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61) Behind the yellow tape: on the road with some of America's hardest working crime scene investigators
Author
Publisher
Berkley Books
Pub. Date
[2009]
Language
English
62) Shadow of doubt
Author
Publisher
Scholastic
Pub. Date
2006
Language
English
Description
Fifty-one baffling crime scenes need to be solved. Can you crack the case before CSI Wes Burton? You'll need to use all forensic evidence at your disposal, and Burton is the best. He can tell when a witness is lying by the scars on their hands. His Crime Files contain the solution at the end of each mystery, but keep in mind, not every crime scene is as it appears. The mysteries may be short, but they can be tricky. You'll need to use all of your...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
"You have seen Robert A. Jensen—you just never knew it. As the owner of the world’s largest disaster management company, he has spent most of his adult life responding to tragedy. From the Oklahoma City bombing, 9/11, and the Bali bombings, to the 2004 South Asian Tsunami, Hurricane Katrina, the 2010 Haitian Earthquake, and the Grenfell Tower Fire, Jensen has been at the practical level of international incidents, assisting with the recovery of...
Author
Series
Publisher
Kensington Publishing Corp
Pub. Date
2021.
Language
English
Description
It's late spring on picturesque Mackinac Island, Michigan. Allie is prepping her Historic McMurphy Hotel and Fudge Shop for the start of the tourist season and her best friend Jenn's wedding. But when Jenn's fianc Shane, a crime scene investigator on the island, misses a dinner date, the two friends go looking for him. Led by Allie's bichonpoo Mal into an alley, they come upon Shane standing over a body with a bloody knife in his hand. Shane won't...
Author
Publisher
Prometheus Books
Pub. Date
2007.
Language
English
Description
This comprehensive volume reviews over fifty years of empirical research on civil and criminal juries and returns a verdict that strongly supports the jury system. Rather than relying on anecdotes, the authors place the jury system in its historical and contemporary context, giving the stories behind important trials while providing fact-based answers to critical questions. They consider various suggestions for improving the way that juries are asked...
Author
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Pub. Date
[2020]
Language
English
Description
""If you're mystified by DNA and genetics, relax. Settle into a comfy chair as we explain what DNA is and how it works its apparent magic, revealing it's not so magical after all. We'll also cover chromosomes, genes and genomics, and how they impact our daily lives. These initial pages provide a quick overview of some common questions folks have about DNA: what it is, what you should know about it, where it comes from. If it seems like we're glossing...
69) Paid in blood
Author
Series
Military NCIS volume 1
Publisher
Tyndale House Publishers
Pub. Date
[2006]
Language
English
Description
An NCIS agent is found murdered in North Carolina. A U.S. Marine with ties to the South Korean black market is assassinated in Chinhae. Colombian cocaine is discovered in Moscow and old Soviet nuclear missiles have gone missing. The stage is set for world destruction. Only Will Coburn and his team of dedicated NCIS agents can stop it, but time is running out.
Author
Publisher
Skyhorse Publishing
Pub. Date
[2016]
Language
English
Description
A Good Man with a Dog explores Guay's life as he and his canine partners are exposed to increasingly terrible events, from tracking down hostile poachers to searching for victims of violent crimes, including a year-long search for the hidden graves of two babies buried by a Massachusetts cult. He witnessed firsthand FEMA's mismanagement of the post-Katrina cleanup efforts in New Orleans, an experience that left him scarred and disheartened. But he...
Author
Publisher
Penguin Press
Pub. Date
[2012]
Language
English
Description
In 1979 MacDonald was convicted of the brutal 1970 murder of his wife and two children, and remains in prison today. Since then a number of bestselling books, including Joe McGinniss's Fatal Vision, and a blockbuster television miniseries have attempted to solve and explain the MacDonald case. Here, Errol Morris, who has been investigating the case for nearly two decades, reveals that almost everything we know about it is ultimately flawed, and an...
Author
Series
Publisher
University Press of Kentucky
Pub. Date
2015.
Language
English
Description
On June 29, 1978, Bob Crane, known to Hogan's Heroes fans as Colonel Hogan, was discovered brutally murdered in his Scottsdale, Arizona, apartment. His eldest son, Robert Crane, was called to the crime scene. In this poignant memoir, Robert Crane discusses that terrible day and how he has lived with the unsolved murder of his father. But this storyline is just one thread in his tale of growing up in Los Angeles, his struggles to reconcile the good...
74) Snapchat
Author
Series
Publisher
Mason Crest
Pub. Date
2018.
Language
English
Description
The founding -- Development of Snapchat -- Snapchat tech -- Now and the future.
Author
Publisher
Harper Perennial
Pub. Date
2008.
Language
English
Description
Psychologist Mihaly Csikszentmihalyi's famous investigations of "optimal experience" have revealed that what makes an experience genuinely satisfying is a state of consciousness called flow. During flow, people typically experience deep enjoyment, creativity, and a total involvement with life. In this new edition of his groundbreaking classic work, Csikszentmihalyi demonstrates the ways this positive state can be controlled, not just left to chance....
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