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Eye of the Needle
by Ken Follett
A thrilling tale of espionage and wartime romance, set in the chaos of WWII.
In 1940, Henry Faber, a German spy nicknamed 'die Nadel' ('The Needle') due to his trademark weapon being a stiletto , is working at a London railway depot, collecting information on troop movements. ... (Wikipedia)
World Without End
by Ken Follett
Epic tale of love and war, tracing the lives of two families over centuries.
The novel begins in the fictional city of Kingsbridge, England in the year 1327 . Four children - Merthin, Caris, Gwenda, and Merthin's brother Ralph - head into the woods on All Hallows Day . ... (Wikipedia)
Lie Down with Lions
by Ken Follett
A love story set in the midst of a civil war in Afghanistan, where loyalties are tested and secrets are revealed.
Ellis, the American. Jean-Pierre, the Frenchman. They were two men on opposite sides of the cold war, with a woman torn between them. Together, they formed a triangle of passion and deception, racing ... (Goodreads)
The Winds of War
by Herman Wouk
The story of a family caught in the middle of World War II and their struggles to survive.
Like no other masterpiece of historical fiction, Herman Wouk's sweeping epic of World War II is the great novel of America's Greatest Generation. , Wouk's spellbinding narrative captures the tide of ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Killer Angels
by Michael Shaara
A gripping story of the Battle of Gettysburg, told through the eyes of the soldiers on both sides.
Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain , one of the major characters, remembers reciting to his father a speech from, Hamlet, : "What a piece of work is man...in action how like an angel!" Sgt. Buster Kilrain ... (Wikipedia)
The Eagle Has Landed
by Jack Higgins
A daring mission to kidnap Winston Churchill from his English home in World War II.
In November of 1943, an elite team of Nazi paratroopers descends on British soil with a diabolical goal: to abduct Winston Churchill and cripple the Allied war effort. The mission, ordered by Hitler ... (Goodreads)
The Afghan
by Frederick Forsyth
A retired SAS officer is recruited to track down a Taliban leader responsible for a deadly attack on a US army base in Afghanistan.
A chilling story of modern terrorism from the grandmaster of international intrigue., T he Day of the Jackal,, The Dogs of War,, The Odessa File,-the books of Frederick Forsyth have helped define the ... (Goodreads)
QB VII
by Leon Uris
A courtroom drama that explores the aftermath of a libel suit brought by a Polish doctor against an American author.
A famous author, Abraham Cady, stands trial for libel. In his book The Holocaust , he named eminent surgeon Sir Adam Kelno as one of the Jadwiga concentration camp 's most sadistic inmate/doctors. ... (Wikipedia)
Prey
by Michael Crichton
A swarm of nanorobots designed to self-replicate and evolve escape from a lab, threatening humanity's existence.
The novel is narrated by the protagonist Jack Forman, an unemployed software programmer who used to work for a company called Media Tronics but was fired and blackballed for discovering an internal ... (Wikipedia)
Lonesome Dove
by Larry McMurtry
Epic tale of two former Texas Rangers on a cattle drive from Texas to Montana.
It is the late 1870s. , Captain Woodrow F. Call and Captain Augustus "Gus" McCrae, two famous retired Texas Rangers , run the Hat Creek Cattle Company and Livery Emporium in the small Texas border ... (Wikipedia)
The Guns of Navarone
by Alistair MacLean
A daring mission to destroy a fortress blocking the Allied forces from a major port.
The island of Navarone, off the Turkish coast, has been heavily fortified as the Germans attempt to stifle British naval activity in the Aegean. A force of twelve hundred British soldiers is now ... (Wikipedia)
Genghis: Birth of an Empire
by Conn Iggulden
Epic tale of a determined man's rise to power, uniting many nomadic tribes into a powerful Mongol nation.
He was born Temujin, the son of a khan, raised in a clan of hunters migrating across the rugged steppe. Temujin's young life was shaped by a series of brutal acts: the betrayal of his father by a ... (Goodreads)
The Last Full Measure
by Jeff Shaara
Epic story of the battles of Gettysburg, Antietam, and Chickamauga as told through the eyes of the soldiers and officers who fought them.
Librarian's note: An alternative cover edition for this ISBN can be found here . In the Pulitzer prize-winning classic The Killer Angels, Michael Shaara created the finest Civil War novel of our ... (Goodreads)
War and Remembrance
by Herman Wouk
Epic saga of a Jewish family's journey through WWII, facing the struggles of a war-torn world.
War and Remembrance completes the cycle that began with, The Winds of War, . The story includes historical occurrences at Midway , Yalta , Guadalcanal , and El Alamein as well as the Allied invasions ... (Wikipedia)
Call for the Dead
by John le Carré
A spy thriller about a British agent's investigation into a diplomat's mysterious death.
Following a wartime excursion undercover, first in Germany and then in Switzerland , George Smiley returns to England and marries Lady Ann Sercombe. Although a devout husband, Ann is serially ... (Wikipedia)
The Rainmaker
by John Grisham
A young lawyer's quest to bring justice to a family in need.
