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Author
Series
Alex Delaware novels volume 38
Language
English
Description
"Los Angeles is a city of stark contrast, the palaces of the affluent coexisting uneasily with the hellholes of the mad and the needy. It is that shadow world and the violence it breeds that draw brilliant psychologist Dr. Alex Delaware and Detective Milo Sturgis into an unsettling case of altruism gone wrong. On a superficially lovely morning a woman shows up for work with her usual enthusiasm. She's the newly hired personal assistant to a handsome,...
Author
Language
English
Description
Provides a moving account of the disappearances occurring all around us and traces the evolution of extinction as concept, from its first articulation by Georges Cuvier in revolutionary Paris up through the present day. The sixth extinction is likely to be mankind's most lasting legacy, compelling us to rethink the fundamental question of what it means to be human
Author
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
vii, 264 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : color illustrations ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
A firsthand account of the lives of captive killer whales by one of SeaWorld's most experienced orca trainers and the star of Blackfish argues that their needs are not met in captivity and traces advocacy efforts comparing the lives of free and captive orcas.
4) A year of reading: a month-by-month guide to classics and crowd-pleasers for you and your book group
Author
Publisher
Sourcebooks, Inc
Pub. Date
[2002]
Physical Desc
xviii, 314 pages ; 22 cm
Language
English
Description
Profiles texts that would work well in book groups, placing them in the categories of crowd pleaser, classic, challenge, memoir, and "potluck" for each month of the year and providing descriptions, author biographies, discussion questions, and related activities.
Author
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
xvii, 398 p., [32] p. of plates : ill. (some col.), maps ; 24 cm
Language
English
Description
Recounts the events of the Boston battle that ignited the American Revolution, tracing the experiences of Patriot leader Dr. Joseph Warren, a newly recruited George Washington, and British General William Howe
Author
Series
Barrier lands volume 1
Language
English
Formats
Description
"The Unwilling is the story of Judah, a foundling born with a special gift and raised inside Highfall castle along with Gavin, the son and heir to Lord Elban's vast empire. Judah and Gavin share an unnatural bond that is both the key to her survival -- and possibly her undoing. As Gavin is groomed for his future role, Judah comes to realize that she has no real position within the kingdom, in fact, no hope at all of ever traveling beyond its castle...
Author
Publisher
Random House
Pub. Date
©1989
Physical Desc
xiv, 209 pages ; 25 cm
Language
English
Description
Famous cases/problems covered include identifying MIA remains, John Belushi, Pinchos Jaroslawicz, David Hendricks, Mary Beth Tinning, Joe Christopher, Richard Kuklinski, Catherine Fried, Carl Coppolino, Dr. X, Whitney Young, Josephine Wells Brown, Daphne Mellon, S & M, Leonard Barco, Claus von Bulow, Attica Prison riot deaths.
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