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Series
Publisher
SDG Publishing
Pub. Date
2023
Language
English
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After four years of training to become a Navy SEAL, Ned Marshall is finally ready to marry the woman of his dreams, Shae Johnson. And Shae's been uber patient, waiting, building a life as a free-lance graphic artist, moving around the globe to be with him. So, when she said yes to his proposal in Geneva, he fully expected to live happily-ever-after.
At the very least, he expected her to be waiting
...2) Adrenaline
Author
Series
Sam Capra novels volume 1
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Formats
Description
A brilliant young CIA agent has it all—until he's the lone survivor of a terrorist attack that his wife may or may not have been involved in planning—in Jeff Abbott's "exhilarating" (Harlan Coben) thriller, the launch of his fan favorite Sam Capra series.
"If you knew this was our final day together, what would you say to me?"
"Anything but good-bye. I can't ever say good-bye to you."
Sam Capra is living the life of his dreams....
"If you knew this was our final day together, what would you say to me?"
"Anything but good-bye. I can't ever say good-bye to you."
Sam Capra is living the life of his dreams....
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
Billy Harney was born to be a cop. The son of Chicago's chief of detectives, whose twin sister is also on the force, Billy plays it by the book. Alongside Detective Kate Fenton, Billy's tempestuous, adrenaline-junkie partner, there's nothing he wouldn't sacrifice for his job. Enter Amy Lentini, a hard-charging assistant state's attorney hell-bent on making a name for herself -- who suspects Billy isn't the cop he claims to be. They're about to be...
4) Vicious
Author
Series
Villains volume 1
Language
English
Description
Victor and Eli started out as two brilliant but arrogant college students who recognized the same sharpness and ambition in each other. In their senior year, a shared research interest in adrenaline, near-death experiences, and seemingly supernatural events reveals an intriguing possibility: that under the right conditions, someone could develop extraordinary abilities. But when their thesis moves from the academic to the experimental, things go horribly...
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Series
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English
Description
No wonder they call it the Big Island. Volcanoes? Mauna Loa is the biggest on earth. Stargazing? The clearest night skies in the world. Water sports? Why go anywhere else? Big? Absolutely. Adrenaline addicts, beach goers and culture buffs alike, let this guide take you deep into the Hawai'i that only Big Islanders know about. Connect with the Big Island through chapters written by Hawai'i born specialists ; Fit for a King -- all the best places to...
6) Iced
Author
Series
Dick Francis novels volume 10
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"Seven years ago, Miles Pussett was a steeplechase jockey, loving the rush of the race. But after an unfortunate event, he left horseracing behind and swore he would never return. Now he gets his adrenaline rush from riding headfirst down the Cresta Run, a three-quarter-mile Swiss ice chute, reaching speeds of up to eighty miles per hour. Finding himself in St Moritz during the same weekend as White Turf, when high-class horseracing takes place on...
Author
Series
Publisher
Smart Apple Media
Pub. Date
2007
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5 - AR Pts: 1
Physical Desc
32 p. : col. ill., col. maps ; 29 cm.
Language
English
Description
Paddling along a river in an inflatable raft or exploring waterways in a kayak offer adventurers a real adrenaline rush! Read Kayaking and Rafting to find out how to get started, the equipment required, and some basic skills and techniques.
Author
Series
Vanessa Michael Munroe novels volume 4
Language
English
Description
Vanessa Michael Munroe, chameleon and information hunter, has a reputation for getting things done — often dangerous and not quite legal things. The adrenaline-fueled work has left her with blood on her hands and a soul stained with guilt. Having borne the burden of one death too many, Munroe has fled to Djibouti, Africa. There, where her only responsibility is greasing the wheels of commerce for a small maritime security company, she finds stillness...
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Language
English
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Description
In an unspecified future, the United States' borders have receded behind a salt line — a ring of scorched earth that protects its citizens from deadly disease-carrying ticks. Those within the zone live safe, if limited, lives in a society controlled by a common fear. Few have any reason to venture out of zone, except for the adrenaline junkies who pay a fortune to tour what's left of nature. Those among the latest expedition include a popstar and...
Author
Publisher
MacAdam/Cage
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
280 p. ; 21 cm.
Language
English
Description
After Jane is dumped by her boyfriend, she quits her job in Manhattan, drives west, and lands in Salt Lake City, where she takes a job answering phones at a Mormon-frequented escort agency. As Jane struggles to find companionship and purpose in her new surroundings, she mothers the escorts and flirts with the callers. But the pull of mystery and danger is too great, and when boundaries begin to blur, she inches toward a place that would have once...
Author
Publisher
Lyons Press
Pub. Date
2008
Physical Desc
xv, 203 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 23 cm.
