of Rock: From Elvis Presley to the Present Day]]> 129162938
Rock is not just a genre of music. It is a way of being, it’s an attitude. It is a movement that has swept around the world from the 1950s until today. The universe of rock is a star-studded one; filled with artists and songs that have changed the world with their innovation, their ideas, their thoughts, and their style. The Great History of Rock presents 80 of these amazing artistsfrom Elvis Presley to Bob Dylan, the Beatles to the Rolling Stones, KISS to Nirvana, and Amy Winehouse to Coldplay.]]> 480 Ernesto Assante 885442000X Bob 5 5.00 The Great History of Rock: From Elvis Presley to the Present Day
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]]> <![CDATA[The House of Silk (Sherlock Holmes, #1)]]> 13528377
Once again, THE GAME’S AFOOT�

London, 1890. 221B Baker St. A fine art dealer named Edmund Carstairs visits Sherlock Holmes and Dr John Watson to beg for their help. He is being menaced by a strange man in a flat cap � a wanted criminal who seems to have followed him all the way from America. In the days that follow, his home is robbed, his family is threatened. And then the first murder takes place.

Almost unwillingly, Holmes and Watson find themselves being drawn ever deeper into an international conspiracy connected to the teeming criminal underworld of Boston, the gaslit streets of London, opium dens and much, much more. And as they dig, they begin to hear the whispered phrase-the House of Silk-a mysterious entity that connects the highest levels of government to the deepest depths of criminality. Holmes begins to fear that he has uncovered a conspiracy that threatens to tear apart the very fabric of society.

The Arthur Conan Doyle Estate chose the celebrated, #1 New York Times bestselling author Anthony Horowitz to write The House of Silk because of his proven ability to tell a transfixing story and for his passion for all things Holmes. Destined to become an instant classic, The House of Silk brings Sherlock Holmes back with all the nuance, pacing, and almost superhuman powers of analysis and deduction that made him the world’s greatest detective, in a case depicting events too shocking, too monstrous to ever appear in print…until now.
--mulhollandbooks.com]]> 296 Anthony Horowitz 0316197017 Bob 1 4.04 2011 The House of Silk (Sherlock Holmes, #1)
author: Anthony Horowitz
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average rating: 4.04
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]]> First Lie Wins 127463547 Evie Porter has everything a nice Southern girl could want: a doting boyfriend, a house with a white picket fence, a tight group of friends. The only catch: Evie Porter doesn’t exist.

The identity comes first: Evie Porter. Once she’s given a name and location by her mysterious boss, Mr. Smith, she learns everything there is to know about the town and the people in it. Then the mark: Ryan Sumner. The last piece of the puzzle is the job.

Evie isn’t privy to Mr. Smith’s real identity, but she knows this job isn’t like the others. Ryan has gotten under her skin, and she’s starting to envision a different sort of life for herself. But Evie can’t make any mistakes—especially after what happened last time.

Evie Porter must stay one step ahead of her past while making sure there’s still a future in front of her. The stakes couldn’t be higher—but then, Evie has always liked a challenge. . . .]]> 384 Ashley Elston Bob 5 4.21 2024 First Lie Wins
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average rating: 4.21
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]]> <![CDATA[The Water Keeper (A Murphy Shepherd Novel, #1)]]> 54668320 352 Charles Martin 0785230947 Bob 0 currently-reading 4.32 2020 The Water Keeper (A Murphy Shepherd Novel, #1)
author: Charles Martin
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]]> <![CDATA[String Theories: Tips, Challenges, and Reflections for the Lifelong Guitarist]]> 199289665
Originally adapted from Adam Levy’s popular YouTube series Guitar Tips, the essays and lessons in String Theories cover topics including effective practice strategies, fretboard technique, playing with other musicians, composition, improvisation, listening and reading recommendations, and more. Concepts are followed by practical exercises and plans of action—things you can do today, throughout the week or month, or even all year.

String Theories offers something different yet equally useful to the student, hobbyist, or pro—and everyone in between. With a framework for lifelong growth on the guitar, it’s a book you can return to year after year as you evolve as a musician.]]> 208 Adam Levy 195567115X Bob 0 currently-reading 4.86 2023 String Theories: Tips, Challenges, and Reflections for the Lifelong Guitarist
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]]> Strangers in Time 217182446 From the #1 New York Times bestselling author of A Calamity of Souls comes David Baldacci’s newest novel, set in London in 1944, about a bereaved book shop owner and two teenagers scarred by the second world war, and the healing and hope they find in one another.

Fourteen-year-old Charlie Matters is up to no good, but for a very good reason. Without parents, peerage, or merit, ducking school but barred from actual work, he steals what he needs, living day-to-day until he’s old enough to enlist to fight the Germans. After barely surviving the Blitz, Charlie knows there’s no telling when a falling bomb might end his life.

Fifteen-year-old Molly Wakefield has just returned to a nearly unrecognizable London. One of millions of people to have been evacuated to the countryside via “Operation Pied Piper,� Molly has been away from her parents—from her home—for nearly five years. Her return, however, is not the homecoming she’d hoped for as she’s confronted by a devastating reality: both her parents are gone.

Without guardians and stability, Charlie and Molly find an unexpected ally and protector in Ignatius Oliver, and solace at his book shop, The Book Keep, where A book a day keeps the bombs away. Mourning the recent loss of his wife, Ignatius forms a kinship with both children, and in each other—over the course of the greatest armed conflict the world had ever seen—they rediscover the spirit of family each has lost.

But Charlie’s escapades in the city have not gone unnoticed, and someone’s been following Molly since she returned to London. And Ignatius is still reeling from a secret Imogen long kept from him while she was alive—something so shocking it resulted in her death, and his life being turned upside down.

As bombs continue to bear down on the city, Charlie, Molly, and Ignatius learn that while the perils of war rage on, their coming together and trusting one another may be the only way for them to survive.]]> 435 David Baldacci 1538742055 Bob 2 4.07 2025 Strangers in Time
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average rating: 4.07
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]]> <![CDATA[Forsaken (Shadow Cove Saga #1)]]> 27192321 436 J.D. Barker 0990694925 Bob 3 3.33 2014 Forsaken (Shadow Cove Saga #1)
author: J.D. Barker
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average rating: 3.33
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Instructor (Derek Harrington, #1)]]> 127281592
“Packed with action, tension, and humanity, The Instructor delivers.�
―Mark Greaney, #1 New York Times bestselling author of Burner , a Gray Man Novel

Derek Harrington, retired Marine Force Recon and SERE instructor, is barely scraping by teaching the basics of wilderness survival. His fledgling bushcraft school is on the cusp of going out of business and expenses are piling up fast. His only true mission these days? To get his ailing father into a full care facility and to support his ex-wife and their son.

When one of his students presents him with an opportunity too good to be true�$20,000 to instruct a private group for 30 days in upstate New York―Derek reluctantly takes the job, despite his reservations about the group's insistence on anonymity. But it isn't long before the training takes an unexpected turn―and a new offer is made.

Reaching out to an FBI contact to sound his concerns, Derek soon finds himself in deep cover, deep in the woods, embroiled with a fringe group led by a charismatic leader who will stop at nothing to get what he wants. When what he wants becomes Derek's head, the teacher is pitted against his students as Derek races against time to stop what could very well be the first attack by the domestic terrorist cell.]]> 416 T.R. Hendricks 1250832969 Bob 5 4.00 2023 The Instructor (Derek Harrington, #1)
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average rating: 4.00
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]]> The Asset (Lance Spector, #1) 53499615 When Lance Spector quit the CIA, he swore he was out for good. One more government lie and he would go off the deep end. They could find someone else to do their dirty work. As far as he was concerned, Washington, Langley, the Pentagon could all go to hell.

Yekaterinburg, Russia
A secret Russian expedition returns with a devastating new pathogen, harvested from the frozen corpses of mammoths. It's the biological super weapon they've been looking for, an apocalypse-level pathogen, a virus more deadly than anything ever to come out of a Russian lab. Something that will stop NATO and the Americans in their tracks.
A Biological Chernobyl.

Washington DC, USA
A mysterious vial, sealed in a titanium case, arrives at CIA headquarters. They have no idea who sent it, but it comes with a note.
"I will only speak to Lance Spector."]]> 564 Saul Herzog 1777189705 Bob 4 4.29 The Asset (Lance Spector, #1)
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]]> The Outsider 42201321 Evil has many faces…maybe even yours in this #1 New York Times bestseller from master storyteller Stephen King!

An eleven-year-old boy’s violated corpse is discovered in a town park. Eyewitnesses and fingerprints point unmistakably to one of Flint City’s most popular citizens—Terry Maitland, Little League coach, English teacher, husband, and father of two girls. Detective Ralph Anderson, whose son Maitland once coached, orders a quick and very public arrest. Maitland has an alibi, but Anderson and the district attorney soon have DNA evidence to go with the fingerprints and witnesses. Their case seems ironclad.

As the investigation expands and horrifying details begin to emerge, King’s story kicks into high gear, generating strong tension and almost unbearable suspense. Terry Maitland seems like a nice guy, but is he wearing another face? When the answer comes, it will shock you as only Stephen King can.]]> 561 Stephen King 1501181009 Bob 5 4.05 2018 The Outsider
author: Stephen King
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average rating: 4.05
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]]> Nemesis (Orphan X, #10) 211004916 No greater friend. No deadlier enemy.

Evan Smoak is a highly trained former government assassin who has survived for years by keeping his circle to a few trusted confidants and a strict code he calls "The Ten Commandments." But when Evan suddenly finds himself at odds with his oldest friend, all the rules he lives by shatter--and the consequences are murderous.

Tommy Stojack might be Evan's best friend in the world. He's a gifted gunsmith who has created much of Evan's own weapons and combat gear. But now, he has apparently crossed one of Evan's hardest lines and their argument explodes into open warfare. Now Evan has no choice but to track and face down his only friend.

In the meantime, Tommy has left town in order to honor his own promise to help a dead friend's son. While Tommy is fighting to save the son with everything he's got, Evan arrives with vengeance in mind.

But as deadly as the former Orphan X is, there is an even more dangerous threat about to arrive on the scene. The only question left is will any of them get out alive.]]> 464 Gregg Hurwitz 1250871743 Bob 5 4.18 2025 Nemesis (Orphan X, #10)
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[The Sixth Wicked Child (4MK Thriller, #3)]]> 49393384
Hear No Evil

For Detective Sam Porter, the words “Father, forgive me� conjure memories long forgotten; a past intentionally buried. For Anson Bishop, these three words connect a childhood to the present as he unleashes a truth concealed for decades.

See No Evil

Found written on cardboard near each body, these words link multiple victims to a single killer—discovered within minutes of each other in both Chicago and South Carolina—clearly connected yet separated by impossible miles.

Speak No Evil

Chicago Metro and the FBI find themselves caught in chaos—a hospital on lockdown, a rogue officer, and corruption at the highest levels. When Anson Bishop, the prime suspect in the notorious 4MK serial murders turns himself in, he reveals a story completely unexpected, one that not only upends the current investigation, but one that will change the lives of all involved.

Do No Evil

With unrelenting tension and pulse-pounding suspense, the past unravels at breakneck speed as the truth behind the Four Monkey Killer’s motive is finally revealed in this masterfully crafted finale.]]> 624 J.D. Barker 0990694992 Bob 5 4.61 2019 The Sixth Wicked Child (4MK Thriller, #3)
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average rating: 4.61
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]]> <![CDATA[Midnight Black (Gray Man, #14)]]> 213618297 With his lover imprisoned in a Siberian gulag, the Gray Man will stop at nothing to free her in this latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.

A winter sunrise over the great plains of Russia is no cause for celebration. The temperature barely rises above zero, and the guards at Penal Colony IK22 are determined to take their misery out on the prisoners--chief among them, one Zoya Zakharova. Once a master spy for Russian foreign intelligence, then the partner and lover of the Gray Man, she has information the Kremlin wants, and they don't care what they have to do to get it.

