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  155 - The Kaprun Cover-Up

  Hubertus Godeysen, Hannes Uhl

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  On November 11, 2000, a train caught fire in a mountain tunnel at the Kaprun ski resort in Austria, killing 155 people. The disaster and its aftermath traumatized the nation. This in-depth account by authors Hannes Uhl and Hubertus Godeysen brings the events to life and reveals the astonishing incompetence and corruption that led to the accident and undermined the subsequent trial. 155: The Kaprun Cover-Up serves as a warning to people in every country about threats to public safety and the rule of law.

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  The Seventh Letter

  Plato

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  "The Seventh Letter" by Plato delves into the philosophical musings of the revered ancient Greek philosopher. Composed as an epistle, the text offers insights into Plato's thoughts on governance, education, and the nature of reality. Through the letter, readers encounter Plato's reflections on the ideal state and the philosopher-king concept. This philosophical work serves as a profound exploration of wisdom, governance, and the pursuit of truth, showcasing Plato's enduring impact on Western philosophy. Read in English, unabridged.

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  The Roadmap to Purpose

  Dimple Thakrar

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  From an award-winning & world-renowned expert working with the top executives.Are you a successful male looking to access your next level?Maybe some areas of your life feel almost complete, while others are leaving you feeling frustrated?How would it impact your life if you were to:* Master the art of being and feeling successful?* Gain total clarity on your masculine life mission?* Reclaim your masculine honour and self-respect?* Understand the secret to women?The powerful tried and tested methods in this book are direct yet respectful, with an overall objective of helping you create even more success. With over 25 years of strategic coaching experience, Dimple Thakrar will help you unlock your ultimate potential whilst taking you on the journey of a lifetime. Your destiny is waiting.

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  LA '56 - A Devil in the City of...

  Joel Engel

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  Los Angeles, 1956. Glamorous. Prosperous. The place to see and be seen. But beneath the shiny exterior beats a dark heart. For when the sun goes down, L.A. becomes the noir city of James Ellroy's L.A. Confidential or Walter Mosley's Easy Rawlins novels. Segregation is the unwritten law of the land. The growing black population is expected to keep to South Central. The white cops are encouraged to deal out harsh street justice. In L.A. '56, Joel Engel paints a tense, moody portrait of the city as a devil weaves his way through the shadows.While R&B and hot jazz spill out of record shops and clubs and all-night burger stands, Willie Fields cruises past in his dark green DeSoto, looking for a woman on whom he can bestow the gift of his company. His brilliant idea: Buy a tin badge in the five-and-ten to go along with his big flashlight and Luger and pretend to be an undercover vice cop. The young white girls doing it with their boyfriends in the lovers' lanes dotting the L.A. hills would never say no to a cop. Into the car they go for a ride downtown on a "morals charge," before he kicks out the young man in the middle of nowhere and takes the girl for a ride she'll spend a lifetime trying to forget.There's a bad guy on the loose in the City of Angels.Enter Detective Danny Galindo-he'd worked the Black Dahlia case back in '47 as a rookie. The suave Latino-one of the few in the department-is able to move easily among the white detectives.  Maybe it's all those stories he's sold to Jack Webb for Dragnet. When Todd Roark, a black ex-cop, is arrested, Galindo knows he's innocent. But there's no sympathy for Roark among the white cops on the LAPD; Galindo will have to go it alone.There's only one problem: The victims aren't coming forward. The white press ignores the story, too, making Galindo's job that much more difficult. And now he's fallen in love with one of the rapist's first victims. If he's ever found out, he can kiss his badge good-bye.With his back up against a wall, Galindo realizes that it will take some good old-fashioned Hollywood magic to take down a devil in the City of Angels.

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  Surface at the Pole - The...

  James Calvert

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  On 17 March 1959, the USS Skate became the first submarine to surface at the North Pole. 
   
   
   
  Under the guidance of James Calvert this nuclear submarine had navigated through polar ice packs, braved atrociously cold conditions, and broken through layers of thick ice to arrive at their destination; the northernmost point of the world. 
   
   
   
  This mission, however, was not just about completing a seemingly impossibly feat of Arctic exploration. It also had huge implications for military strategy during the height of the Cold War. Now that submarines were able to travel under and break through the ice, it gave the US military the capability of being avoid detection under the ice while being able to launch their Polaris missiles from points far closer to the Soviet Union. 
   
   
   
  James Calvert's remarkable account of his two voyages to the Arctic with the USS Skate provides vivid insight into life in a nuclear submarine and how these men were able to complete this treacherous mission.

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  Vices are not Crimes

  Lysander Spooner

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  Lysander Spooner (1808 – 1887) was an American individualist anarchist, entrepreneur, political philosopher, abolitionist, supporter of the labour movement, and legal theorist of the nineteenth century. Here he gives his views on the role of Governments in the private lives of their citizens (Summary by Annise)

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