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Many have hailed the widespread use of generic drugs as one of the most important public-health developments of the twenty-first century. Today, almost 90 percent of our pharmaceutical market is comprised of generics, the majority of which are manufactured overseas. We have been reassured by our doctors, our pharmacists and our regulators that generic drugs are identical to their brand-name counterparts, just less expensive. But is this really true?...
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Publisher
Hachette Books
Pub. Date
2018.
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
294 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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Describes the corruption, including drug use, theft, and human trafficking, witnessed by the author during his nine years working in security for the Boston Red Sox and his six years working for Major League Baseball to clean up the sport.
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Publisher
Mariner Books
Pub. Date
[2022]
Edition
First edition.
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xii, 367 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"From the New York Times's Business Investigations Editor and #1 bestselling author of Dark Towers comes a long-overdue exposé of the astonishing yet shadowy power wielded by the world's largest law firms, following the narrative arc of Jones Day, the firm that represented the Trump campaign and much of the Fortune 500, as a powerful encapsulation of the changes that have swept the legal industry in recent decades"--
24) Fear
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English
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Suffering from post-traumatic stress disorder following a shootout that kills his best friend, Miles Kendrick, an ex-mob spy turned federal witness, runs for his life, with assassin and former FBI agent Dennis Groote in pursuit.
25) Open season
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Joe Pickett novels volume 1
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English
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Joe Pickett is the new game warden in Twelve Sleep, Wyoming, a town where nearly everyone hunts and the game warden -- especially one like Joe who won't take bribes or look the other way -- is far from popular. When he finds a local hunting outfitter dead, splayed out on the woodpile behind Joe's state-owned home, he takes it personally. There had to be a reason that the outfitter, with whom he's had run-ins before, chose his backyard, his woodpile...
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Ty Hauck novels volume 3
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English
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"Reckless is a sexy-as-hell thriller and Andrew Gross's best."
-James Patterson "Fantastic….An automatic must read for lovers of fast, topical, can't-put-it-down thrillers."
-Lee Child
"Bold, brainy and chilling, you won't be able to put this book down."
-Linda Fairstein #1 New York Times bestselling author Andrew Gross soars to breathtaking new heights with Reckless-as investigator Ty Hauck, hero of The Dark Tide and Don't Look Twice,...
27) Cremation
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Series
New Directions paperbook volume 1518
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Pub. Date
2021.
Physical Desc
388 pages ; 21 cm.
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English
Description
"Along the Mediterranean coastline of Spain, real-estate developers scramble to transform the once pastoral landscape into tourist resorts, nightclubs, and beachfront properties with lavish bars and pools. The booming post-Franco years have left everything up for grabs. Cremation opens with the death of Matías, a paterfamilias who had rejected all of these changes and whose passing sets off a chain reaction, uncovering a past that had been buried...
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John Blake Publishing, an imprint of Bonnier Books UK
Pub. Date
2013.
Edition
Paperback edition.
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xiv, 304 pages, 8 unnumbered pages of plates : illustrations ; 20 cm
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English
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"For almost three decades, Georgia Tann was nationally lauded for her work at her children's home. In reality she was selling many of her charges -- often neglected, abused, and stolen from their birth parents -- to wealthy clients nationwide."--
29) The road to ruin
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Dortmunder novels volume 11
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English
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Having set up a con on Monroe Hall, a fabulously wealthy and corrupt CEO, John Dortmunder and his hapless gang of crooks suddenly find themselves caught in the deadly crossfire between their would-be mark Hall and his own victims.
30) Long way down
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Jason Stafford novels volume 3
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English
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Working as a financial investigator after two years in federal prison, Jason Stafford looks into a biofuel engineer's claims about being set up by dangerous adversaries.
31) Scorned justice
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Men of the Texas Rangers volume 3
Publisher
Abingdon Press
Pub. Date
c2013
Physical Desc
359 p. ; 22 cm.
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English
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Texas Ranger Brody Calhoun investigates an attack that involves his high school sweetheart, Rebecca Morgan, and discovers a conspiracy of cattle rustling and bribery that threatens Rebecca's safety.
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English
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Chronicles the rise of the multibillion dollar college sports empire through the experience of the Florida State Seminoles, discussing how ethical and legal compromises undermine the academic missions of universities.
"A searing exposé of how the multibillion-dollar college sports empire fails universities, students, and athletes. With little public debate or introspection, our institutions of higher learning have become hostages to the rapacious,...
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Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2014.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (1 video file, 45 min.)
Language
English
Description
Exposing the invisible - but all-pervasive - public relations industry, Toxic Sludge Is Good for You helps viewers understand the tools PR professionals use to shape public opinion. Naomi Klein, acclaimed journalist and author of the best-selling book No Logo, examines the rise of international branding and the grassroots anti-corporate campaigns it has inspired. She asks viewers to consider the costs of globalization, including the disappearance...
34) Deadly proof
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Series
Atlanta justice novels volume 1
Language
English
Description
"In this legal suspense novel, attorney Kate Sullivan takes on Mason Pharmaceutical because of a corporate cover-up related to its newest drug. After a whistleblower dies, Kate hires former Army Ranger turned private investigator Landon James to investigate. He believes the death was no random shooting and Kate may be the next target"--
35) Bone music
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Series
Publisher
Thomas & Mercer
Pub. Date
[2018]
Edition
First edition.
Physical Desc
450 pages ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Charlotte Rowe spent the first seven years of her life in the hands of the only parents she knew--a pair of serial killers who murdered her mother and tried to shape Charlotte in their own twisted image. If only the nightmare had ended when she was rescued. Instead, her real father exploited her tabloid-ready story for fame and profit--until Charlotte finally broke free from her ghoulish past and fled. Just when she thinks she has buried her personal...
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Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2023.
Edition
First edition.
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x, 339 pages ; 24 cm
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English
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"The unauthorized, unvarnished story of famed Wall Street hedge-fund manager Ray Dalio. Ray Dalio does not want you to read this book. Late last year, when the billionaire founder of Bridgewater Associates, the largest hedge fund on the planet, announced that he was stepping down from the company he started out of his apartment nearly 50 years ago, the news made headlines around the world. Dalio cultivated an aura of international admiration and fame...
39) Bitter pill
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Sisterhood series volume 32
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English
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"For the Sisterhood, there's a special satisfaction that comes with helping a friend in need, especially when it's someone as dear as Charlotte Hansen. Myra Rutledge's childhood friend has spent tens of thousands of dollars on remedies to boost longevity. But far from improving her health, the medications seem to be destroying it. Myra becomes suspicious of the trio of doctors in charge of the program, especially once the Sisterhood's investigations...
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Pub. Date
[2017]
Language
English
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"A simple mix up throws one innocent man into the crosshairs of sinister government secrets and ruthless political ambitions in New York Times bestselling author Joseph Finder's timely, electrifying new thriller. Michael Tanner is on his way home from a business trip when he accidentally picks up the wrong MacBook in an airport security line. He doesn't notice the mix-up until he arrives home in Boston, but by then it's too late. Tanner's curiosity...
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