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Third Degree: A Novel

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From Publishers Weekly
While not as twisty as True Evil (2006), bestseller Iles’s new thriller injects both depth and novelty into a genre convention—the jealous husband who’s tipped off to his wife’s infidelity. When Laurel Shields, a 35-year-old mother of two, discovers she’s pregnant, she can’t be sure [...]



Red Storm Rising

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Amazon.com Review
Using the latest advancements in military technology, the world’s superpowers battle it out on land, sea, and air for the ultimate global control. A chillingly authentic vision of modern war, Red Storm Rising is as powerful as it is [...]



Saving Faith

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Amazon.com Review
It sounds like a movie pitch: “The story is like Tom Clancy crossed with John Grisham set in the Washington D.C. political world.” But David Baldacci’s Saving Faith successfully fuses elements from both of these chart-busters in this political thriller spiced with techno-wizardry.
The villain is [...]



The Hunt for Red October

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Amazon.com Review
Somewhere under the Atlantic, a Soviet sub commander has just made a fateful decision: the Red October is heading west. The Americans want her. The Russians want her back. And the most incredible chase in history is on….
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The Last Days

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From Publishers Weekly
Rosenberg’s sequel to the bestselling The Last Jihad (2002) is a near-clone of its predecessor: an action-packed Clancyesque political thriller with paper-thin characters. Presidential envoy Jon Bennett returns as the protagonist, along with his bodyguard and love interest, Erin McCoy, an “Uzi-toting, Arabic-speaking CIA supermodel.” [...]



Computer Vision Beyond the Visible Spectrum

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Product Description
Recently, there has been a dramatic increase in the use of sensors in the non-visible bands. As a result, there is a need for existing computer vision methods and algorithms to be adapted for use with non-visible sensors, or for the development of completely new methods [...]



Never Surrender: A Soldier’s Journey to the Crossroads of Faith and Freedom

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Product Description
In 1978, Jerry Boykin joined what would become the world’s premier Special Operations unit, Delta Force. The only promise: “A medal and a body bag.” What followed was a .50 caliber round in the chest and a life spent with America’s elite forces bringing down warlords [...]



The Ice Limit

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Amazon.com Review
Billionaire Palmer Lloyd is accustomed to getting what he wants–and what he wants for his new museum is the largest meteorite on earth. Unfortunately for Lloyd, it’s buried on an inhospitable Chilean island just north of the Ice Limit in [...]



Warrior Soul: The Memoir of a Navy Seal

Icon Written by admin on August 10, 2009 – 12:47 pm

From Publishers Weekly
Pfarrer, a former Navy SEAL assault element commander and now a Hollywood screenwriter (The Jackal; Navy SEALS; Darkman, etc.), looks back on his time in the special forces in this adrenaline rush of a memoir that grabs readers from the first page (in which he [...]



Rescue Warriors: The U.S. Coast Guard, America’s Forgotten Heroes

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Review

Advance Praise for Rescue Warriors:
“David Helvarg’s terrific new book takes you to the cutting edge of adventure as he rides along with the men and women of the U.S. Coast Guard.  This in-depth and lively look at the history and changing missions of America’s ‘Rescue Warriors,’ should be considered [...]