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Black Maps

By: Peter Spiegelman

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John March walked away from his family’s merchant bank for the life of a rural deputy sheriff–a life that would explode in personal tragedy and professional disaster. Three years later, March is back in New York City, working as a private investigator and still running from his grief and guilt. When he takes the case of Rick Pierro, a wealthy investment banker threatened by blackmail, March is swiftly drawn into a web of Wall Street insiders and outcasts, and back to a world he thought he’d left behind. The more he learns about Pierro’s connections to a notorious international bank that made billions in blood-money, the darker the terrain becomes. Soon March’s own life is in danger, as he follows a trail of blood and shattered lives to a ruthless and depraved extortionist. In this thrilling and intelligent debut, Peter Spiegelman illuminates the dark underside of the financial world and introduces one of the most compelling fictional detectives of the new millennium.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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0307425029

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9780307425027

The Hellfire Club

A Novel

By: Peter Straub

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The Hellfire Club

A Novel

By: Peter Straub

A riveting novel that “combines the intellectual-puzzle mystery with a powerful vein of psycho-thriller suspense” (The Washington Post) and “moves like an express train” (Stephen King), from the #1 New York Times bestselling author of Ghost Story. They are dying, one by one. Wealthy, middle-aged women in an exclusive Connecticut suburb. Their murderer remains at large. Nora Chancel, wife of publishing scion Davey Chancel, fears she may be next. After all, her past has branded her a victim. Then Davey tells Nora a surreal story about the Hellfire Club, where years before he met an obsessed fan of Chancel House's most successful book, Night Journey—a book that has a strange history of its own. Suddenly terror engulfs Nora: She must defend herself against fantastic accusations even as a madman lies in wait. And when he springs, she will embark on a night journey that will put her victimhood to rest forever, dead or alive.

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Random House

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0593973283

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9780593973288

The Reaper

By: Peter Lovesey

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The Reaper

By: Peter Lovesey

“If you've never read any of [Lovesey’s] 20-plus books, this wickedly clever, beautifully written story of a murderous clergyman who earns our sympathy while dramatically whittling down his flock should make you an instant convert.”—Chicago Tribune After years spent saving souls, Otis Joy, the rector of St. Bartholomew’s Church in Foxford, Wiltshire, has found a new calling: ending lives. His young French wife? Anaphylactic shock, what a shame. The bishop? Fell into a quarry. Tragic. It’s not Joy’s fault, really—not that he’s concerned about repentance or absolution these days. He just doesn’t want his other little secret—embezzling church funds to finance a fancy yacht—to be discovered. But when the husband of the new church secretary, Rachel Jansen, turns up dead, it isn’t long before the village starts to gossip and the local constable gets involved. As it turns out, God isn’t the only one who’s always watching.

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Soho Press

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1569473080

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9781569473085

American Serial Killers

The Deadliest Years 1950-2000

By: Peter Vronsky

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American Serial Killers

The Deadliest Years 1950-2000

By: Peter Vronsky

Fans of Mindhunter and true crime podcasts will devour these chilling stories of serial killers from the American "Golden Age" (1950-2000). With books like Serial Killers, Female Serial Killers and Sons of Cain, Peter Vronsky has established himself as the foremost expert on the history of serial killers. In this first definitive history of the "Golden Age" of American serial murder, when the number and body count of serial killers exploded, Vronsky tells the stories of the most unusual and prominent serial killings from the 1950s to the early twenty-first century. From Ted Bundy to the Golden State Killer, our fascination with these classic serial killers seems to grow by the day. American Serial Killers gives true crime junkies what they crave, with both perennial favorites (Ed Kemper, Jeffrey Dahmer) and lesser-known cases (Melvin Rees, Harvey Glatman).

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417

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Penguin

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0593198956

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9780593198957

Death's Little Helpers

By: Peter Spiegelman

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Death's Little Helpers

By: Peter Spiegelman

In this masterful follow-up to Peter Spiegelman’s stunning debut Black Maps, private investigator John March finds himself drawn into a web of corruption that extends from the halls of high finance to the dark underworld of organized crime. Gregory Danes, a Wall Street analyst has gone missing, and his ex-wife, a fashionable painter, calls March to track him down. She just wants him to sign her alimony checks, but as March soon discovers, she’s not the only one looking for him. Danes was once an industry hot shot, but has lost his touch. His biggest gains lately, it seems, had been in enemies–including a few members of the Russian mob. When March receives a threat upon his own family, he realizes Danes had been involved in something far more dangerous than insider trading.

