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  Airman

  by Eoin Colfer

  Conor Broekhart was born to fly.  In fact, legend has it that he was born flying in a hot air balloon at the world's fair. In the 1890s Conor and his family live on the sovereign Saltee Islands, off the Irish coast. Conor spends his days studying the science of flight with his tutor and exploring the castle with the king's daughter, Princess Isabella. But the boy's idyllic life changes forever the day he discovers... (more)
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  True Colors

  by Kristin Hannah

  True Colors is New York Times bestselling author Kristin Hannah’s most provocative, compelling, and heart-wrenching story yet. With the luminous writing and unforgettable characters that are her trademarks, she tells the story of three sisters whose once-solid world is broken apart by jealousy, betrayal, and the kind of passion that rarely comes along. The Grey sisters have always been close. After their... (more)
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  In the Labyrinth (A Fictionalized Account of a True Story of Prisoner in Czechos

  by John David Morley

  Morley's book, a first-person narrative by one Joseph Pallehner (the fictitious name of a real person), begins shortly after World War II, when Pallehner, a Czech-German prisoner, is sent to Prague's Leopoldov prison through bureaucratic error. Convicted of collaboration with the enemy during World War II, Pallehner is sentenced to six years in prison. As the regime persists and changes, he notices that the... (more)
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  Extreme Prejudice: The Terrifying Story of the Patriot Act and the Cover Ups of 9/11 and Iraq

  by Susan Lindauer

  What if the government decided to invent a great lie to justify a disastrous war? What would happen to the people who know the truth? EXTREME PREJUDICE delivers an explosive, high tension expose of the real facts surrounding the CIA's advance warning of 9/11 and an insider's look at Iraqi Pre-War Intelligence, told by one of the very few U.S. Assets covering Iraq before the War. It reveals the depths of deception... (more)
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  Two Wrongs

  by Morgan Mandel

  Danny Callaway knows who killed his sister, or does he? Danny's testimony sends Kevin to prison, a place that hardens the most innocent person. Kevin is out, and Danny beware!
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  Mickey Haller: Book 1

  The Lincoln Lawyer

  by Michael Connelly

  Mickey Haller is a Lincoln Lawyer, a criminal defense attorney who operates out of the backseat of his Lincoln Town Car, traveling between the far-flung courthouses of Los Angeles to defend clients of every kind. Bikers, con artists, drunk drivers, drug dealers - they're all on Mickey Haller's client list. For him, the law is rarely about guilt or innocence, it's about negotiation and manipulation. Sometimes it's... (more)