Rudy Baylor is about to graduate from Memphis State Law School . He secures a position with a Memphis law firm , who then loses his job when the firm is bought out by the large Memphis law firm ... (Wikipedia)
The Brass Verdict
by Michael Connelly
Defense attorney Mickey Haller inherits a high-profile murder case from a colleague, but soon realizes he may be in over his head.
Since the events of the previous novel, attorney Mickey Haller has spent a year recuperating from his wounds and a subsequent addiction to painkillers. He is called back to the practice of law when ... (Wikipedia)
Raise the Titanic!
by Clive Cussler
A thrilling adventure to find a sunken treasure at the bottom of the ocean.
In 1987, Dr. Gene Seagram leads the top-secret Pentagon program Meta Section, which secretly attempts to leapfrog current technology by 20 to 30 years. One result: the Sicilian Project, which uses ... (Wikipedia)
Up Country
by Nelson DeMille
A veteran's revenge mission to bring justice to those responsible for his friend's death in Vietnam.
One of the last things that Chief Warrant Officer Paul Brenner wanted to do was return to work for the Army's Criminal Investigation Division-an organization that thanked him for his many years of ... (Wikipedia)
Patriot Games
by Tom Clancy
A former CIA analyst must protect his family from domestic terrorists, while thwarting a major international conspiracy.
A kidnapping attempt on the Prince and Princess of Wales and their infant son occurs at the Mall in London . The attack is orchestrated by members of the Ulster Liberation Army , an ideologically ... (Wikipedia)
Treasure
by Clive Cussler
A thrilling adventure to find a lost treasure, with danger and excitement at every turn.
The book starts with a historical prologue in which Julius Venator, a Roman , along with a group of Roman soldiers and slaves , sail in a fleet of ships ferrying the treasures from the Library of ... (Wikipedia)
This Was a Man
by Jeffrey Archer
A gripping tale of ambition, power, loyalty and betrayal set in Victorian England.
This Was a Man continues the story of the Clifton family. It starts with the readers to believe Karin has been executed by her Russian handler after being found out as a double agent. Harry sets out ... (Wikipedia)
The Emperor's Tomb
by Steve Berry
A historical thriller that follows Cotton Malone as he uncovers a conspiracy surrounding the tomb of China's first emperor.
BONUS: This edition contains a Cotton Malone Dossier, an excerpt from Steve Berry's The Columbus Affair, and a short story by Steve Berry, The Balkan Escape . NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER Former Justice ... (Barnes & Noble)
The Lion's Game
by Nelson DeMille
An international terrorist gives chase to a CIA operative, with the fate of the world in the balance.
"The Lion" will be landing. And at New York's JFK Airport, an elite American task force waits as the notorious Libyan terrorist prepares to defect to the West. Then, aboard Flight 175, something goes ... (Wikipedia)
Doctor Zhivago
by Boris Pasternak
A love story set against the backdrop of the Russian Revolution, exploring the tragedy of a nation in upheaval.
The plot of Doctor Zhivago is long and intricate. It can be difficult to follow for two reasons. First, Pasternak employs many characters, who interact with each other throughout the book in ... (Wikipedia)
The Haj
by Leon Uris
A Palestinian family's struggle for survival and identity amidst the conflict with Israel.
The novel begins in 1922 with a depiction of traditional life in the Arabic village during the British Mandate of Palestine : Ibrahim al Soukori al Wahhabi asserts his inherited position as leader of ... (Wikipedia)
The Bear and the Dragon
by Tom Clancy
A thrilling geopolitical espionage mission to protect the US from a dangerous foreign threat.
In Moscow, SVR director Sergey Golovko survives an attack on his way to work, when a car identical to the armored white Mercedes that he was in was shot with an RPG-7 , killing the occupants (one of ... (Wikipedia)
Red Rabbit
by Tom Clancy
CIA analyst Jack Ryan uncovers a Soviet plot to assassinate the Pope and must stop it before it's too late.
In 1982, Pope John Paul II privately issues a letter to the communist Polish government , stating that he will resign from the papacy and return to his hometown unless they cease their repression of ... (Wikipedia)
Agent Running in the Field
by John le Carré
A veteran spy navigates the treacherous waters of modern espionage in a world of political turmoil and personal betrayal.
The novel is set in 2018 and depicts the relationship between Nat (né Anatoly), , a 47-year-old member of the British Secret Intelligence Service (MI6), and a young man he plays badminton with ... (Wikipedia)
Gods and Generals
by Jeff Shaara
Epic saga of the American Civil War, recounting the experiences of its heroes and leaders.
Copying his father's approach of focusing on the most important officers of the two armies ( General Robert E. Lee , Major General Winfield Scott Hancock , Lt. Gen. Thomas J. "Stonewall" Jackson , ... (Wikipedia)
