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Discworld volume 30
Publisher
HarperCollins
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.3 - AR Pts: 18
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English
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"[Pratchett's] books are almost always better than they have to be, and Going Postal is no exception, full of nimble wordplay, devious plotting and outrageous situations, but always grounded in an astute understanding of human nature." — San Francisco Chronicle
The 33rd installment in acclaimed New York Times bestselling author Sir Terry Pratchett's Discworld series, a splendid send-up of government, the postal
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Karen Abbott illuminates one of the most fascinating yet little known aspects of the Civil War: the stories of four courageous women--a socialite, a farm girl, an abolitionist, and a widow--who were spies. After shooting a Union soldier in her front hall with a pocket pistol, Belle Boyd became a courier and spy for the Confederate army, using her charms to seduce men on both sides. Emma Edmonds cut off her hair and assumed the identity of a man to...
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English
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"What are the consequences if the people given control over our government have no idea how it works? 'The election happened,' remembers Elizabeth Sherwood-Randall, then deputy secretary of the Department of Energy. 'And then there was radio silence.' Across all departments, similar stories were playing out: Trump appointees were few and far between; those that did show up were shockingly uninformed about the functions of their new workplace. Some...
Author
Series
Brandon Blake crime novels volume 1
Publisher
Down East
Pub. Date
c2009
Language
English
Description
"The first in a new series set in and around the dark waterfront of Portland, Maine, featuring Brandon Blake a lean loner who lives on an old wooden cabin cruiser"--Jacket.
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Publisher
Hogarth
Pub. Date
[2015]
Language
English
Description
Bjorn is a compulsive, meticulous bureaucrat who discovers a secret room at the government office where he works--a secret room that no one else in his office will acknowledge. When Bjorn is in his room, what his co-workers see is him standing by the wall and staring off into space looking dazed, relaxed, and decidedly creepy. Bjorn's bizarre behavior eventually leads his co-workers to try and have him fired, but Bjorn will turn the tables on them...
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Publisher
Center Street
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
This book will reveal the heart of the hostile bureaucratic network that has been operating in the shadows until the American people voted Trump into office. Trump's determination to transform the government, wipe out the swamp, and reduce the power of the bureaucratic machine has set him on a collision course with agencies populated by a workforce resistant to the American people's agenda. That collision, however, is one that the president is prepared...
11) Raid
Publisher
T-Series
Pub. Date
2018
Language
Hindi
Description
A fearless income tax officer raids the mansion of the most powerful man in Lucknow after someone mysteriously draws his attention towards the evidence.
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Publisher
Broadside Books, an imprint of HarperCollins Publishers
Pub. Date
[2018]
Language
English
Description
"Former Congressman and current Fox News contributor Jason Chaffetz explains how we ended up with a politicized federal bureaucracy that actively works to promote the Democrat party agenda and undermine Donald Trump. The liberal media loves to characterize the Obama years as free of scandal. They pretend this is true because virtually every office in the executive branch worked to withhold evidence of wrongdoing, silence witness testimony, destroy...
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Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
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"Barack Obama has called Jason Kander the future of the Democratic Party. A former Army Captain who served in Afghanistan, Kander was the first millennial ever elected to statewide office. Today, he is the founder and president of Let America Vote, and a bold new voice in American politics. In OUTSIDE THE WIRE, Jason Kander writes candidly about his life, from joining the military following 9/11, to launching his first political campaign, to becoming...
15) Firefighter exam
Publisher
LearningExpress
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
Provides five practice tests and offers advice about each step of the selection process, physical test, and oral interview.
17) Binding us together: a civil rights activist refelcts on a lifetime of community and public service
Author
Publisher
Andrews McMeel Publishing
Pub. Date
[2021]
Language
English
18) Trahison
Author
Publisher
Métailié
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
Français
Description
"Burned out and traumatised by her horrifying experiences around the world, aid worker Úrsula has returned to Iceland. She accepts a high-profile government role. On her first day in the post, Úrsula promises to help a mother seeking justice for her daughter, who had been raped by a policeman, and life in high office soon becomes much more harrowing than Úrsula could ever have imagined. A homeless man is stalking her - but is he hounding her, or...
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Publisher
McNally Editions
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
But the unfinished King did contain a finished novella that Wallace had already considered publishing as a stand-alone volume. It is the story of a young man, a self-described "wastoid," adrift in the suburban Midwest of the 1970s, whose life is changed forever by an encounter with advanced tax law.
A young man, a self-described "wastoid," is adrift in the suburban Midwest of the 1970s. His life is changed forever by an encounter with advanced tax...
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