Kyle Snyder
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Publisher
Sourcebooks
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
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"When Lauren Spierer-a gregarious young woman at a crossroads in her life-vanished from Indiana University in 2011, her story drew global attention from celebrities and news outlets such as People magazine, CNN, Fox News, and USA Today. What made the case so confounding to those outlets was that the 20-year-old was out with dozens of classmates in a bustling university town on the night she went missing. She was seen in public by witnesses and security...
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"An experienced financial adviser offers a no-stress investing strategy that integrates Western behavioral finance with the Eastern discipline of mindfulness. Topics include: understanding financial markets, building an investment portfolio, socially conscious investing, and avoiding common investing mistakes"--
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Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Language
English
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"The coauthors, a college admissions officer and a high school guidance counselor, demystify the process of college admissions and bring sanity to what has become a source of great anxiety for families with college-bound kids. This book is rooted in experience from both sides of the college admission profession, and it provides valuable insight and practical tips about choosing and applying to schools"--
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Publisher
NewSouth Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
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"The British colony of West Florida--which once stretched from the mighty Mississippi to the shallow bends of the Apalachicola and portions of what are now the states of Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, and Louisiana--is the forgotten fourteenth colony of America's Revolutionary era. The colony's eventful years as a part of the British Empire form an important and compelling interlude in Gulf Coast history that has for too long been overlooked. For...
Author
Publisher
Dundurn Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Canada must prepare for an isolationist and unpredictable neighbour to the South should a MAGA leader gain the White House in 2025. The American-led global order has been increasingly challenged by Chinese assertiveness and Russian revanchism. But while Canadians have been paying attention to the re-emergence of great power competition, they assume that Americans will continue to provide global leadership in the West. Canada Alone sketches a more...
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Publisher
Transit Books
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
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"Asle is an aging painter and widower who lives alone on the west coast of Norway. His only friends are his neighbor, Åsleik, a traditional fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in the city. There, in Bjørgvin, lives another Asle, also a painter but lonely and consumed by alcohol. Asle and Asle are doppelgängers--two versions of the same person, two versions of the same life. In this final installment of Jon Fosse's Septology, "a major...
Author
Pub. Date
2013
Language
English
Description
As evil spreads across Gotham City, Batman's allies, including Red Robin, Batwing, and Robin find themselves in a battle coming from all sides. The Court of Owls has shown its hand, and it's up to the collective effort of these heroes to stop it in this sprawling tale of corruption and violence.
Author
Series
Very short introductions volume 732
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"Pseudoscience: A Very Short Introduction explores the philosophical and historical attempts to address this problem of demarcation between science and pseudoscience. Many people would be able to agree on a list of things that fall under the umbrella of pseudoscience - astrology, phrenology, UFOlogy, creationism, and eugenics might come to mind - but a precise definition has proven impossible. This book explores a bewildering array of marginalized...
Author
Series
Publisher
Transit Books
Pub. Date
[2019]
Language
English
Description
The Other Name follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway. The year is coming to a close and Asle, an aging painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life. He lives alone, his only friends being his neighbor, sleik, a bachelor and traditional Norwegian fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in Bj rgvin, a couple hours' drive south of Dylgja, where he lives. There, in Bj rgvin, lives another...
Author
Publisher
Post Hill Press
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"It's 2027. The AI revolution has merged with quantum computing to take control of global financial markets. Operated by the mysterious Bank for International Settlements based in Basel, Switzerland, the quantum supercomputer known as ICARUS has promised the world a more stable economy, devoid of bank failures and volatile share prices. And it has delivered...until now. Rory O'Connor is the financial genius who helped create ICARUS, but after the...
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Publisher
Harbour Publishing
Pub. Date
[2024]
Language
English
Description
"A paroled killer and a small-town cop find themselves on a collision course when the murder-by-arson of a college student sparks off gang violence along the forty-ninth parallel. His first day out of prison, paroled killer Cameron Shaw meets with a mysterious lawyer who offers him a small fortune to infiltrate the League of Nations crime syndicate. Shaw turns her down, intending to go straight. But with no job, no family and no prospects, he's soon...
Author
Series
Publisher
Transit Books
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"I is Another follows the lives of two men living close to each other on the west coast of Norway. The year is coming to a close and Asle, an aging painter and widower, is reminiscing about his life. He lives alone, his only friends being his neighbor, Åsleik, a bachelor and traditional Norwegian fisherman-farmer, and Beyer, a gallerist who lives in Bjørgvin, a couple hours' drive south of Dylgja, where he lives. There, in Bjørgvin, lives another...
14) Little Red Cap
Author
Publisher
Minedition
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
A little girl meets a hungry wolf in the forest while on her way to visit her sick grandmother.
Publisher
DC Comics
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
"DC has delivered some of the most influential and ground-breaking stories in comics history with titles such as Batman: Knightfall, The Death of Superman, Blackest Night, Infinite Crisis and many more. Now, after the events of Dark Nights: Metal, a gateway into the Dark Multiverse has opened and its stories are revealed! Featuring top author and artist talent, Tales from the DC Dark Multiverse is going beyond the Multiverse and diving deep into the...