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1) The cobra
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For decades, the world has been fighting the drug cartels, and losing, their billions of dollars making them the most powerful and destructive organizations on earth. Until one man is asked to take charge. Paul Devereaux used to run Special Operations for the CIA before they retired him for being too ruthless. Now he can have anything he requires, do anything he thinks necessary. No boundaries, no rules, no questions asked.
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2023 FPPL Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
2023 Read Widely: Central & South America
HPL Best Books of 2021
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2023 Read Widely: Central & South America
HPL Best Books of 2021
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Moving their family to what they believe will be a safer but temporary home in Houston, two young parents are forced to choose between an undocumented status in America and returning to the violence of war-torn Bogotá.
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AMPL National Hispanic Heritage
2023 FPPL Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
2023 Read Widely: Central & South America
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2023 FPPL Latine/Hispanic Heritage Month Reading List
2023 Read Widely: Central & South America
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Published to worldwide critical acclaim, with more than one million copies already in print, this is the lush, wondrous story of an unrequited love that survives half a century and more than 600 distractions.
"A man with the soul of a poet and the patience of a saint, Florentino Ariza has waited more than half a century for the beautiful and haughty Fermina Daza, who revoked her promise to be his wife and instead married the wealthy Dr. Juvenal Urbino....
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"Ryder Creed and his dogs have been making national headlines. They've intercepted several major drug stashes being smuggled through Atlanta's airport. But their newfound celebrity has also garnered some unwanted attention. When Creed and one of his dogs are called in to search a commercial fishing vessel, they discover a secret compartment. But the Colombian cartels' latest shipment isn't drugs. This time, its cargo is human. To make matters worse,...
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Emma Caldridge thrillers volume 1
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"A breathless, hair-raising read, one of the most gripping thrillers I've read in a long, long time."
—Tess Gerritsen, New York Times bestselling author of The Keepsake
A high-octane debut thriller in the tradition of James Rollins, Lee Child, and Daniel Silva, Running From the Devil by Jaime Freveletti starts racing on page one and never slows down for a minute until it crosses the finish line. Lee Child calls it, "Just
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Killer Instincts (Elle Kennedy) volume 1
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"Abby Sinclair had a desperate childhood until she was rescued and adopted by a retired army ranger who molded her into a master of self-defense. Now she's a cunning and fearless assassin who gets thrust into assignment after dangerous assignment ... Abby's latest assignment is in Colombia. She needs to go undercover and snuff out a dangerous arms dealer who's active in the underground sex trade. But when Abby purposely blows her cover in a last-ditch...
10) Missionaries
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"Neither Mason, a U.S. Army Special Forces medic, nor Lisette, a foreign correspondent, has emerged from America's long post-9/11 wars in Iraq and Afghanistan unscathed. Yet war also exerts a terrible draw that neither can shake--the noble calling, the camaraderie, the life-and-death stakes. Where else in the world can such a person go? All roads lead to Colombia, where the US, with its patented fusion of intelligence dominance and quick-striking...
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"While her parents are away, a teenager finds herself home alone, with the household staff mysteriously gone, no phone connection, and news of an insurgency on the radio-and then she hears a knock at the door. Her teacher, who has been kidnapped by guerrillas, recites Shakespeare in the jungle to a class of sticks, leaves, and stones while his captors watch his every move. Another classmate, who has fled Colombia for the clubs of New York, is unable...
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Books for the Library Lover (Kids)
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Library Card Sign Up Month 2023
September - Celebrate National Hispanic-Heritage Month - YOUTH
Hispanic & Latino Authors: Picture Books (SCPL-YS)
Library Card Sign Up Month 2023
September - Celebrate National Hispanic-Heritage Month - YOUTH
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When a man brings to a remote village two burros, Alfa and Beto, loaded with books the children can borrow, Ana's excitement leads her to write a book of her own as she waits for the BibliBurro to return. Includes glossary of Spanish terms and a note on the true story of Columbia's BiblioBurro and mobile libraries in other countries.
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"En 1543, con sólo dieciséis años, deseoso de fortuna y aventuras guerreras, el joven Pedro de Ursúa viaja al Nuevo Mundo. Desembarca en Perú, confiando en que la tierra de los Incas le depare, como a tantos hasta entonces, riqueza y poder; sin embargo, se encuentra con una región turbulenta, dividida entre bandos de conquistadores tan apegados a sus nuevas rapiñas que recelan de cualquier recién llegado. La llegada de su tío Miguel Díaz...
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Jack Ryan and John Clark novels volume 6
Jack Ryan Universe volume 6
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Jack Ryan novel volume 4
Jack Ryan Universe volume 6
Brilliance Audio on compact disc
Jack Ryan novel volume 4
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When Colombian drug lords assassinate both the U.S. ambassador and the visiting head of the FBI, their actions trigger a covert response from the American government-- a response that goes horribly wrong ... As the newly named Deputy Director of Intelligence for the CIA, Jack Ryan should be privy to operations like the one in Colombia, but he's been left completely in the dark. With the help of field officer John Clark, Ryan intends to find out what's...
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