Download or read book Separated written by Jacob Soboroff and published by HarperCollins. This book was released on 2020-07-07 with total page 413 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER "The seminal book on the child-separation policy." —Rachel Maddow The award-winning NBC News correspondent lays bare the full truth behind America’s systematic separation of families at the US-Mexico border. Los Angeles Times Book Prize Finalist | American Book Award Winner | American Bar Association's Silver Gavel Award Finalist In June 2018, Donald Trump’s most notorious decision as president had secretly been in effect for months before most Americans became aware of the astonishing inhumanity being perpetrated by their own government—the deliberate separation of migrant parents and children at U.S. border facilities. Jacob Soboroff was among the first journalists to expose this reality after seeing firsthand the living conditions of the children in custody. His influential series of reports ignited public scrutiny that contributed to the president reversing his own policy and earned Soboroff the Cronkite Award for Excellence in Political Broadcast Journalism and, with his colleagues, the 2019 Hillman Prize for Broadcast Journalism. But beyond the headlines, the complete, multilayered story lay untold. How, exactly, had such a humanitarian tragedy—now deemed “torture” by physicians—happened on American soil? Most important, what has been the human experience of those separated children and parents? Soboroff has spent the past two years reporting the many strands of this complex narrative, developing sources from within the Trump administration who share critical details for the first time. He also traces the dramatic odyssey of one separated family from Guatemala, where their lives were threatened by narcos, to seek asylum at the U.S. border, where they were separated—the son ending up in Texas, and the father thousands of miles away, in the Mojave desert of central California. And he joins the heroes who emerged to challenge the policy, and who worked on the ground to reunite parents with children. In this essential reckoning, Soboroff weaves together these key voices with his own experience covering this national issue—at the border in Texas, California, and Arizona; with administration officials in Washington, D.C., and inside the disturbing detention facilities. Separated lays out compassionately, yet in the starkest of terms, its human toll, and makes clear what is at stake as America struggles to reset its immigration policies post-Trump.

Download or read book Harlequin Romance February 2021 Box Set written by Donna Alward and published by Harlequin. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 668 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Harlequin® Romance brings you a collection of four new titles, available now! Experience the rush of falling in love! This Harlequin® Romance box set includes: #4747 THE HEIRESS’S PREGNANCY SURPRISE Heirs to an Empire By Donna Alward Ex-SAS officer Jacob Wolfe’s latest job, as aristocrat Charlotte Pemberton’s bodyguard, is pushing him to his limits. Never one to step over the line, he’s determined to ignore their intense connection. Until a single dance leads to a forbidden kiss… #4748 SUMMER FLING WITH A PRINCE Royals of Monrosa By Katrina Cudmore Journalist Toni Clarke has bagged an incredible opportunity… the chance to interview the notoriously private Prince Ivo of Monrosa! Alone together at his stunning beachside finca, Toni soon discovers there’s more to the royal, than just his crown. #4749 REUNITED WITH HER BLUE-EYED BILLIONAIRE By Barbara Wallace For billionaire Whit Martin, Jamie Rutkowski is the one that got away. Now, his college girlfriend is back to celebrate their best’s friend’s marriage. Are they ready to unlock the secrets of their past… if it means a chance at for ever? #4750 ITALIAN ESCAPE WITH THE CEO The Casseveti Inheritance By Nina Milne In order to claim her inheritance, Ava Casseveti’s late father requested she make amends with Liam Rourke – his business rival’s son. Gorgeous CEO Liam doesn’t want her money… but he does need a stand-in girlfriend! Yet, walking away from their fake relationship, is harder than they planned…

Download or read book How Public Libraries Build Sustainable Communities in the 21st Century written by Kaurri C. Williams-Cockfield and published by Emerald Group Publishing. This book was released on 2023-09-08 with total page 259 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Public libraries, through their mission, vision, and position in the community, play a significant part in building community sustainability and are already positioned to serve as a “backbone support organization” for collective impact initiatives.

