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[2019]., Adults, Dutton Call No: FIC DAV Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "From the dramatic redbrick facade to the sweeping staircase dripping with art, the Chelsea Hotel has long been New York City's creative oasis for the many artists, writers, musicians, actors, filmmakers, and poets who have called it home--a scene playwright Hazel Riley and actress Maxine Mead are determined to use to their advantage. Yet they soon discover that the greatest obstacle to putting up a show on Broadway has nothing to do with their art, and everything to do with politics. A Red scare is sweeping across America, and Senator Joseph McCarthy has started a witch hunt for Communists, with those in the entertainment industry in the crosshairs. As the pressure builds to name names, it is more than Hazel and Maxine's Broadway dreams that may suffer as they grapple with the terrible consequences, but also their livelihood, their friendship, and even their freedom. Spanning from the 1940s to the 1960s, The Chelsea Girls deftly pulls back the curtain on the desperate political pressures of McCarthyism,the complicated bonds of female friendship, and the siren call of the uninhibited Chelsea Hotel"--
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c2008., Adult, Kensington Books Call No: FIC MIC Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: SisterhoodSummary Note: The seven women of the Sisterhood fear their latest mission may be too difficult to pull off, but with the promise of a full presidential pardon as their reward, the group decides to take a risk and try to uncover who is behind a government conspiracy.
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-- Commander-in-chief[2015]., Adults, G. P. Putnam's Sons Call No: FIC CLA Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Jack Ryan novel Volume: #11Summary Note: "With fifty thousand Russian troops poised to invade a NATO nation, can Jack Ryan move swiftly enough to stop [Russian president Valeri] Volodin's grand plan of global conflict and conquest?"--Book jacket.
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-- Crown.[2021]., Adults, Sony Pictures Home Entertainment Call No: DVD TV Series Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The story of Queen Elizabeth II's reign of the United Kingdom, and how it helped to shaped the latter part of the twentieth century.
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c2009., Adult, Putnams Call No: FIC HIG Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Alexander Kurbsky, a writer and ex-paratrooper, makes secret plans to escape Puntin's Russia and go west, but first Kurbsky is obligated to complete his mission for Russia and infiltrate British and American intelligence.
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2024., Adult, HarperCollins Call No: FIC TAY Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Pike Logan thrillers Volume: 18.Summary Note: "Pike Logan goes head-to-head with Putin's henchmen. To finally end the war between their nations, a rogue band of Ukranian partisans known as the Wolves teams up with members of Russia's military intelligence to assassinate Vladimir Putin. But Putin is aware of the traitors in his midst and assigns the loyal commander of the Russian National Guard to root them out. It's a mission Victor Petrov is expected to undertake after he prevents Sweden from joining NATO--by assassinating a deputy minister of foreign affairs. After receiving intelligence about the threat in Sweden, the United States sends Pike Logan to identify Petrov's target--only for him to get caught in the crossfire between Putin's agents and the Wolves. When the smoke clears, Pike makes no effort to stop the Wolves on their ultimate mission, believing it just, until he discovers that their operation has unimaginable consequences. For Putin is preparing a devastating activating the Dead Man's Hand nuclear response that will launch Russia's missiles in the event of his death."
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c1996., Adult, Putnam Call No: FIC CLA Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: When a Japanese airliner plows into the Capitol building killing the President and most of the members of his Cabinet and Congress, Jack Ryan reluctantly assumes the role of Commander in Chief and must simultaneously calm the nation, conduct an investigation, reassemble the government, and face off with the country's enemies.
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1999., Adult, A Tom Doherty Associates Book Call No: FIC GRE Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Dermot Michael Coyne has finally persuaded Nuala Anne McGrail to marry him, but he is concerned that he may have gotten in over his head when the couple returns to Ireland only to have Nuala overcome by one of her spells of second sight, this time leading them into the mystery surrounding the assassination of Irish freedom fighter Kevin O'Higgins.
