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Publisher
Universal Studios Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2011]
Language
English
Description
In New York City, when a crime is committed, the victims are represented by two distinct yet intertwined forces. There's the police department, represented by the 27th precinct Homicide Detectives. It is their job to investigate the crime, collect evidence, and interview witnesses. Suspects are placed under arrest. The matter is then taken over by the prosecutors of the Manhattan District Attorney's office.
Publisher
Neon Hemlock Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"Glitter + Ashes: Queer Tales of a World That Wouldn't Die is an anthology of post-apocalyptic fiction centering queer joy and community in the face of disaster. What does hope look like when everything is lost? Now, more than ever, we need to revel in the bright spots amidst the darkness. The twenty-three stories (and two poems) contained here, as well as the roleplaying game Dream Askew by Avery Alder, imagine queer community in myriad futures interrupted...
Author
Language
English
Description
"Named a top 10 medical title in 2009 by the Wall Street Journal. Since 1986, Medicine for the Outdoors has been hailed as the definitive take-along manual on the subject. Packed with step-by-step instructions, how-to explanations, and practical approaches to outdoor and wilderness emergencies, it tells you the best ways to respond to just about any medical problem when help is miles or days away. Author Paul S. Auerbach, MD, MS, FACEP, FAWM, is recognized...
Author
Publisher
Lion Dog Press
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Description
A grisly murder. A six-year-old eyewitness. A gun from the grave. The Profiler's Daughter is a psychologically haunting thriller that combines murder mystery, love triangle, and family intrigue in one satisfying page burner. Sky Stone was born into the wealth and privilege of Boston's oldest Brahmin family but chooses instead to follow in the footsteps of her deceased father, legendary FBI profiler Monk Stone. In the chilly morning hours before the...
Publisher
Henry Holt & Co
Pub. Date
c2003
Language
English
Description
Presents the lyrics for an assortment of popular camp songs, such as "Rise and Shine," "The Peanut Song," "Do Your Ears Hang Low," "This Land Is Your Land," and "Kum Ba Yah." The mosquitoes are out and biting, the rain's coming down in buckets, and there's poison ivy on the trail. We're a long way from home and the food here stinks! Camp wouldn't be camp without troubles to share. But there are also new friends to make, adventurous trails to be climbed,...
Author
Publisher
Exposit
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"A hub of sex, crime, and drugs, Boston's Combat Zone, the nation's largest adult entertainment district during the last half of the 20th century, lured white- and blue-collar workers, lawyers, professors, judges and cops to watch and chat up its adult performers, many of whom earned more than white-collar professionals. By 1985, its multi-decade run was over. Why did it last so long, despite constant attempts to destroy it? What drew thousands of...
Author
Publisher
Sterling
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
Andrew Revkin, who is the senior climate reporter at ProPublica after a prize-winning 21-year stint at The New York Times, presents an intriguing illustrated history of humanity's evolving relationship with Earth's dynamic climate system and the wondrous weather it generates.--Amazon.
Colorful and captivating, Weather: An Illustrated History hopscotches through 100 meteorological milestones and insights, from prehistory to today's headlines and tomorrow's...
Author
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Pub. Date
2013.
Language
English
Description
"Shows that the Western tradition of statecraft, long considered the method of tyrants and oligarchs, can steer our thinking about democracy in bold new directions"--
"The theory of statecraft explores practical politics through the strategies and maneuvers of privileged agents, whereas the theory of democracy dwells among abstract and lofty ideals. Can these two ways of thinking somehow be reconciled and combined? Or is statecraft destined to remain...
Author
Publisher
Conari Press
Pub. Date
2016.
Language
English
Description
"It's like the meanest, wildest monkey running around my head, constantly looking for ways to bite me." That was how Kirsten Pagacz described her OCD to her therapist on their first session when she was well into her 30s--she'd been following orders from this mean taskmaster for 20 years, without understanding why. Initially the tapping and counting and cleaning and ordering brought her comfort and structure, two things lacking in her family life....
96) Young Landlords
Author
Publisher
Penguin Group (USA)
Pub. Date
2007, ©1979
Language
English
Description
If you were looking for a real ghetto dump, you couldn t beat The Stratford Arms. There was Askia Ben Kenobi throwing karate chops upstairs, Petey Darden making booze downstairs, and Mrs. Brown grieving for Jack Johnson, who d died for the third time in a month and not a rent payer in the bunch. Still, when Paul Williams and the Action Group got the Arms for one dollar, they thought they had it made. But when their friend Chris was arrested for stealing...
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Series
Publisher
IDW
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
The war is tearing our world apart. Instead of big armies with tanks in the field, the Vampire War is fought in the streets, neighbor against neighbor, family against family. Anyone can turn at any time. The blood hunger can suddenly appear in the middle of a kiss. The person who sleeps next to you every night could wake up in the dead of night ... hungry. So hungry. V Wars: Night Terrors collects all-new stories from the reporters embedded with the...
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
Description
For anyone who spends time in the backcountry, understanding not only what sorts of dangers you can run into out there but also exactly what those risks can do to you is part of being a smart, well informed outdoor traveler. The author breaks down the perils that can befall hikers, hunters, and other outdoor enthusiasts. There are animal encounters, weather events (lightning strikes), parasites (giardia), biting insects (bees/wasps), winter hazards...
Pub. Date
2017
Language
English
Description
In the ocean, there is a town called Bikini Bottom. SpongeBob SquarePants is a fry cook who works at the town's most popular restaurant The Krusty Krab. He lives a crazy life with his hard-headed neighbor, and best friend, Patrick. His next door neighbor, Squidward, is a sarcastic, boring squid who can't stand SpongeBob and Patrick. Mr. Krabs is SpongeBob's boss at The Krusty Krab. Mr. Krabs is one of the most money-greedy men alive.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing, The Boy Scouts of America
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
Each year hundreds of outdoor enthusiasts find themselves in an unexpected outdoor emergency. They get lost, injured, or stranded. Cut off from the rest of the world, they have to depend upon their survival skills to survive. For most people, thanks to modern communications such as cell phones, satellite messengers, and personal locator beacons (PLB), it is merely a sobering two- or three-hour adventure. However, for some who did not take the proper...
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