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Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
2020
Language
English
Description
Recounting her nearly four decades in science, Dr. Judy Mikovits has seen the best and worst of science. When she was part of the research community that turned HIV-AIDS from a fatal disease into a manageable one, she saw science at its best. But when her investigations questioned whether the use of animal tissue in medical research were unleashing devastating plagues of chronic diseases, such as autism and chronic fatigue syndrome, she saw science...
Author
Language
English
Description
The Sackler family is one of the richest families in the world, known for their lavish donations to the arts and sciences. The source of the family fortune was vague, however, until it emerged that the Sackler's were responsible for making and marketing Oxycontin, a blockbuster painkiller that was a catalyst for the opioid crisis.
66) War dogs
Publisher
Warner Bros. Entertainment
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Three young stoners from Florida win a lucrative Department of Defense contract through which they supply poor-grade ammunition to Afghanistan's military before being caught by Pentagon investigators.
Author
Publisher
University of California Press
Pub. Date
[2023]
Language
English
Description
"In Injustice, Inc., Daniel L. Hatcher exposes how justice systems are harnessing America's history of racial and economic inequality into revenue-generating operations. Courts, prosecutors, probation, policing departments, and detention facilities are trading away ethics and justice to churn vulnerable children and adults into an unconstitutional factory enterprise. These justice institutions are entering contracts to make money removing children...
Author
Pub. Date
2014.
Language
English
Formats
Description
The never-before-told full story of the history-changing break-in at the FBI office in Media, Pennsylvania, by a group of unlikely activists—quiet, ordinary, hardworking Americans—that made clear the shocking truth and confirmed what some had long suspected, that J. Edgar Hoover had created and was operating, in violation of the U.S. Constitution, his own shadow Bureau of Investigation.
It begins in 1971 in an America being split...
It begins in 1971 in an America being split...
Author
Publisher
Steerforth Press
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
Description
Explores the shocking practices of NXIVM, a cult run by Keith Raniere and many enablers, detailing its rise as a personal development company, its ability to evade prosecution for decades, and the investigation that finally revealed its dark secrets to the world.
Author
Publisher
Celadon Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
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Description
"In April 2016, a salacious tip arrived at the L.A. Times: a drug overdose at a fancy hotel involving one of the University of Southern California's shiniest stars-Dr. Carmen Puliafito, the head of the prestigious medical school. Reporter Paul Pringle, who'd long done battle with USC and its almost impenetrable culture of silence, knew reporting the story wouldn't be a walk in the park. USC is the largest private employer in the city of L.A., and...
73) The rum diary
Publisher
Sony Pictures Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
2012
Language
English
Description
Freelance journalist Paul Kemp, writing for a run-down Puerto Rican newspaper, finds his work challenging amidst a dissolute group of expatriates and his obsession with the fiancée of a shady American real estate developer.
Author
Series
Spenser novels volume 44
Language
English
Formats
Description
When her teenage son and other kids are imprisoned for misdemeanors, a woman hires private investigator Spenser to find the truth behind a corrupt judge's unusually hard sentencing practices for minors.
Author
Series
Arliss Cutter novels volume 3
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
Pulled from their duties to keep track of sequestered jurors in a high-profile trial involving a massive drug conspiracy, Arliss Cutter and deputy Lola Teariki realize that they are dealing with something much bigger, and darker, than a simple drug trial when the prosecuting attorney is murdered.
Author
Publisher
Lake Union Publishing
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
After her accountant absconded with her life savings, newly bankrupt Poppy is on the verge of losing her home when an old flame, now a hotshot producer, gives her a surprising way out: a job in costumes on a Hollywood film set. Poppy's a capable person, how hard can it be? Even so, she has a lot to learn about the fast and loose world of movie stars, iconic costumes, and back-lot intrigue. Floundering and overlooked, Poppy has one ally: Allen Carol,...
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