Michael Boatman
Author
Publisher
Hachette Audio
Language
English
Description
The autobiography of global human rights icon Nelson Mandela is "riveting . . . both a brilliant description of a diabolical system and a testament to the power of the spirit to transcend it" (Washington Post).
Nelson Mandela was one of the great moral and political leaders of his time: an international hero whose lifelong dedication to the fight against racial oppression in South Africa won him the Nobel Peace
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Series
Alex Cross volume 21
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Alex Cross becomes the obsession of a genius of menace set on proving that he is the greatest mind in the history of crime. Detective Alex Cross is a family man at heart; nothing matters more to him than his children, his grandmother, and his wife Bree. His love of his family is his anchor, and gives him the strength to confront evil in his work. One man knows this deeply, and uses Alex's strength as a weapon against him. When the ones Cross loves...
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 20
Language
English
Formats
Description
Detective Alex Cross arrests renowned plastic surgeon Elijah Creem for sleeping with teenage girls. Now, his life ruined, Creem is out of jail, and he's made sure that no one will recognize him--by giving himself a new face. A young woman is found hanging from a sixth-floor window, and Alex is called to the scene. The victim recently gave birth, but the baby is nowhere to be found. Before Alex can begin searching for the missing newborn and killer,...
Author
Series
Easy Rawlins mystery volume 14
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Formats
Description
Life for Easy Rawlins is surprisingly... easy. He's living off the proceeds of his last case, trying to keep out of trouble. Of course it's not going to last. Because Easy's old friend Mouse knocks on his door. Mouse is one of the deadliest men in America. And Mouse wants a small favor. He wants Easy to help a man he says is wrongly imprisoned, a friend of Charcoal Joe. Charcoal Joe is a mythical figure in the LA underworld - he pulls all the strings...
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Language
English
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Description
Can an honest man become president? In The Race, this timely and provocative novel from bestselling author Richard North Patterson, a maverick candidate takes on his political enemies and the ruthless machinery of American politics.
Corey Grace—a handsome and charismatic Republican senator from Ohio—is plunged by an act of terrorism into a fierce presidential primary battle with the favorite of the party establishment
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Language
English
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Description
Set in Boston at the end of the First World War, New York Times bestselling author Dennis Lehane's long-awaited eighth novel unflinchingly captures the political and social unrest of a nation caught at the crossroads between past and future. Filled with a cast of unforgettable characters more richly drawn than any Lehane has ever created, The Given Day tells the story of two families - one black, one white - swept up in a maelstrom of revolutionaries...
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English
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Description
In this thrilling mystery, Easy Rawlins takes a job to find a missing attorney and his beautiful assistant—and faces danger around every corner.
It is the Summer of Love and Easy Rawlins is contemplating robbing an armored car. It's farther outside the law than Easy has ever traveled, but his daughter, Feather, needs a medical treatment that costs far more than Easy can earn or borrow in time. And his friend Mouse tells him it's...
It is the Summer of Love and Easy Rawlins is contemplating robbing an armored car. It's farther outside the law than Easy has ever traveled, but his daughter, Feather, needs a medical treatment that costs far more than Easy can earn or borrow in time. And his friend Mouse tells him it's...
8) Blonde faith
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2007
Language
English
Formats
Description
Easy Rawlins, L.A.'s most reluctant detective, comes home one day to find Easter, the daughter of his friend Chrismas Black, left on his doorstep. Easy knows that this could only mean that the ex-marine Black is probably dead, or will be soon. Easter's appearance is only the beginning, as Easy is immersed in a sea of problems. The love of his life is marrying another man and his friend Mouse is wanted for the murder of a father of twelve. As he's...
9) Hope to die
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 22
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Detective Alex Cross is in a state of despair. Thierry Mulch, a psychotic genius and ruthless killer, is holding Cross's family hostage. Driven by hatred and a thirst for revenge, Mulch is threatening to kill them all, and break Cross forever. But Cross is fighting back, aided by his foster daughter Ava, who has recently returned to the fold after a chance encounter with Cross on the mean streets of town. He follows the leads wherever they take him,...
Author
Series
Alex Cross volume 19
Pub. Date
2012.
Language
English
Formats
Description
It's Christmas Eve and Detective Alex Cross is called away from his family to resolve a horrific hostage situation that is spiraling out of control.
11) Bungalow 2
Author
Language
English
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Description
Danielle Steel takes us beyond the dazzle of Hollywood in her compelling new novel—the story of one woman’s journey from suburban mom to award-winning screenwriter...and all the joy, heartbreak, and challenges along the way.
Bungalow 2
The phone call came on a hot July day—a day like any other for Marin County mom and freelance writer Tanya Harris. But this call—from Tanya’s agent—was anything...
Bungalow 2
The phone call came on a hot July day—a day like any other for Marin County mom and freelance writer Tanya Harris. But this call—from Tanya’s agent—was anything...
12) Who asked you?
Author
Publisher
Penguin Audio
Pub. Date
p2013
Language
English
Description
Three generations take a long hard look at each other and, finding lots not to like, try to outrun, ignore, or beat the demons pulling them together in this story of acceptance, forgiveness, and hope.
13) Hamburger Hill
Pub. Date
1998
Language
English
Description
The portrayal of the ten day assault on Hill 937, beginning on May 10, 1969, that took 70% casualties from the men of the 101st Airborne Division during the Vietnam War.
