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When the matriarch of the powerful Tackett family tries to drive Dr. Lara Mallory, who played a role in the scandal that destroyed the political ambitions of Senator Clark Tackett, out of town, Lara teams up with the rebellious youngest Tackett son to find the secret that can bring the Tackett Oil empire down.
Author
Publisher
Henry Holt and Company
Pub. Date
2009
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
The spellbinding story of an American lawyer who takes on a nearly impossible case--the defense of an African freedom fighter against his corrupt government's charge of murdering three PetroGlobal workers.
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Series
Jay Porter novels volume 1
Language
English
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Small-time lawyer Jay Porter is pulled into a murder investigation that could cost him everything after rescuing a woman from drowning, and as he is pulled into the underside of Houston's upper class, Jay must confront the ghosts of his past.
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Publisher
Ace Books
Pub. Date
2012.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
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After a former U.S. Marine warns him of an impending apocalypse due to a virus that will contaminate the world's fuel supply, Los Angeles screenwriter Dave Marshall must keep his family safe when he discovers the tale is true.
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Jazz age series (Dorothy Garlock) volume 3
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English
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Bestselling author Dorothy Garlock delivers a moving, nostalgic tale of Americana set in Oklahoma in the late twenties.
The small town of Rainwater, Oklahoma, has become a notoriousboomtown now that a gusher has flooded its streets with drillers, welders, and roustabouts of every description. Jill, a spunky and hardworking young woman who runs the hotel for her aunt, is unprepared to cope with the attention she receives from the woman-hungry...
The small town of Rainwater, Oklahoma, has become a notoriousboomtown now that a gusher has flooded its streets with drillers, welders, and roustabouts of every description. Jill, a spunky and hardworking young woman who runs the hotel for her aunt, is unprepared to cope with the attention she receives from the woman-hungry...
8) The myth of the oil crisis: overcoming the challenges of depletion, geopolitics, and global warming
Author
Publisher
Praeger
Pub. Date
c2008
Language
English
9) Blowout
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Series
Nate Osborne and Ashley Borden volume 1
Publisher
Forge
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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When a top-secret research team is hired to develop a clean energy source to minimize America's dependence on foreign oil, Sheriff Nate Osborne and journalist Ashley Borden investigate a saboteur's attack on the experimental power station.
Author
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Night soldiers volume 7
Language
English
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NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER • “[Furst] glides gracefully into an urbane pre–World War II Europe and describes that milieu with superb precision.” —Janet Maslin, The New York Times
In the autumn of 1940, Russian émigré journalist I. A. Serebin is recruited in Istanbul by an agent of the British secret services for a clandestine operation to stop German importation...
In the autumn of 1940, Russian émigré journalist I. A. Serebin is recruited in Istanbul by an agent of the British secret services for a clandestine operation to stop German importation...
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Distributed by Warner Home Video
Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Texas 1935. It's a time of boomtowns or bust for oil wildcatters and, time and again, derby-topped Mr. Cox has come out flat busted. No worries. Mr. Cox has a mule-headed optimism. He's sure as the sunrise that near the town of Henrietta on a cotton farm that raises more dust than bolls, there's black gold beneath the barren sod.
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Publisher
Flatiron Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Language
English
Description
A saga of family, fortune, faith in Texas, where blood is bond and oil is king...
In 1892, Bryan Mealer's great-grandfather leaves the Georgia mountains and heads west into Texas, looking for wealth and adventure in the raw and open country. But, his luck soon runs out. Beset by drought, the family loses their farm just as the dead pastures around them give way to one of the biggest oil booms in American history. They eventually settle in the small...
15) Act of war
Author
Series
Jason Richter novels volume 1
Publisher
William Morrow
Pub. Date
c2005
Edition
1st ed.
Language
English
Description
Jason Richter, head of a top-secret high-tech military unit code-named Task Force TALON, is called in to save America when terrorists target one of the world's largest multinational energy companies.
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Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
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An investigation into the secretive corporation traces the period between the Exxon Valdez accident and the Deepwater Horizion spill to profile chief executives Lee Raymond and Rex Tillerson as well as the company's role in violent international incidents.
19) Warrior class
Author
Series
Patrick McLanahan novels volume 9
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
20) Oil field worker
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Series
Publisher
Bellwether Media
Pub. Date
c2015
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 3.8 - AR Pts: 1
Language
English
Description
"Engaging images accompany information about oil field workers. The combination of high-interest subject matter and light text is intended for students in grades 3 through 7" -- Provided by publisher.
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