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A boy and his father come from far away to visit the Vietnam War Memorial in Washington and find the name of the boy's grandfather, who was killed in the conflict.

"A remote ranch for healing veterans becomes a battleground when FBI agent Collin Sullivan arrives with a teenager who witnessed a mob hit. Survival instructor Elena Thompson's peaceful haven is shattered as armed attackers surround the property. As secrets emerge and danger closes in, they must determine who the real target is-before it's too late" -- Provided by publisher.

"Not so long ago, Reese Lockhart was commanding a company of Marines. Now his life is spiraling out of control. The Bar C ranch outside Jackson Hole, Wyoming may be his last chance to save himself... Shaylene Crawford, an Afghanistan veteran herself, knows all too well the demons of PTSD--thats why she's determined to turn her familys cattle ranch into a place where wounded warriors can work, find a home, and rebuild their souls. Her embittered father...

The saga of the War Between the States in Florida is not well known beyond the borders of the "Sunshine State," except the actions within the third state to secede from the Union were quite prominent: the battles of Olustee and Natural Bridge; the sinking of the USS Columbine on the St. Johns River; Gen. William Birney's Raid; the intrepid Cow Cavalry; Confederate spy sisters Lola, Panchita, and Eugenia Sánchez; and the "flight into oblivion" of...

Explains what Veterans Day is, the history of this holiday, and how it is celebrated.

"Diagnosed with Lou Gehrig's disease nine months earlier, Nate is about to leap off an 11th-floor ledge of a bank building in Santa Monica, Calif., when he notices a robbery in progress through the window next to where heas standing. Nate climbs back in the window undetected, grabs a handgun a masked man has conveniently set down, and, thanks to his ROTC firearms training, succeeds in shooting dead five of the six robbers. In revenge, the thwarted...

Widow Fia Thomas is tempted to give love a second chance as she is drawn to veteran Elliot Ross, but she is hiding something that threatens their future together and he is determined to figure out what it is.

There's a legend in Twilight, Texas. If you sleep with a kismet cookie under your pillow on Christmas Eve, you will dream of your one true love.

She saw him in her dreams . . .

It's impossible! Naomi Luther was standing face-to-face with the man she'd dreamed about over a year ago. Was it the magic of kismet Christmas cookies that brought him to her? Or is there an even greater force at work? All Naomi knows is she is falling, hard

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"Jack Reacher is back in the brand-new, page-turning thriller from acclaimed #1 bestselling authors Lee Child and Andrew Child. Reacher isn't one to back down from a fight. And when a shadowy crew raises the stakes, he won't hesitate to teach them a lesson: When you pick a fight with Reacher, you're better off dead"-- Provided by publisher.

Matthew Redd doesn't go looking for trouble. But this time, it's found him anyway...and he's not the only one in the crosshairs. Late-summer wildfires are a fact of life in Montana. But as an inferno nears Wellington, Matthew Redd gets the unusual call that a team of smoke jumpers has suddenly gone dark. As head of the county's fledgling search and rescue team, Redd drops into the fire zone and finds way more than he bargained for: a killer has taken...