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1) High noon
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English
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Phenomenal #1 New York Times bestselling author Nora Roberts presents a spine-tingling novel about a female cop who walks fearlessly into danger—but must draw on her courage to let love into her life.
Police Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara found her calling at an early age when a violently unstable man broke into her family’s home, trapping and terrorizing them for hours. Now she’s Savannah’s...
Police Lieutenant Phoebe MacNamara found her calling at an early age when a violently unstable man broke into her family’s home, trapping and terrorizing them for hours. Now she’s Savannah’s...
2) Standoff
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English
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In this suspenseful thriller, a journalist who stumbles upon a deadly crime while pursuing the scoop of a lifetime will find her strength and conviction tested in new and frightening ways.
TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio: The teenage daughter of Forth Worth tycoon Russell Dendy has been kidnapped. Immediately, she ditches her holiday to chase down the story that...
TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio: The teenage daughter of Forth Worth tycoon Russell Dendy has been kidnapped. Immediately, she ditches her holiday to chase down the story that...
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Troubleshooters volume 9
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English
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Uncommon valor in the line of duty and unconditional devotion in the name of love are the salient qualities of the daring men and women who risk it all in the heart-pounding thrillers of New York Times bestselling author Suzanne Brockmann. Crafted with precision and power, her characters come alive with a depth of emotion few writers have achieved. Now, with Breaking Point, Brockmann breaks even further through the pack and delivers a stunning payload.
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Quercus
Pub. Date
2017.
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English
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Kidnap-and-rescue negotiator Thea Paris' worst nightmare comes true when her father is kidnapped and the only way to rescue him may involve an unthinkable sacrifice
Kidnap negotiator Thea Paris has spent her entire life with survivor's guilt, following an unspeakable childhood tragedy. At eight years old, she watched, frozen in fear, as her twelve-year-old brother, Nikos, was abducted from their home in Kanzi, Africa. Although he was recovered nine...
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Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.8 - AR Pts: 17
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English
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The warm fall day starts like any other at the Center -- a women's reproductive health services clinic -- its staff offering care to anyone who passes through its doors. Then, in late morning, a desperate and distraught gunman bursts in and opens fire, taking all inside hostage. After rushing to the scene, Hugh McElroy, a police hostage negotiator, sets up a perimeter and begins making a plan to communicate with the gunman. As his phone vibrates with...
6) Countdown
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When sheriff Milt Kovaks arrests Darrell Blanton for murder, Darnell's mother, Eunice, storms an inn where detective Kovaks' wife is hosting a bachelorette party and threatens to kill a partygoer every ten minutes until her son is released.
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FBI rapid response volume 1
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English
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"FBI Special Agent April Ramos is caught off guard when a frazzled young woman shoves a crying baby into her arms, then disappears. Jason Snyder abducts April and the baby at gunpoint, claiming to be the girl's father and that he was framed for murder. April must sort through his claims to find the truth"--
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The FBI’s chief hostage negotiator recounts harrowing standoffs, including the Waco siege with David Koresh and the Branch Davidians, in a memoir that inspired the miniseries Waco, now on Netflix.
“Riveting . . . the most in-depth and absorbing section is devoted to the 1993 siege near Waco, Texas.”—The Washington Post
In Stalling for Time, the FBI’s chief hostage negotiator takes readers...
“Riveting . . . the most in-depth and absorbing section is devoted to the 1993 siege near Waco, Texas.”—The Washington Post
In Stalling for Time, the FBI’s chief hostage negotiator takes readers...
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Doc Ford novels volume 19
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English
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Sneaking an underwater look at a notorious Russian black marketeer's fancy yacht, Doc Ford emerges to discover that the marketeer's private island has been taken over by environmental extremists who threaten to kill a hostage every hour until their demands are met.
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Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2009
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1 videodisc (106 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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New York Metropolitan Transit Authority train dispatcher Walter Garber's day is turned upside down when he must face-off against Ryder, the criminal mind that has hijacked the passengers of subway train, Pelham 1-2-3. Ryder is the leader of a highly-armed gang of four, including a henchman who used to work for the MTA. NYPD Hostage Negotiator Detective Camonetti initially takes charge of the situation, but quickly realizes that Ryder will only deal...
11) Takeover
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Theresa MacLean novels volume 1
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English
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What initially appears to be a bank heist turns into something far more complex and deadly. When forensic scientist Theresa MacLean seizes the opportunity to trade places with the city's best hostage negotiator, she must decide what she is willing to sacrifice in order to save the lives of innocent people as well as her own.
12) Cops and robbers
Publisher
Lionsgate
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (89 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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On his first day back from leave, hostage negotiator Michael struggles to end a tense standoff with Jesse, a bank robber. As the two men learn each other's identity, they realize they have a shared past, and angry scores yet to settle.
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Firm volume 2
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English
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In this explosive sequel to The Firm, Mitch, a partner at the largest law firm in the world, is asked for a favor by a mentor in Rome that plunges him into a sinister plot that has global implications and once against places everyone he holds dear in danger.
14) Bridge of spies
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Buena Vista Home Entertaiment/Touchstone Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Physical Desc
1 video disc (141 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
James Donovan is a Brooklyn lawyer who finds himself thrust into the center of the Cold War when the CIA sends him on the near-impossible task to negotiate the release of a captured American U-2 pilot.
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Distributed by Green Apple Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2020]
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1 videodisc (80 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
"When Lieutenant MORGAN (Kevin Sorbo) and other Police Officers arrive on the scene of a church hostage situation, JAMES (Casey Fuller) weighs his options for an escape while ELIZABETH (Jenn Gotzon) makes it her misssion to save his life." -- container.
16) Faith under fire
Publisher
Sony Pictures Television, Inc
Pub. Date
2018.
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Widescreen.
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (85 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
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Seven-time GRAMMY� Award winner Toni Braxton stars as Antoinette Tuff, a struggling single mom from Georgia who heroically averted a tragedy and saved hundreds of lives when she convinced a deranged gunman who stormed an elementary school to surrender. On August 20, 2013, Antoinette was in the school's front office when Michael Hill (Trevor Morgan), a young man with a history of mental illness and armed with an AK-47, snuck in and forced the school...
17) Breaking
Publisher
Decal
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (103 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
A Marine war veteran faces mental and emotional challenges when he tries to reintegrate back into civilian life.
18) Hunted
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English
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"Twas the night before Christmas, and dozens of rich, influential hostages are trapped inside a sprawling lakefront mansion in New Orleans. The perp? Detective Reed Ware, model cop turned outlaw. After receiving a panicked call from Hollis "Holly" Bayard, a teenage street tough with a penchant for amateur sleuthing who stumbles upon the scene of a drug-deal-turned- murder, Ware finds his and his friend's lives in dire danger. The crime Holly witnessed...
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Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2019]
Physical Desc
2 videodiscs (2 hr, 9 min.; 1 hr, 46 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
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English
Description
Inside man: NYPD Detective Keith Frazier struggles to outsmart Dalton, a high-stakes bank robber who, along with a well-trained crew of accomplices, has seized control of a Wall Street bank. The robbers turn what initially looks like a hostage crisis into a personal crusade to expose some mysterious evil secrets. As the dangerous cat-and-mouse game unfolds, Madaline, a power broker with her own agenda, emerges and injects even more instability into...
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New Yorker Video
Pub. Date
[2003]
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (136 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A documentary film about the series of events that occurred outside Waco, Texas in April 1993 in which 4 federal agents were killed along with 86 men, women and children of the Branch Davidian compound.
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