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1. The siege
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Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
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English
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The United States government abduction of a suspected terrorist triggers a wave of terrorist attacks in New York that leads to the declaration of martial law.
2. The siege
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Pub. Date:
2009
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English
Average Rating:
3 stars
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New York Times bestselling author of Dead Time
Disgraced Boulder detective Sam Purdy, FBI counter-terrorism specialist Christopher Poe, and CIA analyst Deirdre Drake are drawn to Yale University to investigate the disappearances of several students- including the sons of both the Secretary of the Army and a Supreme Court Justice. An unseen enemy is playing by no rules, making no demands, somehow anticipating every FBI move-and...
Disgraced Boulder detective Sam Purdy, FBI counter-terrorism specialist Christopher Poe, and CIA analyst Deirdre Drake are drawn to Yale University to investigate the disappearances of several students- including the sons of both the Secretary of the Army and a Supreme Court Justice. An unseen enemy is playing by no rules, making no demands, somehow anticipating every FBI move-and...
3. The siege
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Guardians of Ga'Hoole volume 4
Lexile measure:
840L
Language:
English
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"Enraged by his clash with Soren and driven by and all-consuming desire for power, Kludd and his group, the Pure Ones, launch an attack upon the Great Ga'Hoole Tree. The noble owls who live there must fight fiercely to protect their resources and defend their honor."--P. 4 cover.
5. The siege
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Series:
Six volume 2
Lexile measure:
860L
Language:
English
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Adam and the other robotized teenagers in the Pioneer Project must once again battle Sigma, the rogue artificial intelligence program bent on destroying Adam and all of humanity by first corrupting the Six from the inside.
7. The siege
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English
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Ismail Kadare's The Siege dramatizes a relentless fictional assault on a Christian fortress in the Albanian mountains by the Ottoman Army in the fifteenth century. As the bloody and psychologically crushing struggle for control over the citadel unfolds, Kadare's newest work opens a window onto the eternal clash between religions and empires as well as the exhilaration, despair, and immediacy of the battlefield. Kadare is a hugely respected novelist...
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Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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"A thrilling tick-tock recounting one of the most harrowing hostage situations and daring rescue attempts of our time-From true-life espionage master and New York Times bestselling author of Operation Mincemeat and The Spy and the Traitor Ben Macintyre"--
9. The Siege
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Publisher:
The Wild Rose Press, Inc
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
Artist Theia Constas receives a tour of Italy from her grandmother as a college graduation present. Before she departs, her ya-ya's deathbed revelation of a cache of WWII photographs and love letters extends Theia's itinerary to Crete in search of her unknown grandfather, a promising artist who studied under Chagall but didn't survive the war. Wade Bingham, an actuary who always follows the rules and calculates the odds, finds himself alone on his...
10. The Siege
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Publisher:
L L Watkin
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
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Andy hadn't wanted to be a soldier, but there was a war on and no one got a choice anymore. Like everyone else he was shipped off and lined up on an alien world, to stand his ground between the unstoppable guns and the impenetrable shields. Battles are unpredictable things, however, and a poor conscript might get lucky. Or die trying.
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English
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On November 20, 1979, worldwide attention was focused on Tehran, where the Iranian hostage crisis was entering its third week. The same morning-the first of a new Muslim century-hundreds of gunmen stunned the world by seizing Islam's holiest shrine, the Grand Mosque in Mecca. Armed with rifles that they had smuggled inside coffins, these men came from more than a dozen countries, launching the first operation of global jihad in modern times. Led by...
12. The Siege
Publisher:
Well Go USA
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
An international assassin is compromised during a mission and his handler sends him to a Reassignment Center to be processed for a new identity. While there, a ruthless assault team storms the compound and he must team with others to defend the facility and survive the night.
13. The Siege
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Arcane Kingdom Online volume 5
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
A new battlefront. An old friend. A war that will forever shape the game. Clay has arrived on the evil continent of Arethkar with one simple goal: to free the brutally enslaved players. With the help of a long-lost acquaintance, Clay sets his eyes on conquering the powerful fortress of Iron Citadel. He has seven days to complete the task. If he succeeds, he will bring a new era of peace and prosperity to Arcane Kingdom Online. If he fails, the world...
14. The Siege
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Publisher:
Audiobooks Unleashed
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
1781, Virginia: The Revolution Followed Him H Maimed in battle, Nathaniel Wooster wants to recuperate and try to rebuild his life. Returning home to his mother's cottage in the quiet port community of York-Town seems like a good place to find some peace and quiet. He's slowly finding his way in a life forever changed when the British arrive in force, and he has to draw on everything in him just to keep himself and those he cares about alive. The Siege...
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Pub. Date:
2024
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English
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Alefret, the founder of Varkal's pacifist resistance, was bombed and maimed by his own government, locked up in a secret prison and tortured by a 'visionary' scientist. But now they're offering him a chance of freedom. Ordered to infiltrate one of Med'ariz's flying cities, obeying the bloodthirsty zealot Qhudur, he must find fellow anti-war activists in the enemy's population and provoke them into an uprising against their rulers. He should refuse...
16. The Siege Winter
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Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
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A powerful historical novel by the late Ariana Franklin and her daughter Samantha Norman, The Siege Winter is a tour de force mystery and murder, adventure and intrigue, a battle for a crown, told by two courageous young women whose fates are intertwined in twelfth century England's devastating civil war. 1141. England is engulfed in war as King Stephen and his cousin, the Empress Matilda, vie for the crown. In this dangerous world, not even Emma,...
Series:
Empire Trilogy volume 2
Language:
English
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India, 1857 - the year of the Great Mutiny, when Muslim soldiers turned in bloody rebellion on their British overlords. This time of convulsion is the subject of The Siege of Krishnapur, widely considered to the one of the finest British novels of the last fifty years. A witty and individual take on the many traditions and follies of Empire, it is also a gripping account of survival under siege, illuminating how extreme conditions can influence and...
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Time is running out for humanity to resist the dreaded Alkasen. The Worlds burn as tens of thousands of Swarmer vessels pour in from Dark Space.On the moon of Psyche, Lucian Abrantes, the Chosen of the Manifold, must start from humble beginnings, growing his single world into an empire. He must unite disparate factions, all of which don't recognize his legitimacy.It's an impossible task. But Lucian must rise to the occasion, focusing everything on...
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Pub. Date:
2013
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English
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Mumbai, 2008. On the night of November 26, Lashkar-e-Toiba terrorists attacked targets throughout the city, including the Taj Mahal Palace Hotel, one of the world's most exclusive luxury hotels. For sixty-eight hours, hundreds were held hostage as shots rang out and an enormous fire raged. When the smoke cleared, thirty-one people were dead and many more had been injured. Only the courageous actions of staff and guests-including Mallika Jagad, Bob...