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Pub. Date
1992
Description
In this candid book, Oliver North, the man who has been at the centre of the Iran-Contra controversy tells the story of his life. He reveals the inside story behind the headlines and stresses the importance of his family and his enduring faith, which have seen him through the toughest times.
Author
Pub. Date
2011, c2010
Description
A gritty, no-holds-barred behind-the-scenes memoir of life as one of the world's top snipers
In Sniper Elite, Rob Maylor takes readers inside the closed world of the elite Special Forces sniper, detailing Maylor's dedication to the dark art of sniping and touching on the history of the great snipers who came before him. As one of Australia's most highly trained and successful combat marksmen, he tells the story of his years on the front lines, from...
45) US Marine Corps
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Series
Pub. Date
[2021]
Description
This book highlights a wide range of careers in the US Marine Corps, from snipers to intelligence specialists to combat photographers.
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Four famed '60s radicals are gunned down at long range by a sniper. Under enormous media scrutiny, the FBI quickly concludes that Marine war hero Carl Hitchcock, whose ninety-three kills were considered the leading body count tally among American marksman in Vietnam, was the shooter. But as the Bureau, led by Special Agent Nick Memphis, bears down, Hitchcock commits suicide. In closing out the investigation, Nick discovers a case made in heaven: everything...
48) Come back to me
Author
Series
Come back to me volume 1
Pub. Date
2015.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 14
Description
A summer romance between Jessa Kingsley and her brother Riley's best friend and fellow Marine Kit quickly transforms into a passionate love affair, but summer ends, Kit and Riley redeploy, and one day a military chaplain shows up at the Kingsley house to tell Jessa that someone she loves is dead.
49) U.S. Marines
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2014]
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 3.2 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"An introduction to what the US Marine Corps is, what recruits do, and jobs soldiers could learn. Includes descriptions of missions to do recon in Afghanistan and to save Americans trapped in unrest in the Middle East"--
Author
Series
Confederation novels volume 5
Pub. Date
c2010
Description
After pirates invade the ship of her lover, Craig Ryder, and kidnap him, former Marine Torin Kerr calls in the Marines to get Craig back--and to stop the cosmic swashbucklers from changing the balance of power in space.
Author
Series
Sunrise Cove volume 2
Pub. Date
[2022]
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Description
"Alone in the world, Tae Holmes and her mother April pretty much raised each other, but as Tae starts asking questions about the father she's never met, April, for the first time in her life, goes silent. To make matters worse, Tae is dangerously close to broke and just manages to avoid financial meltdown when she lands a shiny new contract with an adventure company for athletes with disabilities and wounded warriors. Her first big fund raiser event...
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The Inspiring Story of a World War II Hero's Miraculous Survival at SeaJuly 30, 1945--The USS Indianapolis and its 1,196-man crew is making its way toward a small island in the South Pacific. The ship is sailing unescorted, assured by headquarters the waters are safe. It is midnight, and Marine Edgar Harrell and several others have sacked out on deck rather than spend the night in their hot and muggy quarters below. Fresh off a top-secret mission...
56) First to kill
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Trained Marine sniper and CIA officer Nathan McBride cannot escape his bloody past. Not when the evidence of it is carved across his body. Now he owns a private security company, his scarred visage a warning to anyone who dares cross his path. When a deep-cover federal agent vanishes, along with a ton of explosives, McBride is the only man former FBI director Frank Ortega trusts to hunt him down. The catch? The missing agent is Ortega₂s grandson....
Author
Pub. Date
2022.
Description
"Combat-decorated Marine officer Stuart Scheller speaks out against the debacle of the Afghan pullout as the culmination of a decades-long and still-ongoing betrayal of military members by top leadership, from generals to the commander in chief, comes to light."--Amazon.com.
58) U.S. Marines
Author
Series
Pub. Date
c2019
Accelerated Reader
IL: LG - BL: 2.6 - AR Pts: 1
Description
"This high-interest book uses action photography and carefully chosen text to help newly proficient readers learn about the ways the U.S. Marine Corps protects and defends the country"--
60) Semper Fi
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From Shanghai to Wake Island, the Corps was America's first line of defense as the winds of war exploded into the devastating surprise attack on Pearl Harbor. Now, the bestselling author of the acclaimed Brotherhood of war saga brings to life the men of the Marine Corps--their loves and their loyalties--as they steeled themselves for battle, and prepared to make the ultimate sacrifice ...