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English
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"A bomb is more than a weapon. A bomb is an expression of the bomber's thoughts about you, his predictions of your behavior--a performance designed to fool you into making one fatally wrong move. In The Bomb Maker, Edgar Award-winning author Thomas Perry introduces us to the dark corners of a mind intent on transforming a simple machine into an act of murder--and to those committed to preventing that outcome at any cost. A threat is called into the...
2) The bomb
Publisher
[publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Examines the history of the atomic bomb and how it changed the world.
3) Humans 3.0
Publisher
Acorn Media
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
One year has passed since the synths began to gain consciousness. Fighting to survive in a world that hates and fears them, the synth community starts to fracture, risking all hope for peace and stability with humans.
5) The courier
Publisher
Lionsgate
Language
English
Formats
Description
The true story of a British businessman unwittingly recruited into one of the greatest international conflicts in history. Forming an unlikely partnership with a Soviet officer hoping to prevent a nuclear confrontation, the two men work together to provide the crucial intelligence used to defuse the Cuban Missile Crisis.
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Series
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English
Description
While investigating a car bomb meant for a mediator for a development planned at the Grand Canyon, tribal police officers Manuelito, Chee, and their mentor Lieutenant Leaphorn piece together clues that link the bombing to a cold case and a very patient killer with a long-range plot for revenge.
7) District B13
Publisher
Magnolia Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2006
Language
Français
Description
In a Paris ghetto in 2010, a policeman and a criminal go undercover to infiltrate a gang and diffuse a neutron bomb.
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Language
English
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"Alanna has been plagued by tragedy. So it should come as no surprise that in the beauty that surrounds Charleston, all is not as it seems. When her husband is killed by a car bomb while their band is on tour in Charleston, Alanna doesn't know where to turn. Her father-in-law is threatening to take custody of the baby she carries, but the one thing she knows for sure is that she can't lose the last piece of Liam she has left. Their manager offers...
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It takes a special kind of bravery to face down a live bomb .. but the people in this book demonstrate that courage every time they go to work. Experts on bomb squads around the world face new dangers every day. Inside, read how they stay ahead of the bombers and how they train their minds and bodies to handle the stress of disarming explosive devices. --Amazon.com.
10) The bomb shelter
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English
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"Forty years ago, a Phoenix reporter was killed by a car bomb in one of America's most notorious crimes. Three men went to prison but was the assassination ever really solved? Did the kingpin who ordered the hit get away with it? It's a case custom-made for David Mapstone, the historian-turned-sheriff's deputy. But the past never rests easy in Arizona and when Mapstone's boss, Sheriff Mike Peralta, promises to reopen the investigation, new murders...
Author
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"Black Snow brilliantly vivifies the horrific reality of the most destructive air attack in history, against Tokyo on the night of March 9-10, 1945. James Scott deftly employs sharply etched portraits of individuals of all stations and nationalities to survey the global, technological, and moral backdrop of the cataclysm, including the searing experiences of Japanese trapped in a gigantic firestorm. This riveting account illuminates an historical...
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"Inside information on a wondrously droll, highly classified yarn from WWII . . . A well-told, stranger-than-fiction tale that could make a terrific movie." -Kirkus Reviews
The plan: attach small incendiary bombs to millions of bats and release them over Japan's major cities. As the bats went to roost, a million fires would flare up in remote crannies of the wood and paper buildings common throughout Japan. When their cities were reduced to ashes,...
Author
Series
Nuala Anne McGrail novels volume 9
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The latest tale of Nuala Anne McGrail begins with a foreboding dream of some terrible impending evil, but what is the origin of this nameless peril? The true danger becomes shockingly apparent when a catastrophic car-bombing rocks the Chicago riverfront. Uncovering the twisted minds behind the bombing is not easy; Nuala and her husband, Dermot, soon find themselves enmeshed in a complicated tapestry of lies and secrets."--Page 4 of cover.
15) Hot seat
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
A reformed hacker turned cyber security technician finds himself in the HOT SEAT when he realizes that he's just armed a bomb under his chair and he's forced to help a maniacal anonymous caller pull off an impossible cyber robbery.
17) Blown away
Author
Series
Publisher
Aladdin Paperbacks
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.4 - AR Pts: 4
Language
English
Description
An investigation of highly classified military equipment leads Frank and Joe into danger where a massive threat to global security is waiting to explode.
19) Triggered
Publisher
Samuel Goldwyn Films
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Nine friends, each harboring a dark secret, go camping in the woods. After a wild night of partying, they wake up with suicide bombs strapped to their chests, all with varying times on their countdown clocks. They decide to work out how to disarm the bombs or find help, until they discover they can 'take' one another's time by killing each other." --
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
When a series of package bombs show up on the doorsteps of prominent politicians and businessmen in the summer of 1919, U.S. Bureau of Investigation Agent William Flynn is assigned the task of finding those responsible. He becomes immersed in an investigation that uncovers an anarchist plot to destroy democracy.