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Artificial intelligence is no longer a distant horizon; it is a transformative force reshaping legal systems, public institutions, and the everyday lives of millions. Algorithms now assist in investigations, influence judicial outcomes, automate administrative processes, and process massive volumes of personal data with unprecedented speed. Yet as AI becomes more deeply embedded in decision-making, it exposes profound tensions within the legal world: questions about transparency, accountab...

THE CONSEQUENCES OF MURDER is a lush family drama of the 1920s, involving bootlegging, blackmail, and ultimately murder.The first world war and the influenza virus of 1918 ripped families apart. George, Susan, and Thomas Latimer were devastated over the loss of their parents. Taken in by their aunt and uncle, they adjusted to their new lives as best they could.While growing up, George noticed differences in his younger brother that lay dormant until his murder one cold and ...

Behind a veil of betrayal and murder, a family's truth is unearthed.January 1928. Of all times to travel to upstate New York, Alice Cary thought grimly as she hurried into Grand Central Station, it had to be in the teeth of a blizzard. Alice-a stylish young librarian with a sharp mind and a troubled heart-is bound for the state library conference. On the train, she meets Janet Faraday, who confesses a chilling secret: she killed her son's father six years ago... and got away with i...

A brutal legacy. A vanished father. A city that never forgets.1922, Albany, New York. Four years after a young boxer's lifeless body was pulled from the Hudson River, no one has answered for his death. The case has long gone cold-until Trevor Ellison, a fellow boxer, begins to suspect the murder is tied to his own father's mysterious disappearance soon afterward.Desperate for clarity, Trevor hires private investigator Sloan Sheppard. A boxer himself, Sloan navigates a city ...

This is the ultimate introductory textbook on the fundamentals of TV producing in today’s media environment, written by a seasoned industry expert with over 30 years of experience.This book is structured pedagogically, starting by introducing readers to the role of the producer and the characteristics of the current TV industry. It covers the essential skills needed for producing TV, followed by the creative, logistical, financial, and legal preparations required to produce content...

“The novel that foreshadowed Donald Trump’s authoritarian appeal.”—SalonIt Can’t Happen Here is the only one of Sinclair Lewis’s later novels to match the power of Main Street, Babbitt, and Arrowsmith. A cautionary tale about the fragility of democracy, it is an alarming, eerily timeless look at how fascism could take hold in America.Written during the Great Depression, when the country was largely oblivious to Hitler’s a...

Winter 1926, Albany, New York. The nation is in the grip of prohibition.Corruption and bootleggers proliferate. A local actress is murdered one nightand the city is on high alert.At a dance marathon at Harmanus Bleecker Hall, a second horrendous deathoccurs, the victim a relative of Alan Cartwright, assistant manager of theillustrious showplace. Police embark on an arduous investigation. Doubts andsuspicions mount and motives and secrets abou...

Including the brilliantly frightening short story that inspired Alfred Hitchcock's masterpiece, this collection from the author of Rebecca is a classic work of alienation and horror.The chilling stories in this collection echo a sense of dislocation and mock man's dominance over the natural world. A mountain paradise promises immortality, but at a terrible price; a neglected wife haunts her husband in the form of an apple tree; a professional photographer ...

A young man battles the odds to rescue a lost explorer on Canada's remote Labrador Peninsula in this "literate and exciting adventure story" (Kirkus Reviews).Radio operator James Ferguson was seriously wounded in a bombing mission during World War II. A piece of shrapnel buried in his spine, Ferguson was paralyzed, his brain damaged, and his voice silenced forever. But he never gave up fighting.For the rest of his ...

Summer 1923, Albany, New York. Bootlegging, corruption and gangster activity run rampant during Prohibition. An executive of a beverage company is murdered at the Port of Albany, along the banks of the Hudson River. With no clues, no suspects and no witnesses the police are baffled. The company director, the brother-in-law of the murdered man, hires advertising head Caleb Dean and his associates to promote a champagne imitation drink. At a much publicized and celebratory event for the new ...

It is February 1927 and Schenectady, New York, proud home of General Electric is booming with prosperity. Rodney Longworth, handsome and debonair assistant manager at the elegant Hotel Van Curler, experiences firsthand the explosion of violence when two women are brutally murdered in Cucumber Alley, not far from the home he shares with his parents in the historic stockade district.Soon yet another victim is found. It seems no one is safe. As his suspicions and apprehension grow, Ro...

Church history is important because it shows us how God's faithful dealings with His people in the Bible continue in the ongoing life and work of Christ in our world. If you have ever wished for a short book highlighting church history's most important events that will enlighten your mind and peak your interest, this is the one you've been waiting for. Three prolific church historians collaborate their efforts in Church History 101 to present you with a quick read of church histor...