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Publisher:
Scribner
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
"Combining realistic thrills with sophisticated spycraft and witty dialogue, The Collaborators delivers a gut-punch answer to the biggest geopolitical question of our time: how, exactly, did post-Soviet Russia turn down the wrong path? Crisscrossing the globe on the way to this shocking revelation are disaffected millennial CIA officer Ari Falk, thrown into a moral and professional crisis by the death of his best asset; and brash, troubled LA heiress...
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Publisher:
MysteriousPress.com/Open Road
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Description:
Set in Nazi-occupied France, this World War II novel of intrigue by the author of the Dalziel and Pascoe mysteries call[s] to mind John le CarrĆ©. Best known for his gritty Dalziel and Pascoe novels, which were adapted into a hit BBC series, Reginald Hill proves to be "the finest male English contemporary crime writer" of stand-alone novels-now available as ebooks (Val McDermid). Paris, 1945. GĆ¼nter Mai is a compassionate lieutenant with German intelligence,...
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Series:
Cat Kid Comic Club volume 4
Publisher:
Graphix, an imprint of Scholastic
Pub. Date:
Ā©2022
Lexile measure:
GN: Graphic Novel 290L
Language:
English
Description:
"Excitement and imagination run wild as Naomi, Melvin, Poppy, Gilbert, Curly, and their siblings get back to making comics with originality and laughter. But wait--have they cleaned their rooms yet?! After their chores, the rambunctious group presents even more amazing mini-comics. By working together, the baby frogs discover that small things can have a huge impact."--
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Publisher:
Penguin Press
Pub. Date:
Ā©2023
Language:
English
Description:
"An exploration of the nature of collaboration, and all the gray areas between heroism and abject opportunism, through the interwoven stories of three World War II-era collaborators under Nazi and Japanese rule-Kawashima Yoshiko, Felix Kersten, and Friedrich Weinreb"--
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Series:
Publisher:
Scholastic Inc
Pub. Date:
2022
Language:
English
Description:
The Cat Kid Comic Club learns to collaborate in this creative, funny, and insightful graphic novel by Dav Pilkey, the author and illustrator of Dog Man.
Excitement and imagination run wild as Naomi, Melvin, Poppy, Gilbert, Curly, and their siblings get back to making comics with originality and laughter. But wait — have they cleaned their rooms yet?!
After their chores, the rambunctious group presents even more amazing
...Author:
Language:
English
Description:
Our current models for ending conflict don't really work. They waste incredible amounts of time, money, and energy and take an enormous emotional toll on participants. The parties remain embittered, relationships are destroyed, and often the conflict just reappears later in a different form. In this second edition of his classic book, Stewart Levine offers a revolutionary alternative approach that goes beyond compromise and capitulation to provide...
Author:
Series:
Veronica Speedwell volume 4
Pub. Date:
2019
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4 stars
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Description:
Lured by the promise of a rare and elusive butterfly, the intrepid Veronica Speedwell is persuaded by Lord Templeton-Vane, the brother of her colleague Stoker, to pose as his fiancƩe at a house party on a Cornish isle owned by his oldest friend, Malcolm Romilly. But Veronica soon learns that one question hangs over the party: What happened to Rosamund? Three years ago, Malcolm Romilly's bride vanished on their wedding day, and no trace of her has...
9. The print
Author:
Series:
New Ansel Adams photography volume 3
Publisher:
Little, Brown
Pub. Date:
[1983]
Language:
English
Author:
Publisher:
inside out & associates Australia Pty Ltd
Pub. Date:
2020
Language:
English
Description:
Our Own Words shows that people experiencing extreme states of mental distress - often termed 'mental illness' - hold diverse perspectives on the nature of their experiences. The writers create meaning within the complex process of navigating ways to live with, through and beyond mental and emotional distress. These stories reveal many counter-narratives: challenges to widespread notions that equate extreme states of emotional distress with illness...
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Language:
English
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"An idea-fueled book that explores the rise of new economic models based on shared resources and collective consumption--and the first articulation of a major socioeconomic phenomenon"--
Describes a shift from 20th century hyper-consumption to a 21st century age of "collaborative consumption" in which traditional sharing, bartering, lending, trading, renting, gifting, and swapping are adopted and redefined through technology and peer communities....
12. The negative
Author:
Series:
New Ansel Adams photography volume 2
Publisher:
New York Graphic Society
Pub. Date:
[1981]
Language:
English
Publisher:
A Kids Book About
Pub. Date:
2024
Language:
English
Description:
Right now, each of us is getting older. Yes, each and every person on the planet! Aging is a completely normal part of living, but because of ageism, some people believe getting older is a problem or something to fear. The experience we gain as we age is a gift, and this book can help us learn to spot and stop ageism in our lives. Growing older is beautiful! ļ»æļ»æ Core themes in this book: Equality, Belonging, Self-worth, Sharing Meet A Kids Co.,...
Publisher:
Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2001]
Language:
Chinese
Description:
Set in 19th-century China, two master warriors are faced with their greatest challenge when the treasured Green Destiny sword is stolen. A young aristocratic woman prepares for an arranged marriage, but soon reveals her superior fighting talents and her romantic past. As each warrior battles for justice, they come face-to-face with their worst enemy, and the enduring power of love.
Publisher:
Vintage Books
Pub. Date:
1989
Language:
English
Average Rating:
5 stars
Description:
"In an unnamed dream country, the young man Cincinnatus C. is condemned to death by beheading for "gnostical turpitude," an imaginary crime that defies definition. Cincinnatus spends his last days in an absurd jail, where he is visited by chimerical jailers, an executioner who masquerades as a fellow prisoner, and by his in-laws, who lug their furniture with them into his cell. When Cincinnatus is led out to be executed, he simply wills his executioners...
Author:
Publisher:
Pearson
Pub. Date:
[2017]
Language:
English
Description:
"A new generation of cloud-based collaboration and productivity tools promise to help companies work together more effectively, while driving down costs. But wide-ranging choices and enormous hype make it difficult to choose the best solutions for your company. In Working in the Cloud, Jason R. Rich demystifies your options, introduces each top collaboration tool, reviews their pros and cons, and offers tips for using them more successfully. Rich...
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Publisher:
Windblown Media
Language:
English
Formats:
Description:
After his daughter's murder, a grieving father confronts God with desperate questions — and finds unexpected answers — in this riveting and deeply moving #1 NYT bestseller.
When Mackenzie Allen Phillips's youngest daughter Missy is abducted during a family vacation, he remains hopeful that she'll return home. But then, he discovers evidence that she may have been brutally murdered in an abandoned
...19. The Bookshop
Publisher:
Universal Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date:
[2019]
Language:
English
Average Rating:
4.3 stars
Description:
England, 1959. Free-spirited widow Florence Green (Emily Mortimer) risks everything to open a bookshop in a conservative East Anglian coastal town. While bringing about a surprising cultural awakening through works by Ray Bradbury and Vladimir Nabokov, she earns the polite but ruthless opposition of a local grand dame (Patricia Clarkson) and the support and affection of a reclusive book loving widower (Bill Nighy). As Florenceās obstacles amass...