But if they think a thousand miles of frozen wasteland and the combined power of the Russian police state is enough to protect them, they don't know the Gray Man. He's coming, and no one's safe.]]> 506 Mark Greaney 0593548183 Bob 5 4.48 2025 Midnight Black (Gray Man, #14)
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]]> <![CDATA[She Has a Broken Thing Where Her Heart Should Be]]> 50492330 A haunting tale of suspense, rendered with the masterful skill only NY Times Bestseller Barker could muster.

After the loss of his parents, young Jack Thatch first met Stella as a child—this cryptic little girl of eight with dark hair and darker eyes, sitting alone on a bench in the cemetery clutching her favorite book. Gone moments later, the brief encounter would spark an obsession. She'd creep into his thoughts, his every waking moment, until he finally finds her again exactly one year later, sitting upon the same bench, only to disappear again soon after.

The body of a man found in an alley, every inch of his flesh horribly burned, yet his clothing completely untouched. For Detective Faustino Brier, this wasn't the first, and he knew it wouldn't be the last. It was no different from the others. He'd find another just like it one year from today. August 9, to be exact.

Isolated and locked away from the world in a shadowy lab, a little boy known only as Subject "D" waits, grows, learns. He's permitted to speak to no one. He has never known the touch of another. Harboring a power so horrific, those in control will never allow him beyond their walls.

All of them linked in ways unimaginable.

SHE HAS A BROKEN THING WHERE HER HEART SHOULD BE conjures thoughts of early King and Koontz. A heart-pounding ride that creeps under your skin and will have you turning pages long into the night.


“J.D. Barker is a one-of-a-kind writer and that’s a rare and special thing. Stephen King comes to mind and Lee Child, John Sandford. All one-of-a-kinds. Don’t miss anything J.D. writes.�
—James Patterson, #1 International Bestselling Author

“A talented writer with a delightfully devious mind!�
—Jeffery Deaver, NY Times Bestselling Author

“I don’t say this lightly: J.D. Barker is a force to be reckoned with.�
—Tosca Lee, NY Times Bestselling Author]]> 774 J.D. Barker 1734210400 Bob 5 4.39 2020 She Has a Broken Thing Where Her Heart Should Be
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]]> The Family Experiment 196674793
But for those desperate to experience parenthood, there is an alternative. For a monthly subscription fee, clients can create a virtual child from scratch who they can access via the metaverse and a VR headset. To launch this new initiative, the company behind Virtual Children has created a reality tv show. It will follow ten couples as they raise a Virtual Child from birth to the age of eighteen but in a condensed nine-month time period. The prize: the right to keep their virtual child or risk it all for the chance of a real baby . . .

Set in the same universe as John Marrs's bestselling novel The One and The Marriage Act, The Family Experiment is a dark and twisted thriller about the ultimate 'tamagotchi' - a virtual baby.]]> 457 John Marrs 1035016974 Bob 4 4.18 2024 The Family Experiment
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average rating: 4.18
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]]> <![CDATA[The Girls in Pine Brooke (A Detective Riley Quinn Pine Brooke Mystery Book 1)]]> 218258089 When the body of a young girl is found in the woods.
Detective Riley Quinn finds herself in a mystery that intertwines with her tragic past�

After her best-friend is murdered in cold blood, to escape her traumas and big city life,
Riley moves back to Pine Brooke.
There she takes a position as the town’s detective.

When she receives a call regarding a young girl in the woods,
she never expected the terror of events that would soon unfold.
It seems the thin and malnourished girl had fallen to her death.
But closer examination of the body reveals new layers to the mystery.
Was she running from something?

While trying to ID the body, she runs into Pine Brooke’s new doctor, Logan Elwood.
A man that may be hiding a clinic full of secrets behind his gruff demeanor.
Suddenly, the case takes on a more gruesome turn when multiple bodies of young girls turn up in odd circumstances.
One thing is for certain, the once idyllic pines are harboring murderous secrets.

Disturbing clues, shocking deaths, and a sleepy NorCal town.
From the pine trees to the quaint brooks, the hidden secrets behind Pine Brooke are a nightmare in the making. ]]> 240 A.J. Rivers Bob 2 4.46 2024 The Girls in Pine Brooke (A Detective Riley Quinn Pine Brooke Mystery Book 1)
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average rating: 4.46
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fifth to Die (4MK Thriller, #2)]]> 41091398
Detective Porter and the team have been pulled from the hunt for Anson Bishop, the Four Monkey Killer, by the feds. When the body of a young girl is found beneath the frozen waters of Jackson Park Lagoon, she is quickly identified as Ella Reynolds, missing three weeks. But how did she get there? The lagoon froze months earlier. More baffling? She’s found wearing the clothes of another girl, missing less than two days. While the detectives of Chicago Metro try to make sense of the quickly developing case, Porter secretly continues his pursuit of 4MK, knowing the best way to find Bishop is to track down his mother. When the captain finds out about Porter’s activities, he’s suspended, leaving his partners Clair and Nash to continue the search for the new killer alone.

Obsessed with catching Bishop, Porter follows a single grainy photograph from Chicago to the streets of New Orleans and stumbles into a world darker than he could have possibly imagined, where he quickly realizes that the only place more frightening than the mind of a serial killer is the mind of the mother from which he came.
]]> 544 J.D. Barker 1328589811 Bob 5 4.50 2018 The Fifth to Die (4MK Thriller, #2)
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.50
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Devil's Churn (Fort Black Thriller Book 1)]]> 195448685 Born to rebel. Sworn to justice.

An elite operative for the FBI, Kade Black is now disavowed. The Russian double agent he was handling is dead. And a fortune in diamonds missing. The FBI thinks Kade is responsible.

He's on the run, and public enemy number one. A title once reserved for his father, an infamous domestic terrorist killed in an FBI raid. Many in the intelligence community thought Kade would follow in his father's footsteps. Now they have the proof.

But Kade is innocent, and he's not going down without a fight. He follows a cryptic trail to the real assassins, which the murdered agent set up as a dead man's switch. It's Kade's only hope to prove his innocence, but following the clues is more dangerous than a shootout with the FBI.

On the rugged Oregon coast, he comes face to face with his past and a grisly ritual murder. As well as an inescapable truth. A conspiracy haunts his family, and threatens more than just his freedom. He must choose between his oath of service...

Or revenge.]]> 368 Russ Linton Bob 5 4.23 Devil's Churn (Fort Black Thriller Book 1)
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]]> Noble Intent (Jake Noble, #3) 38794447 396 William Miller Bob 5 4.46 2018 Noble Intent (Jake Noble, #3)
author: William Miller
name: Bob
average rating: 4.46
book published: 2018
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fourth Monkey (4MK Thriller, #1)]]> 35721109
As the lead investigator on the 4MK task force, Detective Sam Porter knows even in death, the killer is far from finished. When he discovers a personal diary in the jacket pocket of the body, Porter finds himself caught up in the mind of a psychopath, unraveling a twisted history in hopes of finding one last girl, all while struggling with personal demons of his own.

With only a handful of clues, the elusive killer’s identity remains a mystery. Time is running out and the Four Monkey Killer taunts from beyond the grave in this masterfully written fast-paced thriller.]]> 448 J.D. Barker 1328915395 Bob 5 4.38 2017 The Fourth Monkey (4MK Thriller, #1)
author: J.D. Barker
name: Bob
average rating: 4.38
book published: 2017
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead]]> 535441 Zombie Survival Guide is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now. Fully illustrated and exhaustively comprehensive, this book covers everything you need to know, including how to understand zombie physiology and behavior, the most effective defense tactics and weaponry, ways to outfit your home for a long siege, and how to survive and adapt in any territory or terrain.

Top 10 Lessons for Surviving a Zombie Attack

1. Organize before they rise!
2. They feel no fear, why should you?
3. Use your head: cut off theirs.
4. Blades don’t need reloading.
5. Ideal protection = tight clothes, short hair.
6. Get up the staircase, then destroy it.
7. Get out of the car, get onto the bike.
8. Keep moving, keep low, keep quiet, keep alert!
9. No place is safe, only safer.
10. The zombie may be gone, but the threat lives on.

Don’t be carefree and foolish with your most precious asset—life. This book is your key to survival against the hordes of undead who may be stalking you right now without your even knowing it. The Zombie Survival Guide offers complete protection through trusted, proven tips for safeguarding yourself and your loved ones against the living dead. It is a book that can save your life.]]> 272 Max Brooks 1400049628 Bob 2 3.87 2003 The Zombie Survival Guide: Complete Protection from the Living Dead
author: Max Brooks
name: Bob
average rating: 3.87
book published: 2003
rating: 2
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]]> The Terminal List 58700942
On his last combat deployment, Lieutenant Commander James Reece’s entire team was killed in a catastrophic ambush that also claimed the lives of the aircrew sent in to rescue them. But when those dearest to him are murdered on the day of his homecoming, Reece discovers that this was not an act of war by a foreign enemy but a conspiracy that runs to the highest levels of government.

Now, with no family and free from the military’s command structure, Reece applies the lessons that he’s learned in over a decade of constant warfare toward avenging the deaths of his family and teammates. With breathless pacing and relentless suspense, Reece ruthlessly targets his enemies in the upper echelons of power without regard for the laws of combat or the rule of law.

An intoxicating thriller that cautions against the seduction of absolute power and those who would do anything to achieve it, The Terminal List is perfect for fans of Vince Flynn, Brad Thor, Stephen Hunter, and Nelson DeMille.]]> 496 Jack Carr 1982197358 Bob 0 4.13 2018 The Terminal List
author: Jack Carr
name: Bob
average rating: 4.13
book published: 2018
rating: 0
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]]> Ballistic (Gray Man, #3) 10633176 Years before, Eddie Gamboa had saved Court's life. Now, Eddie has been murdered by the notorious Mexican drug cartel he fought to take down. And Court soon finds himself drawn into a war he never wanted. But in this war, there are no sides—only survivors...

]]> 467 Mark Greaney Bob 5 4.26 2011 Ballistic (Gray Man, #3)
author: Mark Greaney
name: Bob
average rating: 4.26
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Hide and Seek (Helen Grace, #6)]]> 33998365
Som en af de mest højprofilerede indsatte i Holloway-fængslet kan Helen Grace ikke gemme sig. Hun har fået mange fjender i løbet af sin karriere, og nogle af dem sidder bag tremmer inden for de selv samme mure. Da en af Helens medfanger bliver fundet skamferet og myrdet i sin aflåste celle, står det klart, at morderen er en indefra.

Uret tikker for Helen, mens hun kæmper for at afsløre den person, der forsøger at få hende dømt på falske beviser, og mens antallet af døde i fængslet stadig stiger. Helen må trække på alle sine evner og instinkter for at fange seriemorderen og afdække sandheden, før morderen når frem til hende.]]> 390 M.J. Arlidge 0399586849 Bob 5 4.10 2016 Hide and Seek (Helen Grace, #6)
author: M.J. Arlidge
name: Bob
average rating: 4.10
book published: 2016
rating: 5
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]]> A Calamity of Souls 198494052
Jack Lee is a white lawyer from Freeman County, Virginia, who has never done anything to push back against racism, until he decides to represent Jerome Washington, a Black man charged with brutally killing an elderly and wealthy white couple. Doubting his decision, Lee fears that his legal skills may not be enough to prevail in a case where the odds are already stacked against both him and his client. And he quickly finds himself out of his depth when he realizes that what is at stake is far greater than the outcome of a murder trial.

Desiree DuBose is a Black lawyer from Chicago who has devoted her life to furthering the causes of justice and equality for everyone. She comes to Freeman County and enters a fractious and unwieldy partnership with Lee in a legal battle against the best prosecutor in the Commonwealth. Yet DuBose is also aware that powerful outside forces are at work to blunt the victories achieved by the Civil Rights era.

Lee and DuBose could not be more dissimilar. On their own, neither one can stop the prosecution’s deliberate march towards a guilty verdict and the electric chair. But together, the pair fight for what once seemed impossible: a chance for a fair trial and true justice.

