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Written by one of its own graduates, Class 11: Inside the CIA's First Post-9/11 Spy Class is a gripping insider's look at the first post-9/11 CIA training class-the most elite and secretive espionage training program in the country. Like all Americans, T. J. Waters was stunned, angry, and grief stricken by the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001. More than that, he wanted to take action to help prevent such an event from ever happening again....
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English
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For the past decade, an audacious program called Football Dreams has held tryouts for millions of young boys across Africa, looking for soccer's next superstars. Led by the Spanish scout who helped launch Lionel Messi's career and funded by the desert kingdom of Qatar, the program chooses just a handful of boys each year to train to become professionals; the process is one thousand times more selective than getting into Harvard University. In an extraordinary...
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English
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The author describes how, after working as a humanitarian around the world, he realized that he could do nothing to stop violence or prevent people from becoming refugees and soon joined the elite Navy SEALs, where he drew on his humanitarian training ashe battled injustice.
6) Hot shots!
Publisher
Twentieth Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2002
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (ca. 85 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
A team of crack (or is it cracked?) jet jockeys led by an incompetent commander spend their nights carousing and their days training for secret operation "Sleepy Weasel"--A lightning strike against a desert kingdom.
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Series
Spy school volume 8
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
With SPYDER apparently defeated, thirteen-year-old Benjamin Ripley is hoping for some peace at spy school, but when the CIA conference room next to where Ben and Alexander are trying to explain everything to Ben's parents (no easy task) is blown up, suspicion falls on fellow trainee (and secret crush) Erica.
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Publisher
Penguin Books
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
xi, 226 pages : illustrations ; 23 cm
Language
English
Description
"A no-nonsense, interactive guide that empowers all women at all levels to run their strongest, best marathon ever. As recently as 1966, women were forbidden to run in the marathon. Professionals-including doctors-believed it was physically impossible anddangerous for women to run more than a mile and a half. But as with many other barriers women have faced over time, we fought our way in. Today, women make up almost half of the marathoning population....
12) City Island
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
2010
Physical Desc
1 videodisc (104 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Vince Rizzo is a lifelong resident of the tiny, tradition-steeped Bronx enclave of City Island. A family man who makes his living as a corrections officer, Vince longs to become an actor. Vince would rather let his wife believe his weekly poker games are a cover for an affair than admit he is secretly taking acting classes in Manhattan. When Vince is asked to reveal his biggest secret in class, he inadvertently sets off a chaotic chain of events that...
18) Evil: Season two
Publisher
CBS
Pub. Date
[2022]
Physical Desc
3 videodiscs (616 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
In Season Two of Evil, Kristin struggles with her darker nature after killing a man, while David suffers temptation as he gets closer to his ordination. Meanwhile, Ben is visited by night terrors that prey on his greatest fears. Includes all thirteen episodes plus over 20 minutes of deleted scenes!
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
[2017]
Physical Desc
x, 346 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations (chiefly color), maps ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
"As a SEAL sniper and combat veteran, Webb was tapped to revamp the U.S. Naval Special Warfare (SEAL) Scout/Sniper School, incorporating the latest advances in technology and ballistics software to create an entirely new course that continues to test theskills and even the best warriors. In this revealing new book, Webb takes readers through every aspect of this training, describing how Spec Ops snipers are taught each dimension of their art. Trainees...
20) Pet dad
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Publisher
Dial Books for Young Readers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Physical Desc
1 volume (unpaged) : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Denied a pet, Plum decides her father will do and sets out to train him to sit, fetch, and more but he only responds by barking "No!" until she finds the right reward.
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