Download or read book Learn WinUI 3 0 written by Alvin Ashcraft and published by Packt Publishing Ltd. This book was released on 2021-03-26 with total page 440 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A beginner's guide to building Windows applications with WinUI for UWP and desktop applications Key FeaturesCreate modern Windows 10 applications and gain access to UI controls that were previously limited to UWP applicationsDiscover how to modernize your existing Win32 apps with a modern Windows 10 UILearn to embed a single page application (SPA) in a WinUI application with a web framework like BlazorBook Description WinUI 3.0 takes a whole new approach to delivering Windows UI components and controls, and is able to deliver the same features on more than one version of Windows 10. Learn WinUI 3.0 is a comprehensive introduction to WinUI and Windows apps for anyone who is new to WinUI, Universal Windows Platform (UWP), and XAML applications. The book begins by helping you get to grips with the latest features in WinUI and shows you how XAML is used in UI development. You'll then set up a new Visual Studio environment and learn how to create a new UWP project. Next, you'll find out how to incorporate the Model-View-ViewModel (MVVM) pattern in a WinUI project and develop unit tests for ViewModel commands. Moving on, you'll cover the Windows Template Studio (WTS) new project wizard and WinUI libraries in a step-by-step way. As you advance, you'll discover how to leverage the Fluent Design system to create beautiful WinUI applications. You'll also explore the contents and capabilities of the Windows Community Toolkit and learn to create a new UWP user control. Toward the end, the book will teach you how to build, debug, unit test, deploy, and monitor apps in production. By the end of this book, you'll have learned how to build WinUI applications from scratch and modernize existing WPF and WinForms applications using WinUI controls. What you will learnGet up and running with WinUI and discover how it fits into the landscape of Project Reunion and Windows UI developmentBuild new Windows apps quickly with robust templatesDevelop testable and maintainable apps using the MVVM patternModernize WPF and WinForms applications with WinUI and XAML IslandsDiscover how to build apps that can target Windows and leverage the power of the webInstall the XAML Controls Gallery sample app and explore available WinUI controlsWho this book is for This book is for anyone who wants to develop Windows applications with a modern user experience (UX). If you are familiar with UWP and WPF and are looking to enhance your knowledge of Windows development and modernize existing apps, you will find this book useful. Hands-on experience with C# and .NET is expected but no prior knowledge of WinUI is required.

Download or read book A Pumpkin Spice Killing written by Lynn Cahoon and published by Lyrical Press. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 112 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Angie Turner’s Idaho restaurant, the County Seat, owes its success not only to its farm-fresh fare, but also to its devoted and passionate staff. But a team-building retreat turns into much more than they bargained for . . . Angie and her County Seat staff are all prepared for some much-needed R&R. Hope’s been hinting at an arts-and-crafts themed retreat. Instead, they end up at a military veteran’s home, where it’s their job to get it spic and span for summer. In between weeding the garden and painting the rooms, Angie starts up a conversation with an older vet who wants to make amends with his son before it’s too late. Unfortunately, he has no idea of his son’s whereabouts. It’s the perfect side job for the County Seat team, but someone keeps blocking their efforts. And the more they try to find out why, the more they’re certain someone’s life might be in danger . . . Praise for Lynn Cahoon's Mysteries “Well-crafted . . . Cat and crew prove to be engaging characters and Cahoon does a stellar job of keeping them—and the reader—guessing.” —Mystery Sceneon A Story to Kill “One Poison Pie deliciously blends charm and magic with a dash of mystery and a sprinkle of romance.” —Daryl Wood Gerber, Agatha winner and nationally bestselling author of the Cookbook Nook Mysteries and Fairy Garden Mysteries

