Alia's Mission

Alia's Mission
Author: Mark Alan Stamaty
Publisher: Dragonfly Books
Total Pages: 34
Release: 2010-02-09
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 037585763X

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The inspiring story of an Iraqi librarian's courageous fight to save books from the Basra Central Library before it was destroyed in the war. It is 2003 and Alia Muhammad Baker, the chief librarian of the Central Library in Basra, Iraq, has grown worried given the increased likelihood of war in her country. Determined to preserve the irreplacable records of the culture and history of the land on which she lives from the destruction of the war, Alia undertakes a courageous and extremely dangerous task of spiriting away 30,000 books from the library to a safe place. Told in dramatic graphic-novel panels by acclaimed cartoonist Mark Alan Stamaty, Alia's Mission celebrates the importance of books and the freedom to read, while examining the impact of war on a country and its people.

Alias

Alias
Author: J. J. Abrams
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 308
Release: 2005
Genre: Alias (Television program)
ISBN: 1416902155

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Agents Sydney Bristow and Marcus Dixon are hot on the trail of a drug lord who has created a mind-control drug so potent that in the wrong hands it could be one of the world's most dangerous bioweapons. The agents go undercover as buyers.

A Secret Life

A Secret Life
Author: Laura Peyton Roberts
Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 210
Release: 2003-05-30
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0375890319

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It’s Sydney Bristow’s first mission–in Paris. Her first alias. Her first real enemy. Her first real crush. And her first big mistake. There are a lot of firsts for Sydney. But no second chances.

The Librarian of Basra

The Librarian of Basra
Author:
Publisher: Houghton Mifflin Harcourt
Total Pages: 37
Release: 2005
Genre: Juvenile Nonfiction
ISBN: 0152054456

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"In the Koran, the first thing God said to Muhammad was 'Read.

Alias Olympia

Alias Olympia
Author: Eunice Lipton
Publisher: Cornell University Press
Total Pages: 193
Release: 2013-02-15
Genre: Biography & Autobiography
ISBN: 0801468248

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Eunice Lipton was a fledging art historian when she first became intrigued by Victorine Meurent, the nineteenth-century model who appeared in Edouard Manet's most famous paintings, only to vanish from history in a haze of degrading hearsay. But had this bold and spirited beauty really descended into prostitution, drunkenness, and early death—or did her life, hidden from history, take a different course altogether? Eunice Lipton's search for the answer combines the suspense of a detective story with the revelatory power of art, peeling off layers of lies to reveal startling truths about Victorine Meurent—and about Lipton herself.

Sister Spy

Sister Spy
Author: Laura Peyton Roberts
Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 226
Release: 2003-05-30
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0375890335

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Alpha Kappa Chi sorority sister Jen Williams has recently died of “natural causes.” Turns out that Jen was also a rookie agent for SD-6. AKX is spending spring break in Waikiki, and Jen was supposed to undertake an important mission for SD-6 there. But now Jen is dead, and it’s up to Sydney to infiltrate the sorority and carry out Jen’s Hawaiian mission . . . and find out what really happened to her sister spy.

Disappeared

Disappeared
Author: Lynn Mason
Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 138
Release: 2003-05-30
Genre: Young Adult Fiction
ISBN: 0375890351

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A crumbling Gothic mansion on a craggy Scottish isle. A secret meeting among the world’s most powerful underground organizations. And lots of bad blood.Sydney’s sent by SD-6 to pose as the heiress of a former ruling family of Romania now mixed up in the black market. Except instead of collecting intelligence, something goes very wrong. One by one people end up disappearing. Gone. Vanished. When someone is found, they’re dead. Will Sydney be the prime suspect . . . or the newest victim?

Midnight Alias

Midnight Alias
Author: Elle Kennedy
Publisher: Penguin
Total Pages: 370
Release: 2013-02-05
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1101612592

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She’s smart, seductive, and in way over her head. He’s her only way out. An undercover DEA agent has gone off the radar. Suspecting an internal mole, the government needs Luke Dubois and his elite team of operatives to recover their man, and the New Orleans native thinks he’s found his way inside the dark underbelly of Manhattan: Olivia Taylor, the girlfriend of a mob boss and the sexiest woman he’s ever laid eyes on. His new mission objective? Get past Olivia’s defenses and convince her to take a chance—on him. All Olivia wanted was to finish law school and live a normal life, but that dream was shattered when one dangerous night put her deeply in a mobster’s debt. Now Luke and his team will help her escape—in exchange for intel on the missing agent. But Olivia doesn’t anticipate her intense attraction to the reckless Louisiana charmer or that she’ll be forced to risk everything—including her heart.

Father Figure

Father Figure
Author: Laura Peyton Roberts
Publisher: Bantam Books for Young Readers
Total Pages: 0
Release: 2003
Genre: Juvenile Fiction
ISBN: 9780553494044

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Sydney, teenage spy, wonders if her boss at SD-6 is a double agent.

Replaced

Replaced
Author: J. J. Abrams
Publisher: Simon and Schuster
Total Pages: 288
Release: 2005-08-01
Genre: Fiction
ISBN: 1416915680

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Agent Sydney Bristow has always held her own in the traditional boy's club of espionage. In fact, she's grown comfortable in her well-earned role as respected go-to girl. But with the recent addition of her half-sister, Nadia, dynamics inevitably shift as Sydney finds herself with a new partner, roommate, and -- even if unintentional -- competitor. APO's mission to retrieve a mysterious biological weapon is compromised, and in the melee Weiss is infected. Driven by concern and guilt, Sydney searches for the only known vaccine -- until her cover is blown and she must watch Nadia assume her field role next to Vaughn. But when Vaughn and Nadia's cover is blown, only Sydney and Nadia's collective strength can keep Sydney's "family" alive.