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Allied Forces. Supreme Headquarters. Monuments, Fine Arts and Archives Section History Famines Friction Friction Juvenile literature Geopolitics Large type books Missing persons Fiction Private security services Fiction Space security United States. Social Security Administration.Deaver, Jeffery
Summary: Homeland Security agent Carmen Sanchez and Professor Jake Heron, private security expert, team up and spend the next seventy-two hours racing to stop a diabolical serial killer.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Thorndike Press, a part of Gale, a Cengage company 2024
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Summary: John Perkins' job was to convince countries that are strategically important to the United States -- from Indonesia to Panama -- to accept enormous loans for infrastructure development and to make sure that the lucrative projects were contracted to U.S. corportations, such as Halliburton.
Format: sound recording-nonmusical
Publisher / Publication Date: Blackstone Audiobooks 2005
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1 available in Compact Disc Audio Book, Call number: CD 332.042 PERSummary: Bill Nye illustrates how various types of transportation utilize friction, from traction in trains and the "roll" of ball bearings in skateboards and automobiles, to the lack of friction in a hovercraft.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: Disney Educational Productions 2008
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1 available in Juvenile Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD JUV BILPatterson, James
Summary: When Jack Morgan, head of the world's foremost investigation agency receives at invitation to meet Princess Caroline, third in line to the British throne, he boards his Gulfstream jet and flies straight to London. The Princess needs Morgan's skills, and his discretion. Sophie Edwards, a close friend of the Princess, has gone missing. She needs to be found before the media become aware of it....
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing Large Print 2018
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP FIC PATCopies Available at Interlochen
1 available in Adult- Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Patterson 2018Summary: Every year, hundreds of new skyscrapers are built around the globe. As nations vie for prestige and developers look to maximize limited urban space, these shimmering towers are rising higher and higher. In China alone, dozens of buildings reach over 1,000 feet, with a few approaching 2,000 feet. But for all their impressive engineering, are these buildings safe?
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2022
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1 available in E-TV DVDs, Call number: DVD E-TV HIGBauer, Jean-Martin
Summary: "The director of Haiti's World Food Program takes aim at the global food crisis--revealing how hunger anywhere affects lives everywhere, and what steps we can take to change course"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Alfred A. Knopf 2024
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Three men, three different paths, caught in conflict but brought together to save lives--a sniper, an intelligence officer and an Afghan warrior.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Samuel Goldwyn Films, LLC 2016
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Foster, Kim
Summary: "James Beard Award-winning author Kim Foster reveals a new portrait of hunger and humanity in America. Food is a conduit for connection; we envision smiling families gathered around a table--eating, happy, content. But what happens when poverty, mental illness, homelessness, and addiction claim a seat at the table? In The Meth Lunches, James Beard award-winning writer Kim Foster peers behind...
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Publisher / Publication Date: St. Martin's Press, an imprint of St. Martin's Publishing Group 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 363.8 FOSCollins, J. L.
Summary: The author shares his personal techniques, insights and experiences regarding saving money and investing, drawn from his blog posts (jlcollinsnh.com) as well as a series of letters to his teenage daughter, both dealing with money management.
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Publisher / Publication Date: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform 2016
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Summary: "As the most destructive war in history ravaged Europe, many of the world's most cherished cultural objects were in harm's way. The Greatest Treasure Hunt in History recounts the astonishing true story of eleven men and one woman who risked their lives amidst the bloodshed of World War II to preserve churches, libraries, monuments, and works of art that for centuries defined the heritage of...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scholastic Focus, an imprint of Scholastic Inc. 2019
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Place a hold to request this item.Summary: Dedicated insurance investigator Nate Ford becomes disillusioned with his job when the company he works for refuses a claim that allows his 8-year-old son to die. Assembling a team of con artists, professional thieves, and computer hackers, Nate turns his attention to aiding those who have been wronged by corrupt corporations, by stealing their money back for them.
Format: moving image
Publisher / Publication Date: 2023
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1 available in NEW Digital Video Disc, Call number: DVD TV LEVFoster, Lori
Summary: "The moment Brand Berry meets beautiful, driven Sahara Silver, the connection between them is electric. It's also something he can't pursue. Sahara wants him, sure--to join Body Armor, where his MMA skills, size, and cocky attitude make him perfect for her elite crew of bodyguards. For Sahara, the agency always comes first, and Brand needs more. Yet when she's kidnapped by men searching for her...
