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1) Final option
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Oregon files volume 14
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English
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In Final Option, Juan Cabrillo fights the worst enemy from his past to the terrifying and unexpected ending created by the Grand Master of Adventure, Clive Cussler, in the latest action-packed thriller in his #1 New York Times-bestselling series. When the CIA realizes the identities of three American spies in Brazil have been compromised, they turn to Juan Cabrillo and the crew of the Oregon to rescue the agents. What seems a routine operation turns...
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Oregon files volume 16
Pub. Date
[2022]
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English
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"Cabrillo's Corporation of mercenaries may have finally met its match in The Pipeline--a criminal syndicate passed down from father to son across generations. With millions of innocent civilians hanging in the balance, the Oregon's crew must unravel a tangle of drug-smuggling routes and international conspiracies spanning from the Aegean Sea to the Indian Ocean, putting their lives on the line to find the weapon before its countdown hits zero"--
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Oregon files volume 7
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English
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In December 7, 1941, five brothers exploring a shaft on an island off the coast of Washington State make an extraordinary discovery, but a tragic accident suspends further investigation. In the present, Juan Cabrillo and his Oregon team, chasing the remanants of a crashed satellite in the Argentine jungle, stumble upon a shocking revelation. His efforts to untangle the mystery lead first to that island, and then much farther back, to an ancient Chinese...
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Water wheel novels volume 1
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[2011]
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English
Description
A prideful woman and a drunkard captain seek restoration and find it, by God's grace, in each other.
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Whispers on the moors novels volume 1
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[2013]
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English
Description
Darbury, England, 1814. Amelia Barrett, heiress to an estate nestled in the English moors, defies family expectations and promises to raise her dying friend's baby. She'll risk everything to keep her word -- even to the point of proposing to Graham, the child's father -- a sea captain she's never met.
14) Persuasion
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English
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Austen's last novel is the crowning achievement of her matchless career. Her heroine, Anne Elliot, a woman of integrity, breeding and great depth of emotion, stands in stark contrast to the brutality and hypocrisy of Regency England.
15) Shadow tyrants
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English
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"Nearly two thousand years ago, an Eastern emperor charged a small group with safeguarding secrets powerful enough to change the history of mankind. They went down in legend as the Nine Unknown Men--and now two rival factions of their descendants are fighting a mighty battle. Both sides think they are saving the world, but their tactics could very well bring about the end of humankind. Soon, Juan Cabrillo and his team of expert operatives aboard the...
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2016.
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English
Description
As captain of a San Francisco Bay tour boat, Pru is the master of the waters, but is a disaster on dry land. But she is adjusting to her new life and has made friends with pub owner Finn O'Riley. What starts as a friendship soon leads to love, but Pru has been keeping a secret that could change their lives forever.
17) Singapore!
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Pub. Date
[2007]
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English
Description
Captain Jack Sparrow has gotten Elizabeth Swann and Will Turner into trouble before, but they have always managed to escape. This time, though, it looks like they might be in over their heads! They must sail to Singapore and face one of the Seven Seas' most dangerous captains in order to save Jack, themselves, and pirates everywhere!
18) Fire strike
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Series
Novel of the Oregon Files volume 17
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"When Cabrillo is hired to extract an undercover operative in Kenya, he finds himself on the trail of a deadly international plot. A Saudi Prince seeks to unleash a deadly assault on U.S. forces, sparking a new war in the Middle East and ultimately destroying Israel. Cabrillo's crew have met their most fearsome adversaries yet: a force of bio-hacked soldiers endowed with extreme strength and stamina and an unquenchable appetite for violence. The Oregon...
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The adventurers quartet volume 2
Pub. Date
[2016]
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English
Description
After a decade leading diplomatic voyages and covert missions for the Crown, Captain Robert Frobisher decides that establishing a home--with hearth and wife--should be his next challenge. But when an urgent summons arrives, Robert puts his wishes aside and agrees to set sail immediately. His goal is clear: get to Freetown, determine the location of a slavers' camp and return to London with the information. In Freetown, Miss Aileen Hopkins is determined...
20) Moby-Dick
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-- Moby DickBut it is also a hymn to democracy. Bent as the crew is on Ahab’s appalling crusade, it is equally the image of a co-operative community at work: all hands dependent on all hands, each individual responsible for the security of each. -- Moby Dick is the greatest novel ever written by an American.
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