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Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Formats
Description
On his wedding day in 1976, Viktor Moroz stumbles upon a murder scene: two gay men, one of them a US official, are axed to death in Moscow. Viktor, a Jewish refusenik, is stuck in Russia due to the government’s denial of his application to leave for Israel; he sits “in refusal” alongside his wife and their community of intellectuals, Jewish and not. But then the KGB spots Viktor leaving the murder scene. Plucked off the street, he’s given...
Author
Series
Sloan and Crosby mystery volume 20
Publisher
St. Martin's Minotaur
Pub. Date
2004.
Edition
First St. Martin's Minotaur edition.
Physical Desc
293 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Formats
Description
"1930s Australia A disgraced Minister, an unidentified corpse, and an scorned ex-flame all bring their own special type of bedlam in this newest addition to this politically thrilling historical mystery series by Sulari Gentill. When Rowland Sinclair volunteers his services as a pilot to fly the renowned international peace advocate, Egon Kisch, between Fremantle and Melbourne, he is unaware of how dangerous the mission will be. Sinclair not only...
Author
Publisher
Harcourt
Pub. Date
[2006]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
212 pages ; 21 cm
Language
English
Description
Joe McCarthy first became visible to the nation on February 9, 1950, when he delivered a Lincoln Day address to local Republicans in Wheeling, West Virginia. That night he declared, "I have here in my hand a list of 205 [members of the Communist Party] still working and shaping policy in the State Department." Anticommunism was already a cause embraced by the Republican Party as a whole; McCarthy tapped into this current and turned it into a flood....
Author
Series
Pub. Date
2011.
Language
English
Formats
Description
Abigail Bukula was fifteen when her parents were killed in a massacre of anti-apartheid activists by white security forces. Because a young soldier spoke up for her, she was spared. Now a lawyer with a promising career in the new government, she's never forgotten that soldier. So when he asks for her help almost twenty years later, Abigail vows to do what she can. The members of the team that raided her house are being murdered, and he is next.
6) Twin Peaks
Publisher
Paramount
Pub. Date
[2007]
Edition
Definitive gold box edition.
Physical Desc
10 DVDs (1,501 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Follow FBI Special Agent Dale Cooper and Sheriff Harry S. Truman as they try to hunt down just who killed Laura Palmer in the sleepy town of Twin Peaks, Washington.
Author
Publisher
W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2013]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
238 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
During the summer of 1908, twelve-year-old Constantine Boyd is witness to an explosion of home-spun investigation--from experiments with cave-dwelling fish without eyes to scientifically bred crops to motorized bicycles and the flight of an early aeroplane. In 1920, a popular science writer and young widow tries, immediately after the bloodbath of the First World War, to explain the new theory of relativity to an audience (herself included) desperate...
Publisher
20th Century Fox Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2009]
Physical Desc
6 DVDs (975 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
Two FBI agents, Fox Mulder and Dana Scully, join forces to solve cases the FBI has labeled X-files. Both are determined to uncover the hidden truths--one searching for otherwordly answers, the other for more earthbound scientific explanations. Together they will make discoveries neither could have ever imagined.
Publisher
1 Earth Productions
Pub. Date
[2013]
Physical Desc
1 DVD (94 min.) : sound, color ; 4 3/4 in.
Language
English
Description
"Investigates the reason behind stalled efforts to tackle climate change despite consensus in the scientific community that it is not only a reality but also a growing problem placing us on the brink of disaster. The film details the people and organizations casting doubt on climate science and claims that greenhouse gases are not affected by human behavior. From the Koch Brothers to ExxonMobil, to oil industry front groups, to prominent politicians...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2016.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
xiii, 271 pages : illustrations, maps ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
"Throughout the late 1970s and early '80s, dozens of Japanese citizens were abducted from coastal Japanese towns by North Korean commandos. In what proved to be part of a global project, North Korea attempted to reeducate the abductees and train them to spy on the state's behalf. When the project faltered, the abductees were hidden in a series of guarded communities known as "Invitation-Only Zones"--the fiction being that these were exclusive enclaves,...
Series
Language
English
Formats
Description
When FBI agent Clarice Starling is assigned a case involving a monstrous serial killer, she seeks counsel from an imprisoned cannibalistic psychiatrist Dr. Hannibal Lecter, whose fascination with the young woman is as great as his hunger for murder. As their relationship develops, Starling must confront her own demons, and an evil so powerful that she may not have the courage or strength to stop it.
Author
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Pub. Date
2020.
Edition
Princeton Classics paperback edition.
Physical Desc
xlvii, 755 pages : black and white illustration ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Karl Popper's The Open Society and Its Enemies is an uncompromising defense of liberal democracy and a powerful attack on the intellectual origins of totalitarianism. Popper was born in 1902 to a Viennese family of Jewish origin. He taught in Austria until 1937, when he emigrated to New Zealand in anticipation of the Nazi annexation of Austria the following year, and he settled in England in 1949. Before the annexation, Popper had written mainly about...
14) CISSP Cert Guide
Author
Publisher
Pearson IT Certification
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
1st edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (656 pages)
Language
English
Description
This is the eBook version of the print title. Note that the eBook does not provide access to the practice test software that accompanies the print book. Learn, prepare, and practice for CISSP exam success with the CISSP Cert Guide from Pearson IT Certification, a leader in IT Certification. Master CISSP exam topics Assess your knowledge with chapter-ending quizzes Review key concepts with exam preparation tasks CISSP Cert Guide is a best-of-breed...
16) APHR Associate Professional in Human Resources Certification All-In-One Exam Guide, Second Edition
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
2022
Edition
2nd ed.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (481 pages)
Language
English
Description
This highly effective self-study system offers complete coverage of every subject on the aPHR® exam Take the Human Resources Certification Institute's 2022 aPHR exam with complete confidence using this integrated study guide. Written by a team of HR experts, aPHR Associate Professional in Human Resources Certification All-in-One Exam Guide, Second Edition features information about the aPHR exam, HR certifications in general, and important U.S. laws...
Author
Language
English
Formats
Description
"Robert's Rules of Order is the recognized guide to smooth, orderly, and fairly conducted meetings. This 12th edition is the only current manual to have been maintained and updated since 1876 under the continuing program established by General Henry M. Robert himself. As indispensable now as the original edition was more than a century ago, Robert's Rules of Order Newly Revised is the acknowledged 'gold standard' for meeting rules"--Back cover.
Author
Publisher
McGraw-Hill Education
Pub. Date
[2021].
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxvi, 470 pages) : illustrations
Language
English
Description
Inside this study guide, you'll find practice questions and content review, exam tips, updated information on real-world cyberattacks, and enhanced coverage of emerging topics.
Author
Publisher
Sybex, a Wiley brand
Pub. Date
[2021]
Physical Desc
1 online resource
Language
English
Description
Prepare for success on the IAPP CIPP/US exam and further your career in privacy with this effective study guide - now includes a downloadable supplement to get you up to date on the 2022 CIPP exam! Information privacy has become a critical and central concern for small and large businesses across the United States. At the same time, the demand for talented professionals able to navigate the increasingly complex web of legislation and regulation regarding...
Author
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons
Pub. Date
[2014]
Edition
Second edition.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (xxiii, 408 pages) : illustration
Language
English
Description
"The definitive guide to demystifying the venture capital businessThe Business of Venture Capital, Second Edition covers the entire spectrum of this field, from raising funds and structuring investments to assessing exit pathways. Written by a practitioner for practitioners, the book provides the necessary breadth and depth, simplifies the jargon, and balances the analytical logic with experiential wisdom. Starting with a Foreword by Mark Heesen,...
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