Over a decade in the writing, A Calamity of Souls breathes richly imagined and detailed life into a bygone era, taking the reader through a world that will seem both foreign and familiar.]]> 480 David Baldacci 1538765020 Bob 5 4.38 2024 A Calamity of Souls
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.38
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator]]> 42983957 The instant New York Times bestseller
An international bestseller
Finalist for the Lane Anderson Award
Finalist for the RBC Taylor Award

A pioneering and groundbreaking work of narrative nonfiction that offers a dramatic new perspective on the history of humankind, showing how through millennia, the mosquito has been the single most powerful force in determining humanity's fate

Why was gin and tonic the cocktail of choice for British colonists in India and Africa? What does Starbucks have to thank for its global domination? What has protected the lives of popes for millennia? Why did Scotland surrender its sovereignty to England? What was George Washington's secret weapon during the American Revolution?

The answer to all these questions, and many more, is the mosquito.

Across our planet since the dawn of humankind, this nefarious pest, roughly the size and weight of a grape seed, has been at the frontlines of history as the grim reaper, the harvester of human populations, and the ultimate agent of historical change. As the mosquito transformed the landscapes of civilization, humans were unwittingly required to respond to its piercing impact and universal projection of power.

The mosquito has determined the fates of empires and nations, razed and crippled economies, and decided the outcome of pivotal wars, killing nearly half of humanity along the way. She (only females bite) has dispatched an estimated 52 billion people from a total of 108 billion throughout our relatively brief existence. As the greatest purveyor of extermination we have ever known, she has played a greater role in shaping our human story than any other living thing with which we share our global village.

Imagine for a moment a world without deadly mosquitoes, or any mosquitoes, for that matter? Our history and the world we know, or think we know, would be completely unrecognizable.

Driven by surprising insights and fast-paced storytelling, The Mosquito is the extraordinary untold story of the mosquito's reign through human history and her indelible impact on our modern world order.]]> 496 Timothy C. Winegard 0735235791 Bob 4 3.63 2019 The Mosquito: A Human History of Our Deadliest Predator
author: Timothy C. Winegard
name: Bob
average rating: 3.63
book published: 2019
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The 6:20 Man (The 6:20 Man, #1)]]> 59586621
Then one morning Devine’s tedious routine is shattered by an anonymous email: She is dead.

Sara Ewes, Devine’s coworker and former girlfriend, has been found hanging in a storage room of his office building—presumably a suicide, prompting the NYPD to come calling on him. If that wasn’t enough, Devine receives another ominous visit, a confrontation that threatens to dredge up grim secrets from his past in the Army unless he participates in a clandestine investigation into his firm.

This treacherous role will take Travis from the impossibly glittering lives he once saw only through a train window, to the darkest corners of the country’s economic halls of power…where something rotten lurks. And apart from this high-stakes conspiracy, there’s a killer out there with their own agenda, and Devine is the bullseye.]]> 593 David Baldacci 1538719878 Bob 3 4.17 2022 The 6:20 Man (The 6:20 Man, #1)
author: David Baldacci
name: Bob
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2022
rating: 3
read at: 2024/12/07
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]]> Persuader (Jack Reacher, #7) 455941
The ultimate loner.

An elite ex-military cop who left the service years ago, he's moved from place to place...without family...without possessions...without commitments.

And without fear. Which is good, because trouble--big, violent, complicated trouble--finds Reacher wherever he goes. And when trouble finds him, Reacher does not quit, not once...not ever.

But some unfinished business has now found Reacher. And Reacher is a man who hates unfinished business.

Ten years ago, a key investigation went sour and someone got away with murder. Now a chance encounter brings it all back. Now Reacher sees his one last shot. Some would call it vengeance. Some would call it redemption. Reacher would call it...justice.]]> 496 Lee Child 0440241006 Bob 4 4.09 2003 Persuader (Jack Reacher, #7)
author: Lee Child
name: Bob
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2003
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[If Cats Disappeared from the World]]> 37901571
The postman’s days are numbered. Estranged from his family, living alone with only his cat Cabbage to keep him company, he was unprepared for the doctor’s diagnosis that he has only months to live. But before he can tackle his bucket list, the Devil appears to make him an offer: In exchange for making one thing in the world disappear, our narrator will get one extra day of life. And so begins a very bizarre week�

With each object that disappears the postman reflects on the life he’s lived, his joys and regrets, and the people he’s loved and lost.

Genki Kawamura’s timeless tale is a moving story of loss and reconciliation, of one man’s journey to discover what really matters most in life.]]> 168 Genki Kawamura 1250294053 Bob 3 3.73 2012 If Cats Disappeared from the World
author: Genki Kawamura
name: Bob
average rating: 3.73
book published: 2012
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Rules of Prey (Lucas Davenport, #1)]]> 37301
The "maddog" murderer who is terrorizing the Twin Cities is two things: insane and extremely intelligent. He kills for the pleasure of it and thoroughly enjoys placing elaborate obstacles to keep the police befuddled. Each clever move he makes is another point of pride. But when the brilliant Lieutenant Davenport--a dedicated cop and a serial killer's worst nightmare--is brought in to take up the investigation, maddog suddenly has an adversary worthy of his genius.

Librarian's note: the first five books in the Lucas Davenport series are #1, Rules of Prey, 1989; #2, Shadow Prey, 1990; #3, Eyes of Prey, 1991; #4, Silent Prey, 1992; and #5, Winter Prey, 1993.]]> 479 John Sandford 0425205819 Bob 4 4.10 1989 Rules of Prey (Lucas Davenport, #1)
author: John Sandford
name: Bob
average rating: 4.10
book published: 1989
rating: 4
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]]> The Eight 39970239
In the midst of the French Revolution, a young novice discovers that her abbey is the hiding place of a chess set, once owned by the great Charlemagne, which allows those who play it to tap into incredible powers beyond the imagination. She eventually comes into contact with the major historical figures of the day, from Robespierre to Napoleon, each of whom has an agenda.

The Eight is a non-stop ride that recalls the swashbuckling adventures of Indiana Jones as well as the historical puzzles of Umberto Eco which, since its first publication in 1988, has gone on to acquire a substantial cult following.]]> 738 Katherine Neville Bob 2 4.04 1988 The Eight
author: Katherine Neville
name: Bob
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1988
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Camel Club (Camel Club, #1)]]> 58078584
Welcome to THE CAMEL CLUB.

Existing at the fringes of Washington, D.C., the Club consists of four eccentric members. Led by a mysterious man known as "Oliver Stone," they study conspiracy theories, current events, and the machinations of government to discover the "truth" behind the country's actions.

Their efforts bear little fruit—until the group witnesses a shocking murder . . . and becomes embroiled in an astounding, far-reaching conspiracy. Now the Club must join forces with a Secret Service agent to confront one of the most chilling spectacles ever to take place on American soil—an event that may trigger the ultimate war between two different worlds.

All that stands in the way of this apocalypse is five unexpected heroes.]]> 480 David Baldacci 1538709570 Bob 4 3.91 2005 The Camel Club (Camel Club, #1)
author: David Baldacci
name: Bob
average rating: 3.91
book published: 2005
rating: 4
read at: 2024/11/11
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]]> <![CDATA[Without Fail (Jack Reacher, #6)]]> 2922478 549 Lee Child 0515144312 Bob 3 4.03 2002 Without Fail (Jack Reacher, #6)
author: Lee Child
name: Bob
average rating: 4.03
book published: 2002
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[End Game (Will Robie Series, 5)]]> 36547081
Will Robie and Jessica Reel are two of the most lethal people alive. They're the ones the government calls in when the utmost secrecy is required to take out those who plot violence and mass destruction against the United States. And through every mission, one man has always had their their handler, code-named Blue Man.

But now, Blue Man is missing.

Last seen in rural Colorado, Blue Man had taken a rare vacation to go fly fishing in his hometown when he disappeared off the grid. With no communications since, the team can't help but fear the worst.

Sent to investigate, Robie and Reel arrive in the small town of Grand to discover that it has its own share of problems. A stagnant local economy and a woefully understaffed police force have made this small community a magnet for crime, drugs, and a growing number of militant fringe groups.

But lying in wait in Grand is an even more insidious and sweeping threat, one that may shake the very core of America. And when Robie and Reel find themselves up against an adversary with superior firepower and a home-court advantage, they'll be lucky if they make it out alive, with or without Blue Man...]]> 528 David Baldacci 1455586617 Bob 4 4.11 2017 End Game (Will Robie Series, 5)
author: David Baldacci
name: Bob
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2017
rating: 4
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]]> The Equalizer 22437760 Michael Sloan, co-creator of the classic 1980s TV show The Equalizer—now reimagined in a series starring Queen Latifah—presents an original story of the mysterious, former covert intelligence officer who helps desperate people who are in need of his unique and deadly skills.“Got a problem? Odds against you? Call the Equalizer.”Robert McCall is a former covert operations officer for the CIA who tries to atone for past sins by offering, free of charge, his services as a protector, an investigator, and a troubleshooter—often literally. Aided by a group of sometimes-mysterious contacts, some of whom date back to his spying days, McCall traverses the streets of New York City, visiting justice upon those who prey upon the weak.A woman finds herself the target of a Chechen nightclub owner. The club is actually a front for an elite assassination service—run by an old enemy of McCall’s. To save his client’s life, the Equalizer is going to have to confront the sins of his past…]> 497 Michael Sloan Bob 4 4.33 2014 The Equalizer
author: Michael Sloan
name: Bob
average rating: 4.33
book published: 2014
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Devil's Ransom: A Pike Logan Novel (Pike Logan, 17)]]> 63874616 In the latest explosive thriller from New York Times bestselling author and former special forces officer Brad Taylor, Pike Logan races to stop an insidious attack orchestrated by a man who knows America's most treasured secrets.

Conducting a routine cover development trip to Tajikistan, Pike and Jennifer learn that Afghanistan has fallen, and there's a man on the run. One that has done more for the United States in Afghanistan than anyone else. Pulled in to extract him, Pike collides headlong into a broader mystery: His covert company, along with every other entity in the Taskforce, has been hit with a ransomware attack, and there's some connection between the Taliban and the hack. Given the order to track down the perpetrators, he has no idea that the problem set is much, much larger and more dangerous than a simple attack on his organization. That hack was just a test-run, and the real one is coming soon, engendered by a former NSA specialist in the U.S. government.

A man who wants to return to the bipolar world of the Cold War, the turncoat has cloaked his attack behind hackers from Serbia and Russia, and if successful, his target will alter the balance of power on the global stage. So far, the specialist has remained one step ahead of the Taskforce, but he has just made one massive mistake: hitting Pike Logan.]]> 496 Brad Taylor 0063222027 Bob 5 4.25 2023 The Devil's Ransom: A Pike Logan Novel (Pike Logan, 17)
author: Brad Taylor
name: Bob
average rating: 4.25
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Complete History of Guitar World: 30 Years of Music, Magic and Six-String Mayhem]]> 21306718 611 Guitar World Magazine 1476855935 Bob 3 Dear Guitar World,
Why do you guys always have wimps like Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck in your rag? All I hear about is how great these two dudes are. I listened to both of these guys at a buddy’s pad the other day and almost puked. Those dudes suck and they play wimp-@ss music. They aren’t a hair on Yngwie Malmsteen’s @ss. I’m 19 years old and I’ve been around, and I know.
I used to listen to Van Halen when I was younger. When I found out that Yngwie was faster, I threw away my Van Helen records. You’d never catch Yngwie playing with a wimp like Michael Jackson. I think they should have some kind of speed test and get all the guitar players in the world to take it. Then everyone will know that Yngwie is the best.


Biggest Eye-Opener:
The list of album releases in 1969:
Led Zeppelin—Led Zeppelin
𲹳—GǴǻ
CCR—Bayou Country
MC5—Kick Out the Jams
Blind Faith—Blind Faith
The Allman Brothers Band—The Allman Brothers Band
The Velvet Underground—The Velvet Underground
Sly and the Family Stone—Stand!
The Who—Tommy
Jethro Tull—Stand Up
CSN—Crosby, Stills & Nash
Frank Zappa—Uncle Meat
Jeff Beck Group—Beck-Ola
The Doors—Soft Parade
Grand Funk Railroad—On Time (bringing down the average�.)
James Brown—Say It Loud I’m Black and I’m Proud
CCR—Green River
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The Beatles—Abbey Road
The Band—The Band
The Kinks—Arthur
Johnny Winter—Second Winter
King Crimson—In the Court of the Crimson King
Jefferson Airplane—Volunteers
Rolling Stones—Let It Bleed

Good grief!

