Boxleitner, BruceOverview
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Most widely held works by
Bruce Boxleitner
Tron
by Steven Lisberger
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43 editions published between 1982 and 2011 in 7 languages and held by 2,080 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A hacker is transported into a computer where he must fight for his life against the Master Control system. The hacker teams up with a bookkeeping program and his girlfriend to try to replace Master Control with Tron
Tron legacy
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24 editions published between 2010 and 2011 in English and Turkish and held by 1,961 WorldCat member libraries worldwide When Flynn, the world's greatest video game creator, sends out a secret signal from an amazing digital realm, his son discovers the clue and embarks on a personal journey to save his long-lost father. With the help of the fearless female warrior Quorra, father and son venture through an incredible cyber universe and wage the ultimate battle of good versus evil
Gods and generals
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10 editions published between 2003 and 2011 in English and held by 1,907 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Col. Joshua Lawrence Chamberlain left behind a quiet life and a career as a college professor to fight for the Union. Gen. Thomas "Stonewall" Jackson was a man of great religious faith who served in the defense of the Confederacy. And Gen. Robert E. Lee, who led the Confederate army, was a man who was forced to choose between his loyalty to the United States and his love of the Southern states where he was born and raised. As Chamberlain, Jackson, and Lee are followed through the declaration of war and the battles at Manassas, Antietam, Frederickburg, and Chancellorsville
Frontier Earth
by Bruce Boxleitner
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9 editions published between 1979 and 2001 in English and Undetermined and held by 735 WorldCat member libraries worldwide After crashing on Earth in separate ships, two lots of spacemen battle each other in 1880s Arizona, even taking part in the historic gunfight at the OK Corral. One lot are the nasty Kra'agh, the other descendants of the 16th century Lost Colony of Roanoke, saved from starvation by aliens who took them to space
The veteran
by Frederick Forsyth
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9 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in English and held by 708 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A collection of five suspenseful stories. Justice does not always come easily, and it comes in many guises. On the seedier side of London, a shopkeeper witnesses a brutal beating in The Veteran. In a better neighborhood, a famous London auction house is scammed in The Art of the Matter. Other stories venture to a persecution in 16th century Sienna, a mid-flight drug smuggling heist, and the lone survivor of Custer's Last Stand
Love's everlasting courage
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2 editions published in 2012 in English and held by 674 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A heartwarming story adapted from the bestselling 'Love Comes Softly' series by Janette Oke. When the wife of a struggling homesteader on the western frontier unexpectedly dies, the man searches for the strength and courage to raise his young daughter, and finds it, with the help of his parents
John Steinbeck's East of Eden
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6 editions published between 1981 and 2010 in English and held by 508 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Adam and Charles Trask grow up in the shadow of their father, Cyrus. Cyrus prefers Adam, inciting jealousy in his younger son. Adam is signed up for the cavalry, while Charles works on the family farm. Reuniting years later, the brothers live in peace until a beautiful woman nearly beaten to death arrives on their front porch. Adam nurses her back to health and falls blindly in love. But Cathy hides a cruel past. Adam and Cathy marry and have twin boys. Cathy soon deserts the family, showing up later as "Kate," the madam of an upscale brothel. Adam's sons have a relationship that mirrors his own. Adam's business venture fails and depletes the family fortune. One son seeks out his mother, who has been long assumed dead
Killshot
by Elmore Leonard
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8 editions published between 1989 and 2006 in English and held by 331 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The horrors of fugitive life are shown as the (fictional) Colson family are removed to a federal Witness Protection Program
The holy road
by Michael Blake
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6 editions published between 2001 and 2007 in English and held by 323 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Eleven years after Lt. John Dunbar became the Comanche warrior Dances With Wolves, he and his wife Stands With a Fist and their three children live peacefully in the village of Ten Bears, until a band of white rangers mount a violent attack on the village, and Stands With a Fist and her infant daughter are carried off
Babylon 5. the coming of Shadows
