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Kidnapped by drug czar Alonzo Asnar and held hostage in Argentina, Jack and his sister Joanne attempt a daring escape while their parents, aided by some old friends, set out to rescue them.

Kessler, a Washington, D.C. police officer, becomes the target of a lifter who will stop at nothing to get the information needed from Kessler, and as the FBI and the rest of Kessler's department scramble to protect him and his family, Corte, the personal security agent assigned to the case, risks everything to track the lifter and bring him to justice.

After the murder of his father, who has been hiding under the Witness Protection Program, Pete finds himself the target of sinister men who seem to think he knows where a large sum of money is hidden.

Describes how grave robbers supply museums and the super rich with ancient artifacts and treasures and how their looting has impacted what researchers know about ancient civilizations.

Contains photographs and descriptions of over one hundred sites of natural, historic, and cultural significance around the world, and provides information on why they are endangered and what is being done to protect them.

Photographs and text profile fifty-three raptor species found in North America, with information on their natural history, habitat, behavior, physical characteristics, and conservation.

Fifteen-year-old Stevie Calhoun, the daughter of a drug addict who has agreed to go with her aunt Mindy after another one of her mom's disappearances, is confident her mom will return, and wonders if she cares about her friend Alan, school, or anything else that has to do with the life of a normal teenager.

U.S. Marshal Roland Larson, having lived with regret ever since losing contact with Hope Stevens, a government witness against the Romero crime family, embarks on a desperate search for Stevens who has disappeared after learning the Romeros have gotten hold of the master list of people in the witness protection program and are auctioning off names to the highest bidders.

Discusses the discovery of one of the last pristine beds of Olympic oysters on a remote beach in British Columbia, examines the importance of oysters and other shellfish to the ecological health of the world's seas, explores the history of dependence on shellfish and the coast, and looks at what is being done to restore and protect native shellfish populations.

The story of a mob informant who sought protection under the government's Witness Protection Program.