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Publisher / Publication Date: HQN Books 2018
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1 available in Adult Fiction, Call number: FIC FOSLawson, Michael
Summary: When the NSA records the murder of two American civilians while conducting illegal wiretapping operations, political fixer Joe DeMarco finds himself rendered a pawn in a lethal game between a master spy and a four-star army general.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Atlantic Monthly Press 2011
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Summary: The teenage son of an U.S. MIA in Afghanistan hires Sean King and Michelle Maxwell--former Secret Service agents turned private investigators--to solve the mystery surrounding his father. But their investigation quickly leads to deeper, more troubling questions. Could Tyler's father really still be alive? What was his true mission? Could Tyler be the next target?
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Publisher / Publication Date: Grand Central Publishing Large Print 0000
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Baldacci 2013Marshall, Tim
Summary: "Spy satellites orbiting the moon. Space metals worth more than most countries' GDP. People on Mars within the next ten years. This isn't science fiction--it's reality. Humans are venturing up and out, and we're taking our competitive spirit with us. Soon, what happens in space will shape human history as much the mountains, rivers, and seas have impacted civilizations around the world. It's no...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Scribner 2023
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 320.1 MARTai, Elaine
Summary: This Kickstarter-funded picture book about consent presents various scenarios in which kids (and even adults) might feel uncomfortable, and addressing how to express and respect those boundaries and concerns. In thinking about how we teach or learn about ways we grant access to our own bodies and others', this book stems from the author's experiences as a librarian, as well as in her own...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Bloom Books for Young Readers 2021
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Summary: Since former Marine helicopter pilot Jack Morgan started Private, it has become one of the world's most powerful investigation firms, sought out by the rich and famous to discretely handle their most sensitive problems. Private's investigators are the smartest, the fastest, and the most technologically advanced in the world, and they always uncover the truth. When a former lover is found...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Co. 2012
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1 available in Large Print, Call number: LP Fiction Patterson 2012Hubbard, Ben
Summary: "In a growing digital world, how can you remain safe and secure? How can you protect yourself and your information? Learn all about your digital safety and security in this eye-opening book."--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Lerner Publications 2019
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1 available in Juvenile, Call number: J343.73 HUBSlahi, Mohamedou Ould.
Summary: "This is the first and only diary written by a still-imprisoned Guantánamo detainee. Since 2002, Mohamedou Slahi has been imprisoned at the detainee camp at Guantánamo Bay, Cuba. In all these years, the United States has never charged him with a crime. Although he was ordered released by a federal judge, the U.S. government fought that decision, and there is no sign that the United States plans...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Little, Brown and Company 2015
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 365 SLASummary: "For most Americans, Social Security is their largest financial asset, worth hundreds of thousands of dollars and indexed against increases in the cost of living. It is also an incredibly complicated program, with 2,728 core rules and thousands of codicils. As a result, Americans lose billions of dollars a year in unclaimed benefits. This money that we have earned and are entitled to, that...
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Publisher / Publication Date: Welcome Rain Publishers 2018
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2 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 362.6 OFFMurray, Melissa
Summary: "Timed to the start of the first trial in March 2024, this essential volume collects the four unprecedented indictments against Donald Trump and features extensive commentary by NYU law professors and MSNBC contributors Melissa Murray and Andrew Weissmann. In the long span of American history, Donald Trump is the first former president to face criminal indictment. He is the subject of a series...
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Publisher / Publication Date: W. W. Norton & Company 2024
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1 available in Adult Non-fiction, Call number: 973.933 MURMullins, Matt.
Summary: Photographs and text introduce scientific concepts related to friction, explaining what friction is and what it affects, describing how people have used friction throughout human history, and providing additional facts, statistics, and a time line.
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Publisher / Publication Date: Children's Press 2012
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1 available in Juvenile Nonfiction, Call number: J 531.1134 MULSpiro, Ruth
Summary: "Baby discovers the science behind spinning a dreidel on Hanukkah, exploring angular momentum, torque, friction, and gravity"--
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Publisher / Publication Date: Charlesbridge Publishing 2021