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Somewhere in Pakistan, Sonia Laghari and eight fellow members of a symposium on peace are being held captive by armed terrorists. Sonia, a deeply religious woman as well as a Jungian psychologist, has become the de facto leader of the kidnapped group, while her son Theo, an ex-Delta soldier, uses his military connections to find and free the victims.
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Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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"Ingrid Betancourt tells the story of her captivity in the Colombian jungle, sharing teachings of resilience, resistance, and faith. Born in Bogotá, raised in France, Betancourt at age 32 gave up a life of comfort and safety to return to Colombia to become a political leader in a country that was being slowly destroyed by terrorism, violence, fear, and hopelessness. In 2002, while a candidate in the Colombian presidential elections, she was abducted...
3) Cuba straits
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Series
Doc Ford novels volume 22
Language
English
Description
"The remarkable new novel in the Doc Ford series by New York Times-bestselling author Randy Wayne White. Doc Ford's old friend, General Juan Garcia, has gone into the lucrative business of smuggling Cuban baseball players into the U.S. He is also feasting on profits made by buying historical treasures for pennies on the dollar. He prefers what dealers call HPC items-high-profile collectibles-but when he manages to obtain a collection of letters written...
Publisher
Digiview Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2006
Physical Desc
1 DVD (90 min.) : sd., col. ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Based on a true story, an American CNN journalist on assignment in Beirut in 1984 is captured by terrorists. The State Department wants to keep it secret, but Jerry Levin's wife contacts the kidnappers herself.
5) Beirut
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
[Widescreen].
Physical Desc
1 blu-ray (1 hr., 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Set during the time of the Lebanese Civil War, tells the story of a former American diplomat who returns to Beirut to rescue his friend who was taken hostage by a terrorist group.
6) Dead silence
Author
Series
Doc Ford novels volume 16
Language
English
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Winter in New York City: Doc Ford is at the Explorers Club. He foils an abduction attempt on a senator, but the companion in her car is snatched-- and buried alive, leading to a series of remakable twists and revelations.
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Publisher
BenBella Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Physical Desc
[312] pages ; 23 cm
Language
English
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On New Years Eve in 2012, Matthew Schrier was headed home from Syria, where hed been photographing the intense combat of the countrys civil war. Just 45 minutes from the safety of the Turkish border, he was taken prisoner by the al Nusra Frontan organization the world would come to know as the Syrian branch of Al Qaeda. Over the next seven months he would endure torture and near starvation in six brutal terrorist prisons. Hed face a daily struggle...
8) Beirut
Publisher
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
Widescreen edition.
Physical Desc
1 DVD (1 hr., 50 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
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Set during the time of the Lebanese Civil War, tells the story of a former American diplomat who returns to Beirut to rescue his friend who was taken hostage by a terrorist group.
Author
Publisher
Aguilar
Pub. Date
2010
Edition
2. ed.
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710 p. ; 24 cm.
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Español
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En 2002, Ingrid Betancourt, candidata a la presidencia de Colombia, fue secuestrada. Este libro es el relato de sus seis años y medio de cautiverio a manos de la FARC, Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias de Colombia.
In 2002, Ingrid Betancourt, a candidate for the presidency of Colombia, was kidnapped. This book tells about the six and a half years that she was held hostage by the FARC, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia.
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