Download or read book The Hunted written by Roz Nay and published by Simon and Schuster. This book was released on 2021-07-06 with total page 288 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The Beach meets The Woman in Cabin 10 in this twisty new thriller about two couples who meet backpacking through Africa, but what begins as friendship quickly turns to obsession, with deadly consequences—from bestselling author Roz Nay. Stevie Erickson is looking for a fresh start. The sudden loss of her grandmother has sent her life into a tailspin, dredging up old losses and putting a strain on her relationship with her boyfriend, Jacob. So when Jacob is offered a job as a diver for GoEco, a dive operation for ecotourists on Rafiki, a beautiful, secluded island off the coast of Tanzania, he thinks it’s just the adventure they need and Stevie reluctantly agrees to go with him. Their trip gets off to a rough start with a nighttime scare at their first hostel. Already fragile, Stevie can’t shake the feeling that she’s being watched. Things improve when they meet seasoned backpackers Leo and Tamsin, a drop-dead gorgeous couple who instantly take a shine to Stevie and Jacob. But on Rafiki Island, their new friendship is put to the test, as is Stevie and Jacob’s own relationship. And when innocent flirting goes too far, past truths surface, exposing a killer in their midst—a killer whose sights are set on Stevie. A high dive into the dangers of obsession, this sinister and seductive thriller will leave you breathless.

Download or read book Perkin Warbeck s Notebook written by Duke T. Gray and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2022-11-07 with total page 301 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is a personal narrative about growing. It is also about growing up, which does not necessarily follow. Some grow in wisdom; some grow in foolishness; some grow in the grace of God. Some only grow old, without much else. The tale it tells touches three centuries: the nineteenth, the twentieth, and the twenty-first. May it bless you and cheer your journey through this mortal life.

Download or read book Tom Sawyer s Civil War Chronicles written by John Bradley Jones and published by Wipf and Stock Publishers. This book was released on 2021-04-05 with total page 220 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Anyone who has read The Adventures of Tom Sawyer or been fascinated by the Civil War will be enthralled by Tom's adventures in this novel. A graduate of West Point, Tom develops a friendship with Hiram Ulysses Grant. He is commissioned a major in the U.S. Army and commands a regiment under Colonel Cameron of the 79th New York at Manassas. Severely wounded, he spends time recuperating in Galena, Illinois. Together Tom and Rebecca discover a plot to kill General Grant. Tom is led into the nerve-racking world of undercover operations against the Confederacy. He finds the spy business another grand adventure.

Download or read book Instinct or Learned written by E. Glenn Tickner and published by Xlibris Corporation. This book was released on 2021-01-14 with total page 264 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A patient of a psychiatrist suffers recurring nightmares concerning the Oklahoma City bombing. The psychiatrist suspects that the patient is experiencing nightmares caused by another personality in his head, and this personality X is attempting to take control of the patient. The psychiatrist uses hypnosis to access X, which he does. The patient is losing his ability to fight off this personality on a daily basis. In order to eliminate X, the doctor must know more about him if possible, so the doctor also becomes a detective. In the process, the doctor discovers that the personality is a killer, which accelerates his need to eliminate this vial personality. With the aid of a specialist, the psychiatrist discovers an unlikely surgery to remove a small part of the patient brain housing the evil personality. In performing his research, the psychiatrist discovers the answer to the question of instinct or learned.