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10 editions published between 1994 and 2009 in English and held by 318 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Babylon 5 is an outer-space way station, a port-of-call for diplomats, entrepreneurs, and scalawags of all species. Commander John Sheridan -- aided by chief security officer Michael Garibaldi, Lt. Commander Susan Ivanova, and resident telepath Talia Winters -- tries to keep apprised of all the intrigues swirling around his little corner of the galaxy, but things invariably spiral out of control
Babylon 5. point of no return
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9 editions published between 2003 and 2009 in English and French and held by 304 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Babylon 5 is an outer-space way station, a port-of-call for diplomats, entrepreneurs, and scalawags of all species. Commander John Sheridan -- aided by chief security officer Michael Garibaldi, Lt. Commander Susan Ivanova, and resident telepath Talia Winters -- tries to keep apprised of all the intrigues swirling around his little corner of the galaxy, but things invariably spiral out of control
Babylon 5. no surrender, no retreat
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5 editions published between 2003 and 2004 in English and held by 287 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Now is the fateful year 2261, Commander John Sheridan has already declared the station free, breaking the ties between it and the Earth Alliance
World War Z
by Max Brooks
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1 edition published in 2013 in English and held by 285 WorldCat member libraries worldwide We survived the zombie apocalypse, but how many of us are still haunted by that terrible time? We have (temporarily?) defeated the living dead, but at what cost? Told in the haunting and riveting voices of the men and women who witnessed the horror firsthand, World War Z is the only record of the plague years
Gettysburg
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4 editions published between 2003 and 2006 in English and held by 278 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Civil War drama depicting the events and personal struggles of the Union and Confederate soldiers at the Battle of Gettysburg
Babylon 5. the wheel of fire
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5 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 265 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The storylines of John Sheridan and the Babylon 5 station converge in a 22-episode final season whose events also include Sheridan's attempts to wage peace for the Interstellar Alliance, the tragic fate of the telepaths and the ultimate fireball destruction of the outmoded station after it is declared to be a spaceway navigational hazard
Danielle Steel's Zoya
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7 editions published between 1995 and 2008 in English and held by 248 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Zoya's comfortable world is shattered by the Russian Revolution and the death of her parents. She flees to Paris with her grandmother, struggling to survive her first taste of poverty, and at the same time finding love and heartache
Babe
by Dick King-Smith
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1 edition published in 2003 in English and held by 245 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A version of the life of Babe Ruth, from his youth in Baltimore to his retirement from the game of baseball, based on events that occurred between 1902 and 1935
The veteran five heart-stopping stories
by Frederick Forsyth
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2 editions published between 2001 and 2002 in English and held by 239 WorldCat member libraries worldwide Justice does not always come easily, and it comes in many guises. On the seedier side of London, a shopkeeper witnesses a brutal beating in The Veteran. In a better neighborhood, a famous London auction house is scammed in The Art of the Matter. And there's more ... the other stories venture to a persecution in 16th century Sienna, a mid-flight drug smuggling heist, and the lone survivor of Custer's Last Stand
Babylon 5, the movie collection
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13 editions published between 1993 and 2008 in English and held by 197 WorldCat member libraries worldwide The gathering: Alien envoys come to the giant space station in the pilot that launched the five-year TV series. In the beginning: The B5 prequel! It's human vs. aliens in the battle that led to the station's creation. Thirdspace: Is there a realm beyond hyperspace? Discovery of a million-years-old gateway technology may hold the answer ... and more. The river of souls: After death, then what? Questions of eternity arise when a supposedly infallible harvester of souls proves to be very fallible. A call to arms: The torch is passed. A race against time to save Earth links the B5 mission with the Rangers' new interstellar efforts
The secret
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7 editions published between 1993 and 2009 in English and held by 196 WorldCat member libraries worldwide A man who has hidden his inability to read his entire life must decide whether to reveal his secret when his grandson begins having the same trouble he had in school. Can he sit by and watch the child go through life the way he did? more
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