Something that I learned that inspires a limerick:
There once was a guitarist named Munky�..
]]> 3.50 2010 The Complete History of Guitar World: 30 Years of Music, Magic and Six-String Mayhem
author: Guitar World Magazine
name: Bob
average rating: 3.50
book published: 2010
rating: 3
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Hilarious 1988 letter from a delusional fan to Guitar World Magazine:
Dear Guitar World,
Why do you guys always have wimps like Eric Clapton and Jeff Beck in your rag? All I hear about is how great these two dudes are. I listened to both of these guys at a buddy’s pad the other day and almost puked. Those dudes suck and they play wimp-@ss music. They aren’t a hair on Yngwie Malmsteen’s @ss. I’m 19 years old and I’ve been around, and I know.
I used to listen to Van Halen when I was younger. When I found out that Yngwie was faster, I threw away my Van Helen records. You’d never catch Yngwie playing with a wimp like Michael Jackson. I think they should have some kind of speed test and get all the guitar players in the world to take it. Then everyone will know that Yngwie is the best.


Biggest Eye-Opener:
The list of album releases in 1969:
Led Zeppelin—Led Zeppelin
𲹳—GǴǻ
CCR—Bayou Country
MC5—Kick Out the Jams
Blind Faith—Blind Faith
The Allman Brothers Band—The Allman Brothers Band
The Velvet Underground—The Velvet Underground
Sly and the Family Stone—Stand!
The Who—Tommy
Jethro Tull—Stand Up
CSN—Crosby, Stills & Nash
Frank Zappa—Uncle Meat
Jeff Beck Group—Beck-Ola
The Doors—Soft Parade
Grand Funk Railroad—On Time (bringing down the average�.)
James Brown—Say It Loud I’m Black and I’m Proud
CCR—Green River
ԳٲԲԳٲԲ
The Beatles—Abbey Road
The Band—The Band
The Kinks—Arthur
Johnny Winter—Second Winter
King Crimson—In the Court of the Crimson King
Jefferson Airplane—Volunteers
Rolling Stones—Let It Bleed

Good grief!

Something that I learned that inspires a limerick:
There once was a guitarist named Munky�..

]]> Don't Look Back 23566551

Alone


It was the holiday of a lifetime - a chance for Eve Hardaway to rediscover herself following the break-up of her marriage. Until Eve catches a glimpse of someone she should never have seen.


Afraid


She was not the first to do so. But a woman who previously laid eyes on this mysterious stranger has disappeared without trace. Soon Eve and her travelling companions look set to suffer the same fate.


On the run


Then a storm cuts off their remote jungle camp from the outside world. And Eve knows that if she is ever going to see her young son again, she will be forced to find reserves of courage and resourcefulness she never dreamt she possessed. Or die trying ...]]> 451 Gregg Hurwitz 1405910674 Bob 3 3.70 2014 Don't Look Back
author: Gregg Hurwitz
name: Bob
average rating: 3.70
book published: 2014
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Making Your Memories with Rock & Roll and Doo-Wop: The Music and Artists of the 1950s and Early 1960s]]> 29230377 Making Your Memories with Rock & Roll and The Music and Artists of the 1950s and Early 1960s digs back through the catalogue of popular music and brings to life the solo artists, duos, and groups whose music once filled the airwaves and turntables with rock & roll and doo-wop. The Doctor of Doo-Wop, J.C. De Ladurantey, brings his expertise, honed by hosting a weekly radio show, “Making Your Memories,� to his revelation of the backstories of these trendsetting artists.

Until the British Invasion in mid 1963 changed the direction of American music, the sounds created by the artists profiled in Making Your Memories with Rock & Roll and Doo-Wop shaped the entertainment soundtrack of a generation. This music history shares the little-known details of the lives of these artists, the history of the period, the distinctiveness of the music, and the power and influence of the songs� lyrics.

Making Your Memories with Rock & Roll and The Music and Artists of the 1950s and Early 1960s will leave echoes of the time’s memorable songs in your mind’s ear and their lyrics on the tip of your tongue. You’ll discover a fresh desire to find the recordings and give them another “spin� on your “record player,� even if your digital music lives in the cloud.

"]]> 333 J.C. De Ladurantey 1491784016 Bob 1 3.89 Making Your Memories with Rock & Roll and Doo-Wop: The Music and Artists of the 1950s and Early 1960s
author: J.C. De Ladurantey
name: Bob
average rating: 3.89
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]]> <![CDATA[Split Second (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #1)]]> 204276 The Barnes & Noble Review
From the bestselling author of Last Man Standing and Absolute Power comes another high-tension thriller guaranteed to get your heart hammering.

Sean King is a former Secret Service agent who, eight years ago, botched the job of protecting a presidential candidate. When he meets Michelle Maxwell, an attractive agent whose political charge has just been kidnapped, the two disgraced operatives uncover an ominous connection between the incidents. They team up, and -- as bodies begin to pile up -- they find themselves racing against the clock to prevent an assassin from striking again along the campaign trail.

A masterful craftsman, Baldacci manipulates his story line with great effectiveness, creating a sense of danger and foreboding and imbuing even secondary characters with enough depth and dimension to rescue them from stereotypes. Conspiracies and mysteries abound in this taut mystery that weaves together action-packed scenarios and solid emotional impact. If Absolute Power elevated Baldacci to the highest ranks of suspense fiction, the compulsively readable Split Second will solidify his position at the top. Tom Piccirilli]]> 512 David Baldacci 0446614459 Bob 5 4.00 1979 Split Second (Sean King & Michelle Maxwell, #1)
author: David Baldacci
name: Bob
average rating: 4.00
book published: 1979
rating: 5
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]]> You're Next: A Thriller 12244145 You're Next

Gregg Hurwitz

Mike Wingate had a rough childhood�-he was abandoned at a playground at four years old and raised in foster care. No one ever came to claim him, and he has only a few, fragmented memories of his parents. Now, as an adult, Mike is finally living the life he had always wanted�-he's happily married to Annabel, the woman of his dreams; they have a wonderful young daughter; and his successful construction company guarantees a solid future for them all. Until Mike's past comes back to haunt him.

Menacing characters are starting to surface in Mike's life…and when he reports them, the police seem more interested in Mike's murky origins than in protecting the family he has now. With no one left to turn to, Mike calls on Shep, a truly dangerous man—and Mike's only true friend�-from their childhood days together in foster care. Together, the two of them will do whatever it takes to protect Mike and his loved ones against a hidden enemy who comes with a deadly warning: You're Next …]> 536 Gregg Hurwitz 1250005892 Bob 5 4.04 2011 You're Next: A Thriller
author: Gregg Hurwitz
name: Bob
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2011
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Guilty (Will Robie Series, 5)]]> 28119247
Will Robie escaped his small Gulf Coast hometown of Cantrell, Mississippi after high school, severing all personal ties, and never looked back. Not until the unimaginable occurs. His father, Dan Robie, has been arrested and charged with murder.

Father and son haven't spoken or seen each other since the day Robie left town. In that time, Dan Robie--a local attorney and pillar of the community--has been elected town judge. Despite this, most of Cantrell is aligned against Dan. His guilt is assumed.

To make matters worse, Dan has refused to do anything to defend himself. When Robie tries to help, his father responds only with anger and defiance. Could Dan really be guilty?

With the equally formidable Jessica Reel at his side, Robie ignores his father's wishes and begins his own desperate investigation into the case. But Robie is now a stranger to his hometown, an outsider, a man who has forsaken his past and his family. His attempts to save his father are met with distrust and skepticism...and violence.

Unlike the missions Robie undertook in the service of his country, where his target was clearly defined, digging into his father's case only reveals more questions. Robie is drawn into the hidden underside of Cantrell, where he must face the unexpected and possibly deadly consequences of the long-ago choices made by father and son. And this time, there may be no escape for either of them.]]> 576 David Baldacci 1455586404 Bob 5 4.17 2015 The Guilty (Will Robie Series, 5)
author: David Baldacci
name: Bob
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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]]> Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1) 27065438
The first novel in the thrilling series featuring Wyoming game warden Joe Pickett from #1 New York Times bestselling author C. J. Box.

Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden—especially one like Joe who won't take bribes or look the other way—is far from popular. When he finds a local hunting outfitter dead, splayed out on the woodpile behind his state-owned home, he takes it personally. There had to be a reason that the outfitter, with whom he's had run-ins before, chose his backyard, his woodpile to die in. Even after the "outfitter murders," as they have been dubbed by the local press after the discovery of the two more bodies, are solved, Joe continues to investigate, uneasy with the easy explanation offered by the local police.

As Joe digs deeper into the murders, he soon discovers that the outfitter brought more than death to his he brought Joe an endangered species, thought to be extinct, which is now living in his woodpile. But if word of the existence of this endangered species gets out, it will destroy any chance of InterWest, a multi-national natural gascompany, building an oil pipeline that would bring the company billions of dollars across Wyoming, through the mountains and forests of Twelve Sleep. The closer Joe comes to the truth behind the outfitter murders, the endangered species and InterWest, the closer he comes to losing everything he holds dear.]]> 352 C.J. Box 0399576606 Bob 3 4.07 2001 Open Season (Joe Pickett, #1)
author: C.J. Box
name: Bob
average rating: 4.07
book published: 2001
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore]]> 201750634 "It is a delight to wander through the bookstores of American history in this warm, generous book."
—Emma Straub, New York Times bestselling author and owner of Books Are Magic

An affectionate and engaging history of the American bookstore and its central place in American cultural life, from department stores to indies, from highbrow dealers trading in first editions to sidewalk vendors, and from chains to special-interest community destinations

Bookstores have always been unlike any other kind of store, shaping readers and writers, and influencing our tastes, thoughts, and politics. They nurture local communities while creating new ones of their own. Bookshops are powerful spaces, but they are also endangered ones. In The Bookshop, wesee the what has been, and what might be lost.

Evan Friss’s history of the bookshop draws on oral histories, archival collections, municipal records, diaries, letters, and interviews with leading booksellers to offer a fascinating look at this institution beloved by so many. The story begins with Benjamin Franklin’s first bookstore in Philadelphia and takes us to a range of booksellers including the Strand, Chicago’s Marshall Field & Company, the Gotham Book Mart, specialty stores like Oscar Wilde and Drum and Spear, sidewalk sellers of used books, Barnes & Noble, Amazon Books, and Parnassus. The Bookshop is also a history of the leading figures in American bookselling, often impassioned eccentrics, and a history of how books have been marketed and sold over the course of more than two centuries—including, for example, a 3,000-pound elephant who signed books at Marshall Field’s in 1944.

The Bookshop is a love letter to bookstores, a charming chronicle for anyone who cherishes these sanctuaries of literature, and essential reading to understand how these vital institutions have shaped American life—and why we still need them.]]> 416 Evan Friss 0593299930 Bob 4 4.01 2024 The Bookshop: A History of the American Bookstore
author: Evan Friss
name: Bob
average rating: 4.01
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> Zero Day (John Puller, #1) 13055607


John Puller is a combat veteran and the best military investigator in the U.S. Army's Criminal Investigative Division. His father was an Army fighting legend, and his brother is serving a life sentence for treason in a federal military prison. Puller has an indomitable spirit and an unstoppable drive to find the truth.

Now, Puller is called out on a case in a remote, rural area in West Virginia coal country far from any military outpost. Someone has stumbled onto a brutal crime scene, a family slaughtered. The local homicide detective, a headstrong woman with personal demons of her own, joins forces with Puller in the investigation. As Puller digs through deception after deception, he realizes that absolutely nothing he's seen in this small town, and no one in it, are what they seem. Facing a potential conspiracy that reaches far beyond the hills of West Virginia, he is one man on the hunt for justice against an overwhelming force.]]> 448 David Baldacci 1455518999 Bob 4 3.96 2011 Zero Day (John Puller, #1)
author: David Baldacci
name: Bob
average rating: 3.96
book published: 2011
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style]]> 40063024 A witty, informative guide to writing "good English" from Random House's longtime copy chief and one of Twitter's leading enforcers of proper grammar--a twenty-first-century Elements of Style

As authoritative as it is amusing, this book distills everything Benjamin Dreyer has learned from the hundreds of books he has copyedited, including works by Elizabeth Strout, E. L. Doctorow, and Frank Rich, into a useful guide not just for writers but for everyone who wants to put their best foot forward in writing prose. Dreyer offers lessons on the ins and outs of punctuation and grammar, including how to navigate the words he calls "the confusables," like tricky homophones; the myriad ways to use (and misuse) a comma; and how to recognize--though not necessarily do away with--the passive voice. (Hint: If you can plausibly add "by zombies" to the end of a sentence, it's passive.)

