John Shea
1) Overkill
Author
Series
Alex Hawke novel ; 10
Language
English
Description
"Putting it all on the line to rescue his kidnapped son pits counterspy Alex Hawke against Russian President Vladimir Putin in this action-packed thriller from New York Times bestselling author Ted Bell. On a ski vacation in the Swiss Alps high above St. Moritz, Alex Hawke and his young son, Alexei, are thrust into danger when the tram carrying them to the top of the mountain bursts into flame, separating the two. Before he can reach Alexei, the boy...
2) Patriot
Author
Series
Language
English
Description
"In corrupt Russia, an erratic Vladimir Putin is determined to forge his country into a formidable superpower once again. He intends to redraw the map of Europe, and will go to impossible extremes to realize his fantasies -- including shooting down a civilian airliner packed with tourists bound for China. Kremlin scientists have developed a radical new weapon that could forever alter modern warfare. NATO, locked in a tense standoff over Ukraine, Poland,...
3) Phantom
Author
Language
English
Description
Counterspy Alex Hawke hunts a madman about to unleash a new super weapon--one powered by artificial intelligence.
Author
Series
Alex Hawke novel ; 1
Language
English
Description
Lord Alexander Hawke is one of England's most decorated naval heroes. Now, in the Caribbean on a secret assignment for the American government, Hawke must disarm a ticking time bomb; a highly experimental stealth submarine carrying forty nuclear warheads just ninety miles from the U.S. mainland. But Hawke's mission is twofold, for he has returned to the waters where modern-day pirates brutally murdered his parents when he was a boy. After a lifetime...
Author
Series
Alex Hawke novel ; 3
Language
English
Formats
Description
An American spy is held captive on a ship while holding the secret of two nations linked in a horrifying plot. Alex Hawke must once again put himself into the world of madmen bent on conquest.--
Author
Publisher
Macmillan Audio
Pub. Date
[2008]
Language
English
Description
With the help of Lord Hawke, whose children have been taken by the evil pirate Captain Billy Blood, young Nick McIver uses a time machine to rescue the two children as well as change the course of events in two time periods, the Napoleonic Wars and World War II.
Publisher
[Janson Media]
Pub. Date
[2005]
Language
English
Description
Elie Cohen was a family man leading a quiet, normal life in the 1960s, when he was recruited by Israel's secret service and assigned a mission that would forever change his life and the history of Israel. Today he is regarded as a legend and hero.
10) The insurgents
Publisher
Allumination FilmWorks
Pub. Date
[2007]
Language
English
Description
A disillusioned GI, an ex-prostitute, and a small-time crook come under the spell of a charismatic, radical, left-wing academic as a terrorist cell emerges in our own backyard. The insurgents unleash a nightmare of suffering upon their fellow citizens.
11) Kennedy
Publisher
Lance Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2001]
Language
English
Description
Dramatic recreation of the Kennedy presidency from inside the White House. Explores his relationships within the family and with Jackie, his womanizing and its obsessive scrutiny by FBI Director J. Edgar Hoover, and portrays the tragic events that found Jack, Jackie and the family, even in "Camelot."
Publisher
[Publisher not identified]
Pub. Date
[2014?]
Language
English
Description
"Musician Robert is a starving artist with minimal commitments. When Robert's daughter announces that she's engaged, he advises her against it; his own marriage to Emily didn't last, and he doesn't understand why she would want to give up her independence. Yet when Robert and Emily reunite and dredge up old memories, both discover they have a lot of unresolved issues and that love, marriage, and divorce aren't quite as simple as they'd like"--Container....
13) Stealing home
Publisher
Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
[1999]
Language
English
Description
An ex-ballplayer returns home, thinking of the past and of the person who made it special. A long-time friend and mentor draws the loose ends of his past and present lives together.
Publisher
MPI Home Video
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
Mona Gray is a quirky young woman who hides in a private world of numbers after her beloved mathematician father falls ill. But when Mona is offered a job as an elementary school math teacher, she will introduce the students to her own eccentric gift for numerical obsession. Can the joys of arithmetic multiplied by a shy romance with the school science teacher help Mona discover a new life she can count on?
15) Kennedy
Language
English
Description
Centers on the presidential years and the loves, lives, triumphs and tragedies of one of the most controversial families of the 20th century. Covers historical events such as the Bay of Pigs invasion, the violent racial turmoil, the escalation of America's involvement in Vietnam and the Cuban Missle Crisis. Explores the private life of Kennedy, the tragic death of his infant son and his chronic womanizing. He was scrutinized by the FBI under the leadership...
16) Grey lady
Publisher
Anchor Bay Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
After the murder in Boston of his police partner and lover, homicide Detective James Doyle follows a clue embedded in her dying words to the remote island of Nantucket to hunt her killer in the lonely off-season.
17) Missing
Language
English
Description
A film based on the disappearance of journalist Charles Horman. A father searches for his missing son during the oppressive and violent political chaos of the 1973 Chilean coup. Seeking help from local bureau of the U.S. State Department, family frustration grows as the situation becomes more complex.
A film based loosely on actual events. A declassified document released in 1999 by the U.S. Government appears to contradict the State Department's...
18) Whodunit?
Series
Publisher
Symphony Space
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
Description
Award-winning series of classic and contemporary fiction performed by acclaimed actors.