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July
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The
Pawn
by Steven James
In
this exciting thriller, the first of a planned trilogy, James
introduces FBI agent Patrick Bowers. His professional specialty is
environmental criminology, which attempts to track lawbreakers by
analyzing the significance of the time and place at which the crime
occurred. When corpses of young women start turning up near
Asheville, N.C., Bowers is called in. |
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House
of Cards: A Tale of Hubris and Wretched Excess on Wall Street
by William D. Cohen
This
is a chilling cautionary tale about greed, arrogance, and stupidity
in the financial world, and the consequences for all of us. In March
2008, Bear Stearns, an 84-year-old financial institution, was forced
to sell itself to JPMorgan Chase for an outrageously low price in a
deal brokered by Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson, who was
desperately trying to prevent the impending catastrophic market
crash.
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Freeing
Tibet: 50 Years of Struggle, Resilience, and Hope
By John B. Roberts and Elizabeth A. Roberts
In
March of 1959, a 23-year-old Tibetan youth named Tenzin Gyatso, the
14th Dalai Lama, fled his native country to govern in exile from
India. With Tibet occupied by communist China, he and others
envisioning a free Tibet have worked ceaselessly to save his
country's civilization, culture, and freedom while advocating
negotiation and non-violence.
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