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Vintage Crime/Black Lizard

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1400033608

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9781400033607

New York Times Essential Library: Children's Movies

A Critic's Guide to the Best Films Available on Video and DVD

By: Peter M. Nichols

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New York Times Essential Library: Children's Movies

A Critic's Guide to the Best Films Available on Video and DVD

By: Peter M. Nichols

An indispensable guide for parents from a leading expert on children's film For years Peter M. Nichols has been offering vital advice and information for parents about current movies in his regular "Taking the Children" column. But parents need the same kind of guidance when renting or buying videos and DVDs for their family. They may know that movies such as Toy Story and Chicken Run are good choices for their children, but Nichols helps parents go beyond the obvious choices to more unconventional movies like The African Queen and Some Like It Hot. From the classics of animation to a host of great comedies and dramas, Nichols provides a knowing and illuminating guide to one hundred great cinematic works. Each brief original essay not only explains why the children will enjoy the film but also allows Nichols to offer timely bits of film history and to discuss certain films in a larger cultural context. Nichols's knowledge and understanding of films is broad and deep, and many of his choices-especially of films that we might not have thought of as "children's films"-will surprise and delight readers.

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482

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Macmillan

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1429934735

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9781429934732

The Emerging Economic Geography in EU Accession Countries

By: Peter Nijkamp

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The Emerging Economic Geography in EU Accession Countries

By: Peter Nijkamp

This title was first published in 2003. Since 1990, Central and Eastern European countries have experienced increased economic integration with the European Union. The spatial implications of this process have been little investigated so far. Have patterns of regional specialization and industrial concentration changed during the 1990s? How does regional specialization relate to economic performance? How has access to Western markets affected the regional wage structure? What types of regions are winners and what types of regions are losers? This book poses and answers such policy relevant questions. It is organized into three parts. The first introduces the main features of economic integration and transition processes in Central and Eastern Europe and discusses the theoretical and methodological framework of the research. The second part examines the cases of five countries: Bulgaria, Estonia, Hungary, Romania and Slovenia, and the final part includes three comparative analyses which explain the underlying factors that determine the changing patterns of location of manufacturing activity, the adjustment pattern of regional wages and adaptation processes in border regions in the five countries.

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480

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Routledge

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1351776533

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9781351776530

Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds

By: Kenneth N. Brooks,Peter F. Ffolliott,Joseph A. Magner

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Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds

By: Kenneth N. Brooks,Peter F. Ffolliott,Joseph A. Magner

This new edition is a major revision of the popular introductory reference on hydrology and watershed management principles, methods, and applications. The book's content and scope have been improved and condensed, with updated chapters on the management of forest, woodland, rangeland, agricultural urban, and mixed land use watersheds. Case studies and examples throughout the book show practical ways to use web sites and the Internet to acquire data, update methods and models, and apply the latest technologies to issues of land and water use and climate variability and change.

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562

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John Wiley & Sons

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0470963050

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9780470963050

Dublin's Literary Pubs

By: Peter Costello

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Dublin's Literary Pubs

By: Peter Costello

For generations Dublin's great pubs have been at the heart of its social life and a meeting place for some of its greatest writers and wits. Many of the great names of modern Irish literature, such as James Joyce, W.B. Yeats, Brendan Behan, Sean O'Casey,

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773518142

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9780773518148

Newfoundland in the North Atlantic World, 1929-1949

By: Peter Neary

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Newfoundland in the North Atlantic World, 1929-1949

By: Peter Neary

A collection of three dozen interviews conducted with gay men ranging in age from 24 to 84 who grew up in the rural Midwest, uncovering a much neglected aspect of the gay experience. The stories are at times touching and also deeply disturbing as they reminisce about the rigid gender roles common to farming communities, social isolation, racism, religious conservatism, and little information to help them make sense of their identities. The other side of the coin is the deep and loving feelings these men have for the land, their families, communities, and churches. Told sometimes from urban exile, and sometimes from the middle of the field, all the interviews have a brave openness in common. Lacks an index. Annotation copyrighted by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR

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McGill-Queen's Press - MQUP

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0773506683

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9780773506688

Capitalists and Conquerors

A Critical Pedagogy against Empire

By: Peter McLaren

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Capitalists and Conquerors

A Critical Pedagogy against Empire

By: Peter McLaren

Capitalists and Conquerors is a series of path-breaking essays in the political sociology of education on topics hotly debated within the educational community. In this volume Peter McLaren addresses some of the most daunting political challenges of the current times, including the globalization of capitalism, the United States' drive towards world domination, strategies, tactics and models of resistance to neoliberalism and the ravages of empire-building, the role of the educator as a social agent and public citizen, the purposes and possibilities of public schooling, and the struggle for socialism. As a Marxist-humanist philosopher and social theorist, McLaren is able to offer new philosophical premises and socialist principles for building an alternative to capitalism. The passion, poetry and fierce political conviction for which McLaren is known is very much present in this volume.

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Rowman & Littlefield Publishers

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0742572536

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9780742572539

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The Reaper

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American Serial Killers

American Serial Killers

Death's Little Helpers

Death's Little Helpers

New York Times Essential Library: Children's Movies

New York Times Essential Library: Children's Movies

The Emerging Economic Geography in EU Accession Countries

The Emerging Economic Geography in EU Accession Countries

Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds

Hydrology and the Management of Watersheds

Dublin's Literary Pubs

Dublin's Literary Pubs

Newfoundland in the North Atlantic World, 1929-1949

Newfoundland in the North Atlantic World, 1929-1949

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