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"Luca and Abel have been rounded up to work on the construction of a government research facility, but it's actually a trap to identify carriers! The National Grainelier Special Education and Research Institute chair, Nicolas, has laced the water with an herbicide that's harmless to humans but disastrous to seed carriers. With suspicion hanging heavy over the young men, will Luca's secret be discovered?"--Back cover.

"In a world where the seeds of plants are imbued with various powers both great and small, young Luca makes ends meet by illegally cultivating and selling rare specimens. But anyone caught engaging in this activity without the qualifications of a government-sanctioned Grainelier does so at the price of their freedom. So when the security forces come calling, Luca assumes they're onto him . . . but it's actually his shut-in father, Christophe, they're after! Sent running to safety by Christophe, Luca escapes with a few rare and powerful seeds pressed into his hand . . . but will they do anything but make Luca's path a thorny one?"--OCLC.

Discusses criminal investigation that eventually caught the computer and drug crime leader, Ross Ulbrict.

Hanneke lives in Amsterdam in 1943 in the midst of World War II. She juggles the dangers of secretly securing and selling goods on the black market with hiding her work from her parents while grieving the death of her boyfriend at the hands of the Nazis. But life becomes even more harrowing when a women convinces Hanneke to find a missing Jew she's been hiding in her home.

"In 1943 Nazi-occupied Amsterdam, teenage Hanneke--a 'finder' of black market goods--is tasked with finding a Jewish girl a customer had been hiding, who has seemingly vanished into thin air, and is pulled into a web of resistance activities and secrets as she attempts to solve the mystery and save the missing girl"--Provided by 5ublisher.

Rollo Martins, invited to Vienna by his schoolmate and hero Harry Lime, arrives just in time to attend Lime's funeral, but when he learns his friend was the subject of a criminal investigation, Martins embarks on a quest to clear Lime's name.

Tells the stories of iconic cultural objects that were stolen, smuggled or sold, and eventually returned back to their original owner. Author and reader encounter a cast of fascinating characters from the underbelly of the cultural world: unscrupulous grave robbers, sinister middlemen, ruthless art dealers, venal Nazis, canny lawyers, valiant academics, unstoppable investigative reporters, unwitting curators, and dedicated government officials.

Contains essays that examine aspects of America's underground economy, discussing the marijuana business, the links between Fortune 500 companies and pornography, and California's use of migrant workers.

Pulp novelist Holly Martins travels to shadowy, postwar Vienna, only to find himself investigating the mysterious death of an old friend, black-market opportunist Harry Lime-- and thus begins this legendary tale of love, deception, and murder.

An investigation of the largely undocumented underground economy involving the trafficking in rare and exotic species of animals in the United States, looking at what happens to surplus animals from the nation's zoos, theme parks, and laboratories.