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1) Skyhook
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A scientist and a pilot's daughter investigate a top-secret computer program that can control any plane in the sky in this spine-tingling thriller from New York Times–bestselling author John J. Nance For eighteen months, Dr. Ben Cole has worked to develop Skyhook, a highly advanced autopilot that can direct aircraft from the ground. On the first test run, something goes wrong over the Gulf of Alaska plunging Cole's plane toward a supertanker at...
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Trying to maintain her inner light in an increasingly dark world, young Hong Kong-based scientist Lily Barnes, as the human race dwindles due to a "depression plague," comes across something that could lead to happiness and journeys through time and space to find out
3) Takeover
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Theresa MacLean novels volume 1
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What initially appears to be a bank heist turns into something far more complex and deadly. When forensic scientist Theresa MacLean seizes the opportunity to trade places with the city's best hostage negotiator, she must decide what she is willing to sacrifice in order to save the lives of innocent people as well as her own.
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"Grieving her best friend's recent death, neuroscientist Mariana Pineda's ready to give up everything to start anew. Even her career--after one last week consulting at a top secret particle accelerator. Except the strangest thing happens: a man stops her...and claims they've met before. Carter Cho knows who she is, why she's mourning, why she's there. And he needs Mariana to remember everything he's saying. But just as they figure out this new life,...
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In reading the book, parts of Howitt's character made my skin crawl, but the uncovering of his life was revelatory ... I believe the publication of Line of Blood will be at a very pertinent time. - Bruce Pascoe
Line of Blood tells the full story of Australia's so-called 'ablest anthropologist'; the botanist, geologist, senior public servant and explorer Alfred Howitt - and ancestor of the author, Craig Horne.
That Howitt was an extraordinary polymath...
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IL: UG - BL: 7.8 - AR Pts: 18
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It's the spring of 1877 in Washington, D.C., and at the U.S. Naval Observatory, great changes are afoot: historical, romantic, and scientific. When the brilliant Cynthia May-a Civil War widow whose beauty has been shadowed by worry and poverty-starts work as a human "computer" at the Observatory, astronomer Hugh Allison has found just the partner he needs for a radiant, half-crazed scheme that will make him live forever in the annals of science and...
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In approximately seventy-two hours, a little known Middle Eastern terrorist group plans to bring about the end of the world, and a central aspect of their plan is the kidnapping of Martin Fabor, an undercover American scientist. His only hope for survival is his young wife, Julia Alvarez, a woman born with a rare psychic gift. Julia must find the courage to evade religious extremists and clandestine government agencies to save her husband.
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The life and times of America's celebrated economist, assessing his lessons-and warnings-for us today.
John Kenneth Galbraith's books-among them The Affluent Society and American Capitalism-are famous for good reason. Written by a scholar renowned for energetic political engagement and irrepressible wit, they are models of provocative good sense that warn prophetically of the dangers of deregulated markets, war in Asia, corporate greed, and stock-market...
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Witness True Resilience in These Incredible Survival Stories
"Michael Tougias converts the wisdom of survivors into advice we can all use..." -Amanda Ripley, bestselling author of The Unthinkable: Who Survives When Disaster Strikes-and Why
#1 New Release in Disaster Relief
Extreme Survival will have you on the edge-of-your-seat with truly amazing survival stories.
New York Times bestselling author Michael Tougias has earned critical acclaim...
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Prize-winning journalist and the co-author of smash New York Times bestseller I Am Malala, Christina Lamb, now tells the inspiring true story of another remarkable young hero: Nujeen Mustafa, a teenager born with cerebral palsy, whose harrowing journey from war-ravaged Syria to Germany in a wheelchair is a breathtaking tale of fortitude, grit, and hope that lends a face to the greatest humanitarian issue of our time, the Syrian refugee crisis.
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Have you ever wondered what it would be like to be an anthropologist? There is a certain mystery about the profession, since anthropologists often travel to out-of-the-way parts of the world that might be considered exotic, dangerous, or otherwise mysterious to most people. Of course, there are many misconceptions, such as the view of the anthropologist in khaki-coloured shorts, wearing a pith hat and accompanied by a string of baggage carriers trailing...
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Who was Sabina Spielrein? She is probably best known for her notorious affair with Carl Jung, which was dramatized in the film A Dangerous Method, starring Keira Knightley. Yet her life story is much more compelling than just one famous relationship.
Spielrein overcame family and psychological abuse to become a profoundly original thinker in her own right. Sex vs. Survival is the first biography to put her life and ideas at the center of the story...
14) Agorafabulous!
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"Sara Benincasa is one of the funniest writers I know-and I know a disturbing number of them. She is also one of the most honest."
-Sam Apple, author of American Parent and editor-in-chief of The Faster Times
"Sara is extremely funny and should have many books out so we can all read them and laugh."
-Margaret Cho
Comedian, writer, blogger, radio and podcast host, and YouTube sensation, Sara Benincasa bravely and outrageously brings us "Dispatches...
15) Some Really Personal, Yet Entertaining Stories From My Life That You Will Enjoy and May Even Find
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What is a "normal childhood?" Does it include almost being murdered by your sister with an ax? Speeding around town in the back of a station wagon because your mom is chasing an "alien spaceship"? Being busted by the police for intent to light a pond on fire? Tackling your mom to the ground and wrestling a knife out of her hand because she was trying to kill your dad? While my stories may be unique, readers will be able to relate to the broader themes...
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The 1931 excavation season at Olynthus, Greece, ushered a sea change in how archaeologists study material culture-and was the nexus of one of the most egregious (and underreported) cases of plagiarism in the history of classical archaeology. Alan Kaiser draws on the private scrapbook that budding archaeologist Mary Ross Ellingson compiled during that dig, as well as her personal correspondence and materials from major university archives, to paint...
17) Hymne à la vie
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Hymne à la vie souligne les expériences et les principes fondamentaux des officiers militaires, notamment la solidarité, l'empathie et l'humanisme. Le livre traite de l'inquiétante question de la violence conjugale qui affecte toutes les strates socioprofessionnelles, apportant une vision optimiste et un précieux soutien aux femmes qui en sont victimes. Collectivement, il nous incite à nous mobiliser pour éradiquer cette tragédie et œuvrer...
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Rage, vengeance, colère, remords, jalousie, haine, admiration, attachement, liés... Sont tous des sentiments qu'on peut avoir pour elle, elles, mais qui peut vivre sans elle ? Ce n'est pas une recette culinaire, ni un mélange quelconque fait dans un laboratoire, à moins que le fruit de l'azar qu'on parvient à ce superbe créature qu'est la femme, il y a beaucoup d'hommes qui voudraient être femme dépensent des fortunes pour leur transformation,...
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"Sourire le premier – Les clés du changement" est un ensemble de ressources précieuses pour ouvrir la porte à un horizon inédit grâce à des comportements innovants. Il propose une perspective originale sur la vie et explore la possibilité de renaître au milieu du chaos actuel. Quelles attitudes pouvons-nous adopter pour retrouver le bonheur ?
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Thérapeute holistique, Anna Asteria a toujours été sceptique à l'égard...
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"Offers hope in the face of desperate odds" – ELLE Magazine, ELLE's Most Anticipated Books of Summer 2020
"[D]isturbing and unforgettable memoir…This wrenching story brings to vivid life the plight of the many families separated at the U.S.-Mexico border." – Publisher's Weekly, STARRED REVIEW
"[The] haunting and eloquent…narrative of a Guatemalan woman's desperate search for a better life." -Kirkus, STARRED Review
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