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Series
Pub. Date
2017.
Language
English
Description
Gin Sullivan is back in her small hometown of Trumbull, Pennsylvania on an extended leave from her job at the Chicago medical examiner's office and rekindling an old flame with her high school sweetheart, Jake. Gin is readjusting to life at home when Jake receives harrowing news early one morning. The new housing development his construction firm is building has caught fire and underneath one of the burnt homes is a dead body.
Author
Publisher
Liveright Publishing Corporation, a Division of W.W. Norton & Company
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
A groundbreaking work that retells modern history through the rise and spread of written constitutions -- some enlightened, many oppressive -- to every corner of the globe. Filling a crucial void in our understanding of world history, Linda Colley reconfigures the rise of the modern world over three centuries through the advent of written constitutions. Her absorbing work challenges accepted narratives, focusing on rulers like Catherine the Great,...
Author
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
In the years since 9/11, we have entered an age of endless war. With little debate or discussion, the United States carries out military operations around the globe. It hardly matters who s president or whether liberals or conservatives operate the levers of power. The United States exercises dominion everywhere.
Author
Publisher
Basic Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
From ancient Mesopotamia to today, the epic story of how humans have used laws to forge civilizations. Rulers throughout history have used laws to impose order. But laws were not simply instruments of power and social control. They also offered ordinary people a way to express their diverse visions for a better world. In The Rule of Laws, Oxford scholar Fernanda Pirie traces the rise and fall of the sophisticated legal systems underpinning ancient...
Author
Publisher
Nolo
Pub. Date
2019.
Language
English
Description
"Learn how to stop: collection calls, wage garnishments, foreclosures & more"--Cover.
Conquering overwhelming debt starts with understanding your options. Loftsgordon and O'Neill give you the tools you need to get your finances back on track. They provide up-to-date legal information, as well as sample creditor letters and budgeting worksheets. -- adapted from back cover
Author
Publisher
Nolo
Pub. Date
2022.
Language
English
Description
"This book is for readers considering divorce later in life. It covers subjects such as ways to divorce, including mediation, collaborative law, and litigation; marital property: what it is, what you do with it, and how to divide assets and liabilities; how to survive financially during and after, and more"--
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Series
Body farm mysteries volume 2
Language
English
Formats
Description
Anthropologist Dr. Bill Brockton founded Tennessee's world-famous Body Farm—a small piece of land where corpses are left to decay in order to gain important forensic information. Now, in the wake of a shocking crime in nearby Chattanooga, he's called upon by Jess Carter—the rising star of the state's medical examiners—to help her unravel a murderous puzzle. But after re-creating the death scene at the Body Farm, Brockton discovers
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Language
English
Description
"America's Bitter Pill is Steven Brill's much-anticipated, sweeping narrative of how the Affordable Care Act, or Obamacare, was written, how it is being implemented, and, most important, how it is changing--and failing to change--the rampant abuses in the healthcare industry. Brill probed the depths of our nation's healthcare crisis in his trailblazing Time magazine Special Report, which won the 2014 National Magazine Award for Public Interest. Now...
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Series
Life in Icicle Falls volume 11
Language
English
Formats
Description
When author and Christmas expert Muriel Sterling receives a disappointing Christmas tree that she ordered online, she makes it into a craft project and begins to learn the power of potential as she inspires her friends and sees her grumpy neighbor in a new light.--
53) Sun storm
Author
Series
Rebecka Martinsson mysteries volume 1
Language
English
Description
Now translated into English for the first time is Larsson's Sun Storm in which a young Swedish lawyer is pulled into a vortex of suspicion and religious fanaticism after she's summoned to her hometown when a body is found. Optioned for a film, Sun Storm is the winner of Sweden's Best First Crime Novel Award.
54) Crash and burn
Author
Series
Sisterhood series volume 27
Language
English
Description
The women of the Sisterhood are united by their mission to help those unable to help themselves. But now they've encountered opponents who share a unique bond of their own. The law firm of Queen, King, Bishop & Rook - the Chessmen - has been a formidable force in Washington, D.C., for decades. And Sisterhood member Nikki Quinn's new case has made her their prime target. Nikki has agreed to represent Livinia Lambert as she files for divorce from her...
Author
Publisher
Nolo
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
All the information you need to split your assets, easily and fairly. Major financial decisions are often overwhelming, but they can feel downright impossible when you're in the midst of a divorce. Turn to Divorce & Money, the acclaimed guide that translates complex financial concepts into plain language to help you: create a cash flow statement using your income and expenses, uncover your spouse's financial information, determine the value of real...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
A guide to the periodic table that illuminates the basic concepts of chemistry as it traces the history and development of our knowledge of the material world. Also covers the 2010 Nobel-winning work on graphene, an ultrathin form of carbon that is vital for future generations of computers and touch screens, the discovery of new superconductors, and the development of new uses for the rare earth elements.
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