James Patterson
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Language
English
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"Matthew Keating, a one-time Navy SEAL--and a past president--has always defended his family as staunchly as he has his country. Now those defenses are under attack. A madman abducts Keating's teenage daughter, Melanie--turning every parent's deepest fear into a matter of national security. As the world watches in real time, Keating embarks on a one-man special-ops mission that tests his strengths: as a leader, a warrior, and a father."--
342) Run, Rose, run
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Language
English
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Description
From America's most beloved superstar and its greatest storyteller--a thriller about a young singer-songwriter on the rise and on the run, and determined to do whatever it takes to survive. Every song tells a story. She's a star on the rise, singing about the hard life behind her. She's also on the run. Find a future, lose a past. Nashville is where she's come to claim her destiny. It's also where the darkness she's fled might find her. And destroy...
Author
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Description
1st To Die: In San Francisco newlyweds are being stalked-and slaughtered. Enter four unforgettable women, all friends: Lindsay, a homicide inspector in the city's police department, Claire, a medical examiner, Jill, an assistant D.A., and Cindy, a reporter who has just started working the crime desk of the San Francisco Chronicle. Joining forces, pooling their talents, courage, and brains, they have one goal. To find, trap,
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Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2011
Edition
1st Yen Press ed.
Physical Desc
1 v. (unpaged) : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Escaping ITEX in Florida, the Flock head west, with Max more burdened than ever by the knowledge that she's meant to save the world. But while their leader is keen to stay on the path leading to her destiny, Fang and the others are more interested in settling down and letting the chips fall where they may. With the Erasers eerily absent from their lives of late, has the Flock finally earned a bit of peace...or is this all just the calm before the...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Language
English
Description
"Fourteen-year-old Maximum Ride knows what it's like to soar above the world. She and all the members of her 'flock'-- Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel-- are just like ordinary kids, except they have wings and can fly! It may seem like a dream come true to some, but for the flock it's more like a living nightmare when the mysterious lab known as the 'School' turns up and kidnaps their youngest member. Now it's up to Max to organize a rescue, but...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st Yen Press ed.
Physical Desc
206 p. : chiefly ill. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
The time has come for Max and her winged "Flock" to face their ultimate enemy and discover their original purpose: to defeat the takeover of "Re-evolution," a sinister experiment to re-engineer a select population into a scientifically superior master race...and to terminate the rest. Max, Fang, Iggy, Nudge, Gasman, and Angel have always worked together to defeat the forces working against them-but can they save the world when they are torn apart,...
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Language
English
Description
"Twelve-year-old Victor Spoil comes from a long line of famous supervillains and he's fully expected to join their ranks one day. But to his family's utter disappointment, Victor doesn't have a single bad-guy bone in his body. He won't run with scissors, he always finishes his peas, and he can't stand to be messy. Hopeless!"--
348) Scouts
Author
Language
English
Description
The summer before seventh grade, five best friends sneak out to watch a meteor shower, but soon find themselves on the run from a violent mountain clan.
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
1st Yen Press ed.
Physical Desc
206 p. : ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
With the files found at New York's Institute for Higher Living in hand, the flock is headed for Washington, D.C., eager to learn more about the events leading up to their transformation. But the school has a new batch of flying Erasers ready to bring down the flock. Young adult.
Author
Publisher
JIMMY Patterson Books/Little, Brown and company
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
356 pages ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Finding himself alone in a posh New York City hotel room for the night, Aidan does what any red-blooded seventeen-year-old would do-- he tries to hook up with someone new. But that lapse in judgment leads to him waking up next to a dead guy, which sparks an epic case of mistaken identity. Now he's on the run from federal agents -- and a cyber-terrorist group who will stop at nothing to find him.
Author
Publisher
Jimmy Patterson Books
Pub. Date
2019.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
402 pages : illustration ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
"In this mesmerizing sequel to the New York Times bestselling Girls of Paper and Fire, Lei and Wren have escaped their oppressive lives in the Hidden Palace, but soon learn that freedom comes with a terrible cost. Lei, the naive country girl who became a royal courtesan, is now known as the Moonchosen, the commoner who managed to do what no one else could. But slaying the cruel Demon King wasn't the end of the plan---it's just the beginning. Now Lei...
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
A mother and daughter on vacation in Paris unpack a lifetime of secrets and hopes. Every daughter has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets. Laurie is an artist, a collector of experiences. She travels the world with a worn beige duffel bag. Every mother has her own distinctive voice, her inimitable style, and her secrets. "Dr. Liz," Laurie's mother, is an elegant perfectionist who travels the world with a matched set of...
Author
Publisher
Yen Press
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st Yen Press ed.
Physical Desc
248 p. : chiefly ill. (some col.) ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
Max and her flock escape the school after recovering Angel, who shares what she has learned about their true identities, but Erasers follow them to New York, where Max ponders her destiny.
356) Kiss the girls
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
c1998
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 117 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Washington DC detective Dr. Alex Cross (Morgan Freeman) travels to North Carolina to investigate the apparent kidnapping of his niece (Gina Ravera). Aided by escaped kidnapee Kate McTiernan (Ashley Judd), Cross hunts down the kidnapper, who operates under the pseudonym "Cassanova".
Author
Pub. Date
2014
Edition
First Yen Press edition.
Physical Desc
210 pages : illustrations ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
While on a scientific expedition, Max and his friends are targeted by an underworld figure who intends to sell these super-kids to the highest bidder and employs his robot army to collect them.
358) Along came a spider
Publisher
Paramount Pictures
Pub. Date
c2001
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Dr. Alex Cross is back to work the case of a girl who was kidnapped from her Washington, D.C. school, a place where senators and diplomats send their children. Its up to Alex to profile the kidnapper and find the girl.
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Language
Deutsch
Description
Es gibt Dinge, die nur ein Präsident wissen kann. Es gibt Dinge, die nur ein Präsident tun kann. Doch was geschieht, wenn der Präsident verschwindet? Ex-Präsident Bill Clinton und Bestsellerautor James Patterson verbinden einen mitreißenden Thriller mit dem Insiderwissen und den Details, die nur ein Präsident kennen kann.
