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Spies in the Congo : America's atomic mission in World War II / by Williams, A. Susan,author.(CARDINAL)750699;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 277-327), filmography (page 329), and index.Letter from Albert Einstein to President Roosevelt, 2 August 1939 -- The Manhattan Project and Shinkolobwe -- TETON -- CRISP -- CRUMB -- Chief of Station, Congo -- 'Attention! Bloc radioactif!' -- ANGELLA -- 'Born secret' -- The mission -- The British opposites -- FLARE -- The cutout -- LOCUST -- 'Hotbed of spies' -- Framed -- Collaborating with the Nazis -- A dead shot -- Stehli the detective -- 'One minute to midnight' -- Hiroshima -- Atomic spies -- The missing link."In the 1940s, the brightest minds of the United States and Nazi Germany raced to West Africa with a single mission: to secure the essential ingredient of the atomic bomb--and to make sure nobody saw them doing it"--Amazon.com.
Subjects: United States. Office of Strategic Services.; Uranium mines and mining; World War, 1939-1945; Atomic bomb;
Available copies: 4 / Total copies: 4
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Yellow dirt : an American story of a poisoned land and a people betrayed / by Pasternak, Judy,1956-(CARDINAL)500123;
Includes bibliographical references (pages 265-304) and index.S-37, SOM, and SOQ -- The uranium rush. The patriarch : discovery. The special rocks ; The secret quest ; Jumping on the king -- The son : fear and frenzy -- The power of Łeetso ; Cold War ; The obstacle ; A hundred tons a day ; Endings ; Toxic legacy. The grandchildren : aftermath. Fallout ; Avalanche of suspicion ; A blind eye and a deaf ear -- The great-grandchildren : death and awakening. "Hear our voices" ; Under scrutiny from every angle ; Resistance ; Ghosts ; Beginnings -- The steeple."Yellow Dirt offers readers a window into a dark chapter of modern history that still reverberates today. From the 1940s into the early twenty-first century, the United States knowingly used and discarded an entire tribe for the sake of atomic bombs. Secretly, during the days of the Manhattan Project and then in a frenzy during the Cold War, the government bought up all the uranium that could be mined from the hundreds of rich deposits entombed under the sagebrush plains and sandstone cliffs. Despite warnings from physicians and scientists that long-term exposure could be harmful, even fatal, thousands of miners would work there unprotected. A second set of warnings emerged about the environmental impact. Yet even now, long after the uranium boom ended, and long after national security could be cited as a consideration, many residents are still surrounded by contaminated air, water, and soil. The radioactive 'yellow dirt' has ended up in their playgrounds, in their bread ovens, in their churches, and even in their garbage dumps. And they are still dying"--Cover, p. 2.
Subjects: Biographies.; Navajo Indians; Navajo Indians; Navajo Indians; Radiation; Uranium mines and mining; Uranium mines and mining;
Available copies: 7 / Total copies: 9
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A private war : an American code officer in the Belgian Congo / by Laxalt, Robert,1923-2001.(CARDINAL)130185;
Subjects: Autobiographies.; Personal narratives.; Laxalt, Robert, 1923-2001.; Cryptographers; Uranium mines and mining; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945; World War, 1939-1945;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Shadow of the solstice [sound recording] / by Hillerman, Anne,1949-author.(CARDINAL)340432; Matten, Jessica,narrator.;
Performed by Jessica Matten.Navajo Tribal Police Officer Bernie Manuelito is monitoring the tensions along the Navajo Nation border and finds shocking discoveries that plunge her and Lieutenant Jim Chee into a deadly situation.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Detective and mystery fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Manuelito, Bernie (Fictitious character); Leaphorn, Joe, Lieutenant (Fictitious character); Chee, Jim (Fictitious character); Police; Navajo Indians; Uranium mines and mining; Murder; Missing persons; Summer solstice; Cults;
Available copies: 11 / Total copies: 12
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Shadow of the solstice / by Hillerman, Anne,1949-author.(CARDINAL)340432;
"The Navajo Nation police are on high alert when a U.S. Cabinet Secretary schedules an unprecedented trip to the little Navajo town of Shiprock, New Mexico. The visit coincides with a plan to resume uranium mining along the Navajo Nation border. Tensions around the official's arrival escalate when the body of a stranger is found in an area restricted for the disposal of radioactive uranium waste. Is it coincidence that a cult with a propensity for violence arrives at a private camp group outside Shiprock the same week to celebrate the summer solstice? When the outsiders' erratic behavior makes their Navajo hosts uneasy, Officer Bernadette Manuelito is assigned to monitor the situation. She finds a young boy at grave risk, abused women, and other shocking discoveries that plunge her and Lt. Jim Chee into a volatile and deadly situation. Meanwhile, Darleen Manuelito, Bernie's high spirited younger sister, learns one of her home health clients is gone--and the woman's daughter doesn't seem to care. Darleen's curiosity and sense of duty combine to lead her to discover that the client's grandson is also missing and that the two have become ensnared in a wickedly complex scheme exploiting indigenous people. Darleen's information meshes with a case Chee has begun to solve that deals with the evil underside of human nature."--
