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Emergency rescue Emergency rescue Angela Royston Describes the work of paramedics, firefighters, doctors, mechanics, and other emergency rescue workers. OL15069981W
The Search The Search Nora Roberts The #1 New York Times-bestselling author presents a riveting novel where a canine search and rescue volunteer fights danger and finds love in the Pacific Northwest wilderness. To most people, Fiona B… OL15080732W
True wilderness rescue stories True wilderness rescue stories Susan Jankowski "Read about the 'Thirty Mile Fire,' a rescue in a redwood forest, how text messaging save stranded snowmobilers, a heroic dog on Mount Hood, and a rescue on the Appalachian Trail"--Provided by publis… OL15092494W
Deadliest Sea Deadliest Sea Kalee Thompson Soon after 2:00 A.M. on Easter morning, March 23, 2008, the fishing trawler Alaska Ranger began taking on water in the middle of the frigid Bering Sea. While the first mate broadcast Mayday calls to … OL15174484W
The Flowing Tide The Flowing Tide Alan Savage With France having fallen, by 1941 the Germans control every French port, turning the English Channel into a battleground where vast numbers of German Schnell-boats frequently clash horns with the ha… OL15291285W
MH-53E Sea Dragons MH-53E Sea Dragons Carlos Alvarez "Amazing photography accompanies engaging information about MH-53E Sea Dragons. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7"--Provide… OL15301149W
Heroic jobs Heroic jobs Chris Oxlade This book explains the variety of jobs and hard work that mountain rescuers and their teams and equipment do to save people hurt or trapped in mountainous areas. OL15941743W
Stormwalker Stormwalker Dallas Schulze Sara Grant chose the wrong time to lie Insisting that she knew all about horses and hiking, she badgered Cody Wolf into taking her on his search for the downed Cessna and Sara's missing nephew. Un… OL16031243W
Rainy Day Rescue Rainy Day Rescue Inda Schaenen Welcome to Plattsburgh, Missouri, where everyone either owns, rides, or stables a horse—everyone that is except for April Helmbach. April is different from other thirteen-year-old girls in her town. … OL17395793W
People at work in mountain rescue People at work in mountain rescue Deborah Fox Describes the people who work on a mountain rescue team, their training, and their use of dogs and helicopters in search and rescue. OL1832085W
Zero-degree murder Zero-degree murder Rowland, M. L. (Novelist) When her teammate disappears while they are searching for missing hikers on Thanksgiving Day, Search and Rescue expert Gracie Kinkaid calls upon all of her survival skills to keep herself and injured… OL19710213W
Silent creed Silent creed Alex Kava "Ryder Creed and his K9 search-and-rescue dogs return in the second installment of an exciting new series, teaming up once more with FBI profiler Maggie O'Dell in their riskiest case yet. When Ryder … OL20003828W
Oblivion Song Oblivion Song Robert Kirkman,Lorenzo De Felici,Annalisa Leoni A decade ago, 300,000 citizens of Philadelphia were suddenly lost in Oblivion. The government made every attempt to recover them, but after many years, they gave up. Nathan Cole...won't. He makes dai… OL21336177W
Fireman Sam Fireman Sam n/a Norman Price decides that he is now Narzan, "King of the Jungle", annoying everyone in Pontypandy! But when the twins are trapped by a fire in the fields, will Norman prove himself a hero after all?-… OL22072495W
Exposed Exposed Brad McQueen "In May of 2001, the author and his wife and father were stranded overnight on Mount Evans during a freak late-spring blizzard. Melissa punched through snow into a creek and ended up spending the nig… OL26437181W
The day we lost the H-bomb The day we lost the H-bomb Barbara Moran In The Day We Lost the H-Bomb, science writer Barbara Moran marshals a wealth of new information and recently declassified material to give the definitive account of the Cold War's biggest nuclear we… OL2776385W
The picture world of sea rescue The picture world of sea rescue Norman S. Barrett Examines vehicles and methods used for emergency rescue operations at sea, discussing tugboats, hovercraft, flying boats, and icebreakers. OL3262734W
Guests of the Ayatollah Guests of the Ayatollah Mark Bowden A chronicle of the Iran hostage crisis, America's first battle with militant Islam. On November 4, 1979, a group of radical Islamist students, inspired by the revolutionary Iranian leader Ayatollah K… OL491851W
Shattered Shattered JoAnn Ross More than a year after his red-hot affair in Baghdad with Army doctor Kirby Campbell, Army pilot Shane Garrett is trying to rebuild his life stateside. Kirby is also stateside, but when she learns a … OL505502W
Tracker Tracker Joel Hardin Tracking for Search & Rescue, Law Enforcement and Military. stories and adventures of a mantracker. it is a great book for anyone wanting to learn about following footprints to find a person. The boo… OL5855762W
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