hostages

Offers a first-person account of life inside the FBI and its elite Hostage Rescue Team.

Zai and pacifist senator Nara Oxham challenge the Rix, machine-augmented people who worship planet-sized beings with artificial intelligence and seek to supplant the power of the undead Emperor and his sister, the Child Empress, who have ruled for sixteen hundred years.

A group of international guests, taken hostage by terrorists while attending a birthday party at the home of the vice president of a small South American country, form bonds with their captors and enter into an almost idyllic lifestyle, united by the music of Roxanne Coss, opera's most revered soprano.

Interweaves the voices of students, teachers, friends, and gunmen in a fictional story about two heavily armed students, Gary and Brendan, who hold their classmates hostage at a high school dance after being tormented by football players and teachers. Includes real-life statistics on guns and violence.

Details the 1990 kidnappings of ten Columbian men and women by Medellin drug boss Pablo Escobar who planned to use the hostages as bargaining chips in negotiations with the government; focusing on the experiences of journalist Maruja Pachon who was held captive for six months.

A color-illustrated look at the methods used by the FBI to rescue hostages on ships, aircraft, and elsewhere. Also includes a chronology, glossary, and list of further resources.

Young lawyer Michael Brock's investigation into the motives of a homeless gunman who was killed by police after taking Brock and eight of his fellow attorneys hostage, leads him to the discovery of a dirty little secret that changes the course of his life and career.

Discusses terrorism and hostage-taking as major problems in the world today, their effects on how we live, and the methods employed to reduce terrorism.

David Rohde and his wife Kristen Mulvihill describe their experiences during the seven months David, a "New York Times" reporter, was held captive by the Taliban in Pakistan along with two Afghan colleagues, while Kristen tried to work through Western channels to secure his release.