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Tris must escape with Four and go beyond the wall enclosing Chicago. For the first time ever, they will leave the only city and family they have ever known. Once outside, old discoveries are quickly rendered meaningless with the revelation of shocking new truths. Tris and Four must quickly decide who they can trust as a ruthless battle ignites beyond the walls of Chicago which threatens all of humanity. In order to survive, Tris will be forced to...

One choice can transform you -- or it can destroy you. But every choice has consequences, and as unrest surges in the factions all around her, Tris Prior must continue trying to save those she loves -- and herself -- while grappling with haunting questions of grief and forgiveness, identity and loyalty, politics and love. Tris's initiation day should have been marked by celebration and victory with her chosen faction; instead, the day ended with unspeakable...

President Jack Ryan deals with the worst breach U.S. intelligence has ever suffered in this “compelling and frighteningly realistic”* thriller in Tom Clancy’s #1 New York Times bestselling series.
A massive data breach has compromised the personal information of millions of American military officers and intelligence agents. After several deadly attacks on off-duty personnel and their families, President Jack...

This fast-paced political thriller describes the struggle between home-grown insurgent elements and the federal government. Greed, a desire for power, and religious fanaticism combine to take down the federal government and break up the United States. The action moves from the ground assault to State Houses, where the issue of secession is raised for the first time since the Civil War.

A shadowy flight into a future of factional espionage, interstellar warfare, and deep space conspiracy where paths and tragedies bring those who are willing to fight to face an unimaginable evil. With their very lives threatened survival demands everything from the Terran system as its fate is cast into a life or death struggle that turns each sector against the others. For in the deepest outposts of this galactic end game a menace arises full of...

Never before has the incendiary mix of action, politics, and intrigue that has become Timothy Zahn’s trademark, been mmore evident that in this new Star Wars epic. On the heels of the stunning events chronicled in Star Wars: A New Hope, the newly minted heroes of the Rebellion–fledgling Jedi Luke Skywalker, smuggler turned reluctant freedom-fighter Han Solo, and Princess Leia Organa, a bold leader with a world to avenge–must face...

In this inspiring and relevant book, discover how "The Pledge of Allegiance" has become one of the enduring symbols of America's pride. In 1888, a children's magazine announced that a new holiday--Columbus Day--would begin in 1892, on which the American flag would be raised to celebrate the founding of America. As the flag was raised, children would say something to honor it. What resulted was a simple one-line poem that became known as "The Pledge...

Football and the FlagIt's Texas in the 1980s.A young black high school quarterback says he won't play varsity football because they carry the confederate flag. Katy Williams, editor at the local newspaper, is stunned by the reaction of the town -- and her staff -- which ranges from indifference to the flag to outrage that anyone would challenge it at all. When five of the starting line follow Clay Peabody off the team, the situation turns explosive....

New York Times bestselling author Ben Shapiro's new novel asks how close are we to our country's collapse-and will we be able to stop it once it begins? America is coming apart. An illegal immigration crisis has broken out along America's Southern border-there are race riots in Detroit-a fiery female rancher-turned-militia leader has vowed revenge on the president for his arrogant policies-and the world's most notorious terrorist is planning a massive...

With most U.S. boys fighting for Uncle Sam in far off countries, Rochelle Addams has given up hope for a wedding in her future. Then she receives an intriguing offer from a distant relative to consider a marriage of convenience. Conscientious objector Irwin Terrell is looking forward to his assignment at Shady Hills Mental hospital to minister to the less fortunate in lieu of bearing arms. At the arrival of the potential bride his father has selected...