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American sniper

the autobiography of the most lethal sniper in U.S. military history
2014
Chris Kyle, a Navy SEAL, recounts his life and military experiences, discusses his record for the most career sniper kills in United States military history and the bounty placed on his head by Iraqi insurgents, provides an eye-witness account of war in Iraq, shares the strains of war on his marriage and family, and honors his fellow soldiers.

The last rescue

how faith and love saved a Navy SEAL sniper

One shot

a Jack Reacher novel
2005
Ex-army cop Jack Reacher is called upon by Jack Barr, an ex-military specialist arrested for the gunning down five innocent people from thirty yards away, but Barr's claims's of innocence reveal a complex and difficult case.

Three day road

a novel
2005
Traveling home to Ontario in 1919 with his elderly aunt, a young Cree man left wounded and morphine-addicted by the war struggles to come to terms with his years on the battlefields of France and Belgium, which drove his best friend, a fellow sniper, insane.

Notes of a sniper

Vassili Zaitsev's account of the Battle of Stalingrad
2003

One shot

a Jack Reacher novel
2012
Ex-army cop Jack Reacher is called upon by Jack Barr, an ex-military specialist arrested for gunning down five innocent people from thirty yards away, but Barr's claims of innocence reveal a complex and difficult case.

Sniper shield

2013
The elite US sniper team of Shadow Squadron's latest mission is to protect Heshem Shadid, ex-terrorist who has turned politician and now is on the side of the US, and a target for his former terrorist friends.

Out of nowhere

a history of the military sniper, from the sharpshooter to Afghanistan
2011
A comprehensive history of snipers from the sixteenth to twenty-first centuries, that explores the training tactics and equipment used in major military confrontations.

Enemy at the gates

2001
During the World War II Battle of Stalingrad, a celebrated Russian sniper inspires his fellow soldiers with his deadly skills until he faces off against a notorious German sharpshooter.

The cellist of Sarajevo

2009
While a cellist plays at the site of a mortar attack to commemorate the deaths of twenty-two friends and neighbors, two other men set out in search of bread and water to keep themselves alive, and a woman sniper secretly protects the life of the cellist as her army becomes increasingly threatening.

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