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Tree thieves : crime and survival in North America's woods / by Bourgon, Lyndsie,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."In Tree Thieves, Lyndsie Bourgon dives headfirst into the underbelly of the illegal timber market. She follows three timber theft cases, introducing us to law enforcement, forensic wood specialists, the enigmatic residents of former logging communities, environmental activists, international timber cartels, and indigenous communities along the way. Featuring excellent investigative reporting, fascinating characters, political analysis, and cutting-edge tree science, Tree Thieves takes readers on a thrilling journey into a hidden world of intrigue, crime, and incredible complexity lurking beneath the surface"--
Subjects: True crime.; Deforestation; Logging; Lumber trade; Trees;
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The case of the unsuitable suitor / by Ace, Cathy,1960-author.;
The women of the WISE Enquiries Agency are back. When the village's prodigal son, Huw Hughes, returns and sets his cap at Annie Parker, village publican, Tudor begs Annie's colleagues at the WISE Enquiries Agency to unearth the truth behind Huw having been widowed three times. With Christine enjoying a break at her family's Irish estate - where she and the brooding Alexander face a surprisingly dangerous case of theft? Mavis and Carol have to work with dowager duchess Althea Twyst to ensure their unsuspecting friend Annie's safety, and possibly the lives of more villagers.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Women private investigators; Croquet; Villages;
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Vanished / by La Plante, Lynda,author.;
"When an eccentric elderly widow claims she is being stalked, Detective Jack Warr is the only person willing to dig into the truth behind her wild claims. Jack soon finds himself embroiled in an international drugs operation, art theft--and a murder investigation. On the back foot throughout, he is forced to play second fiddle to the Drug Squad, confront an old adversary, and even fight off accusations of assault. But Jack believes that every aspect of this multi-faceted case is simply a distraction from the one person who lies at the heart of it all--the widow's elusive stalker. Find him, and the truth will come out"--
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Novels.; Drug traffic; Missing persons; Murder; Police; Stalking; Suspects (Criminal investigation); Widows;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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The bad fire / by Jardine, Quintin,author.;
Nine years ago, divorcee Marcia Brown took her own life. A pillar of the community, she had been accused of theft, and it's assumed that she was unable to live with the shame. Now her former husband wants the case reopened. Marcia was framed, he says, to prevent her exposing a scandal. He wants justice for Marcia. And Alex Skinner, Solicitor Advocate, and daughter of retired Chief Constable Sir Robert Skinner, has taken on the brief, aided by her investigator Carrie McDaniels. When tragedy strikes and his daughter comes under threat, Skinner steps in. His quarry is about to discover that the road to hell is marked by bad intentions ...
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Skinner, Bob (Fictitious character); Cold cases (Criminal investigation); Divorced women; Ex-police officers; Murder; Police; Wives; Women lawyers;
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Queens of mystery. [videorecording] / by Graham, Julie,1965-actor.; Hall, Florence,actor.; Redmond, Siobhan,1959-actor.; Woodward, Sarah,actor.; Acorn Media (Firm),production company,broadcaster.; RLJ Entertainment,distributor.;
Florence Hall, Julie Graham, Siobhan Redmond, Sarah Woodward, Juliet Stevenson.In the picturesque English region of Wildemarsh, Detective Matilda Stone investigates crimes with the aid or, often, meddling of her three mystery-writing aunts, who raised her from childhood. Together, they look into a murder at a health spa, a killing in the contemporary art world, and the theft of an Edgar Allen Poe manuscript. Matilda has decidedly less success with her personal affairs, continuing to pine for Dr. Daniel Lynch even as she begins a new romance. But while Matildas love life hits a snag, she makes headway in the case of her mothers long-ago disappearance despite her aunts best efforts to conceal the secret she most wants to know.PG.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; Dolby Digital 2.0.
Subjects: Detective and mystery television programs.; Television comedies.; Television crime shows.; Television programs.; Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Aunts; Murder; Policewomen; Women authors; Women detectives;
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Mr. Bates vs the Post Office [videorecording] / by Dolan, Monica,actor.; Dooley, Shaun,actor.; Hart, Ian,1964-actor.; Hesmondhalgh, Julie,actor.; Hughes, Gwyneth,screenwriter.; Jennings, Alex,actor.; Jones, Toby,1966-actor.; Kelly, Katherine,1979-actor.; Mellor, Will,1976-actor.; Pattani, Krupa,actor.; Shah, Amit,1981-actor.; Strong, James,television director.; Williams, Lia,actor.; PBS Distribution (Firm),distributor.; Public Broadcasting Service (U.S.),broadcaster.;
Toby Jones, Monica Dolan, Julie Hesmondhalgh, Shaun Dooley, Ian Hart, Alex Jennings, Katherine Kelly, Will Mellor, Amit Shah, Krupa Pattani, Lia Williams.Based on the true story of one man's fight against one of the greatest miscarriages of justice in British legal history. Starting more than 20 years ago, the Post Office wrongly dismissed, harassed, and prosecuted hundreds of innocent sub-postmasters for theft, fraud, and false accounting. Sub Postmasters were told they were the only ones to report a problem with a new computer system called Horizon. When Alan Bates was fired, he refused to accept the Post Office blame. He found and brought together a group of other isolated and wrongly accused victims to form the Justice for Sub Postmasters Alliance. Alan Bates and his friends exposed a shocking scandal at the heart of the Post Office, a government-owned and much-loved national institution.PG.Closed-captioned for the hearing impaired.Subtitled for the deaf and hard-of-hearing (SDH).DVD ; wide screen presentation ; stereophonic.
