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The AlterQuest Blueprint is for anyone, who wants to learn how to create a new type of people-powered, sustainable, problem-solving, forward-thinking community which can thrive alongside, or outside, the old-world system. If you've been affected by job insecurity, lack of affordable housing, insufficient money to buy necessities or you simply fear for the future, this book is for you. If you're frustrated because no politician or 'leader' actually...
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2023.
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"Alguien ha desaparecido. Nadie habla. Pero todos escuchan... Pippa no quiere dedicarse a la investigación: el precio que hay que pagar e demasiado alto. Después de resolver el asesinato de Andie Bell, Pippa decide cerrar esa etapa para siempre. Y, aunque el pódcast que grabó con Ravi sobre el caso se ha hecho viral, insiste en que sus días de detective quedaron atrás... O eso es lo que ella cree. Cuando Jamie Reynolds desaparece y la policía...
64) Sorceline
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For as long as she can remember, Sorceline has had a knack for the study of mythical creatures. Now a student at Professor Archibald Balzar's prestigious school of cryptozoology, she's eager to test her skills and earn a spot as one of Balzar's apprentices. But for all her knowledge of gorgons, vampires, and griffins, Sorceline is mystified by her fellow humans. While she excels in her studies, she quickly clashes with her classmates, revealing her...
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[2023]
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"From a smattering of ominous right-wing compounds in the Pacific Northwest in the 1970s, to the shocking January 6, 2021 insurrection at the Capitol, America has seen the culmination of a long-building war on democracy being waged by a fundamentally violent and antidemocratic far-right movement that unironically calls itself the "Patriot" movement. So how did we get here? Award-winning journalist David Neiwert -- who been following the rise of these...
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[2019]
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"The never-before-told inside story of the high-stakes, four-year-long investigation into Donald Trump's Russia ties--culminating in the Steele dossier, and sparking the Mueller report--from the founders of political opposition research company Fusion GPS" -- Amazon.com.
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A situation that requires an internal investigation can range from something that can be handles internally, before it has a chance to escalate, to something serious enough to warrant involvement of a governmental or regulatory agency such as the Equal Opportunity Commission, the Department of Labor, or OSHA. In some cases criminal activity could be involved, which would require law enforcement involvement. Since there are likely to be consequences...
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In the final days of 2019, a new and deadly virus was quietly spreading through the city of Wuhan, China. Within six months it would kill half a million people worldwide, infect a further 10 million, and change the way all of us live, work and play forever.
Now, for the first time, the real story of the greatest global crisis of the age can be told.
Reporters Dylan Howard and Dominic Utton, collaborating from New York and London-infection hotspots...
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With an experienced CIA officer as your teacher, you'll gain the knowledge and necessary tools to protect yourself and the ones you love.
No matter where we go, we leave tracks and cues of our existence without even knowing. Our electronic footprint becomes our invisible trail. In this day in age where the world seems to be at our fingertips and social media plays a huge role in our daily lives, it's hard not to leave part of our digital selves for...
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Have you ever thought you were being followed or watched? Have you ever needed to follow or observe someone and not be seen?
In the world of espionage, surveillance and surveillance detection are a way of life. It is the job of every CIA operations officer to make sure he or she is not under surveillance-that is, being followed to the commission of an "operational act." It is also the job of every CIA operations officer to surveil his own targets,...
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[2023]
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"Mariah Ellison, Charlotte Pitt's grandmother, accepts her longtime friend Winnie's gracious invitation to spend Christmas with her and her husband, Barton, in their picturesque village. But upon arrival, Mariah discovers that Winnie has vanished without a trace, and Barton rudely rescinds the invitation. Once Mariah finds another acquaintance to stay with during the holiday season, she begins investigating Winnie's disappearance. Mariah's uncanny...
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A foolproof guide both to lying and to detecting deception, The CIA Guide to Lying and Lie Detection will teach you how the pros can tell if and when somebody is lying.
People lie all the time. Studies show that the average American lies between six and twenty times a day. Most lies are of the "little white" variety or are meant to spare a person's feelings. But what about the big lies? What about the consequential ones? You have a right to know...
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Personal security detail operations is a manual on how to conduct successful security operation in a very hostile (non- permissive environment). In the manual I include aspects such as weapons training, driving techniques and patrolling and other aspects of Personal security detail operations. This can also be used for Body guarding operation which would not need the same level of armor and weapons, but some of the tactics will be applicable depending...
74) The secret hours
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Slough House volume 9
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[2023]
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"Two years ago, a hostile Prime Minister launched the Monochrome inquiry, an auditing of the British Secret Service 'to investigate historical over-reaching.' Monochrome's mission was to ferret out any hint of misconduct by any MI5 officer--and [allow] Griselda Fleet and Malcolm Kyle, the two civil servants seconded to the project, unfettered access to any and all confidential information in the Service archives in order to do so. But MI5's formidable...
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[2017]
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"Blue-blooded Detective Inspector Thomas Lynley and acerbic sidekick Detective Sergeant Barbara Havers tackle high-class crimes and seedy underworlds with their signature blend of humor and intellect. Together they take on a series of often brutal, often bewildering cases that send them across all strata of British society. Darkness meets the pair at every turn, but Lynley and Havers are up to the task as they use their unique perspectives to solve...
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Cici's journal volume 2
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Cici dreams of being a novelist. Her favorite subject: people, especially adults. She s been watching them and taking notes. Everybody has one special secret, Cici figures, and if you want to write about people, you need to understand what's hiding inside them. But now she's discovered something truly strange: an old man who disappears into the forest every Sunday with huge pots of paint in all sorts of colors. What is he up to? Why does he look so...
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[2021]
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"Mayumi Dojima has just become the newest member of the Pretty Boy Detective Club when her first challenge as Mayumi the Seer literally falls into her lap: a suspicious businessman drops a wad of counterfeit bills on the sidewalk, and suddenly the games are afoot! At a shady casino operating out of their rival high school's gymnasium, the Pretty Boys encounter a fiendish new foil--leading to a nail-biting showdown between beauty and fraud... And just...
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