Joe Don Baker
1) Mud
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English
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Two boys, Ellis and his best friend Neckbone, find a mysterious man named Mud hiding out on a deserted island in the Mississippi. Mud tells the boys fantastic stories about his life, including how he killed a man in Texas and vengeful bounty hunters are coming to get him. He says he is planning to meet and escape with the love of his life, Juniper. The boys agree to help him, but it isn't long until their small town is besieged by bounty hunters out...
Series
Bond 50 volume disc 18
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English
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"Agent James Bond 007 is on a mission which includes a media tycoon, his former lover and a Chinese agent. Elliot Carver wants to complete his global media empire, but in order for this to work, he must achieve broadcasting rights in China. Carver wants to start up World War III by starting a confrontation over British and Chinese waters. Bond gains the help of Wai Lin on his quest to stop him, but how will Bond feel when he meets up with his former...
4) Goldeneye
Series
Bond 50 volume disc 17
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English
Description
"When a deadly satellite weapon system falls into the wrong hands, only Agent 007 can save the world from certain disaster. Armed with his license to kill, Bond races to Russia in search of the stolen access codes for "Goldeneye," an awesome space weapon that can fire a devastating electromagnetic pulse toward Earth. But 007 is up against an enemy who anticipates his every move: a mastermind motivated by years of simmering hatred. Bond also squares...
Series
Bond 50 volume disc 15
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English
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"James Bond 007's mission is to firstly, organise the defection of a top Soviet general. When the general is re-captured, Bond heads off to find why an ally of General Koskov was sent to murder him. Bond's mission continues to take him to Afghanistan, where he must confront an arms dealer known as Brad Whitaker. Everything eventually reveals its self to Bond."
6) GoldenEye
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English
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When a mysterious Cossack crime lord gains control of a powerful satellite laser weapon, James Bond is sent to Russia to stop him, at all costs.
7) Congo
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English
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An expedition to return a gorilla to Africa and find the Lost City of Zinj and its diamond mines encounters a variety of dangers.
10) Walking tall
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English
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Buford Pusser, an ex-marine, returns to his home town to see it full of corruption and crime. With a four-foot club in hand, he goes on a violent quest to make his town right again.
13) Framed
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English
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A gambler is framed for a crime he did not commit, a corrupt legal system leads him into a plea bargain and four years behind bars. When he gets out of prison, he's determined to dole out justice to the ones responsible.
14) Charley Varrick
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Charley Varrick is a small-time crook who outfoxes the mob and makes a desperate run for the Mexican border and safety.
15) The Underneath
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English
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A drifter and charmer who lives on his good looks and luck returns to his "home". There he finds a mother starting a new life; a brother driven by jealous rage; and Rachel, the woman he left behind. In a frantic attempt to get Rachel back, he strikes a desperate and dangerous deal.
16) Citizen Cohn
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English
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Ruthless, destructive, power hungry and insatiable, attorney Roy Cohn could make or break the strongest men in America just for the thrill of the kill.
18) Criminal law
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English
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Boston attorney Ben Chase's career gets an upward surge when he successfully defends blueblood Martin Thiel during a well-publicized murder trial. But when he realizes that Thiel is the exacting, vicious serial killer he was accused of being, Chase is torn between professional responsibility and his own conscience. Hoping to snare the egotistical killer in a misstep, Chase engages in a tense game of cat-and-mouse with Thiel, blurring the lines between...
19) Fletch
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Irwin "Fletch" Fletcher is a Los Angeles journalist who really lives for his profession. As Jane Doe, he publishes articles that have caused several heads to roll in the past. This time, Fletch is in disguise as a bum, living at the beach, researching drugs and their dealing. One day, Fletch is addressed by Alan Stanwyk, a rich man, who asks him, the bum, a favour. For the sum of $50,000, Fletch should kill poor cancer-ridden Mr. Stanwyk with a gun,...
20) The outfit
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"'You know how it is. You hit us. We hit you.' Career thief Earl Macklin pays no mind to the mobster's threat. He intends to put a big hurt on an L.A crime outfit. He, his girlfriend, and his partner will avenge the murder of Macklin's brother by cutting down gangland operations bit by violent bit"--Container.