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Black ops : the life of a CIA shadow warrior / by Prado, Ric,author.;
"A memoir by the highest-ranking covert warrior to lift the veil of secrecy and offer a glimpse into the shadow wars that America has fought since the Vietnam Era. Enrique Prado found himself in his first firefight at age seven. The son of a middle-class Cuban family caught in the midst of the Castro Revolution, his family fled their war-torn home for the hope of a better life in America. Fifty years later, the Cuban refugee retired from the Central Intelligence Agency as the CIA equivalent of a two-star general. Black Ops is the story of Ric's legendary career that spanned two eras, the Cold War and the Age of Terrorism. Operating in the shadows, Ric and his fellow CIA officers fought a little-seen and virtually unknown war to keep USA safe from those who would do it harm. After duty stations in Central, South America, and the Philippines, Black Ops follows Ric into the highest echelons of the CIA's headquarters at Langley, Virginia. In late 1995, he became Deputy Chief of Station and co-founding member of the Bin Laden Task Force. Three years later, after serving as head of Korean Operations, Ric took on one of the most dangerous missions of his career: re-establish a once-abandoned CIA station inside a hostile nation long since considered a front line of the fight against Islamic terrorism. He and his team carried out covert operations and developed assets that proved pivotal in the coming War on Terror. A harrowing memoir of life in the shadowy world of assassins, terrorists, spies and revolutionaries, Black Ops is a testament to the courage, creativity and dedication of the Agency's Special Activities Group and its elite shadow warriors"--
Subjects: Biographies.; Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Prado, Ric.; United States. Central Intelligence Agency; Cold War; Refugees; Special operations (Military science); War on Terrorism, 2001-2009;
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Black roots : a beginner's guide to tracing the African American family tree / by Burroughs, Tony,1948-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In Black Roots", Tony Burroughs-who traced his own family back seven generations--addresses the particular obstacles African Americans face in genealogical research, including the legacy of slavery and segregation. Burroughs describes what types of records to look for, where to find them, and how to analyze them. He offers problem-solving techniques, and tips on organizing records, interviewing family members, and writing the history itself.
Subjects: Family histories.; African Americans;
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Black holes : the key to understanding the universe / by Cox, Brian,1968-author.; Forshaw, J. R.(Jeffrey Robert),1968-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index.At the heart of our galaxy lies a monster so deadly it can bend space, throwing vast jets of radiation millions of light years out into the cosmos. Its kind were the very first inhabitants of the universe, the black holes. Today, across the universe, at the heart of every galaxy, and dotted throughout, mature black holes are creating chaos. And in a quiet part of the universe, the Swift satellite has picked up evidence of a gruesome death caused by one of these dark powers. High energy X-ray flares shooting out from deep within the Draco constellation are thought to be the dying cries of a white dwarf star being ripped apart by the intense tides of a supermassive black hole--heating it to millions of degrees as it is shredded at the event horizon. They have the power to wipe out any of the universe's other inhabitants, but no one has ever seen a black hole itself die. But 1.8 billion light years away, the LIGO instruments have recently detected something that could be the closest a black hole gets to death. Gravitational waves given off as two enormous black holes merge together. And now scientists think that these gravitational waves could be evidence of two black holes connecting to form a wormhole--a link through space and time. It seems outlandish, but today's physicists are daring to think the unthinkable--that black holes could connect us to another universe. At their very heart, black holes are also where Einstein's Theory of General Relativity is stretched in almost unimaginable ways, revealing black holes as the key to our understanding of the fundamentals of our universe and perhaps all other universes. Join Professors Brian Cox and Jeff Forshaw in exploring our universe's most mysterious inhabitants, how they are formed, why they are essential components of every galaxy, including our own, and what secrets they still hold, waiting to be discovered.
Subjects: Black holes (Astronomy);
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Black Panther. [graphic novel] / by Ewing, Eve L.,author.; Aburto, Jesus,colourist.; Allen, Chris,1972-illustrator.; Chater, Mack,illustrator.; Dalhouse, Andrew,colourist.; Sabino, Joe,letterer.; Yeung, Craig,illustrator.;
A new era of Black Panther begins, finding T'Challa lurking in the shadows, fighting for his people in secret!T+.
