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Publisher:
Random House
Language:
English
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"The American criminal justice system is supposed to be a contest between two equal adversaries, the prosecution and the defense, with judges ensuring a fair fight. But in fact, it is prosecutors who have the upper hand, in a contest that is far from equal. More than anyone else, prosecutors decide who goes free and who goes to prison, and even who lives and who dies. The system wasn't designed for this kind of unchecked power, and in Charged, Emily...
2. Charged
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Publisher:
Kerri Ann
Pub. Date:
2018
Language:
English
Description:
The mafia has ruined my life… Run. Hide. Repeat. A cycle that never ends. That has been my life for longer than I remember. Hiding keeps you alive has been my motto. I know that all it takes is one missed step… One person to recognize me and I'm done. Death at this point would almost be welcomed instead of the scurrying life I lead. When my car breaks down running from the last encounter, I know I'm in trouble. Stranding in the middle of Louisiana,...
3. Charged
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Publisher:
Carina Alyce
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
I am the Boss. I crossed the line. . . and I can't stop. Fire Chief Noah Baker has succumbed to temptation at last in the arms of firefighter Erin Hudgens. Her sunny attitude can melt even the grumpiest boss's heart. Their secret relationship is burns like fire and is just as dangerous. They're risking their careers and possibly the lives of their fellow firefighters if they don't gain control of their passion. If anyone discovers their secret, they're...
4. Charged
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Publisher:
Carpe Luna Publishing
Pub. Date:
2015
Language:
English
Description:
Faith kept me Plain. Science made me complicated. Book 2 in the Grounded Trilogy My name is Lydia and I'm a Spark, genetically altered to be electrokinetic. I can't change my origins, but I can change my future. After my harrowing experience at the hands of Dr. Konrad and the Green Republic, I am relieved to return to the plain and simple life of Hemlock Hollow. I've made my decision. I choose to be ordinary. My focus now is on helping Korwin to fit...
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Series:
Saints of Denver volume 2
Language:
English
Description:
"Avett Walker and Quaid Jackson's worlds don't collide, ever. Quaid is divorced, a high powered criminal attorney, and as slick as he is handsome. Very. Avett is a pink-haired troublemaker with a bad attitude and a history of picking the absolute wrong men at the absolute worst time. But when Avett lands in an ocean of hot water because of one of those mistakes, the only person who can get her out of it is the sexy lawyer. Quaid never takes this kind...
6. Charged
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Series:
Elemental Magic Unleashed volume 2
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2023
Language:
English
Description:
They called me Battery, but as soon as I'm fully charged, they're going to discover how much power I wield. My path of vengeance took a detour when I was rescued by the gargoyles of Castle Viegls. For several months I allowed myself to become settled with these men; to think I could have a life when once I didn't. But danger is attracted to danger, and that's exactly what I brought to this sanctuary. Now this group has been ripped apart. Putting DB,...
Publisher:
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date:
[2017]
Language:
English
Description:
Chef Eduardo Garcia went for a hike in Montana and was shocked with 2400 Volts of electricity when he touched a dead bear. He lost an arm, ribs, muscle mass, and nearly his life, but more important than what he lost is what he found. Won the Jury Prize for Best Documentary at the 2017 **San Francisco DocFest**. *"This documentary about an adventurous hero is all the more inspiring because it is true."* - Kimber Myers, ***The Los Angeles Times*** *"CHARGED...
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Publisher:
Widdlepuff Press
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
This action-packed book is a sci-fi adventure featuring two female protagonists: an alien mother and her earthly daughter, who are on opposite sides in a battle to save the world. The daughter is captured after losing her brother in a fireball-filled fight; she is forced to learn many electric truths about herself. In the end, she has to figure out a way to save her family and the world, but the choice is complicated. Ignite the fire, Burn the light,...
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Publisher:
Dover Publications
Pub. Date:
2013
Language:
English
Description:
Detailed enough for a text and sufficiently comprehensive for a reference, this volume addresses topics vital to understanding high-power accelerators and high-brightness-charged particle beams. Subjects include stochastic cooling, high-brightness injectors, and the free electron laser. Humphries provides students with the critical skills necessary for the problem-solving insights unique to collective physics problems.
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Publisher:
Brandywine Creek Press
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
Few founders of private businesses truly understand how to harness corporate governance to achieve a more powerful valuation and lasting legacy. In this groundbreaking book, Andrew Usuki illuminates the pathway by examining five key stakeholders: shareholders; directors; employees, customers, and suppliers; creditors and acquirers; and legacy founders. Excellent private businesses have founders with self-awareness of their individual anxieties inside...
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Publisher:
Wood Dragon books
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
There are eight billion of us on the planet and most of us strive for lifestyles of affluence, consumption, and mobility. We buy what we want and we go where we want to go. These capitalistic-driven, hedonistic desires consume non-renewable energy and non-renewable mineral resources. If left unchecked, our consumption and mobility desires will deprive future generations of sufficient quantities of these resources. This is not news. However, rather...
Publisher:
Wiley
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Description:
The first book devoted exclusively to a highly popular, relatively new detection technique Charged Aerosol Detection for Liquid Chromatography and Related Separation Techniques presents a comprehensive review of CAD theory, describes its advantages and limitations, and offers extremely well-informed recommendations for its practical use. Using numerous real-world examples based on contributors' professional experiences, it provides priceless insights...
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Publisher:
The Pragmatic Programmers
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
At the heart of Silicon Valley's meteoric rise is a story etched in the lives of those who shaped it and those who were forever transformed by it. Author Tom Mahon provides an insider's perspective on the birth of the semiconductor industry, which sparked the region's transformation from sleepy farmland to the heart and soul of the high-tech revolution. Through twenty-five extended, in-person interviews you'll meet a diverse cast of characters whose...
Publisher:
Gravitas Ventures
Pub. Date:
2017
Language:
English
Description:
Chef Eduardo Garcia went for a hike in Montana and was shocked with 2400 Volts of electricity when he touched a dead bear. He lost an arm, ribs, muscle mass, and nearly his life, but more important than what he lost is what he found.
Author:
Publisher:
Tantor Media, Inc
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
Winner of the 24th Annual Susanne M. Glasscock Humanities Book Prize Finalist for the 2023 Cundill History Prize Gold Medal Recipient, Nautilus Book Awards, Sustainability To achieve fossil fuel independence, few technologies are more important than batteries. Used for powering zero-emission vehicles, storing electricity from solar panels and wind turbines, and revitalizing the electric grid, batteries are essential to scaling up the renewable energy...