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The late twentieth century witnessed massive human rights violations. What can to done to stop them? How can the root causes be addressed? The issue of human rights has become the secular religion of our time. Yet violations continue to occur in a gross and flagrant manner. Author David Matas examines examples of human rights violations and suggests what individuals, private organizations, governments, and the UN can do about this worldwide problem....
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The disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden, gnaws at her octogenarian uncle, Henrik Vanger. He is determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. He hires crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist, recently at the wrong end of a libel case, to get to the bottom of Harriet's disappearance. Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old, pierced, tattooed genius hacker, possessed...
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#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER • Lisbeth Salander returns in the next installment of the Girl with the Dragon Tattoo series: Part blistering espionage thriller, part riveting police procedural, and part piercing exposé on social injustice, this is a “gripping, stay-up-all-night read” (Entertainment Weekly). • Also known as the Millennium series
The next installment of the Millennium series: Mikael...
The next installment of the Millennium series: Mikael...
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If and when Lisbeth Salander recovers, she'll be taken back to Stockholm to stand trial for three murders. With the help of her friend, journalist Mikael Blomkvist, she will not only have to prove her innocence, but also identify and denounce those in authority who have allowed the vulnerable, like herself, to suffer abuse and violence. And, on her own, she will plot revenge--against the man who tried to kill her, and the corrupt government institutions...
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A Savior or Anti-Christ? In the midst of a global economic collapse, when famines and natural disasters abound, one man appears with the message of a messiah to bring hope to the world. Ngunda Aran, the head of Millennium and a charismatic speaker, works miracles and brings the message of the Tao to Americans and people across the globe. But his message isn't always welcome and there are many who would put an end to this messiah. But will Aran usher...
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She is the girl with the dragon tattooa genius hacker and uncompromising misfit. He is a crusading journalist whose championing of the truth often brings him to the brink of prosecution. Late one night, Blomkvist receives a phone call from a source claiming to have information vital to the United States. The source has been in contact with a young female superhackera hacker resembling someone Blomkvist knows all too well. The implications...
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Of course, the title of this series is Mythology for the Third Millennium, but what is mythology? Mythology is a narrative that usually contains hidden meanings and deals with questions such as: where do we come from, what is our purpose and what is our place in the universe? Noted psychologist Carl Jung believed that our society's mythology was a reflection of its goals, fears and dreams.
This work has many references to film because film reflects...
8) First Dawn
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Launa O'Brian's first assignment right out of West Point is beyond strange. They want her to help a peaceful band of farmers win a war lost 6,000 years before she was born! The Army has a time machine. They even tested it once. It didn't work, but trust them, they fixed it.
With the entire US Army to choose from, they picked Captain Jack Walking Bear for her partner. A combat vet, he's got a while different idea about this mission. But the Presicent's...
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Lisbeth Salander has been forged by a brutal childhood and horrific abuse. And repeated attempts on her life. The ink embedded in her skin is a constant reminder of her pledge to fight against the injustice she finds on every side. Confinement to the secure unit of a women's prison is intended as a punishment. Instead, Lisbeth finds herself in relative safety. Flodberga is a failing prison, effectively controlled by the inmates, and for a computer...
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How do you win a battle lost 6,000 years before you were born? How do you make sure that winning that battle doesn't lose you the war? Lieutenant Launa O'Brian and Captain Jack Walking Bear have won their first battle and made their first recruits. But the whole steppe is up in arms and the tribes are wandering. How do they create a peace that will last 6,000? Here is the exciting continuation of the saga started in First Dawn.
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"Lisbeth Salander returns, in a trailblazing new installment to the best-selling Millennium series. Change is coming to Sweden's far north: its untapped natural resources are sparking a gold rush with the criminal underworld leading the charge. But it's not the prospect of riches that brings Lisbeth Salander to the small town of Gasskas. She has been named guardian to her niece Svala, whose mother has disappeared. Two things soon become clear: Svala...
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Sur une Terre plongée dans la guerre des Autonomies depuis des siècles, Credentes Stelliger, un vétéran désenchanté, entreprend un voyage vers les mondes des Constellais pour offrir une vie meilleure à sa famille. Cependant, il ignore que la folie humaine s'est étendue au-delà de la galaxie et que son fils Edward est voué à un sombre destin. Si l'enfer est sur Terre, le luxuriant jardin de Dieu ne scintille pas dans le ciel.
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