People are sharing their writing more than ever--on blogs, on Twitter--and this book lays out, clearly and comprehensibly, everything writers can do to keep readers focused on the real reason writers write: to communicate their ideas clearly and effectively. Chock-full of advice, insider wisdom, and fun facts on the rules (and non-rules) of English, this book will prove invaluable to everyone who wants to shore up their writing skills, mandatory for people who spend their time editing and shaping other people's prose, and--perhaps best of all--an utter treat for anyone who simply revels in language.]]> 269 Benjamin Dreyer 0812995708 Bob 5 4.34 2019 Dreyer's English: An Utterly Correct Guide to Clarity and Style
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average rating: 4.34
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Word nerds rejoice! A style guide, written with style; and wit.
]]> <![CDATA[Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, #5)]]> 394715 557 Lee Child 0515143820 Bob 4 4.00 2001 Echo Burning (Jack Reacher, #5)
author: Lee Child
name: Bob
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2001
rating: 4
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]]> Michigan Murders 2430967 Vintage Paperback 416 Edward Keyes 0671812475 Bob 5 3.73 1976 Michigan Murders
author: Edward Keyes
name: Bob
average rating: 3.73
book published: 1976
rating: 5
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]]> The House of Wolves 124949121
James Patterson and Mike Lupica are the thriller dream team! Jenny Wolf’s murdered father leaves her in charge of a billion-dollar empire—and a family more ruthless than Succession' s Roys and Yellowstone ’s Duttons.

The Wolfs, the most powerful family in California, have a new head–thirty-six-year-old former high school teacher Jenny Wolf.

That means Jenny now runs the prestigious San Francisco Tribune .

She also controls the legendary pro football team, the Wolves.

And she has a murdered father to avenge—if she can survive the killers all around her.

An unforgettable family drama by two writers at the top of their craft.
]]> 464 James Patterson 1538710803 Bob 2 4.02 2023 The House of Wolves
author: James Patterson
name: Bob
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2023
rating: 2
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]]> Sandwich 200028726 From the beloved author of We All Want Impossible Things, a moving, hilarious story of a family summer vacation full of secrets, lunch, and learning to let go.

For the past two decades, Rocky has looked forward to her family’s yearly escape to Cape Cod. Their humble beach-town rental has been the site of sweet memories, sunny days, great meals, and messes of all kinds: emotional, marital, and—thanks to the cottage’s ancient plumbing—septic too.

This year’s vacation, with Rocky sandwiched between her half-grown kids and fully aging parents, promises to be just as delightful as summers past—except, perhaps, for Rocky’s hormonal bouts of rage and melancholy. (Hello, menopause!) Her body is changing—her life is, too. And then a chain of events sends Rocky into the past, reliving both the tenderness and sorrow of a handful of long-ago summers.

It's one precious week: everything is in balance; everything is in flux. And when Rocky comes face to face with her family’s history and future, she is forced to accept that she can no longer hide her secrets from the people she loves.]]> 240 Catherine Newman 0063345161 Bob 5 3.54 2024 Sandwich
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name: Bob
average rating: 3.54
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]]> <![CDATA[The Target (Will Robie Series, 3)]]> 22511148
The President knows it's a perilous, high-risk assignment. If he gives the order, he has the opportunity to take down a global menace, once and for all. If the mission fails, he would face certain impeachment, and the threats against the nation would multiply. So the president turns to the one team that can pull off the impossible: Will Robie and his partner, Jessica Reel.

Together, Robie and Reel's talents as assassins are unmatched. But there are some in power who don't trust the pair. They doubt their willingness to follow orders. And they will do anything to see that the two assassins succeed, but that they do not survive.

As they prepare for their mission, Reel faces a personal crisis that could well lead old enemies right to her doorstep, resurrecting the ghosts of her earlier life and bringing stark danger to all those close to her. And all the while, Robie and Reel are stalked by a new adversary: an unknown and unlikely assassin, a woman who has trained her entire life to kill, and who has her own list of targets--a list that includes Will Robie and Jessica Reel.]]> 542 David Baldacci 1455521264 Bob 5 4.04 2014 The Target (Will Robie Series, 3)
author: David Baldacci
name: Bob
average rating: 4.04
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> Medicare for Dummies 34566013 Medicare for Dummies, 3 rd Edition will help you navigate the complicated, often confusing maze of the Medicare system. In simple language, with clear step-by-step instructions, the book helps you determine how and when to enroll, avoid costly mistakes, and find a plan that is right for you and your family. W ritten byPatricia Barry, a nationally recognized authority on Medicare and Medicare Part D prescription drug coverage, this invaluable resource •� Tips on reducing out-of-pocket expenses •� Guidance for knowing your rights and protections •� Ways to choose the best policy for you With this definitive guide, you’ll get answers to the most common and not so common questions about Medicare, to get the most out of your coverage.]]> 416 Patricia Barry 1119348870 Bob 3 4.00 2008 Medicare for Dummies
author: Patricia Barry
name: Bob
average rating: 4.00
book published: 2008
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man's Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America]]> 41583190 ONE OF NPR’S BEST BOOKS OF 2019

The Elephant in the Room is a memoir chronicling what it’s like to live in today’s world as a fat man, from acclaimed journalist Tommy Tomlinson, who, as he neared the age of fifty, weighed 460 pounds and decided he had to change his life.

When he was almost fifty years old, Tommy Tomlinson weighed an astonishing—and dangerous�460 pounds, at risk for heart disease, diabetes, and stroke, unable to climb a flight of stairs without having to catch his breath, or travel on an airplane without buying two seats. Raised in a family that loved food, he had been aware of the problem for years, seeing doctors and trying diets from the time he was a preteen. But nothing worked, and every time he tried to make a change, it didn’t go the way he planned—in fact, he wasn’t sure that he really wanted to change.

In The Elephant in the Room, Tomlinson chronicles his lifelong battle with weight in a voice that combines the urgency of Roxane Gay’s Hunger with the intimacy of Rick Bragg’s All Over but the Shoutin�. He also hits the road to meet other members of the plus-sized tribe in an attempt to understand how, as a nation, we got to this point. From buying a Fitbit and setting exercise goals to contemplating the Heart Attack Grill in Las Vegas, America’s “capital of food porn,� and modifying his own diet, Tomlinson brings us along on a candid and sometimes brutal look at the everyday experience of being constantly aware of your size. Over the course of the book, he confronts these issues head-on and chronicles the practical steps he has to take to lose weight by the end.]]> 257 Tommy Tomlinson 1501111639 Bob 4 4.31 2019 The Elephant in the Room: One Fat Man's Quest to Get Smaller in a Growing America
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.31
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rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders]]> 203040700
Timed for a trial that will capture national attention, When the Night Comes Falling examines the mysterious murders of the four University of Idaho students. Having covered this case from its start, Edgar award winning investigative reporter Howard Blum takes readers behind the scenes of the police manhunt that eventually led to suspected killer, Bryan Christopher Kohberger, and uncovered larger, lurid questions within this unthinkable tragedy.

Reminiscent of the panoramic portraiture of In Cold Blood and The Executioner’s Song, When the Night Comes Falling offers a suspenseful, richly detailed narrative that will have readers transfixed.]]> 240 Howard Blum 0063349280 Bob 4 3.43 When the Night Comes Falling: A Requiem for the Idaho Student Murders
author: Howard Blum
name: Bob
average rating: 3.43
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]]> <![CDATA[Running Blind (Jack Reacher, #4)]]> 461181 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

Jack Reacher races to solve the perfect crime in the fourth novel in Lee Child’s New York Times bestselling series.

Across the country, women are being murdered, victims of a disciplined and clever killer who leaves no trace evidence, no fatal wounds, no signs of struggle, and no clues to an apparent motive. They are, truly, perfect crimes. In fact, there’s only one thing that links the victims. Each one of the women knew Jack Reacher—and it’s got him running blind.]]> 519 Lee Child 0515143502 Bob 4 4.09 2000 Running Blind (Jack Reacher, #4)
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.09
book published: 2000
rating: 4
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]]> Outsider in the White House 25738983 The political autobiography of the insurgent presidential candidate Bernie Sanders’s campaign for the presidency of the United States has galvanized people all over the country, putting economic, racial, and social justice into the spotlight, and raising hopes that Americans can take their country back from the billionaires and change the course of history. In this book, Sanders tells the story of a passionate and principled political life. He describes how, after cutting his teeth in the Civil Rights movement, he helped build a grassroots political movement in Vermont, making it possible for him to become the first independent elected to the US House of Representatives in forty years. The story continues into the US Senate and through the dramatic launch of his presidential campaign.]]> 368 Bernie Sanders 1784784192 Bob 5 4.12 1997 Outsider in the White House
author: Bernie Sanders
name: Bob
average rating: 4.12
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rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Grammar Book: Understanding and teaching primary grammar]]> 53959517 Shortlisted for Educational Book of the Year at the Education Resources Awards 2021.Everything you need to teach grammar in the primary classroom. What is the subjunctive mood? And when do you use a semi-colon? Are these questions that you, as a teacher, are afraid to ask? Cue this book! Written by two experienced teachers, The Grammar Book provides everything you need to teach grammar at primary level. Covering what you need to know as well as practical ideas to enliven your teaching, this book will make grammar fun and engaging � for both the pupils and for you too! Written in Zoë and Timothy Paramour's funny, frank and reassuring style, this definitive guide is all about the importance of teaching grammar as a tool for writing, not as an 'extra' and certainly not as a boring lesson. Instead, the ideas presented are linked to a range of National Curriculum units, with original short texts through which the teaching of grammar is used to support the delivery of the wider English curriculum and prepare children for Spelling, Punctuation and Grammar (SPaG) assessments. All teaching resources can also be downloaded from the companion website.Each chapter covers a different element of grammar and provides you with everything you need to know as well as teaching ideas, cross-curricular links and resources, making The Grammar Book a must-have resource for teaching primary grammar effectively in the classroom or as part of homeschooling.]]> 224 Zoë Paramour 1472972309 Bob 2 3.70 The Grammar Book: Understanding and teaching primary grammar
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]]> Horror Movie 200262477 The monster at the heart of a cult 90s cursed horror film tells his shocking and bloody secret history. Slow-burn terror meets high-stakes showdowns, from the bestselling author of A Head Full of Ghosts and The Cabin at the End of the World.

Summer, 1993 � a group of young guerrilla filmmakers spend four weeks making Horror Movie, a notorious, disturbing arthouse horror film. Steeped in mystery and tragedy, the film has taken on a mythic, cult renown, despite only three of the original scenes ever being released to the public.

Decades later, a big-budget reboot is in the works, and Hollywood turns to the only surviving cast member � the man who played 'the Thin Kid', the masked teen at the centre of it all. He remembers all too well the secrets buried within the original screenplay, the bizarre events of the filming, and the crossed lines on set.

Caught in a nightmare of masks and appearances, facile Hollywood personalities and the strangeness of fan conventions, the Thin Kid spins a tale of past and present, scripts and reality, and what the camera lets us see. But at what cost do we revisit our demons?

After all these years, the monster the world never saw will finally be heard.]]> 352 Paul Tremblay Bob 1 3.35 2024 Horror Movie
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]]> Little Fires Everywhere 44177149 From the bestselling author of Everything I Never Told You, a riveting novel that traces the intertwined fates of the picture-perfect Richardson family and the enigmatic mother and daughter who upend their lives.

