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While at summer camp, Domingo and Carmen Rivera are excited for the big Camp Rivals Race, an annual cross-country running competition. But during the boy's race, one runner trips and knocks over several competitors. Then another runner interferes with Domingo and keeps him from finishing in a higher spot. What's going on? Are the boys conspiring against Domingo and the other runners from his camp? And what will happen to Carmen and the girls during their race? Follow Domingo and Carmen as they track down the clues to reveal the truth about the rival runners' plans in this Jake Maddox JV Mystery.

Black lawyer Ellice Littlejohn's perfect life--with an Ivy League degree under her belt and a high-paying job as a midtown Atlanta corporate attorney--comes crashing down when her charming white boss and "just for fun" boyfriend is found dead in his executive suite with a bullet in his head. She hopes to not be thrust into the spotlight, given her past and a brother who often has been on the wrong side of the law, but when her firm offers her the dead man's job, she can't pass up the opportunity--but something is off, and shady dealings come to light within the firm that lead Ellice to discover a dangerous conspiracy.

The students from Pok?mon School can't wait to play Pok?mon Base with the famous sports star Oluolu and his partner, Snorlax, but when Team Rocket tries to get in on the game, the play turns foul.

"From ESPN journalists whose investigation garnered a Peabody Award, the full devastating story of former physician Larry Nassar's serial abuse of America's elite gymnasts and others, revealing the win-at-all-costs culture in youth athletics and higher education that enabled him"--Provided by publisher.

"A Washington D.C. insider discusses both the historical and current influence of African Americans in our electoral process and offers ideas for how they can use their rising power to affect elections and overcome voter suppression efforts"--OCLC.

A Pulitzer Prize-winning reporter explains how money flowed in and out of Trump's hundreds of enterprises, showing in simple terms how his family and courtiers used his presidency to enrich themselves, even putting national security at risk.

"Liars are causing devastating problems. They are endangering public health. They are threatening self-government. They are destroying the reputation of good people - and inflating the reputation of people who are not so good. Nonetheless, falsehoods ought not to be censored or regulated, even if they are lies. Free societies allow them. Public officials should not be allowed to act as the truth police. A key reason is that we cannot trust officials to separate truth from falsehood; their own judgments are unreliable, and their own biases get in the way. If officials are licensed to punish falsehoods, they will end up punishing dissent. The best response to falsehoods is usually to correct them, rather than to punish or censor them. At the same time, governments should have the power to regulate the most harmful lies and falsehoods. In brief: False statements are not constitutionally protected if the government can show that they threaten to cause serious harm. Public officials should be able to restrict and punish lies and falsehoods that pose serious threats to public health and safety. To protect the democratic process, public officials should be able to restrict certain lies and falsehoods. They should be able to safeguard people's reputations. Private institutions, including television networks, magazines, and newspapers, and social media platforms such as Facebook and Twitter, should be doing much more to slow or stop the spread of lies and falsehoods"--Provided by publisher.

Investigator Cyril Hayes struggles to learn what is going on when eleven union factory workers in Evesden, a so-called city of the future in 1911 built by the much-revered McNaughton Corporation, are found dead in a trolley car only minutes after they boarded.

"A group of American patriots, all former military, are looking for a way to get their number one choice, Senator Ben Corn, elected president. Corn is a telegenic, perfect candidate--yet harbors secrets that threaten him. The group's goal is to implement their own foreign policy and fundamentally restructure American society. . . . To achieve their goals, they form dangerous alliances. One is with a woman who manages the largest, and most corrupt, private pool of capital that has ever existed. And another with the brilliant, ruthless founder of Russia's most successful private military company: a mercenary's mercenary, who has ties to Vladimir Putin"--Provided by publisher.

"By the time his outrageous financial crimes were exposed, financier Bernie Madoff had stolen more than 18 billion dollars from thousands of investors. 'Madoff Talks' offers [an] investigation . . . into the largest Ponzi scheme in world history--and a . . . glimpse into the mind of its chief architect. . . . Author Jim Campbell explores the role of the 'Big Four' Madoff clients, JPMorgan Chase, and hungry 'feeder funds.' . . . This . . . account of the rise and fall of Bernie Madoff reveals what motivated the respected financier to commit such massive a fraud, how Madoff managed to keep the scheme hidden in plain sight, the true scale of all investment losses--including international losses, what Ruth Madoff and the rest of the family knew, and more"--Provided by publisher.