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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.6 - AR Pts: 20
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English
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Troy Phelan, a 78-year-old eccentric and the 10th-richest man in America, is about to read his last will and testament, divvying up an estate worth $11 billion. Phelan's three ex-wives, their grasping spawn, a legion of lawyers, several psychiatrists, and a plethora of sound technicians wait breathlessly, all eyes glued to digital monitors as they watch the old man read his verdict. But Phelan shocks everyone with a bizarre, last-gasp attempt to redistribute...
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English
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"For Melanie Drake, school guidance counselor in a small Virginia town, the day's challenges typically involve a playground scuffle or a student skipping school. It's worlds away from her previous career as a vital part of the Office of Special Investigations. There, she devoted herself heart and soul to covert operations, the riskier the better. Since leaving, Melanie has cherished her peaceful, calm existence, with her two beloved retired service...
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English
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If you close your eyes, he'll get you. Sophie Dunston knows all too well how dreams can kill. As one of the nation's top sleep therapists, she specializes in the life-threatening night terrors that her ten-year-old son, Michael, suffers from. But she is also an expert in another kind of terror--the kind that can turn a dream life into a living nightmare in the blink of an eye.
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In Death series volume 1
Language
English
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Three young women have been brutally murdered. After 10 years on the New York City police force, Lieutenant Eve Dallas knows better than to become emotionally involved with her work. But the prime suspect is a suave, sophisticated Irish billionaire with a mysterious past and she finds herself powerless to resist his charm.
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Series
Montana rescue volume 4
Publisher
Revell
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Sparks ignite as Ian and Sierra await rescue and work to survive on an unpopulated island following a boating accident, but a closely guarded secret held by Sierra might drive a wedge between them.
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Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
Forced to participate in a series of business investments that will cause his company to lose millions of dollars, businessman Titus Cain faces threats against his family and friends if he calls the police or fails to cooperate.
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Publisher
Ballantine Books
Pub. Date
[2003]
Language
English
Description
When Angela Day is offered the opportunity of a lifetime by Jake Lawrence, one of the world's wealthiest entrepreneurs, she discovers the dangers of unlimited power, influence, and riches as enemies target him--and anyone around him--for death.
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English
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This epic tale of loyalty and betrayal spans the lives of two friends from the riot-torn West Berlin of the 1960s to the grimy looking-glass of Cold War Europe to the present day of terrorism and new alliances. This is the novel le Carr fans have been waiting for, a brilliant, ferocious, heartbreaking work for the ages.
10) Chaos
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Pub. Date
2020.
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English
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"Iris Johansen introduces a new kickass female protagonist, Alisa Flynn, a CIA agent who may be willing to go rogue if it means catching the most heartless band of criminals she's ever encountered. Alisa is aided by mysterious billionaire-genius-inventor Gabe Korgan and recurring character Margaret Douglas, an animal whisperer who brings along her beloved dog Juno to fight alongside them. Alisa is determined to rescue schoolgirls kidnapped from their...
11) Day of wrath
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Series
Publisher
Warner Books
Pub. Date
c1998
Language
English
Description
Colonel Peter Thorn and FBI Special Agent Helen Gray must work together to try and save the United States from the destructive plans of a madman.
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Series
Publisher
Createspace Independent Pub
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
One awkward billionaire. One failed psychic.
A tale as old as time . . .
Lola Pink: He schedules everything. And I mean everything.
I had no idea what I was getting myself into when I took this job. I thought it would be simple-pretend to be Mr. Dane Clark's personal assistant, find the missing blueprints, and get out of the Clark Castle for good. But, somehow this socially awkward, tech-genius billionaire has wormed his way into my heart. And...
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Jack Ryan and John Clark novels volume 21
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English
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A shadowy billionaire uses his fortune to further his corrupt ambitions. Along the way, he's toppled democratically elected governments and exacerbated divisions within stable nations. The competitors he's destroyed, the people he's hurt, they're all just marks on a ledger. Now, he's ready to implement his most ambitious plan of all. There's only one force standing in his way - President Jack Ryan. How do you compel a man like Jack Ryan to bend? He's...
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English
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Greek billionaire playboy Nikolas Constantinos intended to conclude the business deal with Jessica Stanton, a.k.a. The Black Widow, as quickly as possible. Love hadn't been part of his plan. A hot affair or a one-night stand was all he'd allow. Because love would lead to marriage. And marriage to Jessica, a woman with a scandalous past, could ruin him. But love was the one thing he couldn't control.
15) Lovers & players
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English
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Take one vindictive aging tycoon and three charismatic, ambitious sons; add one nav̐e heiress, one aspiring R&B diva, one British (titled, natch) lady of the house; throw in a dash of Russian mafia, kinky sex, a pinch of rap mogul, fabulous locations and a sprinkling of murders, and you have the ingredients for a fast-paced, glamour-heavy Collins extravaganza.
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Arkady Renko novels volume 5
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English
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"Arkady Renko returns for his most enigmatic and baffling case: the death of one of Russia's new billionaires, which leads him to the Zone of Exclusion - Chernobyl and the surrounding areas closed to the world since the nuclear disaster of April 1986. In Wolves Eat Dogs, Renko enters the privileged world of Russia's new billionaire class. The grandest of them all, a self-made powerhouse named Pasha Ivanov, has apparently leapt to his death from the...
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Stark trilogy volume 2
Publisher
Bantam Books Trade Paperbacks
Pub. Date
c2013
Language
English
19) The Eighth Day
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English
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Private investigator Danny Cray is hired to discover who is behind a scheme to destroy the reputation of a notorious billionaire--an assignment that unexpectedly hurls him into a sinister world where nothing is what it seems.
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Stone Barrington novels volume 23
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English
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When a hedge fund billionaire hires Stone Barrington to talk some sense into his wayward son, it seems an easy enough job; no one knows the hidden sins and temptations of the ultra-wealthy better than Stone. But as he and his erstwhile protege, Herbie Fisher, probe deeper into the case - and an old one comes back to haunt him - Stone realizes that even he may have underestimated just how far some people will go to cover up their crimes and plan new...