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The age of insecurity : coming together as things fall apart / by Taylor, Astra,author.;
Includes bibliographical references."These days, everyone feels insecure. We are financially stressed and emotionally overwhelmed. The status quo isn't working for anyone, even those who appear to have it all. What is going on? In this urgent cultural diagnosis, author and activist Astra Taylor exposes how seemingly disparate crises--rising inequality and declining mental health, the ecological emergency, and the threat of authoritarianism--originate from a social order built on insecurity. From home ownership and education to the wellness industry and policing, many of the institutions and systems that promise to make us more secure actually undermine us. Mixing social critique, memoir, history, political analysis, and philosophy, this genre-bending book rethinks both insecurity and security from the ground up. By facing our existential insecurity and embracing our vulnerability, Taylor argues, we can begin to develop more caring, inclusive, and sustainable forms of security to help us better weather the challenges ahead. The Age of Insecurity will transform how you understand yourself and society--while illuminating a path toward meaningful change."--
Subjects: Anxiety.; Civilization, Modern; Security (Psychology); Social psychology.; Uncertainty.;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Turn a blind eye [sound recording] / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-author.; Blagden, George,1989-narrator.; Macmillan Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by George Blagden.Going undercover to expose corruption in the Metropolitan Police Force, Detective Inspector William Warwick is compromised by a high-profile trial and a teammate's romantic relationship with his suspect.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Legal fiction (Literature); Psychological fiction.; Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office; Drug dealers; Drug traffic; Police corruption; Undercover operations;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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A darker domain / by McDermid, Val.;
Subjects: Mystery fiction.; Psychological fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Kidnapping; Murder; Police; Pirie, Karen (Fictitious character);
© 2009., HarperCollins,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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In the blood [sound recording] / by Unger, Lisa,1970-; Mol, Gretchen.; Thaxon, Candace.;
Read by Gretchen Mol & Candace Thaxon.Lana Granger lives a life of lies. She has told so many lies about where she comes from and who she is that the truth is like a cloudy nightmare she can't quite recall. About to graduate from college and with her trust fund almost tapped out, she takes a job babysitting a troubled boy named Luke. Expelled from schools all over the country, the manipulative young Luke is accustomed to controlling the people in his life. But, in Lana, he may have met his match. Or has Lana met hers? When Lana's closest friend, Beck, mysteriously disappears, Lana resumes her lying ways - to friends, to the police, to herself. The police have a lot of questions for Lana when the story about her whereabouts the night Beck disappeared doesn't jibe with eyewitness accounts. Lana will do anything to hide the truth, but it might not be enough to keep her ominous secrets buried: someone else knows about Lana's lies. And he's dying to tell.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Suspense fiction.; Audiobooks.; Mental illness; Missing persons; Murder;
© p2014., Simon & Schuster Audio,
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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CB Strike [videorecording] : the series / by Burke, Tom,1981-actor.; Grainger, Holly,1988-actor.; Keillor, Michael,television director.; Logan, Kerr,actor.; Shaw, Martin,1945-actor.; Larkin, Jackie,television producer.; Richards, Ben,1964-screenwriter.; Hawkes, Kieron,television director.; Edge, Tom,screenwriter.; Sturridge, Charles,television director.; Warner Bros. Entertainment,publisher.; Brontë Film & Television,production company.; British Broadcasting Corporation,broadcaster.; Cinemax (Firm),broadcaster.;
Tom Burke, Holliday Grainger, Martin Shaw, Kerr Logan, Ian Attard, Killian Scott.Cormoran Strike is a war veteran turned private detective operating out of a tiny office in London's Denmark Street. Though he's wounded both physically and psychologically, Strike's unique insight and his background as an SIB Investigator prove crucial in solving complex cases that elude the police.14A.DVD ; widescreen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television programs.; Strike, Cormoran (Fictitious character); Private investigators; Veterans;
For private home use only.
