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1) Runner
Author
Series
Sam Dryden novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
"Sam Dryden, retired special forces, lives a quiet life in a small town on the coast of Southern California. While out on a run in the middle of the night, a young girl runs into him on the seaside boardwalk. Barefoot and terrified, she's running from a group of heavily armed men with one clear goal--to kill the fleeing child. After Dryden helps her evade her pursuers, he learns that the eleven year old, for as long as she can remember, has been kept...
Pub. Date
2014
Language
English
Description
A Princeton graduate student, Richie, believes he has been tricked online by a fellow gambler. He travels to Costa Rica to meet Ivan Block, an online gambling tycoon. When the FBI tries to pressure Richie to help bring down Block, Richie faces his biggest gamble ever.
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Afghanistan, 1970's. Amir is a Pushtun boy. Hassan is a Hazara boy. Amir and Hassan are raised together in Amir's father house. They play together and go kitting on the streets of a peaceful Kabul. Amir feels that his wise and good father, Baba, blames him for the death of his mother during his delivery. He feels that his father loves and prefers Hassam to him. In return, Amir feels a great respect for his father's best friend, Rahim Khan, who supports...
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Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Thomas and his fellow Gladers face their greatest challenge yet: searching for clues about the mysterious and powerful organization known as WCKD. Their journey takes them to the Scorch, a desolate landscape filled with unimaginable obstacles. Teaming up with resistance fighters, the Gladers take on WCKD's vastly superior forces and uncover its shocking plans for them all.
10) The front runner
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
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The 1988 presidential campaign for American Senator Gary Hart is derailed when he's caught in a scandalous love affair.
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
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In the epic finale to the saga, Thomas leads his group of escaped Gladers on their final and most dangerous mission yet. To save their friends, they must break into the legendary Last City, a WCKD-controlled labyrinth that may turn out to be the deadliest maze of all. Anyone who makes it out alive will get answers to the questions the Gladers have been asking since they first arrived in the maze.
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English
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Los Angeles, 2019: Rick Deckard of the LAPD's Blade Runner unit prowls the steel and microchip jungle of the 21st century. His job is to track down and eliminate assumed humanoids known as 'replicants.' Replicants were declared illegal after a bloody mutiny on an Off-World Colony, and are to be terminated upon detection. He wants to get out of the force, but is drawn back in when 6 "skin jobs," the slang for replicants, hijack a ship back to Earth....
14) The storm runner
Author
Series
Storm runner volume 1
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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Description
To prevent the Mayan gods from battling each other and destroying the world, thirteen-year-old Zane must unravel an ancient prophecy, stop an evil god, and discover how the physical disability that makes him reliant on a cane also connects him to his father and his ancestry.
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
Precut Table Runners & Toppers has everything a quilter needs to create perfect table covers. Each project uses one of the popular precuts offered to today's quilters, reducing your prep time by half—not to mention these patterns are mostly quick and easy construction. All skill levels will enjoy these 13 projects. There's something for every quilter.
16) The maze runner
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Series
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
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Sixteen-year-old Thomas wakes up with no memory in the middle of a maze and realizes he must work with the community in which he finds himself if he is to escape.
17) Storm runners
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Language
English
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Ex-cop Matt Stromsoe, working for a former colleague in his private security firm, has to protect a local television personality from a stalker. As he works on the case, he is led back to the man, now in prison, who killed his family.
18) The kite runner
Author
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
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Description
-- New York Times Book Review The unforgettable, heartbreaking story of the unlikely friendship between a wealthy boy and the son of his father’s servant, caught in the tragic sweep of history, -- Kite Runner has become a beloved, one-of-a-kind classic of contemporary literature, touching millions of readers, and launching the career of one of America's most treasured writers.
19) Front runner
Author
Series
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
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Description
"In his role as an undercover investigator for the British Horseracing Authority, Jeff Hinkley is approached by a multi-time champion jockey to discuss the delicate matter of losing races on purpose. Little does he know that the call will set off a lethal chain of events, including the apparent suicide of the jockey and an attempt on Hinkley's own life. Never one to leave suspicious events alone, Hinkley begins investigating the jockey and the races...
Author
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
Perfect for beginners who have never so much as used a knitting board or those who have only made small accessories and want to move on to larger items, this guide offers a dozen projects, from afghans and bed runners to a pillow and even a wearable afghan. Step-by-step instructions and photographs show readers how to use a variety of yarns, from fingering weight to worsted weight. The designs that can be created using the inspirational ideas in this...
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