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Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2017.
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1 online resource (streaming video file) (34 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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According to the Fifth Amendment, "no person...shall be compelled to be a witness against himself." Examine the history of this core aspect of the Bill of Rights. Learn how the amendment works in and out of court, how the privilege has become subject to compromises over time, and what "pleading the fifth" actually requires.
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Shadow children volume 1
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 5
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English
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In a future where the Population Police enforce the law limiting a family to only two children, Luke has lived all his twelve years in isolation and fear on his family's farm, until another "third" convinces him that the government is wrong.
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book.
Book Preview: #1 The Law of Esprit is the first law of wellness. It states that what we wish and expect governs the response we get. We want as much satisfaction, creativity, and wisdom as possible, and this brings us joy.
#2 Esprit is the first law of Wellness. It is the recognition that joy in life, not length of life, is the marker by which all wellness is measured. It is found...
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Get the Summary of Al Ries & Jack Trout's The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing in 20 minutes. Please note: This is a summary and not the original book. Original book introduction: As Al Ries and Jack Trout - the world-renowned marketing consultants and best-selling authors of Positioning - note, you can build an impressive airplane, but it will never leave the ground if you ignore the laws of physics, especially gravity. Why then, they ask, shouldn't...
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Please note: This is a companion version & not the original book. Book Preview:
#1 The power of a brand is inversely proportional to its scope. When you put your brand name on everything, that name loses its power. The emphasis in most companies is on the short term, but line extension, megabranding, and variable pricing are being used to milk brands rather than build them.
#2 The masterbrand, superbrand, and megabrand concepts are often used to...
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In Loren D. Estelman's Murdock's Law, Special U.S. Deputy Page Murdock rides into Breen, Montana, on the trail of a menacing and elusive outlaw. But, before he can scout the saloons for his man, he is made town marshal in a territory heating up for the ugliest range war this side of hell. The big ranchers want a gunslinger marshal, and the small ranchers have their own hired gun. But, the badge on Murdock's chest means law, and he'll enforce it the...
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The must-read summary of Al Ries and Jack Trout's book: "The 22 Immutable Laws of Marketing".
This complete summary of the ideas from Al Ries and Jack Trout's book "The 22 Immuable Laws of Marketing" shows that there is a widely-held assumption that marketing is a field in which anyone can succeed, with enough enthusiasm. This summary shows that marketing has rules of success, just like any other profession. It highlights the 22 laws of marketing...
8) Blindsided
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Sisterhood series volume 22
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English
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"When Maggie Spritzer, former editor-in-chief of the Post and an honorary member of the Sisterhood, arrives with a new mission in mind, the Vigilantes are soon gathering in their war room once more. While catching up on each other's lives, they plan a brilliant campaign against a duo of corrupt judges running a moneymaking racket that sends young offenders to brutal boot camps, often on trumped-up charges. Their enemies are powerful and ruthless,...
9) 22 seconds
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Women's Murder Club volume 22
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English
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"22 seconds...until Lindsay Boxer loses her badge--or her life. SFPD Sergeant Lindsay Boxer has guns on her mind. There's buzz of a last-ditch shipment of drugs and weapons crossing the Mexican border ahead of new restrictive gun laws. Before Lindsay can act, her top informant tips her to a case that hits disturbingly close to home. Former cops. Professional hits. All with the same warning scrawled on their bodies: You talk, you die. Now it's Lindsay's...
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2016.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (27 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
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English
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In the first of two lectures on the properties of gases, review the basic equations that describe their behavior. Learn the history of Boyle's law, Gay-Lussac's law, Charles's law, and Avogadro's law. Then use these four expressions to derive the celebrated ideal gas law.
11) Fatal judgment
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Guardians of justice volume 1
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English
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U.S. Marshal Jake Taylor has seen plenty of action during his years in law enforcement. But he'd rather go back to Iraq than face his next assignment: protection detail for federal judge Liz Michaels. His feelings toward Liz haven't warmed in the five years since she lost her husband--and Jake's best friend--to possible suicide. How can Jake be expected to care for the coldhearted workaholic who drove his friend to despair? As the danger mounts and...
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"Superb collection by the modern master explores the complexity, anxiety and futility of modern life. Excellent new English translations of the title story (considered by many critics Kafka's most perfect work), plus The Judgment, In the Penal Colony, A Country Doctor and A Report to an Academy"--Publisher description.
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Aurora Teagarden mysteries volume 8
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English
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When her sister-in-law Poppy is found murdered, amateur sleuth Aurora Teagarden teams up with Poppy's boyfriend, a local police detective, to solve the case, in spite of complications caused by their own past relationship.
14) Atty at law
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English
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Atticus "Atty" Peale fights for the rights of animals, copes with having a racially-mixed family in small-town Alabama, navigates the social scene of middle school, and determines to help her father prove Jethro Gersham innocent of murder.
15) Three keys
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Front desk volume 2
Accelerated Reader
IL: MG - BL: 4.8 - AR Pts: 9
Lexile measure
710L
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English
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Publisher Annotation: Mia Tang thinks she's going to have the best year ever. She and her parents are the proud owners of the Calivista Motel, Mia gets to run the front desk with her best friend, Lupe, and she's finally getting somewhere with her writing! But as it turns out, sixth grade is no picnic... It's a roller coaster of challenges, and Mia needs all of her determination to hang on tight. But if anyone can find the key to getting through turbulent...
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Panoramic of Santa Barbara, looking east, # 17 - Unknown, # 21 - St. Francis Hospital, # 24 Unknown, # 34 - County Courthouse, # 35 - City Hall, # 37 - US Post Office on Anacapa Street, # 69 - High School, # 76 - Jefferson School, # 77 - Granada Theater, # 78 - Arlington Theater, # 81 - Lobero Theater, # 83 - Balboa Building, # 84 - Carrillo Hotel, # 89 - National Guard Armory, circa 1940. Edson Smith Photo Collection no. 2081.
Publisher
Kanopy Streaming
Pub. Date
2015.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file)
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English
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Rome's golden age comes to life through writings of the time, revealing surprising parallels between their concerns and ours. We learn of Roman urban problems from Juvenal, of patriotism from Cincinnatus, and of the Justinian Code reaffirming their great legacy of laws...equal justice for all citizens. An LCA release.
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English
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"In this true-life Julie and Julia meets Notorious RBG mash-up, former attorney Leslie Karst recounts how finagling her way into hosting an intimate dinner party for Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg sends her on a journey of culinary and personal discovery--and, ultimately, completely changes her life"--
Publisher
The Great Courses
Pub. Date
2009.
Physical Desc
1 online resource (streaming video file) (30 minutes): digital, .flv file, sound
Language
English
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You explore the intriguing capabilities of quantum computers, which don't yet exist but are theoretically possible. Using the laws of quantum mechanics, such devices could factor huge numbers, allowing them to easily decipher unbreakable conventional codes.
20) Scarpetta
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Kay Scarpetta mysteries volume 16
Accelerated Reader
IL: UG - BL: 5.9 - AR Pts: 22
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English
Description
Leaving behind her Charleston forensic pathology practice to accept an assignment in New York City, Kay Scarpetta learns the story of an injured psychiatric patient who claims he was attacked by a stalker who was killing someone else at the time.
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