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1) Frozen river
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Two single mothers, one white and one Mohawk, transport immigrants into the U.S. across the St. Lawrence River as a way of dealing with the desperate circumstances of their lives.
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"Reyna knows her relationship with Boyd isn't perfect, yet she sees him through a three-month stint at Riker's Island, their bond growing tighter. Kiki, now settled in the East Village after a youth that took her to Turkey and other far-off places--and loves--around the world, admires her niece's spirit but worries that motherhood to four-year-old Oliver might complicate a difficult situation. Little does she know that Boyd is pulling Reyna into a...
3) Rebelwing
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At New Columbia Preparatory Academy in a near-future Washington, D.C., black market smuggler Prudence Wu and friends Anabel, Alex, and Cat become key players in a conflict with the United Continental Confederacy.
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Virtues of war volume 1
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Lieutenant Katja Emmes joins a mission to investigate weapons smuggling between the space colonies of Sirius and Centauria which might lead to all-out war.
5) Wrecker
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When fifteen-year-old Valdez Jones VIII, a.k.a. Wrecker, unwittingly becomes entangled with a group of smugglers and grave robbers, he must deep dive into their shady dealings in order to escape their twisted net.
6) Contraband
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Stone Barrington novels volume 50
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"Stone Barrington's crime-fighting adventures continue to lead him around the world in the latest from #1 New York Times-bestselling Stuart Woods"--Provided by publisher.
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Delilah Swanpoole, Countess of Derring, learns the hard way that her husband, "Dear Dull Derring," is a lot more interesting--and perfidious--dead than alive. It's a devil of an inheritance, but in the grand ruins of the one building Derring left her, are the seeds of her liberation. And she vows never again to place herself at the mercy of a man. But battle-hardened Captain Tristan Hardy is nothing if not merciless. When the charismatic naval hero...
8) Mosquito
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Set in a south Texas border town, Mosquito is the story of an African-American truck driver's accidental yet growing involvement in "the new underground railroad," a sanctuary movement for Mexican immigrants.
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Two respected journalists tell the incredible story of Viktor Bout, the Russian weapons supplier whose global network has changed the way modern warfare is fought. Bout's vast enterprise of guns, planes, and money has fueled internecine slaughter in Africa and aided both militant Islamic fanatics in Afghanistan and the American military in Iraq. This book combines spy thrills with crucial insights on the shortcomings of a U.S. foreign policy that...
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Joe Wilderness novels volume 1
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In 1963, freelance private investigator Joe Wilderness, a former MI6 agent and black market con artist, agrees to one last Berlin scam, which involves smuggling people, and brings his World War II gang of accomplices together once again.
12) Silver pebbles
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"A hunt for drug gang diamonds is keeping Basel Inspector Hunkeler on tenterhooks. Basel, nestled at the border of Switzerland with Germany and France, has been hammered by a huge snowstorm, cars and trams can barely move, trees are groaning under the weight of the recent snowfall, the cathedral and city roofs are smothered. An elegant young Lebanese man carrying diamonds in his bag is on the train from Frankfurt to Basel, a drug mule on the return...
13) Stowaway
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When Owen's parents leave him on his own for a week, the sixteen-year-old sneaks onto the yacht that's visiting the sleepy Pacific Coast island where he lives. The ship is packed with teenagers from Central America, and it seems Owen has stumbled into a people-smuggling operation.
14) The goddaughter
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A young gemologist, who happens to be related to the local mob, is reluctantly recruited to smuggle diamonds across the border-- with hilarious consequences.
15) The power of few
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"Religious conspiracy collides with urban crime in a story told from multiple perspectives"--from www.imdb.com.
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The Brixton Brothers volume 4
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As soon as twelve-year-old Steve Brixton opens a detective office in his backyard, he and his best friend Dana are caught up in a tangle of cases, from breaking up a ring of piratical smugglers, to recovering a stolen surfboard, to tracking down a fifth-grader's missing gym shorts.
17) Devil in tartan
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Highland grooms volume 4
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While smuggling whiskey, Lottie Livingstone captures the ship--and the heart--of Captain Aulay Mackenzie.
19) Insaan jaag utha
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Hindi feature film. "Gauri lives in a small village in India with her crippled ex-army-man & freedom fighter dad, Laxmandas, and a younger brother, Gulab, and makes a living working as a laborer"--Container.
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