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[2020], Adults, Tyndale House Publishers, Inc. Call No: FIC ROS Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Marcus Ryker Volume: #3.Summary Note: "With the unexpected death of Russian President Aleksandr Luganov, and Iran's efforts to acquire fully operational nuclear warheads successfully thwarted, American President Andrew Clarke decides the moment has come to unveil his comprehensive proposal to achieve peace between Israel and the Palestinians. However, when a series of senior American officials involved in the peace process are assassinated, Clarke orders Marcus Ryker and a team of CIA operatives to hunt down those responsible and bring the killing spree to an end. What Ryker uncovers is a chilling plot to kill the American president himself, but at first, it's unclear who is the driving force behind the plot. Is it the Russians, seeking payback for the assassination of Luganov? Is it the Iranians, in retaliation for the American operation to keep Tehran from acquiring nukes? Or is it another conspirator altogether, someone plotting to strike a blow against American hegemony in the Middle East and seize the leadership of the entire Sunni Muslim world? By the time Ryker and his team fully understand the plot and who's behind it, they find they have less than 96 hours to disrupt a terrible evil that has been set in motion"--Provided by publisher.
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c1997., Adult, Random House Call No: FIC TRU Edition: 1st ed. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: Lawyer-professor Mackensie Smith discovers a shocking truth and puts his own life in danger when he sets out to discover who killed his close friend Paul Latham, a congressman who had been nominated to be the next secretary of state.
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2024., Adult, Pegasus Books Call No: FIC IGG Edition: First Pegasus cloth book edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: The story begins with a hand curled around another man's throat. This is Roman justice: Emperor Tiberius first dispatches a traitor--a friend he once trusted with the city--then the man's whole family and all of his friends. It is as if he never existed. Into this fevered forum, a child is born. His mother is Agrippina, granddaughter of Emperor Augustus. But their imperial blood is neither balm nor protection. Rather, it is a liability. Blood is easily spilled or poisoned. So swiftly corrupted. As the aging, paranoid Tiberius becomes blind to the ignoble end awaiting him, Agrippina sees the future. Her once-exiled brother Caligula is next in succession, which brings her another step closer to the heart of the empire--to power, ambition, and danger. Every day she will face soldiers, senators, rivals, silver-tongued pretenders, each vying for position. One mistake risks exile, incarceration, execution. Or, worst of all, perhaps the loss of her infant son. Because Agrippina knows that, even in your darkest moments, opportunity rises. Her son is everything. She can make this boy, shape him into Rome itself--the man before whom all must kneel. But first, Agrippina and Nero must survive... --
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2024., Adult, Pegasus Crime Call No: FIC NAG Edition: First Pegasus Books cloth edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: A Bangalore detectives club mystery.Summary Note: Kaveri and Ramu investigate Indian street magic in 1922 Bangalore where they uncover a potential threat to the visiting Prince of Wales amidst cries for India's independence.
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-- Novel of the Cuban Missile Crisis.2024., Adult, St. Martin's Press Call No: FIC SHA Edition: First edition. Availability:1 of 1 At Your Library Summary Note: "From the bestselling author comes the story of rising conflict between the super-powers that gripped the world, a global war that almost happened: The Cuban Missile Crisis. In 1961, the new president John F. Kennedy, inherited an ill-conceived, poorly executed invasion of Cuba that failed miserably and set in motion the events that put the U.S. and the Soviet Union on a collision course that nearly started a war that would have enveloped much of the world. Extensively researched and vividly imagined, The Shadow of War brings to life the many threads that lead to the building crisis between the Soviet Union and the United States in 1962. Told from a multitude of perspectives and voices, from the Russian engineer attempting the near impossible task of building the missile launch facilities in Cuba, to the U.S. Navy commanders who ships are sent to "quarantine" Cuba, to the Soviet Premier, Nikita Khrushchev, desperately trying to maintain a challenging balancing act between the conflicting demands of various powerful forces, to the brothers Kennedy (Bobby and JFK) who can't allow Russia to land nuclear missiles in Cuba, or to appear weak in confronting Khrushchev, but keenly understand how close they are dancing to the edge of war. Shaara brings to life all the action and actors, famous and little known, that embodied a war that almost happened, the Cuban Missile Crisis"--
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-- Leviathan crisis.[2021]., Ages 5+, Libertas Press Call No: G BOY Availability:0 of 1 At Your Library Series Title: Tuttle twins Volume: #12.Summary Note: Why do politicians like it when we are afraid? The Tuttle twins and their team of heroes tackle a new quest in an adventure game that they soon begin to realize is closer to reality than they might have guessed. A magical battle against the forces of Leviathan and its Idol turns out to be packed with lessons for what’s happening in the world around them. Based on the book Crisis and Leviathan by Robert Higgs, this story finds the twins learning the power of truth in a world filled with fearmongering, ignorance, Trojan horses, and demagogues--a message with substantial relevance to our lives today.