Download or read book One Left Behind written by Carla Kovach and published by Bookouture. This book was released on 2021-07-15 with total page 399 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Music and loud voices echo through the woods surrounding her. Wiping her tears, she hears the rustle of leaves close by. Footsteps. She has no time to scream before a hand covers her mouth and her entire world goes black. In a patch of forest on the outskirts of a small town, five teenage school friends prepare to spend a night away from home. Carrying their tents and sleeping bags, they laugh and joke as they make their way into the darkest part of the woods, away from prying eyes. But as the sun rises the following morning, only four are left alive. Devastated, Leah’s friends all swear they didn’t see or hear anything. Her best friend sobs as she recounts what she remembers from that night – dancing, roasting marshmallows, sipping warm cans of beer by the fire – but is it grief, or is she hiding something? What happened to Naomi in the hour that no one can account for? And what troubled past lies behind the perfect manners of the boy who organised the trip, and who is prepared to lie to keep it buried? As the cracks in their stories grow, it’s clear one of them is lying, and one of them is next… Perfect for fans of Angela Marsons, Cara Hunter and Clare Mackintosh, One Left Behind is a thrilling crime novel that will have you hooked from the very first page! What readers are saying about One Left Behind: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow! What can I say about this book in one word? Tremendous!!… This book was definitely on another level!!’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘An absolute cracker!… This book is just fabulous!’ Fiction Café Book Club ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Nope, nope, nope! I did not see that coming!… Can’t-put-down thrill ride that you’ll keep reading all night long.’ Unrepentantbibliovores ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Wow, wow, wow… A fabulous read that left you wanting more… I almost had a heart attack and fell over when I found out who had done it and why… A roller coaster that I never wanted to get off… From the beginning, it kept me so engrossed and entertained.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Kept me on the edge of my seat from the beginning until the end. I just loved every word on every page’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Great book! Wow, so many twists and turns! This book had intrigue, suspense action and lots of crazy plot twists!’ sassysouthernbook/Ana’s guest reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘It had me gripped from when I started and I didn’t want to put it down.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Five-star fun! Mystery lovers will LOVE this series!’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Fantastic. Five stars from me.’ NetGalley reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘This is a must-read.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I just wish I could give it more than five stars.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Thrilling, tense and exciting… The book was fantastic and full of surprises and shocks.’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘I was up late reading as this book was absolutely unputdownable!’ Goodreads reviewer ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐ ‘Kept me on the edge of my seat. Definitely recommend!’ Goodreads reviewer

Download or read book 100 Miles of Baseball written by Dale Jacobs and published by Biblioasis. This book was released on 2021-03-16 with total page 368 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: From sandlots to major league stands, two fans set out to recapture their love of the game. For most of their lives together Dale Jacobs and Heidi LM Jacobs couldn’t imagine a spring without baseball. Their season tickets renewal package always seemed to arrive on the bleakest day of winter, offering reassurance that sunnier times were around the corner. Baseball was woven into the fabric of their lives, connecting them not only to each other but also to their families and histories. But by 2017 it was obvious something was amiss: the allure of another Sunday watching their Detroit Tigers had devolved to obligation. Not entirely sure what they were missing, they did have an idea on where it might be found: in their own backyard. Drawing a radius of one hundred miles around their home in Windsor, Ontario, Dale and Heidi set a goal of seeing fifty games at all levels of competition over the following summer. From bleachers behind high schools, to manicured university turf, to the steep concrete stands of major league parks, 100 Miles of Baseball tells the story of how two fans rediscovered their love of the game—and with it their relationships and the region they call home.

Download or read book Eye on Savannah The Devil s Gentleman written by Samantha Snavley and published by Samantha Snavley. This book was released on 2021-02-01 with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Zoey, a Private Investigator, may have taken on more than she bargained for when she takes on a case that turns out to be part of a hidden cult. Working with a detective from Savannah's Police Department, she must find the kidnappers before they find her. Can she resist the attraction brewing between her and the detective until after they solve the case?

Download or read book Angel of Light written by Patricia Carroll and published by Covenant Books, Inc.. This book was released on 2021-07-01 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: A Boise, Idaho, teacher is awakened by a call from a trusted friend. Her twenty-two-year-old son has disappeared while working for a new-age organization led by a self-absorbed guru. With help from a Berkeley, California, police detective, the trail leads through a maze of supernatural encounters. A young man, new to his faith, is put to the test and counts it all joy for the price of reformation that is catalyzed by his suffering. The teacher and the detective become an unstoppable team who fearlessly face down the gates of the demonic realm.

Download or read book The Will to Serve written by P. Stormcrow and published by Totally Entwined Group (USA+CAD). This book was released on 2021-01-05 with total page 235 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: FROM POPULAR ROMANCE AUTHOR P. STORMCROW Book two in The Playgrounds series When her contract with her Dom is about to expire and her past comes knocking, Luna must make the right moves or risk losing her heart and her soul. On the surface, Luna Weir leads a perfectly normal life, but behind closed doors, she surrenders control to someone else—Jacob Dakota, who is sexy, charming and entirely dominant. The problem is that they only agreed to this power dynamic for a limited time. Jacob has never taken on training a submissive for more than three years at a time. However, as their end date draws near, he finds himself more reluctant to let go of Luna than he'd expected. To make matters worse, Luna's past returns in the form of the charismatic Bryan Walsh, her original Dom, who offers her another choice—to become his after her contract with Jacob expires. But there are secrets between the two of them that not even she can explain. With the future of their relationship unknown and a suspicious Dom waiting in the shadows, Luna's will to submit and Jacob's ability to lead are both tested like never before. Now they must decide if what they feel for each other is strong enough to hold them together beyond their contractual terms—for the measure of a Dominant is how willing their submissive is to serve.

