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Grace is a thief on the run from some very bad people who want the money she has stolen. Her thieving adventures have left her with a vague but compelling impression of the beauty and serenity of the Rhône valley in southern France, so she goes there in 1930 to hide and to acquire farm land that she can work. Since she was a very young woman, toiling in the heat to make green things grow has been what brings her peace. She buys a farm where she lives safely until 1935. But, then she makes an innocent and well-meaning phone call that opens the way for the winds of war to collapse her peaceful world....
Brings together in one source information on the criminal justice system and the criminal justice research and analysis activities of each State. Covers: state justice system overview; law enforcement; prosecution and defense; victims' rights and assistance; adjudication; corrections; statutory provisions and more. Also includes a state-by-state discussion of the missions and goals of the State Statistical Analysis Centers, and a state-by-state directory of criminal justice issues and research in the States. Comprehensive!
Mathematics of Computing -- Numerical Analysis.
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Flexible graduate textbook that introduces the applications, theory, and algorithms of linear and nonlinear optimization in a clear succinct style, supported by numerous examples and exercises. It introduces important realistic applications and explains how optimization can address them.
Reflecting the authors' belief that research and information gathering have become nonlinear, fluid processes, this book is designed so that criminal justice researchers can access it at any point in their work. The authors describe the evolution of criminal justice as a discipline, its links to related disciplines, the authorities in the field, the changes wrought by the Internet, and the types and sources of criminal justice information. They include Library of Congress subject headings for the topics and types of the printed reference works discussed. Annotation c. by Book News, Inc., Portland, OR.
The Boone family: a genealogical history of the descendants of George and Mary Boone, who came to America in 1717. Containing many unpublished bits of early Kentucky history. Also a biografical sketch of Daniel Boone, the Pioneer by one of his descendant.
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She was dying to give away six million dollars. That should be easy, right? It almost got her killed. Returning to the USA in 1967 after thirty-seven years of self-imposed exile in France, Grace Bergmann, nee Lampley, wants to make amends for her sins by returning the money she stole, plus interest. In her efforts to do that, she discovers that her sins were far worse than she had supposed. How could that be? Her good reasons for stealing two million dollars turn out to have been based on lies told by people she trusted and loved.