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The unknown assassin volume 3
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
After breaking free of The Program, Boy Nobody is on a mission of his own to reclaim his life and rescue his friend Howard from the secret organization that has turned him and other orphaned children into trained assassins--but he has no idea who, if anyone, he can trust, or what the consequences will be if he succeeds in bringing down The Program.
Author
Series
Unknown assassin volume Book 2
Publisher
Little, Brown and Company
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Teen assassin Boy Nobody is sent on a mission to assassinate the head of a domestic terrorism cell, but his mission turns up more questions about his job than answers--
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Language
English
Description
In the summer of 1954, U.S. Marshal Teddy Daniels comes to Shutter Island, home of Ashecliffe Hospital for the Criminally Insane. Along with his partner, Chuck Aule, he sets out to find an escaped patient, a murderess named Rachel Solando, as a hurricane bears down upon them. But nothing at Ashecliffe Hospital is what it seems. Is he there to find a missing patient? Or has he been sent to look into rumors of Ashecliffe's radical approach to psychiatry?...
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English
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"A fantasy of the future that sheds a blazing critical light on the present--considered to be Aldous Huxley's most enduring masterpiece. Mr. Huxley is eloquent in his declaration of an artist's faith in man, and it is his eloquence, bitter in attack, noble in defense, that, when one has closed the book, one remembers. A Fantastic racy narrative, full of much excellent satire and literary horseplay. It is as sparkling, provocative, as brilliant, in...
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Series
Language
English
Description
"Groundbreaking, wholly involving, eerily prescient and terrifyingly topical, Dean Koontz's Jane Hawk series sets a new standard for contemporary thrillers. Since her sensational debut in The Silent Corner, readers have been riveted by Jane Hawk's resolute quest to take down the influential architects of an accelerating operation to control every level of society via an army of mind-altered citizens. At first, only Jane stood against the 'Arcadian'...
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Series
Captain Underpants volume 12
Publisher
Scholastic Inc
Language
English
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Description
George and Harold and their doubles, Yesterday George and Yesterday Harold, have been taking turns going to school, but when the doubles fall prey to their gym teacher, Mr. Meaner, and his method of mind control that turns students into attentive, obedient, perfect children, it is up to original George and Harold to strike back.
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Publisher
Four Walls Eight Windows
Edition
First Four Walls Eight Windows edition.
Language
English
Description
A war hero and the recipient of the Congressional Medal of Honor, Sergeant Raymond Shaw is keeping a deadly secret-even from himself. During his time as a prisoner of war in North Korea, he was brainwashed by his Communist captors and transformed into a deadly weapon-a sleeper assassin, programmed to kill without question or mercy at his captors' signal. Now he's been returned to the United States with a covert mission: to kill a candidate for US...
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Series
Greystone secrets volume 3
Publisher
Katherine Tegen Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
Told from separate viewpoints, as evil forces from the parallel world invade their home, the Greystones, their doubles, and friends must return to the alternate dimension to save both worlds.
9) Candor
Author
Publisher
Egmont USA
Language
English
Description
For a fee, "model teen" Oscar Banks has been secretly--and selectively-- sabotaging the subliminal messages that program the behavior of the residents of Candor, Florida, until his attraction to a rebellious new girl threatens to expose his subterfuge.
10) Under the knife
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Edition
First Edition.
Language
English
Description
"Morgan Finney, a biotechnology tycoon, is a shy, highly intelligent but socially awkward and emotionally fragile man. It was his wife, Jenny, with whom he connected and who enabled him to connect with others. When Jenny dies of complications during a surgery led by Dr. Rita Wu, Finney's grief turns to rage. He vows to kill Rita just as he believes she killed his wife. But first he will systematically destroy her life. Aided by a mysterious man named...
12) The program
Author
Series
Tim Rackley novels volume 2
Publisher
William Morrow
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
13) Bluebird
Author
Publisher
Scholastic Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"In 1946, Eva leaves behind the rubble of Berlin for the streets of New York City, stepping from the fiery aftermath of one war into another, far colder one, where power is more important than principles, and lies are more plentiful than the truth. Eva holds the key to a deadly secret: Project Bluebird -- a horrific experiment of the concentration camps, capable of tipping the balance of world power. Both the Americans and the Soviets want Bluebird,...
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Series
Nancy Drew Files volume 80
Publisher
Pocket Books
Language
English
Description
When Nancy and Bess Marvin visit Ned Nickerson at Emerson College, they become involved in an experiment in mind control and terror.
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Series
Language
English
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She was one of the FBI's top agents until she became the nation's most-wanted fugitive. Now Jane Hawk may be all that stands between a free nation and its enslavement by a powerful secret society's terrifying mind-control technology. She couldn't save her husband, or the others whose lives have been destroyed, but equipped with superior tactical and survival skills - and the fury born of a broken heart and a hunger for justice - Jane has struck major...
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Publisher
Stone Arch Books/Capstone
Language
English
Description
"When a weird, wild wail echoes from the Metropolis Museum, Batgirl and Supergirl rush inside ready for a fight. But all they discover are groggy workers--and one ancient tome missing from a rare book exhibit. A moment later, they're called to a break-in at S.T.A.R. Labs and find... Silver Banshee! The supernatural Super-Villain is scheming to broadcast a mind-control curse over the city! Batgirl and Supergirl are determined to stop the plot, but...
18) Godslayers
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Series
Gearbreakers volume 2
Publisher
Feiwel & Friends
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Months after the Gearbreakers struck a devastating blow against Godolia on Heavensday, the few rebels who have managed to escape the tyrannical empire's bloody retribution have fled to the mountains, hunted by the last Zenith-- Godolia's only surviving leader. Eris has been held prisoner since the attack on the capital city, which almost killed her. She learns Sona-- the girl she loves, the girl she would tear down cities for-- also survived, only...
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Publisher
Thomas Dunne Books, an imprint of St. Martin's Press
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
"Scientists thought we were safe from invasion. The distance between stars is so great that it seemed impossible for even the most advanced civilizations to send a large spaceship from one star system to another. But now, a species - a planet - other than our own has found a way. An unassuming probe from another star system lands in an empty corner of New York City and drills into the ground underneath, drawing electricity from the power lines to...
20) Enders
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English
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Someone is after Starters like Callie and Michael-teens with chips in their brains. They want to experiment on anyone left over from Prime Destinations-Starters who can be controlled and manipulated. With the body bank destroyed, Callie no longer has to rent herself out to creepy Enders. But Enders can still get inside her mind and make her do things she doesn't want to do. Like hurt someone she loves. Having the chip removed could save her life-but...
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