William Dufris
41) Killing Che
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A rich, complex historical novel in the spirit of Graham Greene and John Le Carre, Killing Ché is a personal and political thriller that pits history's most infamous insurgent against a conflicted and world-weary CIA officer.The year is 1967; Vietnam is in flames and half a world away few realize that a firefight on a jungle road in Latin America is the beginning of a new and secret war. In the Ñancahuazú Valley of Bolivia international revolutionary...
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Yates is a Futurist. Which is to say he makes a very good living flying around the world dispensing premonitory wisdom, aka prepackaged bull, to world governments, corporations, and global leadership conferences. He is an optimist by trade and a cynic by choice. He's the kind of man who can give a lecture on successive days to a leading pesticide manufacturer and the Organic Farmers of America, and receive standing ovations at both. But just as the...
44) Red Cell Seven
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Created more than forty years ago by secret executive order, Red Cell Seven is a highly classified intelligence agency tasked with protecting America from the most catastrophic of terrorist attacks. But in the aftermath of a string of deadly terrorist attacks across the nation, Red Cell Seven finds itself drawn into a conspiracy that threatens to tear the organization apart.
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In the wake of family tragedy, Indiana farmer Thompson Grey takes to the Santa Fe Trail in a beautifully scripted, spare and powerful story of relationships, human frailties, and ultimately, redemption In spring of 1858 Thompson Grey, a young farmer, travels to his father's estate seeking funds to expand his holdings. Far overstaying his visit, he returns home to find that his absence has contributed to a devastating family tragedy. Haunted by remorse,...
49) Cryptonomicon
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The grandson of a legendary cryptographer must salvage a sunken Nazi submarine to uncover the clue to creating a "data haven," but his search reveals a massive conspiracy with its roots in WWII.
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Struggling to keep his run-down movie palace from being condemned, film archivist Valentino attends a gala party held in memory of Greta Garbo and learns about a letter revealing the icon's scandalous affair, a situation that is complicated by a blackmailer's untimely murder.
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The coldblooded criminal known as Parker tries, and fails, to stay under the radar in rural New England: "Nobody does the noir thriller better than Stark." -San Diego Union-Tribune
In Ask the Parrot, the followup to Nobody Runs Forever, ruthless thief Parker is back on the run, dodging dogs, cops, and even a helicopter. His escape brings him to rural Massachusetts, where he is forced to work with a small-town recluse nursing a grudge against the...
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It the Bobblesberg Winter Games and Bob and his crew have been asked to come and build the mayor of Bobblesberg a log cabin for the up coming Winter Games. Wendy will be participating in the Games, so spirits are running high as the crew help to make the area ready for all the winter sport events. Meet Benny, a new machine who helps out the crew.
55) Gravity
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A young NASA doctor must combat a lethal microbe that is multiplying in the deadliest of environments: Space.
56) The Blue Nowhere
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People in Silicon Valley are dying, at the hands of a psychotic and brilliant computer hacker, code name Phate. He infiltrates their computer, invades their lives, and then - with the perfect line, the perfect personal detail, lures them to their death.
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The Searing Portrayal Of War That Has Stunned And Galvanized Generations Of Readers
An immediate bestseller upon its original publication in 1939, Dalton Trumbo's stark, profoundly troubling masterpiece about the horrors of World War I brilliantly crystallized the uncompromising brutality of war and became the most influential protest novel of the Vietnam era. Johnny Got His Gun is an undisputed classic of antiwar literature that's as timely as ever....
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Mysteries according to Humphrey (Book 8): Mrs. Brisbane is missing! She just didn't show up in Room 26 one morning. The class has a substitute teacher, called Mr. E., but he's no Mrs. Brisbane. Humphrey has just learned about Sherlock Holmes, so he vows to be just as smart about collecting clues and following leads to solve the mystery of Mrs. Brisbane.
Winter according to Humphrey (Book 9): The holidays are coming and Humphrey is unsqueakably excited....
60) The Stray Dog
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A family befriends a stray dog, names him Willy, and decides to keep him.