Ryan Vincent Anderson
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Alex Cross novels volume 24
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Shots ring out in the early morning hours in the suburbs of Washington, D.C. When the smoke clears, a prominent police official lies dead, leaving the city's police force scrambling for answers. Under pressure from the mayor, Alex Cross steps into the leadership vacuum to investigate the case. But before Cross can make any headway, a brutal crime wave sweeps across the region. The deadly scenes share only one common thread -- the victims are all criminals....
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"As the sea levels rose, every street became a canal. Every skyscraper an island. For the residents of one apartment building in Madison Square, however, New York in the year 2140 is far from a drowned city. There is the market trader, who finds opportunities where others find trouble. There is the detective, whose work will never disappear --- along with the lawyers, of course. There is the internet star, beloved by millions for her airship adventures,...
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"The most brilliant and lucid analysis of virtue and well-being in the entire literature of positive psychology. For the reader who seeks to understand happiness, my advice is: Begin with Haidt." —Martin E.P. Seligman, University of Pennsylvania and author of Authentic Happiness
The Happiness Hypothesis is a book about ten Great Ideas. Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that...
The Happiness Hypothesis is a book about ten Great Ideas. Each chapter is an attempt to savor one idea that...
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I Got a Monster is the explosive true story of the Gun Trace Task Force (GTTF), America's most corrupt police squad, which terrorized the embattled, deeply-segregated city of Baltimore, robbing dealers of their cash and stealing their stash, putting the drugs back onto the streets.
Leading this group of cops-turned-criminals was Sergeant Wayne Jenkins, who was at once a decorated detective and a criminal mastermind, waging war on the city he was...