Subjects: Afrofuturist comics.; Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Black Panther (Fictitious character); Superheroes, Black; Superheroes;
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A fatal groove / by Blacke, Olivia,author.;
"It's springtime in Cedar River, Texas. Juni Jessup and her sisters Tansy and Maggie thought opening Sip & Spin Records was going to be their biggest hurdle, but the Frappuccino hits the fan when the mayor drops dead, poisoned by their delicious coffee. Juni will have to pull out all the stops to find the mayor's killer."--Back cover.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Novels.; Mayors; Murder; Poisoning; Record stores; Sisters;
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Rhythm and clues / by Blacke, Olivia,author.;
It's been five whole months since the last murder in Cedar River, Texas, and Juni Jessup and her sisters Tansy and Maggie have been humming along when disaster strikes again. Their struggling vinyl records shop/coffee nook, Sip & Spin Records, is under pressure from predatory investors, though the Jessup sisters aren't ready to face the music and admit defeat. But the night after their meeting, the sketchy financier is killed outside their shop during a torrential Texas thunderstorm that washes out all the roads in and out of town. Now the sisters find themselves trapped in Cedar River with a killer, and Juni is determined to solve the case.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Cozy mysteries.; Novels.; Individual investors; Murder; Rainstorms; Record stores; Sisters;
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A new lease on death : a mystery / by Blacke, Olivia,author.;
"In this darkly funny supernatural mystery about an unlikely crime-solving duo that launches a commercial, unique, and genre-blending series, death is only the beginning. Ruby Young's new Boston apartment comes with all the usual perks. Windows facing the brick wall of the next-door building. Heat that barely works. A malfunctioning buzzer. Noisy neighbors. A dead body on the sidewalk outside. And of course, a ghost. Since Cordelia Graves died in her apartment a few months ago, she's kept up her residency, despite being bored out of her (non-tangible) skull and frustrated by her new roommate. When her across-the-hall neighbor, Jake Macintyre, is shot and killed in an apparent mugging gone wrong outside their building, Cordelia is convinced there's more to it and is determined to bring his killer to justice. Unfortunately, Cordelia, being dead herself, can't solve the mystery alone. She has to enlist the help of the obnoxiously perky, living tenant of her apartment. Ruby is twenty, annoying, and has never met a houseplant she couldn't kill. But she also can do everything Cordelia can't, from interviewing suspects to researching Jake on the library computers that go up in a puff of smoke if Cordelia gets too close. The roommates form an unlikely friendship as they get closer to the truth about Jake's death ... and maybe other dangerous secrets as well"--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Novels.; Apartments; Ghosts; Murder; Secrecy;
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Black Panther. [graphic novel] / by Ridley, John,1965-author.; Blee, Federico,colourist.; Cabal, Juann,1986-illustrator.; Landini, Stefano,illustrator.; Milla, Matt,colourist.; Moustafa, Ibrahim,illustrator.; Ross, Alex,1970-illustrator.; Sabino, Joe,letterer.;
Academy Award-winning writer John Ridley (12 Years a Slave) and Stormbreaker artist Juann Cabal launch an all-new BLACK PANTHER series with an action-packed espionage story that will upend everything in T'Challa's life - and have ramifications for the entire Marvel Universe! Secrets from the Panther's past have come back to haunt him. Fresh from returning from his travels in space, T'Challa receives an unexpected and urgent message from a Wakandan secret agent. Now the Black Panther must race the clock not only to save his agent, but also to keep his true agenda under wraps. Because if the truth comes out, it could cost T'Challa everything.Marvel, T+.
Subjects: Graphic novels.; Afrofuturist comics.; Superhero comics.; Black Panther (Fictitious character); Superheroes;
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Black Panther. [graphic novel] / by Ridley, John,1965-author.; Aburto, Jesus,colourist.; Cheng, Sebastian,colourist.; De la Cruz, Ceci,colourist.; Peralta, Germán,illustrator.;
T'Challa has been banished from his homeland! Searching for purpose, the Black Panther returns to the Avengers - just in time for a mysterious group of terrorists to seize control of global communications!T+.
Subjects: Afrofuturist comics.; Graphic novels.; Superhero comics.; Black Panther (Fictitious character); Sub-Mariner (Fictitious character); Superheroes;
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Black fly season / by Blunt, Giles;
Subjects: Detective and mystery stories; Murder; Mystery fiction;
© c2005., Random House Canada,
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