Subject(s): Private investigators -- Fiction | Kidnapping victims -- Fiction | Drug addicts -- Fiction Summary: Frank Marr knows crime in Washington, DC. A decorated former police detective, he retired early and now ekes a living as a private eye for a defense attorney. Frank Marr may be the best investigator the city has ever known, but the ci

Subject(s): Political corruption -- History Summary: "From ancient times to modern, corruption has been ingrained in human society and is still a powerful issue in the contemporary world. In Corruption: A Short History, Carlo Brioschi provides a thorough and entertaining look at how corruption was born and has evolved over time, without ev

Subject(s): Money -- History | International finance | Currency crises | Financial crises Summary: " "The next financial collapse will resemble nothing in history. Deciding upon the best course to follow will require comprehending a minefield of risks, while poised at a crossroads, pondering the death of the dollar." The int

Subject(s): Orientalism -- History -- 20th century -- Russia | Asia -- Study and teaching -- Russia | Asia -- Civilization | Russia -- Civilization | Russia -- Intellectual life -- 1801-1917 Summary: "Russia's own Orient examines how intellectuals in early twentieth-century Russia offered a new and radical critique of the ways in which

Subject(s): Badawi, Muhammad Mustafa | Arabic literature -- History and criticism Summary: Prior to the 1960s the study of Arabic literature, both Classical and Modern, had barely been emancipated from the academic approaches of Orientalism. The appointment of Mustafa Badawi as Oxford University's first Lecturer in Modern Arabic Literature

Subject(s): Watch dial painters -- Diseases History -- United States | Radium paint -- Toxicology | Consumers' leagues -- History -- United States | Industrial hygiene -- History -- 20th century -- United States | World War, 1914-1918 -- Women -- United States | World War, 1914-1918 -- War work -- United States Summary: Ordinary women in 19

Subject(s): Spiritual life -- Fiction | Christian pilgrims and pilgrimages -- Fiction | Camino de Santiago de Compostela -- Fiction Summary: "From the author of the bestsellers Love Yourself Like Your Life Depends on It and Live Your Truth comes Rebirth, an inspiring novel about the magic that happens when you learn to follow your heart. A

Subject(s): Authoritarianism -- History -- 20th century -- Arab countries | Authoritarianism -- History -- 21st century -- Arab countries | Arab countries -- Politics and government -- 1945- Summary: "By examining the system of authoritarianism in eight Arab republics, Joseph Sassoon portrays life under these regimes and explores the mechan

Subject(s): Koch, David H., 1940- | Koch, Charles G. 1935- (Charles de Ganahl) | Political activists -- United States | Libertarianism -- United States | Conservatism -- United States | Political culture -- United States | Radicalism -- United States | Corporations -- Political activity -- United States | Corporate speech -- United States | United

Subject(s): Intelligent control systems | Multiagent systems | Machine learning | Iterative methods (Mathematics) Summary: "This book gives a comprehensive overview of the intersection between ILC and MAS, the range of topics include basic to advanced theories, rigorous mathematics to engineering practice, and linear to nonlinear systems. I