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Roger Ferris is one of the CIA's soldiers in the war on terrorism. He has come out of Iraq with a shattered leg and an intense mission - to penetrate the network of a master terrorist known only as "Suleiman." Ferris's plan for getting inside Suleiman's tent is inspired by a masterpiece of British intelligence during World War II: He prepares a body of lies, literally the corpse of an imaginary CIA officer who appears to have accomplished the impossible...
22) The pawnbroker
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2014.
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Charlie Henry is the proud new owner of a pawnshop, having recently returned Stateside from special-ops work in Iraq. The transition back to normal life seems to be going smoothly for him and his Army buddy and co-owner of the shop, Gordon Sweeney-until Gina, Charlies childhood friend, gets shot in a transaction for information from the previous owner of the shop. The shooter gets away, and as they dig deeper, they find that the shooting has to do...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 8
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"It’s 2003, several months since the US officially declared war on Iraq, and the American political world has evolved. Tensions are high, hate crimes are on the rise, FBI agents are infiltrating local mosques, and the Muslim community is harassed and targeted more than ever. Shadi, who wears hijab, keeps her head down. She's too busy drowning in her own troubles to find the time to deal with bigots. Shadi is named for joy, but she’s haunted by...
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2015.
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"Emily Gray Tedrowe has written an extraordinary novel about ordinary people, a graceful and gritty portrayal of what it's like for the women whose husbands and sons are deployed in Iraq. BLUE STARS brings to life the realities of the modern day home front: how to get through the daily challenges of motherhood and holding down a job while bearing the stress and uncertainty of war, when everything can change in an instant. It tells the story of Ellen,...
25) Hell hole
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[2008]
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Ceepak & Boyle investigate the death of a military corporal who just returned from Iraq.
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[2010]
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The situation at remote Forward Operating Base Cornucopia isnt good. Once home to 150 enlisted men, troop strength has been reduced to 45, and an IED attack has reduced that by 3. The commanding officer is a green West Point lieutenant who is a mystery to his troops, and locals with uncertain loyalties warn that a large force is massing nearby to wipe them out. A sandstorm has halted supply shipments, and the camps only video-game console has been...
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2017.
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Out of the blue, private investigator and ex-soldier Lee Arnold receives a visit from an old army mate. Abbas al'Barri worked as a translator with him during the Second Iraq War. Now living in Ilford with his family, Abbas is convinced that he's had a message from his estranged son Fayyaad, who was radicalised and was last thought to be fighting for ISIL in Iraq. Does Fayyaad's message indicate a change of heart? Abbas is desperate for Lee's help...
28) Lion of Babylon
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An American operative sent to rescue two vanished soldiers in Iraq finds himself in the midst of a centuries-old conflict of religion, violence, and hatred.
29) Wrongful death
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Just minutes after winning a $1.6 million wrongful-death verdict, attorney David Sloane confronts the one case that threatens to blemish his unbeaten record in the courtroom. Beverly Ford wants Sloane to sue the United States goverment and military in the mysterious death of her husband, James, a national guardsman killed in Iraq. While a decades-old military doctrine might make Ford's case impossible to win, Sloane, a former soldier himself, is compelled...
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Sean Drummond novels volume 6
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[2007]
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Investigating the suicide of a Washington defense official, military lawyer Sean Drummond is caught in the middle of a political struggle between influential power brokers and his own allegiance to the soldiers fighting in the Iraqi war.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 8.1 - AR Pts: 10
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"What turns an ordinary person into a hero? What happens in the blink of an eye on a battlefield (or in any dangerous situation) to bring out true courage? The men and women who have been recognized by the Congressional Medal of Honor Foundation know the answers to these questions deep in their hearts"--Amazon.com.
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 10.4 - AR Pts: 41
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An unconventional war requires unconventional men-the Special Forces. Green Berets - Navy SEALS - Rangers - Air Force Special Operations - PsyOps - Civil Affairs - and other special-mission units. The first two Commanders books, Every Man a Tiger and Into the Storm, provided masterly blends of history, biography, you-are-there narrative, insight into the practice of leadership, and plain old-fashioned storytelling. Shadow Warriors is all of that and...
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Faulkner family novels volume 2
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2022.
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"Orphaned at age ten by a violent home invasion, Susannah Faulkner grew up wild, her stubbornness the only thing harder than her heart. Since then, she's used her skills to put a boot in the faces of those who deserve it. She knows she's wired wrong and living a dangerous and violent life, but she's determined to wring something decent from the world before she leaves it. Then she gets word her brother Ethan needs her help and returns home to Atlanta....
39) Delta farce
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c2007
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Down on his luck after losing his job and his girlfriend on the same day, Larry decides to join his neighbor, Bill (Bill Engvall), and his combat-happy buddy, Everett (DJ Qualls), for a relaxing weekend of drinking and target practice. But when the three hapless guys are mistaken for Army Reservists by the hard-nosed Sergeant Kilgore (Keith David), they're loaded onto an army plane headed for Fallujah, Iraq - and mistakenly ejected in a Humvee somewhere...
40) War porn
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[2016]
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""War porn," n. Videos, images, and narratives featuring graphic violence, often brought back from combat zones, viewed voyeuristically or for emotional gratification. Such media are often presented and circulated without context, though they may be used as evidence of war crimes. War porn is also, in Roy Scranton's searing debut novel, a metaphor for the experience of war in the age of the War on Terror, the fracturing and fragmentation of perspective,...
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