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Author
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 6.1 - AR Pts: 20
Language
English
Description
The year is 2008 and Samantha Kofer's career at a huge Wall Street law firm is on the fast track -- until the recession hits and she gets downsized, furloughed, escorted out of the building. Samantha, though, is one of the "lucky" associates. She's offered an opportunity to work at a legal aid clinic for one year without pay, after which there would be a slim chance that she'd get her old job back. In a matter of days Samantha moves from Manhattan...
Author
Series
Publisher
Berkley Publishing
Pub. Date
2020.
Physical Desc
310 p.
Language
English
Description
In this thrilling new Ralph Compton Western, the fate of a small town rests in the hands of a gambler who’s ready to risk more than money. The people of Meridian, Colorado, live and die by coal mining, and when the railroad bypasses them, their livelihood is in peril. However, they discover that for a hefty sum of money they can create a spur line and save the town. A hefty sum that the town does not have. Their only hope is former gambler Asa...
Author
Publisher
St. Martin's Press
Pub. Date
2012
Edition
1st ed.
Physical Desc
xvii, 283 p. : ill. ; 22 cm.
Language
English
Description
Explores the coal mining industry's corporate structure as promoting an endless cycle of poverty, exploitation, and environmental abuse that has dominated the Appalachian coal fields since coal was first discovered there.
Author
Series
Isaac Bell volume 12
Publisher
G.P. Putnam's Sons
Pub. Date
c2021.
Physical Desc
385 pages : illustrations, maps ; 24 cm.
Language
English
Description
"Detective Isaac Bell's wife has said that he is always in the wrong place at the right time. This is certainly the case when Bell thwarts the attempted assassination of a U.S. Senator shortly after meeting the man. This heroic rescue is just the start of the mystery for Bell, who suspects that the would-be assassins have a much larger and more dangerous agenda one involving the nearly-constructed Panama Canal. While the senator supports the building...