31 posts with the year “2008”

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Monthly Updates

Monthly update #0223 • November 2008

Monthly update 223 • November 2008 • 2008-11-01 - 2008-11-30

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    The Cassandra Compact by Robert Ludlum

    In Robert Ludlum’s The Cassandra Compact, co-authored with Philip Shelby, Covert-One agent Jon Smith pursues a stolen smallpox sample from Russia.

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    Nothing to Lose by Lee Child

    Nothing to Lose strands Reacher between the Colorado towns of Hope and Despair, where he uncovers a military scrap conspiracy tied to disappearances.

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    No Comebacks by Frederick Forsyth

    In Frederick Forsyth’s No Comebacks, a collection of ten short stories, the master of suspense takes you on a thrilling ride through a world of crime, deception, and unexpected twists.

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    The Prometheus Deception by Robert Ludlum

    In Robert Ludlum’s The Prometheus Deception, retired Directorate agent Nick Bryson learns his covert career was a lie, manipulated by a rogue agency.

    Monthly Updates

    Monthly update #0222 • October 2008

    Monthly update 222 • October 2008 • 2008-10-01 - 2008-10-31

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      The Hades Factor by Robert Ludlum

      In Robert Ludlum’s The Hades Factor, a gripping medical thriller co-authored with Gayle Lynds, a deadly virus threatens global catastrophe.

      Monthly Updates

      Monthly update #0221 • September 2008

      Monthly update 221 • September 2008 • 2008-09-01 - 2008-09-30

        Development

        Zebra Striping

        Zebra striping—also known as candy striping or half-shadow—is the application of faint shading to alternate lines or rows in data tables or forms.

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        The Devil's Alternative by Frederick Forsyth

        In Frederick Forsyth’s gripping Cold War thriller, The Devil’s Alternative, a global crisis erupts in 1982. A Ukrainian nationalist group takes control of a supertanker packed with oil, threatening to unleash an environmental catastrophe.

        Monthly Updates

        Monthly update #0220 • August 2008

        Monthly update 220 • August 2008 • 2008-08-01 - 2008-08-31

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          The Matarese Countdown by Robert Ludlum

          In Robert Ludlum’s The Matarese Countdown, retired CIA agent Brandon Scofield is drawn back into action when the deadly Matarese organisation resurfaces, aiming for global economic domination through mergers and assassinations.

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          The Apocalypse Watch by Robert Ludlum

          In Robert Ludlum’s The Apocalypse Watch, American agent Harry Latham infiltrates a neo-Nazi organisation plotting to revive the Fourth Reich.

          Monthly Updates

          Monthly update #0219 • July 2008

          Monthly update 219 • July 2008 • 2008-07-01 - 2008-07-31

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            The Scorpio Illusion by Robert Ludlum

            In Robert Ludlum’s thrilling novel, The Scorpio Illusion, set in the early 1990s, Amaya Bajaratt, a brilliant but ruthless terrorist known as the Baj, seeks revenge against the world’s superpowers for personal and political betrayals.

            Monthly Updates

            Monthly update #0218 • June 2008

            Monthly update 218 • June 2008 • 2008-06-01 - 2008-06-30

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              The Dogs of War by Frederick Forsyth

              In Frederick Forsyth’s heart-pounding mercenary novel, The Dogs of War, a ruthless British mining tycoon named Sir James Manson finds a huge platinum deposit in the mysterious African country of Zangaro.

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              The Road to Omaha by Robert Ludlum

              In Robert Ludlum’s The Road to Omaha, the hilarious sequel to The Road to Gandolfo, General MacKenzie Hawkins, the wild and wacky “Hawk,” is back with another crazy plan.

              Monthly Updates

              Monthly update #0217 • May 2008

              Monthly update 217 • May 2008 • 2008-05-01 - 2008-05-31

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                The Odessa File by Frederick Forsyth

                In Frederick Forsyth’s thrilling historical thriller, The Odessa File, set in 1963, young German journalist Peter Miller finds a diary belonging to a Holocaust survivor.

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                The Icarus Agenda 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.

                Monthly Updates

                Monthly update #0216 • April 2008

                Monthly update 216 • April 2008 • 2008-04-01 - 2008-04-30

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                  The Aquitaine Progression 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.

                  Monthly Updates

                  Monthly update #0215 • March 2008

                  Monthly update 215 • March 2008 • 2008-03-01 - 2008-03-31

                    Books

                    The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth

                    In Frederick Forsyth’s epic thriller, The Day of the Jackal, a mysterious assassin known only as “The Jackal” is hired by the OAS, a French terrorist group, to assassinate President Charles de Gaulle in 1963.