In Shaker Heights, a placid, progressive suburb of Cleveland, everything is planned—from the layout of the winding roads, to the colors of the houses, to the successful lives its residents will go on to lead. And no one embodies this spirit more than Elena Richardson, whose guiding principle is playing by the rules.

Enter Mia Warren—an enigmatic artist and single mother—who arrives in this idyllic bubble with her teenaged daughter Pearl, and rents a house from the Richardsons. Soon Mia and Pearl become more than tenants: all four Richardson children are drawn to the mother-daughter pair. But Mia carries with her a mysterious past and a disregard for the status quo that threatens to upend this carefully ordered community.

When old family friends of the Richardsons attempt to adopt a Chinese-American baby, a custody battle erupts that dramatically divides the town—and puts Mia and Elena on opposing sides. Suspicious of Mia and her motives, Elena is determined to uncover the secrets in Mia’s past. But her obsession will come at unexpected and devastating costs.

Little Fires Everywhere explores the weight of secrets, the nature of art and identity, and the ferocious pull of motherhood—and the danger of believing that following the rules can avert disaster.]]> 338 Celeste Ng 0735224315 Bob 2 4.07 2017 Little Fires Everywhere
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.07
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War]]> 195607632
On November 6, 1860, Abraham Lincoln became the fluky victor in a tight race for president. The country was bitterly at odds; Southern extremists were moving ever closer to destroying the Union, with one state after another seceding and Lincoln powerless to stop them. Slavery fueled the conflict, but somehow the passions of North and South came to focus on a lonely federal fortress in Charleston Fort Sumter.

Master storyteller Erik Larson offers a gripping account of the chaotic months between Lincoln’s election and the Confederacy’s shelling of Sumter—a period marked by tragic errors and miscommunications, enflamed egos and craven ambitions, personal tragedies and betrayals. Lincoln himself wrote that the trials of these five months were “so great that, could I have anticipated them, I would not have believed it possible to survive them.�

At the heart of this suspense-filled narrative are Major Robert Anderson, Sumter’s commander and a former slave owner sympathetic to the South but loyal to the Union; Edmund Ruffin, a vain and bloodthirsty radical who stirs secessionist ardor at every opportunity; and Mary Boykin Chesnut, wife of a prominent planter, conflicted over both marriage and slavery and seeing parallels between both. In the middle of it all is the overwhelmed Lincoln, battling with his duplicitous Secretary of State, William Seward, as he tries desperately to avert a war that he fears is inevitable—one that will eventually kill 750,000 Americans.

Drawing on diaries, secret communiques, slave ledgers, and plantation records, Larson gives us a political horror story that captures the forces that led America to the brink—a dark reminder that we often don’t see a cataclysm coming until it’s too late.]]> 559 Erik Larson 0385348754 Bob 4 4.37 2024 The Demon of Unrest: A Saga of Hubris, Heartbreak, and Heroism at the Dawn of the Civil War
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]]> Sentinel (Armored, #2) 201130259
Josh Duffy and his wife Nikki are both working for the State Department's Diplomatic Security Service providing protection for diplomats in the field. They've been sent to Ghana with a team of US embassy personnel who are there to highlight American commitment to the construction of a new dam.

Since Ghana is a stable democracy, the Duffy children have come along for a short vacation. But stability proves to be fleeting when a Chinese plan to embarrass the US means the destruction of the dam. Now Josh and his protectees are on the run caught between a Chinese hit squad and a rebel army.]]> 496 Mark Greaney 0593436911 Bob 5 4.15 2024 Sentinel (Armored, #2)
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.15
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rating: 5
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]]> The Hit (Will Robie) 17923991
Will Robie is a master of killing.

A highly skilled assassin, Robie is the man the U.S. government calls on to eliminate the worst of the worst--enemies of the state, monsters committed to harming untold numbers of innocent victims.

No one else can match Robie's talents as a hitman...no one, except Jessica Reel. A fellow assassin, equally professional and dangerous, Reel is every bit as lethal as Robie. And now, she's gone rogue, turning her gun sights on other members of their agency.

To stop one of their own, the government looks again to Will Robie. His bring in Reel, dead or alive. Only a killer can catch another killer, they tell him.

But as Robie pursues Reel, he quickly finds that there is more to her betrayal than meets the eye. Her attacks on the agency conceal a larger threat, a threat that could send shockwaves through the U.S. government and around the world.]]> 528 David Baldacci 1455521302 Bob 5 4.07 2013 The Hit (Will Robie)
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.07
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rating: 5
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]]> Airport 36686960
Featuring a diverse cast of vibrant characters, Airport is both a realistic depiction of the airline industry and a novel of nail-biting suspense.]]> 548 Arthur Hailey Bob 5 4.35 1968 Airport
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.35
book published: 1968
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book]]> 17286856
Wendy Welch and her husband had always dreamed of owning a bookstore, so when they left their high-octane jobs for a simpler life in an Appalachian coal town, they seized an unexpected opportunity to pursue their dream. The only problems? A declining U.S. economy, a small town with no industry, and the advent of the e-book. They also had no idea how to run a bookstore. Against all odds, but with optimism, the help of their Virginian mountain community, and an abiding love for books, they succeeded in establishing more than a thriving business - they built a community.

The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap is the story of the little bookstore that how two people, two cats, two dogs, and thirty-eight thousand books helped a small town find its heart. It is a tale of people and books, and how together they create community.]]> 304 Wendy Welch 1250031613 Bob 5 3.75 2012 The Little Bookstore of Big Stone Gap: A Memoir of Friendship, Community, and the Uncommon Pleasure of a Good Book
author: Wendy Welch
name: Bob
average rating: 3.75
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rating: 5
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]]> Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2) 220969 Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here

In a Chicago suburb, a dentist is met in his office parking lot by three men and ordered into the trunk of his Lexus. On a downtown sidewalk, Jack Reacher and an unknown woman are abducted in broad daylight by two men - practiced and confident - who stop them at gunpoint and hustle them into the same sedan. Then Reacher and the woman are switched into a second vehicle and hauled away, leaving the dentist bound and gagged inside his car with the woman's abandoned possessions, two gallons of gasoline. . . and a burning match. The FBI is desperate to rescue the woman, a Special Agent from the Chicago office, because the FBI always - always - takes care of its own, and because this woman is not just another agent. Reacher and the woman join forces, against seemingly hopeless odds, to outwit their captors and escape. But the FBI thinks Jack is one of the kidnappers - and when they close in, the Bureau snipers will be shooting to kill.]]> 567 Lee Child 0515142247 Bob 4 4.04 1998 Die Trying (Jack Reacher, #2)
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1998
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show]]> 176443358
Tommy Tomlinson was watching a dog show on television a few years ago when he had a sudden Are those dogs happy? How about pet dogs—are they happy, too? Those questions sparked a quest to venture inside the dog-show world, in search of a deeper understanding of the bond between dogs and humans that has endured for thousands of years. Dogland shares his surprising, entertaining, and unforgettable adventures.

Tomlinson spends three years on the road and goes behind the scenes at dozens of dog shows across the country, where he is licked, sniffed, or rubbed up against by dogs of nearly every size, shape, and breed. Like a real-life version of Best in Show , Dogland follows one champion show dog—a Samoyed named Striker—and his devoted entourage of breeders, handlers, and owners as he competes in the Westminster Dog Show, the oldest and most famous dog show in America. Tomlinson brings the dog-show circuit to life as he witnesses teams scrambling from town to town in search of championship points and colorful ribbons. Along the way, he also speaks to scientists who have discovered new insights into how dogs and people formed their bond—and how that bond has changed over the centuries.

Engaging, charming, and informative, Dogland is an irresistibly appealing read for pop culture followers and animal lovers alike.]]> 256 Tommy Tomlinson 1982149329 Bob 5 4.08 2024 Dogland: Passion, Glory, and Lots of Slobber at the Westminster Dog Show
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average rating: 4.08
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]]> The Maid's Diary 60588452
When homicide cop Mallory Van Alst is called to a scene at a luxury waterfront home known as the Glass House, she’s confronted with evidence of a violent attack so bloody it’s improbable the victim is alive. But there’s no body. The homeowners are gone. And their maid is missing. The only witness is the elderly woman next door, who woke to screams in the night. The neighbor was also the last person to see Kit Darling alive.

As Mal begins to uncover the secret that has sent the lives of everyone involved on a devious and inescapable collision course, she realizes that nothing is quite as it seems.

And no one escapes their past.]]> 369 Loreth Anne White 1542034450 Bob 4 4.12 2023 The Maid's Diary
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.12
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America]]> 150244784
MSNBC's legal expert breaks down the ways disinformation has become a tool to drive voters to extremes, disempower our legal structures, and consolidate power in the hands of the few.

"One of the most acute observers of our time shares . . . a compelling work about a challenge that—left unexamined and left unchecked—could undermine our democracy." —Eric H. Holder Jr, 82nd Attorney General of the United States

American society is more polarized than ever before. We are strategically being pushed apart by disinformation—the deliberate spreading of lies disguised as truth—and it comes at us from all opportunists on the far right, Russian misinformed social media influencers, among others. It's endangering our democracy and causing havoc in our electoral system, schools, hospitals, workplaces, and in our Capitol. Advances in technology including rapid developments in artificial intelligence threaten to make the problems even worse by amplifying false claims and manufacturing credibility.

In Attack from Within , legal scholar and analyst Barbara McQuade, shows us how to identify the ways disinformation is seeping into all facets of our society and how we can fight against it. The book


Disinformation is designed to evoke a strong emotional response to push us toward more extreme views, unable to find common ground with others. The false claims that led to the breathtaking attack on our Capitol in 2020 may have been only a dress rehearsal. Attack from Within shows us how to prevent it from happening again, thus preserving our country’s hard-won democracy.]]> 385 Barbara McQuade 1644213648 Bob 3 4.35 2024 Attack from Within: How Disinformation Is Sabotaging America
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average rating: 4.35
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]]> The Innocent (Will Robie #1) 15790938
It begins with a hit gone wrong. Robie is dispatched to eliminate a target unusually close to home in Washington, D.C. But something about this mission doesn't seem right to Robie, and he does the unthinkable. He refuses to pull the trigger. Now, Robie becomes a target himself and is on the run.

Fleeing the scene, Robie crosses paths with a wayward teenage girl, a fourteen-year-old runaway from a foster home. But she isn't an ordinary runaway--her parents were murdered, and her own life is in danger. Against all of his professional habits, Robie rescues her and finds he can't walk away. He needs to help her. Even worse, the more Robie learns about the girl, the more he's convinced she is at the center of a vast cover-up, one that may explain her parents' deaths and stretch to unimaginable levels of power.

Now, Robie may have to step out of the shadows in order to save this girl's life...and perhaps his own.]]> 576 David Baldacci 0446572985 Bob 4 4.17 2012 The Innocent (Will Robie #1)
author: David Baldacci
name: Bob
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2012
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)]]> 228296
Suppose that only after you became pregnant did you begin to suspect the building harbored a diabolically evil group of devil worshippers who had mastered the arts of black magic and witchcraft.

Suppose that this satanic conspiracy set out to claim not only your husband but your baby.

Well, that's what happened to Rosemary... Or did it...?]]> 308 Ira Levin 0451194004 Bob 5 4.04 1967 Rosemary’s Baby (Rosemary's Baby, #1)
author: Ira Levin
name: Bob
average rating: 4.04
book published: 1967
rating: 5
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]]> Tripwire (Jack Reacher, #3) 1393132
DON'T MISS REACHER ON PRIME VIDEO!

Ex military policeman Jack Reacher is enjoying the lazy anonymity of Key West when a stranger shows up asking for him. He’s got a lot of questions. Reacher does too, especially after the guy turns up dead. The answers lead Reacher on a cold trail back to New York, to the tenuous confidence of an alluring woman, and the dangerous corners of his own past.]]> 559 Lee Child 0515143073 Bob 4 3.98 1999 Tripwire (Jack Reacher, #3)
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name: Bob
average rating: 3.98
book published: 1999
rating: 4
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]]> <![CDATA[The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)]]> 19691 Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision. The Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on...