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Leaphorn, Joe, Lieutenant (Fictitious character); Chee, Jim (Fictitious character); Police; Navajo Indians; Missing persons; Cults; Uranium mines and mining;
Available copies: 54 / Total copies: 86
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Shadow of the solstice [sound recording] / by Hillerman, Anne,1949-author.(CARDINAL)340432; Matten, Jessica(Narrator),narrator.;
Read by Jessica Matten.The Navajo Nation police are on high alert when a U.S. Cabinet Secretary schedules an unprecedented trip to the little Navajo town of Shiprock, New Mexico. The visit coincides with a plan to resume uranium mining along the Navajo Nation border. Tensions around the official's arrival escalate when the body of a stranger is found in an area restricted for the disposal of radioactive uranium waste. Is it coincidence that a cult with a propensity for violence arrives at a private camp group outside Shiprock the same week to celebrate the summer solstice? When the outsiders' erratic behavior makes their Navajo hosts uneasy, Officer Bernadette Manuelito is assigned to monitor the situation. She finds a young boy at grave risk, abused women, and other shocking discoveries that plunge her and Lt. Jim Chee into a volatile and deadly situation. Meanwhile, Darleen Manuelito, Bernie's high spirited younger sister, learns one of her home health clients is gone-and the woman's daughter doesn't seem to care. Darleen's curiosity and sense of duty combine to lead her to discover that the client's grandson is also missing and that the two have become ensnared in a wickedly complex scheme exploiting indigenous people. Darleen's information meshes with a case Chee has begun to solve that deals with the evil underside of human nature.
Subjects: Audiobooks.; Thrillers (Fiction); Detective and mystery fiction.; Leaphorn, Joe, Lieutenant (Fictitious character); Chee, Jim (Fictitious character); Manuelito, Bernie (Fictitious character); Indian reservation police; Cults; Missing persons; Police; Uranium mines and mining; Navajo Indians;
Available copies: 5 / Total copies: 6
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Havana storm [large print] : a Dirk Pitt novel / by Cussler, Clive.(CARDINAL)340262; Cussler, Dirk.(CARDINAL)467093;
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Large print books.; Action and adventure fiction.; Thrillers (Fiction); Pitt, Dirk (Fictitious character); Marine biologists; Ocean mining; Uranium industry; Treasure troves; Aztecs; Poisons;
Available copies: 28 / Total copies: 30
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Nuclear accidents / by Mayell, Mark.(CARDINAL)378539;
Includes bibliographical references and index.Accidents waiting to happen -- From meltdowns to leaks -- Weapons of mass destruction -- Risky business -- Nuclear 911: rescue and response -- The challenge of preventing nuclear accidents.Discusses the uses of radioactive substances and the dangers they present, including fallout from nuclear weapons testing, the meltdown at the Chernobyl power plant, and uranium mining accidents.Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Chernobyl Nuclear Accident, Chornobylʹ, Ukraine, 1986; Disasters; Disasters; Nuclear power plants; Nuclear power plants; Radioactive substances;
Available copies: 1 / Total copies: 1
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Nuclear power / by Morris, Neil,1946-(CARDINAL)169987;
Accelerated Reader AR
Subjects: Nuclear energy; Nuclear engineering;
Available copies: 2 / Total copies: 2
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Desert wind : a Lena Jones mystery / by Webb, Betty.(CARDINAL)539289;
Includes bibliographical references.When PI Lena Jones' partner, Pima Indian Jimmy Sisiwan, is arrested in the remote town of Walapai Flats in northern Arizona, Lena closes the Desert Investigations office and rushes to his aid. What she finds is a town up in arms over a new uranium mine located only ten miles from the magnificent Grand Canyon. Jimmy's sister-in-law, founder of Victims of Uranium Mining, has been murdered, but the opposing side has taken hits, too. Ike Donohue, the mine's public relations man, is found shot to death, which casts suspicion on Jimmy and his entire family.
Subjects: Detective and mystery fiction.; Jones, Lena (Fictitious character); Murder; Women private investigators;
Available copies: 3 / Total copies: 3
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