Subjects: Video recordings for the hearing impaired.; Fiction television programs.; Biographical television programs.; Historical television programs.; Legal television programs.; Television programs.; Television mini-series.; Bates, Alan, 1954-; Judicial error; Post office buildings; Software failures; Postal service; Class actions (Civil procedure); Postmasters;
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Save the world with code : 20 fun projects for kids using Raspberry Pi, micro:bit, and Circuit Playground Express / by Underwood, Lorraine A.,author.;
"This fun project book engages kids with coding and making This easy-to-follow guide offers a fun, hands-on introduction to coding for kids and anyone looking for a whimsical, light-hearted approach to making. The book contains 20 cool projects that use Raspberry Pi, micro:bit, and kid-friendly Circuit Playground Express along with a few inexpensive, easy-to-find parts like LEDs and tin foil. Save the World with Code: 20 Fun Projects Using Raspberry Pi, micro:bit, and Circuit Playground Express for Kids features projects ranging from easy to advanced. You will get a fun blend of environmentally friendly projects, like a thermometer to monitor home temperature and a moisture sensor for keeping your plants watered, with more wacky projects, like a light up sword, cookie theft detector, and a touch sensor to check if someone is a zombie!"--
Subjects: Instructional and educational works.; Computer programming.; Micro:bit.; Raspberry Pi (Computer);
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Cobalt : cradle of the demon metals, birth of a mining superpower / by Angus, Charlie,1962-author.;
Includes bibliographical references."The world is desperate for cobalt. It fuels the digital economy and powers everything from cell phones to clean energy. But this 'demon metal,' this 'blood mineral,' has a horrific present and troubled history. Then there is the town in northern Canada, also called Cobalt. It created a model of resource extraction a hundred years ago--theft of Indigenous lands, rape of the earth, exploitation of workers, enormous wealth generation--that has made Toronto the mining capital of the world and given the mining industry a blueprint for resource extraction that has been exported everywhere. Charlie Angus unearths the history of the town and shows how it contributed to Canada's mining dominance. He connects the town to present-day Congo, with its cobalt production and misery, to horrendous mining practices in South America and demonstrates that global mining is as Canadian as hockey."--
Subjects: Mineral industries; Mineral industries; Cobalt mines and mining.;
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The scientist and the spy : a true story of China, the FBI, and industrial espionage / by Hvistendahl, Mara,author.;
Includes bibliographical references and index."A riveting true story of industrial espionage in which a Chinese-born scientist is convicted of trying to steal U.S. trade secrets, by a finalist for the Pulitzer Prize in nonfiction. In September 2011, sheriff's deputies in Iowa encountered three neatly dressed Asian men at a cornfield that had been leased by Monsanto to grow corn from patented hybrids. What began as a routine inquiry into potential trespassing blossomed into a federal court case that saw one of the men -- Mo Hailong, also known as Robert Mo -- plead guilty to conspiracy to steal trade secrets from U.S. agro-giants DuPont Pioneer and Monsanto on behalf of the China-based DBN Group, one of the country's largest seed companies. The Mo case was part of the U.S. government's efforts to stanch the rising flow of industrial espionage by Chinese companies -- some with the assistance of the Chinese government itself -- on American companies. And it's not an isolated one. Economic espionage costs U.S. companies billions of dollars a year in lost revenue. As former Attorney General Eric Holder once put it, "There are only two categories of companies affected by trade secret theft: Those that know they've been compromised and those that don't know it yet." Using the story of Mo and of others involved in the case, journalist Mara Hvistendahl uncovers the fascinating and disquieting phenomenon of industrial espionage as China marches toward technological domination. In The Scientist and the Spy, she shines light on U.S. efforts to combat theft of proprietary innovation and technology and delves into the efforts to slow the loss of such secrets to other nations. As technology and innovation become more and more valuable, government agencies like the FBI and companies around the world are growing increasingly concerned -- and are increasingly outspoken about -- the threats posed to Western competitiveness. General Keith Alexander, the ex-director of the National Security Agency, has described Chinese industrial espionage and cyber crimes as "the greatest transfer of wealth in history." The Scientist and the Spy explains how the easy movement of experts and ideas affects development and the important role that espionage plays in innovation, both for the spies and the spied-upon. She also asks whether the current U.S. counter-espionage strategy helps or harms the greater public good. The result is a compelling nonfiction thriller that's also a call to arms on how we should rethink the best ways to safeguard intellectual property"--
Subjects: True crime stories.; United States. Federal Bureau of Investigation.; Agricultural industries; Business intelligence; Confidential business information; Spies;
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Wrong alibi / by Dodd, Christina,author.;
"Eighteen-year-old Evelyn Jones lands a job in small town Alaska, working for a man in his isolated mountain home. But her bright hopes for the future are shattered when Donald White disappears, leaving her to face charges of theft, embezzlement, and a brutal double murder. Her protestations of innocence count for nothing. Convicted, she faces life in prison, until fate sends her on the run. Her escape leaves her scarred and in hiding, isolated from her family, working under an alias at a wilderness camp. Bent on vengeance, intent on recovering her life, she searches for Donald White. At last, the day comes. Donald White has returned. Evelyn emerges from hiding. The fugitive becomes the hunter. But in her mind, she hears the whisper of other forces at work. Can Evelyn untangle the threads of evidence before she's once again found with blood on her hands, the blood of her own family?"--Provided by publisher.
Subjects: Thrillers (Fiction); Fugitives from justice; Missing persons;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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