]]> 432 Tom Clancy 0425172902 Bob 5 4.11 1984 The Hunt for Red October (Jack Ryan, #3)
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.11
book published: 1984
rating: 5
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]]> Gone Girl 21480930 560 Gillian Flynn 0553418351 Bob 5 4.05 2012 Gone Girl
author: Gillian Flynn
name: Bob
average rating: 4.05
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> Straight Shot (Tom Keeler #1) 53622347
Nice place, nice try.

But it’s a case of mistaken identity, and they picked the wrong guy.

The French police can’t be trusted, except for the beautiful Cecile Nazari.

She finds out fast, that keeping up with Keeler is a dangerous occupation.

Because someone’s preying on the weak and unprotected.

Someone murderous.

But they never counted on coming up against a guy like Keeler.]]> 394 Jack Lively Bob 3 4.30 2020 Straight Shot (Tom Keeler #1)
author: Jack Lively
name: Bob
average rating: 4.30
book published: 2020
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1)]]> 15808665
New intro by author.]]> 524 Lee Child 0515153656 Bob 5 3.97 1997 Killing Floor (Jack Reacher, #1)
author: Lee Child
name: Bob
average rating: 3.97
book published: 1997
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out]]> 127975811
We read to escape, to learn, to find love, to feel seen. We read to encounter new worlds, to discover new recipes, to find connection across difference, or simply to pass a rainy afternoon. No matter the reason, books have the power to keep us safe, to challenge us, and perhaps most importantly, to make us more fully human.

Shannon Reed, a longtime teacher, lifelong reader, and New Yorker contributor, gets it. With one simple goal in mind, she makes the case that we should read for pleasure above all else. In this whip-smart, laugh-out-loud-funny collection, Reed shares surprising stories from her life as a reader and the poignant ways in which books have impacted her students. From the varied novels she cherishes ( Gone Girl , Their Eyes Were Watching God ) to the ones she didn’t ( Tess of the d’Urbervilles ), Reed takes us on a rollicking tour through the comforting world of literature, celebrating the books we love, the readers who love them, and the surprising ways in which literature can transform us for the better.]]> 336 Shannon Reed 1335007962 Bob 5 3.66 2024 Why We Read: On Bookworms, Libraries, and Just One More Page Before Lights Out
author: Shannon Reed
name: Bob
average rating: 3.66
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Trident Deception: A Novel (Trident Deception Series, 1)]]> 21853689
On a routine patrol, the USS Kentucky , a Trident ballistic missile submarine carrying a full complement of nuclear warheads, receives a launch order. What the Kentucky 's crew does not know is that the order did not come from the U.S. government but from a rogue intelligence group-one with operatives secretly embedded within Western intelligence organizations who are intent on using the Kentucky to carry out a devastating agenda.

"Compelling and thrilling, this novel is a must read." -Jack Coughlin, New York Times bestselling author of Shooter and Time to Kill

Iran has completed its first nuclear weapon and, in ten days, will detonate it. The target is Israel. The rogue operatives' plan was to use a false code to send the submarine, which would enable it to destroy Iran before Iran can destroy Israel. But the Kentucky is not responding to the recall codes. And time is running out...Now it's up to a senior Navy officer-whose own son is aboard the Kentucky -to find, intercept, and neutralize the Kentucky before it unleashes a nuclear attack. As the conspiracy slowly unfolds and the deception grows ever deeper, it's up to one man to somehow do the Save millions of lives-and the fate of the world itself.

" The Trident Deception is a fistfight of a thriller. A masterpiece." -Dalton Fury, former Delta Force and New York Times bestselling author of Kill Bin Laden and Tier One Wild

This edition of the book is the deluxe, tall rack mass market paperback.]]> 608 Rick Campbell 125006127X Bob 5 4.11 2014 The Trident Deception: A Novel (Trident Deception Series, 1)
author: Rick Campbell
name: Bob
average rating: 4.11
book published: 2014
rating: 5
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]]> The Frozen River 112975658 A gripping historical mystery inspired by the life and diary of Martha Ballard, a renowned 18th-century midwife who defied the legal system and wrote herself into American history.

Maine, 1789: When the Kennebec River freezes, entombing a man in the ice, Martha Ballard is summoned to examine the body and determine cause of death. As a midwife and healer, she is privy to much of what goes on behind closed doors in Hallowell. Her diary is a record of every birth and death, crime and debacle that unfolds in the close-knit community. Months earlier, Martha documented the details of an alleged rape committed by two of the town’s most respected gentlemen—one of whom has now been found dead in the ice. But when a local physician undermines her conclusion, declaring the death to be an accident, Martha is forced to investigate the shocking murder on her own.

Over the course of one winter, as the trial nears, and whispers and prejudices mount, Martha doggedly pursues the truth. Her diary soon lands at the center of the scandal, implicating those she loves, and compelling Martha to decide where her own loyalties lie.

Clever, layered, and subversive, Ariel Lawhon’s newest offering introduces an unsung heroine who refused to accept anything less than justice at a time when women were considered best seen and not heard. The Frozen River is a thrilling, tense, and tender story about a remarkable woman who left an unparalleled legacy yet remains nearly forgotten to this day.]]> 432 Ariel Lawhon 0385546874 Bob 5 4.37 2023 The Frozen River
author: Ariel Lawhon
name: Bob
average rating: 4.37
book published: 2023
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Sandstorm (Charlie Cooper Thrillers #1)]]> 71393528
Group Fifteen operative and ex-MI6 officer Charlie Cooper is working undercover as a political negotiator. Attending a conference surrounded by diplomats, businessmen and lobbyists, nobody would suspect what he really does for a living. Also in their midst is Aisha, a Saudi activist whose protests against human rights abuses have made her an enemy of her country’s regime.

It isn’t just Cooper visiting Cairo under false pretenses. A hit squad has been sent to eliminate Aisha and their reputation precedes them. Cooper knows all too well that these men mean business and is given the order to take them out. But when he is told to use Aisha as bait, he starts to question what he is doing.

The hunt is on and the sandstorm is heading their way. Can Cooper eliminate the assassins before they reach Aisha? Can he keep her safe from harm without any means of escape?]]> 151 Mark Dawson Bob 3 4.20 2022 Sandstorm (Charlie Cooper Thrillers #1)
author: Mark Dawson
name: Bob
average rating: 4.20
book published: 2022
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Arthur: The Dog who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home ((Now the Film Arthur the King))]]> 39096339 When you are racing 435 miles through the jungles and mountains of South America, the last thing you need is a stray dog tagging along. But that's exactly what happened to Mikael Lindnord, captain of a Swedish adventure racing team, when he threw a scruffy but dignified mongrel a meatball one afternoon.

When they left the next day, the dog followed. Try as they might, they couldn't lose him - and soon Mikael realised that he didn't want to. Crossing rivers, battling illness and injury, and struggling through some of the toughest terrain on the planet, the team and the dog walked together towards the finish line, where Mikael decided he would save Arthur and bring him back to his family in Sweden, whatever it took.

Reactions to Arthur's story:

'an incredible journey' Daily Telegraph

'Arthur latched onto an extreme sports team during the Amazon race - and what happened next will melt the hardest heart' - Daily Mail

]]> 288 Mikael Lindnord 1771644478 Bob 2 4.17 2016 Arthur: The Dog who Crossed the Jungle to Find a Home ((Now the Film Arthur the King))
author: Mikael Lindnord
name: Bob
average rating: 4.17
book published: 2016
rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[Broken Harbour (Dublin Murder Squad, #4)]]> 54289509
Scorcher Kennedy is given the case because he is the Murder squad's star detective. At first he and his rookie partner, Richie, think this is a simple one: Pat Spain was a casualty of the recession, so he killed his children, tried to kill his wife Jenny, and finished off with himself. But there are too many inexplicable details and the evidence is pointing in two directions at once.

Scorcher's personal life is tugging for his attention. Seeing the case on the news has sent his sister Dina off the rails again, and she's resurrecting something that Scorcher thought he had tightly under control: what happened to their family, one summer at Broken Harbour, back when they were children. The neat compartments of his life are breaking down, and the sudden tangle of work and family is putting both at risk ...]]> 534 Tana French 0340977655 Bob 5 3.88 2012 Broken Harbour (Dublin Murder Squad, #4)
author: Tana French
name: Bob
average rating: 3.88
book published: 2012
rating: 5
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]]> Long Bright River 43834909 Two sisters travel the same streets, though their lives couldn't be more different. Then, one of them goes missing.

In a Philadelphia neighborhood rocked by the opioid crisis, two once-inseparable sisters find themselves at odds. One, Kacey, lives on the streets in the vise of addiction. The other, Mickey, walks those same blocks on her police beat. They don't speak anymore, but Mickey never stops worrying about her sibling.

Then Kacey disappears, suddenly, at the same time that a mysterious string of murders begins in Mickey's district, and Mickey becomes dangerously obsessed with finding the culprit--and her sister--before it's too late.

Alternating its present-day mystery with the story of the sisters' childhood and adolescence, Long Bright River is at once heart-pounding and heart-wrenching: a gripping suspense novel that is also a moving story of sisters, addiction, and the formidable ties that persist between place, family, and fate.]]> 482 Liz Moore 0525540679 Bob 3 4.02 2020 Long Bright River
author: Liz Moore
name: Bob
average rating: 4.02
book published: 2020
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning]]> 134115745 Read by Liz Cheney with 50+ audio source material clips included, Oath and Honor is a gripping first-hand account from inside the halls of Congress as Donald Trump and his enablers betrayed the American people and the Constitution—leading to the violent attack on our Capitol on January 6th, 2021—by the House Republican leader who dared to stand up to it.

In the aftermath of the 2020 presidential election, Donald Trump and many around him, including certain other elected Republican officials, intentionally breached their oath to the Constitution: they ignored the rulings of dozens of courts, plotted to overturn a lawful election, and provoked a violent attack on our Capitol.

Liz Cheney, one of the few Republican officials to take a stand against these efforts, witnessed the attack first-hand, and then helped lead the Congressional Select Committee investigation into how it happened. In Oath and Honor, she tells the story of this perilous moment in our history, those who helped Trump spread the stolen election lie, those whose actions preserved our constitutional framework, and the risks we still face.]]> 372 Liz Cheney 0316572063 Bob 5 4.55 2023 Oath and Honor: A Memoir and a Warning
author: Liz Cheney
name: Bob
average rating: 4.55
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rating: 5
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]]> The Reformatory 62919847 A gripping, page-turning novel set in Jim Crow Florida that follows Robert Stephens Jr. as he’s sent to a segregated reform school that is a chamber of terrors where he sees the horrors of racism and injustice, for the living, and the dead.

Gracetown, Florida
June 1950

Twelve-year-old Robbie Stephens, Jr., is sentenced to six months at the Gracetown School for Boys, a reformatory, for kicking the son of the largest landowner in town in defense of his older sister, Gloria. So begins Robbie’s journey further into the terrors of the Jim Crow South and the very real horror of the school they call The Reformatory.

Robbie has a talent for seeing ghosts, or haints. But what was once a comfort to him after the loss of his mother has become a window to the truth of what happens at the reformatory. Boys forced to work to remediate their so-called crimes have gone missing, but the haints Robbie sees hint at worse things. Through his friends Redbone and Blue, Robbie is learning not just the rules but how to survive. Meanwhile, Gloria is rallying every family member and connection in Florida to find a way to get Robbie out before it’s too late.

