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The Survivor The Survivor Tom Cain Samuel Carver makes bad accidents happen to worse people. He's very good at his job. But nobody's perfect. And one of Carver's targets has got away. Now the world faces a new age of conflict driven b… OL15086237W
The Nuclear Jihadist The Nuclear Jihadist Douglas Frantz The world has entered a second nuclear age. For the first time since the end of the Cold War, the threat of nuclear annihilation is on the rise. Should such an assault occur, there is a strong like… OL15170109W
Gideon's corpse Gideon's corpse Lincoln Child,Douglas Preston A top nuclear scientist turns homicidal, taking an innocent family hostage at gunpoint. Gideon Crew, a colleague of the scientist at Los Alamos, is called in to talk the man down. But the standoff en… OL16518004W
Nimitz class Nimitz class Patrik Robinson The unthinkable has happened. The nuclear-powered Nimitz Class Aircraft Carrier Thomas Jefferson, the most powerful warship in the world, home to a crew of 6,000 sailors and navy fliers, has been vap… OL16582961W
Critical mass Critical mass Whitley Strieber What would we do if a nuclear weapon was detonated in Washington, and the US government suddenly disappeared? What would we do if a terrorist organization announced that it had concealed nuclear weap… OL1874521W
The evil that men do The evil that men do Robert Gleason Income inequality and the offshore hoarding of illicit black funds have reached such extremes that the earth's democracies are in peril. The oligarchs are taking over. The People worldwide, however, … OL19745602W
The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean nuclear attacks against the United States The 2020 Commission Report on the North Korean nuclear attacks against the United States Jeffrey G. Lewis "America lost 1.4 million citizens in the North Korean attacks of March 2020. This is the final, authorized report of the government commission charged with investigating the calamity.<BR /><BR /> "T… OL19752514W
Toxic Toxic Jamie Doward The mutilated body of a senior banker is found on a remote Kent beach. Could the man's death be linked to the scandal engulfing his employer, a global investment bank created by the CIA to help it tr… OL20937032W
Liberty Liberty Stephen Coonts Semi-retired Rear Admiral Jake Grafton finds himself in a race to avert disaster when a Russian spy informs him that a rogue general has sold four nuclear warheads to a radical Islam terrorist group … OL22062635W
The silent man The silent man Alex Berenson A plan of unimaginable consequences has been set in motion. Terrorists are attempting to steal warheads from the heart of Russia's nuclear complex. CIA agent John Wells must put aside his personal ve… OL24298606W
Go With Me Go With Me David Armstrong,Joseph J. Trento,Castle Freeman The turbulent nation of Pakistan, where Osama bin Laden is far more popular than George W. Bush, possesses a nuclear arsenal built with technology from the United States and Europe, and financed with… OL2641968W
The Atomic Bazaar The Atomic Bazaar William Langewiesche Journalist Langewiesche investigates the burgeoning global threat of nuclear weapons production. This is the story of the inexorable drift of nuclear weapons technology from the hands of the rich int… OL2749834W
Riders of the pale horse Riders of the pale horse T. Davis Bunn 348 p. : 22 cm OL547132W
Deterring state sponsorship of nuclear terrorism Deterring state sponsorship of nuclear terrorism Michael A. Levi "Nuclear powers were deterred from attacking each other by the fear of retaliation. Today, much of the concern over possible nuclear attack comes in the context of rogue states and terrorism. And sin… OL8512976W