Language
English
Description
If faced with the terrifying realization that you had no choice but to amputate your own leg with a pocketknife in order to survive, would you be able to do it? Extreme Outdoor Adventures explores twenty gripping, true-life stories such as these, of heroic men and women who were forced to muster the psychological and physical strength necessary to cheat death while left helpless in the wilderness in the most extreme of situations. Stories include...
Author
Series
Tennis shoes adventure volume part 1 ; 13
Publisher
Covenant Communication, Inc
Pub. Date
2020
Physical Desc
426 pages 23 cm
Language
English
Description
It’s a tale of two hills.
One in Judea. The other in the Promised Land.
One hill is a place of indescribable suffering and pain, ascending to ultimate triumph and salvation. The other presents a scene of indescribable suffering and pain, spiraling into ultimate destruction and genocide.
Join all of our immortal characters from the Tennis Shoes Adventure Series—Joshua, Harry, Steffanie, Meagan, Gidgiddonihah, and MORE—as they witness, endure,...
Author
Publisher
Atlantic Monthly Press
Pub. Date
1989, c1988
Physical Desc
152 p., [8] p. of plates : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
A brilliant profile of a climber's climber who repeatedly gets himself into life-threatening situations and then somehow finds a way to survive. Combining the best elements of Adrenaline--great story, great characters, and great writing by a writer's writer, distinguished literary journalist A. Alvarez -- Feeding the Rat is legendary within the climbing community, but a well-kept secret otherwise.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2007
Physical Desc
358 p., [8] p. of plates : col. ill., maps ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
In August 2002, Mike Horn set out on a mission that bordered on the impossible: to travel 12,000 miles around the globe at the Arctic Circle--alone, against prevailing winds and currents, and without motorized transportation. This is the account of Horn's grueling 27-month expedition by foot, ski, mountain bike, kayak, catamaran, and monohull sailboat through conditions that nearly cost him his life. Enduring temperatures colder than 75 degrees below...
Author
Publisher
Patagonia
Pub. Date
[2014]
Physical Desc
439 pages 32 unpaged of plates : illustrations (some color), plates ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
With heart-pounding descriptions of avalanches and treacherous ascents, Barry Blanchard chronicles his transformation from a poor Native American/white kid from the wrong side of the tracks to one of the most respected alpinists in the world. At thirteen, he learned to rappel when he joined the 1292 Lord Strathcone’s Horse Army Cadets. Soon kicked out for insubordination, he was already hooked on climbing and saw alpinism as a way to make his single...
Publisher
Globe Pequot Press
Pub. Date
c2008
Physical Desc
xvi, 348 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Want a glimpse of the world as few have seen it before? In They Lived to Tell the Tale, members of the world-famous Explorers Club share their spectacular journeys from the depths of the world's oceans to the canopies of the Amazon rainforest to the dark vastness of outer space and all points in between. As we turn the book's pages, we climb the highest mountains, slog through jungle swamps, crawl into spider-infested caves, trek across vast deserts,...
Author
Series
Jason Bourne volume 6
Publisher
Grand Central Pub
Pub. Date
2009, c2008
Physical Desc
687 p. ; 19 cm.
Language
English
Description
Jason Bourne returns to Georgetown University and the mild world of his alter ego, David Webb, hoping for normalcy. But after so many adrenaline-soaked years of risking his life, Bourne finds himself chafing under the quiet life of a linguistics professor. Aware of his frustrations, his academic mentor, Professor Specter, asks for help investigating the murder of a former student by a previously unknown Muslim extremist sect. The young man died carrying...
Publisher
Highbridge Audio
Pub. Date
p2010
Physical Desc
1 sound disc (1 hr.) : digital ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Experience a refreshing adrenaline rush on this NPR guided tour of the ultimate in outdoor fun: Whether whitewater rafting on the Hudson River, mountain climbing in the Himalayas, kayaking in Alaska, airboarding in Oregon's Cascade mountains, or bungee jumping in Australia, each story is an amazing sound adventure -- and a great escape.
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2013
Physical Desc
x, 358 p. ; 25 cm.
Language
English
Description
Moving from the hills above Nice to the canals and romance of Venice and the riot-filled streets of Libya, Secrets From The Past is a moving and emotional story of secrets, survival and love in its many guises. Thirty-year old Serena Stone is a war photographer who has followed in her famous father's footsteps. But after eight years, the danger and adrenaline rush take their toll. When her legendary father dies unexpectedly, she steps away from the...
Author
Series
Publisher
Grand Central Publishing
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
366 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
The Palm Beach murders: Both survivors of the divorce wars, Christy and Martin don't believe in love at first sight and certainly not on a first date. But from the instant they lock eyes, life becomes a sexy, romantic dream come true. That is, until they start playing a strangely intense game of make-believe, a game that's about to go too far.
Nooners: Everyone who knows Tim says he's a good guy. But the popular advertising exec has a problem: a...
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