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Anne A Wilson · Brilliance Audio ; Prince Frederick, MD
Format: Audiobook on CD

Helicopter pilot Sara Denning joins an all-male navy battle group with little fanfare -- and that's just the way she likes it. Her philosophy is simple -- blend in, be competent, and above all, never do anything to stand out as a woman. But somewhere along the way, she lost herself...
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Brothers Forever: The Enduring Bond between a Marine and a Navy SEAL that Transcended Their Ultimate Sacrifice

Tom Sileo · Brilliance Audio
Format: Audio CD

Four weeks after Navy SEALs had killed Osama bin Laden, the President of the United States stood in Arlington National Cemetery. In his Memorial Day address, he extolled the courage and sacrifice of the two young men buried side by side in the graves before him: Travis Manion, a fallen...
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Voices of Poetry

J R R Tolkien

The hoard / J.R.R. Tolkien -- Prose jottings / E.E. Cummings -- The old man to the lizard / Archibald Macleish -- Six young men / Ted Hughes -- Naked in Borneo / May Swenson -- The dark twin / Marilyn Hacker -- 23rd street runs into heaven / Kenneth Patchen -- An old woman / Edith
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Blood on Snow: A Novel

Jo Nesbo · Random House Large Print
Pages: 176
Format: Paperback

From the internationally acclaimed author of the Harry Hole novels - a fast, tight, darkly lyrical stand-alone novel that has at its center the perfectly sympathetic antihero: an Oslo contract killer who draws us into an unexpected meditation on death and love. This is the story of Olav:...
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The Painted Veil (2007)

· Warner Home Video
Format: DVD

Produced by Edward Norton and Naomi Watts, The Painted Veil works well as a movie--even better as an actor's showcase. The year is 1925. When her domineering mother pressures her to marry, Kitty (Watts) settles for shy bacteriologist Walter (Norton). Then Walter is transferred from...
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Mia Wasikowska · Anchor Bay

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Red Dog BD Combo

· Arc Entertainment
Format: DVD

: In the tradition of Lassie, and adapted from the Louis de Bernieres best-selling novel, Red Dog is based on a true story. In this warm-hearted story, Red Dog becomes a legend with the wild outback locals. Along the way, Red Dog finds the person he s been searching for...Sometimes you pick...
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