Download or read book Song of Serenity written by Brey Willows and published by Bold Strokes Books Inc. This book was released on 2021-12-14 with total page 269 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Being a muse in the twenty-first century is a lot harder than it was in Ancient Greece. Life was simple when Calliope Ardalides, firstborn of the nine Muses, only had to concentrate on music and justice. But now she’s arbitrating between arguing gods, answering complaints from cantankerous humans irked by how their prayers are being answered, and keeping her eight sisters in line. When it’s time for her annual break from Afterlife, Inc, she goes to the one place she can count on to keep her sane: the Temple of the Muses in the quiet countryside of Scotland. But Jordan James shows up with her contractors, builders, and noisy equipment. Her adventure park will take up most of the idyllic region, turning the serenity Calliope treasures into a haven for adrenaline junkies. Jordan is resistant to Calliope’s powers of persuasion, but Calliope's beauty remains a potent force. Stubbornly, Jordan vows to take on even the most beautiful immortal to make her dream come true, especially if it means spending more time with her.

Download or read book Beyond Polarized American Democracy written by Michael Haas and published by Taylor & Francis. This book was released on 2023-08-11 with total page 298 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Civil war in the United States is now a mainstream topic due to apparent signs of ongoing planning. This book reveals why in several ways. First, four major ideological drivers of possible conflict are identified. Next, ten arenas of ongoing nonviolent civil war are traced as increasingly for micro-level violence. Then several dozen alternative scenarios are traced to explain how civil war could break out very soon. Finally, measures are delineated about how the country might prevent calamity. Anarchists, Christian Nationalists, Libertarians, and Triumphalists are determined to impose their views on the diverse nation and reduce opponents to second-class status. They demonstrate their blatant determination through nonviolent political contests involving conspiracy theories, cultural differences, verbal contestation, anti-elitism, racism, well-armed groups with nationwide membership, political demonization, media disinformation, Congressional hyperpartisanship, reducing constitutional rights, and legal fights by some states against others. But often they go beyond and commit violence out of sheer enjoyment in making opponents suffer. Beyond Polarized American Democracy: From Mass Society to Coups and Civil War suggests remedies for each of ten types of nonviolent civil war, but most are long-term solutions that cannot deal with an imminent threat. Accordingly, the book reviews governmental and military resources as well as efforts to counteract the ideological contest through political innovations. The analysis flows from the sociological Mass Society Paradigm, which argues that democracy’s survival depends upon the ability of civil society to relay the needs of the people to institutions of government and provide effective pressure for corrective action. As developed to explain the rise of Nazism in Germany, the analysis applies lessons from studies of coups and civil wars to identify how to prevent the loss of democracy in the United States.

Download or read book The Leave Takers written by Steven Wingate and published by U of Nebraska Press. This book was released on 2021-03 with total page 311 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Four years ago Jacob Nassedrine from Boston and Laynie Jackman from Los Angeles came within an inch of getting married before things blew apart. They never expected that fate would hurl them back together in a windblown, isolated house on the plains of South Dakota, but that's where they end up fighting for the future of their relationship--and for their own emotional survival--amid a minefield of ghosts. After suffering the loss of both their families, they must unite to face the great crises of their lives: grief and guilt over their dead loved ones, low-level but persistent addictions to prescription drugs, the specter of familial violence, and recurrent miscarriages. Together they battle their way through the wilderness of their demons to forge sustainable identities that allow them to create a family. The Leave-Takers is a journey through personal darkness to mutually shared light, set against a starkly beautiful backdrop that leaves nowhere to hide.