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Pub. Date
c2009
Description
Final days of Planet Earth : Lloyd Walker is an anti-heroic archaeologist who, after stumbling upon an alien conspiracy, becomes enmeshed in an against-all-odds battle to save the human race. From the enigmatic Room 86 to the doomed Pericles space mission, Walker puzzles together clues to reveal the dark purpose behind strange events occurring around San Franscisco. Now, the "keeper of dead civilizations" must rescue mankind from slavery at the...
922) Psy-comm 1
Author
Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
In the not-too-distant future, sovereign nations have been replaced by corporate city-states. War is entertainment--scheduled, televised, and rated. The new stars are the elite Psychic Commandos, known as "Psy-Comms." Trained from an early age, these gifted soldiers have honed their various abilities to lethal perfection.
923) Lions for lambs
Pub. Date
[2008]
Description
Two determined California college students, Arian and Ernest, follow the inspiration of their idealistic professor, Dr. Malley, and attempt to do something important with their lives. The two make the bold decision to join the battle in Afghanistan. Dr. Malley is both moved and distraught. Now, as Arian and Ernest fight for survival in the field and the human consequences of war becomes clear for these two students trapped behind enemy lines. They...
924) The woman king
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
The remarkable story of the Agojie, the all-female unit of warriors who protected the African Kingdom of Dahomey in the 1800s with skills and a ferocity unlike anything the world has ever seen. Inspired by true events, it follows the emotionally epic journey of General Nanisca as she trains the next generation of recruits and prepares them for battle against an enemy determined to obliterate their way of life. Some things are worth fighting for.
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
Play Misty for me: A radio disc jockey becomes the victim of psychotic obsession when he tries to end a torrid love affair with a fan.
The Eiger sanction: A professional assassin is forced out of retirement in order to avenge a friend's murder in the Swiss Alps.
Coogan's bluff: An Arizona lawman's unorthodox methods of capturing an escaped murderer angers a tough NYC police lieutenant.
The beguiled: A wounded soldier finds shelter in an all-girls...
Author
Series
Attack on Titan volume 20
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"The Survey Corps is engaged in a desperate, final battle to retake Wall Maria and defeat the Titans once and for all."
929) Squire
Author
Pub. Date
[2022]
Description
Hiding her status as a girl from conquered lands while training as a Squire on her quest to become a Knight, the only path to true citizenship, Aiza navigates friendships and rivalries until she discovers the military's endgame.
Author
Series
Attack on Titan volume 15
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Hange's interrogation of a Military Police squad has revealed that Krista (a.k.a. Historia Reiss) is the true heir to the throne. The Corps quickly moves to enthrone her as queen, but a homicidal MP leads a squad that abducts Eren and Krista and throws the Corps into disarray. With Erwin arrested and the Survey Corps on the edge of dissolution, are Levi and Hange finally out of options?"--P. [4] of cover.
Author
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
Continues the prequel story to Orson Scott Card's Ender's Game saga, in which a Special Forces team called MOPs, or Mobile Operations Police, continue to oppose the invasion forces of the alien race humans call the Formics. The MOPs risk all to capture one of the alien guns that disperse a gas that melts the flesh off humans so they can analyze the contents and find an antidote.
Author
Series
Attack on Titan volume 13
Pub. Date
2014
Description
"At great cost to the Garrison and the Survey Corps, Commander Erwin has managed to recover Eren from the Titans who tried to carry him off. But during the battle, Eren manifested yet another power he doesn't understand. As Eren and Krista find new enemies, the Survey Corps faces threats from both inside and outside the walls. And what will happen to Ymir, now that she has decided to make herself the Titans' prize?" -- from page [4] of cover.
Author
Series
Attack on Titan volume 18
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"The Survey Corp has overthrown the Royal Government and swept away the tyranny of the king. The next step: Move to retake Wall Maria with the help of Eren's miraculous Titan-hardening powers. But as humanity pulls together, its enemies also unite beyond the Walls... Now that the Beast Titan has joined Reiner and Bertolt, what havoc will they wreak?"
Author
Series
Attack on Titan volume 17
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Thanks to Rod Reiss, Eren finally knows the terrible truth behind how he acquired his Titan powers, and the depth of his father's crimes. The king orders his daughter Historia to kill Eren and restore the power of the Titans to its rightful place, but she chooses her own selfish path: survival. As the cavern crumbles around the Survey Corps, Eren must make another last-minute decision, with the lives of all his friends in the balance--
Author
Series
Attack on Titan volume 19
Pub. Date
[2016]
Description
"The Survey Corps is engaged in a desperate, final battle to retake Wall Maria and defeat the Titans once and for all."
Author
Series
Attack on Titan volume 16
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
"Captured by Rod Reiss, the rightful king, Krista and Eren finally have their memories back. What exactly happened to Eren, and what was the crime his father committed? Meanwhile, the Survey Corps desperately hunts for Eren, while at the same time seeking to legitimize their military coup. As the situation inside the walls comes to a head, the mysteries of the world of the Titans seem on the cusp of being solved at last!"--
Author
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"Commander Erwin has finally come to a decision: Putting their own wealth and position ahead of the survival of humanity, the royal government is no longer fit to lead. To execute their leader's most audacious plan yet, Eren and Krista will have to put themselves in peril yet again, and Armin, Mikasa, and the rest of the Survey Corps will have to turn from humanity's guardians into traitors. If they fail this time, they'll face not a Titan's gaping...
939) Deadpool: Vol. 2
Author
Pub. Date
2023.
Description
"Love is in the air as Deadpool takes his new romance, Valentine Vuong, out on the town! Unfortunately, bullets, blades and explosive devices are also in the air - since both of them have enemies who want them dead! What do trained killers do when trained killers try to kill them? Naturally, they try to kill those trained killers first! After all of this, Wade Wilson will need a break. All he wants to do is retire, have a nice time with his daughter...
940) Battle school
Author
Pub. Date
[2009]
Description
Child-hero Ender Wiggin must fight a desperate battle against a deadly alien race if mankind is to survive.