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Pub. Date
[2007]
Description
In the midst of war in Afghanistan, Cody Cullen is touched by a lovely Christmas card sent to him by Faith Spelman. Faith lives in the small, picturesque town of Nevada City, California. As months pass, the card never leaves Cody's side, giving him the strength to survive and setting him on a mission for find her.
Special features: Edward Asner: a veteran's view; "Heart of a soldier: actor John Newton" featurette; Karene and Jeff: a real-life "Christmas...
Description
When a gifted ghostwriter is hired to write the memoirs of former British Prime Minister Adam Lang, he quickly finds himself trapped in a web of political and sexual intrigue. Lang is implicated in a scandal over his administration's harsh tactics, and as the ghostwriter digs into the politician's past, he discovers secrets that threaten to jeopardize international relations forever. Bonus features included.
4) Indivisible
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
Upon returning from Iraq, an Army chaplain experiences a faith crisis that threatens to derail his marriage.
Pub. Date
c2012
Description
After an unsuccessful and bloody raid in Istanbul, two Turkish anti-terrorist agents are sent to New York City on a mission to capture a notorious terrorist known only as "Dejjal" (Arabic for Anti-Christ). Working with the FBI and NYPD, the agents orchestrate the arrest of a suspect who may or not be the notorious Dejjal, but when events escalate, the foreign agents must take things in their own hands to avert disaster.
8) Afghan Luke
Pub. Date
[2012]
Description
After his expose on a government cover-up in Afghanistan is buried by his editors, a battlefield journalist returns with his opium-fueled best friend in search of the truth. They embark on a perilous mission that includes gun fights, parties with soldiers, and getting kidnapped, all on the way to discovering that the country is more dangerous than ever. Wildly entertaining, Afghan Luke sheds new light on the war with a thrilling balance of action...
Pub. Date
[2014]
Description
"German intelligence agent Gunther Bachmann (Philip Seymour Hoffman, in his final starring role) must race against time to solve a perilous mystery: Is the half-Chechen, half-Russian Muslim who's surfaced in Hamburg a victim seeking refuge, or a terrorist seeking revenge?"--Container.
10) Shock and awe
Author
Pub. Date
[2018]
Description
A story of four reporters who challenge the government narrative about weapons of mass destruction of Saddam Hussein as a pretext for the invasion of Iraq.
11) Camp X-ray
Pub. Date
[2015]
Description
A young soldier is stationed as a guard at Guantanamo Bay where she strikes up an unusual and potentially dangerous friendship with a detainee who has been imprisoned for eight years.