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"The definitive account of the bizarre hostage drama that gave rise to the term "Stockholm Syndrome." On the morning of August 23, 1973, a man wearing a wig, makeup, and a pair of sunglasses walked into the main branch of Sveriges Kreditbank, a prominent bank in central Stockholm. He ripped out a submachine gun, fired it into the ceiling, and shouted, "The party starts!" This was the beginning of a six-day hostage crisis-and media circus-that would...
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Miracleman volume 2
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Marvel Worldwide, Inc. a subsidiary of Marvel Entertainment, LLC
Pub. Date
[2014]
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English
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"Middle-aged reporter Michael Moran has rediscovered his godlike alter ego Miracleman. At the height of the Cold War, the British military attempted to murder Miracleman and his companions. Today, he has eliminated the government threat to his family, but a far greater danger lays in wait. His creator, Dr. Emil Gargunza, has put in motion plans decades in the making. Gargunza's intentions for Miracleman's wife and unborn child will set the stage for...
10) The essential IBS book: understanding and managing irritable bowel syndrome & functional dyspepsia
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Robert Rose Inc
Pub. Date
2011
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English
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Arcadia Project volume 3
Publisher
Saga Press
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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In the third book of the Nebula Award-nominated Arcadia Project series, which New York Times bestselling author Seanan McGuire called "exciting, inventive, and brilliantly plotted," Millie Roper has to pull off two impossible heists--with the fate of the worlds in the balance. Three months ago, a rift between agents in London and Los Angeles tore the Arcadia Project apart. With both fey Courts split down the middle--half supporting London, half LA--London...
14) Syndrome E
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Lucie Hennebelle novels volume 1
Publisher
Viking
Pub. Date
c2012
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English
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Beleaguered detective Lucie Hennebelle investigates an obscure film that causes anyone who watches it to end up dead, and, along with analyst Inspector Sharko, finds herself deep in a worldwide conspiracy of art and darkness.
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Random House Publishing Group
Pub. Date
2007
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English
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A promising research fellow for a venerable think tank in Zurich has just filed his last report, as he is forced into a grisly experiment. . . . A seductive young woman travels to Florida and, from her hotel room window, coolly sharpshoots an old man in a wheelchair as he basks in the late afternoon sun. . . . A psychologist who helps patients confront and dispel past trauma through hypnosis battles his own silent demons. . . . In The Syndrome,...
16) The middle finger project: trash your imposter syndrome and live the unf*ckwithable life you deserve
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Portfolio/Penguin
Pub. Date
[2020]
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English
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"After a string of dead-end jobs and a death in the family, Ash Ambirge was down to her last $26 and sleeping in a Kmart parking lot when she faced the truth: No one was coming to her rescue. It was up to her to appoint herself. That night led to what eventually became a six-figure freelance career as a sought-after marketing and copywriting consultant, all while sipping coffee from her front porch in Costa Rica. She then launched The Middle Finger...
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Dorothy a publishing project volume 17
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Dorothy, a Publishing project
Pub. Date
2018.
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English
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Follows an unnamed female Ex-Detective as she searches for a couple who has fled to the far reaches of the earth. A betrayed husband is convinced by a brief telegram that his second ex-wife wants him to track her down-- that she wants to be found. He hires the Ex-Detective, who sets out with a translator into a snowy, hostile forest where strange things happen and translation betrays both sense and one's senses. Tales of Hansel and Gretel and Little...
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Columbia TriStar Home Entertainment
Pub. Date
c2004
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English
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It started as just another assignment. Reporter Kimberly Wells and cameraman Richard Adams were covering the daily routine at an Los Angeles power plant when the unthinkable occurred: a nuclear accidnet that could have wiped out Southern California. And Richard caught it all on tape. When their TV station refuses to air the footage, Wells and Adams recruit plant supervisor Jack Godell to expose the terrifying truth: the facility is a ticking bomb....
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"A hilarious and insightful collection of essays exploring imposter syndrome, from the inside and out, by the most successful fraud in comedy Aparna Nancherla is a superstar comedian on the rise-a darling of Netflix and Comedy Central's comedy special lineups, a headliner at comedy shows and music festivals, a frequenter of late night television and the subject of numerous profiles, all while co-hosting a regularly sold-out comedy show. She's also...
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Amicus Learning
Pub. Date
[2023]
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IL: LG - BL: 2.9 - AR Pts: 1
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English
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"Meet Emma! She loves riding roller coasters and playing at the beach. She also has Tourette syndrome. Emma is real and so are her experiences. Learn about her life in this illustrated narrative nonfiction picture book for elementary students"--
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