corruption

The disappearance forty years ago of Harriet Vanger, a young scion of one of the wealthiest families in Sweden, gnaws at her octogenarian uncle, Henrik Vanger. He is determined to know the truth about what he believes was her murder. He hires crusading journalist Mikael Blomkvist, recently at the wrong end of a libel case, to get to the bottom of Harriet's disappearance. Lisbeth Salander, a twenty-four-year-old, pierced, tattooed genius hacker, possessed of the hard-earned wisdom of someone twice her age--and a terrifying capacity for ruthlessness--assists Blomkvist with the investigation. This unlikely team discovers a vein of nearly unfathomable iniquity running through the Vanger family, an astonishing corruption at the highest echelon of Swedish industrialism--and a surprising connection between themselves.--From publisher description.

A bloody act of violence inspires Arcturus Mengsk of the Koprulu sector to follow in his father's footsteps--Angus Mengsk--and lead a rebellion against the corrupt Terran Confederacy.

George and Serena Pemberton negotiate the terrain of love and betrayal in the mountainous wilderness of North Carolina, where they build a timber business; when Serena learns that she will not bear a child, she plots to murder the illegitimate son George previously fathered in the area.

Willis Gidney, a private investigator in Washington, D.C., gets more trouble than he bargained for when he agrees to his friend, jazz saxophonist Steps Jackson's request to look for the daughter Steps fathered twenty-five years ago with Colette Andrews, now the wife of the former attorney general of Virginia, who turns up dead shortly after meeting with Gidney.

Presents a history of the drug cartels in Mexico, discussing how Mexico became the base for the mega-cartels of Latin America.

A collection of comics featuring the adventures of Space Ghost, one of the most recognized adventurers in all of animation.

Exposes the corruption of Pennsylvania judge Mark A. Ciavarella who sentenced thousands of children who committed minor offenses to a detention facility in which he had a personal financial stake, and discusses the multitude of problems with the US juvenile justice system.