The Bourne Identity
The Bourne Identity (2002), directed by Doug Liman, follows a man pulled from the sea with no name. Matt Damon plays Jason Bourne with sharp eyes and quick moves. He wakes on a boat. Two bullets sit in his back.
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The Icarus Agenda by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Icarus Agenda, a heart-pounding political thriller, Colorado congressman Evan Kendrick goes undercover in Oman to infiltrate a terrorist hideout and rescue American hostages during a chaotic 1980s Middle East crisis.
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Iron Man
Iron Man (2008), directed by Jon Favreau, follows a billionaire weapons maker who builds a suit of armour to escape captivity and decides to use it to protect the world. Robert Downey Jr. plays Tony Stark, a genius with more charm than sense.
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The Aquitaine Progression by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Aquitaine Progression, a massive Cold War thriller, international lawyer Joel Converse gets entangled in a deadly conspiracy when a mysterious figure in Geneva drops a bombshell: a secret military cabal called the Aquitaine is plotting to take over the world.
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Your Love Never Fails by Jesus Culture
Jesus Culture's 2008 live album spreads long, free worship songs across a conference night of sung praise.
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The Noise We Make by Chris Tomlin
Chris Tomlin's 2001 debut is plain, singable worship, an early sketch of the songs a generation would learn.
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The Parsifal Mosaic by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Parsifal Mosaic, a heart-pounding Cold War thriller, intelligence officer Michael Havelock’s world crumbles on a moonlit Costa Brava beach.
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Unbreakable by Fireflight
Fireflight's 2008 album pairs hard rock guitars with a strong voice and songs about standing firm under pressure.
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The Bourne Ultimatum by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Ultimatum, the epic conclusion to the original Bourne trilogy, Jason Bourne faces his toughest challenge yet.
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The Bourne Supremacy by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Supremacy, the thrilling sequel to The Bourne Identity, Jason Bourne, now living peacefully with Marie St. Jacques in Maine, is dragged back into a dangerous game when a mysterious impostor using his name causes chaos in Asia.
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The Bourne Identity by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Bourne Identity, a heart-pounding spy thriller, a man is pulled from the Mediterranean Sea with no memory, bullet wounds, and a microfilm in his hip pointing to a Swiss bank account.
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The Matarese Circle by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Matarese Circle, a thrilling Cold War mystery, two top-secret spies, American Brandon Scofield and Soviet Vasili Taleniekov, bitter rivals with a shared past, must team up to stop a mysterious global plot.
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The Holcroft Covenant by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s thrilling novel, The Holcroft Covenant, set in the late 1970s, a New York architect named Noel Holcroft stumbles upon a shocking secret. He’s the heir to a massive fortune linked to a clandestine agreement made by his Nazi officer father and two others during World War II.
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Ratatouille
Ratatouille (2007), directed by Brad Bird, follows Remy, a rat who dreams of cooking. Patton Oswalt voices Remy with keen nose and big heart. He lives in Paris. Lou Romano acts as Linguini, the clumsy kitchen boy who teams with Remy.
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Kutless by Kutless
Kutless's 2002 self-titled debut is hard-edged Christian rock, loud and honest about doubt, grace, and need.
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We Cry Out by Jesus Culture
Jesus Culture's fervent 2007 live album captures young, unrestrained worship, including the now-beloved How He Loves.
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The Chancellor Manuscript by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s The Chancellor Manuscript, a heart-pounding conspiracy thriller, novelist Peter Chancellor, mourning the loss of his family, uncovers a terrifying rumor: FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover’s death was no accident...
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The Altar and the Door by Casting Crowns
Casting Crowns' 2007 album sits in the gap between worship and daily life, anchored by the grace of East to West.
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The Illusionist
In 1900 Vienna, a master magician uses stunning illusions to reunite with his lost love and outwit the powerful elite in this elegant mystery.
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The Gemini Contenders by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s epic World War II thriller, The Gemini Contenders, a secret vault filled with ancient documents that could shake the very core of Christianity is smuggled out of a Greek monastery in 1939.
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The Road to Gandolfo by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s hilarious satirical thriller, The Road to Gandolfo, written under the pseudonym Michael Shepherd, U.S. Army General MacKenzie Hawkins, a decorated but disgraced war hero, comes up with a crazy plan to kidnap Pope Francesco I and demand a billion dollars for his release.
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The Rhinemann Exchange by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s thrilling World War II espionage novel, The Rhinemann Exchange, U.S. intelligence officer David Spaulding embarks on a secret mission in 1943 Buenos Aires.
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Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End
Pirates of the Caribbean: At World's End (2007), directed by Gore Verbinski, brings the pirate lords together for a final stand against the East India Trading Company. Johnny Depp plays Jack Sparrow, rescued from the afterlife and drawn into a war for the freedom of the seas.
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Flyleaf by Flyleaf
Flyleaf's raw 2005 debut pairs heavy alternative metal with searching, faith-haunted lyrics about pain and hope.
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The Cry of the Halidon by Robert Ludlum
In Robert Ludlum’s thrilling conspiracy novel, The Cry of the Halidon, geologist Alex McAuliff is hired by a mysterious corporation to lead a survey in Jamaica’s dangerous Cockpit region.
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