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Explores the deceived emissions-testing mechanisms at Volkswagen, and the compounded fraud the company partook in by spending millions marketinging "clean diesel" to consumers only to have the lie exposed by researchers.

"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"--OCLC.

The definitive account of the FIFA scandal, the biggest international corruption case of recent years, touching dozens of countries and spearheaded by U.S. investigators, published on the eve of the biggest sporting event on the planet, soccer's World Cup.

A collection of fourteen essays that discuss many points of view about voting rights and voter ID laws.

Twenty years after Information turned warring nation-states into a global micro-democracy, another election season brings high stakes, and everything's on the line. For Ken, it means a chance to impress the Policy1st party and get a steady big-league job. For Domaine, it's another step in his ongoing struggle against the pax democratica. And for Mishima, a dangerous Information operative, the whole situation is a puzzle begging to be solved. And because nobody's ready to play fair, a perfect storm is brewing that could bring the new world order to its knees.

"Marlon wants to win. He is the best gamer in Walden Lane. No way will his best friend beat him. but then the unthinkable happens and Marlon cheats to win. Will his friend ever speak to him again?"--Back cover.

"Griffin Watts is 13 years old in 1974 New York, a city which, at the brink of financial collapse, seems to crumble around him at roughly the same rate as his family. Desperate to forge a connection to his father, Griffin gets co-opted into his illicit and dangerous architectural salvage business, which allows him to discover the centuries old sculptures (gargoyles) carved into buildings all over the city by immigrant artisans. As his father's obsession with preserving the landmark buildings around him descends into mania, Griffin has to learn how to build himself into the person he wants to become--and let go of what he cannot keep"--Provided by publisher.

Explores the market of genetically modified foods.

"Griffin Watts is 13 years old in 1974 New York, a city which, at the brink of financial collapse, seems to crumble around him at roughly the same rate as his family. Desperate to forge a connection to his father, Griffin gets co-opted into his illicit and dangerous architectural salvage business, which allows him to discover the centuries old sculptures (gargoyles) carved into buildings all over the city by immigrant artisans. As his father's obsession with preserving the landmark buildings around him descends into mania, Griffin has to learn how to build himself into the person he wants to become--and let go of what he cannot keep"--Provided by publisher.

When a halfhearted investigation labels a murder as a domestic dispute, Detective Doyle Carrick is on the case.