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Overkill [text (large print)] / by Brown, Sandra,1948-author.;
When Eban, the scion of a wealthy North Carolina family who brutally attacked Rebecca Pratt, leaving her on life support, gets an early release from prison, brilliant state prosecutor Kate Lennon asks former Super Bowl MVP quarterback--and Rebecca's ex-husband--to make an impossible decision for justice.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Large type books.; Novels.; Ex-convicts; Man-woman relationships; Public prosecutors;
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Overkill [sound recording] / by Brown, Sandra,1948-author.; Brewer, Kyf,narrator.; Hachette Audio (Firm),publisher.;
Read by Kyf Brewer.When Eban, the scion of a wealthy North Carolina family who brutally attacked Rebecca Pratt, leaving her on life support, gets an early release from prison, brilliant state prosecutor Kate Lennon asks former Super Bowl MVP quarterback--and Rebecca's ex-husband--to make an impossible decision for justice.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Novels.; Thrillers (Fiction); Ex-convicts; Man-woman relationships; Public prosecutors;
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Green crime : inside the minds of the people destroying the planet, and how to stop them. by Shaw, Julia.;
"A popular BBC presenter and podcaster looks at six world-changing environmental crimes and takes readers inside the minds of the people responsible. Our planet is a crime scene. People are murdered, ecosystems are destroyed, and corruption is rampant. In Green Crime, criminal psychologist Dr. Julia Shaw takes us inside six world-changing environmental crimes and reveals how the perpetrators think, why their crimes are so deadly, and how we can stop them from damaging our planet and our future. Julia Shaw attempts to make sense of some of the worst environmental crimes of our recent past by considering them through the lens of criminal psychology: these are not just natural disasters or random acts of destruction, these are illegal acts which follow familiar criminal behavior patterns. With that understanding, we are able to make sense of these ecocides and strategize ways to prevent them. As a criminal psychologist, Dr. Shaw explores "six pillars" of criminal behavior, which can be applied in the case studies presented. These are: Ease, Impunity, Greed, Rationalization, Conformity, and Desperation. Using these pillars as guidelines, along with in-depth research and interviews with involved parties, Dr. Shaw takes us through six recent examples of large-scale environmental destruction caused by human criminal behavior. Part history book, part true crime thriller, her writing weaves in the complex backgrounds and criminal choices that make conditions ripe for these kinds of crimes to occur, in an attempt to understand what we can do to prevent them in the future. Crimes covered are: "Dieselgate," the Volkswagen emissions scandal; the murder of Brazilian rainforest activists Zé Cláudio Ribeiro da Silva and his wife, Maria; illegal poaching for ivory by the Shuidong Syndicate; the world's longest ship chase, tracking down illegal fishing ship Thunder; Operation Vala Umgodi ('Close the Hole') fighting illegal mining in South Africa; the Deepwater Horizon oil rig explosion and spill in the Gulf of Mexico "--Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy; PSYCHOLOGY / Forensic Psychology; TRUE CRIME / Forensics;
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The certainty illusion : what you don't know and why it matters / by Caulfield, Timothy A.,1963-author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In a world where there is so much conflicting information about how we are supposed to live, what can we really know? Knowing the truth, what's real from what's fake, should be easy. In today's world, that's far from the case. In The Certainty Illusion, Timothy Caulfield lifts the curtain on the forces contributing to our information chaos and unpacks why it's so difficult -- sometimes even for experts -- to escape the fake. Whether it's science, our own desire to be good and do the right thing, or the stories and opinions of others, there's more to sussing out the truth than simply tracking down what feels like an authoritative source. Caulfield argues that these major forces -- science, goodness, and opinion -- drive beliefs and behaviour, but the ways that they can be corrupted, or worse, used to nefarious ends by bad actors, are endless. While it may feel, at times, as though we are circling the drain of truth, especially as new technologies make it even easier to spread dangerous fictions, Caulfield pulls us out of the vortex and keeps us afloat, helping us recognize and combat the forces that threaten to pull us under."--
Subjects: Disinformation.; Mass media; Misinformation.; Truthfulness and falsehood.; Public opinion;
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What I mean to say : remaking conversation in our time / by Williams, Ian,1979-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."Enough small talk. Let's get right to it: Why can't we talk to each other anymore? What makes good communication? And how do we restore the lost art of conversation? In contemporary society, much of our communication exists in a new dimension, the online space, and it's changing how we regard each other and how we converse. In the digital realm, we can be anonymous, we can make false and hurtful comments yet evade consequences in a hurried scroll of clicks and swipes. But a good conversation takes time and patience, courage, even. We need to realize that one-half of our conversations is, in fact, listening. And aren't the best conversationalists--like the best musicians--good listeners? With What I Mean to Say, award-winning novelist and poet Ian Williams seeks to ignite a conversation about conversation, to confront the deterioration of civic and civil discourse, and to reconsider the act of conversing as the sincere, open exchange of thoughts and feelings. Alternately serious and playful, Williams nimbly leaps between topics of discussion and, along the way, is discursive, digressive, and endlessly generous--like any great conversationalist."--
Subjects: Rita Cox Black and Caribbean Heritage Collection.; Conversation.; Listening.; Interpersonal communication.; Conversation.; Écoute (Psychologie); Communication interpersonnelle.;
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The Beginning Comes After the End : Notes on a World of Change. by Solnit, Rebecca.;
In 'The Beginning Comes After the End', Rebecca Solnit offers a thrilling account of the sheer breadth and scale of social, political, scientific, and cultural change over the past three quarters of a century.Library Bound Incorporated
Subjects: POLITICAL SCIENCE / Public Policy / Environmental Policy; SOCIAL SCIENCE; SOCIAL SCIENCE / Feminism & Feminist Theory;
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String theory : David Foster Wallace on tennis / by Wallace, David Foster.;
Includes bibliographical references.LSC
Subjects: Tennis literature.; Tennis.;
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Paint [videorecording] / by Ciara Renée,1990-actor.; Brant, Peter,film producer.; Maydew, Sam,film producer.; McAdams, Brit,film director,screenwriter.; McLendon-Covey, Wendi,1969-actor.; Watkins, Michaela,1971-actor.; Wilson, Owen,1968-actor.; Balcony 9 Productions,production company.; Blue Creek Pictures,production company.; Elevation Pictures,publisher.; IFC Films,production company.; Silver Lining Entertainment (Firm),production company.; White Birch Films,production company.;
Owen Wilson, Michaela Watkins, Wendi McLendon-covey, Ciara Renee, Lusia Strus, Stephen Root.Carl Nargle, Vermont's #1 public television painter is convinced he has it all: a signature perm, custom van, and fans hanging on his every stroke ... until a younger, better artist steals everything (and everyone) Carl loves.Canadian Home Video Rating: PG.MPAA rating: PG-13; for drug use, smoking, sexual and suggestive material.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 5.1.
Subjects: Comedy films.; Feature films.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Painters; Public-access television; Television personalities;
For private home use only.
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Mural Mosaic's Canada train.
Subjects: Mosaics; Mural painting and decoration; Community art projects; Public art;
© c2018., Mural Mosaic Inc.,
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Everybody knows / by Harper, Jordan,author.;
After her boss is gunned down at the Beverly Hills Hotel, Mae Pruett, a "black-bag" publicist working at LA's most powerful crisis PR firm protecting the rich and depraved, decides to investigate, running afoul of the whole system.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Noir fiction.; Novels.; Murder; Public relations personnel; Women detectives;
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