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Days of feasting and rejoicing / by Bergen, David,1957-author.;
Includes bibliographical references.Esther Maile is an American renting a house in Thailand from the richer, more popular Christine. When Christine is caught by an ocean wave and drowns, the police arrive and confuse Esther for Christine. For someone who would prefer to be anyone but herself, this is the perfect solution. When a local Thai police captain begins to investigate Christine's death and seeks out Esther, he soon discovers that people around Esther are disappearing.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Americans; Death; Deception; Impostors and imposture;
Available copies: 0 / Total copies: 1
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Traitors Gate / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-author.;
"Impenetrable. Well protected. Secure. Home to the most valuable jewels on earth. But once a year, when the Queen attends the State Opening of Parliament, the Metropolitan Police must execute the most secret operation in their armory as they transport the Crown Jewels across London. For decades, the elite squad at Scotland Yard have been in charge of the operation. And for decades, it's run like clockwork. But this year, everything is about to change. Because a master criminal has set his sights on pulling off the most outrageous theft in history--and with a man on the inside, the odds are in his favor. Unless the team can stop him before it's too late ... "--
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Warwick, William (Fictitious character); Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office; Criminal investigation; Crown jewels; Jewelry theft; Police corruption;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 2
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Turn a blind eye / by Archer, Jeffrey,1940-author.;
"Newly promoted to Detective Inspector, William Warwick is tasked with a dangerous new line of work: to go undercover and expose crime of another kind--corruption at the heart of the Metropolitan Police Force. Along with detectives Rebecca Pankhurst and Nicky Bailey, his team is focused on following Detective Jerry Summers, a young officer whose lifestyle exceeds his income. But the investigation risks being compromised when Nicky falls for Summers. Meanwhile, notorious drug baron Ahmed Rashidi goes on trial, defended by Booth Watson QC, while William's father Sir Julian and sister Grace lead the prosecution case.
Subjects: Psychological fiction.; Legal fiction (Literature); Great Britain. Metropolitan Police Office; Drug traffic; Drug dealers; Police corruption; Undercover operations;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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Watch me disappear / by Armstrong, Ross(Actor),author.; Armstrong, Ross(Actor).Head case.;
"Tom Mondrian is watching his life ebb away directing traffic as a police constable--until a bullet to the brain changes everything. With a new unusual perspective, including an inability to recognize faces and absolutely no filter between what he thinks and what he says, Tom finds his career is suddenly shifting gear. Tom's new condition gives him an advantage over other police officers, allowing him to notice details that they can't see. Now, with his new insight and unwavering determination, Tom is intent on saving three missing girls, before more start to disappear"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Psychological fiction.; Novels.; Brain damage; Missing persons; Police;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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The enchanters : a novel / by Ellroy, James,1948-author.;
"Los Angeles. August 4, 1962. The city broils through a mid-summer heat wave. Marilyn Monroe ODs. A B-movie starlet is kidnapped. The overhyped LAPD overreacts. Chief Bill Parker's looking for some getback. The Monroe deal looks like a moneymaker. He calls in Freddy Otash. The freewheeling Freddy O. Tainted ex-cop, defrocked private eye, dope fiend, and freelance extortionist. A man who lives by the maxim "Opportunity is Love." Freddy gets to work. He dimly perceives Marilyn Monroe's death and the kidnapped starlet to be a poisonous riddle that only he has the guts and the brains to untangle. We are with him as he tears through all those who block his path to the truth. We are with him as he penetrates the faux-sunshine of Jack and Bobby Kennedy and the shuck of Camelot. We are with him as he falters, and grasps for love beyond opportunity. We are with him as he tracks Marilyn Monroe's horrific last charade through a nightmare L.A. that he served to create--and as he confronts his complicity and his own raging madness. It's the Summer of '62, baby. The savage Sixties are ready to pop. The Rolling Stones proclaim it best: We're just a shout away. The Enchanters is a transcendent work of American popular fiction. It is James Ellroy at his most crazed, brilliant, provocative, profanely hilarious, and stop-your-heart tender. It is a luminous psychological drama and an unparalleled thrill ride"--
Subjects: Historical fiction.; Noir fiction.; Novels.; Monroe, Marilyn, 1926-1962; Los Angeles (Calif.). Police Department; Ex-police officers; Kidnapping; Nineteen sixties; Private investigators;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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