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Pub. Date
2010
Language
English
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Over the course of his 60 years, Christopher Hitchens has been a citizen of both the United States and the United Kingdom. He has been both a socialist opposed to the war in Vietnam and a supporter of the U.S. war against Islamic extremism in Iraq. He has been both a foreign correspondent in some of the world's most dangerous places and a legendary bon vivant with an unquenchable thirst for alcohol and literature. He is a fervent atheist, raised
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Pub. Date
2002
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 11
Language
English
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"Tom Langdon, a weary and cash-strapped journalist, is banned from flying when a particularly thorough airport security search causes him to lose his cool. Now, he must take the train if he has any chance of arriving in Los Angeles in time for Christmas with his girlfriend. To finance the trip, he sells a story about a train ride taken during the Christmas season."
3) Standoff
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English
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In this suspenseful thriller, a journalist who stumbles upon a deadly crime while pursuing the scoop of a lifetime will find her strength and conviction tested in new and frightening ways.
TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio: The teenage daughter of Forth Worth tycoon Russell Dendy has been kidnapped. Immediately, she ditches her holiday to chase down the story that...
TV reporter Tiel McCoy is driving to New Mexico for a well-earned vacation when she hears the news on the radio: The teenage daughter of Forth Worth tycoon Russell Dendy has been kidnapped. Immediately, she ditches her holiday to chase down the story that...
Author
Pub. Date
2011
Language
English
Description
More than forty years after a car accident causes Jennifer Stirling to lose her memory on the day she planned to leave her husband for a mysterious lover, journalist Ellie becomes obsessed by the story and seeks the truth in the hopes of revitalizing her career.
6) Smoke
Author
Series
Lydia Strong mysteries volume 4
Language
English
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Book Four in the Lydia Strong Series
In the final installment of her Lydia Strong series, bestselling author Lisa Unger, writing as Lisa Miscione, brings us her most shocking and emotionally wrenching case yet. An NYPD detective visits Lydia and her husband, P.I. Jeffrey Mark, to inform them that Lily, one of Lydia’s former writing students, has been missing for more than two weeks. Before she disappeared, Lily had tried to get in touch...
In the final installment of her Lydia Strong series, bestselling author Lisa Unger, writing as Lisa Miscione, brings us her most shocking and emotionally wrenching case yet. An NYPD detective visits Lydia and her husband, P.I. Jeffrey Mark, to inform them that Lily, one of Lydia’s former writing students, has been missing for more than two weeks. Before she disappeared, Lily had tried to get in touch...
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Language
English
Description
Drawing on hundreds of interviews with Michelin star chefs, Wall Street bankers, overwhelmed teachers and other laborers across the American economy, a designer and journalist reveals we are obsessed with our work and makes the urgent case for us to emotionally extricate ourselves from our jobs to reclaim our lives.
9) Breakout
Author
Pub. Date
2018.
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 5.4 - AR Pts: 10
Language
English
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Description
From multiple perspectives, tells of a time capsule project and the middle schoolers who contribute, including future journalist Nora Tucker and newcomer Elidee Jones, whose brother is in the local prison.
Author
Series
Private justice volume 1
Language
English
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Tenacious reporter Moira Harrisons turns to a handsome private detective to help her solve a mysterious disappearance the police say never happened--but someone will stop at nothing to keep the truth hidden.
Author
Series
Millennium novels (Stieg Larsson) volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.2 - AR Pts: 30
Language
English
Description
On the eve of publisher Mikael Blomkvist's story about sex trafficking between Eastern Europe and Sweden, two investigating reporters are murdered. And even more shocking for Mikael Blomkvist: the fingerprints found on the murder weapon belong to Lisbeth Salander--the troubled, wise-beyond-her-years genius hacker who came to his aid years before.
Author
Pub. Date
2020.
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.4 - AR Pts: 9
Language
English
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In a series of personal essays, prominent journalist and LGBTQIA+ activist George M. Johnson explores his childhood, adolescence, and college years in New Jersey and Virginia. From the memories of getting his teeth kicked out by bullies at age five, to flea marketing with his loving grandmother, to his first sexual relationships, this young-adult memoir weaves together the trials and triumphs faced by Black queer boys.
Author
Series
Lucy Stone mysteries volume 17
Publisher
Kensington Books
Language
English
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Description
While on a girls getaway to London, Lucy Stone investigates the murder of their tour guide, Professor George Temple, who died mid-flight after suffering a supposed asthma attack.
16) Trapped: a novel
Author
Series
Private justice volume 2
Language
English
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A desperate young woman teams up with a tenacious private investigator to find her missing sister before the trail goes cold.
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Language
English
Description
"Aside from the odd biter or growler, the occasional bolter and the one dog who didn't want to walk, the canines were the easy part. They were a muddy, messy joy in all shapes, sizes and breeds, from greedy Labradors to pampered pugs and everything in between. It was the owners who were the real challenge, a giddy mix of the over-protective, the clueless, the eccentrics and the perfectionists. There is no rule book on how to navigate the obsessions...
18) Vortex
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Series
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English
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"Seven years ago, Mia Briscoe was at a frat party with her friend Serena when a fire broke out. Everyone was accounted for except Serena. Now an investigative journalist, Mia discovers photos from that night and begins to uncover a sinister string of events. But some powerful people will do anything to keep her from learning the truth. CIA operative Olivia Hildebrand is on a mission in Iran to exfiltrate a betrayed undercover operative and is nearly...
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English
Description
Brokaw received shocking news: He had multiple myeloma, a treatable but incurable blood cancer. Friends had always referred to Brokaw{u2019}s "lucky star," but as he writes in this inspiring memoir, "Turns out that star has a dimmer switch." Brokaw takes us through all the seasons and stages of this surprising year, the emotions, discoveries, setbacks, and struggles{u2014}times of denial, acceptance, turning points, and courage. After his diagnosis,...
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English
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"New York, 2005. Chinese expatriate Feng Danlin is a fiercely principled reporter at a small news agency that produces a website read by Chinese all over the world. Danlin's explosive exposés have made him legendary among readers--and feared by Communist officials. But his newest assignment may be his undoing: investigating his ex-wife, Yan Haili, an unscrupulous novelist who has willingly become a pawn of the Chinese government in order to realize...
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