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- The unkept woman / by Montclair, Allison,author.;
"Allison Montclair returns with The Unkept Woman, the fourth Sparks & Bainbridge mystery: London, 1946, Miss Iris Sparks - currently co-proprietor of the Right Sort Marriage Bureau - has to deal with aspects of her past exploits during the recent war that have come back around to haunt her. The Right Sort Marriage Bureau was founded in 1946 by two disparate individuals - Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge (whose husband was killed in the recent World War) and Miss Iris Sparks who worked as an intelligence agent during the recent conflict, though this is not discussed. While the agency flourishes in the post-war climate, both founders have to deal with some of the fallout that conflict created in their personal lives. Miss Sparks finds herself followed, then approached, by a young woman who has a very personal connection to a former paramour of Sparks. But something is amiss and it seems that Iris's past may well cause something far more deadly than mere disruption in her personal life. Meanwhile, Gwendolyn is struggling to regain full legal control of her life, her finances, and her son - a legal path strewn with traps and pitfalls. Together these indomitable two are determined and capable and not just of making the perfect marriage match"--- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Dating services; Murder; Women-owned business enterprises;
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- Surveillance state : inside China's quest to launch a new era of social control / by Chin, Josh,author.; Lin, Liza,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."Josh Chin and Liza Lin's Surveillance State is a groundbreaking work of investigative nonfiction on life in China's burgeoning surveillance state People living in democracies have for decades drawn comfort from the notion that their form of government, for all its flaws, is the best history has managed to produce. Surveillance State documents with startling detail how even as China's Communist Party pays lip service to democracy as a core value of "socialism with Chinese characteristics," it is striving for something new: a political model that shapes the will of the people not through the ballot box but through the sophisticated-and often brutal-harnessing of data. On the country's remote Central Asian frontier, where a separatist movement strains against Party control, China's leaders have built a dystopian police state that keeps millions under the constant gaze of security forces armed with AI. Across the country in the city of Hangzhou, the government is weaving a digital utopia, where tech giants help optimize the friction out of daily life. Award-winning journalists Josh Chin and Liza Lin take readers on a journey through both places, and several in between, as they document the Party's ambitious push-aided, in some cases, by American technology-to engineer a new society around the power of digital surveillance. China is hardly alone. As faith in democratic principles wavers, advances in surveillance have upended debate about the balance between security and liberty in countries around the globe, including the US. Succeed or fail, the Chinese experiment has implications for people everywhere"--- Subjects: Artificial intelligence; Electronic surveillance; Internal security; Social control;
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- Murder at the White Palace / by Montclair, Allison,author.;
"In post-WWII London, the matchmakers of The Right Sort Marriage Bureau are involved in yet another murder. In the immediate post-war days of London, two unlikely partners have undertaken an even more unlikely, if necessary, business venture -- The Right Sort Marriage Bureau. The two partners are Miss Iris Sparks, a woman with a dangerous -- and never discussed -- past in British intelligence and Mrs. Gwendolyn Bainbridge, a genteel war widow with a young son entangled in a complicated aristocratic family. Looking to throw a New Year's Eve soiree for their clients, Sparks and Bainbridge scout an empty building -- only to find a body contained in the walls. What they initially assume is a victim of the recent Blitz is uncovered instead to be a murder victim -- stabbed several times. To make matters worse, the owner of the building is Sparks' beau, Archie Spelling, who has ties to a variety of enterprises on the right and wrong sides of the law, and the main investigator for the police is her ex-fiancée. Gwen, too, is dealing with her own complicated love life, as she tentatively steps back into the dating pool for the first time since her husband's death. Murder is not something they want to add to their plates, but the murderer may be closer to home than is comfortable, and they must do all they can to protect their clients, their business and themselves"--- Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Historical fiction.; Novels.; Dating services; Murder; Women-owned business enterprises;
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- The Spy. by Jonsson, Jens,film director.; Scheer, Alexander,actor.; Chapelle, Damien,actor.; Endre, Edvin,actor.; Bolsø, Ingrid,actor.; Feldmeier, Julius,actor.; Lassgård, Rolf,actor.; MPI Media Group (Firm),dst; Kanopy (Firm),dst;
Alexander Scheer, Damien Chapelle, Edvin Endre, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal, Julius Feldmeier, Rolf LassgårdOriginally produced by MPI Media Group in 2019.In this captivating World War II drama directed by Jens Jonsson, Ingrid Bolsø Berdal portrays Sonja Wigert, a renowned Scandinavian actress whose life takes a dramatic turn when she becomes a double agent. As the Nazis occupy Norway, Sonja is recruited by the Swedish intelligence service to infiltrate the German high command. Her charm and talent catch the eye of Reich Commissioner Josef Terboven (Alexander Scheer), leading to a complex web of espionage, deception, and personal conflict. As Sonja navigates her dual roles, she faces perilous choices that test her loyalties and endanger her life.Mode of access: World Wide Web.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films.; Motion pictures.; Drama.; War films.; Horror films.; Historical films.; World War, 1939-1945.; War.; Thrillers (Motion pictures).; Motion pictures--Europe.;
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- Bethlehem [videorecording] / by Adler, Yuval.; Halevi, Tsahi.; Kleinhendler, Talia.; Mari, Shadi.; Omari, Hitham.; Waked, Ali.; Adopt Films.; Pie Films (Firm); WestEnd Films.;
Tsahi Halevi, Shadi Mar'i, Hitham Omari.The complex relationship between an Israeli Secret Service officer and his teenage Palestinian informant. Shuttling back and forth between conflicting points of view, the film is a raw portrayal of characters torn apart by competing loyalties and impossible moral dilemmas, giving an unparalleled glimpse into the dark and fascinating world of human intelligence.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital stereo.- Subjects: Feature films.; Foreign films; Informers; Motion pictures, Israeli.; Secret service; Thrillers (Motion pictures);
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