The Reformatory is a haunting work of historical fiction written as only American Book Award–winning author Tananarive Due could, by piecing together the life of the relative her family never spoke of and bringing his tragedy and those of so many others at the infamous Dozier School for Boys to the light in this riveting novel.]]> 576 Tananarive Due 1982188340 Bob 2 4.44 2023 The Reformatory
author: Tananarive Due
name: Bob
average rating: 4.44
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rating: 2
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]]> <![CDATA[In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)]]> 56501879
Twenty years later, the found boy, Rob Ryan, is a detective on the Dublin Murder Squad and keeps his past a secret. But when a twelve-year-old girl is found murdered in the same woods, he and Detective Cassie Maddox—his partner and closest friend—find themselves investigating a case chillingly similar to the previous unsolved mystery. Now, with only snippets of long-buried memories to guide him, Ryan has the chance to uncover both the mystery of the case before him and that of his own shadowy past.]]> 596 Tana French 1444758349 Bob 5 3.78 2007 In the Woods (Dublin Murder Squad, #1)
author: Tana French
name: Bob
average rating: 3.78
book published: 2007
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Chaos Agent (Gray Man, #13)]]> 157979394 Artificial intelligence leads to shockingly real danger for the Gray Man in this latest entry in the #1 New York Times bestselling series.A car accident in Japan.A drowning in Seoul.A home invasion in Boston.Someone is killing the world’s leading experts on robotics and artificial intelligence. Is it a tech company trying to eliminate the competition or is it something even more sinister?After all, artificial intelligence may be the deadliest battlefield gamechanger since the creation of gunpowder. The first nation to field weapons that can act at the speed of computer commands will rule the battlefield.It’s an irresistible lure for most, but not for the Gray Man. His quest for a quiet life has led him to Central America where he and his lover, Zoya Zakharova, have assumed new identities. With a list of enemies that includes billionaires, terrorists, and governments, they need to keep a low profile, but the world’s deadliest assassin can’t expect to hide out forever.Eventually, they’re tracked down and offered a job by an old acquaintance of Zoya’s. He needs their help extracting a Russian scientist who is on the kill list. They reject the offer, but just being seen with him is enough to put assassins on their trail.Now, they’re back on the run, but no matter which way they turn, it's clear that whoever's tracking them is always going to be one step ahead. Since flight’s no longer possible, fight is the only option left, and no one fights dirtier than the Gray Man.]]> 543 Mark Greaney 0593548140 Bob 4 4.34 2024 The Chaos Agent (Gray Man, #13)
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.34
book published: 2024
rating: 4
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]]> Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9) 126919150
Not his usual mission, and not one Evan embraces with enthusiasm, but this unlikely, tiny job quickly explodes into his biggest mission yet. one that finds him battered between twisted AI technocrat billionaires, a mysterious female assassin who seems a mirror of himself, and personal stakes so gut-wrenching he can scarcely make sense of them .

Evan's mission pushes him to his limit - he must find and take down the assassin known only as the Wolf, before she succeeds in completing her mission and killing the people who can identify her - a teenaged daughter of her last target, and Evan himself. Matched skill for skill, instinct for instinct, Evan must outwit an opponent who will literally stop at nothing if he is to survive.]]> 389 Gregg Hurwitz Bob 5 4.32 2024 Lone Wolf (Orphan X, #9)
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.32
book published: 2024
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[Dark State (Jason Trapp Thrillers)]]> 68754825
America is under attack. Thousands lie dead after simultaneous strikes across the country. The day will come to be known as Bloody Monday.

Jason Trapp, codename ‘Hangman�, was a covert operative whose feats became the stuff of legend. He was the tip of the spear—the man his country unleashed when all hope was lost.

Six months ago, someone sold him out. The Agency listed him as killed in action. He lost everything—and everyone—he held dear.

But Trapp’s not that easy to kill. As his country reels from the deadliest terrorist attacks it has ever witnessed, Trapp’s personal vendetta leads him right back to where he started: duty to his country. The violence, the terror, the assassination of his partner� It’s all connected.

And now the Hangman is coming for the guilty.

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"Fans of Ryan, Reacher and Bourne will love betrayed CIA operative Jason Trapp, who stars in a pulse-pounding revenge thriller in 2019's breakout hit."

Note: Dark State was previously published as Deep State.]]> 452 Jack Slater Bob 4 3.89 Dark State (Jason Trapp Thrillers)
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average rating: 3.89
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]]> <![CDATA[The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)]]> 157062582
Alors que l’affaire menace la réputation du Regency Grand, et que tous les employés sont des suspects, Molly se rend compte qu’elle a un lien important avec la victime. La clé de cette énigme se trouve nichée dans son passé, à l’époque où, enfant, elle accompagnait sa grand-mère dans le mystérieux manoir des Grimthorpe�

Afin d’aider ses amis, de sauver l’hôtel et d’empêcher un nouveau drame, Molly va se lancer corps et âme dans cette nouvelle enquête haute en couleur !]]> 293 Nita Prose 0593356187 Bob 3 3.75 2023 The Mystery Guest (Molly the Maid, #2)
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name: Bob
average rating: 3.75
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> Hero 179846483
Unable to stand the embarrassment of his lackeys having been defeated by a lone woman, Mr. Conger puts in a call to the one man who can make his problems disappear. Known for his swiftness and subtlety, Leo Sealy will kill anyone for a price. All he needs is a name and a face, any starting point to pick up his victim’s trail. Luckily for him, the local news is as eager as he is for any information about the heroic bodyguard―and quick to broadcast their findings, regardless of what it might mean for her safety. But Sealy isn’t prepared for just how quick and resourceful Justine can be. So begins a cat and mouse game between two people who know more about how to take down one’s enemies than anyone else in the business.

Justine finds herself up against both a hardened killer and the fickle media landscape that can turn on her just as quickly as it celebrated her in this high-stakes thriller from the author of The Old Man .]]> 274 Thomas Perry 1613164777 Bob 1 3.74 2024 Hero
author: Thomas Perry
name: Bob
average rating: 3.74
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rating: 1
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]]> <![CDATA[The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)]]> 18512 here.

The Companions of the Ring have become involved in separate adventures as the quest continues. Aragorn, revealed as the hidden heir of the ancient Kings of the West, joined with the Riders of Rohan against the forces of Isengard, and took part in the desperate victory of the Hornburg. Merry and Pippin, captured by Orcs, escaped into Fangorn Forest and there encountered the Ents. Gandalf returned, miraculously, and defeated the evil wizard, Saruman. Meanwhile, Sam and Frodo progressed towards Mordor to destroy the Ring, accompanied by SmEagol--Gollum, still obsessed by his 'precious'. After a battle with the giant spider, Shelob, Sam left his master for dead; but Frodo is still alive--in the hands of the Orcs. And all the time the armies of the Dark Lord are massing. J.R.R. Tolkien's great work of imaginative fiction has been labeled both a heroic romance and a classic fantasy fiction. By turns comic and homely, epic and diabolic, the narrative moves through countless changes of scene and character in an imaginary world which is totally convincing in its detail.]]> 404 J.R.R. Tolkien Bob 5 4.54 1955 The Return of the King (The Lord of the Rings, #3)
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Bob
average rating: 4.54
book published: 1955
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)]]> 15241
Frodo and his Companions of the Ring have been beset by danger during their quest to prevent the Ruling Ring from falling into the hands of the Dark Lord by destroying it in the Cracks of Doom. They have lost the wizard, Gandalf, in a battle in the Mines of Moria. And Boromir, seduced by the power of the Ring, tried to seize it by force. While Frodo and Sam made their escape, the rest of the company was attacked by Orcs.

Now they continue the journey alone down the great River Anduin -- alone, that is, save for the mysterious creeping figure that follows wherever they go.]]> 322 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346260 Bob 5 4.45 1954 The Two Towers (The Lord of the Rings, #2)
author: J.R.R. Tolkien
name: Bob
average rating: 4.45
book published: 1954
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Forgotten Soldier (A Pike Logan Thriller)]]> 29876758 For years, the extralegal counterterrorist unit known as the Taskforce has worked in the shadows, anticipating and preventing attacks around the globe. Created to deal with a terrorist threat that shuns the civilized rule of law, it abandoned the same, operating outside of the US Constitution. Though wildly successful, it was rooted in a fear that the cure could be worse than the disease.
And now that fear has come home.
A Special Forces soldier is killed on an operation in Afghanistan, and complicit in the attack is a government official of an allied nation. While the US administration wants to forget the casualty, one Taskforce member will not. When he sets out to avenge his brother's death, his actions threaten to not only expose the Taskforce's activities, but also destroy a web of alliances against a greater evil. Pike Logan understands the desire, but also the danger. Brought in to eliminate the risk, he's now forced to choose between his friend and the administration he's sworn to protect, while unbeknownst to either of them, the soldier's death is only the beginning...."]]> 512 Brad Taylor 0451477197 Bob 5 4.21 2015 The Forgotten Soldier (A Pike Logan Thriller)
author: Brad Taylor
name: Bob
average rating: 4.21
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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]]> My Murder 62952152 What if the murder you had to solve was your own?

Lou is a happily married mother of an adorable toddler. She's also the victim of a local serial killer. Recently brought back to life and returned to her grieving family by a government project, she is grateful for this second chance. But as the new Lou re-adapts to her old routines, and as she bonds with other female victims, she realizes that disturbing questions remain about what exactly preceded her death and how much she can really trust those around her.

Now it's not enough to care for her child, love her husband, and work the job she's always enjoyed--she must also figure out the circumstances of her death. Darkly comic, tautly paced, and full of surprises, My Murder is a devour-in-one-sitting, clever twist on the classic thriller.]]> 304 Katie Williams 0593543769 Bob 4 3.61 2023 My Murder
author: Katie Williams
name: Bob
average rating: 3.61
book published: 2023
rating: 4
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]]> The Coworker 123423832 Two women. An office filled with secrets. One terrible crime that can't be taken back.

Dawn Schiff is strange. At least, everyone thinks so at Vixed, the nutritional supplement company where Dawn works as an accountant. She never says the right thing. She has no friends. And she is always at her desk at precisely 8:45 a.m.

So when Dawn doesn't show up to the office one morning, her coworker Natalie Farrell—beautiful, popular, top sales rep five years running—is surprised. Then she receives an unsettling, anonymous phone call that changes everything�

It turns out Dawn wasn't just an awkward outsider—she was being targeted by someone close. And now Natalie is irrevocably tied to Dawn as she finds herself caught in a twisted game of cat and mouse that leaves her wondering: who's the real victim?

But one thing is incredibly clear: somebody hated Dawn Schiff. Enough to kill.

The Coworker is a tense, unputdownable thriller from New York Times bestselling author Freida McFadden that explores the dark ways the past can echo through the present―with deadly consequences.]]> 362 Freida McFadden 172829620X Bob 3 3.68 2023 The Coworker
author: Freida McFadden
name: Bob
average rating: 3.68
book published: 2023
rating: 3
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]]> <![CDATA[The Insider Threat (Pike Logan, #8)]]> 27209423 In the eighth action-packed thriller in the New York Times bestselling Pike Logan series, ISIS, the most maniacal terrorist organization the modern world has ever seen, is poised to make their most audacious strike yet.

The United States has anticipated and averted countless attacks from terrorist groups—thanks in large part to the extralegal counterterrorist unit known as the Taskforce. But inThe Insider Threat, a much more insidious evil is about to shatter the false sense of safety surrounding civilized nations. While world powers combat ISIS on the battlefield, a different threat is set in motion by the group—one that can’t be defeated by an airstrike. Off the radar of every Western intelligence organization, able to penetrate America or any European state, they intend to commit an act of unimaginable barbarity. Only Pike Logan and the Taskforce stand in the way of an attack no one anticipates, a grand deception that will wreak unthinkable chaos and reverberate throughout the Western world.]]> 544 Brad Taylor 0451477189 Bob 5 4.06 2015 The Insider Threat (Pike Logan, #8)
author: Brad Taylor
name: Bob
average rating: 4.06
book published: 2015
rating: 5
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]]> <![CDATA[The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)]]> 34
One Ring to rule them all, One Ring to find them, One Ring to bring them all and in the darkeness bind them

In ancient times the Rings of Power were crafted by the Elven-smiths, and Sauron, The Dark Lord, forged the One Ring, filling it with his own power so that he could rule all others. But the One Ring was taken from him, and though he sought it throughout Middle-earth, it remained lost to him. After many ages it fell into the hands of Bilbo Baggins, as told in The Hobbit.

In a sleepy village in the Shire, young Frodo Baggins finds himself faced with an immense task, as his elderly cousin Bilbo entrusts the Ring to his care. Frodo must leave his home and make a perilous journey across Middle-earth to the Cracks of Doom, there to destroy the Ring and foil the Dark Lord in his evil purpose.
--back cover]]> 398 J.R.R. Tolkien 0618346252 Bob 5 4.36 1954 The Fellowship of the Ring (The Lord of the Rings, #1)
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name: Bob
average rating: 4.36
book published: 1954
rating: 5
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