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Sari Horwitz, Michael Ruane

Sniper is the behind-the-scenes story of one of the most frightening rampages to occur in U.S. history—and how it was stopped.For more than three weeks, the nation watched in disbelief as Washington, D.C., and its surrounding suburbs were held hostage by anonymous gunmen shooting innocent civilians at random. Sniper is the definitive account of those alleged gunmen, John Muhammad and Lee Boyd Malvo, and the massive manhunt that ended with their cap...

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Steven P. Arthurs, Anil Baniya, Rubén Blanco-Pérez, Mary Barbercheck, Helge Bode, Raquel Campos Herrera, Julie G. Chacon-Orozco, Harun Cimen, Regina K. Cruzado Gutiérrez, Surendra Dara, Adler R Dillman, Larry Duncan, Ioannis Eleftherianos, Shane Foye, Patrick Frettinger, Fernando Garcia-del-Pino, Professor Itamar Glazer, John Goolsby, Dawn Gouge, Parwinder Grewal, Richou Han, Sebnem Hazal Gulsen, Canan Hazir, Selcuk Hazir, Ivan Hiltpold, Ganpati Jagdale, Rinus Knoetze, Albrecht Koppenhofer, Gabriela Lankin, Luis Garrigós Leite, Diana Karime Londono, Antoinette P. Malan, Dana Ment, Jayashree Ramakrishnan, Gadi V P Reddy, Cesar Rodriguez-Saona, Weibin Ruan, Michael Samish, Ernesto San-Blas, Ramandeep Kaur Sandhi, Ana Luiza Sousa, Tatyana Stefanovska, Glen Stevens, S. Patricia Stock, Yoelvis Sulbaran, Ghada Tafesh-Edwards, Mustapha Touray, Stefan Toepfer, Derya Ulug, Bart Vandenbossche, Christopher Williams, Sheng-Yen Wu, Xun Yan

Entomopathogenic nematodes (EPNs) are biocontrol agents that are used to control a wide variety of insect pests within agriculture and forestry. In addition to their use as bio-pesticides, EPNs have a fascinating biology and are thus considered model organisms in ecology, symbiosis and pathogenesis. This book presents basic knowledge and diverse applications to illustrate how EPNs play an important role as potent biocontrol solutions. It describes: Fundamental concepts such as biology, tax...

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Fae Corps Publishing, Jennifer Elliott, Vonnie Winslow Crist, Kaitlin Meaney, Michael Guzman, Ruan Bradford Wright, Serena Mossgraves, Harlan Yarbrough, Satyra O Kent

A dark anthology of Romance with a twist. Some dreams are so dark you can only handle them in the light of the day.Art By Serenity Rose and Vonnie Winslow CristPoetry By Ruan Bradford Wright & Patricia HarrisStories bySatyra O KentJennifer ElliottVonnie Winslow CristKaitlin MeaneyMichael GuzmanSerena MossgravesRuan Bradford WrightHarlan Yarbrough

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Carlene Wynter, Kevin Caraher, Enrico G. Reuter, Micheál Collins, Milena Buchs, Paul Bridgen, Steve D. McKay, Kevin Farnsworth, Susan Himmelweit, Michael Orton, Sally Ruane, Karen Rowlingson, James Gregory, Chris Pond

This book is about tax and social policy and how they interact with each other.The impact of taxation as an instrument of social policy is central in influencing redistribution and behaviour. This broad-based edited collection fills a significant gap in both literatures, bringing together disparate debates in this emerging area of analysis.It guides readers through the key interactions of tax and social policies and the central debates and challenges posed by their effect o...

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Chris Kyle, Scott McEwen, Jim DeFelice

The #1 New York Times bestselling memoir of U.S. Navy Seal Chris Kyle, and the source for Clint Eastwood’s blockbuster, Academy-Award nominated movie."An amazingly detailed account of fighting in Iraq—a humanizing, brave story that’s extremely readable." — PATRICIA CORNWELL, New York Times Book Review**"Jaw-dropping...Undeniably riveting." *—***RICHARD ROEPER, Chicago Sun-Times...

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James Patterson

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Alex Cross

**In this twisted thriller from the world’s most popular storyteller, Detective Alex Cross is being stalked by a psychotic genius—and forced to play the deadliest game of his career.The inspiration for #1 hit streaming show, Cross.**Cross's family-his loving wife Bree, the wise and lively Nana Mama, and his precious children-have been ripped away. Terrified and desperate, Cross must give this mad man what he wants if he has any chance of saving the most important p...

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Anthony B. Atkinson

Winner of the Richard A. Lester Award for the Outstanding Book in Industrial Relations and Labor Economics, Princeton UniversityAn Economist Best Economics and Business Book of the YearA Financial Times Best Economics Book of the YearInequality is one of our most urgent social problems. Curbed in the decades after World War II, it has recently returned with a vengeance. We all know the scale of the...

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Josh Ryan-Collins, Toby Lloyd, Laurie Macfarlane

Why are house prices in many advanced economies rising faster than incomes? Why isn't land and location taught or seen as important in modern economics? What is the relationship between the financial system and land?In this accessible but provocative guide to the economics of land and housing, the authors reveal how many of the key challenges facing modern economies - including housing crises, financial instability and growing inequalities - are intimately tied to the land economy....

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Cate Tiernan

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Immortal Beloved

In the thrilling finale to the Immortal Beloved trilogy, ex-party-girl immortal Nastasya ends a 450-year-old feud and learns what "eternally yours" really means.After a deadly confrontation at the end of Darkness Falls, the second Immortal Beloved novel, Nastasya Crowe is, as she would put it, so over the drama. She fights back against the dark immortals with her own brand of kick-butt magick ... but can she fight against true love? In the satisfying finale to the ...

**Sixteen stories by bestselling and award-winning authors that explore the Black experience through fantasy, science fiction, and magic—coming together in one stunning narrative of hope.“Fulfills its promise of celebrating Black girl protagonists . . . an enormously electric and entertaining collection.”—Locus“As interrogative as Octavia E. Butler, as fierce as Beyoncé, as thoughtful as Phillis Wheatley, [and] as revolutionary as Ida B. Wells.”—Tor

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Tom Bergin

Countries with smaller governments grow faster.Tobacco taxes are the best way to cut smoking.Government regulation discourages entrepreneurshi****p.Award-winning investigative journalist Tom Bergin digs into eight mantras widely accepted by Western governments and, by talking to the people who promote those ideas and the workers, businesspeople and consumers who have felt their impacts, finds they often don't play out...

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John Jennings, N.K. Jemisin, Victor LaValle, Junot Díaz, Silvia Moreno-Garcia, Lauren Beukes, Carmen Maria Machado, Tobias Buckell, Rabih Alameddine, Nisi Shawl, S.P. Somtow, Daniel José Older, Eden Robinson, Ibi Zoboi, Sofia Samatar, Carlos Hernandez, Katherena Vermette